WEBVTT - It’s Hard To Hear God

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>it gives your perspective to see God is moving in

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Enjoy the message. Come on, clap your hands,

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<v Speaker 1>make some noise for the Lord. Praise the Lord. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>thank God for the worship team.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank God for our students, thank God for all these volunteers,

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<v Speaker 3>thank God for the group leaders, for you tex thank

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<v Speaker 3>God for Elevation Valentine celebrating a ten year campus anniversary.

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<v Speaker 1>Elevation Raleigh, celebrating us wealth year.

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<v Speaker 2>Anniversary, Happy Birthday, Raleigh, and celebrating you making it to

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<v Speaker 2>church another day looking good.

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<v Speaker 1>You're looking good.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell somebody you don't look like what you've been through.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell them I know you've been through some fire, but

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<v Speaker 2>you don't smell like smoke. You smell like deodorant, and miss.

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<v Speaker 1>Smell like creed. Praise the Lord. Let me look at

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<v Speaker 1>you remains standing for just a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I do want us to take a moment and welcome

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<v Speaker 2>our EPAM around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you help me do that elevation.

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<v Speaker 2>Valentine, wherever you're watching it, let us know in the

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<v Speaker 2>comments where you're watching from.

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<v Speaker 1>And let us know in the comments today if.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel like it a prayer request that we can

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<v Speaker 2>pray for you about we would love to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>We have an entire prayer team that just exists to

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<v Speaker 2>surround you with prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>I know we may not be together physically.

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<v Speaker 2>But just to have these moments with you in the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God and to believe that there is no

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<v Speaker 2>distance in the spirit. I believe God brought you here

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<v Speaker 2>for a reason, whether you came in a car or

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<v Speaker 2>whether you came through a link. I believe that God

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<v Speaker 2>has something that he wants to do in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe he wants to speak to you. It is

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<v Speaker 2>an incredible honor and privilege that I will never be

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<v Speaker 2>able to describe to you.

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<v Speaker 1>To preach God's word from this pulpit.

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<v Speaker 2>I value and treasure every opportunity that I get, and

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<v Speaker 2>I prayed for you today that God might give me

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<v Speaker 2>the words that he wants you to hear, cut to

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<v Speaker 2>the continuity of your situation, to remind you that your

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<v Speaker 2>God is greater than anything you will ever face.

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<v Speaker 1>He can bring down any giant. He can cause any

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<v Speaker 1>wall to tumble. He's a great God.

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<v Speaker 2>And in the name of Jesus, today I come into

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<v Speaker 2>agreement with you concerning your family, your children.

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<v Speaker 1>Your health, your body, your mind, and your purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that God would not only bless you, but

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<v Speaker 2>that you would be a blessing. That God would set

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<v Speaker 2>you back up on your feet so you can serve Him,

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<v Speaker 2>make a difference for him.

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<v Speaker 1>You were made to glorify Him. You were not.

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<v Speaker 2>Made to be in depression and stay in the bed.

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<v Speaker 2>You were not made to go through the motions of Christianity.

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<v Speaker 2>You were made to glorify Him. And I pray that

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<v Speaker 2>today God would give us a word to that end.

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<v Speaker 2>Clap your hands and thank God for his presence. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think I have to tell you. I think you

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<v Speaker 2>know what time. It is.

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<v Speaker 1>Elevation, preaching time.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it in the comments, just preaching time.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it in the comments. Is preaching time. Say it

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<v Speaker 1>out loud, it's preaching time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be starting a brand new series today,

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<v Speaker 2>and the title of the series is I know that voice.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll explain it to you as we go, but let

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<v Speaker 2>me read our foundational scripture for today's message, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>found in First Samuel chapter sixteen. I'm going to read

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<v Speaker 2>only through verse four and then I'll pick up the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>In just a moment, we stand in honor of the

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<v Speaker 1>Word of God in our house.

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<v Speaker 2>Is just something that we do to say to him. Speak, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>we respect you. It's something we do to say, you're

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<v Speaker 2>the most important person in the room.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord, So speak to me. Somebody say, speak to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord. You may even want to stand right where you

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<v Speaker 2>are in your home or in your kitchen. If you're driving,

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<v Speaker 2>I understand there's limitations keep your seatbelt on, but just in.

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<v Speaker 1>Your heart, your posture reverence the Lord. This is his word.

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<v Speaker 1>On Samuel chapter sixteen, verse one.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord said to Samuel, how long will you mourn

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<v Speaker 2>for Saul? Since I have rejected him as king over Israel?

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<v Speaker 2>Fill your horn with oil and be on your way.

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<v Speaker 2>I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have

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<v Speaker 2>chosen one of his sons to be king. But Samuel said,

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<v Speaker 2>how can I go? If Saul hears about it, he

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<v Speaker 2>will kill me. The Lord said, take a heifer. Take

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<v Speaker 2>a heifer with you, and say I have come to

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice to the Lord. Invite Jesse to the sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will show you.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's the most beautiful thing that I've read

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible in a long time. For the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>to say, I know you're confused, I know you're afraid,

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<v Speaker 2>but I will show you.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say that he will show me. The Lord said,

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<v Speaker 1>I will show you what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>You are too anoint for me, the one I indicate,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to stop my reading right here. Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>did what the Lord said, and that's really the goal

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<v Speaker 2>of this sermon, the goal of this series, and the

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<v Speaker 2>goal of our faith. Samuel did what the Lord said.

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<v Speaker 2>And so for our week one installment of our new series.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say something to you that maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>felt before, but maybe you don't have the courage to

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<v Speaker 2>say so.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say it for both of us.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the title of today's message.

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<v Speaker 1>Is hard to hear God. It's hard to hear God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to hear God.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you disagree with me, you can send me

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<v Speaker 2>an email to Hollyfordick nineteen eighty.

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<v Speaker 1>At Juno dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>But all the honest people look at somebody and say

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to hear God.

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<v Speaker 1>Speak. Lord, we're listening in Jesus' name. Amen, you may

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<v Speaker 1>be seated.

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<v Speaker 2>Soone set up my series with a story. My oldest son,

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah turns twenty one this week. For those of you

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<v Speaker 2>who have been in the church for a long time, that.

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<v Speaker 1>Makes you feel old.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember when we would come up there and hold

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<v Speaker 2>those babies in our arms. And now Elijah is about

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<v Speaker 2>to be twenty one, which means he's technically going to

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<v Speaker 2>be old enough to pay for his own car insurance.

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<v Speaker 1>But you think I was going to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Had a flashback this week as I was preparing a

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<v Speaker 2>series about hearing God's.

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<v Speaker 1>Voice, which is so important.

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<v Speaker 2>What could be more important to talk about? What could

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<v Speaker 2>we spend better time pondering than the voice of God?

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<v Speaker 2>But I was reminded of something that happened when Elijah

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<v Speaker 2>was five years old. I'd been traveling a lot during

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<v Speaker 2>a certain month, and I was leaving again for another trip.

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<v Speaker 2>Holly brought him by the office to say hi to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, man, I'm really sorry I got to

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<v Speaker 2>leave again to go preach in Louisiana, but I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be back tomorrow. And he walked away and then

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<v Speaker 2>he came back and I found pulling out my shirt

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<v Speaker 2>and he was like, hey, I want to go to

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<v Speaker 2>Easy called it Weezy. I was going to New Orleans

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<v Speaker 2>to preach for the art conference. He said, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to go to Easy. I said, you do. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm leaving in like two hours. He said, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to go to What does he know about TSA? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to go, And so I bought him

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<v Speaker 2>a ticket and we were going to Easy. Me and

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah were going to eat. Me and e were going

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<v Speaker 2>to Weezy together. The only thing we had to do

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<v Speaker 2>was get through the security line, and a very over

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<v Speaker 2>ambitious TSA agent came and took Elijah and said, sir,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to take your son through and then you

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<v Speaker 2>can come through after him.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't really like that very much, but I let

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<v Speaker 1>him do it.

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<v Speaker 2>But after he took Elijah, like a minute goes by,

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<v Speaker 2>two minutes goes by, like it felt like forever.

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<v Speaker 1>It probably was only about two.

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<v Speaker 2>Minutes, but I started getting very irate and very frustrated

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<v Speaker 2>that I couldn't see my son because the man took him,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm standing on the other side of the little

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<v Speaker 2>What do you call him security things that you go through.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I'm standing there waiting for the man to

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<v Speaker 2>come get me, and the whole line is held up,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, hey, what's up man, My son's on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side. You need to let me through. And

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<v Speaker 2>the guy, not the same guy, but another guy comes up.

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<v Speaker 2>TSA guy goes, you need to calm down, and I said, no,

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<v Speaker 2>what I need to do is go through this security thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What you need to do is move out of my

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<v Speaker 2>way and let me be with my son.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm a pastor, see I have a shepherd's heart.

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<v Speaker 2>But before I'm a pastor, I'm a dad. And if

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<v Speaker 2>those two ever have to fight, the dad is going

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<v Speaker 2>to win. Okay, I've said a few words I had

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<v Speaker 2>to repent for at baseball fields over that very same principle.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm being honest with you. Well, anyway, it goes on

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<v Speaker 2>and on. Three TSA agents later, I'm yelling. I'm yelling

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<v Speaker 2>so loud that I hear one of the TSA agents

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm about to go Liam Neeson in this airport

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<v Speaker 2>and I can feel it. And as I'm yelling top

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<v Speaker 2>of my lungs, I hear the intercom and the airport, go,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got a code one, and I realize I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>code one, and I don't think this means a delightful

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<v Speaker 2>passenger who.

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<v Speaker 1>Needs to be upgraded to first class.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, oh God, I'm in trouble, but I'm still yelling.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm yelling the whole time. Well, finally the smart TSA

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<v Speaker 2>supervisor comes and goes, I'm sorry, we never should have

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<v Speaker 2>separated you from your son. Come right through, Come right through,

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<v Speaker 2>Come right through. And I'm like, that's still going right.

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<v Speaker 2>Did y'all hear what he said? And when I got

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<v Speaker 2>to Ali, joh, I'm and be honest with you, I

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<v Speaker 2>was disappointed.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he was calm. He was he was so calm.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he was so calm.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still shaking, you know, I'm still shaking thinking I

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<v Speaker 2>was about that prison ministry from inside the prison and

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<v Speaker 2>the appreciate all from the other side of the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>And then and then I'm walking with him through the

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<v Speaker 2>airport and I said, son, you weren't scared.

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<v Speaker 1>He said no. I said, why were you not scared?

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I could hear your voice the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how loud I was. I could hear your voice

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<v Speaker 1>the whole time. Oh, to have the confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a five year old kid going through the TSSAY

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<v Speaker 2>screenings of life, To have the confidence of a five

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<v Speaker 2>year old boy for faith in my heavenly Father, to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to hear his voice. But you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know, at this stage in our life, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>that simple anymore, is it. It's not that simple anymore, Even

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<v Speaker 2>though there are some Christians who would tell you, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I just hear from God all the time, and I

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<v Speaker 2>obey him. I had one brother who came through the church,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was honest enough to tell me.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what y'all mean when y'all say.

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<v Speaker 2>God told you. I've not been in the church my

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<v Speaker 2>whole life. Maybe that's something y'all learned when you were little.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't really know what you mean when you

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<v Speaker 2>say God told you.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it out loud?

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I've never heard him talk out loud, except

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<v Speaker 2>when Holly's given me advice. That's bey as close as

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<v Speaker 2>I ever get. He said, is it out loud? Is

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<v Speaker 2>it an impression? Do you just mean like you knew

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<v Speaker 2>the right thing to do? Is it like your conscience?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it like just reading the Bible? Is it just

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<v Speaker 2>and as he went through all of the lists, I realized,

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<v Speaker 2>we're confused. I realize we're confused, and we can't hear

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<v Speaker 2>God because we're not in an airport, we're in anxiety.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not in a physical location where we can hear

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<v Speaker 2>the physical voice of a physical father. But we have

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<v Speaker 2>a heavenly Father who we have to hear in our hearts.

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<v Speaker 2>And the hard thing about hearing God in my heart

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<v Speaker 2>is he's not the only one talking there. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>fear talking in my heart. I've got shame talking in

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<v Speaker 2>my heart. I've got lust talking in my heart. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got greed talking in my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all got quiet.

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<v Speaker 2>You got some of the same stuff in your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>and it all sounds the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's hard to hear God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to hear God when you feel separated from God,

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<v Speaker 2>although you understand theologically and technically that nothing will separate

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<v Speaker 2>us from the love of God that is in Christ, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>our Lord. You wish you could be like the five

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<v Speaker 2>year old who says, I knew you were coming.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew you were coming, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>To Elijah, I would beat up every tsa agent.

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<v Speaker 1>I would take air gun I would whatever it took

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<v Speaker 1>to get to him.

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<v Speaker 2>And though technically I believe this about God, is hard

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm having to hear Him through my dysfunction, so

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<v Speaker 2>I don't exactly trust what I think I'm hearing when

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'm hearing God, because I thought I heard

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<v Speaker 2>God one time, and I ended up in a relationship

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<v Speaker 2>that almost ruined my life.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I've got to hear God.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only through my present dysfunction, but my past decisions

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<v Speaker 2>that caused me to lose my confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Because when I.

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<v Speaker 2>Was five, when I was ten, it was simple, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>loves the little children, all the children of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>But now I'm living in this world where I realize

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<v Speaker 2>that everybody doesn't love everybody heart for me to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from God, because even some people who call themselves Christians

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<v Speaker 2>say the most hateful things and do the most hurtful things,

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<v Speaker 2>and live in the most hypocritical ways, And some of

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest biggots I ever met in my life go

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<v Speaker 2>in the church and quote the Bible over their bigotry.

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<v Speaker 2>So now it's kind of hard for me to hear

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<v Speaker 2>the voice of God when you're using the same book

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<v Speaker 2>to tell me how to be saved that I've had

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<v Speaker 2>people beat me over the head with and tell me

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to hell.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's hard for me to hear God. Not because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe in him.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that He exists and that he rewards those

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<v Speaker 2>who diligently seek him. Although I'm diligently seeking him the

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<v Speaker 2>best I know how, I am not clearly hearing him.

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<v Speaker 2>I do not have the direction that you seem to have.

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<v Speaker 2>You say, God spoke to me. You open your Bible

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<v Speaker 2>and tell us what God said. I go home and

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<v Speaker 2>try to live that out. And I can't exactly get

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<v Speaker 2>what you said to overlay with what I do. If

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<v Speaker 2>it's not confusing, then I'm in conflict the good that

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<v Speaker 2>I would. Paul said in Romans chapter seven, I cannot

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<v Speaker 2>do the thing that I don't want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I find myself doing.

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<v Speaker 2>O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me

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<v Speaker 2>from this body of death? And this is Paul talking, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>The apostle Paul said, is hard for me to hear God.

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<v Speaker 2>That make you feel better, feels good to get it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Not always easy for me to know where the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>is leading me. So it was for Samuel the prophet,

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<v Speaker 2>the priest, and the judge.

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<v Speaker 1>You said, which was he all three? He's the only

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<v Speaker 1>person in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Who simultaneously occupied all three of those offices other than Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to get that in because they'll put into

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<v Speaker 2>comments what about Jesus and Jesus By as far as

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<v Speaker 2>a human who is not the son of God, Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>is the only onephet, priest, a lot hinges on his

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<v Speaker 2>ability to hear from God. You know, he's a king maker.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one who anointed Saul. Saul was the first

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<v Speaker 2>king Israel ever had. God didn't want them to have

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<v Speaker 2>a king. He wanted to be their king. Be careful

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<v Speaker 2>what you ask for without consulting God, you might get it.

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<v Speaker 2>And Saul was a very irresponsible and reluctant king. Although

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<v Speaker 2>his height qualified him for the job, his heart cast

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<v Speaker 2>him to lose it. They chose him because he was tall,

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<v Speaker 2>a modern day influencer.

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<v Speaker 1>He was very, very disobedient. I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>Say that he was a bad man. I've had disobedient

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<v Speaker 2>moments myself. But now, in verse one of for Samuel sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that Samuel is mourning for Saul because

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is tearing the kingdom away from Saul. Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>is experiencing that acute disappointment when you invested much and

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<v Speaker 2>it turned out.

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<v Speaker 1>To be little.

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<v Speaker 2>He prayed for Saul, he coached Saul, he put up

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<v Speaker 2>with Saul, He did a lot for Saul. He poured

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<v Speaker 2>the oil on Saul's head. And from the day that

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<v Speaker 2>he anointed him, until the day when Saul refused to

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<v Speaker 2>destroy the Amalekites and kept back the best part for

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<v Speaker 2>himself and claimed he had obeyed what the Lord told

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<v Speaker 2>him to do. Samuel thought he could pray him through.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing like praying for somebody you see potential in but they.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't see it in themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the pain of every parent, that's the pain of

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<v Speaker 2>every wife who knows you married a good man. But

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<v Speaker 2>he can't get out of his own head right now,

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<v Speaker 2>get out of his own way right now, and so

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<v Speaker 2>he is paying the cost emotionally of Saul's decisions.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the Lord speaks.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was the first thing that I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you today in our new series.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Expect God to give direction in times of disappointment. Expect

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<v Speaker 2>God to give direction in times of disappointment.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a literal disappointment.

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<v Speaker 2>I say that because Saul was appointed to be king,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he was disappointed, and it left an empty

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<v Speaker 2>space to be filled, an empty throne to be filled.

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<v Speaker 2>And into this uncertainty and agony. The Lord said to Samuel,

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<v Speaker 2>give me verse one again, because I love how the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is still speaking to Samuel even though the problem

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<v Speaker 2>is not solved. The Lord is still speaking to Samuel,

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<v Speaker 2>even though Samuel is still mourning. God will give you

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<v Speaker 2>a message in your mourning. God will give you a

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<v Speaker 2>word in your weeping. You don't have to have a

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<v Speaker 2>feeling from God to receive a word from God.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm going to prove that to you as we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice in verse one what the Lord told Samuel to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, how long will you mourn for Saul since

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<v Speaker 2>I've rejected him as king over Israel?

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<v Speaker 1>Question?

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<v Speaker 2>And then instruction, fill your horn with oil and be

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<v Speaker 2>on your way. Fil Everybody, say Phil, fill Phil.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it in the chat. Please say Phil, Say it

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<v Speaker 1>out loud. Phil.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the instruction that the Lord gave Samuel. Kind

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<v Speaker 2>of unusual because normally they would fill a flask with oil,

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<v Speaker 2>but they're actually filling the horn of an animal. They

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<v Speaker 2>did that for David and for Solomon, and in this

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<v Speaker 2>filling of the horn with oil. It is important for

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<v Speaker 2>us to realize that Samuel didn't have to feel it

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<v Speaker 2>to fill it like that, because we think we have

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<v Speaker 2>to feel everything what God wants us to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of us think we.

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<v Speaker 2>Have to feel God's presence to worship the ever present God.

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<v Speaker 2>Who told you that you don't have to feel anything

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<v Speaker 2>to throw your hands up in the air and worship God.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to feel anything to do the last

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<v Speaker 2>thing God told me. I don't have to feel anything

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<v Speaker 2>to keep the appointments.

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<v Speaker 1>That I put on my calendar.

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't have to confirm something to me that I already.

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<v Speaker 1>Committed to do. Let me say that again. God doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to.

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<v Speaker 2>Confirm to me to do something that I've already committed

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<v Speaker 2>to do.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Lord called me to preach, he called me

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<v Speaker 1>to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether I feel like preaching or not, this is my calling.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I begin to study on the weeks that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel like preaching because I don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>feel it to feel it. And the more I study,

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<v Speaker 2>the more I feel it. But I don't wait till

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<v Speaker 2>I feel it to do it, because if I waited

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<v Speaker 2>till I felt it to do it, I would never

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<v Speaker 2>feel it. So tell somebody, say feel it, feel it,

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<v Speaker 2>feel it. That's an instruction for somebody. For those of

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<v Speaker 2>you who are fighting sorrow and fighting morning, fill your

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<v Speaker 2>house with praise.

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<v Speaker 1>Turn on worship music in your.

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<v Speaker 2>House, even when you don't want to think about God,

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<v Speaker 2>and start filling the house with the sounds of praise.

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<v Speaker 2>Start filling the house with anthems of worship. Start filling.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why some of you need to say thank you Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>although you are going through something very difficult, because you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have.

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<v Speaker 1>To feel it to fill it. But then watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this. Not only does he say fill your horn.

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<v Speaker 2>With oil and be on your way, he says, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem.

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<v Speaker 1>I have chosen one of his sons to be king.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, on the surface, God is giving Samuel the directions

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<v Speaker 2>for what he's to do next, but I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to notice those directions aren't complete. He says, I'm sending

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<v Speaker 2>you and I've chosen one of his sons to be king,

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<v Speaker 2>but he doesn't say which one, And so the challenge

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<v Speaker 2>of faith is to fill your horn with oil and

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<v Speaker 2>move forward before you have even found what you're looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>I like you to write down that outline.

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<v Speaker 2>Please put down fill forward found, fill forward found. And

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes when we're waiting on God to tell us what

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<v Speaker 2>to do next, we don't even do what he told

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<v Speaker 2>us to do last.

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<v Speaker 1>So it comes in sequency.

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<v Speaker 2>If you wait for God to show you which one

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<v Speaker 2>to anoint to fill your horn with oil, you will

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<v Speaker 2>never find the one you're supposed to find.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you think I'll feel it when I find it. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll find it when you feel it. Let me break

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<v Speaker 1>this down.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to become the kind of person right now

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<v Speaker 2>that the person you want to marry would want to marry.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to fill it before you find it. And

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<v Speaker 2>while you're at it, you need to work on paying

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<v Speaker 2>down some of these debts that you have so that

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<v Speaker 2>they don't inherit your bad decisions from the last decade,

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<v Speaker 2>causing fights that you will spend your entire marriage trying

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<v Speaker 2>to solve. You need to fill it before you find it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's hard for us to hear from.

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<v Speaker 2>God sometimes because we want him to be like our

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<v Speaker 2>maps app.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Maps app the greatest technological invention of my lifetime, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because I have no sense of direction, and I can

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<v Speaker 2>tell it two things. Watch, I can tell it where

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<v Speaker 2>I want to go, and then I can choose the

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<v Speaker 2>route I want to get there.

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<v Speaker 1>But the difference between God and a maps app.

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<v Speaker 2>And I really thought you'd enjoy this little illustration because

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to help you see why. Sometimes you're confused

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<v Speaker 2>and you go, I don't know what God wants me

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<v Speaker 2>to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how he's directing me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what he's say, I don't know he's

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<v Speaker 2>being Okay, I got a few ideas about that number.

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<v Speaker 2>In my life, I want to give God the destination

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<v Speaker 2>and then let him give me the directions, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what I do on my maps.

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<v Speaker 1>At y.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell the maps at where I want to end

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<v Speaker 2>up and then I expect it to tell me how

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<v Speaker 2>to get there. So when it comes to this app,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell it the destination and it tells me the directions.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how we treat God.

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<v Speaker 2>We tell God where we want our life to be

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<v Speaker 2>at a certain age. We tell God what we want

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<v Speaker 2>our kids to turn out, like we tell God what

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<v Speaker 2>college we're going to.

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<v Speaker 1>We tell God what we want him to use us

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<v Speaker 1>to do. We tell God all of.

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<v Speaker 2>These things, these destinations, and then we say, speak, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>your servant is listening. But I'm not sure he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to give you the details if you didn't let him

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<v Speaker 2>set the destination. I'm not sure that I I can

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<v Speaker 2>just ask God for directions for a destination that I set.

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<v Speaker 2>So I remember early in the church, I was talking

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<v Speaker 2>to a great global leader and I said, what are

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things that I need to do to

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<v Speaker 2>have the kind of ministry that you have? He said,

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<v Speaker 2>the first thing is to ask God, are you supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to have the ministry that I have? What's he saying?

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<v Speaker 2>It might not be your destination to do what I did.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the reason that it's hard for us to

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<v Speaker 2>hear from God, some of the reason that we're so confused,

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<v Speaker 2>some of the reason that we're so stressed out, some

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<v Speaker 2>of the reason that we're so anxious is because we've

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<v Speaker 2>set the destination to something that God never destined us

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<v Speaker 2>to do. And the reason we can't hear God isn't

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<v Speaker 2>because he's quiet. It's because we're comparing, and so we're looking, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm teaching good today, I'm back, baby, I'm back to

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<v Speaker 2>help you with this craziness you feel in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Because as long as you're looking at everybody else's destination,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else's eta, how long it took for them to

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<v Speaker 2>get married, how long it took for them to get

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<v Speaker 2>the job, how long it took them to get the promotion.

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<v Speaker 2>As long as you're looking at all of these snapshots

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<v Speaker 2>of their life and then bringing it to God and

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<v Speaker 2>say God, I want to have what they had, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do what they did. I'm supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>like they are. As long as you're comparing, you will

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<v Speaker 2>feel like God is quiet, but He is not going

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<v Speaker 2>to give you directions for a destination that he did not.

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<v Speaker 1>Set for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>My Bible says the steps of a good man are

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<v Speaker 2>ordered by the Lord. That means he sets the direction.

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<v Speaker 2>That means he sets the time, That means he sets

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose. There's a lot of things I may love

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<v Speaker 2>to do that God did not call me to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am always going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be frustrated if I try to anoint a king that

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<v Speaker 2>God has canceled in my life. And the question is this,

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<v Speaker 2>how long are you going to pity yourself over what

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't give you. How long are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>try to wear yourself out getting to somewhere that God

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even call you. You're not going to even have

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<v Speaker 2>a hotel room when you get there. God didn't call

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<v Speaker 2>you there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yea. And you hear other people talk and they make

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<v Speaker 1>it sound so simple. God called us to Charlotte. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you mean he called you to Charlotte. Really, if

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<v Speaker 1>you were honest about it, you just thought the schools

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<v Speaker 1>were good here and.

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<v Speaker 2>They were gonna pay you fifteen thousand dollars a year more.

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<v Speaker 1>But now you talk about it, God called us to Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he may have called you to Charlotte, but to

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<v Speaker 2>say that the biggest thing that God is going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you is what city to live in is to

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<v Speaker 2>miss the very nature of God. Right, you could be

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<v Speaker 2>a crack addict in Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing I love, I really love this.

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<v Speaker 2>I love to get inside of the cliches that we

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<v Speaker 2>use as Christians.

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<v Speaker 1>And just talk about them a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>I call this Christian Eese. You can speak English and

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<v Speaker 2>need a translator when you come to church.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, the way we talk, you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Reading an old Testament, says the Lord said, to Samuel.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he's a prophet the way that the Lord spoke

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<v Speaker 1>in the Old Testament.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if he spoke out loud to Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>or not, but the Lord spoke to Samuel. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says that Samuel was the most powerful prophet from Dan

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<v Speaker 2>de Bersheba. The Lord let none of his words fall

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<v Speaker 2>to the ground. Samuel was an amazing prophet. So much

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<v Speaker 2>hinged on his word. History hinged on his word. The

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<v Speaker 2>history of the nation hinged on him. Hearing God write

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<v Speaker 2>what apartment you move into is not that important. So

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<v Speaker 2>some of the cliches that we use in church, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>be like, I'm just dealing with this red sea right now,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the red sea?

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<v Speaker 1>My rent's going up? I get it. I know that's

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<v Speaker 1>a challenge. It's not a red see, it's a rent increase.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let's talk about the difference rent increase, red sea.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, one you move, the other you die. They're not

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<v Speaker 1>the same.

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<v Speaker 2>The stakes are not always as high as the enemy

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<v Speaker 2>would have you to believe. It doesn't always matter when

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord speaks to you. The Lord did not tell

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<v Speaker 2>me to wear matching denham today. I just did the

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<v Speaker 2>best that I could to put it together. Did I

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<v Speaker 2>do all right? Only God can judge me. Who cares

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<v Speaker 2>what you think? I did not pray? This is this

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<v Speaker 2>is so, this is so important for you to get.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the reason is hard for us to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from God is that we want him to tell us

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<v Speaker 2>things about situations that he just wants us to use

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom for. And so we're singing this song and you

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<v Speaker 2>thanks all week.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this song. I didn't write this song.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm jealous that I didn't write this song, but we

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<v Speaker 2>sang it in church today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're about to see revival like we've.

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<v Speaker 2>Never known, like something out the Bible, the impossible. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the room is ready for a miracle. I think

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<v Speaker 2>this room is ready for a coma. Right about now,

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<v Speaker 2>y'all ain't saying nothing. Come on, I think the room

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<v Speaker 2>is ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about.

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<v Speaker 2>University City, but I think, come on, young people.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand up real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>Sing the song we're about to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we never know.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you're about to start something, singing like y'all were

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<v Speaker 2>singing at Friday night, something out the Bible, the impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the room is Come.

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<v Speaker 2>On, Church, help these young people praise the Lord what

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<v Speaker 2>a smile on your bed. We're about to see a revival.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that, all right. How many want to see.

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<v Speaker 2>God do something like it's something out.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible in your life? Come on, come on, come on, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>get in on this. Come on, I want to How many.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to see God raise something back to life like

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<v Speaker 2>He raised Lazarus, like something out the Bible. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>touch your neighbors say, like something out the Bible, Like

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<v Speaker 2>something out the Bible, like.

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<v Speaker 1>A red sea splitting, like a mountain moving. I want to.

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<v Speaker 2>See dry bones come back to life. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>see the dead raised. I want to see the sick heal.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to see it like it's something out the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>But the question becomes this, if you want to see

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<v Speaker 2>something out the Bible, are you willing to do something

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible?

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<v Speaker 1>Ah ah, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta ask you this because it's hard to hear a

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<v Speaker 2>God speaking specifically who you will not obey generally.

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<v Speaker 1>So I want to.

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<v Speaker 2>See I want to see something out the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>But how can I see something.

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<v Speaker 2>Out the Bible if I won't do something in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I don't need to hear God's voice, I just

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<v Speaker 2>need a verse because sometimes the verse is his voice

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<v Speaker 2>in the beginning was a word, and the word was

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<v Speaker 2>with God, and the word was God.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I have God's word, I have God's voice.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that the reason that Samuel was abel

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<v Speaker 2>to hear the voice of God. Yeah, he knew that

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<v Speaker 2>voice because he had known that voice since he was

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<v Speaker 2>twelve years oh when he was ministering in the temple

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<v Speaker 2>under Eli, whose vision was them.

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<v Speaker 1>He couldn't see and the temple was corrupt.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Lord called him Samuel, and he thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was Eli, but it was God. And he called him

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<v Speaker 2>again Samuel, and he thought it was Eli, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was God. And he called him a third time, and

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<v Speaker 2>Eli said, that's not me, that's God.

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<v Speaker 1>Next time he speaks, say speak, Lord, your servant is listening.

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<v Speaker 2>For Samuel three ten, six decades earlier than the passage

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<v Speaker 2>I read you. The Lord came and stood there, calling,

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<v Speaker 2>as at other times Samuel Samuel. Then Samuel said, speak

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<v Speaker 2>for your servant is listening. Go to verse nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Please.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says the Lord was with Samuel as he

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<v Speaker 2>grew up, and he let none of Samuel's words fall

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<v Speaker 2>to the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>And from Dan Tabersheba. Next verse, please.

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<v Speaker 2>All Israel recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Verse twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he

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<v Speaker 2>revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

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<v Speaker 1>Through his word, you have his word.

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<v Speaker 2>And so before we go getting confused about the things

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<v Speaker 2>that God isn't speaking to us, let's check on the

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<v Speaker 2>things that he's already spoken. Because the more I'm flowing

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<v Speaker 2>in what He's spoken, the more I can hear what

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<v Speaker 2>he speaks. Clap your hands and praise the Lord. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>clap your hands and praise the Lord. You like that

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<v Speaker 2>something out the Bible, Daniel in the lions, Then well

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<v Speaker 2>you're not going to see something out the Bible if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't do something in the Bible. What do you

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<v Speaker 2>mean something in the Bible? I brought a list. You

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear my list?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go through it real quick. Just a few things.

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<v Speaker 2>How many want to see God do something out the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible in your life?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean a miracle?

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<v Speaker 2>Brak okay, okay, all right, now I got something in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, so you can see something out the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Colossians three nine. Do not lie to each other. That's

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible. That's what the Lord wants you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll know what the Lord wants you to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I know what the.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord wants you to do. He wants you to do

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<v Speaker 2>do not lie to each other. That means you have

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<v Speaker 2>to maybe delete your whole social media account because maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the whole.

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<v Speaker 1>Thing is a lie. Maybe the whole thing is not

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<v Speaker 1>a you. Maybe you are like something out the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>How about some in the Bible? Can we do some

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible? Do not lie to each other? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just getting started.

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<v Speaker 1>With this list.

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<v Speaker 2>They want something out the Bible. Give them Philippians to fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Do everything without grumbling.

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<v Speaker 1>Or arguing. Now now I want something out the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do something in the Bible because.

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<v Speaker 1>I want God to ope in the grave.

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<v Speaker 2>And God is like, before we start dealing with graves,

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<v Speaker 2>can we deal with grumbling? Because your grumbling is the grave.

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<v Speaker 2>For every good thing I'm trying to do in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you bury it in your complaining. You want see some

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<v Speaker 2>out of the Bible. I wants you to do something

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible. Next verse, let's keep it going. James

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<v Speaker 2>wanted you to know this is in the Bible. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't know this was going in the Bible when

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote it. He was just writing out of faithfulness,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it's in the Bible. James one, chapter four,

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<v Speaker 2>verse eleven says, brothers and sisters do not slander one another.

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<v Speaker 1>That's in the Bible. That's in the Bible. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>figure out why y'all aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>Shouting over that, because when I was saying stuff out

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, it made us feel excited. But when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>saying something in the Bible, we get quiet. And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>God's not quiet. Maybe I'm just not doing what's in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>You said you were glad I was back.

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<v Speaker 2>Next verse touch somebody say it's in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>Flee from sexual immorality.

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<v Speaker 2>Put that on the Uthex twenty twenty seventy shirt.

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<v Speaker 1>Flee sexual immorality. That's in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you enough to tell you you're not gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>able to hear God if you're so tangled up in

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<v Speaker 2>intimacy that isn't really intimacy, that's just corrupting your ability

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<v Speaker 2>to think you're not gonna really be able to hear

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<v Speaker 2>the great, imprecious promises of God, if your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Is consumed with porn, you got to you gotta run from.

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<v Speaker 2>Some stuff in order to receive some stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's not just true for the youth. It's in

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible. Touch somebody say it's in the Bible. It's

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<v Speaker 4>in the Bible. It's in the b I, B L E.

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<v Speaker 1>Bible. I think I got one more. I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, put this for the kids. Honor your father

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<v Speaker 1>and mother.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, parents, you ought to tie this week with

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<v Speaker 2>this sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>About to see revival, life, heaven. Honor and my mama.

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<v Speaker 1>When I get back home, the leading all my snapchat

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<v Speaker 1>from my phone, and now I've got a fire.

0:38:23.440 --> 0:38:26.480
<v Speaker 2>And this in a Bible, you can change. You can

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<v Speaker 2>be transformed through the renewing of your mind. Jimmy verse

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<v Speaker 2>four again, first Samuel sixteen four. Here's the goal. Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>did what the Lord said. Oh, it's wonderful to hear.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wonderful to be in tune. It's wonderful to be educated.

0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:51.680
<v Speaker 2>It's wonderful to have information. It's wonderful to quote scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>But I would rather you walk in one than quote

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<v Speaker 2>a hundred. Now I'm going to encourage you a little

0:39:02.800 --> 0:39:07.520
<v Speaker 2>bit more uplifting message that the Lord gave me today

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<v Speaker 2>called I.

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<v Speaker 1>Know that voice. By the way, I got to put

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<v Speaker 1>this in there.

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<v Speaker 2>If you hear me condemning you right now, that's not

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<v Speaker 2>God's voice. Just because I'm being loud doesn't mean I

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<v Speaker 2>don't love you.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't mean God doesn't love you.

0:39:29.520 --> 0:39:34.959
<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we confuse correction, which is a sign of love,

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<v Speaker 2>with condemnation, which is the opposite of love. You can

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<v Speaker 2>drive your car wherever you want tonight at two am.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't love you like that, Graham Fredick.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to have some boundaries around two am because

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<v Speaker 2>I love him so much.

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<v Speaker 1>I love him so much. Yeah, but so much to share.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you come back to next week too?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not done, but will you come back to next

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<v Speaker 2>week too? You know, one of the things that I

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<v Speaker 2>associate with hearing from God is frequency. Frequency. That's an

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<v Speaker 2>interesting word because it has a double meaning. One we

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<v Speaker 2>hear in frequency. Sound has a frequency, but frequency also.

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<v Speaker 1>Refers to how many times you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And did you notice that the Lord continued to reveal

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<v Speaker 2>himself to Samuel. But what encouraged me that I really

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you to miss here is that even though

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:37.399
<v Speaker 2>Samuel had been doing it for decades, he still found

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<v Speaker 2>it hard to hear God.

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<v Speaker 1>Good watch.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord said to Samuel, how long will you mourn foresaw?

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<v Speaker 2>Since I've rejected him as king o is Israel. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, I could preach another message sometime about how

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes God says, your grieving period is over, even though

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<v Speaker 2>your grief is still real, and you have got to

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<v Speaker 2>move forward filled until you find what's next. That's another

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<v Speaker 2>message for another day, filled forward found. But see, Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>has to launch out with the knowledge that he has

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<v Speaker 2>to pass through Saul's hometown to get to Bethlehem, where

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<v Speaker 2>God is sending him. So the word God is giving

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<v Speaker 2>him is taking him through a difficult place. So he's

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<v Speaker 2>got to go back to his school and live it out.

0:41:20.000 --> 0:41:22.200
<v Speaker 2>He's got to go back to a loveless marriage and

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<v Speaker 2>love his wife as Christ loves the truth. He's got

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<v Speaker 2>to go back to a job where there aren't many Christians.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got to go back to a job where the

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<v Speaker 2>boss doesn't even appreciate or actually the boss is the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got to go.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to something in this case that could cost him

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<v Speaker 2>his life. So in verse two it says, but Samuel said,

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<v Speaker 2>how can I, which we're all familiar with, How can

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<v Speaker 2>I he heard God? He recognized and discerned this is

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<v Speaker 2>God because he knows that voice. But what that voice

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<v Speaker 2>is saying is very hard. And so his question is how,

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's where most of us are. How

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<v Speaker 2>How can I go? If so all hears about it,

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<v Speaker 2>he will kill me. Now we all have a how,

0:42:03.760 --> 0:42:05.120
<v Speaker 2>and we all have an if.

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<v Speaker 1>How do I do that? If this happens?

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<v Speaker 2>That happens, and the Lord responds verse three, So beautiful,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord said, I got this cover. Get your heifer.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your heifer. Tell somebody get your heifer. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what that means. I just wanted to hear you

0:42:21.120 --> 0:42:23.239
<v Speaker 2>say heifer too. If I got to say it, we

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<v Speaker 2>all got to say it.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your heifer, take your heffer with you. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>this is very symbolic.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a priest, a prophet, and a judge, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to make a sacrifice when he goes by the way.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to think that this was a lie when

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord told him take a heifer and tell him

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<v Speaker 2>I've come to sacrifice to the Lord. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>a lie because every time there is an anointing.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a sacrifice, and.

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<v Speaker 2>What the Lord is giving him here is a strategy

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<v Speaker 2>for a difficult act of obedience. How many have a

0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:57.760
<v Speaker 2>difficult act of obedience hanging over your head right now?

0:42:58.000 --> 0:42:59.520
<v Speaker 2>How many have something in your life that is going

0:42:59.560 --> 0:43:01.000
<v Speaker 2>to be hard to obey God about?

0:43:01.080 --> 0:43:01.600
<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand?

0:43:01.840 --> 0:43:05.359
<v Speaker 2>A difficult act of obedience God has called you to.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to slow down and ask you again, because

0:43:07.880 --> 0:43:10.400
<v Speaker 2>I just read do not lie. How many have a

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<v Speaker 2>difficult act of obedience ahead of you? It could be anything.

0:43:15.480 --> 0:43:17.960
<v Speaker 2>It could be staying sober. It could be staying on

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<v Speaker 2>this diet because you're trying to take care of your body.

0:43:20.480 --> 0:43:23.480
<v Speaker 2>It could be being more loving. It could be refusing

0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:26.480
<v Speaker 2>to consume certain things that you know are actually consuming you.

0:43:26.760 --> 0:43:31.960
<v Speaker 2>A difficult act of obedience. Sometimes it's not hard to

0:43:32.040 --> 0:43:35.040
<v Speaker 2>hear God. Sometimes it's hard to know how you're going

0:43:35.080 --> 0:43:41.680
<v Speaker 2>to do what he said. Lors said, take a heifer,

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't have to have heifers anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>We have Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Praise the Lord somebody. We don't have to have a

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<v Speaker 2>heifer anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the Holy Spirit. We have Jesus, the once

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<v Speaker 1>and for all sacrifice. But now watch this this crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been doing this for six decades, Prophesy. Not only

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<v Speaker 2>has he been hearing from God, he's been speaking for God.

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<v Speaker 1>He should know how to do this by now.

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<v Speaker 2>They said, how can I go, Saul, here's somebody coming,

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<v Speaker 2>should take a heffer and bite Jesse to the sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 2>and I I will show you what to do. But

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:18.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to show you what to do there.

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<v Speaker 1>Here. I'm gonna show you what to do today. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna show you what to do this moment.

0:44:30.480 --> 0:44:32.160
<v Speaker 2>I have a weird time when I'm coming back from

0:44:32.200 --> 0:44:36.520
<v Speaker 2>time off from preaching, where I start thinking about, oh man, I've.

0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:38.120
<v Speaker 1>Got to get ready. I'm not I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't even know if I remember how to do this,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, And then the enemy start loading me with

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<v Speaker 2>all the preaching that I've got to do over the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the year, and I have to come back

0:44:48.080 --> 0:44:49.200
<v Speaker 2>to You don't have a preesure rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>You just have preach today.

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<v Speaker 1>You just have to forgive today. You just have to

0:44:55.760 --> 0:44:58.240
<v Speaker 1>love today.

0:44:59.360 --> 0:45:01.400
<v Speaker 2>You just have to go the meeting today.

0:45:02.360 --> 0:45:06.160
<v Speaker 1>Today. You just have to breathe today. You have to

0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:09.280
<v Speaker 1>get on the peloton today. You gotta read the Bible today.

0:45:10.000 --> 0:45:11.479
<v Speaker 2>You just got to not freak out and not lose

0:45:11.520 --> 0:45:15.600
<v Speaker 2>your mind, not go crazy. Today, the Lord said, I

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<v Speaker 2>will show you.

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<v Speaker 1>What to do.

0:45:17.480 --> 0:45:19.640
<v Speaker 2>You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel did what the Lord said, but now I want

0:45:21.800 --> 0:45:24.160
<v Speaker 2>to read the rest to you. When he arrived at

0:45:24.160 --> 0:45:27.160
<v Speaker 2>Bethlehem versus four party, please, the elders of the town

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<v Speaker 2>trembled when they met him. They asked, do you come

0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:33.240
<v Speaker 2>in peace? That's a loaded question. They mean, is their trouble?

0:45:33.239 --> 0:45:36.360
<v Speaker 2>Because the prophet could declare a war, prophet could do

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<v Speaker 2>almost anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Samuel was the man, But.

0:45:39.200 --> 0:45:40.799
<v Speaker 2>I think it's kind of got a double meaning to it,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you. He has a problem, but he came in

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:47.040
<v Speaker 2>peace because he heard from God. I think that's the

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<v Speaker 2>most amazing thing in life, when you have a problem

0:45:50.600 --> 0:45:56.360
<v Speaker 2>and peace. I think that's the most amazing proof of

0:45:56.400 --> 0:46:00.200
<v Speaker 2>God's presence. Is that I am dealing with stuff you

0:46:00.200 --> 0:46:03.799
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't believe right now, and I'm concerned about.

0:46:03.480 --> 0:46:07.239
<v Speaker 1>It, and I am losing some sleep. But something down

0:46:07.320 --> 0:46:11.680
<v Speaker 1>in me knows that voice. I can hear his voice

0:46:11.680 --> 0:46:14.279
<v Speaker 1>on the other side of that tsa line. I know

0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:17.720
<v Speaker 1>somehow he's going to get me. I don't know how,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know who. I know. Sama did what the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord said. When he arrived. The elder said, do you

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<v Speaker 1>come in peace?

0:46:28.360 --> 0:46:30.960
<v Speaker 2>And Samuel replied, yes, in peace, I have come to

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the

0:46:34.440 --> 0:46:37.480
<v Speaker 2>sacrifice with me. And then he consecrated Jesse and his

0:46:37.520 --> 0:46:39.520
<v Speaker 2>sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

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<v Speaker 1>Now reset, because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Need your full attention for this last thing I want

0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:46.160
<v Speaker 2>to give you on this sermon today. I need you

0:46:46.200 --> 0:46:47.920
<v Speaker 2>to not be checked out. I need you to not

0:46:47.960 --> 0:46:50.160
<v Speaker 2>be thinking. Man, he's been talking a long time. If

0:46:50.239 --> 0:46:52.280
<v Speaker 2>God is still talking, don't you want to still be listening?

0:46:52.560 --> 0:46:55.480
<v Speaker 2>So listen close to what I'm about to say when

0:46:55.520 --> 0:46:58.919
<v Speaker 2>they arrived. I think this is the pivotal skill when

0:46:58.960 --> 0:47:01.840
<v Speaker 2>it comes to hearing from God. Because in this series,

0:47:02.040 --> 0:47:04.160
<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you about how to know

0:47:04.280 --> 0:47:08.279
<v Speaker 2>the difference between your crazy impressions in God's voice. I

0:47:08.320 --> 0:47:10.279
<v Speaker 2>want to talk to you about how to discern the

0:47:10.360 --> 0:47:14.000
<v Speaker 2>difference between just a burst of motivation or a surge

0:47:14.040 --> 0:47:16.080
<v Speaker 2>of ambition and a mission.

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<v Speaker 1>That comes from the Holy Spirit.

0:47:17.840 --> 0:47:20.279
<v Speaker 2>I want us to see together how to not just

0:47:20.360 --> 0:47:22.880
<v Speaker 2>wait for something out the Bible, but to do what

0:47:23.040 --> 0:47:26.040
<v Speaker 2>is in the Bible, so we can see something out

0:47:26.040 --> 0:47:28.759
<v Speaker 2>of the Bible happen in our lives. But I need

0:47:28.800 --> 0:47:32.719
<v Speaker 2>you to understand what verse six says. When they arrived,

0:47:33.160 --> 0:47:40.880
<v Speaker 2>Samuel saw Eliab and thought, surely, the Lord's anointed stands

0:47:40.880 --> 0:47:42.640
<v Speaker 2>here before the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Lord said to Samuel, do not consider his appearance.

0:47:47.680 --> 0:47:51.600
<v Speaker 2>Or his height, for I have rejected him.

0:47:51.920 --> 0:47:54.760
<v Speaker 1>Listen close to me. The Lord does not look.

0:47:54.520 --> 0:47:57.920
<v Speaker 2>At the things people look at. People look at the

0:47:58.080 --> 0:48:04.719
<v Speaker 2>outward appearance. The Lord looks at the heart. So I

0:48:04.760 --> 0:48:07.800
<v Speaker 2>want to preach a little about verse six. It says

0:48:07.880 --> 0:48:13.840
<v Speaker 2>Samuel saw Eliab and thought, surely, how many times have

0:48:13.920 --> 0:48:16.920
<v Speaker 2>you got in trouble in your life because you saw

0:48:17.360 --> 0:48:23.640
<v Speaker 2>and thought surely? You saw and thought surely, and you

0:48:23.719 --> 0:48:26.239
<v Speaker 2>held so hard to what you thought because of what

0:48:26.320 --> 0:48:29.320
<v Speaker 2>you saw that God couldn't show you what he wanted

0:48:30.480 --> 0:48:34.680
<v Speaker 2>because you were so sure about what you thought. The

0:48:34.719 --> 0:48:38.160
<v Speaker 2>reason he thought Eliab was the one is that Eliab

0:48:38.280 --> 0:48:43.319
<v Speaker 2>was tall. Guess who else was tall, Saul. So the

0:48:43.360 --> 0:48:45.960
<v Speaker 2>first thing Samuel wanted to do was pour the oil

0:48:46.000 --> 0:48:49.359
<v Speaker 2>on somebody who reminded him of the past. But God said,

0:48:49.360 --> 0:48:52.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm done with the past. I'm doing a new thing

0:48:52.360 --> 0:48:55.480
<v Speaker 2>in your life. I'm doing a new thing in this generation.

0:48:55.920 --> 0:48:58.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm doing a new thing in this church. I'm doing

0:48:58.760 --> 0:49:00.000
<v Speaker 2>a new thing in your faith.

0:49:04.960 --> 0:49:07.200
<v Speaker 1>I can't hear God's voice.

0:49:06.920 --> 0:49:09.920
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes because I can't do what God says if I

0:49:09.920 --> 0:49:11.320
<v Speaker 2>don't see as God sees.

0:49:12.360 --> 0:49:14.000
<v Speaker 1>So the Lord says, the first.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing I've got to get you to do is stop

0:49:17.440 --> 0:49:21.480
<v Speaker 2>thinking that everything you see is true, thinking that everything

0:49:21.560 --> 0:49:22.680
<v Speaker 2>you feel is true.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all. They send me a clip the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my friends send me a clip of one

0:49:27.520 --> 0:49:30.759
<v Speaker 2>of my sermons and said, I got this the other day.

0:49:30.760 --> 0:49:32.520
<v Speaker 2>It was kind of surprising. Show real quick. They send

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<v Speaker 2>me on YouTube is a fifty second clip. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to show you this. It's called how to make a

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<v Speaker 2>man miss You Deeply. Sometimes the hardest thing isn't about

0:49:40.160 --> 0:49:43.200
<v Speaker 2>making someone love you. It's about making them feel your

0:49:43.239 --> 0:49:48.160
<v Speaker 2>absence to miss you deeply, not just in passing, but

0:49:48.280 --> 0:49:50.640
<v Speaker 2>in that place where their heart aches and their mind

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<v Speaker 2>keeps coming back to you. It's not about chasing or pleading.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about becoming so powerful in who you are that

0:49:59.600 --> 0:50:04.080
<v Speaker 2>you lingers even when you're gone. Today I want to

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<v Speaker 2>show you how to unlock that power, the kind that

0:50:07.920 --> 0:50:12.000
<v Speaker 2>doesn't beg for attention, but commands it naturally. This is

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<v Speaker 2>about mastering the art of being unforgettable, of creating a

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<v Speaker 2>space in his life that only you can fill. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you ready because what you're about to learn will change

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<v Speaker 2>the way you.

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<v Speaker 5>Love and the way he remembers you. Let's dive in.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's dive in. That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>It had my image, it had my name, It even

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<v Speaker 2>kind of had my voice, but it didn't have my values.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how you can tell. Because you listen to me preach.

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<v Speaker 1>You know my values.

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<v Speaker 2>And no AI bought in the world, trained on a

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<v Speaker 2>manual about seduction can make you believe that's me because

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<v Speaker 2>you know that boy, when you know God's boy, when

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<v Speaker 2>you know what God values. No devil in hell, no

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<v Speaker 2>freight room, no toxic person can't talk you out of

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<v Speaker 2>what God said without surfish, no lie. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is saying over some stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life that's not me. Touch somebody say that's

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<v Speaker 1>not God.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care if it sounds spiritual, if it does

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<v Speaker 2>not align with his word, it is not God. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care what culture calls it.

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<v Speaker 1>If God calls his sin, run from it and be

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<v Speaker 1>ye sextified.

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<v Speaker 2>And if God says He's for you, I don't care

0:52:04.400 --> 0:52:07.280
<v Speaker 2>if the whole world is against you. What he says

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<v Speaker 2>is the final Say phil your horn with oil and

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<v Speaker 2>be on your way.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if you feel like you don't know what to

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<v Speaker 1>do next.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to hear God speaking about your future when

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<v Speaker 2>you're still talking to him about your past.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard for you to hear God talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>heart when you keep focusing on the height.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you want to hear God's voice, you got

0:52:42.440 --> 0:52:47.879
<v Speaker 2>to have God's values so you'll know what to do,

0:52:49.440 --> 0:52:52.280
<v Speaker 2>so you'll know how God wants you to treat somebody.

0:52:53.080 --> 0:52:54.480
<v Speaker 1>So you'll know how he wants you.

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<v Speaker 2>To live, whether you're in Miami or Montana, so that

0:52:57.880 --> 0:53:00.719
<v Speaker 2>you'll know what He's saying about your life, so that

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<v Speaker 2>you can fill your horn, move forward with God.

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<v Speaker 1>And find his purpose. Because watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>The proof of Samuel's ministry is not that he never

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<v Speaker 2>got it wrong. You saw him get it wrong twice

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<v Speaker 2>in his seventies. Anybody in their seventies in here tell

0:53:26.600 --> 0:53:32.680
<v Speaker 2>these young people. Listening to God is a life long skill,

0:53:35.760 --> 0:53:39.279
<v Speaker 2>and doing what the Lord said requires that you get

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<v Speaker 2>the grace for this season of your life, because the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says in verse seven this Maybe you won't care

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<v Speaker 2>about this, but this blew my mind, y'all. I called

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<v Speaker 2>three preachers and said, have you ever seen this before

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible? And they all said no. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't preach it this Sunday, I'm stealing it. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a progression that happens. In verse six, Samuel thought,

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<v Speaker 2>because he saw, surely, I want you to I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to get that this week and kind of work

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<v Speaker 2>it through.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, surely. I was so certain about it. I

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<v Speaker 2>was so committed to the thing that wasn't God. I

0:54:20.000 --> 0:54:23.680
<v Speaker 2>was so like I hear things and they sound like God.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, certain things sound like God, but just because

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<v Speaker 2>they sound good doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Mean they're from God.

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard sermons before where people say God has to

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<v Speaker 2>take you into isolation to give you revelation.

0:54:36.960 --> 0:54:39.399
<v Speaker 1>That rhymes, but that's not right.

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<v Speaker 2>Occasionally God will give you revelation in isolation. But our

0:54:43.680 --> 0:54:47.640
<v Speaker 2>God is a God of community, and God doesn't want

0:54:47.680 --> 0:54:48.400
<v Speaker 2>you in isolation.

0:54:48.520 --> 0:54:51.800
<v Speaker 1>The enemy does. God speaks through peopure.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying, And it sounds like God,

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<v Speaker 2>like that video sounded like me kind of.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not his values.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you know his values, you will know his voice.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse six, he said, Samuel saw and thought surely,

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<v Speaker 2>But the Lord said to Samuel, you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>You got the wrong one.

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<v Speaker 2>And God doesn't measure faith by your confidence. He measures

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<v Speaker 2>faith by your correct ability. Oh wow, wow. Is not

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<v Speaker 2>in never getting it wrong that God calls you faithful.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that when the Lord spoke and interrupted what Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>thought was supposed to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse seven, the Lord said to Samuel, he's.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the one who said, come on, talk to me.

0:55:46.160 --> 0:55:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Who said, okay, The Lord corrected Samuel's values. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not looking at what you're looking at. Now look

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<v Speaker 2>at verse eight. Then Jesse called a benedab that was

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<v Speaker 2>his second son, the second one that wasn't right. He

0:55:58.760 --> 0:56:00.839
<v Speaker 2>called a Benaedabh and had him pass in.

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<v Speaker 1>Front of Samuel. But Samuel said.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord has not chosen this one either. Who said,

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<v Speaker 2>read it again, Samuel. Because he's heard God's values.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he knows God's voice.

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<v Speaker 2>And God doesn't have to tell him over and over

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<v Speaker 2>and over again. He has internalized the word of God

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<v Speaker 2>until the point where seven sons of Jesse passed before Samuel,

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<v Speaker 2>and he kept saying, not that one looks good, not

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<v Speaker 2>that one sounds good, not that one seems to be

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<v Speaker 2>a king, not that one.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, noe is that all you have?

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesse said, there's still the youngest. He is tending

0:56:47.280 --> 0:56:49.839
<v Speaker 2>the sheep. And Samuel said, sin for him. We will

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<v Speaker 2>not sit down until he arrived. So he sent for

0:56:52.400 --> 0:56:55.200
<v Speaker 2>him and had him brought in. He was glowing with

0:56:55.320 --> 0:57:00.680
<v Speaker 2>help and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord said, rise and annoying him, this is the one.

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<v Speaker 2>So Samuel took the horn of oil, the one that

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<v Speaker 2>he filled back home, for the one that he found,

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<v Speaker 2>even after he got it wrong to love this sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>Today he took the oil that he.

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<v Speaker 2>Filled, not knowing, and anointed him in the presence of

0:57:20.920 --> 0:57:24.040
<v Speaker 2>all of his brothers. And from that day on the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David, and Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>went to Rama. And all I'm trying to say to

0:57:32.560 --> 0:57:36.480
<v Speaker 2>you today is when you know God's voice, when you

0:57:36.680 --> 0:57:42.040
<v Speaker 2>know God's heart, when you know your God. When Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>my sheep know my voice, and they follow me.

0:57:47.600 --> 0:57:48.760
<v Speaker 1>And I know his hard.

0:57:52.000 --> 0:57:55.360
<v Speaker 2>I know his heart for you to hear for what

0:57:55.400 --> 0:57:57.360
<v Speaker 2>God wants you to do about this situation.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to remind you of something.

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<v Speaker 2>You've heard his voice before, You've missed his voice before,

0:58:12.400 --> 0:58:19.439
<v Speaker 2>and he didn't stop speaking, and he's still speaking. Even

0:58:19.480 --> 0:58:24.120
<v Speaker 2>though you can't always feel him, you can be filled

0:58:24.880 --> 0:58:28.400
<v Speaker 2>with him, even though you didn't get it right the

0:58:28.440 --> 0:58:33.520
<v Speaker 2>first time. Even though your morning there is a message.

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<v Speaker 2>When Elijah went to college, he came home after three

0:58:38.560 --> 0:58:41.800
<v Speaker 2>weeks and he said, it's been so hard for me

0:58:41.840 --> 0:58:43.080
<v Speaker 2>to get on track without you.

0:58:43.200 --> 0:58:46.360
<v Speaker 1>Dad. I said, dude, I miss you too.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of crazy because sometimes we would drive each

0:58:49.200 --> 0:58:52.520
<v Speaker 2>other crazy in the house. But there were days where

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be like, man, I love for Elijah to be

0:58:54.160 --> 0:58:55.240
<v Speaker 2>here driving me crazy.

0:58:56.440 --> 0:58:59.680
<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean? He said. The hard part

0:58:59.720 --> 0:59:01.120
<v Speaker 1>is you have always been.

0:59:00.960 --> 0:59:05.000
<v Speaker 2>The voice in my head giving me wisdom. And I

0:59:05.040 --> 0:59:06.520
<v Speaker 2>know I can call you, and I know I can

0:59:06.560 --> 0:59:08.400
<v Speaker 2>text you, but it's just not the same because when

0:59:08.400 --> 0:59:10.440
<v Speaker 2>I lived at home, you would come wake me up

0:59:10.480 --> 0:59:13.440
<v Speaker 2>and get me to work out, and nobody does that

0:59:13.520 --> 0:59:16.240
<v Speaker 2>for me now, he says.

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<v Speaker 1>So now.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to hear you even though you're not here.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that God is always present. I know that

0:59:27.600 --> 0:59:30.560
<v Speaker 2>he's always here, but there may be somebody in here

0:59:30.640 --> 0:59:33.880
<v Speaker 2>who you have been feeling like God is not speaking

0:59:33.920 --> 0:59:36.000
<v Speaker 2>to you anymore. And I think you think that because

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<v Speaker 2>you think you did something that disappointed him so much,

0:59:39.880 --> 0:59:42.360
<v Speaker 2>you did something that was so different, you are secretly

0:59:42.400 --> 0:59:47.840
<v Speaker 2>afraid that he's left you. You are secretly afraid that

0:59:47.880 --> 0:59:51.960
<v Speaker 2>you messed it up. Do you really think that the

0:59:52.080 --> 0:59:55.960
<v Speaker 2>God who raised up a shepherd named David to replace

0:59:56.440 --> 0:59:58.720
<v Speaker 2>a king named Saul doesn't have a plan for your

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<v Speaker 2>life too?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you really think God's that small that.

1:00:03.480 --> 1:00:07.160
<v Speaker 2>There's something you can do that's bigger than the blood

1:00:07.200 --> 1:00:10.600
<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. Do you really think that the God who

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<v Speaker 2>created you didn't have a contingency plan? Do you really

1:00:13.920 --> 1:00:16.440
<v Speaker 2>think that the God who knows your destination doesn't know

1:00:16.440 --> 1:00:19.760
<v Speaker 2>how to reroute you when you take a wrong turn?

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<v Speaker 2>So he's still speaking, Somebody says, speak, Lord, your servant

1:00:29.560 --> 1:00:32.520
<v Speaker 2>is listening. Stand to your feet all over this room,

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<v Speaker 2>heads bowed, eyes close. Although you may not be Samuel,

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<v Speaker 2>and you may not be a prophet, I'm not either.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot hinges on you hearing from God. The truth

1:00:44.280 --> 1:00:46.040
<v Speaker 2>of the matter is, if you keep listening to the

1:00:46.120 --> 1:00:48.200
<v Speaker 2>voice of the enemy. You're going to drive everyone and

1:00:48.280 --> 1:00:51.920
<v Speaker 2>everything away that you love. If you keep isolating and

1:00:51.960 --> 1:00:54.320
<v Speaker 2>thinking that God has you isolated, when God has really

1:00:54.360 --> 1:00:57.160
<v Speaker 2>surrounded you by people, you are going to continue to.

1:00:57.120 --> 1:00:59.280
<v Speaker 1>Be depressed and you can't pray it away. You're going

1:00:59.320 --> 1:01:01.840
<v Speaker 1>to have to obey it away. You hear me.

1:01:02.200 --> 1:01:04.200
<v Speaker 2>You can't pray that away. You're going to have to

1:01:04.200 --> 1:01:06.600
<v Speaker 2>take the next step. If you keep staring at the

1:01:06.640 --> 1:01:09.440
<v Speaker 2>missed opportunity called Saul, you will never meet the future

1:01:09.480 --> 1:01:11.920
<v Speaker 2>called David. You are going to have to fill your

1:01:11.920 --> 1:01:14.960
<v Speaker 2>horn with oil and be on your way.

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<v Speaker 1>With heads bowed and eyes closed.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to pray for the people in this room

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<v Speaker 2>today who have been feeling like God has stopped speaking

1:01:24.880 --> 1:01:27.760
<v Speaker 2>to you. You feel like it's been silent from heaven,

1:01:29.240 --> 1:01:31.040
<v Speaker 2>with heads about and eyes closed, no one looking around,

1:01:31.040 --> 1:01:32.680
<v Speaker 2>and even online. Would you raise your hand if that's you.

1:01:33.560 --> 1:01:35.520
<v Speaker 2>I felt like God has been not talking to me.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we're gonna fix that right now. God said

1:01:42.600 --> 1:01:47.760
<v Speaker 2>he loves you. God said he knows you. God said

1:01:47.760 --> 1:01:49.880
<v Speaker 2>he knit you together in your mother's roomb. God said

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<v Speaker 2>that you are not a mistake. God said that he

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<v Speaker 2>knows the plans that He has for you. God said

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<v Speaker 2>that you're more than a conqueror. God said that nothing

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<v Speaker 2>in all create will be able to separate you from

1:02:01.680 --> 1:02:05.320
<v Speaker 2>the love of God that is in Christ, Jesus, our Lord.

1:02:07.000 --> 1:02:11.680
<v Speaker 2>I know that's God's will, because that's God's word. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to pray for those today who have been paralyzed

1:02:14.000 --> 1:02:17.080
<v Speaker 2>by some decisions, and you've been letting the details that

1:02:17.160 --> 1:02:19.160
<v Speaker 2>you don't have distract you from the things that you

1:02:19.240 --> 1:02:19.720
<v Speaker 2>know to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand. If that's you. I've been so distracted and.

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<v Speaker 2>So stressed about what I don't know that I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been putt it.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>If that's you, raise your hand, Raise it boldly. Father,

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<v Speaker 2>in Jesus' name, Your sheep, know your voice.

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<v Speaker 1>I pray that this week there's going to be clarity

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<v Speaker 1>in their spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to maybe not know what the next ten

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<v Speaker 2>steps are, but they will know what the next one is,

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<v Speaker 2>and they'll know who's with them. I thank you God

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<v Speaker 2>that we're walking in the confidence of a God who

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<v Speaker 2>never stops carrying us.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you that we're walking in the confidence of

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<v Speaker 1>belonging to a.

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<v Speaker 2>God who knows the end from the beginning and God,

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<v Speaker 2>I thank you that.

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<v Speaker 1>You speak to us, not through the words that we

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<v Speaker 1>can hear, but through the whispers that we can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Father, help us to quiet the noise. What's that song

1:03:07.640 --> 1:03:09.880
<v Speaker 2>that we sing? Tune the whole world out. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>need a thing, couldn't ask for more. If I have

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<v Speaker 2>seen your face, I have all I want. Put me

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<v Speaker 2>at your feet. Tune the whole world out. You know

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<v Speaker 2>where I'll be in my father's house.

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