WEBVTT - Rags to Righteous!

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, clap those hands and bless the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil never should have let you find out that

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<v Speaker 2>God was for you and not against you. That's going

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<v Speaker 2>to change everything. That's going to change the way you walk.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to change the way you talk. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>change the way you weep. You're not going to sorrow

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<v Speaker 2>without hope because you know that God is not against you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to change the way you celebrate because.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that it wasn't your own strength or your

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<v Speaker 2>own might. But if it had not been for the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord fighting for me, how many have a testimony that

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<v Speaker 2>God brought you this far?

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<v Speaker 1>Praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>And as amazing as it is for us to remember

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<v Speaker 2>that God is for us, we also need to know

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<v Speaker 2>that there are people who are also for us. In

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<v Speaker 2>a divided world. There's real power in unity. So I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to make a connection with the person on

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<v Speaker 2>either side of you either grab their hand or touch

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<v Speaker 2>their shoulder, depending on your level of germaphobia and faith.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're watching online, we welcome you. We connect with

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<v Speaker 2>you now by the Holy Spirit. And even if you're

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<v Speaker 2>watching alone, you're not alone.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no distance in the spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Heavenly Father, I thank you for what I feel in

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<v Speaker 2>this moment, the faith that is rising in my heart

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<v Speaker 2>on behalf of the people that you're going to speak

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<v Speaker 2>to today.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord, I ask now not only.

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<v Speaker 2>That you would speak, but that we would hear, because

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<v Speaker 2>those two have to happen at the same time for

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<v Speaker 2>results to be produced.

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<v Speaker 1>And there may be things that would keep us from

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<v Speaker 1>hearing what you say today.

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<v Speaker 2>There may be distractions, There may be things in our

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<v Speaker 2>mind that are replaying from yesterday that would keep us

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<v Speaker 2>from being in this present moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, we just want to do that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Needful thing, and to sit at your feet, to learn

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<v Speaker 2>from you, to be with you, to receive from you,

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<v Speaker 2>to worship you, to praise you, to glorify you. Your

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<v Speaker 2>word says that if two of us would agree concerning

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<v Speaker 2>anything in your name, it would be done. We come

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<v Speaker 2>together two or three twenty thirty thousand, two or three

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<v Speaker 2>million strong, all across the world today, believing for breakthrough,

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<v Speaker 2>believing that anything is possible. And we clap our hands

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<v Speaker 2>and celebrate in advance.

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<v Speaker 1>What you're going to do in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 3>Amen, somebody shot, Amen shot, Amen again.

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<v Speaker 1>Glory to God. Good to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome, Welcome to week four of our series Through the

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<v Speaker 2>New You.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's clap our hands. We made it to week four.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to walk you back through really quickly the mindsets.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have you say them out loud, and then we

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<v Speaker 2>are going to get into a good one today.

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<v Speaker 1>Got something for you today, But let's catch up. Number one.

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<v Speaker 2>Say I'm not stuck. All right, You're gonna have to.

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<v Speaker 2>I know the devil stole an hour asleep, but you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have to. You're gonna have to caffeinate real quick

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<v Speaker 2>or something. Say I'm not stuck. Touch your neighbors. Say

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<v Speaker 2>you're not stuck unless you stop. That in the comments,

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm not stuck unless I stop. Now, get a

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<v Speaker 2>deep breath and say Number two, Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 2>I am enough. Say it again, Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 2>I am enough. Number three. With God, there's always a

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<v Speaker 2>way and by faith I will find it. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say it might be hard to find, but I'll

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<v Speaker 2>find it. Come on, I've looked under the couch for

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<v Speaker 2>things less valuable than this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking for this.

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<v Speaker 2>And today we came to talk about something so fundamental

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<v Speaker 2>and foundational that I pray that it will grip you

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<v Speaker 2>from the inside out by the spirit of God. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to repeat it after me, and then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll spend our entire time together today giving a lesson

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<v Speaker 2>on it from the Bible. Maybe hard for you to

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<v Speaker 2>believe this, but you just sang it, and I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that you will begin to live it more and more

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Repeat after me.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not against me, but he's in it with me,

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<v Speaker 2>working through.

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<v Speaker 1>Me, fighting for me. God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 2>Clap your hands like you know, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the right response.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you Jesus, and you may be seated, Smile at

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<v Speaker 2>somebody on your way to your seat. I will take

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<v Speaker 2>you now to Jeremiah thirty eight. Jeremiah thirty eight. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>share with you a story that I'll let you decide

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's an uplifting story or not. But it is

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<v Speaker 2>a story that pulled at me in a serious way

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<v Speaker 2>this week, and so I'm very excited to share it

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<v Speaker 2>with you. The Bible says in Jeremiah thirty eight, let's

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<v Speaker 2>drop to verse six. Will be jumping in in the middle,

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<v Speaker 2>but I will give you the backstory as a backfill

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<v Speaker 2>in just a moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Jeremiah thirty eight, verse six.

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<v Speaker 2>So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern

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<v Speaker 2>of Malkaija, the King's son, which was in.

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<v Speaker 1>The courtyard of the guard.

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<v Speaker 2>They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern. It had

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<v Speaker 2>no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down

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<v Speaker 2>into the mud. But ebed Melick, a Cushike, an official

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<v Speaker 2>in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 2>into the cistern, and while the king was sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>the Benjamin gate, ebed Melick went out out of the

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<v Speaker 2>palace and said to him, my lord, the King, these

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<v Speaker 2>men have acted wickedly in all they have done to

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah the Prophet.

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<v Speaker 1>They have thrown him into.

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<v Speaker 2>A cistern where he will starve to death when there

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<v Speaker 2>is no longer any bread in the city. Then the

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<v Speaker 2>king commanded e bed Melick, the Kushite, take thirty men

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<v Speaker 2>from here with you and lift Jeremiah the Prophet out

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<v Speaker 2>of the cistern before he dies. So ebed Melick took

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<v Speaker 2>the men with him and went to a room under

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<v Speaker 2>the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags

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<v Speaker 2>and worn out closed from there and let them down

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<v Speaker 2>with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. E bed Melick

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<v Speaker 2>the Kushite said to Jeremiah, put these old rags and

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<v Speaker 2>worn out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah did so, and they pulled him up with the

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<v Speaker 2>ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah

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<v Speaker 2>remained in the courtyard of the guard. Say amen, for

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<v Speaker 2>the word of the Lord. Somebody say amen, if you

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<v Speaker 2>know that God has the power to pull you out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to speak to you today from this

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<v Speaker 2>subject or this title.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to just call the message this.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to call it instead of uh, rags to riches,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to call it rags to righteous, rags to righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>And as I move further into this talk with you,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to tell you something that my family

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<v Speaker 2>picks on me about.

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<v Speaker 1>As you settle in and prepare to take notes on

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<v Speaker 1>this sermon. They call me safety Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason is that although I pride myself in being

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat of a risk taker in ministry to reach people

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<v Speaker 2>for Jesus, like doing whatever I need to do to

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<v Speaker 2>get the message across, when it comes to average everyday stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a little bit of a whimp. I'm a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit fearful. Out of my loving heart, sometimes I go

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<v Speaker 2>a little overboard. I'm not a helicopter parent exactly, but

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<v Speaker 2>I do require bicycle helmets on every bike ride, even

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<v Speaker 2>for Holly. And I'm not saying you'll never catch me

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<v Speaker 2>without a bicycle helmet, but I will usually have on

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<v Speaker 2>a bicycle helmet if you see me, because the shield

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<v Speaker 2>of faith will not stop me from crushing my head

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<v Speaker 2>on the pavement with the way some of y'all drive.

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<v Speaker 1>So I need protection. Everybody say protection.

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<v Speaker 2>How funny thing about my kids is sometimes they confuse

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<v Speaker 2>my protection as punishment.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember clearly one.

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<v Speaker 2>Time we were on vacation and we were getting on

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<v Speaker 2>our bikes to ride, and Elijah was about thirteen, and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, where's your helmet? And he said, Dad, do

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<v Speaker 2>I really have to wear a helmet? I'm thirteen. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, happy birthday to my newest thirteen year old

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<v Speaker 2>Abigail Faith Thirday.

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<v Speaker 1>Today is her birthday.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, today is her birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>I've now got three teenagers.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch this beard go totally gray over the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>So when he turned thirteen, of Liife just said, do

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<v Speaker 2>I really have to wear a helmet? And I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you really have to wear a helmet? And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>and I quote, but Dad, you're ruining my fit. He

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<v Speaker 2>had exactly dressed the way he wanted and then the

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<v Speaker 2>helmet clashed.

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<v Speaker 1>With the with something that he was wearing. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>you're running my fit.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, son, I don't know if I said it

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<v Speaker 2>this eloquently, but I tried to convey this thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not worried about your fit. I'm worried about your future.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like you to live more than I would

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<v Speaker 2>like you to look good. Somebody say amen, because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really not talking about bicycle helmets right now. I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>about God, our father, who is never against us, who

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<v Speaker 2>is always for us. But sometimes what he wants for

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<v Speaker 2>you is so much greater than what you want for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Because God thinks legacy while you think lunch. God thinks

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<v Speaker 2>destiny while you think desire.

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<v Speaker 1>What do I want right now?

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<v Speaker 2>God knows what he's walking you into, and so sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>while you are so worried about messing up your fit,

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<v Speaker 2>God is trying to protect your future. Therefore, we cannot

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<v Speaker 2>assume that when we say God is not against me,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say it, God.

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<v Speaker 1>Is not against me.

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<v Speaker 2>We cannot assume that that means that God will always

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<v Speaker 2>be in complete agreement with us, any more than I

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<v Speaker 2>allowed Elijah to take off this helmet so it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>clash with his shoes. This is so important as we

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<v Speaker 2>understand the context of the scripture that I read you.

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<v Speaker 2>Because God has a prophet named Jeremiah. Everybody say Jeremiah.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll probably have you talked back to me a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more today than normal, just to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>this story, which is unfamiliar, really gets in your heart

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<v Speaker 2>before we finish it today. Jeremiah, of course, was a

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<v Speaker 2>priest who ministered to the southern Kingdom of Judah just

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<v Speaker 2>before they were destroyed, and they were destroyed because of

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<v Speaker 2>their disobedience.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to point that out.

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<v Speaker 2>They were destroyed not because it was their destiny, but

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<v Speaker 2>because they were disobedient. You ever notice how a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things that we call destiny, really, if we look

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<v Speaker 2>at it, dissect it and take it for what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>and don't deny it, Really, what we call destiny sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>was a series of decisions that we made, and looking

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<v Speaker 2>back at it, we say, that's just the way it happened,

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<v Speaker 2>that's just the way it went, that's just the way

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<v Speaker 2>it unfolded, and there was nothing I could do. And

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<v Speaker 2>yet throughout the Book of Jeremiah we see that what

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<v Speaker 2>we call destiny is a collection of.

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<v Speaker 1>Decisions in many ways.

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<v Speaker 2>In many ways, Jeremiah exists to turn the nation back

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<v Speaker 2>to God, but knowing that they would not turn back

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<v Speaker 2>to God, God sends him as a warning.

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<v Speaker 1>And then after.

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<v Speaker 2>They are taken captive into Babylonian exile. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm covering a lot, but I have to, because you

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<v Speaker 2>have to understand why Jeremiah is in this pit.

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<v Speaker 1>When we pick up in verse.

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<v Speaker 2>Six, Really, Jeremiah's words did not accomplish the purpose that

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<v Speaker 2>he intended them to accomplish.

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<v Speaker 1>Therefore, it would be easy to assume that he failed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet he did not fail.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that as he prophesied and told

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<v Speaker 2>the people, you know, you really do need to surren

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<v Speaker 2>and turn back to God. In this particular case, he

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<v Speaker 2>was telling them you need to just go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>go along with what God is doing. In this particular instance,

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<v Speaker 2>God was sending the Babylonians to take his people captive

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<v Speaker 2>for a season to bring them back to him for

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<v Speaker 2>a greater purpose in the future. God is allowing something

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<v Speaker 2>in their life in order to bring them into alignment

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<v Speaker 2>with Him for their future. Sometimes what God allows is

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<v Speaker 2>for alignment. And when God sees your life getting out

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<v Speaker 2>of alignment with the word that He has spoken and

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose that He desires to achieve, he will allow

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<v Speaker 2>something in your life, even if it feels like an attack.

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<v Speaker 2>God will use the attack of the enemy to bring

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<v Speaker 2>you into alignment with himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me he won't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me he won't make you put your bicycle helmet

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<v Speaker 2>on and take your phone if you want, because He'd

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<v Speaker 2>rather take your phone than for you to crush your skull.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know this isn't what you expected when we started,

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<v Speaker 2>because I said.

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<v Speaker 4>God is not against me, and yet I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 4>that God is against some of the things that hurt you.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not against you. But he is against some

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<v Speaker 2>of the fake stuff that you call you, that is

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<v Speaker 2>not you, that rots you and robs you of what

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<v Speaker 2>he calls you. Now, now, Jeremiah kept coming to the

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<v Speaker 2>king and saying, I'm telling you you need to go

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<v Speaker 2>with what God is doing. You should have turned earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>But now if you just surrender, God will say you

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<v Speaker 2>and they still won't surrender. And so these these these

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<v Speaker 2>four officials, these these four cronies of the king, the

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<v Speaker 2>cabinet of the king, uh, the the guys who tell

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<v Speaker 2>him what he wants to hear. They say, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to throw Jeremiah. You need to deal with Jeremiah. Lock

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<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's put him in a cistern.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's find one of those things that holds water, and

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<v Speaker 2>let's let's throw him in there so he will shut up.

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<v Speaker 2>He's discouraging everybody because he's preaching negativity. He wasn't preaching negativity.

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<v Speaker 2>He was preaching repentance. And repentance is the process by which,

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<v Speaker 2>when you find yourself in a pit, you stop digging.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what repentance is. Repentance is realizing, oh I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>a pit, maybe I should stop digging, Touch your neighbor

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<v Speaker 2>and say stop digging. The best strategy when you find

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<v Speaker 2>yourself in a pit of sin is stop digging. And

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<v Speaker 2>let me just say, if I'm the only one here

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<v Speaker 2>who came to church willing to be honest and vulnerable

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<v Speaker 2>and open today, how many have ever found yourself in

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<v Speaker 2>a pit because of your own sin?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's try that again.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you have found yourself sinking deeper and

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<v Speaker 2>deeper into something that God tried to get.

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<v Speaker 3>You to stop sooner?

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you waited until the consequence has got

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<v Speaker 2>so bad? How many of you waited until the pain

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<v Speaker 2>became so severe?

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Waited until the point where now you have to pray

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<v Speaker 2>three times as long because now you've got ten times

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<v Speaker 2>as many issues. You just would have said something when

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<v Speaker 2>you started sinking.

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<v Speaker 3>God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 2>He's always for me, and he's always with me. He's

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<v Speaker 2>always with me, and he's always for me. So now

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<v Speaker 2>we have to answer the big question of Jeremiah thirty eight,

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<v Speaker 2>verse six. Let's go back to that scripture again, because

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<v Speaker 2>now you're really ready for it.

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<v Speaker 1>It says, so.

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<v Speaker 2>They took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern.

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<v Speaker 1>The cistern isn't very big in diameter, only about.

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<v Speaker 2>Three feet, but then it has a bulb at the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom because it's fifteen feet deep, and the deeper it goes,

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<v Speaker 2>the wider it gets. These cisterns were meant to collect

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<v Speaker 2>rain water, not human bodies, and yet in the nation

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel there was not much water to be found.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says there was only mud in this cistern.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at it again. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into

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<v Speaker 2>the cistern. It had no water in it, only mud,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jeremiah sank down.

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<v Speaker 1>Into the mud.

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<v Speaker 3>Which makes sense if Jeremiah sinned.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand sinking when you sin, because I've done it.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand sinking when you're bitter because I've been it.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand sinking in an addiction because I've dealt with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand sinking in my own dumb decisions.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you have ever sunk in stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>It ain't even always sin. Sometimes you just bought a

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<v Speaker 2>time share. It's not necessarily a Bible verse about that,

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<v Speaker 2>but nature reveals seven hundred and sixty two months later,

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<v Speaker 2>you're still sinking, and you've been there three days and

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<v Speaker 2>it's got roaches.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we must ask the question.

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<v Speaker 2>If Jeremiah was speaking for God, if Jeremiah was serving God.

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<v Speaker 1>And not sinning and not stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>And we've all.

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<v Speaker 2>Sunk before because we sinned, And we've all sunk before

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<v Speaker 2>because we were stupid. And when you are sinking in sin,

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<v Speaker 2>you repent. What do you do when you are sinking

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<v Speaker 2>while serving? This is the question that I came to

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<v Speaker 2>have a conversation about today. I'm serving God. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying I'm perfect, but I'm serving God and I'm sinking.

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<v Speaker 2>It would surprise you where some of my sermons come from.

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<v Speaker 1>It would because some of my.

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<v Speaker 2>Sermons, if you asked me where I got them from,

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<v Speaker 2>I would I have to tell you, honestly, I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>From the Mud. Touch somebody next to you and say

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<v Speaker 1>I got it from the Mud.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of my sermons that I preached to you, I

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<v Speaker 2>must be honest with you. They came not because I

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<v Speaker 2>was so high, and not because I was so holy,

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<v Speaker 2>and not because I was so right, and not because

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<v Speaker 2>I was so righteous, and not because I was so brilliant,

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<v Speaker 2>and not because I was so bold. But some of

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<v Speaker 2>my sermons that I've preached to you. I got them

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<v Speaker 2>from a muddy place, muddy messages. I know my boots

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<v Speaker 2>are clean at this moment, but some of the stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that I've walked through and that you've walked through to

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<v Speaker 2>be in your seat today would surprise somebody. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>the messages that you get in your life come from

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<v Speaker 2>the mud. Some of the things you help people with

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<v Speaker 2>are from the hell that you've been through that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want anybody else to go through, And so you

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<v Speaker 2>tell them I've been through this hell, so.

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<v Speaker 3>I could hand you this helmet so I can tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, called a callback, Remember the hell from the bicycle.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when he was mad because I made him wear

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<v Speaker 2>the helmet, But I told him, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Want you to have to go through hell when you

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<v Speaker 1>could just put on this helmet.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to have to suffer the consequences

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<v Speaker 2>when you could just listen to God. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>you to have to go through sixteen sexual partners.

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<v Speaker 1>To find out that you can't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>From that, And after they're gone, you're still left with you.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you can't be complete in Christ, nobody can

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<v Speaker 2>complete you.

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<v Speaker 1>See, you gotta get.

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<v Speaker 3>This from the mud.

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<v Speaker 2>The people who are praising God on this point have

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<v Speaker 2>been through something. But people who are cute are still

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<v Speaker 2>not climbing out yet.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you've been stuck in something and you finally.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a step out of it, it'll make you jump

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<v Speaker 2>up and holler. Look how he lifted me with nothing

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<v Speaker 2>else could help, nothing but mud in the cistern and Jeremiah,

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<v Speaker 2>God's man is in the mind. What is God's man

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<v Speaker 2>doing in the mud.

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<v Speaker 1>What is a prophet doing in a pit?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought if you worked for God, he would work

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<v Speaker 2>it out for you, working through me. I thought God

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<v Speaker 2>was fighting for you, So shouldn't Jeremiah thirty eight, verse

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<v Speaker 2>six read Duslie.

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<v Speaker 3>So they took Jeremiah and.

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<v Speaker 1>Tried to put him into.

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<v Speaker 2>The cistern, but the angel Gabriel grabbed him by the

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<v Speaker 2>throat and said, touch not mine anointed. So this one

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<v Speaker 2>I'm learning because I talk to people who love Christ

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<v Speaker 2>and have cancer. Because I talked to people who raised

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<v Speaker 2>their kids I You're an admonition of the Lord, and

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<v Speaker 2>their kids still went buck wild crazy, never wore a helmet.

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<v Speaker 1>I could say other stuff, but I pray for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel unfiltered right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want this message to get so muddy that

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<v Speaker 2>you missed the heart of it. And the point of

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<v Speaker 2>it is you can do everything right and things still

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<v Speaker 2>go wrong. I release every parent of the parental guilt

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<v Speaker 2>that says if you would have put them in the

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<v Speaker 2>special school when they were two and a half years old,

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<v Speaker 2>if you would have taught them Spanish by the time

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<v Speaker 2>they were four, they would have been doctors.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have been the president. First of all, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't be the president till they're over eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently, I told you it's getting money, it's getting muddy.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the dirty version I guess today. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>good to be back home. You can't say this kind

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff just anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't talk like this.

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<v Speaker 2>In Philadelphia. We're talking about Jeremiah, God's man in the Mud,

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<v Speaker 2>God's man in the Mud.

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<v Speaker 1>And notice how I said that he sank down into

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<v Speaker 1>the mud.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I'm just going to minister this for a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>because it seems to me very important. Strong people sink.

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<v Speaker 2>Strong people sink, and if we want to get really

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<v Speaker 2>technical about it, the more weighty the object, the more

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<v Speaker 2>quickly and deeply it sinks. Strong anointing means strong attacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I see why he was sinking because he was

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<v Speaker 2>saying something. Now I see why he was under attack

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<v Speaker 2>because he was valuable. Now I see why he was

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<v Speaker 2>under attack because.

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<v Speaker 1>He had an assignment.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you understand that about your life, that your assignment

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<v Speaker 2>to glorify God, your assignment to shine a light for Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>your assignment to make a difference in the lives of others,

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<v Speaker 2>will sometimes cause you to sink. So, then full disclosure,

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<v Speaker 2>God is not against me. He's in it with me,

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<v Speaker 2>working through me. Fighting for me was written by me

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<v Speaker 2>one morning driving to this church to preach to this

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<v Speaker 2>congregation whom I love, and the anxiety of standing up

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<v Speaker 2>to preach will often create in me a fear that

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<v Speaker 2>I have nothing to say and I'm not worthy to

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<v Speaker 2>say it. One morning, as I drove up to the church,

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<v Speaker 2>I begin to say to myself, God, I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>today that you are working through me as I preach,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you want me to do a good job.

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<v Speaker 2>In that amazing thought, why would I even have to

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<v Speaker 2>tell myself that? Well, let me tell you. The reason

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<v Speaker 2>I have to say, God is not against me. He's

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<v Speaker 2>in it with me, working through me, fighting for me,

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<v Speaker 2>is because just because God doesn't ever line up against me.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because God is not against me doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 2>nobody else is.

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<v Speaker 3>There have been times in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>And ministry where people have uttered an unkind word or

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<v Speaker 2>two in my direction. Therefore, if you are not intentional,

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<v Speaker 2>you will begin to assimilate the hatred of peoples, of people,

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<v Speaker 2>the opposition of people, or even the trials of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will begin to think that since they are

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<v Speaker 2>like that, and since life is like that, God is

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<v Speaker 2>not like that. When we say God is not against me,

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps it seems to you unnecessary.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps you've never had the thought that God was against you.

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<v Speaker 1>But is it possible that.

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<v Speaker 2>While confessing God is for me, that life is coming

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<v Speaker 2>against you in a way that is making you wonder,

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<v Speaker 2>if God is with me, why is there only mud.

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<v Speaker 1>In this pit.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you noticed, but the one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that was never mentioned in the chapter that I read

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<v Speaker 2>you was the presence of God. It does not say

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<v Speaker 2>that Jeremy I was thrown into the pit, but God

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<v Speaker 2>was with him in the pit. It says that about

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph in prison and the Old Testament, But this is

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<v Speaker 2>a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one of.

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<v Speaker 2>Those moments where Jeremiah must have been thinking as he

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<v Speaker 2>was sinking, where are you God? We know that he

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<v Speaker 2>thought this way because in the Book of Lamentations, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>think about the name of that book. Jeremiah wrote that

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<v Speaker 2>book lament It means to grief, it means the question.

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<v Speaker 2>And in that book as well as the book that

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<v Speaker 2>bears his name, many times he would speak the word

0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>of the Lord, but he would also question within himself, God,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm your man, what's up with this mud? This

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<v Speaker 2>is his third imprisonment for preaching the word of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>God.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm your servant, why am I in this cistern? God,

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<v Speaker 2>you called me to be a prophet. You told me

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<v Speaker 2>before I was born that you knew me in a

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<v Speaker 2>point to me. And yet he's learning, as we all

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<v Speaker 2>must learn, that just because you are appointed doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>you'll never be attacked.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I know you don't want to wear this helmet, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want your head to crash on the pavement

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<v Speaker 2>that you think just because you have a purpose and

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<v Speaker 2>a promise from God that there will be no pits.

0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:32.120
<v Speaker 2>Because if I preach this, but I don't tell you

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<v Speaker 2>about the pitstops on the way to purpose. You will smash,

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:41.440
<v Speaker 2>you will splatter, you will smudge, you will stop, You

0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:42.840
<v Speaker 2>will feel stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>In the moments when the feeling goes away.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet the time to sing, God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty good.

0:30:52.000 --> 0:30:54.480
<v Speaker 3>God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 2>The time to sing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is not when you see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you when you need to sing, God

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<v Speaker 2>is not against me.

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<v Speaker 1>Singing a minute.

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<v Speaker 3>God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 2>Sing it when you're sinking. Sing it when you're sinking.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell your neighbor. Sing it the next time you sink.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is how it's gonna work in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>When you start to sink into the pit of your

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<v Speaker 2>own problems. When you start to sink, God feel annointed

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<v Speaker 2>to help somebody up today. I see you've been sinking.

0:31:40.560 --> 0:31:42.640
<v Speaker 2>I see you've been going down in it. I see

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<v Speaker 2>you've been going back to past habits that are beneath you.

0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:47.720
<v Speaker 2>I see you've been going into memories that you need

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<v Speaker 2>to leave in a room.

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<v Speaker 1>But they keep coming out.

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<v Speaker 2>I see you keep going into self pity. I see

0:31:52.200 --> 0:31:55.080
<v Speaker 2>you keep going into old ways of processing. I see

0:31:55.080 --> 0:31:57.760
<v Speaker 2>you keep going into despair. I see it keep going

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<v Speaker 2>into suicidal thoughts. I see it keep going back to

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<v Speaker 2>toxic relationships. I see it keep going back to the

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<v Speaker 2>things that break your heart. I see it keep going

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<v Speaker 2>back to the things that pulled you. I'll see it

0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:10.760
<v Speaker 2>keep going back to the things that offer you temporary relief.

0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:15.560
<v Speaker 2>And I see you sinking, but I see you singing

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<v Speaker 2>as you're sinking.

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<v Speaker 3>Love lifted me.

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<v Speaker 1>They doesn't mean I won't sink. It means I won't

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<v Speaker 1>stay there. Yeah, I was about to look for my band.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know if y' went to sleep on me.

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<v Speaker 2>But high five somebody and say I'm sinking, but I'm singing.

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<v Speaker 1>Please do not let our songs.

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<v Speaker 2>Confuse you into thinking that we never sink. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>we have low moments. It's called human experience. It's called

0:32:57.000 --> 0:33:00.000
<v Speaker 2>being born of a woman. It's called having a name.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure that was given to us by Adam, but was

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<v Speaker 2>redeemed by Christ. And when I was sinking, he reached

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<v Speaker 2>down and rescued me.

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<v Speaker 1>I need somebody.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's been rescued to get up and rejoice that he

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<v Speaker 3>rescued you. Then we're getting there. We're getting there.

0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:31.920
<v Speaker 2>We're getting there, We're getting there, We're getting there. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not rejoicing because the enemy never resisted me. I'm rejoicing

0:33:37.000 --> 0:33:40.560
<v Speaker 2>because when he resisted me, God rescued me.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is never mentioned. Y'all sit down, let me teach.

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:54.560
<v Speaker 2>It is never mentioned in this scripture that God intervened.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm gonna show you something. Who Thank you, Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Never write up it before went to cemetery seminary, went

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<v Speaker 2>to Bible training school.

0:34:07.760 --> 0:34:08.840
<v Speaker 3>You never ride a bouttle.

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<v Speaker 2>I read about Jeremiah, but look what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>When he was sinking.

0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:13.880
<v Speaker 2>And this is what's happening in your life right now,

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<v Speaker 2>whether you realize or not, whether you see it or not,

0:34:15.160 --> 0:34:16.480
<v Speaker 2>whether you feel it or not, whether you believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, you're just sing i' HIPing peopleup because I

0:34:17.880 --> 0:34:19.160
<v Speaker 1>got to gi himdenergy. And that's what I do on

0:34:19.160 --> 0:34:20.960
<v Speaker 1>Sunday morning. That's not this what I do on Sunday morning.

0:34:20.960 --> 0:34:22.360
<v Speaker 1>This is what I do on Monday morning. This is

0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:23.759
<v Speaker 1>what I do on Tuesday morning. This is what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>do on Wednesday morning.

0:34:24.640 --> 0:34:26.160
<v Speaker 3>This is what I'm doing out in my own.

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<v Speaker 2>Money moment so I can encourage myself in the law.

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<v Speaker 1>Why y'all looking at me like you work security.

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<v Speaker 2>You look suspicious of this, and yet I am telling

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<v Speaker 2>you that I sink.

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<v Speaker 3>Safety.

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<v Speaker 1>Steve is also.

0:34:47.040 --> 0:34:55.040
<v Speaker 2>Sinking Steve, and speaking Steve is authoritative sinking.

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen has to remember, no, no, no, he's not against me.

0:35:01.400 --> 0:35:06.640
<v Speaker 1>Life is, trolls are aging is.

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<v Speaker 2>But God's note. You know what Peter showed me in

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<v Speaker 2>the New Testament. And then I'm about to show you

0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:18.440
<v Speaker 2>something that's gonna blow you away. Peter showed me in Matthew,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter fourteen, verse thirty. I think I gave them the scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it up there if I gave it to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and y'all clap if they put it up on the screen, Mathew.

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<v Speaker 1>But okay, I can say, right, Peter's walking toward Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>on the water.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, walking toward Jesus on the water. He has a

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<v Speaker 2>path toward purpose. Right, he has a path toward purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>And then all of a sudden he saw the wind

0:35:37.040 --> 0:35:42.799
<v Speaker 2>which was against him, and he was afraid and beginning

0:35:43.080 --> 0:35:47.640
<v Speaker 2>to sink. He cried out, Lord save me. That's the

0:35:47.680 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 2>only verse you need for your sinking moments. That's what

0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:55.400
<v Speaker 2>you need. We'll put it backup, put it back up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doing it yet. He started sinking because of

0:36:00.040 --> 0:36:03.160
<v Speaker 2>what he saw. The wind was against him. Sometimes what

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>you see is against you, so you forget what is

0:36:05.239 --> 0:36:11.680
<v Speaker 2>in you that is for you, and beginning to sink.

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<v Speaker 2>So Peter doesn't sound like this when he cries, don't

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<v Speaker 2>go oh, you're not gargling anything. I don't even think

0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:23.759
<v Speaker 2>he was up to his waist. He said, oh, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going all the way down there when Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is right here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to get that.

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<v Speaker 2>Mentality about your day. I'm not gonna do it after

0:36:36.040 --> 0:36:39.719
<v Speaker 2>I drink, ain't ate glasses. I'm gonna cry out when

0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:44.120
<v Speaker 2>I start to sink. I'm not gonna do it after

0:36:44.160 --> 0:36:46.680
<v Speaker 2>I've already gone off on everybody in my phone and

0:36:46.760 --> 0:36:47.960
<v Speaker 2>ruined all my friendships.

0:36:49.000 --> 0:36:52.680
<v Speaker 1>When I start to sink. Put it up one more time.

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<v Speaker 2>He started to sink, and he said, what do you

0:36:58.640 --> 0:37:07.000
<v Speaker 2>say when you start to sink? God is not against me.

0:37:07.920 --> 0:37:11.200
<v Speaker 2>So you start to sink, the wind is against you.

0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:22.520
<v Speaker 2>Remind yourself, God's not. God's not. They might be God's not.

0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:29.960
<v Speaker 2>It might be God's not. Somebody say, God's not. If

0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:32.759
<v Speaker 2>every demon in Hell is against you, I'm done with

0:37:32.760 --> 0:37:39.040
<v Speaker 2>the verse. Now God's not. God's not done with you.

0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:45.840
<v Speaker 2>God's not fed up with you. God's not gone. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'll show you this from Jeremiah thirty eight. Now we're

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:52.560
<v Speaker 2>ready for Jeremiah thirty eight, verse seven. He was sinking

0:37:53.760 --> 0:37:55.920
<v Speaker 2>down in the mud verse seven.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you missed a shout. Go to verse six.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do it again.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, always catch up class. I've been going a

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks, so you don't have my rhythm right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it again. And he sank down into the mud.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's do it again.

0:38:24.280 --> 0:38:33.720
<v Speaker 2>He sank down into the mud. But I'm not shouting

0:38:33.760 --> 0:38:41.600
<v Speaker 2>about the mud. I'm shouting about the butt. I'm sinking

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<v Speaker 2>into the feeling of anxiety.

0:38:47.600 --> 0:38:48.080
<v Speaker 1>You got it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sinking into the old way of doing it.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the best scriptures that you'll ever see is

0:38:56.880 --> 0:38:58.880
<v Speaker 2>we were dead in our transgressions and sins.

0:38:59.360 --> 0:39:02.359
<v Speaker 1>But God, but God.

0:39:03.280 --> 0:39:04.439
<v Speaker 3>And yet the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mention God in this passage, does it.

0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:10.880
<v Speaker 3>It says he was sinking in the mud.

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<v Speaker 2>But Ebed Melic, baby name possibility right here, Ebed Melick,

0:39:20.320 --> 0:39:23.840
<v Speaker 2>your child will be the only one in class raising

0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:29.720
<v Speaker 2>their hand if your name me bed Melic, Ebet Melik,

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<v Speaker 2>and eat.

0:39:31.560 --> 0:39:34.920
<v Speaker 1>The Olpion says here Kushite. It also says.

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<v Speaker 2>A official in the royal palace, but that's not specific enough.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a eunuch, a eunuch who was brought over

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<v Speaker 2>as a slave and was put in a position of service.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the word ebed melick. Ebed means servant, Melick

0:39:56.440 --> 0:40:04.319
<v Speaker 2>means king. But ibad Melick, that's your cue.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Voice, But Ibad Melick a kushite, a eunuch.

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<v Speaker 3>The eunuchs, when they were brought over to serve, were castrated.

0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:19.680
<v Speaker 1>The Levinical law forbade anyone who was.

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<v Speaker 3>Castrated from entering the assembly of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want you to get the preciousness of this

0:40:26.560 --> 0:40:31.160
<v Speaker 2>partnership and the unlikeliness of this deliverance is that a

0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:35.440
<v Speaker 2>man from Ethiopia, who was brought to a land that

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<v Speaker 2>was being ravaged by enemies, who was serving a king

0:40:39.239 --> 0:40:45.439
<v Speaker 2>who had no courage, speaks up and steps up as

0:40:45.560 --> 0:40:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah sinks in a cistern in a pit, he speaks

0:40:50.400 --> 0:40:54.480
<v Speaker 2>up as a servant in the palace. God is working

0:40:54.480 --> 0:40:58.120
<v Speaker 2>in places you can't see. God is working through people

0:40:58.160 --> 0:40:59.399
<v Speaker 2>you don't know about.

0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:02.600
<v Speaker 1>God is working through people who you think don't belong

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<v Speaker 1>in that position.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pointing it out to you because some people have

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<v Speaker 2>let you down. Maybe some people have been like the

0:41:10.280 --> 0:41:13.680
<v Speaker 2>men in this passage who threw Jeremiah in the pit. Oh,

0:41:13.800 --> 0:41:16.680
<v Speaker 2>thanks a lot. I was just trying to help. But

0:41:16.800 --> 0:41:19.880
<v Speaker 2>while they were throwing him in the pit, God was

0:41:19.920 --> 0:41:24.080
<v Speaker 2>already preparing somebody in the palace to steak up on

0:41:24.200 --> 0:41:28.719
<v Speaker 2>his behalf. So I'm preaching this word to somebody who

0:41:28.760 --> 0:41:33.080
<v Speaker 2>feels forgotten. You are not forgotten. God is just going

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:38.239
<v Speaker 2>to use something foreign. I said, God is going to

0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:39.760
<v Speaker 2>use something foreign.

0:41:42.200 --> 0:41:44.120
<v Speaker 3>Think how wild this is.

0:41:45.040 --> 0:41:48.759
<v Speaker 2>God needs somebody to move to get Jeremiah out of

0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:52.480
<v Speaker 2>the pit. Who does he choose to use somebody who

0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:58.000
<v Speaker 2>wasn't even allowed to come worship. You're gonna have to

0:41:58.000 --> 0:42:02.239
<v Speaker 2>watch this message twice to get it, because it's going

0:42:02.280 --> 0:42:08.320
<v Speaker 2>to remind you that no matter who betrays you, God's

0:42:08.360 --> 0:42:09.319
<v Speaker 2>always got a butt.

0:42:10.960 --> 0:42:12.840
<v Speaker 1>Ebed melick.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's pause and give.

0:42:17.880 --> 0:42:18.640
<v Speaker 1>Him praise.

0:42:20.160 --> 0:42:30.279
<v Speaker 2>For every ebed melic. And he not only comes to

0:42:30.320 --> 0:42:35.200
<v Speaker 2>the king, but he confronts the king. This kind of

0:42:35.200 --> 0:42:38.520
<v Speaker 2>courage that you have when you know that God is

0:42:38.640 --> 0:42:43.600
<v Speaker 2>not against me, but he's in it with me, working

0:42:43.640 --> 0:42:50.880
<v Speaker 2>through me, fighting for me. Isn't it amazing that you

0:42:50.920 --> 0:42:53.759
<v Speaker 2>would stand up to a king and he is not

0:42:53.840 --> 0:42:58.080
<v Speaker 2>even considered a true worshiper, not by that culture.

0:43:00.200 --> 0:43:01.120
<v Speaker 1>Is who he wants to use.

0:43:03.880 --> 0:43:05.239
<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to everybody who doesn't even have

0:43:05.280 --> 0:43:06.280
<v Speaker 2>a high school education.

0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:09.680
<v Speaker 1>God uses who he wants to use. I want to

0:43:09.719 --> 0:43:10.880
<v Speaker 1>talk to everybody who's.

0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:12.319
<v Speaker 2>Had an abortion and people try to make you feel

0:43:12.360 --> 0:43:13.080
<v Speaker 2>terrible about it.

0:43:13.280 --> 0:43:15.480
<v Speaker 1>God uses who he wants to use, and he's going

0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:17.760
<v Speaker 1>to give you something in your future to help somebody.

0:43:17.960 --> 0:43:21.000
<v Speaker 2>And so let's turn those tears into testimony so you

0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:24.800
<v Speaker 2>can help somebody, so you can hand somebody a helmet.

0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:29.000
<v Speaker 1>I want to speak to everybody who has been.

0:43:28.800 --> 0:43:41.640
<v Speaker 2>Cast out, cast aside, cast graded and left any crazy,

0:43:41.840 --> 0:43:44.040
<v Speaker 2>that the one who was left out is the one

0:43:44.080 --> 0:43:45.040
<v Speaker 2>who lifted up.

0:43:48.960 --> 0:43:50.600
<v Speaker 1>Sinking in loneliness.

0:43:50.080 --> 0:43:55.480
<v Speaker 2>Right now, Oh, but Ebed Melick, I've been spending time

0:43:55.480 --> 0:43:56.359
<v Speaker 2>with this guy all week.

0:43:57.640 --> 0:44:00.520
<v Speaker 1>The more I studied them, the more I touched me.

0:44:00.600 --> 0:44:01.080
<v Speaker 1>What he did?

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<v Speaker 2>He heard they put Jeremiah into the cistern, and the

0:44:06.600 --> 0:44:08.440
<v Speaker 2>king is sitting in the gate. Now, I want to

0:44:08.440 --> 0:44:11.600
<v Speaker 2>point something out. The King is in the palace, Jeremiah

0:44:11.680 --> 0:44:14.719
<v Speaker 2>is in the pit. God is not with the king.

0:44:15.840 --> 0:44:20.040
<v Speaker 2>God is with Jeremiah. No, no, no, get this, get this,

0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:27.000
<v Speaker 2>get this. The palace does not prove God's presence. The

0:44:27.120 --> 0:44:29.080
<v Speaker 2>pit does not prove his absence.

0:44:32.600 --> 0:44:34.600
<v Speaker 1>Stop looking at the circumstances.

0:44:34.840 --> 0:44:36.400
<v Speaker 2>Every time you get out there, you go, well, it

0:44:36.480 --> 0:44:38.480
<v Speaker 2>must not be God's will. It didn't work out, well,

0:44:38.520 --> 0:44:40.520
<v Speaker 2>it must not be God's will. It's really hard. Well,

0:44:40.560 --> 0:44:42.680
<v Speaker 2>it must not be working. We've all felt that way.

0:44:43.960 --> 0:44:47.960
<v Speaker 2>But if you're serving while you're sinking, and if you're

0:44:48.000 --> 0:44:51.440
<v Speaker 2>sinking while you're serving, know that God has an Ebed

0:44:51.560 --> 0:44:57.480
<v Speaker 2>Melick position in the palace. Verse eight. Ebed Melick went

0:44:57.560 --> 0:45:00.720
<v Speaker 2>out of the palace and said to him, my lord

0:45:00.760 --> 0:45:03.640
<v Speaker 2>the King, these men have acted wickedly, and all they've

0:45:03.640 --> 0:45:05.839
<v Speaker 2>done to Jeremiah the prophet, this is not right.

0:45:06.560 --> 0:45:08.080
<v Speaker 1>They've thrown him into a cistern.

0:45:08.640 --> 0:45:11.480
<v Speaker 2>He will starve to death when there's no longer any

0:45:11.520 --> 0:45:14.200
<v Speaker 2>bread in the city. And the king commanded he bed

0:45:14.239 --> 0:45:17.440
<v Speaker 2>Melik the Kushai, all right, take thirty men from here

0:45:17.560 --> 0:45:24.840
<v Speaker 2>with you. Thirty this is overkill. He be Melick, like,

0:45:24.880 --> 0:45:28.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't really need thirty. No, take thirty, Take thirty.

0:45:28.600 --> 0:45:31.239
<v Speaker 2>Here's what I want to prophesy. When God does lift

0:45:31.280 --> 0:45:34.560
<v Speaker 2>you out, there is going to be more than enough

0:45:34.560 --> 0:45:42.040
<v Speaker 2>strength to do it. Yeah, I'll tell you why God

0:45:42.120 --> 0:45:42.879
<v Speaker 2>is a show off.

0:45:44.680 --> 0:45:46.680
<v Speaker 1>God wants to show his glory.

0:45:47.480 --> 0:45:50.040
<v Speaker 2>God sends thirty men for a task that three could

0:45:50.040 --> 0:45:53.480
<v Speaker 2>handle them. But not only do they have extra resource,

0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:56.160
<v Speaker 2>not only does God have more than enough power to

0:45:56.200 --> 0:45:58.879
<v Speaker 2>pull you out of the pit, but the Bible says

0:45:58.920 --> 0:46:02.399
<v Speaker 2>he told him to take a rope and go down

0:46:02.400 --> 0:46:05.680
<v Speaker 2>there and get him out of the cistern before he dies.

0:46:06.480 --> 0:46:10.480
<v Speaker 2>In other words, he's sinking, but he's not all the

0:46:10.520 --> 0:46:15.520
<v Speaker 2>way sunk. He's sinking, but something stopped him from sinking.

0:46:16.200 --> 0:46:16.920
<v Speaker 1>Did you ever.

0:46:16.840 --> 0:46:20.080
<v Speaker 2>Wonder why God still left you here after all you've

0:46:20.080 --> 0:46:23.880
<v Speaker 2>been through. Did you ever wonder why what came against

0:46:23.960 --> 0:46:25.319
<v Speaker 2>you didn't take you totally out?

0:46:26.239 --> 0:46:27.160
<v Speaker 1>I believe it's.

0:46:27.000 --> 0:46:30.560
<v Speaker 2>Because God has something more for you that he wants

0:46:30.600 --> 0:46:35.239
<v Speaker 2>to do through you. After all, we were singing a

0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:39.120
<v Speaker 2>minute ago. He's in it with me, working through me.

0:46:40.080 --> 0:46:42.320
<v Speaker 2>And I want to ask the question today, not only

0:46:43.600 --> 0:46:46.440
<v Speaker 2>what do you need to be lifted out of, but

0:46:46.520 --> 0:46:53.279
<v Speaker 2>who have you lifted lately? Maybe God put you in

0:46:53.360 --> 0:46:57.400
<v Speaker 2>a position to lift somebody. Did you ever think about

0:46:57.400 --> 0:47:01.279
<v Speaker 2>the fact that maybe the reason you're in your pit

0:47:02.719 --> 0:47:05.680
<v Speaker 2>is because you won't lift anybody else out of theirs.

0:47:11.160 --> 0:47:13.359
<v Speaker 3>I want God to be in my pit with me.

0:47:14.480 --> 0:47:17.960
<v Speaker 2>But what if he is using me to visit somebody

0:47:18.000 --> 0:47:21.680
<v Speaker 2>else in their pit. I want you to start using

0:47:21.760 --> 0:47:25.240
<v Speaker 2>everything you go through for God's glory. The moment something

0:47:25.320 --> 0:47:27.759
<v Speaker 2>bad starts happening to you, I want you to go

0:47:27.800 --> 0:47:30.440
<v Speaker 2>on a counterattack. I want you to say that if

0:47:30.440 --> 0:47:32.480
<v Speaker 2>the enemy is gonna come against me, he's gonna learn

0:47:32.520 --> 0:47:36.520
<v Speaker 2>that it's gonna cost him a little bit. So every

0:47:36.560 --> 0:47:40.520
<v Speaker 2>time you discourage me, devil, just know I'm gonna send

0:47:40.560 --> 0:47:43.440
<v Speaker 2>three texts to encourage somebody else.

0:47:44.680 --> 0:47:47.520
<v Speaker 3>Or you want some Oh, you want some.

0:47:48.760 --> 0:47:49.640
<v Speaker 1>You want to put me.

0:47:49.680 --> 0:47:50.520
<v Speaker 3>Down in the pit?

0:47:51.480 --> 0:47:53.400
<v Speaker 1>Wants me lift somebody else up?

0:47:54.400 --> 0:47:57.560
<v Speaker 2>With the strength I do have, with the gift I

0:47:57.680 --> 0:48:01.360
<v Speaker 2>do have, with the skill I do have, with the

0:48:01.480 --> 0:48:04.880
<v Speaker 2>life I do have, with the opportunity I do have.

0:48:06.000 --> 0:48:08.799
<v Speaker 2>I thought somebody and say I came to lift you up.

0:48:10.560 --> 0:48:13.200
<v Speaker 2>If you don't have faith, borrow mind, if you don't

0:48:13.239 --> 0:48:15.000
<v Speaker 2>have joy, borrow mind, you.

0:48:15.000 --> 0:48:17.080
<v Speaker 1>Can surf on my way for a little while.

0:48:17.440 --> 0:48:20.080
<v Speaker 3>You might be going through something, So hitch on.

0:48:20.160 --> 0:48:22.759
<v Speaker 2>To me and let's get out of this pit to

0:48:22.880 --> 0:48:29.720
<v Speaker 2>get up. I'm looking for a lifter in this house,

0:48:31.080 --> 0:48:35.680
<v Speaker 2>an unlikely lifter. You've been through help, but you're praying

0:48:35.760 --> 0:48:36.640
<v Speaker 2>for other people.

0:48:39.719 --> 0:48:40.840
<v Speaker 1>You're trying to hold.

0:48:40.640 --> 0:48:44.040
<v Speaker 2>Your own life together, but you're a source of comfort.

0:48:44.040 --> 0:48:44.480
<v Speaker 1>After all.

0:48:44.520 --> 0:48:48.319
<v Speaker 2>The famine was affecting the bed Melick too, and he

0:48:48.440 --> 0:48:52.560
<v Speaker 2>found the strength to lift Jeremiah.

0:48:52.600 --> 0:48:55.880
<v Speaker 1>And I got to show you one more thing because

0:48:55.920 --> 0:48:58.760
<v Speaker 1>when I rean in, I thought, what a beautiful story.

0:49:00.200 --> 0:49:04.680
<v Speaker 2>How sometimes life puts us in a pit, and we

0:49:04.719 --> 0:49:06.439
<v Speaker 2>don't always feel God's presence.

0:49:06.080 --> 0:49:06.440
<v Speaker 1>In a pit.

0:49:07.200 --> 0:49:11.120
<v Speaker 2>And sometimes when God sends a person to bring us

0:49:11.160 --> 0:49:16.440
<v Speaker 2>out of our pit, we don't recognize him.

0:49:16.560 --> 0:49:17.640
<v Speaker 1>It's not what we expected.

0:49:19.840 --> 0:49:21.840
<v Speaker 2>And I thought, that's a great story, because everybody in

0:49:21.880 --> 0:49:26.000
<v Speaker 2>here either needs to be more like Jeremiah and don't

0:49:26.000 --> 0:49:29.840
<v Speaker 2>die in the pit, or be more like Ebed Melick

0:49:30.719 --> 0:49:35.360
<v Speaker 2>and come get somebody out of a pit. And the

0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:37.080
<v Speaker 2>Lord said, and he didn't say it like this, but

0:49:37.400 --> 0:49:43.640
<v Speaker 2>the Lord said, dummy, how did he do it? And

0:49:43.680 --> 0:49:48.680
<v Speaker 2>I read about the ropes It said that the King

0:49:48.680 --> 0:49:50.560
<v Speaker 2>told him take thirty men from here and lift Jeremiah

0:49:50.640 --> 0:49:52.560
<v Speaker 2>of the systern before he dies, and Ebed Melick took

0:49:52.600 --> 0:49:54.840
<v Speaker 2>them in with him verse eleven, and went to a

0:49:54.920 --> 0:49:56.600
<v Speaker 2>room under the treasury in the palace, and he took

0:49:56.640 --> 0:49:58.360
<v Speaker 2>some old rags and worn out clothes from there and

0:49:58.440 --> 0:50:02.840
<v Speaker 2>let them down with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

0:50:02.880 --> 0:50:06.240
<v Speaker 1>Now you're Jeremiah.

0:50:06.320 --> 0:50:10.959
<v Speaker 2>You've been sinking, you've been starving, and something starts coming

0:50:11.000 --> 0:50:14.120
<v Speaker 2>down into the cistern, and you've been down here and

0:50:14.160 --> 0:50:15.320
<v Speaker 2>you've been wondering.

0:50:15.480 --> 0:50:16.800
<v Speaker 1>Am I done?

0:50:16.920 --> 0:50:18.640
<v Speaker 2>And we can all relate to this, even if not

0:50:18.719 --> 0:50:20.919
<v Speaker 2>this extreme example, that we are the prophet of God

0:50:20.960 --> 0:50:22.080
<v Speaker 2>to the nation in the time.

0:50:21.960 --> 0:50:26.320
<v Speaker 1>Of backsliding and wickedness. We can relate to these moments.

0:50:27.360 --> 0:50:31.040
<v Speaker 2>In the pit where we do not feel sense or

0:50:31.080 --> 0:50:34.040
<v Speaker 2>discern the presence of God, and all of a sudden

0:50:35.160 --> 0:50:40.560
<v Speaker 2>here comes the rope. But not yet, for the Bible

0:50:40.560 --> 0:50:42.680
<v Speaker 2>says in verse eleven that e bed Melick took them

0:50:42.719 --> 0:50:45.200
<v Speaker 2>in with him, and on his way to the cistern,

0:50:46.080 --> 0:50:47.640
<v Speaker 2>he has to make a pit stop.

0:50:48.840 --> 0:50:52.839
<v Speaker 1>Wat watch off. He stops by the.

0:50:52.840 --> 0:50:56.120
<v Speaker 2>Treasury in the palace, And if you're one of the

0:50:56.120 --> 0:50:58.879
<v Speaker 2>thirty men with him, you are thinking, no doubt, Oh,

0:50:58.880 --> 0:51:02.160
<v Speaker 2>he's going to get some gold or some silver, and

0:51:02.200 --> 0:51:04.880
<v Speaker 2>we're going to buy Jeremiah out of the pit. But

0:51:04.920 --> 0:51:07.560
<v Speaker 2>look at verse eleven. He doesn't go into the room

0:51:07.560 --> 0:51:11.000
<v Speaker 2>where the riches are. The Bible says, he went to

0:51:11.080 --> 0:51:15.560
<v Speaker 2>a room under the treasury. The treasury is where the

0:51:15.640 --> 0:51:20.600
<v Speaker 2>valuables were stored. The treasury was the room that accessed

0:51:20.600 --> 0:51:22.839
<v Speaker 2>all of the spices and all of the relics, and

0:51:22.920 --> 0:51:26.000
<v Speaker 2>all of the valuables and all of the memorials.

0:51:27.520 --> 0:51:28.520
<v Speaker 1>He doesn't go in that room.

0:51:29.560 --> 0:51:34.720
<v Speaker 2>He went to a room under the treasury in the palace,

0:51:35.920 --> 0:51:38.160
<v Speaker 2>a room that he knew how to get into.

0:51:39.400 --> 0:51:40.520
<v Speaker 1>What kind of room is this?

0:51:40.600 --> 0:51:42.560
<v Speaker 2>And why are we stopping on our way to a

0:51:42.600 --> 0:51:48.799
<v Speaker 2>rescue to go into a room under the treasury? So

0:51:49.080 --> 0:51:58.560
<v Speaker 2>he stops. He goes into a room, and he emerges

0:52:00.320 --> 0:52:08.680
<v Speaker 2>sometime later with an unexpected resource. Because this room under

0:52:08.719 --> 0:52:13.839
<v Speaker 2>the treasury is not where they kept the riches. That's

0:52:13.880 --> 0:52:20.560
<v Speaker 2>where they kept the rags. And on his way to

0:52:20.680 --> 0:52:25.879
<v Speaker 2>rescue Jeremiah, God's man in the mud, who has been

0:52:25.880 --> 0:52:29.040
<v Speaker 2>sinking and starving and can't spare another second.

0:52:29.360 --> 0:52:34.600
<v Speaker 1>Put the verse up, please. He goes into the room.

0:52:33.719 --> 0:52:40.280
<v Speaker 2>And took some old rags, some old rags and worn

0:52:40.280 --> 0:52:41.160
<v Speaker 2>out clothes from.

0:52:41.040 --> 0:52:44.840
<v Speaker 3>There, and he let them down with ropes.

0:52:46.320 --> 0:52:51.040
<v Speaker 2>To Jeremiah in the sister and verse twelve says the

0:52:51.040 --> 0:52:53.879
<v Speaker 2>welcome voice of he Bed Melick echoed and said to Jeremiah,

0:52:54.120 --> 0:52:58.919
<v Speaker 2>put these old rags and worn out clothes under your arms. Jeremiah,

0:53:00.360 --> 0:53:05.839
<v Speaker 2>we've come to help you. I'm Ebed Mellick. I'm an Ethiopian.

0:53:07.000 --> 0:53:08.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm not the kind of person that you're used to.

0:53:10.080 --> 0:53:13.320
<v Speaker 2>But God has put me in a position, and he.

0:53:13.160 --> 0:53:17.440
<v Speaker 3>Heard your prayers. And we're here, Jeremiah.

0:53:17.480 --> 0:53:21.640
<v Speaker 2>And I got thirty of my boys, and we're about

0:53:21.680 --> 0:53:22.719
<v Speaker 2>to get you out of this pit.

0:53:24.280 --> 0:53:28.200
<v Speaker 1>I said, we're about to get you out of this pit. Jeremiah.

0:53:28.440 --> 0:53:31.799
<v Speaker 2>We're about to get you out of this pit. We

0:53:31.920 --> 0:53:33.279
<v Speaker 2>got enough power to do it.

0:53:34.160 --> 0:53:34.640
<v Speaker 1>We've got a.

0:53:34.680 --> 0:53:37.840
<v Speaker 2>Heart to do it. It's the purpose we came here for.

0:53:38.840 --> 0:53:43.760
<v Speaker 2>But Jeremiah verse twelve, Please, Jeremiah, before we pull.

0:53:43.640 --> 0:53:48.880
<v Speaker 1>You out of this pit, put these rags under your arms,

0:53:49.880 --> 0:53:52.760
<v Speaker 1>and put these clothes under your arms.

0:53:53.640 --> 0:53:57.440
<v Speaker 3>I know they're old, I know they're worn out.

0:53:58.800 --> 0:54:03.760
<v Speaker 2>But I brought you something, Jeremiah, that you didn't expect.

0:54:04.760 --> 0:54:07.960
<v Speaker 2>But I'm gonna drop it to you now. I'm going

0:54:08.040 --> 0:54:11.960
<v Speaker 2>to drop you these rags before I drop you this

0:54:12.120 --> 0:54:16.480
<v Speaker 2>rope I'm going to These rags came from our house.

0:54:18.600 --> 0:54:22.280
<v Speaker 2>I was on my way out this morning, and before

0:54:22.320 --> 0:54:25.359
<v Speaker 2>I came to preach to you, it crossed my mind

0:54:25.400 --> 0:54:25.800
<v Speaker 2>to make.

0:54:25.640 --> 0:54:28.680
<v Speaker 1>A pitstop because I wanted to.

0:54:28.640 --> 0:54:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Stand in this sermon in the moment and speak to

0:54:32.000 --> 0:54:37.239
<v Speaker 2>everybody who's waiting for the ropes to come, waiting for

0:54:37.320 --> 0:54:41.800
<v Speaker 2>the ropes to pull you out, and knowing that God

0:54:41.880 --> 0:54:46.520
<v Speaker 2>has the power to pull you out of it, every stronghold,

0:54:47.120 --> 0:54:53.240
<v Speaker 2>every wicked thing, every low place, every spiritual demonic force

0:54:53.320 --> 0:54:56.440
<v Speaker 2>that is pulling you down. God is greater than the

0:54:56.480 --> 0:54:59.600
<v Speaker 2>gravity of that, and he asked the power to pull

0:54:59.600 --> 0:55:04.120
<v Speaker 2>you out. But I heard the voice of Ebed Melick saying,

0:55:05.760 --> 0:55:09.839
<v Speaker 2>before you grab those ropes, I.

0:55:09.800 --> 0:55:11.080
<v Speaker 1>Want to give you these rags.

0:55:12.960 --> 0:55:16.719
<v Speaker 2>And I know they don't look like much, and I

0:55:16.760 --> 0:55:20.440
<v Speaker 2>know you don't see the purpose in them. And I

0:55:20.480 --> 0:55:23.760
<v Speaker 2>know that this is something that normally people would throw away.

0:55:24.360 --> 0:55:29.839
<v Speaker 2>But Jeremiah, I brought you a rope, and I brought

0:55:29.880 --> 0:55:30.640
<v Speaker 2>you some rags.

0:55:32.719 --> 0:55:44.759
<v Speaker 5>The rags always come before the rope. The rags always

0:55:44.920 --> 0:55:48.239
<v Speaker 5>come before the rope.

0:55:48.719 --> 0:55:51.080
<v Speaker 2>And I'm saying this because you've been in a pit

0:55:51.440 --> 0:55:54.360
<v Speaker 2>praying for God to provide for you, and he is.

0:55:57.520 --> 0:56:03.239
<v Speaker 2>He's given you rags right now, Jeremiah, I'm gonna drop

0:56:03.280 --> 0:56:03.920
<v Speaker 2>these rags.

0:56:04.800 --> 0:56:07.759
<v Speaker 3>I work in the treasury, and I know about.

0:56:07.480 --> 0:56:10.719
<v Speaker 2>A secret room where they keep the old cloths and

0:56:10.800 --> 0:56:13.880
<v Speaker 2>the old rags and the discarded clothes.

0:56:14.320 --> 0:56:16.480
<v Speaker 1>And I came to bring you something.

0:56:16.960 --> 0:56:21.040
<v Speaker 2>That people would throw away, but that God is going

0:56:21.080 --> 0:56:26.279
<v Speaker 2>to use so that when I drop this rope, it

0:56:26.360 --> 0:56:32.080
<v Speaker 2>will not kill you. So that when I drop this rope,

0:56:32.280 --> 0:56:35.319
<v Speaker 2>when I pull you out of this pit, when you

0:56:35.440 --> 0:56:39.759
<v Speaker 2>take these rags and put them under your arms, when

0:56:39.800 --> 0:56:43.920
<v Speaker 2>the ropes pull you up, when the ropes bring you out,

0:56:44.400 --> 0:56:48.000
<v Speaker 2>because of the rags that I'm dropping now, the ropes

0:56:48.040 --> 0:56:51.040
<v Speaker 2>are going to do what they're supposed to do. If

0:56:51.040 --> 0:56:54.680
<v Speaker 2>I didn't give you the rags, you couldn't handle the ropes.

0:56:55.640 --> 0:56:59.600
<v Speaker 2>So you're praying for ropes. But God has given you rags.

0:57:00.280 --> 0:57:05.960
<v Speaker 2>And it is the same hand of Almighty God. It

0:57:06.080 --> 0:57:13.560
<v Speaker 2>is Jesus Christ, the Alpha, the Omega, the lamb of

0:57:13.719 --> 0:57:23.120
<v Speaker 2>God is the lion. The one who wore the rags

0:57:24.240 --> 0:57:28.880
<v Speaker 2>is the one who holds the rope. And I'm telling

0:57:28.920 --> 0:57:32.080
<v Speaker 2>you this right now because I see God dropping stuff

0:57:32.360 --> 0:57:36.000
<v Speaker 2>into your pit, dropping stuff you took for granted, I

0:57:36.080 --> 0:57:38.920
<v Speaker 2>don't even know what's in this basket, but God does,

0:57:39.320 --> 0:57:41.920
<v Speaker 2>and God is sending it, and God is giving it,

0:57:42.080 --> 0:57:45.280
<v Speaker 2>and God is supplying it, and God is answering, and

0:57:45.480 --> 0:57:49.200
<v Speaker 2>God is giving, and God is supplying, and God is saying,

0:57:49.600 --> 0:57:53.480
<v Speaker 2>when you take those rags that look like nothing, and

0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:56.680
<v Speaker 2>you'll get ready for what I'm about to do. When

0:57:56.720 --> 0:58:01.280
<v Speaker 2>I say, three, Jeremiah.

0:58:00.160 --> 0:58:02.480
<v Speaker 1>Pull you up out of every can.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm to pull you up.

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<v Speaker 2>Oudam generation poverty about to pull you up out of

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<v Speaker 2>despair on bree Let's.

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<v Speaker 3>Praise him for the rags.

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<v Speaker 6>What dude, free the rash, for the rags, for the rags.

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<v Speaker 2>The rag is not the rope. The rag is what

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<v Speaker 2>gets you ready for it. And I feel God getting

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<v Speaker 2>somebody ready for your next season, your next assignment, your

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<v Speaker 2>next endeavor, your next moment, your next move. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>message of the Gospel, not rags to rich, but rags

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<v Speaker 2>to righteous.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he became sin who knew no sin Romans five

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear you calling me, he became sin who knew

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<v Speaker 2>no sin.

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<v Speaker 3>He dropped his rags that I might become righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>And I speak today by the spirit of God that

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<v Speaker 2>the thing you've been overlooking. That's your rag, the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that you've been waiting for it to be over. That's

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<v Speaker 2>your preparation, the thing that you've been praying God to

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<v Speaker 2>take away. That's how he's getting you ready. And when

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<v Speaker 2>you're ready, here, calm the ropes here, Calm the ropes here,

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<v Speaker 2>calm the Roman.

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<v Speaker 1>Touch. Three people say, here come the ropes and the

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<v Speaker 1>rose wrapped in. And you say, but, Beessor Stephen, I

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<v Speaker 1>have no e bed Melick.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you haven't met him yet. Be means servant, Melick

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<v Speaker 2>means king. Have you not met the servant king?

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<v Speaker 3>Have you not met our Emanuel?

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<v Speaker 2>Have you not met the one who laid aside his

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<v Speaker 2>crown is king and wrapped himself in the rags of

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<v Speaker 2>flesh to.

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<v Speaker 1>Make you righteous? You haven't e beed Melick. His name

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<v Speaker 1>is Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>For every pit you've ever been in, Jesus was my

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<v Speaker 2>ebed Melick.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus was my fourth man. Jesus as my rescuer. Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>dropped these.

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<v Speaker 7>Rags and washed my feet and made me righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm speaking to everybody today who's in a pit, and

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>For the rags.

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<v Speaker 2>To the rescue it's going to be the rags. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you understand what I'm saying to you. It's gonna be that.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, but I don't want that. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>rope and God's like, this will get you ready for that.

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<v Speaker 2>And if it's not that, it's this. So take this sin.

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<v Speaker 1>Get ready because the ropes are coming. The ropes are coming.

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<v Speaker 1>The ropes are coming. The ropes are coming.

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<v Speaker 3>The ropes are coming. The ropes are coming. The ropes

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<v Speaker 3>are coming.

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<v Speaker 1>He has the power to pull me out. What you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do with these rags? I know what I'm gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned it from Proverbs twenty four to sixteen. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says that the righteous may fall seven times. I

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<v Speaker 2>might be in the mud seven times, but they rise again,

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<v Speaker 2>they rise again, they rise again.

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<v Speaker 1>So chid to God.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to encourage your heart that God is.

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<v Speaker 1>Not against you. He's in it with you.

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<v Speaker 2>He's working through you, He's fighting for you. Somebody shout,

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<v Speaker 2>God is not against me. God is not against me.

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<v Speaker 3>Now high five.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody you can reach us, say help us on the way.

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<v Speaker 3>He'll got the rocks, He'll.

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<v Speaker 6>Come the eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>So the cat he's sitting with.

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<v Speaker 6>Me working through working threw me, fight and fall hay, call.

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<v Speaker 3>Me God, it's not a catte. He's hitting with me.

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<v Speaker 2>He's working, droning aroundy.

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<v Speaker 3>Baddy, you already for me. He's got that's all get

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<v Speaker 3>ready already he's.

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<v Speaker 6>Hitting with me. Tell my working through you already there

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<v Speaker 6>fdny fock.

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<v Speaker 3>We got all this out cast me. He'll pull you out.

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<v Speaker 3>He's hitting it with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't want the help.

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<v Speaker 3>Work and threw me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna try not for.

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<v Speaker 3>You're body cat he com he's sitting with me. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>so holdly work you threw me and come, series of men.

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<v Speaker 3>He's not a Cassie. Lift alof you with me, Lift

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<v Speaker 3>about my.

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<v Speaker 6>Left.

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<v Speaker 3>That the day love me guy, he's not the.

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<v Speaker 2>Day offhe.

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<v Speaker 6>He's doing with me.

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<v Speaker 3>You're working roomy. He's fighting for me.

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<v Speaker 6>God, he's not Cassy. He's in it with me. Ready

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<v Speaker 6>for me, God, I gusty.

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<v Speaker 2>Bow your head, close your eyes, say thank you Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>For being in this pit with me. Oh, your presence

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<v Speaker 1>is wonderful.

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<v Speaker 3>Lord, even more intensified when we don't feel it.

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<v Speaker 1>You are the God of rags to righteousness.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for what you've done in our lives. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for cleansing us. Now I want to pray for

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who needs to receive.

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<v Speaker 1>The gift of.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus Christ, the gift of salvation.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a gift you can't earn it.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the Bible says that our own righteousness is

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<v Speaker 2>like filthy rags.

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<v Speaker 1>So that means you don't sit.

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<v Speaker 2>Here and say, Okay, God, I'm gonna get my life together.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be better. I'm gonna stop cussing, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>stop drinking, I'm gonna stop doing all the bad stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>No stop, you're just gonna sink deeper thinking that way.

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<v Speaker 2>You need an ey beed Melick to rescue you. You

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<v Speaker 2>need a strong arm, you need a God. You need

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<v Speaker 2>a savior. Right now, in this moment, the savior of

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<v Speaker 2>the world is in this place, wherever you are.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying just this room. I'm saying wherever you are.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows how to go into the rag room of

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<v Speaker 2>your life and turn it into something wonderful. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to pray for those who need to give

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<v Speaker 2>your life to Jesus for the first time, or you

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<v Speaker 2>need to recommit your life to trusting in His grace,

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<v Speaker 2>repent of your sin, turn.

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<v Speaker 1>To Him and live and live. I'm going to lead

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<v Speaker 1>you in a prayer right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to pray it out loud for the benefit

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<v Speaker 2>of all those who are coming to God for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time, are coming back to him. You pray this prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>and God will lift you from the pit. You pray

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<v Speaker 2>this prayer. God will hear from heaven. He will turn

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<v Speaker 2>you around. This is your moment, and you know it.

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<v Speaker 1>Repeat after me, Church, family, Heavenly Father. Today is my day.

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<v Speaker 1>I humble myself that you may lift me up.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God

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<v Speaker 2>and the Savior of the world. And today I make

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus the lord of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I repent of my sin.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe Jesus died that I would be forgiven and

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<v Speaker 2>rose again to give me life. Receive this new life.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my new beginning. On the count of three,

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<v Speaker 2>shoot your hand up. If you prayed that one, two, three,

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<v Speaker 2>shoot him up all over the room, shoot him up.

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<v Speaker 1>God, bless it, God, bless it. Beautiful, a beautiful thing online.

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<v Speaker 3>Just say in the chat I received Jesus, I received.

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<v Speaker 2>From un Let's clap our hands all over the room.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's retoic us all over the room, gloy.

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<v Speaker 3>To God, hallelujah.

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<v Speaker 1>But wow, say it. He's in it with me, working

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<v Speaker 1>through me, fighting for me. Hug. Somebody say, God is

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<v Speaker 1>not against you.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's clap our hands and thank God for his presence

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<v Speaker 2>today Campus fastors.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what you need to do. I'm closing at Valentine's.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay right where you are. Did you receive a word from.

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<v Speaker 3>The Lord to.

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<v Speaker 1>Rags to righteous?

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<v Speaker 2>Keep this purple thing and remember what I told you today.

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<v Speaker 2>When the devil tells you you're not the righteousness of God,

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<v Speaker 2>wave it in his face and say, I know, but

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<v Speaker 2>I have any bed melic.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a savior, I have a redeemer. Just wave it.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time you want to go back to the old way,

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<v Speaker 2>just wave that thing. No, I've gone from rags to righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>If anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation, the

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<v Speaker 2>oldest gone, the newest calm. And look, I hope they

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<v Speaker 2>keep this online because I think this is good. Brag

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<v Speaker 2>about your rags, not about your sin. Brag about what

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<v Speaker 2>God did for you that seems like nothing, not your sin.

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<v Speaker 2>Brag about what He did to pull you out.

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<v Speaker 1>Of your sin. Tell the story and tell your testimony

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<v Speaker 1>that God has the power to pull you out. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>It's painful sometimes just because he has the power doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean there won't be pain.

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<v Speaker 1>But God is pulling you. You can feel it.

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<v Speaker 2>You can feel him bringing you higher, you can feel

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<v Speaker 2>him bringing you aboveet.

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<v Speaker 1>You can feel it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna seal it right now with the prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>join hands one more time. If you hadn't caught something

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<v Speaker 2>from them already, you're not going to. But this won't

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<v Speaker 2>make any difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. God is not against me. I want you singing that.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you singing that when it feels like the

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<v Speaker 2>wind is against you. No, no, no, you worship and

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<v Speaker 2>you say God is not a Oh, I'm gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>a choir today.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna make a choir. You want to be in

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<v Speaker 1>the choir.

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<v Speaker 2>Come out next Sunday. We're gonna record some new songs. Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>March seventeenth, we're gonna be here. That's next Sunday, Chris,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna be singing new songs. We're not gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>singing this one that night. We're gonna sing it tomorrow. God,

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<v Speaker 2>God is not Yeah, I'm gonna see.

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<v Speaker 1>Which section believes it the most? Before we close, this

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<v Speaker 1>is your chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Ready three of ten, welcome back to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Said I'm gonna check y'all out. Yeah they did it.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch them in the middle. You won't believe how good

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<v Speaker 1>this sounds. It sounds like professionals against God, not.

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<v Speaker 2>God. Yeah, God, it is not a gas me God,

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<v Speaker 2>it is not a good.

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<v Speaker 6>God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a me. I'm gonna join the prise team now.

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<v Speaker 2>And to him who is able to pull you up,

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<v Speaker 2>who is able to do in that than you ask for?

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<v Speaker 2>Imager to a he big lie.

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<v Speaker 1>Through Christ Jesus head the churns.

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<v Speaker 2>Now at whatever somebody's said, come inside.

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