WEBVTT - Now Turn North

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

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<v Speaker 1>Friday and night.

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<v Speaker 2>We heard a word from the Woman of God and

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<v Speaker 2>put us on the right path. I told Holly, I

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<v Speaker 2>only want to preach to women. After being here, I

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<v Speaker 2>think I'm going to put a no men allowed sign

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<v Speaker 2>at the door. There's just a receptivity and a responsiveness,

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<v Speaker 2>so get ready for that. Starting twenty twenty six, Elevation

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<v Speaker 2>Church will be.

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<v Speaker 1>Man free.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good to see you today. I have a word.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week I preached on. He was the one. He

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<v Speaker 2>was the one. Well, this week, there's a scripture in

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<v Speaker 2>a story in John chapter five that the Lord brought

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<v Speaker 2>to my mind. Stay standing for just a moment, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to share this this story with you, and

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<v Speaker 2>then one other scripture from the Old Testament to get

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<v Speaker 2>us ready for what God wants to speak today. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me actually do it from my iPad so I can

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<v Speaker 2>make sure I have the right version. In John chapter five,

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<v Speaker 2>verse one, a story that may be familiar to you,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, sometime later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem

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<v Speaker 2>for one of the Jewish festivals.

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<v Speaker 1>Now there is in Jerusalem, near.

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<v Speaker 2>The sheep Gate, a pool which in air make is

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<v Speaker 2>called Bethesda, and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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<v Speaker 2>Here a great number of disabled people used to lie,

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<v Speaker 2>the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there

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<v Speaker 2>had been an invalid for thirty eight years. When Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>saw him lying there and learned that he had been

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<v Speaker 2>in this condition for a long time, he asked him,

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<v Speaker 2>do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to get well?

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<v Speaker 2>Sir? The invalid replied, I have no one to help

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<v Speaker 2>me into the pool. When the water is stirred. While

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to get in. Someone else goes down ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of me, and then Jesus said to him, get up,

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<v Speaker 2>pick up your mat, and walk. And I watched this

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<v Speaker 2>at once the man was cured. He picked up his

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<v Speaker 2>mat and walked. Thank God for miracles. Yeah yeah, whether

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<v Speaker 2>you need a miracle, whether you've seen a miracle, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether you are a miracle, Thank God for miracles. Now

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<v Speaker 2>go to Deuteronomy two, verses two and three. Then the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord said to me, you have made your way around

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<v Speaker 2>this hill country long enough. Somebody shout long enough. Now

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<v Speaker 2>turn north. And that's the title of my message today.

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<v Speaker 2>Now turn north. Just look at three people and say,

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<v Speaker 2>now turn north. When you've told three, you can be seated.

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<v Speaker 2>Now turn north. Oh yeah, got a word for somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>Now turn north.

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<v Speaker 1>And you tell me to turn north.

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<v Speaker 2>It means absolutely nothing to me because I have no

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<v Speaker 2>sense of direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Me and Holly were on a walk a.

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<v Speaker 2>Few months ago, and she thought it was an adventure

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<v Speaker 2>and we had no idea where we were going, and

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at her. We turned around about three or

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<v Speaker 2>four different times, and I said we need to go

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<v Speaker 2>back because we were at that point where we could

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<v Speaker 2>turn back and I knew where the car was or

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<v Speaker 2>if we kept going, which she thinks is fun.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, oh, this is a part of the experience.

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<v Speaker 2>And I looked at her and I said we both

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<v Speaker 2>laughed when I said this. I said, Holly, I love you,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not going to be lost much longer.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't take it.

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<v Speaker 2>For her, it's fun, but for me it's frustrating, slightly

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<v Speaker 2>fearful because I have no sense of direction. Me pre

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<v Speaker 2>GPS was a very anxious me. And I thought about that.

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<v Speaker 2>How because she has a better sense of direction than me,

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<v Speaker 2>she can tolerate uncertainty for a longer period of time.

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<v Speaker 2>She kind of knows where she is, generally speaking, and

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<v Speaker 2>it enables her to enjoy the journey more. And for me,

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<v Speaker 2>since I have no clue where I am, I set

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<v Speaker 2>my GPS every time I'm driving over to the church,

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<v Speaker 2>just in case. We've been in this building since twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>just in case I start thinking about the sermon and

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<v Speaker 2>forget the turn because I need help. And if the

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<v Speaker 2>GPS just stopped and said, you know, turn north, i'd go.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to talk to me and right or left, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and show me a picture in real time and so

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but it's not like that for people who

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<v Speaker 2>kind of know where they're going.

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<v Speaker 1>You can, you can. I guess this is a principle.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to illustrate to you that, like it was

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<v Speaker 2>for me on the hike, and like it is for

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<v Speaker 2>me in the car, your ability to trust depends on

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<v Speaker 2>your orientation to truth. We've all heard the phrase true

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<v Speaker 2>north meant to describe your core values, the things down

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<v Speaker 2>in you that don't change even though everything around you

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<v Speaker 2>might call that our true north kind of what we

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<v Speaker 2>point toward the north Pole geographically, I guess, but you

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<v Speaker 2>know we have now taken that term to business, and

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<v Speaker 2>what's the true north for this company? What's the true

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<v Speaker 2>north for a church? A church needs to have a

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<v Speaker 2>true north. Jesus be the true North, and each family,

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<v Speaker 2>each individual, those things inside of you. And when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in situations that are uncertain, how much you can tolerate

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<v Speaker 2>and navigate uncertainty. We'll have a lot to do with

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<v Speaker 2>how much truth you've hidden and how much truth you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>How much trust you have depends on how much truth

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<v Speaker 2>you've hidden. How much trust you have depends on how

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<v Speaker 2>much truth you've hidden. If you're having a hard time

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<v Speaker 2>trusting God in an area of your life right now,

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<v Speaker 2>it may be a sign that you have not hidden

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<v Speaker 2>the truth in your heart deeply enough for that situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when we haven't hidden the truth in our heart,

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<v Speaker 2>we always have to cling to traditions and certainties and

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<v Speaker 2>old ways of doing things. But if we be more

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<v Speaker 2>like Holly and get a good sense of where we're going,

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<v Speaker 2>we can be in situations that are very strange but

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<v Speaker 2>still have a very deep, solid sense of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I've already preached a whole sermon today. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like that was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to talk about this man in John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five that I read to you about because the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says that he was hanging out in a place

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<v Speaker 2>in Jerusalem near the Sheepgate, a pool where occasionally the

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<v Speaker 2>waters would stir, and when the waters were stirred, there

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<v Speaker 2>was a superstition that if you could get into those

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<v Speaker 2>waters before anybody else did, you could be healed of

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<v Speaker 2>whatever had happened to you.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says that.

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<v Speaker 2>A great number of people used to lie, the blind,

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<v Speaker 2>the lame, and the paralyzed.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know this verse is what really got.

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<v Speaker 2>My tension, where in verse five it said one who

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<v Speaker 2>was there, which made me wonder, of all the people

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus could have.

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<v Speaker 1>Healed that day at that pool at that time, why

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<v Speaker 1>this one one was there?

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<v Speaker 2>Last week I preached on he was the one, And

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that's what got me into study in John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five, because I wondered, why this one. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of expecting this great moment of faith, like

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<v Speaker 2>zach Chias who climbed up in a tree so he

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<v Speaker 2>could see Jesus, and Jesus is like, all right, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna if you're gonna go climbing up trees, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>have lunch with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on down, I'm going to your house. Or like

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<v Speaker 1>the woman with the.

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<v Speaker 2>Issue of blood who pressed through a crowd even though

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<v Speaker 2>she was ceremonially unclean, to get to Jesus. Or like

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<v Speaker 2>those men who it out shouting Jesus son of David

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<v Speaker 2>have mercy on Us, like screaming out of need for Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Since all of those factors were absent from the man

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<v Speaker 2>in John chapter five, it left me wondering, after all

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<v Speaker 2>week of studying, why this one. In fact, if you

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<v Speaker 2>go on to read about this guy. He had a

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<v Speaker 2>very damaged past.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a little bit of a.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to say this in a in a

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<v Speaker 2>in a bad way that makes you think that the

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<v Speaker 2>things that we go through are always the result of

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<v Speaker 2>the sins that we commit.

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<v Speaker 1>But he had something to do with his illness.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Jesus when he when he tracks him down a

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<v Speaker 2>little later, tells him, hey, you need to stop sinning

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<v Speaker 2>or something worse is going to happen. And even in

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<v Speaker 2>the passage like if you if you read this, when

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says do you want to get well? The guy

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<v Speaker 2>kind of comes back at Jesus and doesn't really end

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<v Speaker 2>the question, Sir, I have no one to help me

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<v Speaker 2>into the pool when the water is stirred. While I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get in, someone else goes ahead of me.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's kind of blame me. It's not like he

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<v Speaker 2>threw himself at the feet of Jesus when Jesus said

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to get well and say I'll do

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<v Speaker 2>anything anything, I worship you, Lamb of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Son of David.

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<v Speaker 2>None of that. So why this one last week? I

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<v Speaker 2>shared that there are two lies that the enemy tells you.

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<v Speaker 1>These are not the only two lies.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy is the father of lies, so he has

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of babies. They the enemy has way more

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<v Speaker 2>than two lives.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are.

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<v Speaker 2>Two that I want to deal with today, and I

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<v Speaker 2>dealt with them a little bit last week. But he

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<v Speaker 2>tried to tell you sometimes two things. You are no

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<v Speaker 2>one and you have no one. Either of those two things,

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<v Speaker 2>if you begin to believe them deeply in your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>will keep you stuck in a belief of insignificance or

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<v Speaker 2>a state of isolation. Watch how they work together. I

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<v Speaker 2>am no one, I have no one. Since I am

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<v Speaker 2>no one, I have nothing to offer. They wouldn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to hear from me. They wouldn't want to be with me.

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<v Speaker 2>They wouldn't want to do that with me. They wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to accept me. I am no one, I have

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<v Speaker 2>no one. I am no one. I have no one.

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<v Speaker 1>In walks Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>To one of the festivals and finds a man, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible simply says about him one who was there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only label. Well, his other label is he

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't walk. He was one who was there who couldn't walk.

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<v Speaker 2>He was one who was there who had fallen behind.

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<v Speaker 2>He was one amongst many who could not do what

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<v Speaker 2>other people could do.

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<v Speaker 3>Why this one?

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<v Speaker 2>We've already examined that it was no great faith that

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<v Speaker 2>he exhibited or demonstrated. We've already examined that there are

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<v Speaker 2>probably things that would have kept the other people from

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<v Speaker 2>thinking he was worthy of help.

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<v Speaker 3>Why this one?

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<v Speaker 1>And you wonder that about yourself sometimes?

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<v Speaker 2>Why would God use me when there are so many people?

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<v Speaker 2>I love what the man said, because we think about

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<v Speaker 2>this sometimes. He said, every time I try, someone else

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<v Speaker 2>gets ahead of me. This man is prone to comparison.

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<v Speaker 2>This man is prone to excuses. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>verse five, one who was there. Jesus didn't stay and

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<v Speaker 2>heal everybody at the pool that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus didn't call for a line of people.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a particular miracle that Jesus performs at a

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<v Speaker 2>particular time for a specific person.

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<v Speaker 3>One who was there.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, touch your neighbor and ask them, are you the one?

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<v Speaker 2>It's the obvious question, are you the one?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 2>In church today, it's a lot of people online today.

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<v Speaker 3>But what if you're the one?

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<v Speaker 1>Ask them?

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<v Speaker 3>What if you're the wy?

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<v Speaker 2>What if you're the one who needs to hear this

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<v Speaker 2>message today more than anybody else in the room. What

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<v Speaker 2>if you're the one that God gave Pastor Stephen this

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<v Speaker 2>message for What if you're the one who takes this

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<v Speaker 2>word and walks out of here different than you came in?

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<v Speaker 2>Ask them again, what if you're the wie one was there?

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<v Speaker 2>He was there in a place that he did want

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<v Speaker 2>to be. He was there in a place where he

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<v Speaker 2>probably had contributed to being himself. A lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>we think God will get us out of situations if

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't get ourselves into them.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>They should encourage all the ones who have done dumb

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<v Speaker 2>stuff and you need God to deliver you from your

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<v Speaker 2>own hand, your own decisions.

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<v Speaker 1>Clap if you screwed.

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<v Speaker 2>Up a time or two and you need God to

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<v Speaker 2>do something about.

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<v Speaker 1>The situations you created.

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<v Speaker 2>I love y'all. Y'all are such a real church. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>clap if you screwed up. That was the loudest you

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<v Speaker 2>clapped all Sunday. I pass the Elevation Church. And he

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<v Speaker 2>was the one that was chosen out of all the others.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is one little detail in this verse that

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<v Speaker 2>stood out to me as.

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<v Speaker 1>Being maybe a little irrelevant at first.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I realized God doesn't waste any words, and so

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<v Speaker 2>I found why he was the one in the same

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<v Speaker 2>verse that said he was the one verse five one

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<v Speaker 2>who was there had been an invalid for thirty eight years.

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<v Speaker 2>How many think that's a long time to suffer like that,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty eight years. How many think thirty eight is old.

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<v Speaker 2>Bible don't say he was thirty eight years old. I

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<v Speaker 2>said he'd been in that state for thirty eight years.

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<v Speaker 2>And the crazy thing about it was when Jesus heals

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<v Speaker 2>this guy. Look, you expect people to be happy when

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<v Speaker 2>God does something in your life. You got to understand

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<v Speaker 2>that sometimes people want to think like that their God,

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<v Speaker 2>and they should get to decide who God blesses and

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<v Speaker 2>how God does things. So this man in verse nine

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<v Speaker 2>is cured, picked up his mat and walked.

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<v Speaker 1>But look at verse nine part p.

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<v Speaker 2>The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,

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<v Speaker 2>And so the Jewish leaders said to the man who

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<v Speaker 2>had been healed, you can't do that. It's the sabbath.

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<v Speaker 2>The law forbids you to carry your matt. The law

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<v Speaker 2>won't let you do that. Not God's law, their law.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing in the Bible that says you can't carry

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<v Speaker 2>your mat after you get healed on the Sabbath. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just something they added to it after the law came

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<v Speaker 2>through Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you'll remember Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the one who brought down the ten Commandments from

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<v Speaker 2>the mountain.

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<v Speaker 1>He brought Yeah, Yeah, he.

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<v Speaker 3>Was the wine. He's the wine.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that was Will saying that. I don't know who

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<v Speaker 1>said that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he was the one who came down with the

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<v Speaker 2>with the with the tablets from the mountain. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of them was to honor the Sabbath, right to honor

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<v Speaker 2>that God.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrested from his work by resting from yours.

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<v Speaker 3>But he was not the one.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no part of that commandment, no clause of

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<v Speaker 2>that commandment that said that if you are healed from

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<v Speaker 2>a crippling disease on the Sabbath, don't carry your mat around.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just stuff they added on later.

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<v Speaker 3>It was their law.

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<v Speaker 2>So now we've got an interesting dilemma going.

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<v Speaker 1>On in John chapter five.

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<v Speaker 2>It is their word versus God's word. It is men's

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<v Speaker 2>law versus God's law. I'm just about ready to preach

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<v Speaker 2>right now. And they said to the man, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. The law forbids you from doing that. On

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<v Speaker 2>the Sabbath. You can't carry your matt you can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I love verse eleven because the man looked back

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<v Speaker 2>at them and said, that's nice to hear what you

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<v Speaker 2>think I can and can't do. But there's one thing

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<v Speaker 2>I've noticed. Every day i've been coming to this pool.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been coming to this pool every day for years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been laying in my spot every day for years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been asking for help every day for years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been waiting for a change every day for years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched these festivals come and go every day for

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<v Speaker 2>years now. I've watched Pilgrim's stream in and out of Jerusalem,

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<v Speaker 2>in and out of the Temple for years now. And

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<v Speaker 2>for every day I sat here, and for every year

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<v Speaker 2>I came here, and for every prayer I prayed here,

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<v Speaker 2>and for every request I made here, never told me

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<v Speaker 2>to get up and walk. So guess what, if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have the power to give, you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>give the permission for me to do it. Now. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I love it, because watch this, he said verse eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Give it to me again. The man who made me

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<v Speaker 2>well said to me. So, I hear what you're saying

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<v Speaker 2>to me, but I know what he did for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And now watch this. What you said I can't do

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<v Speaker 2>is in conflict with what he told me that I

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<v Speaker 2>could do.

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<v Speaker 1>I hear God saying, take it up with the one

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<v Speaker 1>who made me.

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<v Speaker 2>I see in this text every person in this room

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<v Speaker 2>in a certain situation in your life where the law

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<v Speaker 2>is powerless to raise you, an effort is powerless to

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<v Speaker 2>raise you, and people that you have depended on have

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<v Speaker 2>been unable to raise you because they're human too.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'll tell you what. Let's do.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's take just a moment and then just about fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>seconds and see if we can worship the one who said,

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<v Speaker 2>let there be life and there wants.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's see can we worship the.

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<v Speaker 2>One who was there, the one.

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<v Speaker 3>Who was there in the beginning. What's the word? And

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<v Speaker 3>the wordless with God?

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<v Speaker 2>And the word was God, and everything that was made

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<v Speaker 2>was made through him.

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<v Speaker 3>If he made it, he can change it. If he

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<v Speaker 3>made it, he can race it.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he made it, he gets salamling, thank you me,

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<v Speaker 2>so one.

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<v Speaker 3>I love this word. I love this word. Five five,

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<v Speaker 3>five people.

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<v Speaker 2>And saying, get up right down, you've been.

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<v Speaker 3>Laying down long enough. You've been laying down long enough.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, everybody's still sending you that fifteen minutes to

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<v Speaker 2>write notes.

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<v Speaker 3>Get up and give him praise. You gotta love him in.

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<v Speaker 4>Sight of those lines, you get up and get up,

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<v Speaker 4>Get up, Get up, Get up.

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<v Speaker 3>Get up, Get up. Yet I want a key change.

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<v Speaker 4>Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up,

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<v Speaker 4>Get up, get up.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>The man who made me well said I could do it,

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<v Speaker 2>So you got you gotta you gotta get this attitude right,

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<v Speaker 2>like I hear my fears saying I can't. But the

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<v Speaker 2>man who made me well, well, I feel like that

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<v Speaker 2>the man who made me If it's a conflict between

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<v Speaker 2>the people who didn't make me and the man who

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<v Speaker 2>made me well, is that what he said, the man

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<v Speaker 2>who made me well. You heard about the woman at

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<v Speaker 2>the well. She's in John chapter four. This is John

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five. Reflect is over, Holly. This is the man

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<v Speaker 2>at the well. And by the way, I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the well.

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<v Speaker 1>That he thought he needed to get to to get well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, y'all sit down. I gotta teach now.

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<v Speaker 2>That you have been lying here long in the how

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<v Speaker 2>long is long enough? It depends on what you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're talking about a sermon, you probably like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You're probably good right now, past Dirk, you probably if

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<v Speaker 2>we will wrap it up, send us home right now?

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<v Speaker 1>About long enough? How long is long enough?

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<v Speaker 2>When Jesus learned that he was lying there for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time, I wanted to use a familiar textas week,

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<v Speaker 2>because even though everybody hasn't heard it, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people having last week. We're talking about a very obscure

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<v Speaker 2>king that you may have never heard of, named Yusiah.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was the one who rebuilt and restored, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was the one who took Philistine's down, and he

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<v Speaker 2>was the one. And you know, as many times as

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard the story in John chapter five, I never

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<v Speaker 2>knew why he was the one Jesus chose. It mystified

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<v Speaker 2>me because I don't even like the guy. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even like him, he'd say, thank you, I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>like him. And you know, you don't have to like

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<v Speaker 2>the people for God to lift them. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>like You don't have to like me for God to

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<v Speaker 2>lift me. If I humble myself under his mighty hand,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll lift me In do time, and he'll give me

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<v Speaker 2>everything I'm supposed to have and everything I'm supposed to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Just so you don't run around trying to win popularity

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<v Speaker 2>contests with people and find out they don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>prize to give when of you be bad to win

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<v Speaker 2>a whole popularity contest and there was no prize. When

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<v Speaker 2>we read about the one that Jesus chose to heal

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<v Speaker 2>that day, and the Bible says that he was thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight years old, and that the religious teacher said today,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>The law forbids you.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not the law of Moses that was recorded

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<v Speaker 2>that forbade the man. So a lot of the things

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<v Speaker 2>you accept as limitations come from man, not from God,

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<v Speaker 2>come from flesh, not from spirit. And so it's a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing to ask every once in a while. Is

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<v Speaker 2>this limitation self imposed? Is it socially imposed? Or is

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<v Speaker 2>God okay? Is God saying to you what he said

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<v Speaker 2>to Moses in Deuteronomy to verse two. Let's go back

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<v Speaker 2>there for a moment, because after they had wandered in

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<v Speaker 2>the wilderness, does anybody remember why the Israelites ended up

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<v Speaker 2>wandering in the wilderness for decades? I didn't hear an

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<v Speaker 2>answer in that not they couldn't go in. They wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>go in. Not, they couldn't, They wouldn't Moses in the

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<v Speaker 2>delegation of spies in to check out the land. They

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<v Speaker 2>came back, and they were very, very focused on what

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<v Speaker 2>intimidated them. So they did not receive the promise. After

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<v Speaker 2>their wilderness period had ended. In all of that generation

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<v Speaker 2>that had doubted and not believed had died in the wilderness.

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<v Speaker 1>Moses is recounting in Deuteronomy chapter two, verse three.

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<v Speaker 2>He says that the Lord said, you have made your

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<v Speaker 2>way around this hill country.

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<v Speaker 1>Now would a minute who said that? Go back to

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<v Speaker 1>verse two.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the Lord said to me, I want to give

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<v Speaker 2>you a scripture memory verse for this week.

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<v Speaker 1>Deuteronomy too too.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the Lord said to me, and I want that

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<v Speaker 2>to be the thing that becomes your true north.

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<v Speaker 1>This week.

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<v Speaker 2>We live in a time of a lot of noise

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<v Speaker 2>and not a lot of signal, a lot of static

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<v Speaker 2>and not a lot of songs. So if you get

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<v Speaker 2>a Deuteronomy to to frequency going this week, then the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord said to me. Then the Lord said to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is what the Lord said to Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>You have made your way around this hill.

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<v Speaker 2>Country long enough, I hear God saying, long enough, long enough,

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<v Speaker 2>Now turn north. The wilderness of kate Eshbarnia where they

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<v Speaker 2>made a bad committee decision to stay in what was

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable but miserable to them instead of progressing into what

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<v Speaker 2>was uncertain full of battles.

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<v Speaker 1>That decision was.

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<v Speaker 2>Made in a southeastern part, and God said to Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>now turn north. And I think that until what God

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<v Speaker 2>speaks to me becomes my true north, I will always

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<v Speaker 2>be lost in my life. The law forbids you to

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<v Speaker 2>carry your mad You can't do that. Your anxiety is

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<v Speaker 2>always going to tell you what to do, until God's

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<v Speaker 2>word becomes your true north, so that you realize that

0:29:58.080 --> 0:30:01.120
<v Speaker 2>He's greater than any storm of fear that you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Is your true north your feelings, or is your true

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<v Speaker 2>north your faith. We live in a time where people

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<v Speaker 2>do not know the difference between truth and belief.

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<v Speaker 1>Belief is not necessarily truth.

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<v Speaker 2>When you say the phrase that's my truth, you would

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:33.320
<v Speaker 2>be better served to say that's my belief, because it

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<v Speaker 2>might be your belief, but it might just have been

0:30:36.440 --> 0:30:38.480
<v Speaker 2>what you believe based on Did you notice what the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible said about the man who was lying down on

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<v Speaker 2>his mat is, said that he.

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<v Speaker 1>Had been lying, had been past tense. His situation changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Soken yours, His perspective changed, soken yours. If anyone is

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ, he is a new creation. The old is gone,

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<v Speaker 2>the new has come. And part of belonging to God

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<v Speaker 2>and part of becoming what he has called me to be,

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<v Speaker 2>is realizing that sometimes I have circled around something so

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<v Speaker 2>long that it seems to me like my natural habitat.

0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:22.680
<v Speaker 2>But the wilderness was not meant for you to live in.

0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:27.160
<v Speaker 2>It was meant for you to pass through. There come

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<v Speaker 2>moments in your life that God will call you out

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<v Speaker 2>of wilderness, thinking out of wilderness, living out of isolated patterns.

0:31:36.560 --> 0:31:38.160
<v Speaker 1>You had to do that for a season.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's praise God for what he gave you to survive

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:45.160
<v Speaker 2>in the wilderness. But then God will speak to you

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<v Speaker 2>and say, now turn north. Whose word is this today?

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<v Speaker 2>God is saying, where I've had you is where I've

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<v Speaker 2>had you.

0:31:55.440 --> 0:31:57.080
<v Speaker 1>Where I put you is where I put you.

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<v Speaker 2>And thank God that you made it as far as

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<v Speaker 2>you did, as long as you did without what you had.

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<v Speaker 2>But what the man said in John chapter five, I

0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:16.520
<v Speaker 2>have no one to help me is no longer true.

0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:22.760
<v Speaker 2>It had been true for thirty eight years. For thirty

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<v Speaker 2>eight years, it was all he could do is wait

0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:28.000
<v Speaker 2>for somebody who never came to help him.

0:32:28.200 --> 0:32:30.040
<v Speaker 1>And that's all you can do with the law.

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<v Speaker 2>You fall, you get up, You fall, you get up,

0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:36.480
<v Speaker 2>you fail, you feel ashamed, you try to.

0:32:36.400 --> 0:32:37.360
<v Speaker 1>Make it through another day.

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<v Speaker 2>You cope, you hide it, you numb it, you do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you can to get through it. That's all you

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 2>could do. Because I have no one to help me.

0:32:46.360 --> 0:32:53.080
<v Speaker 2>Moses can only take you so far. The law will

0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:57.960
<v Speaker 2>always have its limits. And that is what the man

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<v Speaker 2>in the text did not realize, yes, is that while

0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:05.680
<v Speaker 2>he was saying I have no one and feeling like

0:33:05.880 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 2>I am no one, standing right in front of him

0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:15.720
<v Speaker 2>was the one who singled him out, who picked him out.

0:33:16.440 --> 0:33:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Who of all the people, Now, you gotta get this,

0:33:18.320 --> 0:33:20.400
<v Speaker 2>you gotta get this. Of all the people that God

0:33:20.440 --> 0:33:22.560
<v Speaker 2>could have put in that family and that business and

0:33:22.560 --> 0:33:25.240
<v Speaker 2>that job and that rule, in that season, in that church,

0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:28.080
<v Speaker 2>in that ministry, in that seat, of all the people

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:30.760
<v Speaker 2>that God could have put there, you were the one

0:33:30.840 --> 0:33:31.560
<v Speaker 2>he put there.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that is my true north that I'm called and

0:33:41.440 --> 0:33:44.280
<v Speaker 5>chosen by God regardless.

0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:51.600
<v Speaker 2>Of what I feel. Now turn north. That's the direction

0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:56.400
<v Speaker 2>of the Promised Land. Because you've circled around this long enough,

0:33:57.960 --> 0:33:59.520
<v Speaker 2>you have convinced.

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:00.640
<v Speaker 1>Yourself that you are alone.

0:34:01.560 --> 0:34:08.279
<v Speaker 2>Until your loneliness has become a lie. I know the

0:34:08.360 --> 0:34:12.520
<v Speaker 2>feeling of loneliness is real, But sometimes, just like the

0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:15.880
<v Speaker 2>man in John five, you can't see what's right in

0:34:15.920 --> 0:34:16.560
<v Speaker 2>front of you.

0:34:18.000 --> 0:34:20.000
<v Speaker 1>Because of pain you carry inside of you.

0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:31.960
<v Speaker 2>And Jesus when he learned it had been thirty eight years,

0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:33.760
<v Speaker 2>I think he took a survey.

0:34:34.000 --> 0:34:34.319
<v Speaker 1>I do.

0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:37.440
<v Speaker 2>I think he asked around, how long you've been sick,

0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:38.760
<v Speaker 2>How long you've been there?

0:34:38.960 --> 0:34:42.160
<v Speaker 1>How long? Seven years not long enough? How long? Ten?

0:34:42.360 --> 0:34:43.120
<v Speaker 1>Not long enough?

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<v Speaker 2>Eighteen not long enough, twenty five not long enough, thirty

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:52.440
<v Speaker 2>two not long enough, thirty seven not quite long enough,

0:34:53.120 --> 0:35:00.000
<v Speaker 2>thirty nine too long. It had to be thirty eight.

0:35:00.000 --> 0:35:02.640
<v Speaker 2>Somebody say it had to be thirty eight. It had

0:35:02.640 --> 0:35:04.719
<v Speaker 2>to be thirty eight. It had to happen right when

0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:06.680
<v Speaker 2>it happened. It had to happen right where it happened.

0:35:06.680 --> 0:35:09.560
<v Speaker 2>It had to happen through whom it happened. Because if

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<v Speaker 2>you read down to Deuteronomy, chapter two, verse number thirteen,

0:35:16.680 --> 0:35:20.600
<v Speaker 2>Moses goes on. Somebody say now turn north, and the

0:35:20.680 --> 0:35:25.800
<v Speaker 2>Lord said, now get up and cross the Zared Valley.

0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 2>So we crossed the valley. They're moving forward into the

0:35:29.560 --> 0:35:30.239
<v Speaker 2>promised land.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:33.680
<v Speaker 2>They've been in the wilderness for so long. They've been

0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.239
<v Speaker 2>in the wilderness a long time. They've been living off

0:35:36.280 --> 0:35:39.600
<v Speaker 2>of manna and water from rocks for a long time.

0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:43.640
<v Speaker 2>They've been bitten by snakes for a long time. They've

0:35:43.640 --> 0:35:46.320
<v Speaker 2>had shoes that didn't wear out but never got replaced

0:35:46.640 --> 0:35:47.399
<v Speaker 2>a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been a long time.

0:35:49.280 --> 0:36:00.360
<v Speaker 2>How long Verse fourteen thirty eight years past, from the

0:36:00.520 --> 0:36:05.560
<v Speaker 2>time we left Kadish Barneah until we crossed this arid

0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:11.520
<v Speaker 2>valley thirty eight years passed.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus walks up to the pool.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, I need somebody to use as an

0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:27.040
<v Speaker 2>illustration of what I came to do, because my people

0:36:27.080 --> 0:36:32.320
<v Speaker 2>are lost in a wilderness of religion, and my people

0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:36.480
<v Speaker 2>are paralyzed under what the law is powerless to do,

0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:41.080
<v Speaker 2>and they keep trying and falling short, and trying and

0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:44.600
<v Speaker 2>falling short. And they are slaves to thinks that they

0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:47.759
<v Speaker 2>are supposed to rule over, and they are servants to

0:36:47.840 --> 0:36:50.680
<v Speaker 2>think that they are supposed to be masters over, and

0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:55.000
<v Speaker 2>so I need somebody I can use as a tool

0:36:55.680 --> 0:36:57.439
<v Speaker 2>to show what I came to do.

0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:01.000
<v Speaker 3>How low thirty years.

0:37:01.320 --> 0:37:05.080
<v Speaker 2>You're a perfect illustration because I'm about to show you

0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:08.399
<v Speaker 2>what I can do to bring you out of a wilderness.

0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:13.239
<v Speaker 2>With one word, get up with one word, pick up

0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:17.840
<v Speaker 2>your mat with one word walk. I came to declare,

0:37:18.160 --> 0:37:21.480
<v Speaker 2>when God gives you one word, you can walk in

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:25.000
<v Speaker 2>it for the rest of your life. One word from

0:37:25.120 --> 0:37:28.359
<v Speaker 2>God can get you up. One word from God can

0:37:28.440 --> 0:37:32.200
<v Speaker 2>make you whole. One word from God can turn it around.

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<v Speaker 3>Now turn north.

0:37:41.560 --> 0:37:44.840
<v Speaker 2>The man is sitting there, lying there one moment and

0:37:44.960 --> 0:37:46.240
<v Speaker 2>walk in the next moment.

0:37:46.440 --> 0:37:47.240
<v Speaker 1>And the only.

0:37:47.080 --> 0:37:48.840
<v Speaker 3>Difference was what he looked to.

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:54.319
<v Speaker 2>As long as he was looking at what was around him,

0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:59.640
<v Speaker 2>he stayed stuck in what he had. But now turn north.

0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:03.560
<v Speaker 2>I lift my eyes to the hills. Where does my

0:38:03.760 --> 0:38:09.759
<v Speaker 2>help come from? My health comes from the Lord. Do

0:38:09.880 --> 0:38:15.440
<v Speaker 2>y'all know that scripture? The maker of heaven and earth.

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<v Speaker 2>So God is saying, you've turned to everybody. You've turned

0:38:18.880 --> 0:38:21.640
<v Speaker 2>to everything. You've turned to drugs, you've turned to sex,

0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:24.880
<v Speaker 2>you've turned to compulsive work ethics. You've turned to success,

0:38:25.000 --> 0:38:27.520
<v Speaker 2>you've turned to status. You've turned to buying stuff you

0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:29.799
<v Speaker 2>don't need to impress people you don't like, who aren't

0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:35.800
<v Speaker 2>paying attention anyway. You've turned to everything else. Now turn north.

0:38:36.400 --> 0:38:39.440
<v Speaker 2>You've turned to self help and you couldn't help yourself.

0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:41.520
<v Speaker 2>If you could have helped yourself, you would have been

0:38:41.520 --> 0:38:41.799
<v Speaker 2>in the.

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<v Speaker 3>Pool by now.

0:38:42.960 --> 0:38:44.960
<v Speaker 2>But I see you trying to get to the pool,

0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:46.560
<v Speaker 2>and you couldn't get to the pool.

0:38:46.840 --> 0:38:48.240
<v Speaker 1>So I got good news.

0:38:48.600 --> 0:38:51.479
<v Speaker 2>Summer is over, but the pool is coming to you.

0:38:51.840 --> 0:38:52.880
<v Speaker 3>The pool is open.

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<v Speaker 5>You can come to this water and drain from this SOUTHA.

0:39:00.520 --> 0:39:04.160
<v Speaker 3>I don't know who needed to hear it. What's your

0:39:04.239 --> 0:39:14.320
<v Speaker 3>wilderness season? He's over to God. Come on, listen your.

0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:16.320
<v Speaker 2>Hands and worsop for twenty seconds.

0:39:16.680 --> 0:39:26.520
<v Speaker 3>Now, lords no, I released you from regretting the spirit.

0:39:26.880 --> 0:39:30.600
<v Speaker 2>I release you from the bondage of yesterday's decisions. I

0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:34.280
<v Speaker 2>release you from inferiority calls by the patterns of sith.

0:39:34.800 --> 0:39:48.880
<v Speaker 2>I release you now, sird not gonna be lost forever.

0:39:50.440 --> 0:39:54.440
<v Speaker 2>God gave me grace to get out. Now turn north.

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<v Speaker 2>When they asked, oh, God showed me. I'm telling you,

0:40:07.239 --> 0:40:10.480
<v Speaker 2>while I was praying, God showed me somebody. You are

0:40:10.520 --> 0:40:15.120
<v Speaker 2>going to walk in a completely different direction and manner

0:40:15.400 --> 0:40:27.040
<v Speaker 2>of life because of this word. Today, you know something

0:40:27.120 --> 0:40:33.320
<v Speaker 2>interesting happened when Jesus healed that man. The religious leaders

0:40:33.360 --> 0:40:37.640
<v Speaker 2>didn't like it, and the man didn't really even understand it,

0:40:38.760 --> 0:40:42.879
<v Speaker 2>because the Bible says that when they asked him verse twelve, John,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five, who is this fellow who told you to

0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:50.759
<v Speaker 2>pick it up and walk? The man answered, I have

0:40:50.920 --> 0:40:56.719
<v Speaker 2>no idea, for Jesus had slipped away.

0:40:58.000 --> 0:40:58.800
<v Speaker 1>Into the crowd.

0:41:01.000 --> 0:41:03.600
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God is trying to bring you back to your

0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:05.160
<v Speaker 2>north and you don't even know it.

0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:07.880
<v Speaker 1>You don't even know it's him.

0:41:09.280 --> 0:41:14.480
<v Speaker 2>God uses certain seasons in your life, even certain setbacks

0:41:14.480 --> 0:41:18.200
<v Speaker 2>in your life, and yes, certain blessings in your life,

0:41:18.800 --> 0:41:24.440
<v Speaker 2>so that you will know your north, so you won't

0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:29.799
<v Speaker 2>be like me with no sense of direction, just going

0:41:29.840 --> 0:41:35.200
<v Speaker 2>through your life. And I'm grateful that Jesus didn't just.

0:41:35.200 --> 0:41:39.200
<v Speaker 1>Let that man walk away.

0:41:38.719 --> 0:41:41.120
<v Speaker 2>Because it was one thing for the man to see Jesus,

0:41:42.280 --> 0:41:45.560
<v Speaker 2>but it was another thing for the man to look

0:41:45.560 --> 0:41:50.280
<v Speaker 2>at verse fourteen to see why Jesus had seen him,

0:41:52.080 --> 0:41:55.640
<v Speaker 2>because later Jesus found him at the temple and said

0:41:55.640 --> 0:42:00.360
<v Speaker 2>to him, see you are well again.

0:42:01.920 --> 0:42:03.200
<v Speaker 1>I gave you a second chance.

0:42:05.200 --> 0:42:06.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to give you five seconds to praise God

0:42:06.800 --> 0:42:12.240
<v Speaker 2>for every second chance he's given you in your life.

0:42:19.080 --> 0:42:26.640
<v Speaker 2>One six, five four. See you are well again. Stop sinning,

0:42:28.840 --> 0:42:35.000
<v Speaker 2>or something worse may happen to you. I love that

0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:39.080
<v Speaker 2>the passage didn't end when the man got up and walked.

0:42:40.640 --> 0:42:45.120
<v Speaker 2>I loved that before Jesus let him go, he told

0:42:45.160 --> 0:42:51.000
<v Speaker 2>him why he raised him to begin with. He told

0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:55.640
<v Speaker 2>him you were lying in your excuses, and now you

0:42:55.680 --> 0:43:00.560
<v Speaker 2>are risen by my power. Now that you know the truth,

0:43:01.880 --> 0:43:05.960
<v Speaker 2>now that you know you're north, I want you to

0:43:06.040 --> 0:43:10.080
<v Speaker 2>head in the direction of your future and never come

0:43:10.120 --> 0:43:11.040
<v Speaker 2>back to your past.

0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:15.719
<v Speaker 1>Who's this forth.

0:43:15.880 --> 0:43:16.800
<v Speaker 3>You can't go back.

0:43:18.280 --> 0:43:19.160
<v Speaker 1>You can't go back.

0:43:25.840 --> 0:43:27.920
<v Speaker 2>So I don't want you to hear a word from

0:43:28.000 --> 0:43:31.120
<v Speaker 2>God that turned the direction in your heart and then

0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:33.600
<v Speaker 2>you just go right back to the same patterns of

0:43:33.640 --> 0:43:35.080
<v Speaker 2>sin and isolation.

0:43:36.080 --> 0:43:38.359
<v Speaker 1>That you came from.

0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:40.640
<v Speaker 2>That's why Jesus told him to take up your mat

0:43:41.600 --> 0:43:43.160
<v Speaker 2>because I want you to make a statement.

0:43:43.880 --> 0:43:52.680
<v Speaker 1>I won't be back. Turn north, Turn north.

0:43:55.520 --> 0:44:00.440
<v Speaker 2>Everybody gets discouraged, man piano, please, everybody gets discos urged.

0:44:01.280 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Everybody has moments of believing lies. I am no one,

0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.720
<v Speaker 1>I have no one.

0:44:08.680 --> 0:44:12.680
<v Speaker 2>Even the great prophet Elijah one time he had seen

0:44:12.719 --> 0:44:17.759
<v Speaker 2>a great revival and an outpouring of the demonstration of

0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:21.440
<v Speaker 2>God's power. And because of the threat that he received

0:44:21.480 --> 0:44:25.759
<v Speaker 2>from a woman named Jezebel, he ran forty days and

0:44:25.920 --> 0:44:28.120
<v Speaker 2>forty nights south.

0:44:28.400 --> 0:44:30.800
<v Speaker 1>To the Mountain of God and hid in a cave.

0:44:32.120 --> 0:44:34.120
<v Speaker 2>And the word of the Lord came to him in

0:44:34.160 --> 0:44:36.480
<v Speaker 2>a cave, like the Word of the Lord is coming.

0:44:36.280 --> 0:44:37.719
<v Speaker 1>To you today in your situation.

0:44:39.080 --> 0:44:44.719
<v Speaker 2>And he told Elijah in a whisper, leave here and

0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:50.879
<v Speaker 2>go back the way you came. You've gone so far

0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:56.319
<v Speaker 2>south that you have forgotten who you are, and you've

0:44:56.360 --> 0:45:00.440
<v Speaker 2>lost yourself. But when the word of the Lord comes

0:45:00.520 --> 0:45:05.680
<v Speaker 2>and says, now turn north, you turn.

0:45:06.840 --> 0:45:07.279
<v Speaker 1>You turn.

0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:10.440
<v Speaker 2>And I want to say to somebody who feels like

0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:13.200
<v Speaker 2>this word can't be for me because I don't deserve it.

0:45:14.280 --> 0:45:17.040
<v Speaker 2>God did not pick the person at the pool that

0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:19.839
<v Speaker 2>day that deserved it the most to do.

0:45:19.760 --> 0:45:27.160
<v Speaker 1>It, for He picked the person I got to give

0:45:27.160 --> 0:45:28.040
<v Speaker 1>you this and I'll go.

0:45:29.040 --> 0:45:32.279
<v Speaker 2>He picked the person that he could use what they

0:45:32.320 --> 0:45:35.640
<v Speaker 2>had been through to demonstrate what he could do.

0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:38.520
<v Speaker 1>Can God use you?

0:45:45.360 --> 0:45:49.160
<v Speaker 2>We all have a met we all have a mess,

0:45:50.360 --> 0:45:54.480
<v Speaker 2>we all have a mistake. But God can work through

0:45:54.520 --> 0:45:57.319
<v Speaker 2>that too. I want to pray for you right now

0:45:57.360 --> 0:46:01.319
<v Speaker 2>because God is saying, now turn north. He's saying to

0:46:02.520 --> 0:46:05.839
<v Speaker 2>obey what he's speaking. And you know you might have

0:46:05.880 --> 0:46:08.320
<v Speaker 2>to do this sometimes, just many times a day, because

0:46:08.360 --> 0:46:11.920
<v Speaker 2>I think I don't know about you, but my soul

0:46:12.040 --> 0:46:20.080
<v Speaker 2>can get southbound real fast and pulled down to the

0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:26.279
<v Speaker 2>level of feelings and preferences offenses. So I just want

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<v Speaker 2>you to hear the voice of the Lord like Moses did.

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<v Speaker 2>Now turn north. One greater than Moses is here. His

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<v Speaker 2>name is Jesus. And every time you look to him

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<v Speaker 2>there's living water. Every time you drink from him, you

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<v Speaker 2>will be filled. Now turn north. You see it. He

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<v Speaker 2>is the higher power. He is the one who gives permission.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the one who is present in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the one who was there.

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<v Speaker 1>Father.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray over every stigma, every insecurity, over everybody who's

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<v Speaker 2>in this room, kind of wondering either why am I

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<v Speaker 2>the one going through this hardship or why am I

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<v Speaker 2>the one chosen for this pressure. You know, we come

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<v Speaker 2>from many different directions, but we all need the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit of Christ, I thank you for opening my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>to the mystery of thirty eight years this week, when

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<v Speaker 2>I study, I realized that what the man did at

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<v Speaker 2>the pool when he got up, is what Moses did

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<v Speaker 2>in the wilderness, when they got up and crossed over

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<v Speaker 2>the valley and faced forward into the promise. We thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for your exceeding, great and precious promises toward those

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<v Speaker 2>who believe.

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<v Speaker 1>This house.

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<v Speaker 2>Today I proclaim those promises over your children. I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you that we are citizens of the Kingdom of light,

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<v Speaker 2>not darkness. Now we turn north. I thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>we are shielded from the fire. Darts of the wicked win.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the.

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<v Speaker 2>Enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord will raise up a standard. We turn north. Our

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<v Speaker 2>eyes are on you. We don't know what to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but our eyes are on you. We will be worshippers

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<v Speaker 2>in this battle. We now turn north. You take what

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy meant for evil, and you turn it for good.

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<v Speaker 2>We now turn north. We don't look to the east

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<v Speaker 2>or to the west. Where our health comes from. Our

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<v Speaker 2>health comes from the north. Our health comes from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Our health comes from the maker of heaven and earth.

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<v Speaker 2>And we give you praise and honor and glory. And

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<v Speaker 2>we make a declaration to the places where we've been lying.

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<v Speaker 2>We will not be back. We will not revisit these

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<v Speaker 2>things over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>We will not.

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<v Speaker 2>There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus. Now turn.

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<v Speaker 2>And as we clap our hands, and as we celebrate

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<v Speaker 2>your word, we expect a visitation of power at the

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<v Speaker 2>pool of a testa. This week, power and grace under

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<v Speaker 2>the fives covered colonnades. This week, power and a demonstration

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<v Speaker 2>of your authority.

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<v Speaker 3>You are God, and we've.

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<v Speaker 2>Got the grace to get up hoigh five.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody you can reach.

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<v Speaker 2>Us, say, get up by grace, Get up by grace.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Clap those hands and celebrate his word. Clap

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<v Speaker 1>those hands and celebrate. Go on, head's bowed eyes close.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to lead somebody into a relationship with Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>right now, nobody moving. The Bible says that if you

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<v Speaker 2>will confess with your mouth and believe with your heart

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<v Speaker 2>that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved.

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like turning north to me. The word repent

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<v Speaker 2>does not mean to feel bad about what you've done.

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<v Speaker 2>It means to turn and change your mind. It means

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<v Speaker 2>to come back to your Father for somebody who's been

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<v Speaker 2>going south today and God is turning you in a

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<v Speaker 2>new direction. I want to remind you that the Cross

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<v Speaker 2>was the turning point of human history, the resurrection was

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<v Speaker 2>the proof that Jesus was God's son, and today will

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<v Speaker 2>be the defining moment of your new life in Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>With heads bowed and eyes closed all over this room,

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<v Speaker 2>all of our campuses, watching online all over the world,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to lead you in a prayer. This prayer

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<v Speaker 2>is not magical. It's a connection point for you and God.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you will mean this with your heart today,

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<v Speaker 2>God will hear from heaven, heal you of your sin,

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<v Speaker 2>forgive you and redeem you for your wrongs, and give

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<v Speaker 2>you a new beginning. Heads bowed, eyes closed, all over

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<v Speaker 2>the church, repeat after me, Heavenly Father, I am a

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<v Speaker 2>sinner in need of a savior, and I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior

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

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. I believe he died that I would

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<v Speaker 2>be forgiven and rose again to give me life. I

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<v Speaker 2>receive this new life. This is my new beginning. On

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<v Speaker 2>the count of three, if you pray that, shoot your

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<v Speaker 2>hand up one, two, three, all over the room.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it in a chat. I receive Jesus. I receive Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>We're celebrating right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We're celebrating right now, every turn and around life. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>celebrate every new beginning, every new future. Hey, I hope

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