WEBVTT - The Power Of The Pull

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>In your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message two King's thirteen fourteen through twenty. This

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<v Speaker 2>parable in action, where we have been looking at an

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<v Speaker 2>object lesson and from this simple little archery instruction where

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<v Speaker 2>the Prophetyli show pulls out a sermon prop and makes

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<v Speaker 2>me feel better about all the props I've used over

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<v Speaker 2>the years, because here the prophet Elisha, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>most powerful preachers that the Bible has ever recorded the

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<v Speaker 2>life of. He instead of speaking to the King about

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<v Speaker 2>what he needs to do, he shows him because sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>actions speak louder than words, and sometimes it's not in

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<v Speaker 2>what we understand or declare, but in what we do

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<v Speaker 2>that are measure of successes determined. And this passage is

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<v Speaker 2>cool because he uses.

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<v Speaker 1>A boat and an arrow.

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<v Speaker 2>And earlier today they were playing some old clips of

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<v Speaker 2>my preaching and showing me with a water gun, and

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<v Speaker 2>I had some grown men on a seesaw. One time

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about giving weight to God's word and how

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<v Speaker 2>many of you were there for that when yeah, And

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<v Speaker 2>I love how our teams through the years, when I

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<v Speaker 2>think of something crazy, they don't look at me crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I need a seesaw for my sermon, and

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<v Speaker 2>Joe and the team built a seesaw, and we've done

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<v Speaker 2>all these things over the years. And I used to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like that was probably because I was a shallow preacher,

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<v Speaker 2>that I didn't have enough substance, so I had to

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<v Speaker 2>do all this silly stuff to keep people's attention. But

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really see it that way anymore, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was the Word made flesh, and when he came

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<v Speaker 2>to preach, he would often point at stuff to illustrate

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<v Speaker 2>his point. He would use objects to get his message

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<v Speaker 2>or his lesson across. So when he was talking about worry,

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<v Speaker 2>he point to the birds and say, if God can

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<v Speaker 2>feed them, what are you worried about? Now one of

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<v Speaker 2>them falls to the sky without him knowing it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you think God doesn't have his eye on your life.

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<v Speaker 2>He's watching over you, and he would point to the

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<v Speaker 2>birds to prove that. Or he would contrast. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>see that big mountain. You can move it with faith

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<v Speaker 2>the size of a mustard sea.

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<v Speaker 1>If you would believe a little bit, you could do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>One time, he wanted to show them how he was

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<v Speaker 2>the bread of life, so he told the disciples.

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<v Speaker 1>To feed the people. They said, we can't.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, exactly, but when you bring your I can't,

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<v Speaker 2>and bring it to the one who is and was

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<v Speaker 2>and is to come. Anyway, y'all, don't feel like you're

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<v Speaker 2>in all this today. Would you not make me work

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<v Speaker 2>so hard on my birthday to preach those of you

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<v Speaker 2>who never say amen, who just look at me like

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<v Speaker 2>bless me. If you dare, can we do this together today?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on?

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<v Speaker 2>One time Jesus wanted to show how he was the resurrection,

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<v Speaker 2>so he let Lazarus die. Why he needed a prop

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<v Speaker 2>And when he pointed to the tomb and said, Lazarus,

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<v Speaker 2>come forth, he was pointing to every dead thing in

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<v Speaker 2>your life.

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<v Speaker 1>When the word of.

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<v Speaker 2>God hits dead places, disappointed places.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel dreams coming alive in the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 1>So it just makes me feel good that when the

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<v Speaker 1>King came.

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<v Speaker 2>To see Elisha, he he used to a prop and

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<v Speaker 2>I want to read it in case you're new to

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<v Speaker 2>the series, I really want to pull you in. I

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<v Speaker 2>really I want to do my best, whether you've just

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<v Speaker 2>come in here, whether you've been here for the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's always my aim to pull.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody in, whether you have the Book of Philippians memorized,

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<v Speaker 2>or whether you dated a guy named Philip one time and.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't go well. Look at verse fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha said, get a bow, Get a bow and some arrows,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did so. Take the bow in your hands,

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<v Speaker 2>he said to the King of Israel. And when he

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<v Speaker 2>had taken and now when he looked at it, not

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<v Speaker 2>when he considered it, not when he prayed about it,

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<v Speaker 2>when he had taken it, when he had taken it,

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<v Speaker 2>when he took action on the word that was spoken.

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. God's guidance

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<v Speaker 2>is awaiting your participation. When he did what he was

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<v Speaker 2>told to do. I'm thankful that God guides my life.

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<v Speaker 2>That I just saw a picture of how God's.

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<v Speaker 1>Hands have always been on my.

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<v Speaker 2>Hands, even in seasons when I didn't want him to

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<v Speaker 2>lead me, he led me. And when he put his

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<v Speaker 2>hands on the King's hands, he gave him an instruction

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<v Speaker 2>and it's kind of been our theme for the series,

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't it. When he told him open the east window,

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<v Speaker 2>and he opened it, he did not open the window

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<v Speaker 2>for the king. He pointed in the direction of the

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<v Speaker 2>battle that God would give the victory if the king

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<v Speaker 2>would dare to face it and fight it. And when

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<v Speaker 2>he opened the window, the prophet told him to shoot,

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<v Speaker 2>and he shot, and then the prophet declared the Lord's

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<v Speaker 2>arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, that

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<v Speaker 2>confederation of nations that had been oppressing God's people, the

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<v Speaker 2>arrow of victory over Aram. The arrow represents victory, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Lord's victory.

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<v Speaker 1>It's his strength, his arm.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a lesson for us to see, to see

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<v Speaker 2>the victory before we seize the victory. All of these

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<v Speaker 2>things I've mentioned to you, but on this final week

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<v Speaker 2>I want to focus in real, particularly on appointing this passage.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Will completely destroy the Arabians at Aphax, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>said take the arrows, and the king took them, and

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<v Speaker 2>Elishah told him strike the ground, and he struck it

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<v Speaker 2>three times and stopped, and the Man of God was

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<v Speaker 2>angry with him and said, you should have struck the

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<v Speaker 2>ground five or six times. Then you could have had

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<v Speaker 2>everything that God wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>You to have.

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<v Speaker 2>But you quit too quick. You quit when you don't

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<v Speaker 2>feel it. You only worship God when he gives you

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<v Speaker 2>a goose pomp.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Elisha. He was a straight shooter, get it arrow.

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<v Speaker 1>He told him what he needed to hear.

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<v Speaker 2>You have, you could have, you would have, but now

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<v Speaker 2>you will defeat it only three times. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>talking to my sixteen year old self, you know, this week,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was imagining how he would preach this passage

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<v Speaker 2>and sixteen year old Stephen. He wouldn't have just preached

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<v Speaker 2>about the arrows. He would have brought an arrow up

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<v Speaker 2>on the stage and used it for a prop. I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder did anybody on the front bringing.

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<v Speaker 1>These spare arrows to church today?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Jonathan Joseph, it's our campus pastor.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all give it up for JJ. Always prepared. You see

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<v Speaker 1>that he was prepared with those arrows. That's why I

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<v Speaker 1>love you JJ.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you're one of my top fourteen favorite campus fastors.

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<v Speaker 1>Sitting on those arrows ready for him.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder what you're sitting on that you're not using today?

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<v Speaker 1>Should have used all of your arrows. You should have.

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<v Speaker 2>Taken everything God gave you and kept striking until you

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<v Speaker 2>saw it, until what you see in your life reflects

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<v Speaker 2>what God has spoken over your life. It was not

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<v Speaker 2>a deficiency in the artillery that cost the king to

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<v Speaker 2>be defeated. It was his lack of drive. Can I

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<v Speaker 2>say that that he wouldn't drive every arrow into the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>You should have kept pushing. You know, we all need

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<v Speaker 2>a push every now and then, don't we. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we all come to the place in our life where

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<v Speaker 2>we need somebody to help us, motivate us to do

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<v Speaker 2>what we can't do, and to get us started in

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<v Speaker 2>the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it's my job in some ways to

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<v Speaker 1>give you a push as you go into your week.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, just a little nudge, just a little push.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the worship leaders are doing. They're giving you

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<v Speaker 2>a push. You know, you come in some weeks and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't feel like praising God, and you know you

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<v Speaker 2>cussed at your kids in the van on the way

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<v Speaker 2>to church and said praise the Lord when you saw

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<v Speaker 2>the Parkers. But what I'm saying today really doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>as much to do with that as it does with

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<v Speaker 2>the other instrument because I was praying. You know, we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about the power of precision. You have to aim

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<v Speaker 2>at something. We've talked about the power of preparation, that

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<v Speaker 2>the ground must be plowed for the harvest to be plentiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all miss that nobody wrote that down in the whole church.

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<v Speaker 2>The ground must be plowed for the harvest to be plentiful.

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<v Speaker 1>Why move the elevation pin bro across the paved back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth.

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<v Speaker 2>He even talked about the power of potential and the

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<v Speaker 2>power of provision, all of these things we've talked about

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<v Speaker 2>using these arrows.

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<v Speaker 1>And as I was praying about how.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we close this series, it was almost like I

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<v Speaker 2>heard the text talking to me. It was almost like

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<v Speaker 2>the text was talking because I've been preaching so much

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<v Speaker 2>about these arrows and how you can't leave any of

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<v Speaker 2>them in your quiver. You cannot quit with arrows left

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<v Speaker 2>in your quiver. We've been preaching so much about the arrows.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's like I heard the text talking to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it says if the text said, how about the bow,

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<v Speaker 2>because the whole thing started with a bow.

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<v Speaker 1>J J, you got a boat. How about that? He's

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<v Speaker 1>got a bow and some arrows.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, of course we worked this out ahead of time.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Graham's bow, and he didn't even know where

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<v Speaker 2>it was. I told him this week to get his

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<v Speaker 2>bow that Uncle Max gave him a couple of Christmases ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and he couldn't even find it. And I thought, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a sermon illustration in itself. You're like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of Christians. You've wrote it down in a notebook, but

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<v Speaker 2>you never anyway. Uh whoa Oh, But.

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<v Speaker 1>He brought me the bow, and I was thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>In the context of what we've learned about all of

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<v Speaker 2>these principles from God's word, and quick, I promise you,

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<v Speaker 2>I know way better than to point this at any

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<v Speaker 2>of you. So let me turn my back on you

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment. She looks so scared. I promise I

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<v Speaker 2>would never. I would never. I'm extreme, but I'm not crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Get a bowl, get some arrows. On the count of three,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna shoot it.

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<v Speaker 1>You're ready, you ready, LJ one?

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<v Speaker 2>Two?

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<v Speaker 1>Three? Shoot?

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<v Speaker 2>Well that didn't go very far. Let's try again. Colt

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<v Speaker 2>me down, all right, you ready, get a bow? Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>say yeah, but get a bow, get some arrows, take

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<v Speaker 2>the shot on three.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go.

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<v Speaker 3>One two three.

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<v Speaker 1>You like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel kind of stupid up here because in my

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<v Speaker 2>mind I saw the row flying through the air, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord's aerro victory.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw it like a grave illustration. Am I doing

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<v Speaker 1>something wrong? Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>So, in order for the arrow to fulfill its purpose,

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<v Speaker 2>the bow has to be I want to preach today

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<v Speaker 2>for twenty five minutes on the power of the poll,

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<v Speaker 2>because if you go out of this series trying to

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<v Speaker 2>live out these principles in your own strength, you are

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<v Speaker 2>going to look as stupid to the devil as I

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<v Speaker 2>do with this little banshee. But once you understand the

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<v Speaker 2>power of the pull, once you understand that the power

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<v Speaker 2>of God is not in your effort, It is not

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<v Speaker 2>by your might nor by your strength, but by His spirit. See,

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<v Speaker 2>it's good to get a push. It's good to get

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<v Speaker 2>a push. It's really really good to get a push.

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<v Speaker 2>And some people, like this king, they will do what

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<v Speaker 2>they're told as long as somebody is pushing them. Everything

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha told the king to do, he did it. Get

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<v Speaker 2>a bow, he got it, Get some arrows, he got him,

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<v Speaker 2>strike the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>He struck it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was the moment that Elisha took his hands

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<v Speaker 2>off the King's hands seat. Some people have to be

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<v Speaker 2>pushed to praise God. Other people have something on the

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<v Speaker 2>inside of them that you don't have to prompt.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh God, you don't have to prompt me. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>need you to tell me to lift my hands. My

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<v Speaker 1>hands are lifting up. My mouth is still afraid. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the power of the pull.

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<v Speaker 2>See before I was armed, but now I'm dangerous. The

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<v Speaker 2>devil doesn't fear you with your little I can see

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<v Speaker 2>you right now coming out of here, you know, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to push yourself to live for Jesus. Come on, devil,

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<v Speaker 2>I got something for you, And the devil is scared.

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<v Speaker 1>But I guarantee you.

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<v Speaker 2>With a little bit of leverage. I said, all you

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<v Speaker 2>need is a little bit of leverage.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, all you need is a little bit of leverage.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, how many are seated.

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<v Speaker 2>In heavenly places with Jesus?

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shout? I got pulled.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Paul was saying in Second Corinthians ten, verse three.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, though we walk in the world, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>wage war.

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<v Speaker 1>As the world wages war, We're not throwing our own arrows.

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<v Speaker 1>We have heavenly leverage. The weapons of.

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<v Speaker 2>Our warfare are not Carnival, but our mighty somebody shall power,

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<v Speaker 2>but are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

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<v Speaker 4>You've been pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing, pushing.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why it's not working. But God said, if

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<v Speaker 2>you would pull Pruvis, it's a big difference. This is motivation.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll work. If I'm motivate you in church, it'll work

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<v Speaker 2>till Wednesday. I mean, the era went somewhere, but not

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<v Speaker 2>where it could have gone, not all the way over Aaron,

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<v Speaker 2>not complete victory.

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<v Speaker 1>Motivation. But if there's something on the inside of you, and.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Jehosh didn't have, that's called inspiration. There's something

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<v Speaker 2>pulling on me from the inside that made me want

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<v Speaker 2>to preach on my birthday. I could be on the beach,

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<v Speaker 2>but something pulled me to this pulpit. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, not I had to do it. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do it, I love to do it. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to serve him. I love to serve him. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to worship I love to worship him. I want him,

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<v Speaker 2>I need him, I gotta have him. And I look

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<v Speaker 2>back on my little life, even though it's not been

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<v Speaker 2>a long life yet.

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<v Speaker 1>But God has been pulling me.

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<v Speaker 2>According to his purpose. Now, sometimes I didn't see it

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<v Speaker 2>that way at the time. Sometimes it felt like life

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<v Speaker 2>was pushing me around. I don't know if you've ever

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<v Speaker 2>felt that way. I don't know if you've ever felt

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<v Speaker 2>like life had pushed you past your breaking points, so

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<v Speaker 2>much pressure on you that you didn't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But I found out that the power comes from the pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>I could use a lot of biblical examples of this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I chose Joseph because he said, at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of his life, after he saw what God's purpose had

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<v Speaker 2>been all along, fully fulfilled, and he saw the portrait

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<v Speaker 2>of it, not just one little part of it. He

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<v Speaker 2>saw the whole panoramic view. He was able to say

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<v Speaker 2>to his brother, you minute for evil, because see his

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<v Speaker 2>brothers had pushed him into a pit. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>been pushed around? Ever been rejected? Just wave at me?

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<v Speaker 2>So okay, So you might need to know this verse.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you meant it for evil. You were pushing me,

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<v Speaker 2>But while you were.

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<v Speaker 1>Pushing the hand of God was pulling it. He was

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<v Speaker 1>pulling me.

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<v Speaker 2>When it didn't go the way I wanted it to.

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<v Speaker 1>When they talked about me.

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<v Speaker 2>They were pushing, God was pulling it. The hand of

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<v Speaker 2>God has always been on your life. While people were

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<v Speaker 2>pushing with one hand, God was pulling with the other.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the power of the pool to know that God

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<v Speaker 2>was positioning me for exactly where He wanted me to be.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you understand the power of the poll, life

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't seem so random anymore. You understand that there was

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose behind all of it. If you look out here,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't see it. But if you look back, If

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<v Speaker 2>you look back, you'll see that your dad didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>you come to church that night. You thought he made

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<v Speaker 2>you come to church that night, But it was that

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<v Speaker 2>your dad pushing you.

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<v Speaker 1>To come to church that made you come to church.

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<v Speaker 1>God was he used your dad. Your dad's in heaven now.

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<v Speaker 1>My dad's in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they're probably eating some carb free angel food cake

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<v Speaker 2>to celebrate my birthday together thirty seven candles Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>But Cody.

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<v Speaker 2>Cody bugged me to get me to church the night

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<v Speaker 2>I got saved. He was He was pushy about it too.

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<v Speaker 2>He showed up in his pickup truck, and in my

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<v Speaker 2>mind he was being pushy. But while he was pushing me,

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<v Speaker 2>God was pulling me. On February nineteenth, nineteen eighty I

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<v Speaker 2>came into the world because.

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<v Speaker 1>She pushed me. Is this too graphic?

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<v Speaker 2>But at the same time she was pushing, God was pulling.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't born on accident, and neither were you. God

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<v Speaker 2>knew you needed to be here. God brought you here.

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<v Speaker 1>Right here, right now.

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<v Speaker 3>It was his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Your car didn't bring you to church. God brought you

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<v Speaker 1>to church.

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<v Speaker 2>Get a boat, get some arrows, and let me give

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<v Speaker 2>you an object lesson on the way God works. God

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<v Speaker 2>is pulling you. God is drawing you to himself. God

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<v Speaker 2>has drawing you into purpose. Yes, sometimes it's painful. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it feels like.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going backwards.

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<v Speaker 2>But wait till you see the trajectory of God's purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on a shut o to God pulling me.

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<v Speaker 2>He pulled me out of some relationships I didn't need

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<v Speaker 2>to be in.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes he did. He pulled me.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of some pits that I fell into with my

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<v Speaker 2>own dumb decisions. How many are grateful for the hands

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<v Speaker 2>of God that pulls you out.

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<v Speaker 1>Pulling it? He's pulling.

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<v Speaker 2>What was Elisha doing when Elijah threw his mantle on

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<v Speaker 2>his shoulders. Does anybody remember in verse Kings nineteen. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>remember Elisha wasn't looking to become a prophet. Elisha was

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<v Speaker 2>a plowman. He was simply driving plows in a field

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<v Speaker 2>one day, and he wasn't pointing himself out to be

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<v Speaker 2>used by God. Because when you are in position of

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<v Speaker 2>your purpose, God will point you out.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to self promote. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>get somebody to like you or notice you when you

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<v Speaker 1>are pulled.

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<v Speaker 2>According see, Elijah wasn't even looking for Elisha until God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke his name and showed him the exact physical location.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to calm down, but I'm excited London because

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it in an illustration.

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<v Speaker 1>I realized.

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<v Speaker 2>That what Elisha was telling the King to do with

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<v Speaker 2>the bow at the end of his life was an

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<v Speaker 2>illustration of what God had been doing to him his

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<v Speaker 2>whole life. He was drawing him, was pulling him. He

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<v Speaker 2>was pulling him the power of him, the pull. And

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<v Speaker 2>one day come here here he's driving. He's driving. It

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<v Speaker 2>says that he was driving twelve yoke of Oxen.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're gonna act this out. You'd be the ox

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll be the man of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Seems appropriate, and I gave him the verse I be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you, I preached the sermon a third time

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<v Speaker 2>I preached. I haven't preached it like I wanted to yet,

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna get it right this time because I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta go eat some cake. Then I can't eat cake

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<v Speaker 2>until i'm pre scre Now, what's in First Kings nineteen nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>It says put the scripture. I just sent this to them.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope they got it there. This Elijah went from

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<v Speaker 2>there and found Elisha.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, you missed it. The only reason he found him

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<v Speaker 1>is because God led Elijah. He pulled. Okay, okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta I gotta work on this.

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<v Speaker 2>So he found him in a field plowing with twelve

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<v Speaker 2>yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving.

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<v Speaker 1>The twelfth pair. So let's let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know how ox oxen are, because all of

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<v Speaker 2>you have had experience with oxen.

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<v Speaker 5>Oxen are kind of slow. So you gotta drive them,

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<v Speaker 5>drive them. They'll just stop on you. You know, you

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<v Speaker 5>gotta drive them. You gotta drive them.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's driving them, and verse twenty stopped for a second,

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<v Speaker 2>and Verse twenty it said you like this.

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<v Speaker 1>It says that in verse twenty that.

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<v Speaker 2>When Elijah passed by, which represented Elisia's purpose, that he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't even looking for yet. How many of you weren't

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<v Speaker 2>even looking for God and he found you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my story.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't looking, but he was, and he drew me

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<v Speaker 2>to himself. And in verse nineteen it says that he

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<v Speaker 2>was driving the oxen, but it says in verse twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>if we can go to verse twenty, that Elisha left

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<v Speaker 2>his oxen and ran after Elijah. So now the one

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<v Speaker 2>who was driving just stay there. You're out of the

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<v Speaker 2>illustration now because now the one who was driving is

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<v Speaker 2>being drawn. The one who was driving the oxen plowing

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<v Speaker 2>the field is being drawn by purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>And so now.

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha is being drawn into the purpose of God for

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<v Speaker 2>his life. He's been driving the oxen up until this point,

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<v Speaker 2>but now the one who had been doing the driving

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<v Speaker 2>is being drawn. And this is what happens when grace

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<v Speaker 2>comes into your life. This is what happens when purpose

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<v Speaker 2>takes us place.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what.

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<v Speaker 2>Happens when you let go of your way, when you

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<v Speaker 2>stop trying to push, when you stop trying to manipulate,

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<v Speaker 2>when you stop trying to call your own shops and

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<v Speaker 2>you say, Lord, leave me where you want me to go,

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<v Speaker 2>what you want me to do.

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<v Speaker 1>He drew me. He drew me. He drew me to himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He drew me.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to be in the choir. It wasn't Arturo

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<v Speaker 2>that recruited me for the choir.

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<v Speaker 1>It was God. God knew I needed to pastor a

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<v Speaker 1>multicultural church. How can I pastor a multicultural church.

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<v Speaker 2>If I can't step into the church.

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<v Speaker 1>God was getting me ready. God is getting you running.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know who.

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<v Speaker 1>This message is for money, This is for you shall

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<v Speaker 1>right now. My moody's drawing you. He's drawing you. Pull on, somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>say he's drawing me. He's drawing me.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to leave some doubts behind. I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>leave some dysfunctions behind. He's calling me now. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>spend the rest of my life looking at the backside.

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<v Speaker 1>Of an ox. He's drawing me. He's drawing me.

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<v Speaker 2>My bow broke while I was appreciated.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, it don't have to be pretty for God

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<v Speaker 6>to use it.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like prising today.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like precian like is my parthdect breaks faster,

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<v Speaker 2>pulling down of strongholds. I'm not pushing my way through life.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got pull God brought me here.

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<v Speaker 1>See, a sense of purpose will pull you.

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<v Speaker 2>There are there are teenagers under the sound of my

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<v Speaker 2>voice who are being who are being.

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<v Speaker 1>Pushed, pushed by popularity.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you're being pushed to fit in with a certain crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>You're you're being pushed. And see, popularity can only get.

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<v Speaker 1>You so far.

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<v Speaker 2>Popularity cannot give you a sense of significance. But if

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<v Speaker 2>you let the purpose of God pull on your I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you God's purpose has been pulling on me all

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<v Speaker 2>my life, sock to be here with you today. He's

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<v Speaker 2>pulling on you and has always been on you. He

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<v Speaker 2>was pulling you, directing your pads. Even when you wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to wander. He pulled on you. That's why you're here.

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<v Speaker 2>And when your car is out of alignment, it pulls

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<v Speaker 2>a certain way. And God brought us into this Worker

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<v Speaker 2>Windows series at rock Hill and Concord and Gaston and

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<v Speaker 2>all the other locations and online. God brought us into

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<v Speaker 2>the series for alignment so that we won't constantly I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you, if you change your patterns, it will change

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<v Speaker 2>your pull The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

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<v Speaker 2>That means fleshly. Flesh is a pattern. It pulls you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's what pulls you. Some of you, some of you

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<v Speaker 2>had to make yourself come to church today.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all right. Make yourself come.

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<v Speaker 2>Back enough, push yourself to come back until something pulls

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<v Speaker 2>you to car. I promise if you keep coming, eventually

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<v Speaker 2>your car will pull itself into the Elevation Church parking

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<v Speaker 2>lot like it used to pull into Chrispy Kreme when

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<v Speaker 2>the hot side came on, pulling me according to his purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pulled by my patterns. I'm pulled by my purpose,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm pulled by the possibility. It's the Lord's arrow

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<v Speaker 2>of victory over Aaron, Get a bow, get some leverage.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't leave this series trying to live out God's will

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<v Speaker 2>in your strength?

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<v Speaker 1>Were all of sinned and fallen short of the glory

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<v Speaker 1>of God? You know what's interesting about the word sin.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an archery term.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it means to miss the mark, all of sin

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<v Speaker 2>and fallen short of the glory of God. And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the reason that fell short is because it didn't have leverage.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't throw it far enough, not for these battles.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what the grace of God has been for my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry I took your seat, but I feel I

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<v Speaker 1>preach it.

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<v Speaker 2>The grace of God has pulled me and kept me

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<v Speaker 2>at times in my life where or I didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to continue on. That's where grace kicked and it's the

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<v Speaker 2>power of the pull. And I don't want to pastor

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<v Speaker 2>a church full of people who are striking the ground

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<v Speaker 2>in their own strength and wearing out because they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a grip by grace. Right now, in the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God, there is grace available for whatever ram you're facing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I believe God has drawn somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I want to give an invitation for you

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<v Speaker 2>right now like I gave when Eric was at church.

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<v Speaker 2>He was about twenty years old. You may be younger,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be older, but God has drawing you. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want you just to end to your feet at

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<v Speaker 2>all of our locations so I can pray with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't push you into this decision.

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<v Speaker 1>It wouldn't be your decision if you feel God drawing

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<v Speaker 1>you right now and.

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<v Speaker 2>You fallen short of the glory of God, because all

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<v Speaker 2>of sin and fallen short of the glory of God.

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<v Speaker 1>I really feel called right now to.

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<v Speaker 2>Well to facilitate the presence of God as he pulls

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<v Speaker 2>you in the spirit. In the bride's say, come, God

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<v Speaker 2>offers an invitation. God will never push you and pull

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<v Speaker 2>you follow me. Jesus made it that simple. Just let

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<v Speaker 2>me pull you. I know where I'm taking you. Uncharted waters.

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<v Speaker 2>I know where I'm taking you, Abraham, just go to

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<v Speaker 2>the land I will show you.

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<v Speaker 1>He leads me. Besides still waters.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to bow your head and close your

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<v Speaker 2>eyes and realize that God has been leading you all

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<v Speaker 2>your life. He has been pulling you. He's been pulling

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<v Speaker 2>on you. That's what you feel in your heart right now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not the music behind me. It's the words that

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<v Speaker 2>I've spoken. It is the pull of God. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the grace of God. It is the drawing power of

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit. God has drawn you in this moment

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<v Speaker 2>to Himself on this day, for all who are far

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<v Speaker 2>away from God and desire to be brought near by

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of Jesus Christ, cleansed and forgiven, redeemed and renewed,

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<v Speaker 2>restored and made righteous. In the presence of God. His

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<v Speaker 2>grace is available, and his grace is enough. He's drawing

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<v Speaker 2>you now. With heads about and eyes closed, We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to pray as a church family for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>coming to God for the first time. We're coming back

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<v Speaker 2>to God. This is a holy moment. I asked that

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<v Speaker 2>no one move at any of our locations as we

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<v Speaker 2>pray out loud for the benefit of those who are

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<v Speaker 2>coming to God. We believe the miracle working power of

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit is drawing now. Even as I speak,

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<v Speaker 2>heads about, eyes closed. We're praying together as a family,

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<v Speaker 2>Heavenly Father. Today is my day of salvation. I believe

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

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<v Speaker 2>Savior of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And right now I am a new creation.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that Jesus Christ died for me and rose

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<v Speaker 2>again to give me life. I receive this new life

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<v Speaker 2>from this day forward. I am a follower of Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Has still bowed, eyes still close. If you prayed that,

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<v Speaker 2>shoot your hand in the air on the count of three.

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<v Speaker 1>One, two three.

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<v Speaker 2>At every location, hands are flying.

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<v Speaker 1>Up, hands are flying up. Come on, Church, you better

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate better than that. Come on. That's the new beginnings.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the new beginnings. That's a new start. Man. God

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<v Speaker 1>bless me. I see you, man, I see you. This

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<v Speaker 1>is your moment, this is your time. God brought you here.

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<v Speaker 1>Anybody else, shoot your hand off. God is working in

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<v Speaker 1>this moment. He's working in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I see the hera victory flying over Arab.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, open your mouth to die. We gotta race

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<v Speaker 1>and celebrate. Come on, we got a raser. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>this ministry. Is because of you that this ministry is possible.

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