WEBVTT - The Drop Zone

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let's go to the scriptures now, First Kings, chapter nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse two through five contains my assignment. Hey, let's do

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<v Speaker 2>this in the Message translation of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's very vivid.

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<v Speaker 2>How Eugene Peterson translated this passage. How many are excited

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<v Speaker 2>that there is a cloud heavy with blessing hanging over

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<v Speaker 2>your life. We rejoice today for the reign of God's

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<v Speaker 2>presence in our life and the promise of things to come.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we're standing on the foundation of his faithfulness,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are declaring that He is with us in

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<v Speaker 2>every season of our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>And so as we declare that we want to go

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<v Speaker 2>right here to First Kings nineteen, I am switching translations

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<v Speaker 2>on my Youth version Bible app Thank you Pastor Craig

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<v Speaker 2>Grosschell and Bobby Gruenwald and Life Church for creating this

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful application where I can stall while I tell it

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<v Speaker 2>I will update later and read as follows.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to verse three one Kings nineteen eight. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't work. Hang on a second. Don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>fix this app, Pastor Craig. Now the app is fine.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a user error. Okay, here we go. You're ready,

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<v Speaker 1>say I'm ready. Ask your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ready?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell him?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm ready?

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<v Speaker 1>Now compliment them on something they're wearing. Your neighbor? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Where to God? Where to God? Coming up on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>When Elijah saw how things were, he ran for dear life.

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<v Speaker 1>To Beersheba, far south of Judah. Huh, a lot must

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<v Speaker 1>be talking about Jonah.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Elijah's not going to run, especially with revival

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<v Speaker 2>breaking out in the nation, But no, he did.

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<v Speaker 1>He did.

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<v Speaker 2>Strong faith doesn't preclude weak moments. Weak moments don't preclude

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<v Speaker 2>strong faith. Sometimes the two have to walk side by side,

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<v Speaker 2>and he is running Forrest Gump has nothing on this profit.

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<v Speaker 1>Running. Like we talked about last week, he's running from

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<v Speaker 1>the rain. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>His faith released the rain, and just as the nation

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<v Speaker 2>is coming out of a drought, he's entering into one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the kind you can see.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that he's having to sell stuff on eBay

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<v Speaker 2>to pay the light bill.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that kind of drought anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>It is that inner wilderness that many of us live in,

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<v Speaker 2>and nobody can see it. And since they can see it,

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<v Speaker 2>they sometimes can't encourage us in it, because we're dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with it all alone. And Elijah is not just going

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<v Speaker 2>around the corner because he just received the death threat

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<v Speaker 2>from Jezebel, who he knows good and well can't kill

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<v Speaker 2>him because he just destroyed all of her prophets and

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<v Speaker 2>the gods that she swears by on a mountain called Karmel.

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<v Speaker 1>But the one who had the faith to.

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<v Speaker 2>Climb to Mount Carmel is now starting to cave. His

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<v Speaker 2>faith is starting to cave, his courage, his emotional resolve

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<v Speaker 2>is starting to implode. And it says that not only

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<v Speaker 2>did he run, but he left his young servant there

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<v Speaker 2>in Beersheba, and then he went on into the desert

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<v Speaker 2>another day's journey. He came to a lone broombush and

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<v Speaker 2>collapsed in its shade, wanting in the worst way, to

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<v Speaker 2>be done with it all, to just die. For some reason,

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<v Speaker 2>this seemed like an appropriate Mother's Day scripture to me,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to forgive me.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a bleak view of parenthood. But listen what

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<v Speaker 1>he said.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't this sound like something a mom would say at

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<v Speaker 2>some point? This? God, Oh, y'all are going to be

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<v Speaker 2>like that today, Like you're always baking brownies, your kids

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<v Speaker 2>always leave with matching socks. Get out of my face,

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<v Speaker 2>because sometimes you hit a place, come on a place

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<v Speaker 2>where you have had enough, and your kids know and

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<v Speaker 2>they hie.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like we have pushed the woman too far. Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's actually it's actually a very serious scripture. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to bring some hopefully a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a lift to it as we get into it today.

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<v Speaker 1>But he has come to this place called enough enough.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had enough. Listen how bad it is take my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready to join my ancestors in the grave.

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<v Speaker 2>Exhausted, he fell asleep under the lone broom bush, and

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly an angel shook him awake. I'm gonna try to

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<v Speaker 2>do that today, okay, and said, get up and eat.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to minister to you for a few moments

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<v Speaker 2>on this very special Mother's Day at Elevation Church.

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<v Speaker 1>And my subject is the drop zone. The drop zone.

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<v Speaker 2>Father, bless your word, open hearts to hear it in Jesus' name. Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>touch somebody and say God's trying to hook you up,

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<v Speaker 2>and then take a seat please. Where I first heard

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<v Speaker 2>this term drop zone was from my brother serves in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States Air Force.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you can clap for that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes a lot of pressure off of me because

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<v Speaker 2>I want my mom to be proud of her children,

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<v Speaker 2>and she only has two, and so if I screw

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<v Speaker 2>it up, she can always say, but I have a

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<v Speaker 2>son in the Air Force and so, you know, so

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I never really understood what he did.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been in the Air Force for like fifteen years

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<v Speaker 2>or so like that, and he tries to explain what

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<v Speaker 2>he does. I know it has something to do with

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<v Speaker 2>an airplane called the one. Yeah, and he drops stuff

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<v Speaker 2>and he was telling me about it one day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that I don't care about what he does.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just that sometimes I don't understand what he's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to tell me because he's bad at communication. And he

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<v Speaker 2>was telling me one thing that they did, which again

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of I don't know. It makes me feel

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<v Speaker 2>like maybe what I do isn't that important? Because he

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<v Speaker 2>was telling me about this one mission and he got

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<v Speaker 2>my attention. He was saying that they they dropped for

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<v Speaker 2>Operation Christmas Drop.

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<v Speaker 1>They flew out and went to like the.

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<v Speaker 2>Remotest part of the Earth or something like that, the

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<v Speaker 2>Micronesian Islands.

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<v Speaker 1>Did I say that correctly? Is that what it's called?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's pretend like it is altogether, okay, since none of

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<v Speaker 2>us know, we'll be collectively ignorant. And he said they

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<v Speaker 2>just drop stuff for people who would have never received

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<v Speaker 2>anything for Christmas otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, man, that's cool, you did that.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, yeah, he's explained it to me.

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<v Speaker 2>He said they had to get down really low, like

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<v Speaker 2>I think he said three hundred feet, which I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even know you could go down that low unless you

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<v Speaker 2>were landing.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't know anything, so what do I know?

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<v Speaker 2>And he said they have to first find it, and

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<v Speaker 2>he said we had to find the drop zone.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, when he said drop zone.

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<v Speaker 2>My mind went to preaching, because again, I'd never done

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<v Speaker 2>anything that cool in my life. I mean, he told

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<v Speaker 2>me he's dropped humv's off of the airplane. As he's

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<v Speaker 2>a crew member on that plane, the C one thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that they have dropped refrigerators with concrete for

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<v Speaker 2>target practice, big heavy refrigerators off the but I've never.

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<v Speaker 1>Done anything like that in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's telling me about all these air drops and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, well, yeah, well, well I drop wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>So what you drop boats? I drop truth bombs. Amen.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud of me, momb mo.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's telling me all these things. So I'm thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>with my preacher's mind, I'm like a.

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<v Speaker 2>Drop zone that The term just got my attention, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about that in a preacherly way. I

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<v Speaker 2>was thinking about that as it relates to God's provision.

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<v Speaker 1>In our life.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, isn't it cool how sometimes God will

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<v Speaker 2>get you what you need where you are. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking about it, because Yeah, for me, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like the Word of God is what I live

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<v Speaker 2>off of him.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is amazing to me how many.

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<v Speaker 2>Times in my life, even when I have felt so

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<v Speaker 2>remote from God. I know you've never been distant from God.

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<v Speaker 2>You stay close to Him through daily de voe and prayer, meditation, fasting,

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<v Speaker 2>and living a righteous life. But sometimes, like me and Elijah,

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<v Speaker 2>like these kinds of people.

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<v Speaker 1>We run to the Micronesian.

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<v Speaker 2>Islands spiritually speaking, now, and how does God find us? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>how does he locate us? And I know he's God

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<v Speaker 2>and He's everywhere, And I was thinking about all of

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<v Speaker 2>the ways that God provided for Elijah. Just got me

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<v Speaker 2>kind of grateful today, because if you will be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>you will admit that there were times that God provided

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<v Speaker 2>for you when you are not.

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<v Speaker 1>Even looking for Him to parachute into your situation.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's the honest truth. That's the honest truth.

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<v Speaker 2>That is the honest truth. And the passage got my

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<v Speaker 2>attention in First Kings because on the surface, I would

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<v Speaker 2>assume that if Elijah is supposed to be prophesying in

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<v Speaker 2>a certain place and he leaves that place, that well,

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<v Speaker 2>I always heard where God guides, he provides, and that

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<v Speaker 2>has been the case for Elijah up until this point.

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<v Speaker 2>He was guided by God to Ahab, where he declared

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<v Speaker 2>a drought over the land of Israel, and God directed him,

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<v Speaker 2>or you could say guided him to the Carrith Bravine.

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<v Speaker 2>Look this up in your Bible. You're gonna take any

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<v Speaker 2>notes or not. You're gonna sit there looking all pretty

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<v Speaker 2>Mother's Day all right, this is one king seventeen. God said,

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<v Speaker 2>I have some birds that I have directed to drop

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<v Speaker 2>off the supplies that you need so you can live

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<v Speaker 2>through the famine. Because even though the land is subject

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<v Speaker 2>to famine, I will not allow my children to go without.

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<v Speaker 2>I will provide for you in the worst situations. I

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<v Speaker 2>will provide for you. Maybe not through who you expected

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<v Speaker 2>me to provide through, but I will provide. That's my name, Jehovah.

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<v Speaker 2>Jiro looked up and see it. Here comes the truth,

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<v Speaker 2>not somebody's. I got the draw, and no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>happens around me, I can always be confident in the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of God, which is my supply.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to draw.

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<v Speaker 2>So then when the birds got done dropping off food

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<v Speaker 2>for Elijah, then there was this woman and she was

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<v Speaker 2>about to drop dead of hunger, and because there had

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<v Speaker 2>not been a drop of rain in the land, because

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah called for a drought, and yet God sent the

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<v Speaker 2>prophet to drop off something for her. But she didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know that because she was about to drop.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you got this exchange happening.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Carlinz one time in New York City. He just

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<v Speaker 2>stopped by this weird place in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>city and picked up something somebody had left for him.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, what was that all about? Man?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that legal what you just did? He said, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>our drop spot. I grew up in Monk's corner. We

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have drop spots in Monk's corner. But he told

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<v Speaker 2>me there are certain places in the city where He

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<v Speaker 2>has arranged that, where is hidden, where you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>unless you know. But and God has those places. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's not really what I want to preach about today,

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<v Speaker 2>or intend to preach about today. I want to use

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<v Speaker 2>it in a little different sense. I want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about that other kind of drop. And I hope you'll

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<v Speaker 2>go here with me, because you know, church people like

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<v Speaker 2>to come into church in a state of delusion and denial.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes when you get to this point, everybody looks

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<v Speaker 2>like you're talking about somebody that they knew once in

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<v Speaker 2>fifth grade. And look at how it happened for Elijah.

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<v Speaker 2>He came to a loan broombush and collapsed.

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<v Speaker 3>He dropped.

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<v Speaker 2>What could drop a man of God who is so

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<v Speaker 2>great that he dropped eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>And fifty false prophets? I'm Mount Carmon, What could.

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<v Speaker 2>Drop a prophet so powerful?

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<v Speaker 1>In word?

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<v Speaker 2>And indeed that when he said not a drop until

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<v Speaker 2>I say so, it didn't reign for three years. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't even control your kitchen sync that well. And he

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<v Speaker 2>drops collapses. The traditional interpretation is that he was afraid. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>certain English translations of the Bible do read that way.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's an interesting thing, you know, how we tend

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<v Speaker 2>to overgeneralize. He just up and left his wife, slept

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<v Speaker 2>with this other girl twenty five. I guess it was

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<v Speaker 2>a midlife crisis, But that's just an overgeneralization of something

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<v Speaker 2>that was probably accumulating for a long time. The truth is,

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<v Speaker 2>you have no idea why he really ran. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what happened in his childhood. You don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>well he was doing to even make it through the

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<v Speaker 2>first twenty years of marriage. So all you see is

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<v Speaker 2>he drops, and when they go to chronicle Elijah's life,

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<v Speaker 2>to me, it's unfortunate that all we get is Elijah

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<v Speaker 2>was afraid and ran for his life and collapsed in

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<v Speaker 2>the shade.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there was a whole lot more going on than that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what about all of those days that he

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<v Speaker 2>survived the drought, living as a refugee on the run,

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<v Speaker 2>Not because he disobeyed God. That's one thing. But because

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<v Speaker 2>he obeyed God. We heard a lot about the consequences

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<v Speaker 2>of disobedience, But sometimes obedience has consequences as well. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>following God will lead you straight into a famine, as

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<v Speaker 2>was the case for Elijah. So it caused me to

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<v Speaker 2>go back a little bit and just study why he

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<v Speaker 2>really dropped. I discovered four factors that I want to

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<v Speaker 2>share with you, and which one is for you. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>know it because I have a clear assignment today to

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<v Speaker 2>drop this.

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<v Speaker 1>Word on somebody who is starting to cave in your faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you already have.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe the whole thing of you being here at church

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<v Speaker 2>is external internally.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I drop this? Can I drop it like this?

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's the word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first thing I thought about was Elijah's disappointment.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually when we talk about disappointment, we talk about the

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<v Speaker 2>disappointment of defeat.

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<v Speaker 1>We would expect Elijah to run.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, if he had stood up on Mount Carmel

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<v Speaker 2>called fire from heaven and God said not today, buddy,

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<v Speaker 2>we would have expected for Elijah to drop. It's intuitive

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<v Speaker 2>that he would collapse and that his faith would cave,

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<v Speaker 2>and that his courage would go away. If he had

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<v Speaker 2>stood up in front of the nation and declared war

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<v Speaker 2>on the false prophets of bail and when they called

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<v Speaker 2>on Bill showed up, did a dance and make rain,

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<v Speaker 2>you would run. Then you would run if you were

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<v Speaker 2>taunting false gods and they turned out.

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<v Speaker 1>To be true. I mean, you would run.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we assume that the only disappointed people in

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<v Speaker 2>the world are the ones who don't have much.

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<v Speaker 1>Money or didn't get a husband.

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<v Speaker 2>But some of the most disappointed people in the church

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<v Speaker 2>are not single.

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<v Speaker 3>They cannot not.

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<v Speaker 1>In affirmation with this part of my sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>But some of the most disappointed people in this church

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<v Speaker 2>are not the ones who are waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the ones who are waking up next to something.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a Bible story where.

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob was trying to marry one woman and he woke

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<v Speaker 2>up next to another, and you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>marriages feel like that. He woke up the next morning

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<v Speaker 2>and was like, who are you now?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go on record and say this. I

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<v Speaker 1>love my kids. Now that we got that out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way, I was not prepared to be a parent.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a good mom, good dad, a great mom,

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<v Speaker 1>and then a good dad hey Man and that's not

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean by it. I mean, just like.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, I just had real, realistic expectations, honestly, unlike Holly.

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<v Speaker 2>Now again, for the record, Holly is a much better

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<v Speaker 2>parent than I.

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<v Speaker 1>Will ever be, as well as a much better human

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<v Speaker 1>being than I will ever be.

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<v Speaker 2>She is better at every single aspect of parenting than

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<v Speaker 2>I could ever hope to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that we've gotten that out.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the way, there's one way in which I was

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<v Speaker 2>prepared for parenting that Holly wasn't. I don't know where

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<v Speaker 2>she got her blueprint for what a baby was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be like. But when Elijah was born, yes, you son,

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<v Speaker 2>not that you were a disappointment. You have exceeded our

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<v Speaker 2>every expectation thus far. But you know, Holly had this

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<v Speaker 2>one year period because he was a little fussy, little fussy,

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<v Speaker 2>and she had this one year period of like.

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<v Speaker 1>Of trying to reconcile.

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<v Speaker 2>The reality of a baby with the imagination of a baby,

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<v Speaker 2>the reality of motherhood.

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<v Speaker 1>I see couples fighting right now while I'm preaching. I

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<v Speaker 1>just see all kinds.

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<v Speaker 2>Of trouble because the advantage I had over Holly was

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<v Speaker 2>I expected it to suck. I told I was like

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<v Speaker 2>This is exactly why I told you that we should

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<v Speaker 2>wait seventy years and then have a baby like Abraham

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<v Speaker 2>and Sarah in their old age, and really trust God

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<v Speaker 2>a survivor. We should have done this later, because I

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<v Speaker 2>knew that the moment we did this, we would no

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<v Speaker 2>longer have a life. What were you expecting.

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<v Speaker 1>Just having fun?

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<v Speaker 2>It's an interesting question, is who drew your blueprint? What

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<v Speaker 2>I think we see with Elijah in One Kings chapter

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen is someone who expected the rain and not the resistance,

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<v Speaker 2>who expected that when the drought was over, that the

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<v Speaker 2>battle would be over as well. But then he found

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<v Speaker 2>out something that you have to learn in life is

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<v Speaker 2>that more blessings create more battles. More blessings create more battles.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember when the church was praying this for

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<v Speaker 2>the churchy people got enlarged my territory. Yeah, that's more

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<v Speaker 2>grass to cut and property taxes to pay. It all

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<v Speaker 2>gets bigger, all of it. And so for me, I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, what did you expect? That's what happened to

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<v Speaker 2>John the Baptist. Now, Jesus was sending a message to

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<v Speaker 2>John the Baptist, and he was comparing John the Baptist

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<v Speaker 2>to Elijah the Prophet. One thing they both had in

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<v Speaker 2>common is that they had a blueprint of what the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God would look like that did not match

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<v Speaker 2>the reality of what it looked like once God started

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<v Speaker 2>establishing it in his way. So John the Baptist has

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<v Speaker 2>preached his way into prison. Jesus is moving forward in

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose of God. John sends a messenger to ask him,

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<v Speaker 2>are you the one or should we expect another? Is

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<v Speaker 2>this how it's going to be? Is this really what

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<v Speaker 2>serving God feels like? Is this what it really means

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<v Speaker 2>to be a Christian? Is this how it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest.

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<v Speaker 3>Of my life?

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<v Speaker 2>Am I gonna have to struggle like this forever? Am

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<v Speaker 2>I gonna have to hurt like this forever? Is it

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<v Speaker 2>really gonna be this hard? And look what Jesus said?

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<v Speaker 2>Go tell John this is Matthew eleven. Go tell John

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew eleven. The blind see the lame walk lepers are

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<v Speaker 2>cleansed to death. Here the dead or raised, the wretched

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<v Speaker 2>of the earth will learn that God is on their side.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good, right, It depends on your perspective. John wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>expecting all of that when he preached.

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<v Speaker 1>He preached, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Repent.

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<v Speaker 1>I woke you up, didn't I?

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<v Speaker 2>You weren't expecting that blots have on the mic? And

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<v Speaker 2>WA's what Jesus said, because John was expecting judgment, and

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus came and brought mercy. His blueprint of the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of God is now he's separating the chaff from the

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<v Speaker 2>whakness on the winnowing floor, and he's about to burn.

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<v Speaker 1>You all up. And Jesus said, be heal. What were

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<v Speaker 1>you expecting?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Jesus asked, What were you expecting? Is this

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<v Speaker 2>what you were expecting? Then count yourself most blessed. Disappointments

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<v Speaker 2>and expectations are correlated in such a way that if

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<v Speaker 2>you expect.

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<v Speaker 1>The wrong thing.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of the times that we're disappointed, it's because

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<v Speaker 2>we went in delusional.

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<v Speaker 1>And how could we not? How could we not when

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<v Speaker 1>we watch movies all.

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<v Speaker 2>The time that end at the wedding, that end.

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<v Speaker 3>With the kiss and show us.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing of the conflict.

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<v Speaker 2>How can a teenager grow up with a healthy view

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<v Speaker 2>of sexuality when the blueprint of sexuality is we tear

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<v Speaker 2>each other's clothes off the first night, and that's passion.

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<v Speaker 2>When that's not passion. What that's called is hormonal realities

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<v Speaker 2>that need to be brought in subjection, or you will

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<v Speaker 2>find yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't feel like preaching on Mothers Day. God, They're

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna look at me.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was talking about disappointment, and for Elijah, now

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<v Speaker 2>there is the reconciliation between how he thought it would

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<v Speaker 2>be and how it was. You got to imagine that

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<v Speaker 2>for three years, while he's running in the drought and

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for God to give him the word to release

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<v Speaker 2>the rain, that he's imagining that when the rain finally comes,

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<v Speaker 2>the nation will turn back to God.

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<v Speaker 1>When the rain finally comes, then they will repent.

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<v Speaker 2>When it is finally proven to be true that you

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<v Speaker 2>are God, then the nation's hearts will be turned back

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<v Speaker 2>to you. Remember, Elijah's goal was never really rain, It

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<v Speaker 2>was repentance.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the rain came and.

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<v Speaker 2>The first drop fell with it fell the hope that

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<v Speaker 2>maybe now the nation will turn back to God. So

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<v Speaker 2>when Jezebel, who was running the nation, when Jezebel, who

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<v Speaker 2>had promoted the worship of false gods, sent word to Elijah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to kill you. I believe his greatest fear

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<v Speaker 2>was not that he would die, but that nothing would change.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when it gets hard.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not hard to sacrifice when you see the significance

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<v Speaker 2>of it. What's difficult is when you gave it all

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<v Speaker 2>you had and nobody said thank you. That's the disappointment

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<v Speaker 2>is when you raised your children right. I did not

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<v Speaker 2>raise them to act this way. How am I down

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<v Speaker 2>here at this school again?

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<v Speaker 3>Who taught them this? It wasn't me.

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<v Speaker 2>See, it's not the dysfunction, because if I hadn't raised

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<v Speaker 2>them right, I wouldn't be disappointed. It's the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>I did everything I can good to show about an act.

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<v Speaker 2>And here we are, and Elijah said, it's enough.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done. I'm out. I can't You can have them,

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<v Speaker 1>you can have them.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want this responsibility anymore. Oh, the responsibility that

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<v Speaker 2>used to feel like a privilege.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my second word.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep waiting for him to put it up on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen, but they're a little bit behind. There's a word, responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I don't want this anymore. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>this anymore. I'm tired of being unique. I'm tired of

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<v Speaker 2>being different. I'm tired of fighting against the culture and

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<v Speaker 2>trying to raise my kids in a godly way when

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<v Speaker 2>all it does is make them hate me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sick of this.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh I'm going to preach to the three real people,

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<v Speaker 2>not the little angelic Christians who came in here like

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<v Speaker 2>Seraphim floating above the trouble. I'm talking about the people

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<v Speaker 2>that know that the blessing of God gets heavy sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey hey, hey, the parents that never complain about being

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<v Speaker 2>parents aren't.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing it right. They gave up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's only the one who gave it all that they

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<v Speaker 2>had that can really know how much it costs. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just going to break this down because I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been a mother, so I can't talk about it like

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about it. But I have been

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<v Speaker 2>a preacher, and it is a privilege to preach God's word.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't clap for that, you don't need to. It's a privilege. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a privilege. It's a great privilege. And I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah felt that way too. You know, I can't find

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<v Speaker 2>in the whole Scripture of Elijah, because I've been studying

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<v Speaker 2>him now for years, probably Bible character I've preached the

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<v Speaker 2>most sermons, I can't find one time that God gets

0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:08.240
<v Speaker 2>mad at him, and here he is writing a suicide

0:27:08.280 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 2>note when he should be celebrating.

0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:15.440
<v Speaker 1>And what does God do? Because you have this idea.

0:27:14.119 --> 0:27:16.560
<v Speaker 2>That if you really told God and got honest with

0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:19.680
<v Speaker 2>God about how things were, that he would strike you down.

0:27:20.960 --> 0:27:24.199
<v Speaker 2>According to this story, when prophets run from God and

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<v Speaker 2>have the honesty to open up and say, here's where

0:27:26.640 --> 0:27:30.960
<v Speaker 2>I am and here's how I feel, he puts Crispy

0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:36.480
<v Speaker 2>Kream donuts beside their head. Can I fix the scripture

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<v Speaker 2>like I want to fix it for others day?

0:27:39.560 --> 0:27:40.160
<v Speaker 1>What do you want?

0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:42.479
<v Speaker 2>Cream filled original glaze?

0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:43.720
<v Speaker 1>Now I want you to notice this.

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<v Speaker 2>Up until this point, God has provided for Elijah everywhere

0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:51.880
<v Speaker 2>that God has sent Elijah. But now Elijah's going somewhere

0:27:51.880 --> 0:27:53.440
<v Speaker 2>that God didn't send him.

0:27:53.200 --> 0:27:56.680
<v Speaker 3>And he still provides. Can we take twenty.

0:27:56.359 --> 0:28:00.560
<v Speaker 2>Three seconds and praise God for the provision we did

0:28:00.600 --> 0:28:14.760
<v Speaker 2>not earn, for the mercy we did not deserve. Yeah,

0:28:14.880 --> 0:28:17.399
<v Speaker 2>that kind of grace, that kind.

0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:18.399
<v Speaker 1>Of God.

0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:27.480
<v Speaker 2>Micronesian Island mercy. I said it wrong, didn't I?

0:28:27.480 --> 0:28:29.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't care. God knows what I'm trying to say,

0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:30.040
<v Speaker 1>and so do you.

0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:33.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to say that he collapsed and they're at

0:28:33.560 --> 0:28:36.280
<v Speaker 2>the place of his fainting and the shade of the

0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:39.160
<v Speaker 2>broom tree, which he never should have seen away from

0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 2>his post.

0:28:39.880 --> 0:28:42.040
<v Speaker 1>There he wakes and finds bread beside.

0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:49.240
<v Speaker 2>Him, so that he can continue the journey. Being a

0:28:49.280 --> 0:28:52.880
<v Speaker 2>preacher as a privilege. But I'd be lying to say

0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:58.800
<v Speaker 2>that there are not times. Oh man, how much should

0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:02.479
<v Speaker 2>I tell him? Lord? I tell them too much. They

0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 2>won't respect me anymore. I don't tell them enough. They

0:29:06.640 --> 0:29:11.520
<v Speaker 2>won't relate with me. I don't know what to if

0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:14.400
<v Speaker 2>I preach too hard, they think I don't love them,

0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:16.560
<v Speaker 2>but I don't preach hard enough. They won't have any

0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:20.080
<v Speaker 2>change in their life because it all just be sugarcoated nonsense.

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:28.680
<v Speaker 2>The difference between me and you is you don't know

0:29:28.720 --> 0:29:31.520
<v Speaker 2>what I meant to say when I get up here. Wow,

0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 2>you don't have the blueprint. So people will say that

0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:43.960
<v Speaker 2>was a great sermon. And meanwhile, I'm I'm I'm.

0:29:43.560 --> 0:29:46.800
<v Speaker 1>Telling God to take my life. I mean, I don't

0:29:46.800 --> 0:29:49.400
<v Speaker 1>want to die, but I don't want to preach the

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:58.239
<v Speaker 1>eleven thirty either. Yeah, somewhere between those two. Because now,

0:29:58.240 --> 0:29:58.680
<v Speaker 1>because I.

0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Don't love it, please don't hear me. Oh so iron

0:30:01.520 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 2>to be a fastor so hard as a sorry where

0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:06.200
<v Speaker 2>you're a phrase where you fais.

0:30:06.360 --> 0:30:08.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying I don't appreciate it.

0:30:08.200 --> 0:30:09.720
<v Speaker 2>That's what I used to think. It used to make

0:30:09.720 --> 0:30:11.680
<v Speaker 2>me feel bad because I would feel like the fact

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:15.240
<v Speaker 2>that that I didn't want to do it anymore was

0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:18.400
<v Speaker 2>because I didn't appreciate the opportunity to do it. Okay,

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:19.880
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna we're gonna break down this.

0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:20.600
<v Speaker 1>Wall for a minute.

0:30:20.640 --> 0:30:22.480
<v Speaker 2>Where y'all are looking at me like I'm the only one.

0:30:22.720 --> 0:30:25.760
<v Speaker 2>How many parents have ever had a fantasy of just leaving,

0:30:25.960 --> 0:30:30.480
<v Speaker 2>just just I mean, just out, Just fix your own

0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:34.000
<v Speaker 2>easy mac, pop your own pop tars, how about it?

0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:40.280
<v Speaker 3>No, no no map.

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 2>See, y'all ain't got no kids. That's why you're not

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:52.040
<v Speaker 2>standing up. You had never been a preacher. That's why

0:30:52.080 --> 0:30:54.880
<v Speaker 2>you can't relate. That's why I make Holly. I usually

0:30:54.880 --> 0:30:57.080
<v Speaker 2>make a preat on Mother's Day. She said, if you

0:30:57.120 --> 0:30:58.560
<v Speaker 2>do that to me this year, I'm gonna make you

0:30:58.600 --> 0:31:00.360
<v Speaker 2>a stay home with the kids for a win.

0:31:00.600 --> 0:31:09.600
<v Speaker 3>I said, O, Preaze, it.

0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:12.640
<v Speaker 2>Costs you to carry something, It costs you to wear

0:31:12.680 --> 0:31:16.160
<v Speaker 2>a mantle, It costs you to stay in Raso's kids.

0:31:16.520 --> 0:31:18.360
<v Speaker 3>It costs you to stay.

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:18.640
<v Speaker 1>In the rain.

0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:42.840
<v Speaker 2>But what happens to you over time. It's not that

0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:45.160
<v Speaker 2>you're not grateful, and it's not that you're rebellious. That's

0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:50.120
<v Speaker 2>not why you run. That's not why you run. The

0:31:50.200 --> 0:31:52.160
<v Speaker 2>reason you say I've had enough is because you don't

0:31:52.160 --> 0:31:52.840
<v Speaker 2>feel like you are.

0:31:56.160 --> 0:32:04.120
<v Speaker 1>No, that's why he ran. I don't know what else

0:32:04.160 --> 0:32:04.520
<v Speaker 1>to do.

0:32:05.920 --> 0:32:09.479
<v Speaker 2>I called for the drought, I released the rain, and

0:32:09.560 --> 0:32:10.520
<v Speaker 2>nothing's changed.

0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:12.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm done.

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:15.840
<v Speaker 2>When he said I'm done, he wasn't telling God, I

0:32:15.840 --> 0:32:16.920
<v Speaker 2>don't want to do it anymore.

0:32:16.920 --> 0:32:18.680
<v Speaker 1>He was saying, I don't know what else to do.

0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:25.280
<v Speaker 2>Let me draw.

0:32:27.880 --> 0:32:28.360
<v Speaker 1>He's done.

0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:38.239
<v Speaker 2>I can't carry this anymore. I can't do it. So

0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:43.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm not necessarily gonna leave my house. I'm not necessarily

0:32:43.560 --> 0:32:51.920
<v Speaker 2>gonna leave my marriage physically, but emotionally, I'm gonna withdraw

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:53.080
<v Speaker 2>fifteen percent of the time.

0:32:53.120 --> 0:32:55.280
<v Speaker 1>And you'll never even know. I was taking my heart out.

0:32:55.120 --> 0:32:59.520
<v Speaker 2>Of him one day at a time.

0:33:00.000 --> 0:33:01.720
<v Speaker 1>He went into.

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:07.000
<v Speaker 2>The wilderness running from the disappointment.

0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:12.600
<v Speaker 1>He wasn't running from Jezebel bro He had to drop

0:33:12.640 --> 0:33:13.240
<v Speaker 1>on Jezebel.

0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:17.920
<v Speaker 2>And it's interesting to me that the most dangerous place

0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:20.280
<v Speaker 2>that he could have gone was away from the one.

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:21.840
<v Speaker 1>Who was threatening him.

0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:24.800
<v Speaker 2>He would have been safer to walk right up in

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Ahab's palace and say, bring your wife out here.

0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:29.360
<v Speaker 1>I want to tell her something. He would have been.

0:33:29.240 --> 0:33:32.240
<v Speaker 2>Safer to drop a disc track on Jezebel and tell

0:33:32.240 --> 0:33:39.280
<v Speaker 2>her what you want. Some to hashtag hey Jezebel. I

0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:44.200
<v Speaker 2>thought about writing a letter to Jezebel. Hey Jezebel, you can.

0:33:46.040 --> 0:33:55.720
<v Speaker 1>Go to.

0:33:52.840 --> 0:33:58.479
<v Speaker 2>Write down the word opposition because certain battles you expect

0:33:58.480 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 2>to have to fight. I went on Twitter one time

0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:10.719
<v Speaker 2>that enough should produce tears. I went on Twitter one time.

0:34:12.080 --> 0:34:15.120
<v Speaker 2>Now somebody said something. It was crazy. Now, please, I

0:34:15.120 --> 0:34:16.799
<v Speaker 2>don't mean this to be a depressing sermon. We were

0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:20.400
<v Speaker 2>just talking today, all right. They said they hoped that

0:34:20.440 --> 0:34:23.680
<v Speaker 2>I had pancreatic cancer and died a slow, painful death.

0:34:24.080 --> 0:34:26.000
<v Speaker 2>So I clicked on the profile. I was like, what

0:34:26.080 --> 0:34:29.600
<v Speaker 2>kind of atheist is this? Their handle had a Scripture

0:34:29.680 --> 0:34:35.200
<v Speaker 2>verse in it. What was weird about that is I

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:38.040
<v Speaker 2>expected to have to fight people who.

0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 1>Didn't know God. What I didn't mix?

0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:50.360
<v Speaker 2>Why aren't church people some of the meanest people around.

0:34:57.200 --> 0:35:00.400
<v Speaker 2>I expect to fight you if you're jer see, it's

0:35:00.440 --> 0:35:04.239
<v Speaker 2>a different color. That's how the game goes, but you

0:35:04.360 --> 0:35:06.080
<v Speaker 2>were supposed to be blocking for me.

0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:10.760
<v Speaker 3>Elijah wasn't scared of jess about.

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you what broke his heart? Can I

0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:16.040
<v Speaker 2>show you this? Go to verse ten. I think it's

0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:22.000
<v Speaker 2>nineteen first Kings, nineteen ten. When God asked him a question.

0:35:22.080 --> 0:35:24.360
<v Speaker 2>It's a very strategic question. He said, what are you

0:35:24.719 --> 0:35:29.160
<v Speaker 2>doing here? Elijah? By this time, Elijah has long passed

0:35:29.200 --> 0:35:32.280
<v Speaker 2>through Beersheba where he left his servant. Now the enemy's

0:35:32.280 --> 0:35:35.560
<v Speaker 2>got him right where he wants him, in isolation, because

0:35:35.560 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 2>the first thing that the devil will do when he

0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:41.440
<v Speaker 2>wants to drop you is make sure he catches you alone.

0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:43.840
<v Speaker 1>The attack will not come here in the church.

0:35:44.239 --> 0:35:46.759
<v Speaker 2>He's too stupid to show up and fight you here.

0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:49.359
<v Speaker 2>It will be when you leave here. It'll be about

0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:53.640
<v Speaker 2>three twenty six, when you go into a good carbohydrate comma.

0:35:54.120 --> 0:35:56.959
<v Speaker 2>That's when the thoughts come. That's when the fears come.

0:35:57.160 --> 0:36:00.000
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna come tonight, when you got nobody to talk

0:36:00.200 --> 0:36:03.560
<v Speaker 2>to and nobody to message. And he leads his servant

0:36:03.600 --> 0:36:06.759
<v Speaker 2>and he goes into the wilderness, and the thoughts come,

0:36:09.680 --> 0:36:11.799
<v Speaker 2>and he's having this conversation with a god that he

0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:14.720
<v Speaker 2>can't see about an opponent that he did not expect

0:36:14.760 --> 0:36:20.719
<v Speaker 2>to have to fight. Here's why I ran, Here's why

0:36:20.719 --> 0:36:28.120
<v Speaker 2>I want to quit. Here's why I dropped because I

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:28.920
<v Speaker 2>did my job.

0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:35.600
<v Speaker 1>I was responsible, and.

0:36:35.520 --> 0:36:40.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm disappointed because the Israelites. Notice how he has separated

0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:43.879
<v Speaker 2>himself from the very people that he was called to serve.

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.200
<v Speaker 1>He is, He's talking about him like they're a third party.

0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:52.040
<v Speaker 2>He is an Israelite. Okay, the Israelites. You know how

0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:56.239
<v Speaker 2>you do your kids. She does that to me all

0:36:56.280 --> 0:36:59.080
<v Speaker 2>the time. You need to talk to your son. I

0:36:59.120 --> 0:37:01.160
<v Speaker 2>know it's not because he just mastering a new piece

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:07.759
<v Speaker 2>of piano music when she says it like that, better

0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:11.799
<v Speaker 2>talk to your son. You better talk to your people. God,

0:37:11.840 --> 0:37:13.120
<v Speaker 2>you better talk to your children.

0:37:15.000 --> 0:37:18.280
<v Speaker 1>Because I did my job, and I did my best.

0:37:19.040 --> 0:37:24.799
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I talk to God like that about y'all. God,

0:37:24.840 --> 0:37:28.080
<v Speaker 2>you better show these people how good I'm preaching right now,

0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:31.439
<v Speaker 2>because they don't understand what it costs me to bring

0:37:31.480 --> 0:37:38.120
<v Speaker 2>them this word. And there just looking at me real crazy.

0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:49.359
<v Speaker 2>I did my job, but they they they tore down

0:37:49.360 --> 0:37:51.759
<v Speaker 2>your altars, rejected your covenants, and try to put your

0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:56.799
<v Speaker 2>prophets to death. And now I'm the only one and

0:37:56.840 --> 0:37:59.600
<v Speaker 2>they're trying to kill me too. Now you know that

0:37:59.600 --> 0:38:01.480
<v Speaker 2>they can't kill you, or else you wouldn't have said

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:08.000
<v Speaker 2>they're trying. But it's not Jezebel you're fighting. It's not

0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:12.920
<v Speaker 2>even really the Israelites. I expected to have to fight people.

0:38:12.920 --> 0:38:15.040
<v Speaker 2>I expected to have to fight for a parking space.

0:38:15.360 --> 0:38:18.280
<v Speaker 2>I expected to have to fight against the corrupt world system.

0:38:18.520 --> 0:38:25.120
<v Speaker 1>I expected that. What I didn't expect what's the enemy.

0:38:27.400 --> 0:38:30.120
<v Speaker 2>To be my greatest enemy.

0:38:30.840 --> 0:38:34.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm out, I'm done.

0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.399
<v Speaker 2>I could fight the false prophet, I could even deal

0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:42.440
<v Speaker 2>with Jezebel. But I'm sick of this. I'm sick of

0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:45.560
<v Speaker 2>being like this. I'm sick of thinking like this. I'm

0:38:45.600 --> 0:38:48.799
<v Speaker 2>sick of pretending like this. I'm sick of telling everybody

0:38:48.840 --> 0:38:49.760
<v Speaker 2>fine when I'm.

0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:51.600
<v Speaker 3>Really frustrated.

0:38:52.600 --> 0:39:00.680
<v Speaker 1>Done and he drops I thought I might in the

0:39:00.680 --> 0:39:05.880
<v Speaker 1>sermon here in the drop zone.

0:39:06.719 --> 0:39:10.760
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's an interesting thing, is that when Elijah

0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:12.640
<v Speaker 2>tells God how he feels, the spirit of God is

0:39:12.680 --> 0:39:14.319
<v Speaker 2>in this place right now, and he's about to put

0:39:14.360 --> 0:39:20.400
<v Speaker 2>something on a parachute and drop it right into your spirit.

0:39:20.480 --> 0:39:22.160
<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you who he's speaking to right now,

0:39:22.280 --> 0:39:23.759
<v Speaker 2>the one who doesn't even want to hear it.

0:39:26.760 --> 0:39:28.319
<v Speaker 1>The one who doesn't even want to hear it.

0:39:33.719 --> 0:39:37.600
<v Speaker 2>Elijah said, I don't even want to be a mom anymore.

0:39:37.920 --> 0:39:40.080
<v Speaker 2>You know Bible, he went, he went and hit in

0:39:40.120 --> 0:39:42.840
<v Speaker 2>a cave. We talk a lot about man caves, but

0:39:42.840 --> 0:39:49.440
<v Speaker 2>how about mom caves. Wow, I'm sick of it. I

0:39:50.440 --> 0:39:53.080
<v Speaker 2>am sick of all these other moms. I'm sick of

0:39:53.080 --> 0:39:54.800
<v Speaker 2>their fake pinteresque.

0:39:55.760 --> 0:39:56.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm sick.

0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm sick of all of it. I'm sick. I am

0:39:58.800 --> 0:40:01.640
<v Speaker 2>sick of this. Now, maybe you don't need this message today.

0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:03.600
<v Speaker 2>You can either sit there judgmental, or you could file

0:40:03.640 --> 0:40:04.960
<v Speaker 2>it for Tuesday.

0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:12.480
<v Speaker 1>When you go into your own cave. I don't know

0:40:12.520 --> 0:40:13.560
<v Speaker 1>what he's talking about.

0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Your kid is five, When they are fifteen, you will

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:21.200
<v Speaker 2>need this message. Put it on your favorites on YouTube,

0:40:21.840 --> 0:40:25.759
<v Speaker 2>because something will make you want to run. Help me

0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:31.000
<v Speaker 2>preach left section of Balentine Spiritual Session.

0:40:32.000 --> 0:40:33.400
<v Speaker 1>Elijah said about.

0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:40.520
<v Speaker 2>Gus said, not so fast, because the reason that you

0:40:40.600 --> 0:40:43.960
<v Speaker 2>have collapsed is not because of your situation.

0:40:45.000 --> 0:40:48.800
<v Speaker 1>It's because of your position. Position.

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:53.719
<v Speaker 2>I never dropped a parachute with a refrigerator filled with

0:40:53.760 --> 0:40:57.640
<v Speaker 2>concrete for target practice. I never dropped the gift supply

0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:00.520
<v Speaker 2>for somebody who never received a pair of flo flops

0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:03.120
<v Speaker 2>or a pair of shorts for Christmas. I never did that.

0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:06.680
<v Speaker 2>But I found on my iPhone. I found air drop.

0:41:09.000 --> 0:41:12.239
<v Speaker 2>I found air drop. Have you ever seen it? I

0:41:12.239 --> 0:41:14.160
<v Speaker 2>don't use it much, but I have used it once

0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:17.600
<v Speaker 2>or twice. And one thing I found out about airdrop.

0:41:17.280 --> 0:41:20.759
<v Speaker 1>Is when do you have an iPhone? Stacey? You got

0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:23.040
<v Speaker 1>an iPhone? Now? Now I don't need your phone. I

0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:23.800
<v Speaker 1>want mine.

0:41:23.880 --> 0:41:25.520
<v Speaker 2>And I got something I want to give you from

0:41:25.520 --> 0:41:27.120
<v Speaker 2>my phone to your phone. Now we could do a

0:41:27.120 --> 0:41:29.879
<v Speaker 2>couple different things. One thing we could do, I could

0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:31.600
<v Speaker 2>text it to you. But what fun would that be?

0:41:31.640 --> 0:41:34.920
<v Speaker 2>When I have air drops? Somebody shall drop it Because

0:41:34.960 --> 0:41:37.880
<v Speaker 2>I found this thing on my phone, it says air drop.

0:41:38.400 --> 0:41:41.280
<v Speaker 2>I found out that if our phones are close enough,

0:41:41.840 --> 0:41:45.200
<v Speaker 2>and if we have a connection on Wi Fi and Bluetobe,

0:41:45.520 --> 0:41:49.120
<v Speaker 2>come on, I'm about to preach this technology until somebody

0:41:49.160 --> 0:41:52.120
<v Speaker 2>comes out of hiding. If I got something on my

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<v Speaker 2>device and you need it on your device, if I

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<v Speaker 2>can get close enough to your device with my device,

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<v Speaker 2>what's on my device could sup on your device. If

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<v Speaker 2>I got a connection, if I come out of the cave,

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<v Speaker 2>if I get close to the one who created me

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<v Speaker 2>close to the one who called me. If I stop

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<v Speaker 2>running and return to the place of mile.

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<v Speaker 4>Side, I got the dup.

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<v Speaker 3>God said, I'm calling you closer. I'm calling you back.

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<v Speaker 3>This day is for reconnection.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't bring you here so you could sit under

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<v Speaker 2>a broom bush and die.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the drop zone.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is it for?

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<v Speaker 1>Who is it for?

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<v Speaker 2>Who is a form? Who is a form? Who is

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<v Speaker 2>it fore? Gaston?

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<v Speaker 3>Who is it for?

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<v Speaker 2>You? See?

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<v Speaker 1>Who is it for?

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<v Speaker 3>Blakeney? Who is it for?

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<v Speaker 1>You're under the covers. You didn't even come to church.

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<v Speaker 3>God, I had to get this message to you through

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<v Speaker 3>and half. But He's about to drop.

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<v Speaker 4>Drops in your spirit to stringthen you.

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<v Speaker 1>My brother said, they put out red flags.

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<v Speaker 2>They put out red flags in remote locations to let

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<v Speaker 2>me know that this is the drop zone. They put

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<v Speaker 2>out a red flag and we fly down close. See

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<v Speaker 2>that's the thing about God. He can't shout it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>He has to get down to that three hundred foot level,

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<v Speaker 2>real close, where you can't hide how you really feel.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe we should do today what Elijah had to do.

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<v Speaker 2>To return to the calling and return to the rain

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<v Speaker 2>and return to the blessing of God. Look, look, It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't require a change in feelings. It's a change in focus.

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<v Speaker 1>You got it. I'm preaching to y'all in the back.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching to people who are too tired to stand

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<v Speaker 2>up and.

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<v Speaker 3>Say, Amen, this is your mail.

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<v Speaker 2>This is your package, this is your supply.

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<v Speaker 3>God's trying to drop it.

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<v Speaker 2>And God told Elijah verse fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Is so beautiful, He said, go back the way. You

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<v Speaker 1>can change your position.

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<v Speaker 2>To receive the provision that is already waiting in the

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<v Speaker 2>place where you belong. Because I'm seated in heavenly places

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<v Speaker 2>with Christ, I said, I've seated in a divine position,

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<v Speaker 2>far above rulers, far above principalities. Who am I preacher to.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking in the camera. I need to know where

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<v Speaker 2>to drop it.

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<v Speaker 1>So go back the way you came. Change your position.

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<v Speaker 2>Go back to the place of your opposition.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where your opportunity is. Did you hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>Your greatest opportunity is in the place of your greatest opposition.

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<v Speaker 2>If it were not hard, it would not be worth

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<v Speaker 2>fighting for. If it were not hard, it would not

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<v Speaker 2>be worth surviving for.

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<v Speaker 5>Go back, go back, go back to the place of

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<v Speaker 5>your responsibility. I've already got God told Elijah, I've already

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<v Speaker 5>got Elijah, son of Shafat.

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<v Speaker 2>He's your successor. He's waiting for your mantle. You weren't

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to do this alone to again with, And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason that I let you run out of strength is

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<v Speaker 2>so that you would be in a place of surrender

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<v Speaker 2>and dependence. You were not supposed to do this alone,

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<v Speaker 2>so I had to let you run.

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<v Speaker 1>All the way to the cave, all.

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<v Speaker 2>The way to the disappointment, so you could get this drop.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you been fighting lately? Have you been fighting yourself?

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<v Speaker 2>Stand up and raise your red flag. If this message

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<v Speaker 2>was for you. If you don't need it, sit there

0:46:39.239 --> 0:46:41.000
<v Speaker 2>and receive it. But if you need it, raise your

0:46:41.040 --> 0:46:50.040
<v Speaker 2>red flag. Until I realized that the same God who

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<v Speaker 2>had birds dropping food for Elijah at the karth Ravine,

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<v Speaker 2>the same God who had supply of oil and food

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<v Speaker 2>for Elijah at the widow house inside in the same

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<v Speaker 2>God who had provision waiting for Elijah in the form

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<v Speaker 2>of wood on Mount Carmel.

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<v Speaker 1>And fire from heaven. That same God, this is what

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<v Speaker 1>I got.

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<v Speaker 2>The same place where the enemy is fighting you the most,

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same place where God's supply will be the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest Lift your hands.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the drop zone. Lift your hands. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the drop zone.

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<v Speaker 3>You are not going.

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<v Speaker 1>To get it until you admit how much you need it.

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<v Speaker 2>Brother, I thank you for the word you gave me today.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that it is the power of God for

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<v Speaker 2>the salvation of those who believe. I believe that you

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<v Speaker 2>want to change our blueprint of what a blessing looks like,

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<v Speaker 2>to see that it is not always in the places

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<v Speaker 2>of our greatest joy and the feelings of elation, but

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes when we are exhausted and have had enough.

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<v Speaker 1>That your provision is released.

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<v Speaker 2>Lift those hands until your arms hurt, Lift those hands

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<v Speaker 2>until your shoulders are sore.

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