WEBVTT - It Had To Happen

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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. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope it

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<v Speaker 2>gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message, all right, look at this from Acts

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<v Speaker 2>chapter twenty seven. I pretyius message back in twenty thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the sequel. Back then, I did a message.

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<v Speaker 2>Called it will happen. Touch somebody say it happens. However

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<v Speaker 2>you want to take that. It's a message about faith

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<v Speaker 2>and fear, and I want to get back into it

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<v Speaker 2>today and share with you another level of it. And

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<v Speaker 2>let me read Acts chapter twenty seven to twenty. Paul

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<v Speaker 2>is in the middle of a miracle, but he's also

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of a mistake. And sometimes the two

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<v Speaker 2>are the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's about perspective. Sometimes the two are the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the Bible says in verse twenty Acts chapter twenty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and

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<v Speaker 2>the storm continued raging because it was one of those

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<v Speaker 2>things that wouldn't let up. It was not the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of trial that you go through and just.

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<v Speaker 1>Get through it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like when you don't see any end in sight.

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<v Speaker 1>It was that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>So what happened was they lost all their hope and

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<v Speaker 2>they quit believing that they could be saved, that it

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<v Speaker 2>could be different, that they could be delivered. And right

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<v Speaker 2>at the time that they started to let go of

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<v Speaker 2>their hope, God spoke to Paul in a powerful way.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course Paul was that great missionary who took

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<v Speaker 2>the Gospel to the Gentiles, and so it was a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing for them that he was on board. Touch

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<v Speaker 2>somebody said, you gotta be glad you're sitting next to me,

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<v Speaker 2>because any boat that I'm on is better because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, Come on.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Bible says, after they had gone a long

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<v Speaker 2>time without food, Paul stood up before them and said, men,

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<v Speaker 2>you should have taken my advice not to sail from crete,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you would have spared yourselves this damage and lost.

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<v Speaker 2>But now I urge you to keep up your courage,

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<v Speaker 2>because not one of you will be lost, only the

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<v Speaker 2>ship will be destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's how I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Last night an angel of the God to whom I

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<v Speaker 2>belong and whom I serf, stood beside me and said,

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<v Speaker 2>do not be afraid, Paul, you must stand trial before Caesar.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Go down in this battle because I got a bigger

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<v Speaker 2>one ahead of you. And God has graciously given you

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<v Speaker 2>the lives of all who sail with you. So keep

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<v Speaker 2>up your courage, men, for I have faith that it

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<v Speaker 2>will happen, just as He told me.

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<v Speaker 1>Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.

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<v Speaker 2>So three and a half years ago I preached a

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<v Speaker 2>message called it will happen, And today I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to announce my sermon title. Look at your neighbor and

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<v Speaker 2>tell him, neighbor, tell him, neighbor, it had to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Father, I thank you for your word.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray that it would go forth in clarity now

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<v Speaker 2>to bless the people that you've brought here to hear it.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only would they hear it God, but I prayed

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<v Speaker 2>that they might apply it so that it can strengthen

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<v Speaker 2>their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>In Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen, on your way to your seat, touch your other

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor that you hadn't talked to yet, and tell him

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<v Speaker 2>it had to happen. Because Paul as spiritual as he

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<v Speaker 2>is is apparently not above telling someone I told you so,

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<v Speaker 2>because he had warned the sailors who were on this

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<v Speaker 2>ship that was headed to Rome. They were trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get to Italy, and Paul was on there for preaching

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't do anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes the reason that you go through things isn't

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<v Speaker 2>because of something wrong that you did. You know that right,

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<v Speaker 2>even as a Christian, and sometimes the things you go

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<v Speaker 2>through are directly connected to something you did right, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can't always know the reason, and that's difficult for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I always want to know.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason, and I feel like I'm really good at

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with resistance if I know the reason for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And even with people, I'm kind of skeptical. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>always take people at face value for what they say

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<v Speaker 2>they want in a relationship, and I probably shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>so paranoid. Holly tells me I should trust people more,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think she should trust people less, so we

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<v Speaker 2>just balance each other out.

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<v Speaker 1>I really do.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you should trust people less because people will

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<v Speaker 2>say that they want to be your friend for this reason,

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes there's.

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<v Speaker 1>A deeper reason.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he can't go through life living like that

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<v Speaker 2>you should assume the best about people and all.

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<v Speaker 1>But I know sometimes sometimes I.

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<v Speaker 2>Get in situations where I'm like, hmm, I wonder what

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<v Speaker 2>the real reason. Even with my kids, you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>they're too nice to me, you know, if they hugged

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<v Speaker 2>me a little too tight and they come running a

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<v Speaker 2>little too fast, Hey, daddy, I know that behind the

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<v Speaker 2>affection is an ask.

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<v Speaker 1>It happened today. I was coming out to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard a noise in the bathroom back in my

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<v Speaker 2>green room, and I was in another room, and I

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<v Speaker 2>knew it was Elijah, and because I heard the pop

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<v Speaker 2>of the the product, my hair product, And I said,

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<v Speaker 2>who's in here? And I knew it was him. I

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<v Speaker 2>was messing with him, and he said, uh, is me, Daddy.

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<v Speaker 1>I just came to say I love.

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<v Speaker 2>You, and I said, and to use my hair product.

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<v Speaker 2>I know why you're really in here. You want my product?

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<v Speaker 2>And he said and because I love you? And I said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly because you want my product. And he said, why

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<v Speaker 2>can't it be both?

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty good? Why can't it be both? And for me?

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<v Speaker 2>I hear, Paul, Okay, he's on a ship that he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't believe he rightfully belongs on, taking this prisoner for

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<v Speaker 2>a crime that he didn't commit, being accused of things

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<v Speaker 2>that he didn't do. And I hear when he's talking,

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of hear two things. I hear faith it

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<v Speaker 2>will happen, and I hear frustration this didn't have to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hear both because watch she says, if you

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<v Speaker 2>would have taken my advice, you would have spared yourself

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<v Speaker 2>this damage and loss. In other words, the reason we're

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<v Speaker 2>about to wreck is because of a decision that you made.

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<v Speaker 2>But if we stay too long in the reason, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna drown. Because what matters at some point you have

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<v Speaker 2>to get past at some point trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>why it happened. And this is difficult. This is difficult

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<v Speaker 2>for those of us who want to know a reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Even storly, when I call someone and and maybe they've

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<v Speaker 2>gone through a loss of tragedy, and I say, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just calling to pray with you, there's a temptation for

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<v Speaker 2>me to try to give them a reason for why

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<v Speaker 2>it happened. And when I was, when I was a

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<v Speaker 2>rookie pastor before I became the sage of wisdom that

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<v Speaker 2>I am before you today, can you feel me rolling

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<v Speaker 2>my eyes and myself in sarcassm I would always feel

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<v Speaker 2>compelled to give them a reason. You know, but God

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<v Speaker 2>is going to use this for good, you know. Romans

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<v Speaker 2>eight twenty eight, eight twenty eight, Jeremiah twenty nine to eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>every little coffee cup verse. I could spit out at

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<v Speaker 2>them just as fast as I could.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's a reason from that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I realized at some point during giving people reasons,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes people don't need a reason when they're in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of a storm. They just need to reassure it, say,

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<v Speaker 2>God will not leave you alone in it. So please,

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<v Speaker 2>when someone that you love is suffering, don't be so

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<v Speaker 2>quick to give them a reason. Don't be so quick

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<v Speaker 2>to point your finger. Well, the reason your kids are

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<v Speaker 2>rebelling is because no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>Now's not the time for that.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't need a reason, And when they're going through

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<v Speaker 2>a great time, great trial, what they need is someone

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<v Speaker 2>to reassure them that God is with you, and so

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<v Speaker 2>am I. And here's Paul standing in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>a storm, and the reason it's happening is because of

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<v Speaker 2>their dumb decision. Have you ever had to go through

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<v Speaker 2>a storm because of somebody else's.

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<v Speaker 1>Dumb decision. This is an.

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<v Speaker 2>Awkward moment in my sermon because if you agree too much,

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<v Speaker 2>the person.

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<v Speaker 1>Next to you is going to know.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, if we would have done it this way,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, because not everything that happens to you happened

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<v Speaker 2>because God wanted it to happen to you, And certainly

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<v Speaker 2>not everything that happens to you happens because the devil

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<v Speaker 2>did it. Because if the devil did it, then God

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<v Speaker 2>had to allow it. Sometimes I think we got the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong words sometimes because I think they both start with

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<v Speaker 2>the letter D and we get confused. Sometimes it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the devil, it's a decision. It's just too crowded in

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<v Speaker 2>church today. I need to free up some seats for

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<v Speaker 2>the next week, so I don't want you to have

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<v Speaker 2>to sit in parking or anything like that. It is

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's and so pol says, this didn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>happen like this, And those are the hardest for me, really, really,

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<v Speaker 2>the hardest for me is when I feel like this

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<v Speaker 2>was avoidable, you know, and when I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>could have avoided it, but yet it's inevitable.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's attention, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to one of my best friends the

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<v Speaker 2>other day and I said, a year from now, we

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<v Speaker 2>were going through something and we were talking through it

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<v Speaker 2>and something that we couldn't understand, and I said, a

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<v Speaker 2>year from now, we will understand why this had to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, do you really believe that? I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that in time God will show us. He said, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>not that part. Do you really believe it had to happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Because what he was doing, he was reverse engineering all

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<v Speaker 2>the decisions that led to it.

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<v Speaker 3>And what I kind of wanted to say to him

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<v Speaker 3>that I wasn't smart enough to.

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<v Speaker 1>Say in the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've thought about it for a few weeks now,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to tell you is that I've come

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<v Speaker 2>to the place in my belief system where I no

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<v Speaker 2>longer try to figure out whether God did it or

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<v Speaker 2>the devil did it, because it has to.

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<v Speaker 1>Pass through the same hands before it gets to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've read enough of the Bible to know that

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<v Speaker 2>God will use other people's bad decisions to get me

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<v Speaker 2>to my destiny. And I've seen enough play out to

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<v Speaker 2>know that Joseph, at the end of his life was

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<v Speaker 2>only able to look at his brothers and say don't

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<v Speaker 2>even worry about it because you meant it for eve,

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<v Speaker 2>but God meant it for good. Which one was it

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<v Speaker 2>evil or good? It was both? Why can't it be both?

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<v Speaker 2>Why can't it be an attack from the devil that

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<v Speaker 2>God used and put to good usage and repurpose in

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<v Speaker 2>order to accomplish That's what Paul is saying.

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<v Speaker 1>He's saying it.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't have to happen. I don't want you to blame

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<v Speaker 2>this on God. We could have avoided this. You didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to date him.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mom told you he was.

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<v Speaker 2>Crazy, and you wouldn't listen to anybody. But if we

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<v Speaker 2>stay stuck in the reason, we'll miss the revelation. Because

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, you know, there's a reason this happened, and

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<v Speaker 2>it could have been avoided. But last night, while the

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<v Speaker 2>storm was raging, last night, I was all alone, and

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<v Speaker 2>God showed up and reminded me that his purpose is

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<v Speaker 2>still intact even.

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<v Speaker 1>If the ship goes down. It had to happen. It

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<v Speaker 1>had to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Then God doesn't tell Paul a whole series of explanations.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't give him a reason. He gives him a revelation.

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<v Speaker 2>Revelation is more powerful than reason. So you can't fight

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<v Speaker 2>the devil with the reason because sometimes you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the reason. Sometimes you have.

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<v Speaker 1>To go back to who God showed you that he was.

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<v Speaker 1>And God is very tactical in this. So he will

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<v Speaker 1>create a situation for revelation.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I preach about this for a minute. So he

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<v Speaker 2>will let Lazarus die, and he loves Lazarus, and when

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<v Speaker 2>they tell him that Lazarus died, he'll say, I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>it happened. Jesus actually said I'm glad he died. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because now we've got a situation. And the situation is

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<v Speaker 2>what enables the revelation. It's not just true because it rhymes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's true because it's true. Up until this point, they

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<v Speaker 2>knew him as healer. Now they needed to know him

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<v Speaker 2>as resurrection. And so he said, I'm glad it went wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad it. When poorly Paul said we must run

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<v Speaker 2>aground on some island, somebody say.

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<v Speaker 1>It had to happen. It had to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes when you ask God for a reason, he

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<v Speaker 2>will bypass the reason and give you a revelation. You

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<v Speaker 2>still belong to me, You're still my child. See, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't operate by reason. If I operate by reason, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be up, sometimes i'll be down. I operate by revelation.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he is good and he does good. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he's with me. I know he's for me. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he'll never leave me nor forsake me. That's my

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<v Speaker 2>revelation to somebody say I got a revelation. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when you get in trouble, you don't need a reason,

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<v Speaker 2>you need a revelation. Elijah looked at me the other

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<v Speaker 2>day and I was telling him to do something. And

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<v Speaker 2>he's eleven years old, and so he is being visited

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<v Speaker 2>by demons of eleven year oldness and he's coming up

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<v Speaker 2>to me talking about Dad. I'll do it if you

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<v Speaker 2>tell me the reason, he said. I'm not the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of person who can just do something without knowing the reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever see The Simpsons? I know you don't

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<v Speaker 2>watch TV. You read the Bible all the time. When

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<v Speaker 2>Homer grabs Bart around the neck, and I know I

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<v Speaker 2>probably couldn't do that. When he said, he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>need a reason, and I look back at him.

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<v Speaker 1>And the only thing that came to me was I

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<v Speaker 1>looked at him. The spirit of Star Wars came on me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, I got to be your father.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need a reason to do it, boy, you

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<v Speaker 2>need a revelation of who I am.

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<v Speaker 1>How big say say.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes sometimes in your life you won't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>But I know who. Paul said last night an angel?

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<v Speaker 1>What the god who's eying on who I said?

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<v Speaker 2>So look high five, somebody say, I got a revelation.

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<v Speaker 1>Work.

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<v Speaker 2>And Paul says, we're gonna make it. But the boat isn't.

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<v Speaker 2>The boat has to break, but we're gonna make it.

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<v Speaker 2>We will suffer loss, but we will not lose what's

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<v Speaker 2>most important. That's the promise, all right. So you know

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<v Speaker 2>what's amazing about this story. It happened just like Paul

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<v Speaker 2>said it would. And they all got to the shore,

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<v Speaker 2>and they got to that island, that island. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>this in X twenty eight verse one. Somebody say it

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<v Speaker 2>had to happen. That's the word for you today. It

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<v Speaker 2>had to happen. And when they got there, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says X twenty eight, verse one. Once safely on shore,

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<v Speaker 2>we found out that the island was called Malta. Malta

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<v Speaker 2>means refuge. So the grace of God does not always

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<v Speaker 2>prevent the consequence, but it gives you a place to land.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we must run aground on some island. And

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<v Speaker 2>when we got there, we found out the island was

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<v Speaker 2>called Malta. And it must be a relief now that

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<v Speaker 2>we're no longer on these open seas, because they spent

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<v Speaker 2>weeks thrashing around, wondering if they'd ever see dry land again.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they get to the place, and the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says in verse two that the islanders showed us unusual kindness.

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<v Speaker 1>Now islanders is a kind term.

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<v Speaker 2>The actual word that is used here from Luke who

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<v Speaker 2>wrote the Book of Acts, is barbarians, and he called

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<v Speaker 2>them that because they didn't speak his language. Malta is

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<v Speaker 2>an unfamiliar place, and it's an unfamiliar place. Not only that,

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<v Speaker 2>but they built a fire and welcomed.

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<v Speaker 1>Us all because it was raining and cold. Now imagine this.

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<v Speaker 1>Can we empathize with Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>For a minute, because he survived a.

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<v Speaker 2>Shipwreck only to shiver in the cold of an unfamiliar

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<v Speaker 2>island and an unfamiliar language. And he survived, but now

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<v Speaker 2>the place where he is is unfamiliar to him. I

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned that because many times in my life I have

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<v Speaker 2>found myself on Malta. Have you ever been to Malta?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh sure you have, Sure you have? Is that place

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna show it to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me show you in the map here in my Bible. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where Paul started.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where the wind blew him around for like several weeks.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's Malta where they landed. Look usual that a

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<v Speaker 4>tiny island called Malta.

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<v Speaker 1>A little.

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<v Speaker 2>See how small Malta is. See how tiny it is,

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<v Speaker 2>how small it is, how strength. That's where Paul was going,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's where the wind blew it. That's where Paul

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<v Speaker 2>had always wanted to visit Rome, where he would stand

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<v Speaker 2>in tribal for Caesar and be used as God's great spokesman,

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<v Speaker 2>the most powerful place in the world in his day.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's Have you ever ended up somewhere you never

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<v Speaker 1>planned on being? That's what I'm trying to say. Have

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<v Speaker 1>you ever been to Malta?

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<v Speaker 2>I need somebody over here in this section has been

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<v Speaker 2>to Malta. Now, Malta is the place you didn't plan

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<v Speaker 2>on staying. Malta is the season you didn't plan on experiencing.

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<v Speaker 2>Malta is the layoff you didn't see coming. Malta is

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<v Speaker 2>the relationship you didn't see ending. Malta is the emotional

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<v Speaker 2>place you never thought you'd experience. You saw other people depressed,

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<v Speaker 2>you never thought you'd be depressed.

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<v Speaker 1>You saw other people's.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids act crazy, you thought yours would act right. Malta

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<v Speaker 2>is that place where you're twenty eight in single. Malta

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<v Speaker 2>is that place where someone who was there for you

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<v Speaker 2>is no longer there for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever been to Malta?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what is somebody as important as Paul doing somewhere

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<v Speaker 2>as small as Malta.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's find out. Let's find out. I love the Bible. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says that Paul got to Malta, survived the shipwreck.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever survived anything? Have you ever survived anything?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever gave up hope?

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<v Speaker 2>And just when you gave up hope, hope didn't give

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<v Speaker 2>up on you and grabbed hold.

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<v Speaker 1>Of you in the depths.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been preaching this all weekend, but I feel something

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<v Speaker 2>special happening right now.

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<v Speaker 1>For somebody who is in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Unexpected place, a strange place, a small place, a stock place.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that those islanders were so kind

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<v Speaker 2>to the prisoners two hundred and seventy six of them

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<v Speaker 2>in all that they built them fire, and Paul was

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<v Speaker 2>such a good dude that he decided to help.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're building a fire, and Paul didn't want to stand.

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<v Speaker 2>Over there like me at a love Week event, looking

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<v Speaker 2>like some lazy preacher who doesn't know how to do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul grabs a pie said wood, look, it's right there.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse three, he gathered a pile of brushwood, and

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<v Speaker 2>as he put it on the fire trying to help,

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<v Speaker 2>a snake came out. So let's let's go back to

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<v Speaker 2>everything that's happened to Paul. He's imprisoned for preaching the gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>He's shipwrecked because the sailors are too stupid to follow

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<v Speaker 2>his advice. Now he's cold on Malta, you're talking about Malta.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuck in strander, shivering and cold, uncertain.

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<v Speaker 2>In an unfamiliar place, and just as he thinks he's

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<v Speaker 2>made it to safety, he gets struck by a snake.

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<v Speaker 1>This is almost comical unless you've been there, when just

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<v Speaker 1>when you thought the fight was.

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<v Speaker 2>Going to be over, here comes something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever.

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<v Speaker 5>And this snake pops up out of the fire that

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<v Speaker 5>Paul was simply trying to help them build on an

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<v Speaker 5>island called Malta, where he never even planned to go.

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<v Speaker 5>And the Bible says it fastened itself to his hand.

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<v Speaker 5>So this is not some quick little this is snake

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<v Speaker 5>bit down on Paul. And what's what the people did?

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<v Speaker 1>Because you gotta be careful about people.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you got to be careful about people,

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<v Speaker 2>because when that happened, people will always assign a reason

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<v Speaker 2>to why you're going through what you're going through. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if I were her husband, I would have left to

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<v Speaker 2>People will say stuff like that not to you. They

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<v Speaker 2>never say it to you. They just think it about you.

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<v Speaker 2>They think that the reason bad things happened to you

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<v Speaker 2>is because of something that you did. Well, the islanders

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<v Speaker 2>are watching this guy who's got a snake on his hand,

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<v Speaker 2>who just came crawling out of the sea with some

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<v Speaker 2>seaweed around his ears, and he claims to be a preacher,

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<v Speaker 2>and he claims to.

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<v Speaker 1>Be a servant of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And so if you're a servant of God, why isn't

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<v Speaker 2>God protecting you? Has the devil tried to convince you

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<v Speaker 2>lately that if you really had a God, you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be going through what you're going through. And so they

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<v Speaker 2>stood back. They stood back and said this, dude. When

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<v Speaker 2>they say, well, the snake hanging from his hand, which

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<v Speaker 2>means it was there for a minute. When they saw

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<v Speaker 2>the snake hanging from his hand, they drew their own conclusions.

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<v Speaker 2>He must have done something wrong. He must be a murderer.

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<v Speaker 2>He must be out of the will of God. For

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<v Speaker 2>though he escaped the sea, the goddess Justice.

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<v Speaker 1>Has not allowed him to live.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the next verse because Paul preaches one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most powerful sermons in the New Testament.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this. When Paul saw them all looking, he knew

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<v Speaker 1>he had a captive audience.

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<v Speaker 2>And verse five says that when Paul saw him looking,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, and this may not be in your Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reading from the TSV, the Taylor Swift version.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, he said, players.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna play, play, play, play play.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, y'all, go back to twenty fourteen with me

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<v Speaker 1>for a minute. And haters.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna hate hate, hey, hey, hey five times. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>quintuplet in the New Testament Heartbreaker's Gonna break break. We

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<v Speaker 2>get the point, pastor you don't have to quote the

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<v Speaker 2>whole chorus and the verse Paul's response, that's the word response.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this. He didn't say a word.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't try to convince them that God was with him.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't feel sorry for himself. He didn't go on

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<v Speaker 2>Facebook and write a response post. What's what he did.

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<v Speaker 2>He did what you've got to learn how to do

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<v Speaker 2>when you make it through the storm and all hell

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<v Speaker 2>breaks loose on the shore. Come on when they talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>You, when it looks like this is the end, when

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<v Speaker 1>you've been through it and it keeps coming.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible said Paul, took it off to what'severn People say,

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<v Speaker 2>shake it off, Shake it off, Shake it off right

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<v Speaker 2>now before it gets in your system. Shake it off

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<v Speaker 2>right now before it kills you. Shake it off right

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<v Speaker 2>now while they're standing around watching you.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta do it right now, right now. You gotta

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<v Speaker 1>shake it off.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't take a vote from the Island committee to

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<v Speaker 2>see whether or not they think.

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<v Speaker 1>God is with you. No, Paul said, I got a revelation.

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<v Speaker 1>God already told me I'm going to Rome, so I

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<v Speaker 1>can't die on de sign.

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<v Speaker 2>I already know he'll never leave me or forsake me.

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<v Speaker 2>I already know I'm more than a conqueror. I already know,

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<v Speaker 2>so if I'm going to Rome, I can't die on Malta.

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<v Speaker 2>And when the shap fell off of Paul's hand and

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<v Speaker 2>died in the fire, it wasn't a surprise to him.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew it had to happen. It had to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody said it had to happen. I had to survive.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to make it. I had to get through it.

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<v Speaker 2>God had to prove his power. I'll fill your presence, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody who's been wondering why you've been stuck on

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<v Speaker 2>the why land.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been so busy trying to figure out a reason,

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<v Speaker 2>and God is trying to give you a revelation, not

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<v Speaker 2>just you, but everybody watching you. God wants everybody to

0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:58.440
<v Speaker 2>see you shake it off. God wants everybody around you

0:26:58.600 --> 0:27:01.920
<v Speaker 2>to see you trust him though he slay you. And

0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:09.880
<v Speaker 2>that's why the snake had to bite him. Because faith

0:27:09.920 --> 0:27:15.000
<v Speaker 2>doesn't prevent me from getting bid. Faith doesn't prevent me

0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:16.400
<v Speaker 2>from washing.

0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:16.920
<v Speaker 1>Up on the shore.

0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:20.440
<v Speaker 2>What I love about it is that after Paul shook

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:23.560
<v Speaker 2>the snake off, the people stood back and watched to

0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:26.440
<v Speaker 2>see what was gonna happen next, because that's what they do.

0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:29.480
<v Speaker 2>They don't bring you an ice pack or an ass

0:27:29.520 --> 0:27:34.399
<v Speaker 2>for him talk to me. They will stand there and

0:27:34.520 --> 0:27:36.480
<v Speaker 2>watch you. And the Bible says that they were shocked

0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:38.639
<v Speaker 2>because they expected him to swell up. You know, you

0:27:38.720 --> 0:27:40.960
<v Speaker 2>got some people that are surprised that you made it

0:27:41.240 --> 0:27:44.680
<v Speaker 2>and surprised you're still happy. You know, they thought when

0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:46.880
<v Speaker 2>they broke your heart, you were gonna quit. But look

0:27:46.960 --> 0:27:51.640
<v Speaker 2>at you in church, worshiping God, serving God, believing God.

0:27:56.160 --> 0:28:05.840
<v Speaker 2>Look at you, look at you. So they're like, they're like, oh,

0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:10.120
<v Speaker 2>let's see what happens next. That's somebody said, let's see

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:15.159
<v Speaker 2>what happens next. So they waited a long time, and

0:28:15.280 --> 0:28:19.280
<v Speaker 2>then when they saw that he didn't swell up or

0:28:19.320 --> 0:28:26.280
<v Speaker 2>turn into a walker, they changed their minds. This is

0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:30.439
<v Speaker 2>why you cannot put your confidence in people. They changed

0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:34.800
<v Speaker 2>their minds and said, he's a god. One minute, he's

0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:42.760
<v Speaker 2>a murderer. Now he's a god one minute, Hosanna. The

0:28:42.880 --> 0:28:47.240
<v Speaker 2>next minute, crucify him. That's why your response cannot be

0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:47.840
<v Speaker 2>to people.

0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.720
<v Speaker 1>Even when I preach, I love you, but I can't

0:28:53.720 --> 0:28:54.320
<v Speaker 1>preach for you.

0:28:55.000 --> 0:28:56.920
<v Speaker 2>I can preach to you, but I can't preach for you,

0:28:57.560 --> 0:28:59.160
<v Speaker 2>because the thing that I say that you need to

0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:00.719
<v Speaker 2>hear might make you cry us their arms and get

0:29:00.760 --> 0:29:03.640
<v Speaker 2>an attitude. Well, sit back and take it, honey, because

0:29:03.640 --> 0:29:05.320
<v Speaker 2>if God sent it, I'm gonna say.

0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:15.960
<v Speaker 1>It all right. Now watch this.

0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:18.880
<v Speaker 2>Let's show one more thing so he shakes up the

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:24.320
<v Speaker 2>snake they think he's gonna die, doesn't die. And cool

0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:27.120
<v Speaker 2>place to end dis sermon, I think, but I want

0:29:27.120 --> 0:29:32.000
<v Speaker 2>to give you something that will maybe help you. Let

0:29:32.080 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>me just see from a show of hands, is there

0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.240
<v Speaker 2>anybody in here who has found yourself in Malta recently?

0:29:37.360 --> 0:29:40.120
<v Speaker 2>It could be a season, it could be Malta represents, yeah,

0:29:40.160 --> 0:29:42.320
<v Speaker 2>that stuck place. I think these are the kinds of questions,

0:29:42.360 --> 0:29:44.520
<v Speaker 2>generic questions that people ask because we know that it's

0:29:44.560 --> 0:29:47.239
<v Speaker 2>guaranteed to get one hundred percent participation. I mean, who

0:29:47.320 --> 0:29:51.320
<v Speaker 2>doesn't feel stuck from time to time? And that's kind

0:29:51.360 --> 0:29:54.640
<v Speaker 2>of the point, isn't it is that we all must

0:29:54.720 --> 0:30:00.040
<v Speaker 2>go through Malta. Wow and Paul at this point, and

0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:03.880
<v Speaker 2>the story has a decision to make misery or mission.

0:30:06.160 --> 0:30:10.120
<v Speaker 2>Misery or mission because we already read that it was

0:30:10.240 --> 0:30:13.200
<v Speaker 2>rainy and cold, we already read that it was unfamiliar.

0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:17.520
<v Speaker 2>We already read that the man almost died, and now

0:30:17.560 --> 0:30:19.080
<v Speaker 2>he has a decision to make, and so do you

0:30:20.040 --> 0:30:23.720
<v Speaker 2>about this season of your life. Paul didn't decide to

0:30:23.800 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 2>go to Malta. Now he has to decide what to

0:30:26.840 --> 0:30:31.960
<v Speaker 2>do while he's there. And he can sit and wait

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:35.960
<v Speaker 2>to get off this stupid island, or he can.

0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:47.520
<v Speaker 1>He can do on Malta what he did in Jerusalem,

0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:54.000
<v Speaker 1>all right, So so Paul, they think he's a god.

0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:57.560
<v Speaker 2>Now, right, So they're like, they're like, hey, this guy's important,

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:01.120
<v Speaker 2>and apparently the chief of the island hears about.

0:31:00.920 --> 0:31:04.960
<v Speaker 1>It, and he wants to have dinner with this guy

0:31:06.040 --> 0:31:07.320
<v Speaker 1>who can survive a snake bite.

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:13.480
<v Speaker 2>So your opportunities in life will be the byproduct of adversity.

0:31:12.960 --> 0:31:17.800
<v Speaker 1>That you go through. And he gets invited to the

0:31:17.920 --> 0:31:18.440
<v Speaker 1>home of.

0:31:18.480 --> 0:31:21.200
<v Speaker 2>The official on the island because he was able to

0:31:21.240 --> 0:31:23.680
<v Speaker 2>stand up under the trial. You keep praying for the opportunity,

0:31:24.160 --> 0:31:26.040
<v Speaker 2>but you don't want to stand up under the adversity.

0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:29.560
<v Speaker 2>So somebody say it had to happen. I had to

0:31:29.640 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 2>go through something. I had to prove perseverance. That's the

0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:35.720
<v Speaker 2>only way my faith could grow to enable the opportunity.

0:31:37.400 --> 0:31:39.200
<v Speaker 2>So there was an estate nearby look at this. In

0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:43.640
<v Speaker 2>verse seven, there was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius,

0:31:44.720 --> 0:31:48.240
<v Speaker 2>which is incidentally a baby name that is available to

0:31:48.320 --> 0:31:49.960
<v Speaker 2>any of you who are looking for something to name

0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 2>your child that will get them beat up. And this

0:31:54.880 --> 0:31:57.160
<v Speaker 2>guy's important, and he wants to see the guy who

0:31:57.400 --> 0:32:01.520
<v Speaker 2>was able to stand up after the snake and survived

0:32:01.560 --> 0:32:04.800
<v Speaker 2>the shipwreck, and he welcomed all of them into the

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:08.840
<v Speaker 2>home and showed generous hospitality for three days. And I'm

0:32:08.880 --> 0:32:12.640
<v Speaker 2>imagining Paul's thinking this is nice. But at some point

0:32:12.760 --> 0:32:16.040
<v Speaker 2>during Paul's stay he learns that Publius.

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:16.240
<v Speaker 1>Has a problem.

0:32:16.320 --> 0:32:21.120
<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody say, Publius has a problem, And Publius's problem

0:32:21.240 --> 0:32:27.480
<v Speaker 2>is about to become Paul's opportunity because Publius's father was

0:32:27.560 --> 0:32:30.160
<v Speaker 2>sick in bed with the Malta fever.

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:33.200
<v Speaker 1>And it's bad.

0:32:34.600 --> 0:32:39.840
<v Speaker 2>He's got temperatures in dysentery, and Paul, when he heard

0:32:39.880 --> 0:32:44.080
<v Speaker 2>about it, went in to see him. Now the way

0:32:44.160 --> 0:32:47.040
<v Speaker 2>I picture it, and maybe I'm using too much imagination,

0:32:47.560 --> 0:32:50.400
<v Speaker 2>but I imagine that they're sitting down to a meal

0:32:50.960 --> 0:32:54.240
<v Speaker 2>and Paul sees somebody wheeled into the room and says,

0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:58.080
<v Speaker 2>who's that, and Publius says, it's my dad, and Paul says,

0:32:58.160 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 2>what's wrong with him?

0:32:59.480 --> 0:33:03.120
<v Speaker 1>And Publicia says he's sick and there's nothing we can

0:33:03.240 --> 0:33:03.880
<v Speaker 1>do about it.

0:33:04.240 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Imagine about right here is where Paul started smiling, which

0:33:08.240 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 2>seems kind of weird, but maybe this is the moment

0:33:11.400 --> 0:33:15.360
<v Speaker 2>that Paul realizes there was a reason I went through

0:33:15.480 --> 0:33:19.640
<v Speaker 2>the storm. There was a reason the hurricane hit. There

0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:22.880
<v Speaker 2>was a reason the ship had to break apart. There's

0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 2>a reason we had to run aground on Malta.

0:33:26.560 --> 0:33:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Paul said, can I see you? Can we have a moment?

0:33:33.440 --> 0:33:35.320
<v Speaker 1>And the Bible says that when Paul went in to

0:33:35.400 --> 0:33:39.440
<v Speaker 1>see him, he prayed for him. Wow, and watched the

0:33:39.520 --> 0:33:43.560
<v Speaker 1>next part. You can love this. You look kind of military.

0:33:43.600 --> 0:33:48.520
<v Speaker 1>Can I use you for an example? Sit down, everybody,

0:33:48.560 --> 0:33:53.440
<v Speaker 1>sit down. Paul went in.

0:33:56.240 --> 0:34:00.200
<v Speaker 2>And prayed for him, and after prayer, somebody say, it

0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:03.400
<v Speaker 2>had to happen. Come on, Missouri, it had to happen.

0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:07.240
<v Speaker 2>You had to be here at this sermon today. There's

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:08.440
<v Speaker 2>something God wanted.

0:34:08.200 --> 0:34:08.759
<v Speaker 1>To speak to you.

0:34:08.960 --> 0:34:12.800
<v Speaker 2>You had to be here with the zz top beard

0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:14.960
<v Speaker 2>go to You had to be right.

0:34:14.920 --> 0:34:25.480
<v Speaker 1>There in that section. And Paul put his hand on Publius'.

0:34:25.400 --> 0:34:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Dad's head, and when he put his hand on his head,

0:34:31.760 --> 0:34:35.440
<v Speaker 2>the Bible says he was healed, which is a miracle

0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:39.239
<v Speaker 2>all in its own. But what made it even more

0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:43.399
<v Speaker 2>amazing to me was to realize that the same hand

0:34:44.360 --> 0:34:48.400
<v Speaker 2>that the healing came through was the same hand that

0:34:48.560 --> 0:34:52.759
<v Speaker 2>had a snake hanging from it just three days ago.

0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:57.399
<v Speaker 1>Oh, come on, you all start praising God right now.

0:34:57.680 --> 0:35:09.239
<v Speaker 2>What you went through? That didn't tell you that? So

0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:13.319
<v Speaker 2>let me have your check station. Paul says, I can't

0:35:13.440 --> 0:35:16.000
<v Speaker 2>keep the snake from biting me. Touch somebody say it

0:35:16.080 --> 0:35:19.440
<v Speaker 2>had to happen. The other day, Abby came up to

0:35:19.520 --> 0:35:21.800
<v Speaker 2>me and she said, Elijah.

0:35:21.440 --> 0:35:23.759
<v Speaker 1>Just bit me. I said, did you bite him back?

0:35:24.760 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 1>She said no, sir.

0:35:26.160 --> 0:35:29.920
<v Speaker 2>I said, go upstairs and tell your brother. You can

0:35:30.040 --> 0:35:33.080
<v Speaker 2>bite me again if you want to. But Daddy said

0:35:33.200 --> 0:35:36.480
<v Speaker 2>to tell you, if you bite me, I bite back.

0:35:36.880 --> 0:35:40.000
<v Speaker 1>Now that might not be good parenting, but this is

0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:50.759
<v Speaker 1>good preaching. Somebody tell the devil I'm bite that, I'm

0:35:50.840 --> 0:36:02.520
<v Speaker 1>bite back. Same hand that the snake bit became the

0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:03.919
<v Speaker 1>hand that the healing came from.

0:36:04.760 --> 0:36:06.760
<v Speaker 2>What did you go through that you wish you wouldn't

0:36:06.800 --> 0:36:08.919
<v Speaker 2>have gone through? That you never should have gone through

0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:12.120
<v Speaker 2>I came to declare over your life. It does not

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:17.399
<v Speaker 2>matter the reason. What matters is your response. You're on Malta. Now,

0:36:17.880 --> 0:36:21.000
<v Speaker 2>Malta is what you make of it. The Bible says,

0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:24.879
<v Speaker 2>after he laid his hands on that man's head, word

0:36:25.000 --> 0:36:25.799
<v Speaker 2>got around.

0:36:25.600 --> 0:36:26.520
<v Speaker 1>The whole island.

0:36:26.880 --> 0:36:29.840
<v Speaker 2>This guy's got something, This guy's got something.

0:36:29.920 --> 0:36:31.400
<v Speaker 1>This guy knows somebody.

0:36:31.960 --> 0:36:34.040
<v Speaker 2>When he put his hand on the father's head, the

0:36:34.120 --> 0:36:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Bible said, the whole island came and all of a sudden,

0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:42.719
<v Speaker 2>now Publius had to turn his house into a certain building, and.

0:36:42.840 --> 0:36:48.200
<v Speaker 1>The whole island got healed. It had to happen. It

0:36:48.400 --> 0:37:00.800
<v Speaker 1>had to happen. It had to happen. Island got you.

0:37:02.320 --> 0:37:04.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry I messed up your hair, but it had

0:37:04.280 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 1>to happen.

0:37:08.800 --> 0:37:10.520
<v Speaker 3>I feel like I got something on me right now

0:37:10.640 --> 0:37:18.960
<v Speaker 3>to tell somebody the release. It's about the release.

0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:23.680
<v Speaker 2>When Paul was going through the storm, he said, we

0:37:23.800 --> 0:37:26.200
<v Speaker 2>must run aground on some island. Somebody say it had

0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:32.719
<v Speaker 2>to happen, and Paul thought he needed Malta. But it

0:37:32.800 --> 0:37:37.560
<v Speaker 2>turns out Malta needed Paul.

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:51.160
<v Speaker 1>There's a purpose for it. I don't need a reason.

0:37:51.200 --> 0:37:54.759
<v Speaker 1>I got a revelation. God is with me. He is good,

0:37:54.800 --> 0:38:01.040
<v Speaker 1>he does good. It had to happen. It had to happen.

0:38:02.160 --> 0:38:06.359
<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying God did it. I'm saying he'll use it. Now.

0:38:09.360 --> 0:38:13.759
<v Speaker 1>What are you gonna do on Malta? That small place.

0:38:15.200 --> 0:38:18.000
<v Speaker 2>You've been changing diaper still and like nobody appreciates you.

0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:24.360
<v Speaker 1>That's your Malta. You've been praying for a ring and

0:38:24.440 --> 0:38:27.120
<v Speaker 1>you can't even get a text back. That's your Malta.

0:38:34.840 --> 0:38:37.200
<v Speaker 1>I never wanted to be on Malta, but Paul said,

0:38:37.239 --> 0:38:39.200
<v Speaker 1>now that I'm here, who can I heal?

0:38:43.920 --> 0:38:47.360
<v Speaker 2>A matter of fact, y'all got any more snakes? I

0:38:47.480 --> 0:38:50.799
<v Speaker 2>wish another snake would bite me because if that much

0:38:51.000 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 2>power could come from the pain, who.

0:38:53.120 --> 0:38:56.680
<v Speaker 1>Else can I heal? Who else can I heal? God? Won?

0:38:56.719 --> 0:38:59.200
<v Speaker 1>Did you bring me desmoss me Malta?

0:39:06.400 --> 0:39:10.120
<v Speaker 2>And while they were getting ready for a wreck, God

0:39:10.600 --> 0:39:13.080
<v Speaker 2>was positioning them for a revival.

0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:25.320
<v Speaker 1>This is the mistake that turned into a miracle, that

0:39:25.480 --> 0:39:26.600
<v Speaker 1>turned into a mission.

0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:31.440
<v Speaker 6>And I want you to know today, whoever is for

0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:34.880
<v Speaker 6>the forty eight percent of you that God sent me

0:39:35.000 --> 0:39:38.880
<v Speaker 6>to preach to, who are spending three months on Malta

0:39:39.000 --> 0:39:39.319
<v Speaker 6>right now?

0:39:41.360 --> 0:39:44.759
<v Speaker 2>I want you to know that your supply is in

0:39:44.880 --> 0:39:51.400
<v Speaker 2>your assignment. Did you get it over here? Your supply

0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:55.600
<v Speaker 2>is in your assignment. He could have sat there on

0:39:55.840 --> 0:39:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Malta moping about what he went through on the age

0:40:00.160 --> 0:40:04.080
<v Speaker 2>at sea, but he turned it into a mission and

0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:07.399
<v Speaker 2>the whole island got healed. Maybe what you went through

0:40:07.560 --> 0:40:15.880
<v Speaker 2>wasn't even about you. Maybe it's generational. And that's what

0:40:16.000 --> 0:40:18.239
<v Speaker 2>I told my dad before he died. I said, I

0:40:18.360 --> 0:40:20.160
<v Speaker 2>know your life was hard. I know it was a

0:40:20.239 --> 0:40:22.320
<v Speaker 2>living hell. I know your father abused you.

0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:25.920
<v Speaker 1>I know you had to suffer through many things, but

0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:29.880
<v Speaker 1>you broke it. You broke it.

0:40:33.120 --> 0:40:35.560
<v Speaker 2>It had to You had to go through it so

0:40:35.800 --> 0:40:39.160
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have to, so I could preach, so I

0:40:39.280 --> 0:40:50.320
<v Speaker 2>could stand Sometimes it's not about us. And Bull decided

0:40:50.360 --> 0:40:54.520
<v Speaker 2>to bite back, with his hand still swollen from the

0:40:54.560 --> 0:40:58.239
<v Speaker 2>snake bite, sucked that.

0:40:58.360 --> 0:41:01.200
<v Speaker 1>Poison out and turn it into power.

0:41:07.800 --> 0:41:11.880
<v Speaker 7>I thought, am I calling the sermon? I'm bitter, but

0:41:12.040 --> 0:41:16.400
<v Speaker 7>I'm not bitter. I'm a pretreci that in three years.

0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:21.640
<v Speaker 7>I'm appreciate that in bars, in battles in two weeks.

0:41:23.400 --> 0:41:26.880
<v Speaker 7>But for now, God wanted you to know that it

0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:27.640
<v Speaker 7>had to happen.

0:41:30.080 --> 0:41:36.120
<v Speaker 2>It had to happen, even the rejection. My friend said,

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:38.560
<v Speaker 2>do you really believe that it had to happen?

0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:43.880
<v Speaker 1>And I said, well, I don't know, but you know

0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:49.000
<v Speaker 1>what I choose to It made me who I am.

0:41:49.080 --> 0:41:52.719
<v Speaker 1>What I went through, it made me who I am.

0:41:59.280 --> 0:42:00.000
<v Speaker 1>I want to look in the.

0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:02.800
<v Speaker 2>Camera because we have fourteen locations right now, and I

0:42:02.880 --> 0:42:05.200
<v Speaker 2>want you to stand on your feet at every location

0:42:05.680 --> 0:42:11.919
<v Speaker 2>and realize that healing is in your hands. That God

0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:16.040
<v Speaker 2>brought you to Malta, and when you're in the middle

0:42:16.080 --> 0:42:20.600
<v Speaker 2>of a storm, it seems like there's often no sense

0:42:20.640 --> 0:42:25.759
<v Speaker 2>of guidance, and when your boat is being blown around

0:42:25.800 --> 0:42:27.640
<v Speaker 2>and you have no control over it, it's a scary

0:42:27.719 --> 0:42:30.160
<v Speaker 2>thing to be out on the Mediterranean Sea with nothing

0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:35.440
<v Speaker 2>to look at for light, and to arrive at a

0:42:35.520 --> 0:42:39.480
<v Speaker 2>cold place only to be met by the sting of

0:42:39.560 --> 0:42:40.040
<v Speaker 2>a viper.

0:42:41.400 --> 0:42:41.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:42:43.360 --> 0:42:45.319
<v Speaker 2>I've been there before in my own life, but God

0:42:45.400 --> 0:42:50.040
<v Speaker 2>sent me with a message for you today. It had

0:42:50.080 --> 0:42:55.799
<v Speaker 2>to happen because while the wind was controlling the boat,

0:42:57.040 --> 0:43:04.600
<v Speaker 2>God was controlling the wind. I'm not saying he did it,

0:43:07.120 --> 0:43:09.560
<v Speaker 2>but if God allowed.

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<v Speaker 1>It, you can accept it. And if you can accept it,

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<v Speaker 1>the very place where you were injured will be the

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<v Speaker 1>very place that your purpose comes forth.

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<v Speaker 8>From It had to happen. It had to happen, even

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<v Speaker 8>the mistakes. It had to happen because God needed me

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<v Speaker 8>here in Malta.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, Father, I have declared your word to your people,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have promised your blessing upon it. Father, I

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<v Speaker 2>pray that today would represent a shift in the perspective

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<v Speaker 2>of everyone who has seen themselves as stuck on Malta. Church,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to repeat this out loud after me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a paradigm. Chief say, I'm not stuck. I'm stationed. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>clap your hands and give God praise that He's got

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<v Speaker 2>you right where. Come on, He's got you right where

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<v Speaker 2>he wants you. There is an assignment on Malta with

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<v Speaker 2>your name on it. Even if they did it, God's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna use.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my Malta.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says in verse ten that when they

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<v Speaker 2>were ready, when the assignment was completed, they honored us

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<v Speaker 2>in many.

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<v Speaker 1>Ways, and when we were ready to sail, they furnished

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<v Speaker 1>us with the supplies we needed. God said, if.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll do what I put you there to do, I

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<v Speaker 2>will give you what you need for where I'm taking you.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is this message for this is my mam, This

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<v Speaker 1>is my mall.

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<v Speaker 8>Tom.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm done crying, I'm done regretting, I'm done wishing.

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<v Speaker 1>God here, I am lit your asks. God, you brought me.

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<v Speaker 5>Here to this season, to this comment dot doll therecle,

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<v Speaker 5>this is me.

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