WEBVTT - It's Mine To Manage

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>In your life.

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<v Speaker 3>Enjoy the message I want to share with you from

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<v Speaker 3>a scripture that really demonstrates something that I think is

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<v Speaker 3>difficult to do in our lives but will be so

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<v Speaker 3>helpful to us.

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<v Speaker 2>We're in a season called Game Changer, and so our

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<v Speaker 2>y're in series.

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<v Speaker 1>We're taking a moment to.

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<v Speaker 2>Pause, reflect and respond to God's goodness in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>And so from the scriptural foundation today, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>help you see something that I think will help you

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<v Speaker 2>to carry forward with you into the next season of

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Momentum for what God has already done is

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<v Speaker 2>something significant, and what He.

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<v Speaker 1>Wants to do is even greater.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that, believe that with all of my

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<v Speaker 2>heart for myself and my family, and you and your family,

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<v Speaker 2>and for our church. And so with that spirit of faith,

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<v Speaker 2>today let's go to the Word of God Joshua, chapter four, verses.

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<v Speaker 1>One through nine.

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<v Speaker 2>And as I read this story to you over the

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<v Speaker 2>next few moments. I want you pay attention to the

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<v Speaker 2>details of it, okay, because on the surface, the story

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<v Speaker 2>is really very simple. The people of Israel are crossing

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<v Speaker 2>into the Promised Land. They haven't fought any battles yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's already theirs because God has promised to give

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<v Speaker 2>it to them. So they're coming to realize what God

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<v Speaker 2>has already revealed, and he showed it to them for

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<v Speaker 2>many generations. But now they're coming into that moment where

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<v Speaker 2>they're having to actually believe that what God spoke in

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<v Speaker 2>their lives, and what God spoke that they haven't seen

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<v Speaker 2>come to pass yet is about to happen. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is an appropriate scripture for where we

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<v Speaker 2>are as a church, and maybe for where you are

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<v Speaker 2>as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And I pray that God will help me deliver it today.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you excited. I'll be honest, it's not very convince him,

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<v Speaker 1>but I am. I'm excited enough for all of us,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll do it anyway. Joshua Chapter four, verse one.

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<v Speaker 2>When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord said to Joshua, choose twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>Men from among the people.

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<v Speaker 2>One from each tribe, and tell them to take up

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<v Speaker 2>twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right

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<v Speaker 2>where the priests are standing, and carry them over with

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<v Speaker 2>you and put them down at the place where you

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<v Speaker 2>stay tonight. So joshuall call the twelve men he had

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<v Speaker 2>appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said

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<v Speaker 2>to them, go for the ark of the Lord your

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<v Speaker 2>got into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you

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<v Speaker 2>is to take up a stone on his shoulder according

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<v Speaker 2>to the number of tribes of the Israelites, to serve

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<v Speaker 2>as a sign among you in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>When your children ask.

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<v Speaker 4>You what do these stones mean, tell them that the

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<v Speaker 4>flow of the Jordan was cut off off before the

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<v Speaker 4>Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial

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<v Speaker 2>to the people of Israel forever. So Israelites did as

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes

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<v Speaker 2>of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua, and

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<v Speaker 2>they carried them over with them to the camp, where

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<v Speaker 2>they put them.

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<v Speaker 1>Down Joshua set up the twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>at the spot where the priests who had carried the

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<v Speaker 2>Ark of the Covenant had stood, and they are there

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<v Speaker 2>to this day. Would you look at the person next

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<v Speaker 2>to you and give them my sermon title, tell them

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<v Speaker 2>it's mine to manage. Look at your other neighbor. I

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<v Speaker 2>know they were your second choice, but they're important to

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord as well, And tell them it's mine to manage.

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<v Speaker 1>It's mine to man. And how many of you have children?

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you have children who have a phone

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<v Speaker 2>or an electronic device with a data plan. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>big debate around my house. When will our children be

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<v Speaker 2>old enough to be entrusted with data? Real first world problems.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it, But you know, parenting is challenging. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a great privilege, but I find it to be challenging,

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<v Speaker 2>and I find it to be exhilarating, and I find.

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<v Speaker 1>It to be exhausting.

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<v Speaker 2>And one woman wrote me on YouTube and said, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you had kids too soon. You're always complaining about them,

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<v Speaker 2>And I prayed for her in tongues. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the more of a privilege you see something to be

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<v Speaker 2>the more of a responsibility you feel toward it.

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<v Speaker 1>So complaining isn't always a sign that you don't care.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not grateful, you'd have an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude

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<v Speaker 1>is not an attitude. Gratitude is an action. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the action of being.

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<v Speaker 2>Grateful leads to a feeling of gratitude. But God would

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<v Speaker 2>not command you to be grateful if gratitude was a feeling,

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<v Speaker 2>because you can't command a feeling. Doesn't work that way.

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<v Speaker 2>God instead instructs you to praise him. One Psalma said

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<v Speaker 2>it this way. He said, Ah, this is the day

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<v Speaker 2>that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be

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<v Speaker 2>glad in it. This is the day that the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>has made.

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<v Speaker 5>I will rejoice and be glad in it. Oh, this

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<v Speaker 5>is the day. This is the day that the Lord

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<v Speaker 5>has made. Hey, this is the day. This is the

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<v Speaker 5>day that the Lord has made. Now who made it?

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<v Speaker 5>Who made it?

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<v Speaker 1>Now? I will rejoice.

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<v Speaker 5>I will rejoice and be glad in it. So God

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<v Speaker 5>made it, But I get to manage it. Touch somebody

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<v Speaker 5>say it's mine to manage.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I do with this day is up to me.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I gave my oldest kid his phone, I said.

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<v Speaker 1>I wrapped it. It was his birthday, and I rapped it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, this phone has data, and this phone

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<v Speaker 2>is yours, not really.

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<v Speaker 1>For your birthday.

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<v Speaker 2>I am giving you my phone to use, which means

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<v Speaker 2>that this phone, the contents thereof, and the communications that

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<v Speaker 2>shall be initiated thereby are under my jurisdiction. One good

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<v Speaker 2>parent clapped when I said that. And I dare you

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<v Speaker 2>to put a pass code on that phone that I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I dare you to put a pass code

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<v Speaker 2>on that phone. You change your past, and I will

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<v Speaker 2>change your destiny. But it was a principle in the

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<v Speaker 2>modern age of stewardship that is really the same principle.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that God has been trying to teach us

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<v Speaker 2>all along that it's his to give and it's ours

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<v Speaker 2>to manage. And the moment you begin to understand that

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<v Speaker 2>about your life, your money.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all don't like this sermon already. This is the motivational part.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes some of the pressure off to realize that

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<v Speaker 2>it's his to give, it's mine to manage. Say it

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<v Speaker 2>out loud, it's his to give mine to manage. So

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't make the day, but I will rejoice in it.

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<v Speaker 2>So he gave me the day, and now it's mine

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<v Speaker 2>to manage. That's a really powerful distinction to know that

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<v Speaker 2>there are certain things that God has given you under

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<v Speaker 2>your jurisdiction. One of those things is your joy. I

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<v Speaker 2>will rejoice and be glad in it. And so this

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<v Speaker 2>is the day that the Lord has made. I rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>and be glad in it, regardless of if the traffic

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<v Speaker 2>is congested.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't manage the.

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<v Speaker 2>Traffic, but I am I am A I like it

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<v Speaker 2>this way.

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<v Speaker 1>My joy is my job.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter what happens when I get to my job.

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<v Speaker 2>No one can steal my joy because my joy is

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<v Speaker 2>not under anyone else else's jurisdiction.

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<v Speaker 1>See what I'm saying, It's mine to manage.

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<v Speaker 2>And one time I made the mistake of saying that

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<v Speaker 2>somebody stole my joy, and the spear of the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>really corrected me on that, like they stole your joy there,

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<v Speaker 2>your joy is not their job. And if they sold it,

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<v Speaker 2>you should have done a better job locking the door

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<v Speaker 2>so they couldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Get to it. You need a better security system. If

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<v Speaker 1>someone else can steal.

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<v Speaker 2>Your joy, then you've got your joy hiding out there

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<v Speaker 2>in the open where anybody can see it and snatch it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so this principle emerges in the Book of Joshua.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I tell you a little bit about this historic incident.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so thankful for the gift of your attention today.

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<v Speaker 2>I find it a great privilege that you would lean

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<v Speaker 2>into the word of God and allow these words to

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<v Speaker 2>be spoken. I think it's amazing. I want to make

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<v Speaker 2>it worth your while. I want to tell a little bit about.

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<v Speaker 1>This passage of scripture is really amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>What God is doing for his people here, because the

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<v Speaker 2>nation of Israel is under new management, under new management.

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<v Speaker 6>And this.

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<v Speaker 2>Promise that God began making generations ago is now about

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<v Speaker 2>to come to pass. This land that they are going

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<v Speaker 2>to possess is going to become theirs, but it's really God's,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's theirs. It's theirs to possess, but it's God's

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<v Speaker 2>to give. So it's Gods and it's theirs. And Joshua

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<v Speaker 2>is the person God is using to bring it to pass.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Moses was the leader that brought the people out of.

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<v Speaker 2>Egypt, where they spent several centuries enslave to the systems

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<v Speaker 2>of that nation, and now they're no longer just wandering

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<v Speaker 2>around in the wilderness like they did under Moses for

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<v Speaker 2>over forty years. But they're coming into their own land.

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<v Speaker 2>They're coming into their own spacious place. They're coming into

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<v Speaker 2>their own homes, and they're coming into their own community

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<v Speaker 2>that God has been in the process of forming. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to require a different mindset because up until

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<v Speaker 2>this point in their life, they have existed on the

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<v Speaker 2>miracles that God provided, Like God gave them manna when

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<v Speaker 2>they were in the wilderness because they didn't have quail

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<v Speaker 2>like they had in Egypt that their masters would give

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<v Speaker 2>them to feed them. But now they're coming into their

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<v Speaker 2>own and the mana that used to fall from the sky,

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<v Speaker 2>it was miraculous how it came down. They would just

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<v Speaker 2>walk out their front door and there it would be

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon Prime on the doorstep. The drone would drop it

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<v Speaker 2>off and they would have enough for the day.

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<v Speaker 1>But the thing that's about.

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<v Speaker 2>To happen to them in just a moment is that

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to cross over into this land where the

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<v Speaker 2>mana is going to stop coming, and they are going

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<v Speaker 2>to have to learn to manage in a different way.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're going to have to mature in their mindset,

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<v Speaker 2>And I guess one way that you could say this,

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<v Speaker 2>they're having to learn how to manage their miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is something you don't hear.

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<v Speaker 2>Taught enough in settings like these, because we often tell

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<v Speaker 2>you to expect a miracle and to believe for a miracle,

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<v Speaker 2>and to receive for a miracle. But how many know

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<v Speaker 2>that you are responsible to manage your miracles.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll prove it to you from the.

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<v Speaker 2>Text, because you're acting kind of suspicious, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>blame you. It sounds weird because a miracle is something

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<v Speaker 2>that God does.

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<v Speaker 1>It's something that God gives.

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<v Speaker 2>But the cooperation between Heaven and humanity has always been this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's God's to give, but it's mine to manage. It's

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<v Speaker 2>my father's to give, but it's mine to manage. And

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<v Speaker 2>so God is bringing his people through the Jordan River.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you have something God has brought you

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<v Speaker 2>through this year? Did God bring you through it? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give you twelve seconds to praise Him for something

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<v Speaker 2>that he brought you through. We all have a Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>that we came through. And the interesting thing about the

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan River is it's mentioned a lot in scripture, but

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<v Speaker 2>not because it's a big body of water.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only like fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yards wide at its widest points, and it's not the

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<v Speaker 2>deepest body of water.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not what makes it significant.

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<v Speaker 2>What it symbolizes gives its biblical significance in that the

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<v Speaker 2>people of God saw the Jordan River as representing transitions

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<v Speaker 2>and new beginnings. You see it a lot in the

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<v Speaker 2>prophetic record, like Elisha God Elijah's mantle in the Old Testament,

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<v Speaker 2>and he crossed the Jordan River. It's not a big river,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's symbolic. It's significant not because of its size,

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<v Speaker 2>not because of its scope physically, not because of its

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<v Speaker 2>geographical implications, but because.

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<v Speaker 1>Of what God did there.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they're standing at this place, this body of water,

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<v Speaker 2>and God does something amazing and does it in a

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<v Speaker 2>very particular way.

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<v Speaker 1>He tells the priest to stand in the middle of.

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<v Speaker 2>The Jordan with the arc of the Covenant. That's where

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<v Speaker 2>they kept the Ten Commandments. It represented the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the priest put their foot in.

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<v Speaker 2>The water, the water stopped flowing to provide passageway for

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<v Speaker 2>the people to cross through. God did not carry his

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<v Speaker 2>people across the Jordan. He enabled his people to cross over.

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<v Speaker 2>This is how a lot of us live, our lives

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for God to carry us over something when He

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<v Speaker 2>is waiting for us to cross. You see me def

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<v Speaker 2>lepparn It is true. My kids one time, when they

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<v Speaker 2>were real little, we were at a public restroom and

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<v Speaker 2>they were washing their hands and they had their hands

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<v Speaker 2>out like this, and nothing was happening because I realized

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<v Speaker 2>they were used to the fuscet being automatic.

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<v Speaker 1>And it wasn't an automatic faucet.

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<v Speaker 2>And I watched and I stood back to see how

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<v Speaker 2>long they would stand there with their hands under the

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<v Speaker 2>faucet waiting for something to happen without turning the foss

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<v Speaker 2>in on. And finally, in compassion, I told, I told

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<v Speaker 2>my oldest child, I said, this is not an automatic faucet.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that you're used to the water just coming

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<v Speaker 2>on like this. See when you've had Man'm falling out

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<v Speaker 2>of the sky for so many years, you're used to

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<v Speaker 2>just something falling down out of the just because you

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<v Speaker 2>put your hand there. But it is going to require

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<v Speaker 2>an action. It's going to require So the water didn't

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<v Speaker 2>stop flowing til the people start walking, And when they

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<v Speaker 2>start walking, the water stuff flowing, and the people passed

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<v Speaker 2>through and the priests stood in the middle of the Jordan,

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<v Speaker 2>which must have taken faith for them to stand in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of the Jordan, not knowing if it was

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<v Speaker 2>going to continue to pile up in a heat or

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<v Speaker 2>if it was going to flood over them. But the

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<v Speaker 2>leaders had the faith to stand in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the Jordan. Isn't that significant that it said it was

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the Jordan. Isn't that the hardest

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<v Speaker 2>thing in life to do is to manage the middle?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I understand that God has made me promises and

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<v Speaker 2>that he knows the end from the beginning, but I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know the end from the beginning. I know

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<v Speaker 2>the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans

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<v Speaker 2>to pross for you and not to harm you.

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<v Speaker 1>Plans to give you hope and a future.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm glad that God knows the plans he have

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<v Speaker 2>for me, but I don't know the plans he has

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<v Speaker 2>for me.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the.

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<v Speaker 2>Challenge isn't believing that he knows how this is going

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<v Speaker 2>to end.

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<v Speaker 1>My challenge is yah standing in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And believing that what he spoke is indeed significant. It's

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<v Speaker 2>different when you're in the middle, it's a lot different

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<v Speaker 2>it was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was weird.

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<v Speaker 2>A few weeks ago, they had a baptism testimony on

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<v Speaker 2>the on the screens, and I love the baptism stories.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you love those stories that they tell?

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<v Speaker 1>If it was your child, you might love it, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know what I'm saying, Like if it was somebody that

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<v Speaker 2>you knew and loved. I try to always picture like

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<v Speaker 2>I always picture if.

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<v Speaker 1>That was my brother or if that was my sister.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I hear somebody share a testimony, I always

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<v Speaker 2>listen for the details. And one thing that I noticed

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<v Speaker 2>that they normally share in their story, they'll share a sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>That where God spoke to them.

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<v Speaker 2>And a few weeks ago, the young lady sharing the

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<v Speaker 2>sermon that she shared shared a sermon that I remember

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<v Speaker 2>preaching and thinking that it was the worst sermon that

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<v Speaker 2>I ever preached, because it's different when you're doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a year later and she was talking about

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<v Speaker 2>that story, that sermon, and in her story she referenced

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<v Speaker 2>that's as a turning point in her relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's what I remember. I remember how I felt

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<v Speaker 2>while I was doing it, and I realized that even

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<v Speaker 2>though I felt nothing while I was preaching it. She

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<v Speaker 2>was sitting somewhere in that room, maybe not even in

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<v Speaker 2>the room where I was preaching it, and she was

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<v Speaker 2>having a completely different experience hearing it than I was

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<v Speaker 2>preaching it.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's different when you're in the middle of it, huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Is different when you're raising your kids believing that they're

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<v Speaker 2>receiving the values that you're trying to impart to them,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you are teaching your kid's responsibility, they do

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<v Speaker 2>not thank you and recognize you for being a voice

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<v Speaker 2>of wisdom and an encouraging force of good.

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<v Speaker 1>In their lives. Is different when you're in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And see, the reason that we can sometimes look at

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<v Speaker 2>the biblic miracles and experience them and celebrate them is

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<v Speaker 2>because we know how they end. But it's different when

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the middle of it. It's different when you're

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of it, when you were having to

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<v Speaker 2>stand in the middle of something and say, no, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I know that you're faithful, and I know that you're good,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't feel that you're faithful, and I don't feel.

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<v Speaker 1>That you're good right now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's called a sacrifice of praise. That's where you have

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<v Speaker 2>to dig somewhere deeper than your feelings or your knowledge,

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<v Speaker 2>or your certainty, or your circumstance or your bank account.

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<v Speaker 2>God show me how to manage the middle. I have

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<v Speaker 2>a hard time with that. I don't have a hard

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<v Speaker 2>time being excited about the beginning, and I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a hard time celebrating the end.

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<v Speaker 1>But this middle.

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<v Speaker 2>Teach me how demand the middle? Ooh ooh. One of

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<v Speaker 2>my best friends pastors of big church, and they had

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<v Speaker 2>three years where they didn't grow. In fact, they went backward.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, what was the problem in those three years

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<v Speaker 2>when you didn't grow? He said, middle management. We got

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<v Speaker 2>so large, the organization got so big that there was

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<v Speaker 2>a layer of people in the middle who started to

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<v Speaker 2>block the values that were a part of the organization

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<v Speaker 2>in the early days.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was middle management.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't the people that were executing the job.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't the vision had changed.

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<v Speaker 2>It was what happened in the middle that almost cost

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<v Speaker 2>us the momentum.

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<v Speaker 1>Of what God was doing. I wonder, is that how

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<v Speaker 1>it happens in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if sometimes the reason that Joyce stops flowing,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason that fate stops growing, the reason that sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we lose our sense perspective about who God is. Is

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<v Speaker 2>is not the end, it's not the beginning. It's middle management.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know how to manage the middle. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to deal with Monday. So we shout good

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<v Speaker 2>on Sunday. But I need a sermon. I need an

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<v Speaker 2>mma sermon. I need some Monday morning application.

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<v Speaker 1>I need something to help me manage.

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<v Speaker 2>This middle because I'm not fighting the devil on Sunday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fighting him on Tuesday at three thirty seven. So

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<v Speaker 2>the key to this, Joshua says, take twelve stones. Twelve

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<v Speaker 2>stones January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December,

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<v Speaker 2>twelve months, twelve stones, twelve tribes, twelve disciples, twelve everybody

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<v Speaker 2>say twelve, take twelve, Pile them up, and in the future,

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<v Speaker 2>when your children ask you, what's up with these stones,

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<v Speaker 2>or like my kids ask me, what's up with these

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<v Speaker 2>cassette tapes.

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<v Speaker 1>I still got some. When your children ask you, tell

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<v Speaker 1>them what the Lord did.

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<v Speaker 6>Tell them, tell them, take them to the shum the stones,

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<v Speaker 6>and tell them we didn't know if we were going

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<v Speaker 6>to make it.

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<v Speaker 1>Through.

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<v Speaker 2>But God did something only he could do, and we

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<v Speaker 2>made it. Somebody shot, I made it. Tell the person

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<v Speaker 2>next to you, you have no idea what I've been through.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at him right in the eye and say, and

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<v Speaker 2>God brought me over.

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<v Speaker 1>And look at him one more time and say, how

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<v Speaker 1>about you ask him?

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<v Speaker 2>Have you been through anything? Imagine this? Imagine this. They

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<v Speaker 2>come through the Jordan. Let's play the story out for

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. They come through the Jordan. God brings them through.

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<v Speaker 2>They set up the stones. God does a great miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>They go on to fight battles, but they set up

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<v Speaker 2>the stones to remember what God did in that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very beautiful. And then they go forward into the

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<v Speaker 2>land and they fight. They fight many battles, and God

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<v Speaker 2>gives them any victories. But every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe they come back with their kids and they show

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<v Speaker 2>them the stones, because they left the stones in Gilgal

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<v Speaker 2>and then they moved on to conquer Canaan. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know how it is when when somebody is reflecting on

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<v Speaker 2>something and they get nostalgic, and maybe maybe the parents

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<v Speaker 2>start telling the children. We didn't know if we were

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<v Speaker 2>going to make it. Joshua was our new leader. And

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<v Speaker 2>we had never we'd never been this way before. And

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<v Speaker 2>he told us. He told us that if the priests

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<v Speaker 2>would stand in the middle, the waters would stand at

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<v Speaker 2>attention until the people passed through.

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<v Speaker 1>So we hurried through as fast as we could. We

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<v Speaker 1>ran through. The Bible says in Joshua, chapter four, verse

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>They hurried through. They didn't have a whole lot of faith,

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<v Speaker 2>just enough to get through it. They were dancing through

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<v Speaker 2>the middle. They were running through the middle. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>tell you something, when you got the devil chasing you,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes all you can do is get through it. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't look flashy, you're not shooting, you're not flossing, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not doing nothing but running for your life. So they

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<v Speaker 2>got through it. But they said God got us through it.

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<v Speaker 2>That was amazing, amazing because we didn't know. It was

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<v Speaker 2>amazing and the arc was there and it represented the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God. Oh I wish you could have been

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<v Speaker 2>their son. It was just so amazing. And we didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we were going to be able to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>but we did. God did it. God.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't I say, God did.

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<v Speaker 2>It, Okay, And they say that, And then so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a few years go by maybe they go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the place again and they look at the stones, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe the stones.

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<v Speaker 1>Are they're still there, they haven't gone any where.

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<v Speaker 2>But the story starts to get lost a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe a few years later they're telling their children,

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, oh, yeah, it's pretty cool. I mean we

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<v Speaker 2>got through it. I mean God did it, but we

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<v Speaker 2>were the ones who had to walk because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like God didn't. God didn't carry us through. But but

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<v Speaker 2>we got through it. And then a few more years

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<v Speaker 2>passed and maybe they're telling their kids again, making another trip,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're telling them, yeah, those stones they're they're cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua made us get them out the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan news.

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<v Speaker 1>It was weird. We were ready to move on. But Joshua.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you how I know that the story

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<v Speaker 2>stopped being told because when you get to the end

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<v Speaker 2>of Joshua's life, you read in Judges chapter two, verse ten,

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<v Speaker 2>just a verse just as verse. I want to show

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<v Speaker 2>you and I want you to think about the space

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<v Speaker 2>between when Joshua led the people through the Jordan and

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<v Speaker 2>when the next generation arose. It says it after that

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<v Speaker 2>whole generation, Joshua's generation had gathered to their ancestors. Another

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<v Speaker 2>generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what

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<v Speaker 2>he had done for Israel. Joshua's generation set up the stones.

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<v Speaker 1>The next generation didn't even know the story. What happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Somewhere along the way between.

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua chapter four and Judges chapter two, they.

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<v Speaker 1>Stopped telling the story.

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<v Speaker 2>Something changed about the story somewhere in that space. And God,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm just preaching this for one person, help me

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<v Speaker 2>to do it now, because they have been telling themselves

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong story, and now their faith is feeling feeble,

0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 2>and now their worship has been weakened, and they are

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<v Speaker 2>in a cycle of dependence on false gods because they

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<v Speaker 2>stopped telling the story.

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<v Speaker 1>The storyory of salvation is this. I was lost and

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<v Speaker 1>dead in my sin. I had no hope in myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I could not save myself. I could not help myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I could not lift myself. I would not have made

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<v Speaker 2>it if He had not reached down, and with a

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:24.439
<v Speaker 2>mighty hand and an outstretched arm, he died for me.

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<v Speaker 1>He came into my life.

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<v Speaker 2>He intersected me at the point of my sin, and

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<v Speaker 2>while I was still.

0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:33.119
<v Speaker 1>A sinner, Christ died for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you screaming because I've got a story that

0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:40.560
<v Speaker 2>didn't start with me, is started with the mercy of God.

0:27:52.560 --> 0:27:54.920
<v Speaker 2>And the enemy doesn't want you to tell this story.

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<v Speaker 2>See he wants He wants you to lose your testimony.

0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:00.600
<v Speaker 1>They kept the stones.

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<v Speaker 2>The stones are still there to this day, but they

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<v Speaker 2>stop telling the story. You know, you can have all

0:28:08.840 --> 0:28:19.480
<v Speaker 2>of the monuments of religion but lose your relationship with God.

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.399
<v Speaker 2>You can have all the stones in the world, You

0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:27.080
<v Speaker 2>can come to church, you can.

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.480
<v Speaker 1>Still live a lifeness between the lives.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the truth we're told today some of us

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:39.080
<v Speaker 2>have stopped telling the story, We've lost our testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>There are things that God has done for you that

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<v Speaker 2>only He could do, and nobody else can tell it

0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:49.040
<v Speaker 2>for you, and nobody else can tell it like you.

0:28:52.560 --> 0:28:55.280
<v Speaker 2>It can happen. It can happen in your own heart.

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<v Speaker 2>It can happen in a generation. It can happen within

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<v Speaker 2>a lifetime. It could happen within three years. You can

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<v Speaker 2>actually have God do something amazing for you and have

0:29:05.360 --> 0:29:09.360
<v Speaker 2>the stones to prove it. Some of you are sitting

0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 2>next to the woman that you ask God to give you,

0:29:14.960 --> 0:29:18.480
<v Speaker 2>but now you want out of your marriage. The problem

0:29:18.520 --> 0:29:23.520
<v Speaker 2>is in your marriage. It's your management. I'll go back

0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:24.800
<v Speaker 2>here because.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not scared to say this stuff. We need to

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<v Speaker 1>manage our miracles. God has been good to us. God

0:29:34.120 --> 0:29:35.400
<v Speaker 1>has been more than enough.

0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:38.760
<v Speaker 2>He is a provider, He is Jehovah Tyra.

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<v Speaker 1>He did bring you through.

0:29:40.800 --> 0:29:43.480
<v Speaker 7>He did bless you, he did make a way.

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<v Speaker 1>He is more than enough. He is el Shadai. He

0:29:47.480 --> 0:29:50.000
<v Speaker 1>is a great king. He is a good father.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody say, manage your miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's constangin. What is yours to ma?

0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:15.960
<v Speaker 2>I told Elijah, if you cracked the screen, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>replacing it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's yours to manage if you crack the screen, or

0:30:21.920 --> 0:30:25.440
<v Speaker 1>if you here's here's what happens to me. Let me

0:30:25.520 --> 0:30:28.240
<v Speaker 1>tell you something. Now, let's talk.

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<v Speaker 2>I sometimes I I stopped telling myself the testimony because

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<v Speaker 2>to me sometimes it seems it seems small.

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<v Speaker 8>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, something happened between when they crossed the Jordan.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know exactly what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's evidence to support this hypothesis. They fought

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of battles between Joshua before and judges too,

0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:02.560
<v Speaker 2>and I wonder if the battles became bigger in their

0:31:02.600 --> 0:31:09.520
<v Speaker 2>minds than the blessings. And I wonder if they started

0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:13.120
<v Speaker 2>telling themselves the stories that centered around their struggles rather

0:31:13.160 --> 0:31:16.400
<v Speaker 2>than God's sovereign hand that saw them through the struggles.

0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 2>I wonder if they got in survival mode to the

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<v Speaker 2>point that they stopped telling the story. And I wonder

0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:28.240
<v Speaker 2>if when they saw God do all these other things.

0:31:28.240 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>I wonder, I wonder if they just didn't go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the stones they were placed on the bank of

0:31:34.520 --> 0:31:38.760
<v Speaker 2>the Jordan, back where they started. And sometimes when you

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:42.160
<v Speaker 2>don't go back where you started and remember what God

0:31:42.200 --> 0:31:47.240
<v Speaker 2>did where you started, you lose perspective when you get

0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:50.920
<v Speaker 2>where you're going. Oh man, I feel so guilty preaching

0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:55.720
<v Speaker 2>this point. It's so easy for me to get caught

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<v Speaker 2>up and consumed in my own convenience, my own drama,

0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:07.320
<v Speaker 2>my own insecurities, my own dysfunction, and a lot of times,

0:32:07.960 --> 0:32:11.040
<v Speaker 2>I'll be honest with you, I don't share what God

0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:13.280
<v Speaker 2>is doing in my life because it doesn't seem big,

0:32:14.360 --> 0:32:16.000
<v Speaker 2>because I can compare it to something.

0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 1>Else and it seems small. It seems small, like these stones.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, at one point in your life you're really

0:32:23.840 --> 0:32:26.320
<v Speaker 2>grateful for it, but then at some point it can

0:32:26.400 --> 0:32:31.920
<v Speaker 2>lose its significance. I was asking somebody the other day

0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:37.480
<v Speaker 2>if I could hear their testimony, and it's a church word, right, testimony.

0:32:37.520 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 1>People don't really talk like that except in courts and church,

0:32:39.920 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. Like it's just a real

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:42.600
<v Speaker 1>churchy thing to say.

0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:44.680
<v Speaker 2>And they were like, well when I was twelve and

0:32:44.680 --> 0:32:46.080
<v Speaker 2>they were fifty three, I was like.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that testimony.

0:32:49.960 --> 0:32:55.520
<v Speaker 2>You can't fight today's devils if you don't have today's testimony.

0:32:56.560 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 2>There needs to be a current work that God is

0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:01.360
<v Speaker 2>doing in your life. Yes, he saved me, and I

0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:03.440
<v Speaker 2>want to talk about that, but what is He doing

0:33:03.480 --> 0:33:06.800
<v Speaker 2>in my life today? Another generation that knew not the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord nor what he had done for Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>This is your testimony. You know, it can be a

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:16.960
<v Speaker 1>tiny testimony. It doesn't have to be a big rock.

0:33:17.280 --> 0:33:19.160
<v Speaker 1>You can fight the devil with a little rock.

0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:24.920
<v Speaker 2>Ask David, you can fight a big giant with a little.

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<v Speaker 1>Rock if you know how to throw it.

0:33:28.320 --> 0:33:31.480
<v Speaker 2>I said, you can fight depression with a little rock

0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:32.680
<v Speaker 2>if you know how.

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:35.880
<v Speaker 1>To throw it. You can fight discouragement with a.

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<v Speaker 2>Lid, a tiny.

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<v Speaker 1>Lit a tiny testimony. I don't have a big testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty much on my life. I've been serving the Lord.

0:33:48.640 --> 0:33:52.920
<v Speaker 1>I have never was owned drugs and women and running

0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:54.760
<v Speaker 1>around pretty much grew.

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<v Speaker 2>Up in Come on, man, you don't have to have

0:33:58.360 --> 0:34:02.959
<v Speaker 2>a met lab in your garage to have a testimony.

0:34:03.800 --> 0:34:06.440
<v Speaker 2>You don't have to be fresh off death row to

0:34:06.520 --> 0:34:10.760
<v Speaker 2>have a testimony. You don't have to have fourteen children

0:34:10.880 --> 0:34:14.440
<v Speaker 2>by fourteen women to have a testimony.

0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:19.279
<v Speaker 1>A testimony, it can be the smallest thing. Like a

0:34:19.320 --> 0:34:20.960
<v Speaker 1>few weeks ago, I's getting ready come out and preach.

0:34:21.080 --> 0:34:23.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to tell you this because because Joshua said,

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<v Speaker 2>tell them, tell them what God did for you, tell them,

0:34:27.719 --> 0:34:28.719
<v Speaker 2>tell them about it.

0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:30.040
<v Speaker 1>Preach it, teach it.

0:34:30.200 --> 0:34:32.560
<v Speaker 2>You overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the

0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:38.160
<v Speaker 2>word of your testimony. There is power in your personal testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>So a few weeks ago, I was getting ready to preach,

0:34:41.440 --> 0:34:42.360
<v Speaker 2>I didn't feel like preaching.

0:34:43.920 --> 0:34:49.000
<v Speaker 1>Wo I love the Lord.

0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:51.520
<v Speaker 2>I believe his word, and I believe he's coming again.

0:34:51.560 --> 0:34:53.600
<v Speaker 1>I just didn't feel like preaching. On that Saturday night,

0:34:54.560 --> 0:34:58.000
<v Speaker 1>weather was nasty. I didn't feel like preaching. So I

0:34:58.040 --> 0:35:00.880
<v Speaker 1>was having a little pity party.

0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:05.319
<v Speaker 2>I hate to tell you this, but I was. I

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:11.120
<v Speaker 2>was being so childish. But then I had this moment.

0:35:11.160 --> 0:35:13.239
<v Speaker 2>I was like, FaceTime one of your friends and get

0:35:13.280 --> 0:35:15.439
<v Speaker 2>him to pray for you, because the service was about

0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:19.400
<v Speaker 2>to start, so the staff was out doing staff stuff,

0:35:19.600 --> 0:35:21.719
<v Speaker 2>so they couldn't come pray for me. So I was

0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:23.000
<v Speaker 2>going to face one of my friends who didn't have

0:35:23.000 --> 0:35:27.000
<v Speaker 2>a Saturday night service, and he didn't answer. Apparently Judah

0:35:27.000 --> 0:35:29.200
<v Speaker 2>Smith had better things to do than pray for his friend.

0:35:30.120 --> 0:35:33.719
<v Speaker 2>Pray that the Carolina Panthers will wreak havoc upon the

0:35:33.719 --> 0:35:36.200
<v Speaker 2>Seattle Seahawks today to punish him for not being there

0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:38.480
<v Speaker 2>in my time of FaceTime need you don't want to

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:45.399
<v Speaker 2>FaceTime ferdict, I hope you go down today royally. Then

0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:48.120
<v Speaker 2>I called Craig Groschel, that's my pastor, that's my guy,

0:35:48.680 --> 0:35:52.920
<v Speaker 2>and he didn't answer, and he always answers. He didn't answer,

0:35:54.080 --> 0:35:55.640
<v Speaker 2>and I was running out of time because I needed

0:35:55.680 --> 0:35:58.719
<v Speaker 2>to get out there and preach. So I said this little.

0:35:58.520 --> 0:36:01.319
<v Speaker 1>Pitiful prayer, you know, not the kind I pray in

0:36:01.320 --> 0:36:01.920
<v Speaker 1>front of people.

0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:11.560
<v Speaker 8>I was like, oh Lord, since nobody wants to pray

0:36:11.600 --> 0:36:16.360
<v Speaker 8>for me, I'm always praying for everybody else.

0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:19.720
<v Speaker 2>That's all go out pre schoe. I pray for myself

0:36:21.200 --> 0:36:22.000
<v Speaker 2>and I start praying.

0:36:22.040 --> 0:36:24.640
<v Speaker 8>You know this real mumbly, grumbly, grumpy prayer, a little

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:27.200
<v Speaker 8>bad attitude prayer, a little like kids going to make

0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:27.920
<v Speaker 8>up the bed.

0:36:28.000 --> 0:36:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Fun that kind of prayer. Have you ever had that

0:36:32.040 --> 0:36:33.160
<v Speaker 1>level of faith where it's like.

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<v Speaker 2>Fine, faith, fine God, Fine.

0:36:37.360 --> 0:36:38.360
<v Speaker 1>I pray for myself.

0:36:38.719 --> 0:36:43.480
<v Speaker 2>So I start praying fathering the images out loud. I

0:36:43.520 --> 0:36:45.960
<v Speaker 2>say that when I said Father, in the name of Jesus,

0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:48.800
<v Speaker 2>the moment I got it out of my mouth, Father namages,

0:36:48.920 --> 0:36:53.880
<v Speaker 2>my phone rang my phone hardly ever, rang rings my phone.

0:36:53.960 --> 0:36:56.560
<v Speaker 2>I mostly communicate my text I don't do a lot

0:36:56.640 --> 0:36:59.360
<v Speaker 2>talking on the phone. And my phone rings and it

0:36:59.400 --> 0:37:01.719
<v Speaker 2>hardly ever and never rings at that time of day.

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:10.640
<v Speaker 1>And it said no caller. I d but I'm not

0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:18.000
<v Speaker 1>making this up. I said, I should answer this. I

0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:22.359
<v Speaker 1>said hello. His deep voice comes on the phone, what

0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:26.759
<v Speaker 1>are you doing? The voice of none other? It could

0:37:26.840 --> 0:37:28.360
<v Speaker 1>only be Bishop TD Jakes.

0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:33.400
<v Speaker 2>That's like my favorite preacher since I'm like this big,

0:37:34.080 --> 0:37:37.440
<v Speaker 2>since I started wanting to be a preacher, this was

0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:38.480
<v Speaker 2>my favorite preacher.

0:37:39.160 --> 0:37:42.120
<v Speaker 1>Here he is calling me, what do you deal with?

0:37:44.800 --> 0:37:47.399
<v Speaker 1>And I was like, hey, mister Jakes is going out.

0:37:47.440 --> 0:37:50.240
<v Speaker 1>The preacher from Saturday Night service.

0:37:50.760 --> 0:37:54.839
<v Speaker 2>He said, oh, well, since this is a bad time,

0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:57.640
<v Speaker 2>let me just pray for you before you go out

0:37:57.640 --> 0:38:01.040
<v Speaker 2>there and preach real quick father, the name of Jesus,

0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:04.120
<v Speaker 2>knowing him with your spirit and filling with your wisdom,

0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:08.799
<v Speaker 2>give him words to say from him. I'm telling you,

0:38:10.760 --> 0:38:12.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you, I'm.

0:38:12.239 --> 0:38:15.400
<v Speaker 1>Not waiting until something to me.

0:38:16.080 --> 0:38:19.520
<v Speaker 2>I need to fight the devil sometimes with a phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>There are little things that God has done.

0:38:22.080 --> 0:38:23.839
<v Speaker 1>For me, Moments where I.

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<v Speaker 2>Called his name and there was nobody there to answer,

0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:30.600
<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden, something from heaven with

0:38:30.800 --> 0:38:35.160
<v Speaker 2>no caller id and God reached down and God dragged

0:38:35.239 --> 0:38:36.320
<v Speaker 2>my tears.

0:38:36.160 --> 0:38:38.080
<v Speaker 1>And God strengthened me, and.

0:38:38.239 --> 0:38:51.879
<v Speaker 7>God upheld me with a mighty hand in and outstretched arm.

0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:55.319
<v Speaker 2>You need to tell these stories. You need to tell

0:38:55.360 --> 0:38:59.200
<v Speaker 2>these stories. Stop telling yourself the story that nobody cares

0:38:59.239 --> 0:39:02.080
<v Speaker 2>about you, that you're alone, and that it doesn't matter

0:39:02.120 --> 0:39:04.839
<v Speaker 2>another generation who didn't know what the Lord had done

0:39:04.920 --> 0:39:06.640
<v Speaker 2>for Israel because they.

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:09.680
<v Speaker 1>Stopped telling the story.

0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:13.319
<v Speaker 2>And when you stop preaching the gospel to yourself and

0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:18.000
<v Speaker 2>reminding yourself that the Son of God accepted and chose

0:39:18.120 --> 0:39:22.600
<v Speaker 2>you and brought you out of Egypt and brought you

0:39:22.719 --> 0:39:26.080
<v Speaker 2>out of sin, and brought you through the Red Sea,

0:39:26.239 --> 0:39:28.359
<v Speaker 2>and brought you through the Jordan.

0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:31.640
<v Speaker 1>And brought down the Jericho walls.

0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:35.399
<v Speaker 2>And brought you out of bondage, and brought you out

0:39:35.440 --> 0:39:44.000
<v Speaker 2>of fear. Please hear me, When you stop telling that story,

0:39:44.640 --> 0:39:50.120
<v Speaker 2>you lose your strength. The children of Israel went through

0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:54.040
<v Speaker 2>fifteen cycles.

0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:56.880
<v Speaker 1>Of disobedience to God.

0:39:57.640 --> 0:40:00.279
<v Speaker 2>And not only did they go through fifteen psychs of

0:40:00.320 --> 0:40:04.040
<v Speaker 2>disobedience to God through fifteen different judges, but they went

0:40:04.080 --> 0:40:09.920
<v Speaker 2>through four hundred and twenty years of dependence on gods

0:40:09.920 --> 0:40:18.760
<v Speaker 2>that could not save them because they stopped telling the story.

0:40:19.760 --> 0:40:24.239
<v Speaker 2>What story have you been telling yourself? What story have

0:40:24.320 --> 0:40:27.120
<v Speaker 2>you been telling your children? What story?

0:40:28.680 --> 0:40:28.840
<v Speaker 7>You know?

0:40:28.880 --> 0:40:33.240
<v Speaker 2>What I was thinking, what story is our church telling

0:40:34.400 --> 0:40:37.040
<v Speaker 2>in this day? Because you know, God has done amazing

0:40:37.120 --> 0:40:41.359
<v Speaker 2>things for us. But sometimes it really rips my heart

0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:45.560
<v Speaker 2>out when I see a canvas pastor giving an invitation

0:40:46.600 --> 0:40:50.320
<v Speaker 2>in our church and people get up and start leaving

0:40:50.360 --> 0:40:52.439
<v Speaker 2>so they can beat traffic out the parking.

0:40:52.120 --> 0:40:55.040
<v Speaker 1>Lot while somebody's soul is on the line. That really

0:40:55.120 --> 0:40:56.440
<v Speaker 1>hurts my heart because.

0:40:56.200 --> 0:40:59.279
<v Speaker 2>When we started the church, we weren't starting the church

0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:03.120
<v Speaker 2>to have a Christian entertainment center. Where we could give

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<v Speaker 2>people a little anecdote and a little song and a

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<v Speaker 2>little goosebump.

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<v Speaker 1>And they could get to lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that the story we're telling that we gather together

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<v Speaker 2>when it's convenient and we consume spiritual food, but we

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<v Speaker 2>never contribute. This is why I think it's important that

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<v Speaker 2>we have traditions our year end offering, because God is

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<v Speaker 2>inviting a new generation.

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<v Speaker 1>To tell the story. And it's so vital in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>That you realize that the gospel is God's story, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's ours to manage. We are stewards of the story

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<v Speaker 2>that God is telling in the world today.

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<v Speaker 1>What a privilege it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, can we praise Him for the privilege?

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<v Speaker 9>Do you know the hem? This is my story. This

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<v Speaker 9>is my song, praising my avery, lo, this is my story.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my song, prazy my say, stand to your feet.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to pray with you. Now, just give me

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<v Speaker 1>a path.

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<v Speaker 2>You're in the middle of a story right now that

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<v Speaker 2>God is telling through your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You're in the middle of it.

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<v Speaker 2>The priest stood in the middle of the stones came

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<v Speaker 2>from the Everything good that God does in our life

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<v Speaker 2>comes from our ability to recognize it in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>and sometimes what happens, I know, you feel like you've

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<v Speaker 2>come to the end.

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<v Speaker 1>You feel like is this for you? You feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you get to the end of something, You get to

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<v Speaker 1>the end of your own strength, You get to the end.

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<v Speaker 1>And sometimes the.

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<v Speaker 2>Season shifts in your life, and something is always ending

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<v Speaker 2>as something else's beginning. The Jordan is both it's their

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<v Speaker 2>exodus from the wilderness and it's their entrance into Canaan.

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<v Speaker 2>It's happening all at the same time, right, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you think you're at the end of something. Your ability

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<v Speaker 2>to manage that emotion in the middle of it determines

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<v Speaker 2>what happens next in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember this.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses died on Mountain Nebo looking at the promised land.

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua led the people into the land that God had

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<v Speaker 2>promised Moses. The difference was what God had promised. God

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<v Speaker 2>promised Moses and Joshua the same result. The difference wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>the promise. The difference was how they managed the miracle

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of it. God gave Moses a miracle,

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<v Speaker 2>He parted the Red Sea, but Moses stayed stuck in

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<v Speaker 2>what other people said. Moses managed according to his fear,

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<v Speaker 2>not his faith. God gave Joshua the same promise, and

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua said, even in spite of our fear, even in

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<v Speaker 2>spite of our failures, even in spite of the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they're more out there than there are in here,

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<v Speaker 2>We're going forward in the name of the Lord, with

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<v Speaker 2>his presence as our banner. And we are standing in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle, and we will stand in the middle until

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<v Speaker 2>everything that God has spoken comes to pass. I wonder,

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<v Speaker 2>is there anybody who's willing to get in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of it and take your stand and declare, I will

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<v Speaker 2>see the goodness of the Lord in my generation, in

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<v Speaker 2>my life.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I want to pray for you about.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you lift your hands right now, I'll do

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<v Speaker 2>it because the Lord is in this moment. The Lord

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<v Speaker 2>is very present even in your pain, and I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that God is even present in some of.

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<v Speaker 1>The mistakes that you've made. Lord, right now, would you.

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<v Speaker 2>Visit the heart of each of your sons and daughters

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<v Speaker 2>with a reminder, maybe, like those twelve rocks that the

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<v Speaker 2>people piled up, give us a rock of remembrance today

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<v Speaker 2>that we can build on the firm foundation of your faithfulness.

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<v Speaker 1>The victory is yours to give, but it's mine to manage.

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<v Speaker 2>God, remind me of the responsibility that you have given me,

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<v Speaker 2>and teach me to lean on your grace as I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me the faith to stay standing.

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<v Speaker 2>In the middle, with the waters all around me, and

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<v Speaker 2>to worship You in this moment, with our heads bowed

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<v Speaker 2>and our eyes closed. And wonder if there's somebody here

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<v Speaker 2>today who needs to receive the grace of God for

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<v Speaker 2>the salvation of your soul, the forgiveness of your sin.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder, is there's someone here today who needs to

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<v Speaker 2>begin a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>With God, or maybe you want to.

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<v Speaker 2>Reconnect in that relationship with God. You've been feeling for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time like you're far from him, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not true. He's near, and if you call on his name,

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<v Speaker 2>he is in this moment, and he longs to come

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<v Speaker 2>and live inside of you. He longs to allow you

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<v Speaker 2>to follow him, even when you don't know what's next.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very simple what the Bible says about salvation. It

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<v Speaker 2>is by grace that you are saved through faith. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the gift of God. It's not of works. So that

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<v Speaker 2>no one can boast that if you confess with your

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<v Speaker 2>mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart

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<v Speaker 2>God raised him from the dead.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be saved.

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<v Speaker 2>As the promise of God doesn't require good works. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't stack enough stones to climb your way to heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>And it doesn't work like that. God's not watching your

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<v Speaker 2>behavior to see whether or not he will relate to you.

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<v Speaker 2>He's already done through the person of his son Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>all that needs to be done for you to have

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<v Speaker 2>a right relationship with Him.

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<v Speaker 1>And right now, in this moment, I want to pray

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<v Speaker 1>with you. At every location.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to pray out loud as a church family

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<v Speaker 2>for the benefit of those who are coming to God

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<v Speaker 2>or come in back to God. But will all pray

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<v Speaker 2>out loud together, repeat after me, Heavenly Father. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ. It's the son of God. And today I

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<v Speaker 2>make Jesus the Lord of my life. I believe you

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<v Speaker 2>die to forgive my sin and rose again to give

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<v Speaker 2>me life. I receive this new life. This is my

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<v Speaker 2>new beginning. On the count of three, if you just

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<v Speaker 2>pray that prayer, shoot your hand up. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>celebrate with you. One, two, three, come on as a testimony.

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<v Speaker 10>Shoot your hand up. That's a lot of hands. That's

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<v Speaker 10>a lot of hands. Let's praise God for it. Come on,

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<v Speaker 10>let's praise God for it. I said, let's praise God

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<v Speaker 10>for it. Today is the day of salvation. Let's praise

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<v Speaker 10>God for it.

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