WEBVTT - Dysfunctional Comfort

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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 your perspective to see God is moving in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. Let's pick up right.

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<v Speaker 2>There at Mark, chapter one, verse fourteen with the second

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<v Speaker 2>installment of Savage Jesus. After John was put in prison,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.

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<v Speaker 2>The time has come, he said, Kingdom of God is near. Repent,

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<v Speaker 2>believe the good news. Jesus walked beside to see if Galilee.

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<v Speaker 2>He saw Simon. That's the guy who got his name

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<v Speaker 2>changed to Peter. Because God doesn't call you what other

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<v Speaker 2>people call you. He doesn't call you what you call yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>you call yourself a failure. He calls you a masterpiece

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<v Speaker 2>of grace, a canvas waiting to be painted on. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's who Simon is. And we believe that Peter gave

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<v Speaker 2>Mark the recollect action for this gospel account. Mark was

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<v Speaker 2>writing down a lot of the memories of Peter. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what scholars tell me. Anyway, I wasn't there. Let's continue.

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<v Speaker 2>He saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net

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<v Speaker 2>into the lake, for they were fishermen. Come follow me,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, and I'll make you fishures of men.

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<v Speaker 1>And once they left their nets, followed him.

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<v Speaker 2>When he got a little farther, he saw James, son

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<v Speaker 2>of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat preparing

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<v Speaker 2>their nets, getting ready to go do what they did

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<v Speaker 2>without delay, which is Mark's favorite phrase in scripture. It's

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<v Speaker 2>translated different ways, but it's immediately or suddenly.

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<v Speaker 1>He writes that way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's breathless the account that he gives of the life

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<v Speaker 2>of Christ, because knowing that he has no time to

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<v Speaker 2>waste in getting to the cross, he can't really take

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of time with trivial details, and so he's

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<v Speaker 2>just giving us not the whole exchange that happened. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think Jesus just walked by and said, come follow me, fishersmen,

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<v Speaker 2>and they went with him. I think there was a conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>But we are given the essence of the conversation so

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<v Speaker 2>that we can know that Jesus did not come to

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<v Speaker 2>give us cute cliches and Hallmark cards, but instructions and

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<v Speaker 2>commands that are best for our life, to lead us

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<v Speaker 2>in the way everlasting and without delay.

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<v Speaker 1>He called them.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not wait for them to understand their calling

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<v Speaker 2>before he gave it to them. That interesting, he did

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<v Speaker 2>not wait for them to go through confirmation classes. He

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<v Speaker 2>did not give them ministerial training. He simply gave them

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<v Speaker 2>a calling. And they left their father Zebedee in the

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<v Speaker 2>boat with the hired men and followed him. So there's

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<v Speaker 2>a commonality. I'm going to read more than that, but

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<v Speaker 2>i'll break it up. The commonality is that in both

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<v Speaker 2>of these cases, you have Andrew and Simon who became Peter.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got John and James. And watch what they had

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<v Speaker 2>to do to come into their calling. Verse eighteen says

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<v Speaker 2>at once they left their nets, and then again.

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<v Speaker 1>In verse twenty without the life they left their father.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first pattern I see emerging here about following

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<v Speaker 2>Christ to really follow Christ, is that coming into my

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<v Speaker 2>calling means coming out of my comfort zone. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to preach this point fully, but I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to take long on it because it's not my main point.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the context of Christianity, though, that Christ did

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<v Speaker 2>not come to make us comfortable. I think in order

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<v Speaker 2>to understand your relationship with someone, you have to understand

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<v Speaker 2>the function. And I want to speak to you for

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<v Speaker 2>a few moments today on dysfunctional comfort. That's my topic,

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<v Speaker 2>dysfunctional comfort. And when you don't understand the function of something,

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<v Speaker 2>you are more than likely to get hurt or break

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<v Speaker 2>it trying to engage it. So that's why I had

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<v Speaker 2>to explain to my boys that the treadmill in our

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<v Speaker 2>house is not a toy. It's a coat wrap. When

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<v Speaker 2>I saw them taking their little sister, Abby and they

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<v Speaker 2>were putting her on the treadmill at speed eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Point five.

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<v Speaker 2>And putting her on the treadmill, and they told me

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<v Speaker 2>they were playing checkout at Target. This is not the

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<v Speaker 2>function of the treadmill. And your sister is worth more

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<v Speaker 2>than fifteen cents, that's what they were telling her. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why she was crying. You only rang up for fifteen cents. Sorry, Abby,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not that expensive. I had to shut it down. Why,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not what the treadmill is for. But when you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what something is for, you will know how

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<v Speaker 2>to use it. You won't understand how to relate to people.

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<v Speaker 2>If you do not understand the nature of a relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the dysfunction in my relationships came because I

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<v Speaker 2>violated the nature of the relationship. I either tried to

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<v Speaker 2>get something from someone that they could not give me

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<v Speaker 2>that they were not designed to deposit in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>or I tried to give.

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<v Speaker 1>To somebody something.

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<v Speaker 2>That they didn't ask for or didn't want to receive

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<v Speaker 2>from me. But without understanding the nature of a relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>you will you will have relational frustration and dysfunction because

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<v Speaker 2>you don't understand what that person was in your life for.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of weird how some of the people that

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<v Speaker 2>you try to help the most, or that try to

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<v Speaker 2>help you the most, there ends up being more hurt

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<v Speaker 2>in those relationships than any other relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>When my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>First got really sick, and we did not know it

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<v Speaker 2>was als yet, but we knew that he needed some help,

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<v Speaker 2>I started trying to pay for everything, and I started

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<v Speaker 2>trying to take care of everything. The process of trying

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<v Speaker 2>to take care of his physical needs, I stopped meeting

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<v Speaker 2>the emotional need that he had to be a.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad to me. And so when I started acting like I.

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<v Speaker 2>Was the dad, it created a disfunction in our relationship

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<v Speaker 2>that almost broke it apart.

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of that was my fault.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I was ignorant to the fact that when you

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<v Speaker 2>try to give somebody something in a relationship that is

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<v Speaker 2>not the primary need they have of you, it will

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<v Speaker 2>be a good intention with a bad result. How many

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm talking about on some level, On some level,

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<v Speaker 2>try to make your kids your best friends.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not, They suck. Treat them like it. Now. I

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<v Speaker 1>love my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying sometimes is going to be Sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to be a dad moment and just

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<v Speaker 2>not a buddy moment. And I don't have any examples

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<v Speaker 2>of that, because in our home it's perfect and we

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<v Speaker 2>pray a lot. But here's what I wanted to say

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<v Speaker 2>about that. I think a lot of the problems in

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<v Speaker 2>our relationship with Christ are because we do not understand

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<v Speaker 2>his primary function in our lives lives. I think a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of us associate Christ primarily with comfort.

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<v Speaker 1>We come to church for comfort, and.

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<v Speaker 2>People will leave churches sometimes because they'll say.

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<v Speaker 1>I was uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>People left Jesus one time because he fed them food.

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<v Speaker 1>Comfort food. They loved it.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he turned around and said something very uncomfortable. Eat

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<v Speaker 2>my flesh, drink my blood. We're out of here. That

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<v Speaker 2>made me kind of uncomfortable. That cannibalism part of his sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>Food was good, but I don't know, it's not worth

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<v Speaker 2>all that it made them uncomfortable. Okay, now the Holy Spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>can I teach you a little theology class? I paid

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<v Speaker 2>eighty thousand dollars to go to school and learn this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to share it. Sometime when the.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit was coming, Jesus said, I'm going to send

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<v Speaker 2>you a comforter.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Holy Spirit not only convicts, he comforts. The

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<v Speaker 1>primary role of the Holy Spirit is comfort. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>The primary role of Jesus when he was on the

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<v Speaker 2>earth was not comfort.

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<v Speaker 1>It was confrontation. I know you don't like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you want Jesus to speak to you in

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<v Speaker 2>aphorisms that cause you to feel better about yourself each day.

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<v Speaker 1>But the primary function of.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus, I'll show it to you here in the scripture

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<v Speaker 2>in a moment, was not to comfort the people, but

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<v Speaker 2>to confront the systems that kept the people in bondage

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<v Speaker 2>and in captivity. It's important that we understand this because

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<v Speaker 2>if we misunderstand the reason that Christ came, we will

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<v Speaker 2>be confused about how we come to him, and we

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<v Speaker 2>will begin.

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<v Speaker 1>To associate the presence of God in our lives with comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>And we will associate the devil with confrontation and conflict.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes it is the devil who is giving you comfort,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is God who is putting you in conflict.

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<v Speaker 2>What if I just dropped the mic, walked off the

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<v Speaker 2>stage right there, and we thought about it for forty

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes. Because you have been blaming the devil for

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<v Speaker 2>God's handiwork, and to come into your calling will require

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<v Speaker 2>you to come out of your comfort zone. Peter had

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<v Speaker 2>to leave his nets. James had to leave poor Zebedee

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<v Speaker 2>in the boat. C isze, I gotta go. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>fish for men. Notice I'm gonna be doing the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing fishing, but for a different purpose, not for profit,

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<v Speaker 2>but for people. Now, when God calls you, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>always make you change your career. I'm so tired of

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<v Speaker 2>people quitting their job and starting a coffee shop because

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<v Speaker 2>they like coffee. You need to be good at business.

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<v Speaker 2>If you like coffee, you can go to Starbucks. You

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<v Speaker 2>need to be good at marketing to start a coffee shop.

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<v Speaker 2>Calling is not about address, and it's not about vocation.

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<v Speaker 1>Calling is about vision.

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<v Speaker 2>It is about the level at which you see the

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<v Speaker 2>gift that God.

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<v Speaker 1>Has placed in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jesus said, I see a gift in you to fish.

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<v Speaker 2>You have tenacity, you have a certain set of skills,

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<v Speaker 2>but I am going to apply your aptitude to a

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<v Speaker 2>higher avocation. In other words, come follow me, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to enlarge your capacity. I'm going to bring you

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<v Speaker 2>into calling. But in order for you to find your calling,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to forsake your comfort. We typically want both simultaneously,

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<v Speaker 2>abs and no planks, a divine calling and no discomfort.

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<v Speaker 2>But coming into your calling means coming out of your

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<v Speaker 2>comfort zone, no certainty, no contract. Follow me and I

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<v Speaker 2>will show you as you go. That sounds almost exactly

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<v Speaker 2>like Abraham go to the land. I will show you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an uncomfortable proposition. But if I'm gonna bless you

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<v Speaker 2>so you could be a blessing, you are going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to learn to be uncomfortable. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>call you to do something that is outside of your competency.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna use what you're good at. I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put you on the voice. If you can't sing, please

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<v Speaker 2>bless us by keeping it in the shower. If you

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<v Speaker 2>can't sing, you see what I'm saying. It's not beyond

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<v Speaker 2>your competency, but it's going to be beyond your comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna feel stretched by this. And so they didn't move.

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<v Speaker 2>One interesting thing is they didn't move or relocate. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>the call of God was for them to repent. This

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<v Speaker 2>word does not mean really bad about yourself. It means

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<v Speaker 2>change your mind, to change the way you think about

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<v Speaker 2>the reason that you're here, and to change the way

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<v Speaker 2>that you think about what you're going through, and to

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<v Speaker 2>change the way you think about who really is in

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<v Speaker 2>the seat of authority in your life. So follow me,

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<v Speaker 2>forsake the familiar, and walk in faith. The greatest enemy

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<v Speaker 2>of faith is not fear, It is familiarity.

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<v Speaker 1>Fear is an ally of faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear puts you in a place where you know you

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<v Speaker 2>need something greater than yourself, which makes connection with God possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear can lead to faith, but familiarity can keep you

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<v Speaker 2>stuck in predictable cycles that are pitiful. But because they're predictable,

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<v Speaker 2>you will stay in them unless something calls you out.

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<v Speaker 1>What was interesting to me.

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<v Speaker 2>About this introductory context is that if you'll remember one time,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter had been fishing all night and he caught nothing,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus said, throw your nets and you'll catch a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fish, and they did. I thought this was

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<v Speaker 2>that same time, because you know, there's four different gospels.

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<v Speaker 2>I did my research and found out that this was

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<v Speaker 2>the first time they were called, and so Jesus did

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<v Speaker 2>not call them out of their failure or frustration. What

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<v Speaker 2>they were doing was working, but there was a higher purpose. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of times it's easy for us to give

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<v Speaker 2>all that we have to Christ when we've come to.

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<v Speaker 1>The end of ourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>But when God calls you out of your success into

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<v Speaker 2>something sacrificial, will you still obey?

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<v Speaker 1>Will you come out of your comfort zone?

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<v Speaker 2>They knew how to fish, they were good at fishing.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a system set up by which their fishing

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<v Speaker 2>could put food on their table, and he called them

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<v Speaker 2>out of their comfort zone.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, where they went next.

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<v Speaker 2>Is really critical to our understanding of the nature of

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<v Speaker 2>God's calling on our lives. Verse twenty one says they

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<v Speaker 2>went to Capernaum.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been there.

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<v Speaker 2>I've actually been to Capernaum, and our guide Aria said

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<v Speaker 2>that I was saying it wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, not Copernaum, keffer Nahum.

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<v Speaker 2>Took me seven times to say it, and till he

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<v Speaker 2>was satisfied, he said, kefar ke far nahom nahm ke

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<v Speaker 2>far village nahom comforter. Like the minor prophet Nahom. He says, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>ke far ken far nahm. Now kevar cavar nahom stress on.

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<v Speaker 1>The k kep.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't matter what matters what it means, what it means

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<v Speaker 2>village of the comforter. In't that cool? He said, you

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<v Speaker 2>call it Copernaum, and you'd missed the whole point.

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<v Speaker 1>It means village.

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<v Speaker 2>Nahom comforter, village of the comforter. They went to Capernaum,

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<v Speaker 2>hold that it's really important to what I want to say.

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<v Speaker 2>They went to Kephar Nahum, and when the Sabbath came,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach as

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<v Speaker 2>a guest speaker.

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<v Speaker 1>This was customary. The people were amazed at his teaching.

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<v Speaker 2>Ooh, this is good preaching, pastor Amen, because he taught

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<v Speaker 2>them as one who had authority, not as the teachers.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the law. But remember I told you last week.

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<v Speaker 2>The greatest proclamation of the gospel is not explanation, it's demonstration.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said that in case you're not good with your words,

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<v Speaker 2>you might preach the gospel louder than me without saying

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<v Speaker 2>a thing, just by how you do your business, or

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<v Speaker 2>how you treat people, or how.

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<v Speaker 1>You respond to your wife.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jesus is proclaiming the word of God, explaining or teaching,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're amazed. Ooh wow, ahoh ah. Hashtag amazing, hashtag authority,

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<v Speaker 2>hashtag this guy just then Verse twenty three, a man

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<v Speaker 2>in their synagogue, who's synagogue, who's synagogue. Jesus is just

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<v Speaker 2>a guest preacher. He's not the senior pastor. He's just

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<v Speaker 2>getting to Comperrenahim. Now he's going to base his whole

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<v Speaker 2>ministry out of Nahoum. He's going to do a couple

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<v Speaker 2>dozen miracles. Twenty two Biblical miracles are in Nahom, village

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<v Speaker 2>of the Comforter. And so Jesus comes and he calls

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<v Speaker 2>the disciples. He gets his circle right. He does not

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<v Speaker 2>call the people who make him comfortable. He calls the

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<v Speaker 2>people who will make him effective. Even to say that

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<v Speaker 2>coming into your calling means coming out of your comfort zone.

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<v Speaker 1>Should be validated by the fact that for.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to save you, he had to step out of heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>For Jesus to fulfill his calling as the lamb slain

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<v Speaker 2>from the foundation of the earth, he had to lay

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<v Speaker 2>the richest and glory of heaven aside. And here we

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<v Speaker 2>stand sometimes, and we we will not step away from

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<v Speaker 2>our heated seats and luxury lives and broken beliefs long

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<v Speaker 2>enough to get outside of our comfort zone and step.

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<v Speaker 1>Into our calling.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, now Jesus is in Copernium, but he does not

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<v Speaker 2>come just to comfort the people.

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<v Speaker 1>He comes to confront.

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<v Speaker 2>The system that has imprisoned the people.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens next has never.

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<v Speaker 2>Happened to me in a sermon, and I pray that

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Just then, I've had a lot of stuff happen while

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<v Speaker 1>I preach. I've had people get up and walk out.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they're mad or had a full bladder,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but I've had people.

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<v Speaker 1>Get up and walk out.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had people say weird things, dearing my sermon, Do

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<v Speaker 2>weird things dear my sermon? Never had this, and please

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<v Speaker 2>don't try today. Just then, a man in their synagogue

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<v Speaker 2>who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out. Just

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<v Speaker 2>then a man who was in their synagogue. Now, listen,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't just go to synagogue because you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>it every first Sunday or on Easter and Christmas. He

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<v Speaker 2>was a part of their synagogue, so it stands to

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<v Speaker 2>reason he had been there many times before. He had

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<v Speaker 2>sat and listened to the teaching and instruction. As little

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<v Speaker 2>as we know about him, we have reason to believe

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<v Speaker 2>he was a regular. A man in their synagogue who

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<v Speaker 2>was possessed by an evil spirit or an unclean spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe your version of Bible says a demon or

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<v Speaker 2>the King James says, a devil. It doesn't matter what

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<v Speaker 2>you call it. It was dysfunctional. Something dysfunctional in this

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<v Speaker 2>man stood up when Jesus spoke. Something dysfunctional in this

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<v Speaker 2>man cried out when Jesus spoke with authority, and evil

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<v Speaker 2>spirit cried out, what do you want with us, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>of Nazareth, have you come to destroy us?

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<v Speaker 1>I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Be quiet, Jesus says, sternly.

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<v Speaker 1>Come out of him.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't need a seance, he didn't need seven steps,

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<v Speaker 2>just the virtue of the power.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like preaching the Bible today.

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<v Speaker 2>The power of his word made flesh in this man,

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<v Speaker 2>drove the dysfunction out of the man. Come out of him,

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<v Speaker 2>you unclean spirit. I don't think Jesus screamed it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think he had to. Real power can whisper and

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<v Speaker 2>get its point across.

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<v Speaker 1>The evil spirit shook.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus didn't touch the man, but he started shaking, and

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<v Speaker 2>the man was violently convulsing on the floor. But even

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<v Speaker 2>though the demon put up a fight, it had to

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<v Speaker 2>come out when Jesus spoke. I can't tell if y'all

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<v Speaker 2>met me in church today or if I'm doing this

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<v Speaker 2>by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I think we need to speak to some things.

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<v Speaker 2>In the presence of God today that have occupied space

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<v Speaker 2>in our spirit and in our minds, and in our families,

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<v Speaker 2>and in our schools and in our generational bloodline.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shall come out.

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<v Speaker 2>And the spirit came out with a shriek. The power

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<v Speaker 2>of God is not always pretty. See this man is

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<v Speaker 2>shaking on the floor. We just want a nice clean

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<v Speaker 2>pat with roses and chrysanthemums, and we walk down the

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<v Speaker 2>aisle and accept Jesus and everything is all right. But

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<v Speaker 2>some stuff in your life will not come out less

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<v Speaker 2>it is confronted.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to be confronted or it will not come out.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout it again in the back, come out, come out.

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<v Speaker 1>And the spirit obeyed Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>What I can't figure out, and this is what I've

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<v Speaker 2>been studying this week in preparation for our time together,

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<v Speaker 2>is why this man was able to sit in their

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<v Speaker 2>synagogue for so long, and the evil spirit was comfortable

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<v Speaker 2>in church. But when Jesus showed up, I said, when

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus showed up, when the Son of God showed up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not preaching this one for everybody. This is just

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<v Speaker 2>for a fuel of y'all. When Jesus shows up, power

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<v Speaker 2>shows up. When Jesus shows up, Demon's trimple.

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<v Speaker 1>When Jesus shows.

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<v Speaker 2>Up, dysfunction, nowhere to hide and nowhere to run. And

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<v Speaker 2>we came to declare today to every evil sphearing in

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<v Speaker 2>our city, come out in the navel Jesus, how many

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<v Speaker 2>times had he been to church possessed by this demon?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't get caught up on demon. I know some of

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<v Speaker 2>y'all are so scared right now looking for the exist

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<v Speaker 2>We're not gonna do anything like that. If you make

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<v Speaker 2>this Bible passage about demons. You missed the entire demonstration

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<v Speaker 2>of authority because we don't call it demons anymore. In

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<v Speaker 2>the ancient world, everything was a demon, running nose demon.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm serious. Mental illness was demon. They didn't have tests

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<v Speaker 2>and pills and all this. It was just a demon.

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<v Speaker 1>Now do demons still exist today? Yes? But do we

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<v Speaker 1>call them dysfunctions instead?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I won't do it, but I was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about having you raise your hand if you came from

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<v Speaker 2>a dysfunctional family. Reason I won't do it Number one

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<v Speaker 2>might cause you some tense conversations on the way home.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking out for my teenagers. But I did it

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<v Speaker 2>one time. I did it one time. I said how

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<v Speaker 2>he came from a dysfunctional family, and I thought I

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<v Speaker 2>would minister to twenty percent of the room. Every hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Went up.

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<v Speaker 2>When I think about the dysfunctions in my life, I

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<v Speaker 2>have to be honest with you. I don't like to

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<v Speaker 2>say this, but some of my dysfunctions I've really learned

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<v Speaker 2>to love. I don't love the dysfunctions. I don't love

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<v Speaker 2>the devil. I love sin, but sometimes I love the

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<v Speaker 2>way it makes me feel.

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<v Speaker 1>That was too real for him.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I church people are if you say anything

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<v Speaker 2>that resembles real life, they stop shouting. If you put

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus on a horse coming out the.

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<v Speaker 1>Clouds, they shout.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you say stuff like this, dysfunction can be comfortable, right,

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<v Speaker 2>dysfunction can dysfunction can be a snuggie. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>you really want to feel good, quick, let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you the best way to do it. Criticize somebody women.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we talk about this? How fun it is to

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<v Speaker 2>be critical of others?

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<v Speaker 1>It is amazing how quickly my dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 2>Is swallowed up when I picked somebody who has a

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<v Speaker 2>different dysfunction that I don't happen to struggle with and

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<v Speaker 2>put all of my energy rather than confronting my own dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 2>If I can spend five minutes judging yours.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, can we be honest? It's fun. Listen, It's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why they call it this fun sun.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fun. It's fun to talk about all other people's apparent.

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing to talk about all other people just spend

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<v Speaker 2>their money on what you would do if you were

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<v Speaker 2>sounded down dull.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing. I love it. I love my dysfunction the

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<v Speaker 1>way that it comforts me. I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's my favorite dysfunction. I love to indulge my insecurities.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels humble, but really what it does It gives

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<v Speaker 2>me an excuse to not fulfill my calling. But it's comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>So rather than come up to the level God has

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<v Speaker 2>called me to, I indulge the insecurity. That's just the

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<v Speaker 2>way I am.

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<v Speaker 1>What'd you say? What did you say? Come out of?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 1>Come out of?

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<v Speaker 2>The insecurity that has imprisoned you?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a word for.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody who has gotten comfortable in your dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, I want to take you to.

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<v Speaker 2>Another passage real quick that shows you the devil's strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you would like to know the devil's

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<v Speaker 1>strategy for keeping you defeated? Three of y'all?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I'm gonna do it for three, three of y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>Writes something in Second Corinthians chapter one that I have

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<v Speaker 2>always loved as a counseling scripture. When people are going

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<v Speaker 2>through hard things, I will often share this verse with them,

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<v Speaker 2>because really the whole passage is good, but two verses

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<v Speaker 2>in particular, where it talks about.

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<v Speaker 1>How sometimes when you go through something in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going through it for you, But there is

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who will go through something that will need what

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<v Speaker 2>you will have after you get through what you're going through,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will have it to give them. It is

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<v Speaker 2>the function of comfort. It is the function of comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>Comfort has a specific function. The comfort of Christ comes

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<v Speaker 2>into our life not so that we can only be comforted,

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<v Speaker 2>but that we can comfort others. If you search the

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<v Speaker 2>scripture for comfort, you will find many commands to comfort others,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will find many promises that God will comfort you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you will never find permission to comfort yourself. What

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<v Speaker 2>the devil wants us to do is to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>run for comfort and cover to places outside of our calling,

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<v Speaker 2>so that he can keep us comfortable in our dysfunction,

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<v Speaker 2>so that we will never see our destiny come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>When Paul says it, he says, praise be to the

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<v Speaker 2>God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father

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<v Speaker 2>of compassion and the God of all comfort. Well, see,

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Stephen, you said that Jesus didn't come to comfort us,

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<v Speaker 2>and there Paul says that he did. And so I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going with Paul. Hang on for another verse. And see

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<v Speaker 2>if you still want to sit there and argue with

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<v Speaker 2>me after I've been all up in these books all week.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse four says, who comforts us in all our dysfunction?

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<v Speaker 1>No, see, that's what the devil does.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil wants to comfort you in your dysfunction until

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<v Speaker 2>you no longer see it as a problem, until it

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<v Speaker 2>becomes so normal that you can go to church with

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<v Speaker 2>an evil spirit and take it to lunch and take notes,

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<v Speaker 2>but not take action. But Christ came to confront your dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise be to the.

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<v Speaker 2>God and Father of our Lord. Jeis Christ, Father Compassion,

0:29:33.480 --> 0:29:36.080
<v Speaker 2>who comforts us in all our Give me the verse

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<v Speaker 2>all our trouble, all our trouble. Comfort can become dysfunctional

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<v Speaker 2>when we get it from the wrong place.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of us have comfort foods. Way, look at it me.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you never ate the whole bag. Okay, let me

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<v Speaker 2>try another route, since you're gonna be all dietary about

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<v Speaker 2>this point. Some of us have comfort friends. Here we

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<v Speaker 2>go help me, holy ghosts. I feel demons striking while

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<v Speaker 2>I appreci this word.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of us have people.

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<v Speaker 2>In our lives who are good to us, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>not good for us.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't mean to call you out.

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<v Speaker 2>But could it be possible that your comfort is keeping

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<v Speaker 2>you from your calling, That you have put yourself in

0:30:35.640 --> 0:30:41.520
<v Speaker 2>a space that seems safe, but you are sabotaging, silencing

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<v Speaker 2>the power of God in your life because you love comfort.

0:30:47.520 --> 0:30:49.280
<v Speaker 2>Praise me to the God and Father of our Lord,

0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:51.040
<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ, father of all compassion and the God of a.

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<v Speaker 1>Comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.

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<v Speaker 2>In all our troubles, you mean God will use to

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<v Speaker 2>bring me comfort. Yes, and not only that, but God

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<v Speaker 2>will disrupt my comfort.

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<v Speaker 1>To confront my dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I'm going through trouble, let me be a

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<v Speaker 2>little slower to ask God to rebuke the devil. Maybe

0:31:28.240 --> 0:31:35.880
<v Speaker 2>the trouble is the means of transformation. When God calls

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<v Speaker 2>you out. Sometimes it is uncomfortable.

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>The way I gauge the presence of God when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>preaching is by how uncomfortable people look in their seats.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't do that when I first started preaching.

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<v Speaker 2>When I first iarp preaching, I thought they clapped I.

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<v Speaker 1>Was doing good.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I understand when you squirm. My favorite is when

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit has you pinned so up against your

0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:12.640
<v Speaker 2>chair and I'm like about to send the medical team

0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:15.600
<v Speaker 2>to check your pulse. That's when the presence of God came,

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:23.680
<v Speaker 2>when you got most uncomfortable. As long as we associate

0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:30.719
<v Speaker 2>Jesus with comfort, we will miss him. Because Jesus comes

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<v Speaker 2>to confront, not to condemn. There's a difference. Confrontation has

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<v Speaker 2>the intent and the means to change you. Condemnation does

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.120
<v Speaker 2>not God soul of the word. He gave a son

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<v Speaker 2>not to condemn the world, but that the world through

0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:55.560
<v Speaker 2>him might be saved. The spirit of Christ is not

0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:57.920
<v Speaker 2>to condemn, but the spirit of Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>Will confront, confront.

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<v Speaker 2>And my question today is what have we allowed to

0:33:06.920 --> 0:33:13.280
<v Speaker 2>become too comfortable in our presence to occupy space that

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:18.160
<v Speaker 2>belongs to God. That man sat in their synagogue week

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<v Speaker 2>after week, day after day, and the demon said nothing

0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:23.600
<v Speaker 2>until Jesus came.

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<v Speaker 1>The evil spirit the dysfunction stayed silent.

0:33:27.920 --> 0:33:32.040
<v Speaker 2>But the proof of the presence of God is not

0:33:32.280 --> 0:33:35.719
<v Speaker 2>always comfortable feelings. Sometimes the proof of the presence of

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<v Speaker 2>God is disruption. Sometimes the proof of the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that one thing in.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life dies so that something else can come alive.

0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:53.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't think we recognize him when he comes because

0:33:53.440 --> 0:33:56.200
<v Speaker 2>we don't understand what he came for. But I'll show

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<v Speaker 2>you one thing that demons knew more about who Jesus

0:33:59.160 --> 0:34:03.720
<v Speaker 2>was than the churchece did. When Jesus spoke, they said, oh,

0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:07.760
<v Speaker 2>you came to get rid of us. Oh this is

0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:12.160
<v Speaker 2>our eviction. Notice, Oh this is the promised one. The

0:34:12.280 --> 0:34:15.520
<v Speaker 2>church people were still taking notes, and the demons were

0:34:15.520 --> 0:34:20.200
<v Speaker 2>popping prozac. Because the demons know the name at which

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:24.200
<v Speaker 2>every name must bow, the name at which every tongue

0:34:24.280 --> 0:34:28.400
<v Speaker 2>must confess. That Jesus Christ is Lord. And if he

0:34:28.560 --> 0:34:31.480
<v Speaker 2>is Lord, fear has got to go. And if he

0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:32.960
<v Speaker 2>is Lord, turn.

0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:33.600
<v Speaker 1>This back up.

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<v Speaker 2>And if he is Lord and has the keys of death,

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<v Speaker 2>Hell and the Gray, there is nothing. I think we

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:50.840
<v Speaker 2>get too comfortable sometimes with our dysfunction.

0:34:52.760 --> 0:34:53.720
<v Speaker 1>I do. I think we.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil doesn't want us to get uncomfortable because then

0:34:57.280 --> 0:35:03.200
<v Speaker 2>we would change. So he will make it so comfortable

0:35:03.239 --> 0:35:06.160
<v Speaker 2>for us to be dysfunctional that we don't seek anything different.

0:35:09.040 --> 0:35:10.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't hear a lot of people get into baptism

0:35:10.719 --> 0:35:15.520
<v Speaker 2>tank and say, you know, I got a raise, I

0:35:15.560 --> 0:35:20.839
<v Speaker 2>got married, The ring was seven carrots, and I went

0:35:20.880 --> 0:35:24.279
<v Speaker 2>to elevation. I hear a lot of times where they

0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:31.040
<v Speaker 2>say something shifted in my life. I lost something, I

0:35:31.080 --> 0:35:34.600
<v Speaker 2>went through something, I faced the consequence of something, and

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:41.920
<v Speaker 2>at that point in my discomfort, God used my trouble

0:35:42.680 --> 0:35:46.800
<v Speaker 2>to confront my dysfunction. So can I say something to

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<v Speaker 2>everybody who's in trouble today.

0:35:49.360 --> 0:35:52.960
<v Speaker 1>This is not just a test, This is a confrontation.

0:35:53.680 --> 0:35:57.520
<v Speaker 2>This is an opportunity that God wants to use to

0:35:57.640 --> 0:36:01.239
<v Speaker 2>confront what you have called normal and to call you.

0:36:01.280 --> 0:36:02.440
<v Speaker 1>Into something greater.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the spirit of Jesus Christ is in you.

0:36:06.560 --> 0:36:09.160
<v Speaker 2>And if the Spirit of Christ is in you, greater

0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:12.520
<v Speaker 2>is he that is in you than he that is

0:36:12.560 --> 0:36:15.600
<v Speaker 2>in the world. So we're going to take eighteen seconds

0:36:15.800 --> 0:36:20.480
<v Speaker 2>and issue the command to every insecurity, to every fear,

0:36:21.120 --> 0:36:26.360
<v Speaker 2>to every doubt, to every regret, come out in the

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<v Speaker 2>enable Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>I will not.

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<v Speaker 2>Become comfortable in the darkness when God has called me

0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:47.480
<v Speaker 2>into the light. That's what the devil's telling his demons.

0:36:47.600 --> 0:36:53.279
<v Speaker 2>Keep them comfortable, Keep them comfortable, keep them comfortable, keep

0:36:53.320 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 2>them comfortable, Keep them so comfortable that what I died

0:36:57.040 --> 0:37:01.759
<v Speaker 2>to set them free from will take up residence in them.

0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:05.040
<v Speaker 1>Keep them comfortable.

0:37:06.040 --> 0:37:09.440
<v Speaker 2>One of my friends gave me some good advice, because

0:37:09.480 --> 0:37:12.080
<v Speaker 2>I was telling him something that somebody said about me

0:37:12.120 --> 0:37:13.279
<v Speaker 2>that I heard through somebody else.

0:37:13.520 --> 0:37:16.880
<v Speaker 1>How dysfunctional is this? He said?

0:37:17.800 --> 0:37:19.880
<v Speaker 2>He said, how did how did you find out that

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<v Speaker 2>they said it? I said, well, the person told me

0:37:22.520 --> 0:37:25.080
<v Speaker 2>that somebody told them.

0:37:25.120 --> 0:37:26.920
<v Speaker 1>And he said, oh, okay, Well here's what to do

0:37:26.960 --> 0:37:27.279
<v Speaker 1>about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't ask the person what the other person said about

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<v Speaker 2>you next time, ask them why that person felt comfortable

0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:47.280
<v Speaker 2>saying it about you to them. I never had anybody

0:37:47.280 --> 0:37:50.040
<v Speaker 2>say anything bad to me about Holly. I don't think

0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:51.320
<v Speaker 2>they would feel very comfortable.

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<v Speaker 1>So what did I do? What was it? Capernaum compernaum,

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<v Speaker 1>the village of the comforter.

0:38:05.520 --> 0:38:10.560
<v Speaker 2>Were they so comfortable in their religion that they missed

0:38:10.560 --> 0:38:12.200
<v Speaker 2>the revelation of Jesus Christ?

0:38:13.680 --> 0:38:14.640
<v Speaker 1>You know what's sad?

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<v Speaker 2>Capernaum is the place keffer nahum, sorry sorry, sor sir

0:38:18.560 --> 0:38:21.239
<v Speaker 2>ke for naeum.

0:38:21.360 --> 0:38:23.319
<v Speaker 1>That's how we say it. That's the authentic way that

0:38:23.400 --> 0:38:24.440
<v Speaker 1>we say it. Okay.

0:38:26.080 --> 0:38:30.360
<v Speaker 2>It was the place where Jesus based his ministry, and

0:38:30.400 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 2>it was the place that he cursed before his ministry

0:38:33.160 --> 0:38:38.360
<v Speaker 2>was over. In Matthew eleven, he gave some woes, actually

0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:40.560
<v Speaker 2>wanted to give them verse twenty two, because it's important

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<v Speaker 2>to the context.

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<v Speaker 1>Matthew eleven twenty You got it.

0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Jesus began to denounce the cities here it is in

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<v Speaker 2>which most of his miracles had been performed, because they

0:38:53.600 --> 0:39:00.319
<v Speaker 2>did not change their minds they saw the miracles, did

0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:05.800
<v Speaker 2>not change their mind and their direction. The third city

0:39:06.000 --> 0:39:11.759
<v Speaker 2>that he renounced or denounced is a city called Copernaum,

0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:14.960
<v Speaker 2>the place where he lived, the place where he based

0:39:14.960 --> 0:39:18.000
<v Speaker 2>out of, and the place where he most mightily displayed

0:39:18.080 --> 0:39:19.800
<v Speaker 2>his glory. And look what he says about them in

0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:27.720
<v Speaker 2>verse twenty three. And you Capernaum kephar Nahum, village of

0:39:27.760 --> 0:39:29.920
<v Speaker 2>the Comforter, Will you.

0:39:29.880 --> 0:39:31.239
<v Speaker 1>Be lifted up to the skies?

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<v Speaker 2>After all that you've seen, after all that you've been

0:39:34.000 --> 0:39:39.680
<v Speaker 2>exposed to, after hosting the presence of the eternal living

0:39:39.680 --> 0:39:43.120
<v Speaker 2>Word of God, will you be lifted up?

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<v Speaker 1>No, you will go down to the depths.

0:39:47.800 --> 0:39:52.080
<v Speaker 2>If the miracles that were performed in you had been

0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:54.480
<v Speaker 2>performed in Sodom, that wicked city that was judged for

0:39:54.520 --> 0:40:00.719
<v Speaker 2>its pride and arrogance, it would have remained to this day.

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<v Speaker 2>But I tell you it will be more bearable for

0:40:04.440 --> 0:40:07.040
<v Speaker 2>Sodom on the day of judgment than for you. Why

0:40:07.120 --> 0:40:15.600
<v Speaker 2>because you got too comfortable. You got too comfortable. Your

0:40:15.719 --> 0:40:20.960
<v Speaker 2>name was a prophecy of what would ultimately be your undoing.

0:40:23.120 --> 0:40:28.400
<v Speaker 2>When I love comfort more than I love Christ, and

0:40:28.440 --> 0:40:32.080
<v Speaker 2>I run for comfort, I run from calling.

0:40:32.520 --> 0:40:34.840
<v Speaker 1>You will not be lifted up. You will be brought.

0:40:34.640 --> 0:40:41.000
<v Speaker 2>Down because you ran to comfort outside of Christ. You

0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:44.200
<v Speaker 2>ran to religion, You ran to others, You ran to

0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:48.520
<v Speaker 2>familiar fears. You ran back into insecurity, and you will.

0:40:48.600 --> 0:40:56.320
<v Speaker 1>Not experience your calling because you got stuck in your comfort.

0:40:57.800 --> 0:41:01.759
<v Speaker 2>Are you stuck in your comfort? Has it become dysfunctional?

0:41:03.239 --> 0:41:06.319
<v Speaker 2>Have you learned to tolerate things in your life? The

0:41:06.360 --> 0:41:10.359
<v Speaker 2>works of the devil that Jesus came to destroy. He

0:41:10.440 --> 0:41:13.520
<v Speaker 2>came to save us from our sin, but he also

0:41:13.600 --> 0:41:14.840
<v Speaker 2>came to set us free from it.

0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:17.960
<v Speaker 1>And the spirit of Christ is in this place.

0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:21.880
<v Speaker 2>And you don't have to stay stuck in comfortable dysfunction

0:41:22.680 --> 0:41:23.359
<v Speaker 2>another day.

0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:25.520
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:27.040
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it has to be loud, and I

0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:29.320
<v Speaker 2>don't think we have to scream and shout sometimes Sometimes

0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:33.319
<v Speaker 2>I think the loudest response is a decision in your

0:41:33.320 --> 0:41:41.040
<v Speaker 2>heart to say I am going to confront this, come out,

0:41:43.600 --> 0:41:50.160
<v Speaker 2>Come out for you who have been living in the

0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:54.200
<v Speaker 2>year twenty and eleven, in twenty twelve and the relationship

0:41:54.200 --> 0:41:58.799
<v Speaker 2>that didn't work, come out. For you who have been

0:41:58.840 --> 0:42:03.879
<v Speaker 2>living in the of an event that has passed, come out.

0:42:05.520 --> 0:42:08.120
<v Speaker 2>For you who have been living in a complacent place

0:42:08.920 --> 0:42:12.600
<v Speaker 2>of mediocre faith and lukewarm.

0:42:12.160 --> 0:42:20.279
<v Speaker 1>Commitment to Jesus, come out. He's in the place. This

0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:22.200
<v Speaker 1>is an eviction notice.

0:42:24.080 --> 0:42:27.480
<v Speaker 2>To let everything in our lives that is keeping us

0:42:27.560 --> 0:42:29.799
<v Speaker 2>from the high calling of God in Christ. Jesus know,

0:42:31.120 --> 0:42:36.400
<v Speaker 2>we serve notice on you this day. We serve notice

0:42:36.440 --> 0:42:42.279
<v Speaker 2>on you, this moment. We serve notice on you in

0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:44.360
<v Speaker 2>the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

0:42:45.520 --> 0:42:50.080
<v Speaker 1>We're coming out of our dysfunction. We are coming out

0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:51.879
<v Speaker 1>of our excuses.

0:42:52.320 --> 0:42:55.320
<v Speaker 2>We are coming out of our complacency.

0:42:55.480 --> 0:42:59.799
<v Speaker 1>We are coming out. I'm coming out.

0:43:02.000 --> 0:43:05.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't want the comfort that comes from dysfunction. I

0:43:05.719 --> 0:43:07.840
<v Speaker 2>want the comfort that comes from God.

0:43:08.080 --> 0:43:09.719
<v Speaker 1>And if the spirit of the Lord is.

0:43:09.680 --> 0:43:12.879
<v Speaker 2>Here, there is liberty here to break every chain.

0:43:13.400 --> 0:43:14.560
<v Speaker 1>Come out in the name of.

0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:22.160
<v Speaker 2>Jeson if he came out of his grave.

0:43:22.680 --> 0:43:24.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm coming out of mind.

0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:34.600
<v Speaker 2>Praise me to the God and Father of our Lord,

0:43:34.680 --> 0:43:36.080
<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ, the God of all comfort.

0:43:36.320 --> 0:43:37.320
<v Speaker 1>He is in this place.

0:43:37.560 --> 0:43:39.640
<v Speaker 2>I want to pray for you right now on the

0:43:39.719 --> 0:43:41.960
<v Speaker 2>level that God is speaking to you. I pray the

0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:44.920
<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit will give me accuracy. Yes, thank you for standing.

0:43:44.960 --> 0:43:46.879
<v Speaker 2>I want you to stand right now. And if there's

0:43:46.960 --> 0:43:49.799
<v Speaker 2>something that God is speaking to you about in your life.

0:43:49.880 --> 0:43:51.920
<v Speaker 1>That is dysfunctional.

0:43:52.800 --> 0:43:56.319
<v Speaker 2>That you have become comfortable with, and you want to

0:43:56.680 --> 0:44:00.719
<v Speaker 2>pray a really crazy prayer today that God would disrupt

0:44:00.719 --> 0:44:05.040
<v Speaker 2>your comfort to confront your dysfunction so that you can

0:44:05.040 --> 0:44:08.480
<v Speaker 2>behole and have life more abundantly and not just go

0:44:08.560 --> 0:44:11.520
<v Speaker 2>to heaven when you die one day, but know the

0:44:11.520 --> 0:44:13.880
<v Speaker 2>fullness of the power of God on this earth. The

0:44:13.920 --> 0:44:16.200
<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit is in this place. The comforter is here.

0:44:17.280 --> 0:44:21.960
<v Speaker 2>The Comforter is here. So if it's you, I want

0:44:21.960 --> 0:44:23.560
<v Speaker 2>you to lift both your hands in the air like

0:44:23.600 --> 0:44:28.799
<v Speaker 2>you're not ashamed of the presence of God. And see

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<v Speaker 2>when you did that, you said something. You said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>coming out with my hands up. I'm coming out in

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<v Speaker 2>full surrender. I'm not coming out in my own opinion

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<v Speaker 2>or my own strength. I'm coming out in the power

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And I declare and decree in this moment

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<v Speaker 2>that the name of Jesus in the blood of Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is greater than all that I've done. I declare that

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of Jesus has spoken a better word over

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<v Speaker 2>my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, God, by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Authority that you have invested in me, by the power

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<v Speaker 2>of your word and the name of Jesus Us, and

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<v Speaker 2>the gift.

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<v Speaker 1>Of your Holy Spirit, to preach the Gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>I command everything that is not like you to come

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<v Speaker 2>out of your sons and daughters. Everything that has kept

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<v Speaker 2>them bound, everything that has kept them broken, everything that

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<v Speaker 2>has kept them depressed, everything that has kept them in

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<v Speaker 2>cycles of dysfunction, that.

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<v Speaker 1>They cannot break.

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<v Speaker 2>We declare right now, in the name of Jesus, change

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<v Speaker 2>are breaking.

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<v Speaker 1>Miracle working power is in this place.

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<v Speaker 3>Evil spirits come out, evil spirits come out, Thoughts up

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<v Speaker 3>to see come out, Discouragement come out. In the name

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<v Speaker 3>of Jesus. Shames are falling.

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<v Speaker 2>In the presence of a mighty God, one greater than April,

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<v Speaker 2>have one.

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<v Speaker 1>Greater than Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>The name of Jesus, the name and wish every need will.

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<v Speaker 1>Plow every talk to us. Jesus Christ is God. Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>declare that death. Thank you for joining us.

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