WEBVTT - The God Of Also

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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 hope you're blessed today. When we were out on

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<v Speaker 2>Elevation Nights this week, every night, I wanted to preach

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<v Speaker 2>off of that song, same God and really share something

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<v Speaker 2>from that. And the Lord kind of spoke to me

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<v Speaker 2>on the last night. I said, duel when you get home.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm home. So we're going to do it today,

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<v Speaker 2>and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Think it's really going to be special for you. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, on your way down to your seat, just high

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<v Speaker 2>five or.

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<v Speaker 3>Hug five people and tell them I'm glad you're here today.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be sharing. Thank you, team, Just sound fresh, never

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<v Speaker 2>get tired. Those who wait on the Lord will renew

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<v Speaker 2>their strength, mount up on wings like eagles. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much, thank you. I'm going to share from two

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<v Speaker 2>scriptures today. The first one is from the New Testament.

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<v Speaker 2>These just happened to be two of my favorite scriptures

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<v Speaker 2>in Romans chapter eight. I really love this passage Romans

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<v Speaker 2>eight twenty eight through thirty two, and then Exodus three

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen through fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>These two scriptures go together really well. You'll see that.

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<v Speaker 2>Romans chapter eight, verse twenty eight through thirty two and

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<v Speaker 2>Exodus three thirteen through fifteen. And we know that in

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<v Speaker 2>all things God works for the good of those who

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<v Speaker 2>love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>For those God fore knew.

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<v Speaker 2>He also predestined to be conformed to the image of

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<v Speaker 2>his son, that he might be the first born among

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<v Speaker 2>many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined he also called.

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<v Speaker 2>Those he called, he also justified. Those he justified, he

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<v Speaker 2>also glorified. What then, shall we say in response to

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<v Speaker 2>these things? If God is for us? Yeah, trying to

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<v Speaker 2>give me wound up early, not gonna work. I'm pacing

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<v Speaker 2>myself today. Who can be against us? He who did

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<v Speaker 2>not spare his own son, but gave him up for

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<v Speaker 2>us all, how will he not also, along with him

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<v Speaker 2>graciously give us all things. And as if that weren't enough,

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<v Speaker 2>God gave us another scripture to consider. From Exodus three

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen through fifteen. Moses said to God, suppose I go

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<v Speaker 2>to the Israelites and say to them, the God of

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<v Speaker 2>your fathers has sent me to you. And they asked

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<v Speaker 2>me what is his name, Then what shall I tell them?

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<v Speaker 2>God said to Moses, I am who I am. This

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<v Speaker 2>is what you are to say to the Israelites. I

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<v Speaker 2>am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>God also said to Moses, say to the Israelites, the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the

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<v Speaker 2>God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. I'm calling

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<v Speaker 2>on the God of Jacob. This is where we get

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<v Speaker 2>it from.

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<v Speaker 4>Is it the Bible?

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<v Speaker 2>The God of Jacob has sent me to you. This

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<v Speaker 2>is my name forever, the name you shall call me

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<v Speaker 2>from generation to generation. And since today we sang to

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<v Speaker 2>the God of Jacob, the God of Moses, the God

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<v Speaker 2>of David, the God of Mary. I kind of want

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<v Speaker 2>to take it one step further today, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to you about.

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<v Speaker 1>The God of Also, the God of Also.

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<v Speaker 2>I never heard of that guy?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he in Exodus four?

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<v Speaker 2>No? No, I want to talk about the God of Also,

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<v Speaker 2>the God who also said to Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at this in verse fifteen.

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<v Speaker 2>The God who also said to Moses, say to the Israelites,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,

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<v Speaker 2>the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has

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<v Speaker 2>sent me to you. Now, God and Moses are having

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation, and it's going back and forth. Moses is

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<v Speaker 2>stuck on his own limitations, and God is trying to

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<v Speaker 2>speak to Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>About his power and his purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>And this back and forth happens all throughout the third

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<v Speaker 2>chapter of Exodus. I didn't give you all of it today,

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<v Speaker 2>just for time's sake, but you can read it on

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<v Speaker 2>your own time. You'll find Moses, really this is something

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<v Speaker 2>I can't believe. I never saw this before. Moses didn't

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<v Speaker 2>call on God. God called on Moses. So the song

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<v Speaker 2>we were singing, if you weren't watching the worship said

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<v Speaker 2>earlier we said, I'm calling on the God of Moses.

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<v Speaker 1>But even that is powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get inside this thought with me for just

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<v Speaker 2>a moment today, that before Moses ever called on God,

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<v Speaker 2>God called on Moses. I believe God has called us all.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe God just selects a special few to

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<v Speaker 2>work for him and serve him.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that God calls us all.

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<v Speaker 2>In particular ways at certain times, in accordance with his purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of why I read your romans eight, because

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted you to get a picture that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to lead a whole nation out of captivity to

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<v Speaker 2>be called by God. You certainly don't have to be

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<v Speaker 2>some preacher or some kind of amazing billionaire mogul to

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<v Speaker 2>be called by God, or a singer to be called

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<v Speaker 2>by God. You can be called by God and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>else really know the calling He's put inside of you.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest comfort in my life is that God knew

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<v Speaker 2>it all when he called me. I'm grateful for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Even as I sent my oldest son off to college

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<v Speaker 2>in a few weeks, I try to tell him that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, God knows it all. And so this next

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<v Speaker 2>step that you're going to take in your life as

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<v Speaker 2>you turn eighteen on Tuesday, it's going to involve things

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<v Speaker 2>that you never saw coming. But God saw it all

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<v Speaker 2>when he called you. Not just called you to do something,

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<v Speaker 2>but when he called you into the earth, he fore knew.

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<v Speaker 2>Go back to Roumins eight for a minute. Can we

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<v Speaker 2>study that so good? Everybody always reads Romans eight twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight All things work together for the God.

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<v Speaker 4>The other stuff is really good too.

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<v Speaker 2>What comes after. I want to show you this too,

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<v Speaker 2>is that all things work together for the good of

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<v Speaker 2>those that love God and call according to His purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>Not go to verse twenty nine for those God for

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<v Speaker 2>new He also predestined to be conformed to the image

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<v Speaker 2>of his son Ah. So God's calling is really about character.

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<v Speaker 2>God's calling is less about what college you go to

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<v Speaker 2>and more about who you're going to be when you

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<v Speaker 2>get there.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell somebody, God is calling you to be nicer.

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<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of people like I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what God's calling me to do. That's fine if you

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<v Speaker 2>know what God's calling you to do. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what God's called. He's calling you to be kind. He's

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<v Speaker 2>calling you to apologize when you're wrong. He's calling you

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<v Speaker 2>to be generous.

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<v Speaker 4>Miamans are dying. Lord, He's calling you to be.

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<v Speaker 2>More submitted and surrendered to the moment he's placed you in,

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<v Speaker 2>and not so anxious about the future that you can't control.

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<v Speaker 4>He's calling out.

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<v Speaker 2>There's somebody's shout, I'm called I'm called to be like Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>So this whole sequence that the apostle Paul gives us,

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<v Speaker 2>which is kind of demonstrated in the Life of Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>Not kind of demonstrated, it's totally demonstrated in the Life

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<v Speaker 2>of Moses. It tells me verse twenty nine that God

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<v Speaker 2>knew you when he called you, and he called all

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<v Speaker 2>of you. God knew you when he called you, and

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<v Speaker 2>he called all of you away with a half hearted

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to a God who called all of me and

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<v Speaker 2>gave all of himself so that I could be saved

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<v Speaker 2>and redeemed and conformed to the image of his son.

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<v Speaker 2>For those God fore knew, he also predestined to be

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<v Speaker 2>conformed to the image of his son, that he might

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<v Speaker 2>be the firstborn among many brothers. That's talking about Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters. I said brothers because the King James says,

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<v Speaker 2>the firstborn among many brethren. I got kind of hung

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<v Speaker 2>up there. Forgive me when my vouse house. But it

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<v Speaker 2>says that those he predestined. He also called it's about

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<v Speaker 2>to get good.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm telling you, man, your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 2>Better watch out because you might start praising God when

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<v Speaker 2>I show you this.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody watching this in your apartment. They're about to call

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<v Speaker 1>the cops when they was happening. I think it is

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<v Speaker 1>a crime scene.

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<v Speaker 2>Ah, but it's an amazing chain of events, it says

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<v Speaker 2>those he predestined. He also called and here's where I

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<v Speaker 2>want to spend a moment with you that those he

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<v Speaker 2>called he also justify because here's what happens. Right, Like

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<v Speaker 2>God called you to do something. God called you to

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<v Speaker 2>be something. God called you to move into a certain,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, a certain new position that he put

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<v Speaker 2>you in.

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<v Speaker 4>God called you.

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<v Speaker 1>To raise a family.

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<v Speaker 2>God called you to glorify Him in a difficult situation.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter what the situation we would name, God gives

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<v Speaker 2>a revelation in every situation of who he is, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is changeless, but it is ever expanding in our

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<v Speaker 2>consciousness because we will never know all there is to

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<v Speaker 2>know of God. So the first thing we have to

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<v Speaker 2>understand when we come to God is we must not

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<v Speaker 2>box him in with our broken understanding of who he

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<v Speaker 2>is or our limited language. That's why when Moses said,

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<v Speaker 2>who do I tell them has called me?

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I am well.

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<v Speaker 2>That leaves a lot of room, right, because you are

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<v Speaker 2>going to need God to be a lot of different

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<v Speaker 2>things in your life at a lot of different times.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you might find yourself in a wilderness and you

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<v Speaker 2>might need water for your soul.

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<v Speaker 1>He will be what he will be, living water.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you might need guidance from God, and it might

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<v Speaker 2>be dark, so you need a pillar.

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<v Speaker 1>Of fire to guide you. And God will light up

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<v Speaker 1>the sky to show you your next step.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he won't show you the next ten years, because

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<v Speaker 2>then you would think you didn't need him, and you

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<v Speaker 2>would dismiss him from his role in your life, and

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<v Speaker 2>you would start living by reason rather than revelation. So

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<v Speaker 2>he'll show you by fire at night enough to take

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<v Speaker 2>your next step. And that's really all you ever need.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, if it gets too hot

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<v Speaker 2>in the day, he'll take the fire down, and he'll

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<v Speaker 2>put the cloud out on the day shift, and he'll

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<v Speaker 2>guide you by a cloud cover in the daytime, so

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<v Speaker 2>that the sun will not harm you by day, nor

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<v Speaker 2>the moon at night. He will preserve your soul forevermore.

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<v Speaker 2>He is God, and he'll go with you into every

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<v Speaker 2>season of your life. That's why he said, I am God.

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<v Speaker 2>Does not have many identities. He only has one identity,

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<v Speaker 2>but he has infinite expressions. So you will never exhaust

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<v Speaker 2>God by your own human knowledge that not only includes

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<v Speaker 2>the nature of God, but it includes the nature of you.

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<v Speaker 2>What I love about God's conversation with Moses, by the

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<v Speaker 2>way it is so good to be preaching here today.

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<v Speaker 1>I love preaching God's word to you. I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it, and you know I love I love

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<v Speaker 2>being able to talk through things with you that seem

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<v Speaker 2>simple on the surface, but really if you dig down deep,

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<v Speaker 2>they're very complex. Because when Moses is called by God,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't immediately agree with what God says about him.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes time for that to happen. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that I'm realizing about each and every human being

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<v Speaker 2>that I speak to is that your potential is a mystery,

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<v Speaker 2>not to God but to you and to all of

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<v Speaker 2>us who are watching you. Your potential is a mystery.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a mystery that will be revealed. With maturity

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<v Speaker 2>or that you decide to grow into and go forward

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<v Speaker 2>in what God speaks to you, the more we will

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<v Speaker 2>see what was there all along. This is why it's

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<v Speaker 2>very important that you never limit God by speaking about

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<v Speaker 2>your potential from the point of view of your past.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses was a great man of God. He went on

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<v Speaker 2>to be one of the greatest leaders that the nation

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<v Speaker 2>ever knew.

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<v Speaker 1>But he was also.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say, also, JJ, you're so quick, I should put

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<v Speaker 2>you on my staff. He was also a murderer. Moses

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<v Speaker 2>had a great passion to lead God's people, but he

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<v Speaker 2>also had a past, and that's why I thought he

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<v Speaker 2>was a good example for us to talk about the

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<v Speaker 2>God of Also because Moses was born as a Hebrew,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was also raised.

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<v Speaker 1>As an Egyptian.

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<v Speaker 2>He was called to lead people forward, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>living in Midian in the mistakes of his past. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever been called to something but caught in something

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, Like, I know God is calling

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<v Speaker 2>me forward, I know God is speaking to me about

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<v Speaker 2>my future, but I'm also caught in something. So I

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<v Speaker 2>believe all of that that all things work together for

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<v Speaker 2>the good. I believe all of that that God has

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose for me. I believe all of that that

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<v Speaker 2>God is great and he can be anything. I'm called

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<v Speaker 2>to this, but I'm caught in that. Beautiful thing about

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<v Speaker 2>it is God knows exactly what he called you to,

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<v Speaker 2>and he knows exactly what you're caught in. And God

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<v Speaker 2>knew what you would be caught in when he called

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<v Speaker 2>you to what he called you to. All the people

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<v Speaker 2>that have some funky stuff in your life right now,

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<v Speaker 2>make some noise and praise God.

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<v Speaker 4>That he knew what I'd be caught up in.

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<v Speaker 2>He called you up even as he saw you caught

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<v Speaker 2>up in the things that you're walking.

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<v Speaker 4>Through in your life right now.

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<v Speaker 2>So the truth of it is, you're here today and

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<v Speaker 2>you're praising God because I am forgiven and you are forgiven.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is also true that you may be frustrated

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<v Speaker 2>that although you are forgiven of certain things, you are

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<v Speaker 2>not free of those things yet. So I'm forgiven, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm also I'll preach to you, lady, I'm forgiven.

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<v Speaker 1>She's real.

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<v Speaker 2>I like her.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm forgiven, but.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm also frustrated because although I'm forgiven completely by Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that's done, and he knows that i'm his,

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<v Speaker 2>and he knows what he's called me to, he knows

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<v Speaker 2>what he's called me to, but I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm frustrated because I'm forgiven, but I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>Completely free yet.

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<v Speaker 2>So God says Moses, I'm sending you to do a

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<v Speaker 2>big work, and I'm sending you in my name, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sending you because I've.

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<v Speaker 1>Called you and I chose you.

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<v Speaker 2>And Moses says, suppose I go and they say, what

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<v Speaker 2>is his name? What do I tell him? And God said,

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<v Speaker 2>won't you tell him?

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<v Speaker 1>I am?

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<v Speaker 2>And then in verse five teen comes to thing that

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<v Speaker 2>touched me the most, where as Moses is going back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth with God about what he's not, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he gives God a whole list, a whole list of

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<v Speaker 2>his limitations. I'm not a good speaker, and you want

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<v Speaker 2>me to talk. I'm a murderer and you want me

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<v Speaker 2>to go back. I'm a fugitive and you want me

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<v Speaker 2>to go back to the place where I'm wanted. He

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<v Speaker 2>gives him a whole list of what he can't do,

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<v Speaker 2>like we all do. I wish I could read your

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<v Speaker 2>list out loud right now, just to see how you'd

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<v Speaker 2>feel about it. If we read your list, list of

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<v Speaker 2>limitations and list of labels, and Moses says it all.

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<v Speaker 2>What got me was the beginning of verse fifteen, where

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<v Speaker 2>it said that God also said to Moses, who do

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<v Speaker 2>I tell them?

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<v Speaker 1>Sent me God? And God also said.

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<v Speaker 2>To Moses, now that in his self is powerful because

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<v Speaker 2>he gives his name the God of your fathers, the

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<v Speaker 2>God of Read him out.

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<v Speaker 1>Loud with me, please, Abraham, Isaac Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>Read them again, y'all. Get it right, Get it right

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<v Speaker 2>this time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's on the screen.

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<v Speaker 4>The God of your father's the God of Abraham Isaac.

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<v Speaker 1>And is why y'all keep saying Jacob.

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<v Speaker 4>Jacob was his old name.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Old Testament, there was a man named Jacob,

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<v Speaker 2>and his name meant deceiver because he was tricky, and

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<v Speaker 2>so they named him after his behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>He was tricky.

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<v Speaker 2>But God changed his name and he called him Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the whole nation that Moses is being called.

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<v Speaker 2>This is hundreds of years later. Now Moses is being

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<v Speaker 2>called as a continuation of what God started hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>years earlier. And God says, go back and tell him

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<v Speaker 2>and remind him. This is a continuation. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>generational thing.

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<v Speaker 4>God didn't just.

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<v Speaker 2>Get started when you got born. You're calling is a

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<v Speaker 2>continuation of something much greater. I need you to believe

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<v Speaker 2>that it's not just about you. It's not just about you.

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<v Speaker 1>So he said, I love it, the.

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<v Speaker 2>God of Let's try more time, the God of Abraham.

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<v Speaker 4>Isaac.

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<v Speaker 5>And no, he said, Jacob, that's the revelation, because you

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<v Speaker 5>would expect for God when he was identifying himself, to

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<v Speaker 5>identify with Israel, which.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean deceiver, it means prince. So if God who

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<v Speaker 2>is all powerful, is identifying himself with someone he should

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<v Speaker 2>identify himself with, Israel the prince, but he didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>Why would God, who is mighty? Why would God, who

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<v Speaker 4>is high and lifted up?

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<v Speaker 2>Why would God who is all encompassing?

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<v Speaker 4>Why is God, who is perfect?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is God who is holy stooping down to.

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<v Speaker 4>Call himself the God of Jacob? Maybe he wants you

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<v Speaker 4>to know that he.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't just want to be your God when you're living

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<v Speaker 2>like a prince.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe he wants you to know that he is also,

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<v Speaker 4>be brief, that he is also somebody's out also.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, So he is God when I've got it together,

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<v Speaker 5>but he is.

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<v Speaker 4>God when I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>He is God when I feel his presence, but he

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<v Speaker 2>is God when I don't feel a goose mump at all.

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<v Speaker 2>So I will brace him when I feel his presence,

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<v Speaker 2>but I will brace him when I don't feel his presence.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll do it when I feel it, but I will

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<v Speaker 4>also do it when I don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Because he's no less worthy, he's still surely, he's no

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<v Speaker 5>less capable.

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<v Speaker 4>He's no God.

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<v Speaker 2>He's all God.

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<v Speaker 4>He's water, he's fire, He's cloud by day and fire

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<v Speaker 4>by night.

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<v Speaker 6>Hot fight as many people as you can read and say, He's.

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<v Speaker 4>All that, He's all that. The Great I Am is

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<v Speaker 4>all that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's all that, He's all that.

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<v Speaker 4>Goot see for you.

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<v Speaker 1>He also predestined.

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<v Speaker 4>Can I tell you a secret?

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<v Speaker 2>You really didn't choose to come to church today, You

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<v Speaker 2>were predestined to be here.

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<v Speaker 4>Can I tell you a secret?

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<v Speaker 2>Your YouTube algorithm did not recommend this video. The Holy

0:24:45.160 --> 0:24:47.560
<v Speaker 2>Spirit of God served it in your feed because he

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<v Speaker 2>needed it. Because where you're going, God is calling you

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<v Speaker 2>out of something you're caught in.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't care what it is you're being caught in.

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<v Speaker 5>You're still called, You're still chosen, You're still annoyed it.

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<v Speaker 4>George still glad, George still favors. Nothing in the world

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<v Speaker 4>can stop it. Come about the God of Abraham, the.

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<v Speaker 2>God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of Also.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, come here, Moses, I'm your god too. Say

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<v Speaker 2>your name out loud and we'll put it in the song.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm calling on the God of I'll make some right. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>give me a name.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna need.

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<v Speaker 2>Just one.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like the Tower of Babbel in.

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<v Speaker 4>Here, Hugo, we gotta do you go.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm calling on the God of you go.

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<v Speaker 4>Give be with you wherever.

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<v Speaker 2>I do on my best.

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<v Speaker 4>See, I'm not just a preacher. I'm also a songwriter.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you some funny about God. Now listened.

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<v Speaker 2>God is so God is so creative. God is so kind.

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<v Speaker 2>God is so wise.

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<v Speaker 1>God is so creative. God is so kind, God is

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<v Speaker 1>so wise. Which one is he?

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<v Speaker 2>He's creative, He's also kind, He's also wise. All of

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<v Speaker 2>those things work.

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<v Speaker 1>Together. Remember my first scripture for the good of those

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<v Speaker 1>who love Him.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember sitting in that airport in Charlotte, flying out

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<v Speaker 2>to Nashville eighteen nineteen years ago. At the time, I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to write songs, and then God called us to

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<v Speaker 2>start the church way earlier than I thought we were

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<v Speaker 2>gonna start it. I thought I would start this church

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<v Speaker 2>when I was about forty five, So that would be

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<v Speaker 2>two years from now we'd be having our launch service.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh by the way, just like it says God for new,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't for new. You don't even know how long

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna take you to get to work, and you

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<v Speaker 2>drive in the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Traffic every day and you're still late. Okay, So that's

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<v Speaker 1>how much.

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<v Speaker 5>We don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>So I remember sitting in the airport, flying out the

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<v Speaker 2>Nashville for at songwriting employment, and I was gonna give

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<v Speaker 2>God my songwriting dreams and lay them on the altar

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<v Speaker 2>like Isaac, Like Abraham, late Isaac, I was. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>praying's really dramatic prayer about it too. I'm like, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>you know the dreams that I have, but you know

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<v Speaker 2>the plans that you have for me in the course

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<v Speaker 2>with Jeremiah twenty nine eleven implance forst me, not the harmony,

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<v Speaker 2>give me open a future. So I just lay my

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<v Speaker 2>Eaac on the altar like Abraham late Ice.

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<v Speaker 7>It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was so deep, right, because sometimes we want to

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<v Speaker 2>use these epic stories. Abraham was about to kill his kid,

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<v Speaker 2>and all I was doing was saying, all right, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna put the songwriting thing aside and be a pastor

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<v Speaker 2>and start a church, because I believe this is what

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<v Speaker 2>God is calling me to do. And I did think

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<v Speaker 2>he was calling me, so I remember telling him, telling God,

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<v Speaker 2>flying out from Charlotte to Nashville, all right, I'll giving

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<v Speaker 2>it to you, God, I guess I'll just give you

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<v Speaker 2>this dream of writing songs, worship songs. When we were

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<v Speaker 2>standing in Nashville for Elevation Nights Friday, singing songs that

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<v Speaker 2>came out of our church, this church. I literally laughed

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<v Speaker 2>at how I thought I was giving something to God.

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<v Speaker 4>You gotta get the picture.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell if you're getting what I'm trying to say.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was giving God something. Okay, I won't

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<v Speaker 2>be a songwriter. I'll just be a pastor. Here's Isaac,

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<v Speaker 2>and God's like cool. Go preach my word. Go reach

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<v Speaker 2>the city. I've called you to reach for Jesus, and

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<v Speaker 2>when you do that, I will.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your word. Here's the word for the week. Watch

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<v Speaker 1>for the also, watch for the also.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes the also that God will give you what he'll

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<v Speaker 2>throw in for free will be bigger than the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that you came seeking. I love Matthew six thirty three.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it in my bones. I love how it says,

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<v Speaker 2>seek first the Kingdom, and all these things will be

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<v Speaker 2>given to you. Like God is rich, so he could

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<v Speaker 2>just give you stuff thrown in if you seek him.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you seek stuff, you miss him and you're

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<v Speaker 2>left with nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>So we call on God. We don't call on things.

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<v Speaker 1>We call on God. He's our source. We depend on God.

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<v Speaker 1>We trust in God. And he also also also, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't get so worried about the way you thought things

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<v Speaker 2>were supposed to happen, because all things.

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<v Speaker 1>Work together.

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<v Speaker 2>For the good.

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<v Speaker 1>Of those who are called according to His purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about the purpose of God, not just your preferences

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<v Speaker 2>in any given moment. It's about the purpose of God,

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<v Speaker 2>not just your plan according to your limited knowledge. And

0:31:23.440 --> 0:31:26.479
<v Speaker 2>God said that someone needed to hear this message today

0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:30.040
<v Speaker 2>because you are so caught up.

0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 1>In what you thought your life would.

0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>Be at this moment, like Moses, that you need to

0:31:37.760 --> 0:31:44.320
<v Speaker 2>meet the God of also this morning. He knows what

0:31:44.520 --> 0:31:48.000
<v Speaker 2>you're not. But the thing about God, who knows what

0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:50.960
<v Speaker 2>you're not? Because you can't put in what God left out?

0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:55.280
<v Speaker 2>How many times I've told God's stuff I needed to

0:31:55.360 --> 0:31:58.360
<v Speaker 2>do the assignment that he gave me, and He didn't

0:31:58.400 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 2>add any additional equipment to it. It like He just

0:32:02.320 --> 0:32:04.360
<v Speaker 2>loved me to strengthen what I do have. Well, God

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<v Speaker 2>knows all of that. But not only does he know

0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 2>what you're not, he knows what you are also that

0:32:13.880 --> 0:32:17.440
<v Speaker 2>you haven't discovered yet. Now this is kind of deep.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I give you a seminar point?

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<v Speaker 1>All right?

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<v Speaker 2>All self development is really self discovery. I don't believe

0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:36.280
<v Speaker 2>in self development. I believe I believe in the Holy

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Spirit's development in my life.

0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:41.600
<v Speaker 1>Well, the Holy Spirit wants you to work on your self.

0:32:42.640 --> 0:32:45.640
<v Speaker 2>One of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is self control.

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<v Speaker 1>That's ingulations. I love the way we justify stuff, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean.

0:32:56.160 --> 0:33:00.120
<v Speaker 2>So we want to find out not only what have

0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:02.480
<v Speaker 2>I known myself to be at this stage in my life,

0:33:02.760 --> 0:33:06.360
<v Speaker 2>but what am I also that God knows that I

0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:11.040
<v Speaker 2>don't remember? It says those he for knew, he also predestined.

0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Those he predestined he also called, and those he called

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:19.800
<v Speaker 2>he also justified. Y'all need to see it again on

0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:21.760
<v Speaker 2>the screen. I can tell put it back up on

0:33:21.920 --> 0:33:24.720
<v Speaker 2>Romans eight. I am not gonna skim over this. It's

0:33:24.760 --> 0:33:28.760
<v Speaker 2>too life changing, it's too rich. Sometimes I just skim

0:33:28.840 --> 0:33:30.920
<v Speaker 2>over stuff and it doesn't get down deep. And I'm

0:33:30.960 --> 0:33:32.800
<v Speaker 2>not going to do it today. Because the Holy Spirit

0:33:32.840 --> 0:33:36.240
<v Speaker 2>wants you to hear this, he said Verse thirty. Those

0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:43.400
<v Speaker 2>he predestined, he also called, those he called he also justified.

0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:44.960
<v Speaker 1>So here's what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>He predestined you according to his purpose for you. He

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<v Speaker 2>created you before he called you it stands the reason

0:33:57.120 --> 0:34:00.280
<v Speaker 2>that he would have created you to be exactly factly

0:34:00.360 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 2>what he needed you to be for what he would

0:34:03.160 --> 0:34:07.160
<v Speaker 2>call you to do. So all of the arguments that

0:34:07.320 --> 0:34:10.279
<v Speaker 2>you give yourself about how you're not what you need

0:34:10.400 --> 0:34:15.279
<v Speaker 2>to be are wrong because you are called by a

0:34:15.400 --> 0:34:20.200
<v Speaker 2>God who created you. He would not have created you

0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:24.439
<v Speaker 2>to be less than or different than what he would

0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:26.520
<v Speaker 2>call you to be in another.

0:34:26.280 --> 0:34:28.000
<v Speaker 1>Season of your life. So come up, Abby.

0:34:28.520 --> 0:34:32.640
<v Speaker 2>So I'm calling Abby to the stage right now. I

0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:37.080
<v Speaker 2>am calling Abby, my daughter, to the stage for a purpose.

0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:41.120
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to call her to the stage because I

0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:45.160
<v Speaker 2>wanted to use her for a purpose. She is wearing

0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:47.760
<v Speaker 2>a shirt that if you zoom in on the camera,

0:34:48.280 --> 0:34:55.400
<v Speaker 2>it says I'm calling on the God of Jacob, Moses, Mary,

0:34:55.960 --> 0:35:00.480
<v Speaker 2>your Verse, and David. All of that is on her shirt.

0:35:01.000 --> 0:35:09.600
<v Speaker 2>What a coincidence. Nope, that must be God. She was

0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:13.520
<v Speaker 2>at the right place on the front row. Look how

0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:17.319
<v Speaker 2>great that worked out. It's almost like I told her

0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:25.360
<v Speaker 2>to wear it. It's almost like I had a purpose

0:35:27.160 --> 0:35:27.800
<v Speaker 2>for preaching.

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<v Speaker 4>And so when I told her, I need you to

0:35:32.000 --> 0:35:34.279
<v Speaker 4>wear that purple shirt.

0:35:34.120 --> 0:35:37.880
<v Speaker 2>That says I'm calling on the God of Jacob and

0:35:38.160 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 2>Moses and Mary and David. It's almost like I predestined

0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:48.800
<v Speaker 2>her for this purpose, for this moment.

0:35:50.960 --> 0:35:52.360
<v Speaker 4>So watch this.

0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:55.959
<v Speaker 2>Of all the people in this room, there are only

0:35:56.120 --> 0:36:01.719
<v Speaker 2>three that I had a part in creating, a small part,

0:36:04.040 --> 0:36:12.600
<v Speaker 2>the fun part. So let's follow the secrets. Don't put

0:36:12.640 --> 0:36:12.920
<v Speaker 2>that do.

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<v Speaker 8>Created? Called created? Called predestined purpose? So what is God

0:36:31.880 --> 0:36:33.719
<v Speaker 8>calling you into right now?

0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:36.000
<v Speaker 4>Wouldn't it make.

0:36:36.000 --> 0:36:40.080
<v Speaker 2>Sense for you to stop being so doubtful and stop

0:36:40.280 --> 0:36:46.400
<v Speaker 2>second guessing his sovereignty and stop telling him excuses.

0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:51.200
<v Speaker 9>And just come on up and do and be what

0:36:51.440 --> 0:36:56.160
<v Speaker 9>you were created to be, believing that if he called me,

0:36:57.960 --> 0:36:59.200
<v Speaker 9>that he created me.

0:37:00.800 --> 0:37:06.640
<v Speaker 4>And position me for the purpose that he predestined me for.

0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:12.920
<v Speaker 2>All I'm trying to say is that the God who

0:37:13.120 --> 0:37:15.759
<v Speaker 2>called you also created you.

0:37:16.800 --> 0:37:19.279
<v Speaker 4>So if you don't have it, take it up with him.

0:37:19.719 --> 0:37:21.520
<v Speaker 4>He must not want it from you.

0:37:22.200 --> 0:37:26.200
<v Speaker 2>That's why he created other people. That's why comparison is

0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:27.000
<v Speaker 2>a thief.

0:37:27.239 --> 0:37:30.960
<v Speaker 4>And a liar and a drug that we take to

0:37:31.120 --> 0:37:34.160
<v Speaker 4>talk ourselves down from our heart calling.

0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:38.400
<v Speaker 2>Because I didn't call Graham for this illustration, I didn't

0:37:38.520 --> 0:37:43.280
<v Speaker 2>call Elijah for this illustration. They are bigger in stature,

0:37:43.840 --> 0:37:47.560
<v Speaker 2>but she was better for this purpose because I put

0:37:47.600 --> 0:37:51.239
<v Speaker 2>her in what she needed for this moment, and I

0:37:51.480 --> 0:37:55.000
<v Speaker 2>want to preach and prophesy to somebody. God knew what

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:58.239
<v Speaker 2>he would need you to do before you ever got

0:37:58.320 --> 0:38:02.640
<v Speaker 2>to this people planet. Why you screaming, preacher, Because God

0:38:02.760 --> 0:38:05.800
<v Speaker 2>gave me breadth for this message for somebody to know,

0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:07.879
<v Speaker 2>to get as breadth.

0:38:07.640 --> 0:38:10.239
<v Speaker 4>In your loves or this assignment.

0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:24.920
<v Speaker 2>The God of Jacob, that deceiver, the God of Moses,

0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:30.800
<v Speaker 2>that murderer, the God of Mary, a virgin to have

0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:35.880
<v Speaker 2>the baby Jesus, a peasant to give birth to the

0:38:36.040 --> 0:38:37.800
<v Speaker 2>pre eminent word.

0:38:37.640 --> 0:38:50.799
<v Speaker 4>Of God, the God of David, the eighth Son. Oh,

0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:52.320
<v Speaker 4>God just gave me this as it is.

0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:58.960
<v Speaker 2>When the prophet came to anoint the next king, Jesse

0:38:59.160 --> 0:39:02.920
<v Speaker 2>lined up sons.

0:39:02.040 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 1>That he thought were the right choice.

0:39:05.680 --> 0:39:08.120
<v Speaker 2>Samuel said, none of these are the right ones.

0:39:09.120 --> 0:39:13.600
<v Speaker 1>Don't you have any more? And Jesse said, well there

0:39:13.719 --> 0:39:15.400
<v Speaker 1>is also.

0:39:25.440 --> 0:39:28.680
<v Speaker 6>So yeah he's the God of Jacob, and yeah he's

0:39:28.760 --> 0:39:32.200
<v Speaker 6>the God of Moses, and yeah he's the God of Mary,

0:39:32.760 --> 0:39:35.800
<v Speaker 6>and yeah he's the God of David. But he's also

0:39:35.960 --> 0:39:36.880
<v Speaker 6>the God of Abbey.

0:39:37.480 --> 0:39:42.080
<v Speaker 2>I find somebody says, my God too, he's my king too,

0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:44.160
<v Speaker 2>He's my savior too.

0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:49.160
<v Speaker 4>He's my shepherd too. The Lord is my shepherd. I

0:39:49.360 --> 0:39:53.200
<v Speaker 4>shall not watch. He's the God of the mountains, but

0:39:53.400 --> 0:39:55.800
<v Speaker 4>he's also the shade of the valley.

0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:56.439
<v Speaker 2>God.

0:39:56.520 --> 0:40:09.320
<v Speaker 4>Don't care where you find your some lately he feel this,

0:40:11.040 --> 0:40:11.600
<v Speaker 4>I feel this.

0:40:15.520 --> 0:40:18.359
<v Speaker 2>And what if everything you've gone through, thank you, baby,

0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:19.359
<v Speaker 2>You'll give her a hand.

0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:27.520
<v Speaker 4>What if everything that God has allowed.

0:40:27.160 --> 0:40:30.920
<v Speaker 2>Your life to be up until this point is preparation

0:40:32.160 --> 0:40:37.000
<v Speaker 2>for what you are predestined for. What if your name

0:40:37.160 --> 0:40:43.640
<v Speaker 2>belongs on that shirt too? What if we put your

0:40:43.719 --> 0:40:47.200
<v Speaker 2>name on that shirt to just believing what Romans eight

0:40:47.360 --> 0:40:53.759
<v Speaker 2>twenty eight says that all things, all things.

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<v Speaker 10>Good things, bad things, everything in between, all things work together,

0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:14.640
<v Speaker 10>all things work together, good things, bad things, everything in between.

0:41:15.120 --> 0:41:18.399
<v Speaker 1>All right, work on later. I'll try it out.

0:41:19.120 --> 0:41:19.560
<v Speaker 2>What if.

0:41:21.040 --> 0:41:24.040
<v Speaker 4>What if the things in your life that are happening

0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:25.160
<v Speaker 4>are not random?

0:41:30.480 --> 0:41:38.200
<v Speaker 2>You ever wonder so when they say you're sending your

0:41:38.280 --> 0:41:40.479
<v Speaker 2>kid to college, is in college a waste of money?

0:41:41.400 --> 0:41:45.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, not not really, Because you can go to

0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:48.600
<v Speaker 2>college and God can use you. You can also not

0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:52.239
<v Speaker 2>go to college and God can use you. He's the

0:41:52.320 --> 0:41:58.880
<v Speaker 2>god of also open doors, closed doors, PhDs and.

0:42:01.160 --> 0:42:07.600
<v Speaker 1>Post hold diggers PhD post hold Digger.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm asking you something, and I'm really wanting to

0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:17.000
<v Speaker 2>know what you think about it, because I don't thinking

0:42:17.000 --> 0:42:20.680
<v Speaker 2>about a lot. All right, Let's say you made a

0:42:20.760 --> 0:42:22.920
<v Speaker 2>mistake and you went down the wrong path. Can God

0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:24.279
<v Speaker 2>stop not be down the wrong path?

0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:24.720
<v Speaker 1>Also?

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<v Speaker 2>If the answer to that is note, then what was

0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:34.640
<v Speaker 2>he doing looking for Peter after his resurrection? When Peter

0:42:34.760 --> 0:42:38.520
<v Speaker 2>went back fishing after denying him, he was right there.

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:43.200
<v Speaker 2>He appeared to the disciples who waited for him. But

0:42:43.320 --> 0:42:48.200
<v Speaker 2>he also appeared to Thomas, who didn't believe. I think

0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:52.120
<v Speaker 2>we shouldn't box got in to think that He's only

0:42:52.200 --> 0:42:55.759
<v Speaker 2>as big as our good decisions? Who did that?

0:42:55.880 --> 0:42:56.480
<v Speaker 1>Just set free?

0:43:00.160 --> 0:43:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Now? When I went to college, I was paralyzed by

0:43:04.440 --> 0:43:05.759
<v Speaker 2>the idea, what if I'm at the wrong college. What

0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:07.160
<v Speaker 2>if I'm at the wrong college. What if I'm at

0:43:07.160 --> 0:43:10.520
<v Speaker 2>the wrong college. Well, I did my four years. I

0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:14.400
<v Speaker 2>got my degree. Let me tell you what else I

0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:20.759
<v Speaker 2>got in college. You ever heard of Holly? You ever

0:43:20.800 --> 0:43:27.200
<v Speaker 2>heard of Holly? I got her in college? Which one

0:43:27.280 --> 0:43:30.279
<v Speaker 2>you think I enjoy more?

0:43:30.520 --> 0:43:31.040
<v Speaker 1>The degree?

0:43:34.840 --> 0:43:40.080
<v Speaker 2>The thing that I came to achieve and accomplish, or

0:43:40.160 --> 0:43:42.560
<v Speaker 2>what I got also.

0:43:46.280 --> 0:43:47.080
<v Speaker 1>And that's what I'm saying.

0:43:49.960 --> 0:43:53.080
<v Speaker 2>Watch for God in the also, almost like you know

0:43:53.120 --> 0:43:55.400
<v Speaker 2>when your kids come and they're being real nice to you,

0:43:56.400 --> 0:43:59.440
<v Speaker 2>How was your day? Can I do anything for you? Dad?

0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:01.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm praying for you as you approach this sermon. I

0:44:01.880 --> 0:44:03.320
<v Speaker 2>just know that the Lord is going to move in

0:44:03.480 --> 0:44:06.279
<v Speaker 2>power like he does. That's what he does.

0:44:06.400 --> 0:44:08.480
<v Speaker 1>He's a waymaker God, and I'm just like, get to it.

0:44:11.480 --> 0:44:13.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying you didn't come to tell me these things,

0:44:13.360 --> 0:44:16.279
<v Speaker 2>but what did you also come in this room for

0:44:16.480 --> 0:44:18.919
<v Speaker 2>to ask me about? Yeah?

0:44:18.920 --> 0:44:20.480
<v Speaker 1>I just want to know can I have your old phone?

0:44:20.560 --> 0:44:20.719
<v Speaker 4>Ah?

0:44:20.920 --> 0:44:25.120
<v Speaker 2>That's it, that's what you came in here for. He

0:44:25.239 --> 0:44:27.839
<v Speaker 2>came in so excited about the wrestling yesterday. I said,

0:44:27.840 --> 0:44:29.360
<v Speaker 2>tell me that, Oh it is great. It was great,

0:44:29.640 --> 0:44:31.279
<v Speaker 2>I said, And what else he said? Well, I was

0:44:31.320 --> 0:44:34.400
<v Speaker 2>just wondering that old phone. That. Yeah, that's to Also,

0:44:35.880 --> 0:44:39.279
<v Speaker 2>God is kind of like that too. You got to

0:44:39.400 --> 0:44:43.800
<v Speaker 2>watch him for the also, for we know that in

0:44:43.880 --> 0:44:45.319
<v Speaker 2>all things God works for the good of those who

0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:47.160
<v Speaker 2>love him and are called according to his purpose. But

0:44:47.280 --> 0:44:51.320
<v Speaker 2>Roman's eight twenty nine also says that those he for

0:44:51.440 --> 0:44:56.800
<v Speaker 2>knew me also predestined to be conformed to the image

0:44:56.880 --> 0:45:00.239
<v Speaker 2>of his son. What are the things that you're going through?

0:45:00.280 --> 0:45:02.680
<v Speaker 1>Are all so that you can be more like Jesus?

0:45:05.719 --> 0:45:07.480
<v Speaker 2>And we don't say that it's good when you go

0:45:07.600 --> 0:45:09.960
<v Speaker 2>through suffering, But what if you adopted a view of

0:45:10.000 --> 0:45:17.920
<v Speaker 2>your life that said, this is all so that God

0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:20.799
<v Speaker 2>can make me more like his son Jesus. You would

0:45:20.840 --> 0:45:25.360
<v Speaker 2>be undefeedable by the devil because what is he going

0:45:25.440 --> 0:45:29.480
<v Speaker 2>to bring against you? If it's all so that you

0:45:29.560 --> 0:45:31.080
<v Speaker 2>can be more like God who is for you?

0:45:32.440 --> 0:45:33.120
<v Speaker 4>So what can he do?

0:45:33.239 --> 0:45:33.359
<v Speaker 2>Now?

0:45:34.520 --> 0:45:35.239
<v Speaker 4>That's what I.

0:45:35.280 --> 0:45:37.440
<v Speaker 2>Think Paul got to because he goes down this chain

0:45:37.520 --> 0:45:42.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty nine again. Please, he also predestined to be conformed

0:45:42.239 --> 0:45:44.840
<v Speaker 2>to the image of his son, so he knew that

0:45:45.040 --> 0:45:46.640
<v Speaker 2>Moses would have this hesitation.

0:45:47.160 --> 0:45:51.520
<v Speaker 7>But he shows Moses because he knows Moses. He knows

0:45:51.640 --> 0:45:56.000
<v Speaker 7>what Moses is not. He knows what Moses was. He

0:45:56.200 --> 0:45:59.759
<v Speaker 7>knows what Moses will be. He knows what I'm not.

0:46:00.600 --> 0:46:03.759
<v Speaker 7>He knows what I was, he knows what I will be.

0:46:03.880 --> 0:46:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Say all of that.

0:46:04.880 --> 0:46:06.040
<v Speaker 4>He knows what I'm not.

0:46:06.840 --> 0:46:10.239
<v Speaker 2>He knows what I was, he knows what I will be.

0:46:10.400 --> 0:46:12.520
<v Speaker 2>God is the only one who knows all three of those.

0:46:13.960 --> 0:46:15.879
<v Speaker 2>Because some of us we don't even know what we're

0:46:15.960 --> 0:46:19.120
<v Speaker 2>not yet, So we are trying so hard to be

0:46:19.320 --> 0:46:22.200
<v Speaker 2>something in somebody we were not created to be.

0:46:22.719 --> 0:46:23.880
<v Speaker 1>That it is killing us.

0:46:24.480 --> 0:46:27.120
<v Speaker 2>But we could get content if we just go, God,

0:46:27.520 --> 0:46:30.239
<v Speaker 2>you know what I'm not, Show me what i'm not.

0:46:30.920 --> 0:46:34.279
<v Speaker 2>You know what I was, So you see where I've been.

0:46:34.719 --> 0:46:38.600
<v Speaker 2>You've marked out my steps, and you are the only

0:46:38.760 --> 0:46:44.040
<v Speaker 2>one who knows what I will be. So those he predestined,

0:46:44.440 --> 0:46:46.719
<v Speaker 2>he also was to say that he might be the

0:46:46.800 --> 0:46:50.560
<v Speaker 2>firstborn among many brothers and sisters next verse, and those

0:46:50.680 --> 0:46:53.520
<v Speaker 2>he predestined he also called.

0:46:54.600 --> 0:47:02.200
<v Speaker 4>Those he called he also justified. That's talking about the cross.

0:47:03.440 --> 0:47:08.480
<v Speaker 2>That means he made you right, So you can't be

0:47:08.600 --> 0:47:12.360
<v Speaker 2>the wrong one for it, because he made.

0:47:12.200 --> 0:47:16.320
<v Speaker 4>You right for it. He can't.

0:47:16.800 --> 0:47:20.600
<v Speaker 2>He would not call you to. He cannot call you

0:47:20.760 --> 0:47:24.239
<v Speaker 2>to something that he did not create you for. So

0:47:24.400 --> 0:47:28.880
<v Speaker 2>those he called he also justified. That's how I know

0:47:29.000 --> 0:47:32.320
<v Speaker 2>I have what it takes. And those he justified he

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<v Speaker 2>also glorified. Look at all these alsos in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the God of Also, Look how he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>just set you on your path and say, well, I've

0:47:42.239 --> 0:47:43.880
<v Speaker 2>saved you and I'm forgiven you now It's up to

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<v Speaker 2>you to work it out.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life.

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<v Speaker 9>No, no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 4>The God who saves will also sustain. I hear you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 4>he who began a good work.

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<v Speaker 2>In you will also be faithful to complete it.

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<v Speaker 1>Verse thirty one.

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<v Speaker 2>What then shall we say in response to these things?

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<v Speaker 2>We all stand like Moses, trying to respond to the

0:48:10.600 --> 0:48:12.839
<v Speaker 2>revelation of what God is calling us to do next.

0:48:14.200 --> 0:48:17.840
<v Speaker 1>But here is our power. If God.

0:48:19.280 --> 0:48:24.719
<v Speaker 2>Is for us, who can be against us? And here's

0:48:24.760 --> 0:48:26.640
<v Speaker 2>my verse I'm hanging on to in this season of

0:48:26.719 --> 0:48:28.320
<v Speaker 2>my life, and you can feel free to borrow it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's my verse, but you can hold it for a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a lone you my verse, he who did not

0:48:35.520 --> 0:48:46.520
<v Speaker 2>spare his own son, but gave him up for us. Oh, oh, oh,

0:48:46.840 --> 0:48:51.520
<v Speaker 2>you get the same grace that Jacob God. You get

0:48:51.560 --> 0:48:54.960
<v Speaker 2>the same grace that marry God. Y'all leave my scripture.

0:48:55.000 --> 0:48:56.480
<v Speaker 2>Y'all keep taking it down, and I love it.

0:48:56.760 --> 0:49:00.279
<v Speaker 1>Leave it. Oh, I like the server to come tries

0:49:00.320 --> 0:49:01.360
<v Speaker 1>to grab your plate while.

0:49:01.160 --> 0:49:03.440
<v Speaker 2>You're still eating your chicken fingers, like I will eat

0:49:03.480 --> 0:49:05.080
<v Speaker 2>your fingers if you don't put my chicken back on

0:49:05.200 --> 0:49:11.239
<v Speaker 2>this table. Leave my scripture up. He who did all that.

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<v Speaker 2>If he did all of that for me, died for me,

0:49:16.680 --> 0:49:22.640
<v Speaker 2>gave the son for me, how will he not also,

0:49:24.280 --> 0:49:27.799
<v Speaker 2>along with him, graciously give us all things? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I read this first wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>All week studying it, I thought it meant that he

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<v Speaker 2>will also give me the blessings of life along with Jesus,

0:49:37.080 --> 0:49:39.040
<v Speaker 2>who is the greatest blessing. I thought that meant like,

0:49:39.320 --> 0:49:43.000
<v Speaker 2>I get Jesus and I get other things too. But

0:49:43.120 --> 0:49:46.000
<v Speaker 2>that's not what the verse means. The verse actually means

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<v Speaker 2>that he who gave us his son will give us

0:49:52.840 --> 0:50:00.319
<v Speaker 2>freely also along with him all things. Was I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>It means that God has decided to give me everything

0:50:08.480 --> 0:50:13.200
<v Speaker 2>that Jesus rightfully earned through his life.

0:50:14.680 --> 0:50:15.640
<v Speaker 1>Along with him.

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<v Speaker 2>So if Jesus is loved by his father perfectly, I

0:50:25.000 --> 0:50:34.480
<v Speaker 2>am also loved by my father perfectly. If Jesus can

0:50:34.600 --> 0:50:38.200
<v Speaker 2>pray and his father hears him, I also can pray

0:50:38.840 --> 0:50:39.880
<v Speaker 2>and my father hears me.

0:50:41.480 --> 0:50:45.239
<v Speaker 1>If Jesus could break chains of oppression and he is.

0:50:45.280 --> 0:50:51.440
<v Speaker 2>In me, then I also can expect chains to be broken.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wanted to remind you, thank you. I'm done

0:50:55.400 --> 0:51:00.720
<v Speaker 2>with the scripture. Now what God you're calling on today?

0:51:02.120 --> 0:51:11.720
<v Speaker 2>The God of Jacob the trickster, the deceiver. Stop hiding

0:51:11.960 --> 0:51:17.800
<v Speaker 2>from God when you're going through hard times. Stop hiding

0:51:18.160 --> 0:51:21.360
<v Speaker 2>from God when you're feeling ashamed. Come to Him and

0:51:21.480 --> 0:51:24.040
<v Speaker 2>thank him that there's no shame on Jesus, so there's

0:51:24.080 --> 0:51:28.600
<v Speaker 2>no shame on me. I can see I need to

0:51:28.640 --> 0:51:30.919
<v Speaker 2>teach this stuff a little more because I'm watching your eyes.

0:51:30.960 --> 0:51:33.719
<v Speaker 2>You're going like, Wow, that's really true. Yeah, that's really true.

0:51:34.160 --> 0:51:39.320
<v Speaker 2>You are also loved by God just like Jesus was.

0:51:40.880 --> 0:51:42.840
<v Speaker 2>The Lord doesn't see any difference. He says he's the

0:51:42.920 --> 0:51:47.160
<v Speaker 2>firstborn among many brothers and sisters. That means God accepts

0:51:47.239 --> 0:51:50.919
<v Speaker 2>Jesus because Jesus paid the price, and because Jesus paid

0:51:50.960 --> 0:51:53.279
<v Speaker 2>the price, he also accepts you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the craziest thing in the world to me, y'all.

0:51:58.040 --> 0:52:02.040
<v Speaker 2>I just got a Jeep auple months ago, and I'm

0:52:02.160 --> 0:52:05.880
<v Speaker 2>enjoying my Jeep. I had a Jeep when I was

0:52:06.960 --> 0:52:10.640
<v Speaker 2>twenty three, twenty four around there, and I figured it

0:52:10.800 --> 0:52:13.400
<v Speaker 2>was time, in this midlife crisis to revisit that youthful

0:52:13.480 --> 0:52:18.759
<v Speaker 2>stallion energy. Get a Jeep. And I'm enjoying that jeep.

0:52:19.120 --> 0:52:20.920
<v Speaker 2>But one of my friends said to me when I

0:52:20.960 --> 0:52:23.040
<v Speaker 2>got it, they said, we need to teach you about

0:52:23.040 --> 0:52:25.959
<v Speaker 2>the jeep wave. How many of y'all have heard about

0:52:25.960 --> 0:52:27.000
<v Speaker 2>the jeep wave? Oh?

0:52:27.080 --> 0:52:27.960
<v Speaker 1>I had never heard of it.

0:52:28.160 --> 0:52:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Do you have a jeep? Well, if you ever passed me,

0:52:30.600 --> 0:52:34.840
<v Speaker 2>I'll I'll try my best to wave at you. Do

0:52:34.960 --> 0:52:38.320
<v Speaker 2>you do the jeep wave? It's just am I allowed

0:52:38.360 --> 0:52:40.040
<v Speaker 2>to tell it? Or is it like Illuminati? If somebody

0:52:40.040 --> 0:52:45.200
<v Speaker 2>gonna come get me Elon Zuckerberg? Who's coming to give me?

0:52:45.200 --> 0:52:45.680
<v Speaker 2>If I say this?

0:52:49.880 --> 0:52:54.239
<v Speaker 1>Go holl in On the god of e Ela yip.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, they said, they said you gotta do the jeep wave,

0:52:59.680 --> 0:53:02.520
<v Speaker 2>and I said, well, what is the jeep wave? And

0:53:02.680 --> 0:53:04.520
<v Speaker 2>they said, it's very simple, but you really need to

0:53:04.560 --> 0:53:06.120
<v Speaker 2>do it because it's a lot of fun. And at

0:53:06.160 --> 0:53:08.120
<v Speaker 2>first I was kind of contrary into it because I

0:53:08.160 --> 0:53:10.839
<v Speaker 2>didn't like somebody telling me how I had to wave

0:53:10.920 --> 0:53:12.799
<v Speaker 2>at anybody else and said, if you pass another jeep,

0:53:13.080 --> 0:53:14.680
<v Speaker 2>you do like just like that.

0:53:15.040 --> 0:53:24.040
<v Speaker 1>That's all it is like that. So so I'm like,

0:53:24.120 --> 0:53:24.880
<v Speaker 1>that's so stupid.

0:53:27.400 --> 0:53:31.279
<v Speaker 2>Well, eventually it's it's it's kind of compelling, you know

0:53:31.360 --> 0:53:34.200
<v Speaker 2>that you kind of just get into it and then

0:53:34.239 --> 0:53:35.920
<v Speaker 2>you start to feel judgmental of everybody.

0:53:35.960 --> 0:53:36.640
<v Speaker 1>Who's not in a.

0:53:36.719 --> 0:53:41.640
<v Speaker 2>Jeep because they don't have a wave right, And so

0:53:41.760 --> 0:53:43.759
<v Speaker 2>now I'm riding around and I do it every chance

0:53:43.800 --> 0:53:48.920
<v Speaker 2>I get the jeep wave. And even now I've come

0:53:48.960 --> 0:53:54.120
<v Speaker 2>to the point where if if you don't give me

0:53:54.200 --> 0:53:59.160
<v Speaker 2>the jeep wave back, it kind of offends me, and

0:53:59.320 --> 0:54:01.680
<v Speaker 2>it kind of makes me attempted to do another, a

0:54:01.719 --> 0:54:04.480
<v Speaker 2>different kind of wave, a different kind of handmotion, just

0:54:04.520 --> 0:54:08.200
<v Speaker 2>because now I'm into it, because I'm like, we're in

0:54:08.280 --> 0:54:14.840
<v Speaker 2>this together, we the jeep people. We're supposed to stick together.

0:54:16.520 --> 0:54:18.440
<v Speaker 2>And you know, I was thinking about that driving home

0:54:18.480 --> 0:54:20.319
<v Speaker 2>with Abby. I said last week, I said, I got

0:54:20.400 --> 0:54:23.000
<v Speaker 2>to put that in my sermon. But I don't want

0:54:23.000 --> 0:54:25.560
<v Speaker 2>to talk about a jeep. I want to talk about

0:54:25.600 --> 0:54:27.200
<v Speaker 2>how Jesus.

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<v Speaker 11>Has given us all a gift that is common to us,

0:54:35.120 --> 0:54:40.880
<v Speaker 11>but it is so specific to us, and our identity

0:54:41.440 --> 0:54:45.680
<v Speaker 11>in Him is the most important thing about us. So

0:54:45.920 --> 0:54:49.920
<v Speaker 11>anything you can say about yourself that is negative, you

0:54:50.040 --> 0:54:53.719
<v Speaker 11>can also say something about yourself that will let the

0:54:53.880 --> 0:54:56.760
<v Speaker 11>enemy know that the God who.

0:54:56.840 --> 0:55:03.120
<v Speaker 2>Knows me the most loves me the most, and that's

0:55:03.200 --> 0:55:06.880
<v Speaker 2>who I am, and that's.

0:55:06.760 --> 0:55:07.279
<v Speaker 4>Who I am.

0:55:09.040 --> 0:55:10.680
<v Speaker 2>So for those of you who walked in today, and

0:55:10.719 --> 0:55:15.000
<v Speaker 2>you're like, why do they lift their hands in worship.

0:55:15.120 --> 0:55:20.719
<v Speaker 2>That's kind of weird. No, that's our Jesus wave. That's

0:55:20.800 --> 0:55:28.719
<v Speaker 2>our wave. That's our wave. That's us telling God, Oh God,

0:55:28.880 --> 0:55:33.280
<v Speaker 2>my God, I need you. I can't make it without

0:55:33.320 --> 0:55:39.320
<v Speaker 2>your grace. Now, I belong to Jesus, and Jesus belongs

0:55:39.440 --> 0:55:42.560
<v Speaker 2>to me, and I am his.

0:55:44.640 --> 0:55:45.520
<v Speaker 4>And he is mine.

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<v Speaker 1>So stand up on your feet and just lift your hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, Let's do our Let's do our Jesus thing

0:55:53.680 --> 0:55:57.080
<v Speaker 2>for a moment, and let's let the Lord know in

0:55:57.160 --> 0:55:59.640
<v Speaker 2>his presence today that we.

0:55:59.719 --> 0:56:00.680
<v Speaker 1>Are calling.

0:56:02.040 --> 0:56:08.480
<v Speaker 2>On his name, the name of Jesus, his name through

0:56:08.520 --> 0:56:10.439
<v Speaker 2>all generations, the Great. I am.

0:56:12.560 --> 0:56:12.799
<v Speaker 1>Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm asking you today for everybody who has been caught up,

0:56:20.520 --> 0:56:24.600
<v Speaker 2>that you would call them back into the reality of

0:56:24.920 --> 0:56:28.719
<v Speaker 2>who you are, what you've spoken. Father, I thank you

0:56:28.800 --> 0:56:36.719
<v Speaker 2>today that Jesus is our big brother, our savior, our

0:56:36.840 --> 0:56:40.239
<v Speaker 2>true vine. I thank you that he is our bread

0:56:40.280 --> 0:56:43.880
<v Speaker 2>of life. Today, as we stand in your presence, we

0:56:44.040 --> 0:56:47.279
<v Speaker 2>receive all that you are more than enough for us.

0:56:49.280 --> 0:56:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Can put your hands down for a moment. I want

0:56:50.960 --> 0:56:54.399
<v Speaker 2>to pray a special prayer. There's someone in here who

0:56:54.440 --> 0:56:58.480
<v Speaker 2>has never joined your life. To Jesus Christ. You have

0:56:58.719 --> 0:57:02.600
<v Speaker 2>never given your life over to God. Maybe you've done

0:57:02.640 --> 0:57:05.160
<v Speaker 2>it and you've wandered away, and God brought you back

0:57:05.200 --> 0:57:09.839
<v Speaker 2>here today because he's calling you, he's drawing you, He's

0:57:09.920 --> 0:57:11.840
<v Speaker 2>using everything in your life to bring you to this

0:57:12.040 --> 0:57:13.919
<v Speaker 2>point so that you could reach for him. And he's

0:57:13.960 --> 0:57:16.840
<v Speaker 2>not far. He'll be found. And if you call on

0:57:16.960 --> 0:57:21.040
<v Speaker 2>his name today, the God of Jacob, the God of Moses,

0:57:21.240 --> 0:57:25.720
<v Speaker 2>the God of Mary, the God of David, the God

0:57:25.800 --> 0:57:30.640
<v Speaker 2>of Jesus, he will be your God too. All you

0:57:30.720 --> 0:57:32.280
<v Speaker 2>have to do is call on his name. The Bible

0:57:32.320 --> 0:57:34.400
<v Speaker 2>says that if we call on him, he will save us,

0:57:35.080 --> 0:57:37.960
<v Speaker 2>that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

0:57:38.720 --> 0:57:41.400
<v Speaker 2>will be saved. So right now we're all going to

0:57:41.440 --> 0:57:43.400
<v Speaker 2>pray this prayer together as a church family for the

0:57:43.440 --> 0:57:45.000
<v Speaker 2>benefit of those who.

0:57:44.960 --> 0:57:46.280
<v Speaker 1>Are coming to God.

0:57:47.600 --> 0:57:49.400
<v Speaker 2>I won't you repeat this prayer after me if you

0:57:49.480 --> 0:57:52.520
<v Speaker 2>desire to place your faith in Jesus today, be saved

0:57:52.520 --> 0:57:54.200
<v Speaker 2>from your sin and have a new beginning in him.

0:57:54.240 --> 0:57:58.320
<v Speaker 2>Repeat after me, Heavenly Father, I come to you. I

0:57:58.440 --> 0:58:02.400
<v Speaker 2>am a sinner in need of a savior, and I

0:58:02.600 --> 0:58:08.280
<v Speaker 2>believe that Jesus Christ is your son and the savior

0:58:08.360 --> 0:58:12.600
<v Speaker 2>of the world. I believe he died to forgive my

0:58:12.720 --> 0:58:18.040
<v Speaker 2>sin and rose again to give me life. I receive

0:58:18.960 --> 0:58:24.040
<v Speaker 2>this new life. This is my new beginning. On the counter.

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<v Speaker 2>Three raise your hand if you prayed that one, two,

0:58:26.760 --> 0:58:33.280
<v Speaker 2>three must celebrate together. Bless you, Bless you absolutely amazing. God.

0:58:33.320 --> 0:58:38.280
<v Speaker 2>Bless the third in the bast God. Bless you, God,

0:58:38.320 --> 0:58:38.760
<v Speaker 2>Bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Best decision you'll ever made, the best decision.

0:58:46.400 --> 0:58:50.960
<v Speaker 2>You'll ever make, the best decision you'll ever make. To

0:58:51.080 --> 0:58:54.920
<v Speaker 2>call on his name. And you know what, never stopped

0:58:54.960 --> 0:58:58.800
<v Speaker 2>calling his name. You don't just call him one time.

0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:01.760
<v Speaker 2>You call him in your high moments. You call him

0:59:01.800 --> 0:59:04.400
<v Speaker 2>in your low moments. You call on the God of

0:59:05.520 --> 0:59:12.840
<v Speaker 2>also also Also. You give him praise when you're doing well,

0:59:14.440 --> 0:59:16.600
<v Speaker 2>and you cry out to him with petitions when you're not.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the God of Also.

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<v Speaker 2>You trust him when you can see the next step.

0:59:24.160 --> 0:59:26.880
<v Speaker 2>You trust him when you've stumbled down the whole staircase.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the God of Also.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you did,

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