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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Furtick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church,

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Speaker 1: and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank you

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Speaker 1: for joining us today. I hope this inspires you. I

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Speaker 1: hope it builds your faith. I hope it gives you

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Speaker 1: perspective to see God is moving in your life. Enjoy

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Speaker 1: the message. I'm so glad you came today. I'm so

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Speaker 1: glad God directed your steps to be here and ordered

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Speaker 1: your steps. I have a sneaking suspicion you're about to

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Speaker 1: find out why you had to come to church today.

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Speaker 1: why you had to log on today, why you had

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Speaker 1: to click that video today. God is going to show you.

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Speaker 1: Join me right now in Psalm 106. Turn your attention

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Speaker 1: to Psalm 106. Thank you, Lord.

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Speaker 2: Did y'all love that new song?

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Jesus. It wasn't very convincing how y'all just clapped.

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Speaker 1: We're going to do it again next week anyway.

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Speaker 2: I don't care if you liked it.

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Speaker 1: I liked it. Psalm 106, verse 7. When our ancestors

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Speaker 1: were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles.

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Speaker 1: They did not remember your many kindnesses. They rebelled by

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Speaker 1: the sea, the Red Sea. Yet he saved them for

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Speaker 1: his name's sake, to make his mighty power known. He

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Speaker 1: rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led

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Speaker 1: them through the depths as through a desert. He saved

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Speaker 1: them from the hand of the foe, From the hand

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Speaker 1: of the enemy he redeemed them. The waters covered their adversaries.

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Speaker 1: Not one of them survived. Then they believed his promises

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Speaker 1: and sang his praise. Then they believed his promises and

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Speaker 1: sang his praise. But I want to go back to

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Speaker 1: verse 9 for a moment where it says that he

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Speaker 1: rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. He led

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Speaker 1: them through the depths as through a desert. He rebuked

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Speaker 1: the Red Sea, and it dried up. My sermon title

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Speaker 1: today is Green Light at the Red Sea. When God

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Speaker 1: gives you a green light at the Red Sea. Somebody shout,

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Speaker 1: preach it, Pastor Furnick.

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Speaker 3: I need to hear this.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. Be seated. Be seated. Be seated. Be seated.

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Speaker 1: Be seated. The parting of the Red Sea is one

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Speaker 1: of the most celebrated events in the history of the

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Speaker 1: nation of Israel. They still celebrate it to this day.

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Speaker 1: It's worthy of celebration if you think about it. What

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Speaker 1: did I write down in my notes? It's like 180

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Speaker 1: miles wide on average to cross it, the Red Sea.

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Speaker 1: Don't confuse it with the other bodies of water that

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Speaker 1: are also significant in Scripture. The Jordan River, where Joshua

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Speaker 1: led the people across a little bit later, or the

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Speaker 1: Sea of Galilee, where Jesus did a lot of his ministry,

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Speaker 1: or the Dead Sea, where nothing is going out, so

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Speaker 1: nothing can come in, the constipated sea. I don't mean

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Speaker 1: to be unappetizing early in my sermon, but I just

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Speaker 2: It came to my mind. There are constipated Christians who

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Speaker 1: Sorry to ruin your breakfast. But the Red Sea is

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Speaker 1: significant not only geographically and generationally, but symbolically. It symbolizes

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Speaker 1: something so great for the people. It's no surprise that

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Speaker 1: it's mentioned when Stephen … was giving his speech to

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Speaker 1: the Sanhedrin in Acts 7, he talked about the Red

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Speaker 1: Sea and what God did there. He mentioned it by name,

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Speaker 1: the Red Sea. It's literally called the Sea of Reeds,

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Speaker 2: You see that in Acts 7.

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Speaker 1: Interestingly enough, you see it again in 1 Corinthians 10,

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Speaker 1: where Paul compares the the Red Sea that the Israelites

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Speaker 1: went through coming out of Egypt to baptism the waters

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Speaker 1: we go through to become a new creation in Christ. So,

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Speaker 1: he makes this very special connection that the people who

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Speaker 1: time and understanding the cross of Jesus Christ and the

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Speaker 1: coming of the Holy Spirit, he mentions the Red Sea.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't even name it. He just calls it the sea.

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Speaker 1: That's how special it was to these people. That's how

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Speaker 1: though there's all these other different … It wasn't the

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Speaker 1: because this is why it's so significant. It proved that

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Speaker 1: because it gets rough after that. He will remove a

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Speaker 1: relationship to get me free. He will allow certain pain

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Speaker 1: He told his men's group, and I asked God to

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Speaker 1: take it away, but God so wanted me to be

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Speaker 1: he gave me something that I wanted him to take away.

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Speaker 1: He was so committed to me being free that he

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Speaker 1: said no to me. It's significant because it shows us

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Speaker 1: just put, God is committed to me being free. More

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Speaker 1: than he's committed to me feeling happy. More than he's

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Speaker 1: me being right. He's committed to me being free. That's

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Speaker 1: the first thing the Red Sea reminds us of and

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Speaker 1: it represents in our lives. The second thing is that

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Speaker 1: God is going to get his glory. If you don't

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Speaker 1: put anything else in the chat, that's an all-caps moment

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Speaker 1: some way, you can resist it, but every knee shall

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Speaker 1: bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord

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Speaker 1: to the glory of God the Father. God is going

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Speaker 1: to get his glory. If he can't find a single

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Speaker 1: bring a shepherd boy up with a lunch, because God

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Speaker 1: is going to get his glory. Who is this uncircumcised

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Speaker 1: This is about God's glory. This is about his weight.

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Speaker 1: This is about his name. This is about his strength.

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Speaker 1: This is about his reputation. God is going to get

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Speaker 1: to show that he is Lord, he will lead you

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Speaker 1: through a storm to show you his glory. We want

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Speaker 1: storm if a storm is what it takes to show

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Speaker 1: you his glory. He needs you to know that you're

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Speaker 1: is coming forth for the glory of God. Even now

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Speaker 1: I believe I will see the glory of the Lord.

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Speaker 1: God is going to get his glory, but I'm getting

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Speaker 1: ahead of myself. It's before God can get his glory.

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Speaker 1: We have to go through some things. Our own Red Sea.

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Speaker 1: I wish I could tell you what I thought of

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Speaker 1: this sermon while I was studying the history of Israel

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Speaker 1: and considering the theological implications and the philosophical and soteriological

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Speaker 1: implications of this text as we reference it in Old

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Speaker 1: Testament and New Testament, surrounded by concordances and vine-strung Bible dictionary.

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Speaker 1: I was just driving to church last week, and the

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Speaker 1: Lord gave me this sermon. It was actually a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Holly was preaching. I had Graham and Elijah.

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Speaker 1: They were so excited that Donda dropped. They were so excited.

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Speaker 2: I was excited to get to church to hear Holly preach.

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Speaker 1: I was so excited because I didn't have to preach.

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Speaker 1: I love to preach, but I really like to hear

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Speaker 2: So I'm kind of navigating the speed limit.

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Speaker 1: Negotiating where the Lord would have me to sit and

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Speaker 2: Right before we turned into the church.

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Speaker 1: Elijah and Graham are losing their minds, saying, I'm off

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Speaker 1: the grid or something like that. I'm going to turn in,

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Speaker 1: the light was green right around the corner from where

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Speaker 1: we turned in to come to Valentine. My instinct was

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Speaker 1: to hit my horn. I'm going to do a quick poll.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to see what kind of Christian you are.

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Speaker 1: How many seconds do you give the car in front

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Speaker 2: I'm going to count up.

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Speaker 1: One second. Two seconds. Three seconds. Put it in the chat.

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Speaker 1: Four seconds. Five, six, six seconds. So, it's been a

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Speaker 1: good five seconds, and I want to see my wife,

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Speaker 1: until the very last minute. I'm also realizing Elijah is

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Speaker 1: about to get his driver's license. He's got it now,

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Speaker 1: but he was about to go take the driver's test.

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Speaker 1: It's a totally different test, by the way, now in

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Speaker 1: North Carolina. I know it's an international church, so I

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Speaker 1: don't want to make this example too local. It's a

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Speaker 1: I was 16. In South Carolina, when I turned 15,

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Speaker 1: a thing. Wait 30 days … come back and drive

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Speaker 1: around with a woman who terrified you within an inch

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Speaker 1: you your license. In North Carolina, it's classes, and it's hours,

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Speaker 1: and it's an app, and you have to log on.

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Speaker 1: I think that's probably better, considering these are our lives

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Speaker 1: we're putting in jeopardy at this moment. It's probably a

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Speaker 1: this might be the last time I drive Elijah to church.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of emotional, but then the person in front

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Speaker 1: I'm going to hit my horn, it's like the Holy

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Speaker 1: Spirit spoke to me. You can't drive like this this

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Speaker 1: close to the church. I'm just being honest with you.

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Speaker 1: If we had been in Atlanta or something like that

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Speaker 1: or I didn't have an Elevation sticker and my tent

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Speaker 1: I'm going to do it. But the Lord said, you

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Speaker 1: can't be this big of a jerk this close to

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Speaker 1: were a first-time guest. I'm so glad I didn't honk.

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Speaker 1: Come on. Praise God that I didn't halt. A lot

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Speaker 1: of times I did, but this time I didn't, and

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Speaker 1: God's not finished with me. Small steps. When I read

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Speaker 1: about the children of Israel going across the Red Sea,

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Speaker 1: I not only see the water standing up at the

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Speaker 1: right and the left, I not only hear the click-clack

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Speaker 1: them down because he realized what he was losing. Oh, yeah.

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Speaker 1: The Enemy fights you the hardest when you're on the

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Speaker 1: That's what a green light means. You can go now.

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Speaker 1: He had a barbershop.

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Speaker 1: He goes, Come on. We're going to get your driver's license.

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Speaker 1: We're going to take the test. We got in his jimmy.

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Speaker 5: Y'all remember the jimmy? We got in his jimmy. And

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Speaker 1: He goes,' Ma' am, ma'am, I'm so sorry. It's not his fault.

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Speaker 1: I didn't prepare him. I didn't tell him. This old car, ma'am,

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Speaker 1: How many of y'all's first car wasn't a G-Wagon? I

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Speaker 1: Please don't fail him. It's my fault, ma'am. It's my fault.

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Speaker 1: He's on the cross like Jesus atoning for my sin.

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Speaker 1: It's my fault. I didn't tell him how to back up.

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Speaker 1: I didn't tell him how to back up, because every

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Speaker 1: the air conditioning, the Red Sea party, I cruised through

429
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Speaker 1: Highway 17A. I parallel parked the Jimmy. I pulled it

430
00:26:56,590 --> 00:26:59,580
Speaker 1: back in the parking lot, and I got my license.

431
00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:04,350
Speaker 2: Come on.

432
00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:06,909
Speaker 1: It was exciting at the time. It was big at

433
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:09,130
Speaker 1: the time. It was huge at the time.

434
00:27:12,210 --> 00:27:16,010
Speaker 2: But it didn't work every time I put it in reverse.

435
00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:21,060
Speaker 1: I almost didn't get out of the parking lot to

436
00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: take my test. I almost failed the test in the

437
00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:33,940
Speaker 1: parking lot because I put the car in reverse. When

438
00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:37,300
Speaker 1: God brought his people out of Egypt, he was bringing

439
00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:41,360
Speaker 1: them into freedom, and he was getting his glory for himself.

440
00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: But the first thing they did … I want to

441
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: show you this in Exodus 14 now. Now you're ready

442
00:27:46,859 --> 00:27:52,360
Speaker 1: for Exodus 14. As Pharaoh approached, verse 10, the Israelites

443
00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:56,030
Speaker 1: looked up, and there were the Egyptians.

444
00:27:56,090 --> 00:27:59,909
Speaker 2: What do the Egyptians represent? Something more powerful than them?

445
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,719
Speaker 1: It represents their past, and really it represents their way

446
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: of life, all that they've known. It also represents the

447
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:12,699
Speaker 1: provision that they've grown accustomed to receiving. But now what

448
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,050
Speaker 1: they used to depend on is chasing them. All they

449
00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:18,610
Speaker 1: can see in front of them is a Red Sea.

450
00:28:20,109 --> 00:28:24,409
Speaker 1: Remember I told you this is not a creek. Mm-mm.

451
00:28:26,030 --> 00:28:28,129
Speaker 2: You can't doggy paddle through this.

452
00:28:29,650 --> 00:28:32,630
Speaker 1: Let me be clear. Some of you are there right now.

453
00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:36,930
Speaker 1: The Red Sea can represent anything. I know some people

454
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:38,730
Speaker 1: think the Bible is mainly a history book.

455
00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 2: I don't think that.

456
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: I think the.

457
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,140
Speaker 2: Bible uses history to teach theology.

458
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Speaker 1: It uses the example of a body of water to

459
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Speaker 1: get me to think about things in my life that

460
00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:55,430
Speaker 1: I'm looking at going, I don't see how. I just

461
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:59,810
Speaker 1: really don't see how. I just … I was excited.

462
00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:02,410
Speaker 1: I was dressed for battle. I had my Under Armour on.

463
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:04,770
Speaker 1: I got my gym membership. I was ready. I had

464
00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:07,050
Speaker 1: my Bible reading plan. I was ready. I was going

465
00:29:07,070 --> 00:29:08,790
Speaker 1: to do it. This was going to be a new year,

466
00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:12,100
Speaker 1: a new me, all that stuff. I thought I was ready.

467
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,500
Speaker 1: I was ready for the promised land, but I was

468
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,820
Speaker 1: not ready for this Red Sea. I was not ready.

469
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:23,860
Speaker 1: I thought I was. I talked to somebody the other day.

470
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,650
Speaker 1: They were like, growing old is not for wimps. I

471
00:29:27,690 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: just didn't know. I thought I was ready to age gracefully.

472
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,700
Speaker 1: I always said, I won't be this kind of person.

473
00:29:32,780 --> 00:29:34,820
Speaker 1: I won't be that kind of person. I thought I

474
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,570
Speaker 1: was ready. I was ready in a sense, but I

475
00:29:39,630 --> 00:29:42,590
Speaker 1: wasn't ready. for this barrier. I wasn't ready for this test.

476
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: and the first thing you do when you come up

477
00:29:45,940 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 1: on something you were not ready for … not ready

478
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Speaker 1: at all. No training, no expertise, no swimming classes, no boat,

479
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,930
Speaker 1: no floats, no vehicle to get you across. God said

480
00:29:57,950 --> 00:30:00,430
Speaker 1: you've been feeling that way lately. I don't know who

481
00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:01,910
Speaker 1: you are. I don't care if it's three of you

482
00:30:02,210 --> 00:30:05,390
Speaker 1: or 30,000, but God said you're standing in front of

483
00:30:05,450 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: it right now, and it's what stands between you and freedom.

484
00:30:10,980 --> 00:30:13,950
Speaker 1: It's what stands between you and freedom, and God's going

485
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Speaker 1: to get his glory as you go through. as you

486
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Speaker 1: go through. Now the word gets really deep, because it says,

487
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: as Pharaoh was approaching them from behind, the people turned

488
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Speaker 1: to Moses and said, verse 11,' Was it because there

489
00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:39,420
Speaker 1: were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to

490
00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: the desert to die?' Watch them put their faith in reverse.

491
00:30:44,990 --> 00:30:49,270
Speaker 1: What have you done to us by bringing us up

492
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Speaker 1: out of Egypt?' They are barely out of the parking lot, church.

493
00:30:56,930 --> 00:31:02,580
Speaker 1: They are barely out of Egypt. They are barely used

494
00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:05,220
Speaker 1: to the idea or the concept that they are a

495
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: mighty nation, and the car cuts off. The first thing

496
00:31:10,420 --> 00:31:12,780
Speaker 1: they do is to blame. The first thing they do

497
00:31:12,860 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: is to shift responsibility. The first thing they do, and

498
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: we can understand it, is to want to return to

499
00:31:18,530 --> 00:31:22,310
Speaker 1: what wasn't even working in the first place. I would

500
00:31:22,330 --> 00:31:25,350
Speaker 1: rather serve them than die at their hands. This is

501
00:31:25,370 --> 00:31:26,190
Speaker 1: exactly what they say.

502
00:31:26,910 --> 00:31:28,060
Speaker 2: Let me teach you the Bible lesson.

503
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Speaker 1: We've always heard the Red Sea has a story of

504
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,700
Speaker 1: great faith, but before they had great faith, watch at

505
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,380
Speaker 1: their fear. Great faith doesn't look like you think it does.

506
00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: I don't care what anybody tells you about how long

507
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,100
Speaker 1: they pray or how much they believe God or how

508
00:31:45,140 --> 00:31:48,460
Speaker 1: they taught their children how to knit quilts and pray

509
00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,770
Speaker 1: for missionaries at the same time. That's all wonderful, but

510
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:55,930
Speaker 1: I promise you that their testimony had a stage of terror.

511
00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:02,489
Speaker 1: It's been terrorizing you, hasn't it? It's been terrorizing you.

512
00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:05,110
Speaker 1: Some things you did in the past that you wish

513
00:32:05,130 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: you could get back, it's been terrorizing you. Some things

514
00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: you didn't do to prepare, and now you're not ready.

515
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,380
Speaker 1: It's been terrorizing you, hasn't it? It's been chasing you,

516
00:32:14,420 --> 00:32:17,190
Speaker 1: hasn't it? It's been making you want to give up

517
00:32:17,290 --> 00:32:21,469
Speaker 1: on you, hasn't it? It's been making you sabotage yourself,

518
00:32:21,530 --> 00:32:24,670
Speaker 1: hasn't it? It's been making you think, maybe there's not

519
00:32:24,690 --> 00:32:26,860
Speaker 1: a reason for me to go through it all. It's

520
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: been making you want to turn around and go home.

521
00:32:30,180 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: It doesn't work in reverse. You can't go back there.

522
00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:42,470
Speaker 1: Moses is in a difficult dilemma, because now they want

523
00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:47,310
Speaker 1: to go back to Egypt, and they're making crap up.

524
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 2: This didn't happen.

525
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,820
Speaker 1: Didn't we say to you in Egypt, leave us alone?

526
00:32:52,860 --> 00:32:53,780
Speaker 2: This is verse 12.

527
00:32:53,780 --> 00:32:56,540
Speaker 1: Leave us alone. Let us serve the Egyptians. No, you

528
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: didn't say that to him in Egypt. They never said

529
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,219
Speaker 1: that in Egypt. If you find it, put it on

530
00:33:01,810 --> 00:33:04,729
Speaker 1: social media, and I'll meet up with you there. It's

531
00:33:04,770 --> 00:33:07,330
Speaker 1: not out. You can't find it. They didn't say that.

532
00:33:07,370 --> 00:33:16,810
Speaker 1: This is a revisionist history. Now I feel really bad

533
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Speaker 1: for Moses even more than I feel bad for them,

534
00:33:18,570 --> 00:33:21,930
Speaker 1: and I feel bad for everybody. I would be saying

535
00:33:21,950 --> 00:33:24,830
Speaker 1: the same stuff. I would be having the same thoughts.

536
00:33:24,890 --> 00:33:26,070
Speaker 1: I'd be one to go back to. I do it

537
00:33:26,090 --> 00:33:31,870
Speaker 1: all the time. But Moses has to motivate them to

538
00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:37,030
Speaker 1: keep moving. In fact, in verse 13 he answered the people,'

539
00:33:36,210 --> 00:33:45,220
Speaker 1: Do not be afraid.' Stand firm, and you will see

540
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians

541
00:33:54,300 --> 00:34:01,950
Speaker 1: you see today you will never see again. The Lord

542
00:34:01,990 --> 00:34:08,310
Speaker 1: will fight for you. You need only to be still. Now,

543
00:34:08,390 --> 00:34:11,730
Speaker 1: part of that is true. The Lord will fight for you,

544
00:34:13,110 --> 00:34:16,130
Speaker 1: but part of it is false. You don't get to

545
00:34:16,150 --> 00:34:22,419
Speaker 1: be still. In fact, the moment Moses gets his motivational

546
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: speech out of his mouth, God corrects him. I wonder,

547
00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:29,100
Speaker 1: did you ever read this about the green light at

548
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 1: the Red Sea? I wonder, did you ever really think

549
00:34:32,390 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 1: about this? Moses is saying,' Hey, God's got this.' He

550
00:34:36,860 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: told us to come through the Red Sea. He's going

551
00:34:39,219 --> 00:34:42,580
Speaker 1: to do it. He's God. He's faithful. He brought us out.

552
00:34:42,820 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 1: He didn't bring us this far to leave us. Just

553
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Speaker 1: stand still. Watch God in verse 15. Then the Lord

554
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,460
Speaker 1: said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me?

555
00:34:51,480 --> 00:35:03,430
Speaker 1: Tell the Israelites, Honk, honk, move on. That's God honking.

556
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:11,810
Speaker 1: That's not Pharaoh chasing. That's God honking. That restless thing

557
00:35:11,870 --> 00:35:15,169
Speaker 1: inside of you that's letting you know you can't stay

558
00:35:15,210 --> 00:35:18,230
Speaker 1: in these excuses and just be who you were 10

559
00:35:18,230 --> 00:35:24,870
Speaker 1: years ago, that's God honking. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Everybody say, beep, beep.

560
00:35:25,730 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 1: That's God honking. That's a beep, beep. Now, God will

561
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:34,060
Speaker 1: give you a courtesy honk before he lays on the horn.

562
00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:38,110
Speaker 1: This is a courtesy honk from God. This word, this

563
00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: message today from God through me to you, this is

564
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: a courtesy honk from God. If you stay here in

565
00:35:46,140 --> 00:35:50,260
Speaker 1: this dry spot and feel sorry for yourself or blame

566
00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:53,620
Speaker 1: others or spend your time in reverse, you're not going

567
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: to make it out the parking lot. You're not going

568
00:35:57,460 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: to get to see the manna. You're not going to

569
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,859
Speaker 1: get to taste the grapes. You're not going to bring

570
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:08,630
Speaker 1: down the giant. This is God honking. He said, if

571
00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:13,910
Speaker 1: you stand there and stay in your feelings … I

572
00:36:13,930 --> 00:36:16,090
Speaker 1: don't know if you noticed, but it said they were terrified.

573
00:36:16,110 --> 00:36:18,129
Speaker 1: I guess they were.

574
00:36:18,150 --> 00:36:22,510
Speaker 2: See, I wouldn't, because the Lord fights my battles.

575
00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:26,690
Speaker 1: Shut up. I don't want God to strike you for

576
00:36:26,750 --> 00:36:29,030
Speaker 1: lying while I'm preaching. I'd have to call the ambulance

577
00:36:29,070 --> 00:36:34,930
Speaker 1: and all of that. Don't lie. But the miracle is

578
00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:43,540
Speaker 1: not in your feelings. The miracle is in your feet.

579
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,700
Speaker 1: It's not in your feelings. It's in your feet. What

580
00:36:50,739 --> 00:36:56,310
Speaker 1: you have to do is move. Move. Beep, beep. It's green.

581
00:36:57,170 --> 00:36:59,469
Speaker 1: You have the go-ahead from God, even though it doesn't

582
00:36:59,510 --> 00:37:02,250
Speaker 1: look like it, even though you don't see it, even

583
00:37:02,270 --> 00:37:04,509
Speaker 1: though this is kind of an off-road season for you,

584
00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:07,109
Speaker 1: and you've never been this way before, and you've never

585
00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 1: figured this out before, and you weren't educated for this.

586
00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:13,609
Speaker 1: You have a green light. If you sit at this

587
00:37:13,710 --> 00:37:17,989
Speaker 1: green light in this intersection long enough … Look, God

588
00:37:18,010 --> 00:37:19,469
Speaker 1: will give you the green light, but he's not going

589
00:37:19,489 --> 00:37:26,690
Speaker 1: to drive the car. Uh-oh. Looks like I hit a nerve.

590
00:37:26,950 --> 00:37:32,230
Speaker 1: Y'all were singing, Jesus, take the wheel. He's like, nope. Yea,

591
00:37:32,270 --> 00:37:35,089
Speaker 1: though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

592
00:37:35,590 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: I will fear no evil, because you're with me. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

593
00:37:42,610 --> 00:37:47,020
Speaker 1: It's in my feet. He enables me to go through

594
00:37:47,060 --> 00:37:50,060
Speaker 1: the valley. That's what he gave me grace for. Not

595
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: to make it so I never experience the valley. Quit

596
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,530
Speaker 1: looking to external means of testimony to the goodness of God.

597
00:38:00,890 --> 00:38:02,670
Speaker 1: You have to get a green light on the inside.

598
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,300
Speaker 1: You have to get a green light on the inside

599
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,740
Speaker 1: to say, you know what? I know God is calling

600
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: me to love this person even though they get on

601
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,969
Speaker 1: my last nerves. That's what I mean by a green

602
00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:16,570
Speaker 1: light at the Red Sea. When God enables you to

603
00:38:16,650 --> 00:38:20,009
Speaker 1: do something that you could never do apart from him,

604
00:38:20,330 --> 00:38:23,210
Speaker 1: apart from me, you can do nothing, but I can

605
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:26,370
Speaker 1: do all things through Christ who strengthens me, and I

606
00:38:26,410 --> 00:38:30,390
Speaker 1: can do this too. God is going to get his glory,

607
00:38:31,590 --> 00:38:35,390
Speaker 1: but you have to go. You have to go. I

608
00:38:35,410 --> 00:38:38,170
Speaker 1: don't mean running from stuff. I don't mean moving cities.

609
00:38:38,410 --> 00:38:42,069
Speaker 1: I mean walking by faith, not sight, to pass through

610
00:38:42,090 --> 00:38:45,170
Speaker 1: the sea. That's the reason he brought you to the

611
00:38:45,230 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 1: Red Sea, because the Egyptians can't swim that far. Too much.

612
00:38:53,460 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: It should have been a series. All I came to

613
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:03,140
Speaker 1: prophesy today is you have green, and you have to go.

614
00:39:05,150 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: You have to go.

615
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 2: So, where should I move?

616
00:39:08,420 --> 00:39:11,779
Speaker 1: Tampa? Atlanta? You keep thinking it's about geography. It's not

617
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 1: about geography. I feel fear, but the miracle is not

618
00:39:17,450 --> 00:39:21,969
Speaker 1: in my feelings. shadow of death. I will fear no evil,

619
00:39:23,030 --> 00:39:25,489
Speaker 1: though I walk through. I will fear no fear.

620
00:39:25,870 --> 00:39:28,110
Speaker 2: Well, I feel fear, but the miracle is not in

621
00:39:28,150 --> 00:39:29,390
Speaker 2: my feelings.

622
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:36,070
Speaker 1: It's in my feet. You know what else Psalm 23 says?

623
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Speaker 1: He maketh me lie down. He knows when it should

624
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:48,620
Speaker 1: be red. He knows when it should be green. He

625
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: maketh me lie down in what pastures? Does my whole

626
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:03,650
Speaker 1: sermon go together to get you to realize you have

627
00:40:03,710 --> 00:40:07,299
Speaker 1: green even in the valley? That he will feed you.

628
00:40:07,460 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: He will feed you in the low place. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

629
00:40:10,020 --> 00:40:12,219
Speaker 1: You're depressed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're anxious. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

630
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 3: You screwed up.

631
00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,100
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You did it. But he's going to

632
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,050
Speaker 1: break you through anyway. Where's the organ? Where's the organ?

633
00:40:19,430 --> 00:40:22,950
Speaker 3: I need to celebrate. I need to celebrate. I need

634
00:40:23,010 --> 00:40:27,310
Speaker 3: to celebrate. I need to celebrate. If it's all by myself.

635
00:40:37,670 --> 00:40:41,690
Speaker 3: I got that go through anointing. I got that anyway anointing.

636
00:40:42,410 --> 00:40:48,540
Speaker 3: I got that Red Sea revelation. He led me through

637
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Speaker 3: the depths.

638
00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: Through the depths like it was a desert. He brought

639
00:40:53,020 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: me through dysfunction. He brought me into destiny. He led

640
00:40:56,540 --> 00:40:58,169
Speaker 1: me through the desert. The proof that God is leading

641
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Speaker 1: you is not that it's easy. He prepared the table

642
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Speaker 1: for me in the green valley in the presence of

643
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Speaker 1: my enemies. He's leading me. I'm not going the easy way.

644
00:41:14,910 --> 00:41:18,930
Speaker 1: I'm going through the sea. I've been baptized in water.

645
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Speaker 1: I've been baptized in the Father's love. I've been baptized

646
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Speaker 1: by fire, and I shall come forth as gold. That's gold.

647
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: I'm coming out of this refined. I'm coming out of

648
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Speaker 1: this restored. I'm coming out of this with a revelation,

649
00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:43,810
Speaker 1: because I have a green light at the Red Sea.

650
00:41:45,489 --> 00:41:48,330
Speaker 1: I asked the Lord in coming to preach this message,

651
00:41:49,310 --> 00:41:51,109
Speaker 1: what did he want to give you to get you through?

652
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Speaker 1: I said, Show me, Lord, what you want to give

653
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Speaker 1: to get them through, because he gave Moses a staff

654
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Speaker 1: I'm like, well, surely you can give them something. Thy

655
00:42:05,989 --> 00:42:09,890
Speaker 1: rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Moses had a staff.

656
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Speaker 1: David had a staff. God of Moses, God of David.

657
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Speaker 1: What did he give Annabelle? What was your name again, lady,

658
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Speaker 1: that I said I was going to preach to? Kathy.

659
00:42:23,330 --> 00:42:27,830
Speaker 1: What did he give Kathy? I'm praying you. The first

660
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Speaker 1: thing God said he wanted to give you, As you

661
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Speaker 1: go through this red sea … Shout it again. You've

662
00:42:34,180 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 1: got green. I want to see green light emojis all

663
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Speaker 1: in the chat when I watch this message later this week,

664
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Speaker 1: because the first thing he said he wanted to give

665
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Speaker 1: you was grace. Grace. Not just any kind of grace,

666
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Speaker 1: because we put that before we eat the casserole. Let's

667
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Speaker 1: say grace.

668
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Speaker 2: Not that kind of grace.

669
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Speaker 1: He said he wanted to give you grace for your

670
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Speaker 1: greatest embarrassments, for the thing you won't talk about, for

671
00:43:08,580 --> 00:43:12,970
Speaker 1: the thing you pretend like you got through, but you're

672
00:43:13,010 --> 00:43:18,250
Speaker 1: really drowning in it. I won't stay here long, because

673
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Speaker 1: you'll pretend like you have to go to the bathroom

674
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Speaker 1: and get up and walk out if I keep talking

675
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Speaker 1: about this, but this is between you and God. He

676
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Speaker 1: told me to say it just like that. He said,

677
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Speaker 1: tell them, I want to give them grace for their

678
00:43:34,010 --> 00:43:40,439
Speaker 1: greatest embarrassment, for their most spectacular failure, for their most

679
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Speaker 1: idiotic mistake. Remember, and I need to show you this

680
00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: again in Psalm 106, because I never saw it quite

681
00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: this way before. I thought the Red Sea was about faith.

682
00:43:51,980 --> 00:43:58,589
Speaker 1: I didn't know it was also about failure. They rebelled. Please,

683
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Speaker 1: one more time in the back, and I'll stop. I

684
00:44:00,910 --> 00:44:03,469
Speaker 1: just want you to see this one more time. Would

685
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Speaker 1: y'all be happy if I picked this up next week, too?

686
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Speaker 1: Would you be happy if I … Let me know

687
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Speaker 1: in the chat, because I think we need to keep

688
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Speaker 1: talking about this idea that God will give you a

689
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Speaker 1: green light, the strength and the assurance and the calling

690
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Speaker 1: to go through something that you've never seen anybody else

691
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Speaker 1: go through. and that you've convinced yourself … I was

692
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Speaker 1: telling my friend the other day … They were saying, well,

693
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Speaker 1: you're going to get better at this, and you're going

694
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Speaker 1: to develop that.

695
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Speaker 2: I said, I'm 41. I don't believe you. Stop lying.

696
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Speaker 1: If I'm not all those things by now, I'm never

697
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Speaker 1: going to be. I didn't even want to hear it.

698
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Speaker 1: I want to put it in reverse. I've always been

699
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Speaker 1: this way, so now I'm going to be stuck in

700
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Speaker 1: the parking lot. I'm going to be stuck outside of

701
00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: the peace of God, because I want to go back

702
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Speaker 1: to Egypt. My dad is running across. Give him another chance. Please.

703
00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:04,800
Speaker 2: He's breathing heavy. Thank God for second chances.

704
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Speaker 1: You better voluntarily testify. Third chances. Fourth chances. Fifth chances.

705
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Speaker 1: It said they did not remember verse 7. They rebelled.

706
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Speaker 1: When you don't remember, you rebel. When you don't remember

707
00:45:33,690 --> 00:45:35,130
Speaker 1: who God is, what he has done, what he has

708
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Speaker 1: called you, what Jesus has done for you on the

709
00:45:36,790 --> 00:45:41,170
Speaker 1: cross … When you forget that, your sole focus becomes

710
00:45:41,210 --> 00:45:43,140
Speaker 1: what's in front of you, and the Red Sea is big.

711
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:45,360
Speaker 1: Of course you want to go back. Where else are

712
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Speaker 1: you going to go? But you just saw the Nile

713
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Speaker 1: turn to blood. You just saw frogs cover the land.

714
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: You just saw the firstborn of Egypt struck dead, because

715
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: God will get his glory. He's committed to it, and

716
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:07,230
Speaker 1: God is committed to your freedom. They rebelled by the sea,

717
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Speaker 1: by the Red Sea. I knew they rebelled in the wilderness.

718
00:46:09,430 --> 00:46:11,170
Speaker 1: I knew they rebelled at Sinai. I remember they built

719
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Speaker 1: the golden calf, dancing around it, taking their clothes off

720
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Speaker 1: and all that, but they rebelled before they even got out.

721
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Speaker 1: They almost failed their test of faith in the parking

722
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Speaker 1: lot on their way to the promised land. What really

723
00:46:24,410 --> 00:46:30,819
Speaker 1: got me was the word yet in verse 8. Yet

724
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: he saved them for his name's sake. Don't you know

725
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:47,259
Speaker 1: he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake?

726
00:46:48,969 --> 00:46:55,980
Speaker 1: Green pastures, still water. They rebelled Yet he saved them

727
00:46:57,219 --> 00:46:59,939
Speaker 1: for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.

728
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Speaker 1: I wonder if God brought you to the Red Sea

729
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Speaker 1: to give you a green light, to kill off the insecurities,

730
00:47:10,989 --> 00:47:15,790
Speaker 1: to kill off the arrogance, to kill off the idols,

731
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Speaker 1: to kill off the Egyptians. I wonder if he brought

732
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Speaker 1: you to this not to kill you, It wouldn't make

733
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Speaker 1: much sense if he did all of that to bring

734
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Speaker 1: you out of Egypt and sent his son to spare

735
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Speaker 1: you and then left you here at this Red Sea,

736
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Speaker 1: would it? They rebelled, but my soul got happy.

737
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Speaker 2: When I read what he did.

738
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Speaker 1: Verse 9. He rebuked the Red Sea. See the symmetry

739
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:54,109
Speaker 1: of the text. They rebelled. He rebuked. That's what God

740
00:47:54,150 --> 00:48:01,980
Speaker 1: will do. Okay, I'm going to preach it boldly. God

741
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: is going to do it for you anyway. God is

742
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: going to do it for you anyway. But don't list

743
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,480
Speaker 1: your resume of all the good things you did, of

744
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,620
Speaker 1: why God should help you right now. You won't need

745
00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:17,839
Speaker 1: any of that. It's not what you did that's going

746
00:48:17,860 --> 00:48:20,350
Speaker 1: to get him to do what only he could do.

747
00:48:21,170 --> 00:48:24,710
Speaker 1: He's going to do it in spite of it. in

748
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Speaker 1: spite of it, in spite of your stupid, in spite

749
00:48:29,530 --> 00:48:32,830
Speaker 1: of your stubbornness. He's going to give you grace for

750
00:48:32,870 --> 00:48:37,029
Speaker 1: your greatest embarrassment, and your kids will live to tell

751
00:48:37,090 --> 00:48:40,970
Speaker 1: of it, and your grandkids will know about it. He's

752
00:48:41,010 --> 00:48:48,009
Speaker 1: going to save you anyway. I declare it. You have

753
00:48:48,050 --> 00:48:59,620
Speaker 1: a green light, but you have to go. You have green,

754
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,740
Speaker 1: but you have to go. I don't know what grace

755
00:49:04,340 --> 00:49:05,910
Speaker 1: you need, but God said, I'm going to give you

756
00:49:05,950 --> 00:49:14,529
Speaker 1: grace for your greatest embarrassment. But that's not all. The

757
00:49:14,570 --> 00:49:19,330
Speaker 1: infomercial used to say, but wait, there's more. I don't

758
00:49:19,370 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 1: know who would leave at this point in the sermon,

759
00:49:21,340 --> 00:49:23,219
Speaker 1: but I encourage you to stay for this last thing

760
00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:26,899
Speaker 1: I'm going to give you. I'm telling you right now,

761
00:49:27,300 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 1: God's Spirit is in this place. The Word of God

762
00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 1: is alive and active. I'm preaching this. Whoever you are …

763
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Speaker 1: The Lord said, it's green. It's green. It's green. It's green.

764
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Speaker 1: It's green. You will make it. You will make it.

765
00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: You will make it. You will make it. So he said,

766
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Speaker 1: grace for your greatest embarrassment. He said he wanted to

767
00:49:56,410 --> 00:50:04,230
Speaker 1: give you resource for your deepest need. Not the one

768
00:50:04,310 --> 00:50:08,230
Speaker 1: you think you need. The one he knows you need.

769
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Speaker 1: If that's peace, you're going to have it. It's going

770
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Speaker 1: to be green in the valley. It's going to be dark,

771
00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 1: but it's going to be green. He said, I'm going

772
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Speaker 1: to give you a resource for your deepest need. Do

773
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Speaker 1: you know what else he said? I know when I

774
00:50:25,739 --> 00:50:28,690
Speaker 1: hear God and when I'm just making stuff up, but

775
00:50:28,969 --> 00:50:30,790
Speaker 1: all of these he said he wanted to give you today.

776
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:39,069
Speaker 1: He said he wanted to give you energy. Whoa, you

777
00:50:39,090 --> 00:50:43,150
Speaker 1: need it. I can tell. He said he wants to

778
00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:49,350
Speaker 1: give you divine power to demolish strongholds and a fresh

779
00:50:49,430 --> 00:50:53,430
Speaker 1: filling of the Holy Spirit. Fill your horn with oil

780
00:50:53,850 --> 00:50:56,989
Speaker 1: and be on your way. It's greed. You have to go.

781
00:51:01,090 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: Thank you, Jesus. He said he wanted to give you

782
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:12,420
Speaker 1: energy for your most draining relationships. Don't look at anybody

783
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:16,170
Speaker 1: right now. Do not look at anybody right now. They

784
00:51:16,190 --> 00:51:18,270
Speaker 1: will not like that.

785
00:51:20,090 --> 00:51:24,330
Speaker 4: Just receive it.

786
00:51:25,950 --> 00:51:27,650
Speaker 2: I wrote these down, because I knew I'd forget the

787
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Speaker 2: fourth one.

788
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Speaker 1: What was the fourth one, Lord? He said he was

789
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Speaker 1: going to give you evidence. He said, I'm going to

790
00:51:44,660 --> 00:51:54,100
Speaker 1: give you evidence for your most stubborn unbelief. Do you

791
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 1: see that staff in your hand? That's evidence of God's faithfulness.

792
00:51:59,580 --> 00:52:02,630
Speaker 1: You're going to point back to this Red Sea. I

793
00:52:02,670 --> 00:52:04,870
Speaker 1: told Graham this morning I'm going to write a song

794
00:52:04,910 --> 00:52:08,230
Speaker 1: called Grandkids. It's going to say, I'm going to tell

795
00:52:08,270 --> 00:52:11,390
Speaker 1: my grandkids about what God did. I don't know how

796
00:52:11,430 --> 00:52:13,400
Speaker 1: the melody is going to go yet, but that's what

797
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,299
Speaker 1: I'm saying. God is going to give you evidence that

798
00:52:16,340 --> 00:52:21,280
Speaker 1: will serve for a future generation to know the Lord

799
00:52:22,700 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: and to prove to you that he can be trusted.

800
00:52:28,180 --> 00:52:32,820
Speaker 1: The final thing, because I was like, The first letter

801
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: of those almost spells green. The grace and the resource.

802
00:52:38,980 --> 00:52:43,460
Speaker 1: Got any E's? Yeah, energy and evidence. I said, there's

803
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,379
Speaker 1: not a lot of words that start with N, Lord.

804
00:52:45,420 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: We have to spell green here so they can remember this,

805
00:52:48,020 --> 00:52:50,820
Speaker 1: because I want to tell the people, you got green.

806
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:53,839
Speaker 1: You got green. You don't have to stay here and

807
00:52:53,890 --> 00:52:56,170
Speaker 1: die just because you feel afraid or just because you

808
00:52:56,190 --> 00:52:56,710
Speaker 1: feel ashamed.

809
00:52:58,210 --> 00:53:00,210
Speaker 2: So the Lord spoke to me another driving word.

810
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Speaker 1: He said, Navigate. He said, I'm going to help you

811
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Speaker 1: navigate your most complicated places. That's what we mean about

812
00:53:19,660 --> 00:53:22,590
Speaker 1: a green light at the Red Sea. The Red Sea

813
00:53:22,610 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: is not going to move. God is going to give

814
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:29,250
Speaker 1: you grace for your greatest embarrassment. You don't think Moses

815
00:53:29,270 --> 00:53:31,549
Speaker 1: was embarrassed that he killed an Egyptian, and now he's

816
00:53:31,590 --> 00:53:34,050
Speaker 1: having to deliver people who only know him as a murderer?

817
00:53:35,550 --> 00:53:39,650
Speaker 1: God gave him grace for that. Think about the resources

818
00:53:39,690 --> 00:53:45,790
Speaker 1: that were needed. Did you ever see in John, chapter 6,

819
00:53:45,790 --> 00:53:48,390
Speaker 1: when Jesus fed the 5,000 with the little boy's lunch?

820
00:53:49,350 --> 00:53:51,710
Speaker 1: Did you see it before? One thing I don't know

821
00:53:51,730 --> 00:53:54,549
Speaker 1: if you ever saw is that they didn't have enough food.

822
00:53:55,870 --> 00:53:57,490
Speaker 1: Can you put that verse up there? It said, Here's

823
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Speaker 1: a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish,

824
00:53:59,739 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 1: but how far will they go among so many? So

825
00:54:01,940 --> 00:54:03,339
Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of bread, but watch what

826
00:54:03,380 --> 00:54:05,739
Speaker 1: they did have. Verse 10. Jesus said, have the people

827
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Speaker 1: sit down. There was plenty of grass in that place.

828
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Speaker 1: That's a weird detail to point out. There's plenty of green.

829
00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:22,489
Speaker 1: Just sit down in it for a second. God is

830
00:54:22,510 --> 00:54:25,350
Speaker 1: going to give you somewhere to sit. He's going to

831
00:54:25,370 --> 00:54:29,069
Speaker 1: give you something to sit in this season. I know

832
00:54:29,090 --> 00:54:31,170
Speaker 1: it in my spirit. I declare it to your spirit.

833
00:54:31,310 --> 00:54:34,259
Speaker 1: Do you receive it? Are you receiving this? I didn't

834
00:54:34,300 --> 00:54:36,740
Speaker 1: come here to perform a speech for you. You received

835
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:37,740
Speaker 1: this in your spirit.

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Speaker 5: Listen.

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Speaker 1: He said, I'm going to meet the deepest need. You've

838
00:54:46,540 --> 00:54:49,070
Speaker 1: been asking me for more friends, but I want to

839
00:54:49,180 --> 00:54:51,690
Speaker 1: fix what's on the inside of you that doesn't reach

840
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:56,069
Speaker 1: out to the ones you already have. I'm going to

841
00:54:56,090 --> 00:54:59,469
Speaker 1: give you a resource for your deepest needs. I'm going

842
00:54:59,489 --> 00:55:03,440
Speaker 1: to give you energy for your most draining relationships. You're

843
00:55:03,460 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 1: going to be putting up with people. I'm going to

844
00:55:06,260 --> 00:55:07,739
Speaker 1: show you how to dodge them some, too, so you

845
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:11,049
Speaker 1: can save your energy. God's going to do this for you.

846
00:55:11,219 --> 00:55:14,609
Speaker 1: He will do it. He will do it. You have

847
00:55:14,630 --> 00:55:18,989
Speaker 1: a green light at the Red Sea. He's going to

848
00:55:19,010 --> 00:55:22,129
Speaker 1: give it to you. You're going to have the rest

849
00:55:22,170 --> 00:55:25,779
Speaker 1: of your life when you pass through this season the

850
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: evidence of his faithfulness, and you can preach to your unbelief.

851
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,460
Speaker 1: Tell them who Jesus is to you. Tell them what

852
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:36,480
Speaker 1: God already did for you. You're going to be able

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Speaker 1: to preach about this for the rest of your life,

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Speaker 1: what you're going through right now. You receive it? That's

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Speaker 1: God haunting. But if you stand still, you die. You

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Speaker 1: die inside. That's why God is going to help you navigate.

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Speaker 1: There's no way … Buck, I want you to come

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Speaker 1: take this, because I know what you're going through. I

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Speaker 1: had it in my heart for you to hang that

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Speaker 1: up on your mirror and just remember that. All right?

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Speaker 1: I want you to show that to Ms. Tammy, too.

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Speaker 1: Just lift your hands for a moment. Spirit of grace,

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Speaker 1: We need you. It's deep waters ahead and fierce enemies behind,

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Speaker 1: but we've got a green light. Let us know we

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Speaker 1: can do all things and greater is he that is

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Speaker 1: in me than he that is in the world. I

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Speaker 1: speak to your people not to run away from problems today,

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Speaker 1: but to move forward into your promises, confident of your presence. Now, Lord,

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Speaker 1: Your Word has gone forth today. You fed us the

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Speaker 1: bread from heaven. We're just taking this moment with our

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Speaker 1: hands lifted just to let you know that we know

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Speaker 1: this sea doesn't part unless you speak. So when we

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Speaker 1: ask you to make a way for us, we're not

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Speaker 1: asking you to drive the car. Finally, Lord, before I

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Speaker 1: close my time of ministry, I want to pray for

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Speaker 1: the person who has put it in reverse. They've been

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Speaker 1: going back. But I see you running across the parking lot,

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Speaker 1: Heavenly Father. I see you running across the parking lot,

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Speaker 1: talking about, give them another chance. Another chance, a greater grace,

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Speaker 1: and a new beginning. I declare it over your life today.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us.

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Speaker 1: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to

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Speaker 1: this ministry. It's because of you that this ministry is possible.

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Speaker 1: God bless you.