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Allen Jackson - Courage To Lead With Faith (Part 2)

November 11, 2025 | 28:35

Allen Jackson - Courage To Lead With Faith (Part 2)
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Allen Jackson Ministries | Allen Jackson - Courage To Lead With Faith (Part 2) | November 11, 2025
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Allen jackson: you know, when i was a child, i thought christmas
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  • Came every four years.
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  • Now i feel like it comes about every four weeks.
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  • Well, christmas is just around the corner.
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  • It's a season of tremendous opportunity for those of us who
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  • Are people of faith to remember what god has done for us and
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  • What we're inviting him into in the midst of this
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  • Holiday season.
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  • Well, we've created a tool, a resource for you to lead with
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  • Your faith at christmas.
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  • It's a 25-day devotional along with some ideas about--from
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  • Recipes to activities for your friends or your family.
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  • It's just a fun way so that you can shape your faith into
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  • The holiday.
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  • I think all of us have a desire to see christmas be--have jesus
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  • In the midst of it a bit more.
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  • There's so many secular voices that speak, and sometimes i
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  • Think we feel powerless to do something other than put up a
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  • Tree or hang some lights.
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  • Well, "lead with your faith at christmas" is a tool we created
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  • So you can share your faith with your family, with your friends,
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  • With coworkers.
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  • I think it'll make this christmas season truly a way to
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  • Honor the lord in your life.
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  • In fact, i'm quite confident it'll be a blessing to you.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Allen jackson: it's a privilege to be with you today.
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  • We wanna complete our discussion on "the courage to lead
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  • With faith."
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  • You know, the real test of my christianity is not who i am
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  • When i'm at church, who i am when i'm standing on a platform.
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  • The real test of my christianity is who i am when i'm standing in
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  • The midst of people who aren't godly.
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  • Does my faith hold up in that place?
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  • Do i have the courage and the boldness, the humility to give
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  • Honor and glory to jesus of nazareth in an environment where
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  • That's not always well received?
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  • Well, i believe god is raising up a generation to do just that,
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  • And i wanna be a part of it.
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  • Grab your bible and a notepad, but most importantly,
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  • Open your heart.
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  • Allen: there's an expression of courage to step out of the
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  • Crowd, the public display of humility that changed a
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  • Man's future.
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  • I don't think we often imagine that humility will change our
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  • Future; we think boldness will change our future,
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  • Brazenness seizing the moment, a lot of those things.
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  • Jesus is in capernaum.
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  • "when he had finished saying all these things in the hearing of
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  • The people, he entered capernaum.
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  • And a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was
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  • Sick and about to die.
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  • And the centurion heard of jesus and sent some of the elders of
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  • The jews to him, asking him to come and heal the servant."
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  • Now up to this point, the scripture reads, as you would
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  • Expect it to be.
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  • Arguably the most powerful leader in this community is the
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  • Roman centurion.
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  • He has the jews to make anything he wants to happen, and he has a
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  • Servant who's sick.
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  • And so he goes to the jewish leaders and says, "bring that
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  • Rabbi to me."
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  • Everything is on track at this point.
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  • You're reading it, and you're going, "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  • We've seen powerful people abuse their power."
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  • "when they came to jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him."
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  • We don't know whether it's out of sincerity or fear, but
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  • They're earnest in their pleas.
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  • They say, "this man deserves to have you do this.
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  • He loves our nation, and he has built our synagogue."
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  • So a remarkable sentence, jesus went with them.
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  • If you know the gospels very well, you know jesus refuses
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  • Most gentiles.
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  • A woman comes asking for help for a child, and jesus said, "i
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  • Didn't come for the dogs."
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  • I don't know any language interpretation that gets you out
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  • Of that awkward moment.
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  • But in this case, jesus says he went with them.
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  • "and when he is not far from the house, the centurion sent
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  • Friends to say to him, 'lord, don't trouble yourself, i don't
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  • Deserve to have you come under my roof.
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  • That's why i didn't even consider myself worthy to come
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  • To you.
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  • But if you'll say the word, my servant will be healed.
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  • I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers
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  • Under me.
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  • And i tell this one, 'go' and he goes; and i tell one to come and
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  • He comes and i say to my servant, 'do this.'
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  • And you know he does it."
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  • When jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and he turned to
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  • The crowd following him, and he said, 'i tell you, i haven't
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  • Found such great faith in israel.'
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  • And the men who'd been sent returned to the house and found
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  • The servant well."
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  • Now this was a man willing to step out of the crowd.
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  • He's a roman centurion.
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  • He's powerful, he's respected, he's feared, he has a position
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  • Of significance.
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  • And i would submit to you, he risked a great deal in
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  • Approaching jesus.
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  • He could have had jesus brought to him in chains.
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  • He could have had jesus frog marched to the front door of
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  • His home.
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  • He chose a completely different path.
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  • He approached jesus with humility.
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  • He gave us the inside information.
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  • He said, "i didn't consider myself worthy to even approach
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  • You myself."
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  • Are you kidding me?
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  • I'll give you one more example.
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  • Acts chapter 5, jesus is back in heaven.
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  • The apostles are hard after it.
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  • They're telling their jesus' story and the antagonism's
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  • Already been ratcheted up.
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  • They've been arrested, they've been released, they've been
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  • Arrested again.
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  • In verse 27, "having brought the apostles, they made them appear
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  • Before the sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest."
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  • You should know this is the mob that orchestrated jesus' death.
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  • The romans did it, but it's the high priest in the sanhedrin and
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  • Those that are their followers that brought the angry mob that
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  • Demanded jesus' death.
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  • "we gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said,
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  • 'yet you have filled jerusalem with your teaching, and you're
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  • Determined to make us guilty of this man's blood.'"
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  • That's true, they are.
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  • They've been saying in the streets, every time they get a
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  • Half a chance, "you killed the messiah."
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  • Peter and the other apostles replied, "we must obey god
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  • Rather than men."
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  • That is not a conciliatory statement.
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  • "the god of our fathers raised jesus from the dead--whom you
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  • Had killed by hanging him on a tree."
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  • I mean, technically, the romans did that, but peter is pointing
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  • It directly at the high priest.
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  • "god exalted him to his own right hand as prince and savior
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  • That he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins
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  • To israel.
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  • We are witnesses of these things, and so is the holy
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  • Spirit, whom god has given to those who obey him."
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  • You did it, we saw it, and we're gonna tell it.
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  • "when they heard this, they were furious, and they wanted to put
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  • Them to death."
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  • I wanna stop there just a moment, because the overwhelming
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  • Message in the contemporary church is that we have to be
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  • Conciliatory with evil.
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  • We don't need to be angry or belligerent.
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  • And for people who have no knowledge of the gospel, who
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  • Know nothing about god, i believe we do have an assignment
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  • To help them understand the implications, and that
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  • Requires kindness.
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  • But we are not coached to be kind to those amongst us who are
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  • Living ungodly in ungodly ways.
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  • We're called to help one another, to speak the truth to
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  • One another, to not give them our encouragement and
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  • Our affirmation.
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  • And the message has been so convoluted that the current
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  • Version of evangelicalism is wandering aimlessly.
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  • If you look at that, peter and the other apostles, they are
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  • Poking their finger in the eye of the high priest and
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  • The sanhedrin.
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  • You did it, and we saw it.
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  • And we're gonna tell everybody we can find.
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  • What do you expect them to say?
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  • We're gonna shut you down.
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  • Well, i feel called to more of a covert approach.
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  • Well, you know, i would've told people i love jesus, but they
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  • Told me i wasn't supposed to say that.
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  • Peter and his crew already been in jail.
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  • It's the end of the story that intrigues me.
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  • "there was a pharisee named gamaliel.
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  • He's the teacher of the law, and he was honored by all
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  • The people.
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  • He stood up in the sanhedrin."
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  • Now they are in a murderous rage in the sanhedrin, and they have
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  • Acted on that before.
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  • They have the ability.
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  • It's not a question, it's not theoretical.
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  • "he stands up in the sanhedrin and order that the men, peter
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  • And the crew would be put outside for a little while, and
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  • He addressed them: 'men of israel consider carefully what
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  • You intend to do to these men.'"
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  • Gamaliel, he steps out of the crowd.
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  • He is on an island in a group of angry, murderous, violent,
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  • Self-absorbed people, and he defends peter and the apostles
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  • From an angry mob.
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  • He risks a great deal.
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  • He is aligning himself with a crucified criminal and the
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  • Uneducated, unsophisticated troublemakers who follow him.
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  • And he doesn't have a support group.
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  • It says the people respect him, but in that group of people they
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  • Could care less.
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  • The people are a tool to be manipulated.
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  • Gamaliel stepped out of the crowd.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Allen: have you ever said that christmas is too secular and
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  • You're tired of it?
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  • Well, we've got a solution, or at least
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  • Something that can help.
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  • We've written a book.
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  • It's called, "how to lead with your faith at christmas."
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  • It's 25 days of devotionals that you can read.
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  • You can share them with family, your friends, coworkers.
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  • Then there's some ideas, even recipes, activities.
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  • It's a fun--it's like a--it's a starter kit for bringing your
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  • Faith to bear this christmas season.
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  • Don't stand on the sidelines and complain.
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  • Let's lead with our faith this christmas season.
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  • Let's honor the lord and see the blessings that he brings to all
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  • Of our lives.
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  • Female announcer: christmas comes quickly, and it's easy to
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  • Let the season slip by without focusing on what matters most.
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  • Pastor allen's new book, "lead with faith at christmas," is a
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  • 25-day advent devotional that will help you bring jesus more
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  • Fully into the season.
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  • Inside, you'll find scriptures, devotionals, prayers, recipes,
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  • And practical things you can do to make the holidays
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  • More meaningful.
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  • It also makes a fantastic gift.
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  • It's time to stop repeating the same stale traditions and get
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  • Ready to put your faith into action in new ways
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  • This christmas.
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  • Request your copy when you donate $30 or more today at
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  • Allenjackson.com or by calling...
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  • Allen: i wanna give you a little practical application
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  • 'cause that's my preference.
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  • Remember, "let's pray"?
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  • Some of you were here years ago, we did a little, "let's pray,"
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  • We did more than a little "let's pray" series.
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  • I gave you a tool for taking prayer out of the church.
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  • I wanna do, "let's pray 201."
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  • Can you stand it?
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  • I'll give you a little refresher on what let's pray is, but 201,
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  • We're gonna take it another step.
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  • I wanna raise your effectiveness a little bit if we can.
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  • There the bible tells us very clearly there are different
  • 00:12:15.551 --> 00:12:17.853
  • Types of prayer.
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  • I think you understand this intuitively, but sometimes we
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  • Avoid it.
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  • You know, in more technical language, prayer is an
  • 00:12:25.394 --> 00:12:28.330
  • Uncountable noun.
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  • You can say, "we all got together and prayed," and the
  • 00:12:32.701 --> 00:12:35.805
  • Implication is there were multiple prayers that
  • 00:12:35.805 --> 00:12:37.573
  • Were prayed.
  • 00:12:37.573 --> 00:12:39.008
  • So when we talk about prayer, inferred in the language is that
  • 00:12:39.008 --> 00:12:43.646
  • There are many kinds of prayer: prayers of thanksgiving, prayers
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  • Of intercession, prayers of healing, prayers of deliverance,
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  • Prayers for direction.
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  • This isn't that complicated.
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  • Cooking would be another noun that carries with it
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  • Multiple implications.
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  • If you say you are cooking, we don't really know what
  • 00:12:59.428 --> 00:13:01.564
  • You're doing.
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  • I mean, we kind of know what you're engaged in, but we don't
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  • Know if you're frying chicken or boiling beans.
  • 00:13:05.568 --> 00:13:09.104
  • And they're very different activities, and the outcomes are
  • 00:13:09.104 --> 00:13:11.040
  • Very divergent.
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  • I prefer the chicken fryers, especially if you're potato
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  • Mashers along with that.
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  • And if you happen to find some cream gravy, you are godly
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  • And anointed.
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  • But we understand there's very different activities involved in
  • 00:13:28.591 --> 00:13:31.460
  • Those outcomes, and yet all of that comes under the umbrella
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  • Of cooking.
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  • When we talk about prayer, you know what we typically will--i,
  • 00:13:36.298 --> 00:13:41.704
  • You know, i just, i don't pray.
  • 00:13:41.704 --> 00:13:44.673
  • That's like saying i don't cook.
  • 00:13:44.673 --> 00:13:46.008
  • What that means is you go hungry or somebody else cooks.
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  • When you say, "i don't pray," either you go without god's
  • 00:13:49.111 --> 00:13:51.580
  • Intervention or you're counting on somebody else to pray.
  • 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:54.516
  • We can't afford to live those lives.
  • 00:13:54.516 --> 00:13:58.754
  • There are prayers for different outcomes.
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  • I gave you a little list with a sentence prayer for each one in
  • 00:14:00.522 --> 00:14:03.325
  • Your notes.
  • 00:14:03.325 --> 00:14:04.960
  • You can snap a picture, put it in your phone.
  • 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.595
  • You got a little handy dandy prayer guide for seven different
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  • Objectives for somebody that needs god to improve
  • 00:14:08.998 --> 00:14:13.269
  • Their health.
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  • We just pray this together.
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  • It's one sentence, you can read it with me.
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  • "lord, give us your strength for this day.
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  • In jesus' name."
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  • You just prayed a healing prayer.
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  • You fanatic.
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  • Jesus said, "give us this day our daily bread."
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  • He didn't say, "give me all the bread i'm ever
  • 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:33.155
  • Gonna need forever, and put it in a warehouse, and bring me
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  • The key."
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  • God, give me the strength i need for this day.
  • 00:14:38.193 --> 00:14:41.330
  • I brought you a prayer for those of you who are plagued with
  • 00:14:41.330 --> 00:14:43.198
  • Worry and anxiety; let's read it together.
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  • "father, may your peace fill our hearts and minds today.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
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  • Lord, today give me your peace.
  • 00:14:53.809 --> 00:14:55.477
  • But have you seen what's happened?
  • 00:14:55.477 --> 00:14:56.812
  • Yeah, i've seen.
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  • Lord, give me your peace today.
  • 00:14:58.914 --> 00:15:01.083
  • I brought you a prayer for problems in our lives.
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  • Do you ever have problems?
  • 00:15:03.452 --> 00:15:06.121
  • I know you do. you share them with me.
  • 00:15:06.121 --> 00:15:10.292
  • If you listen, i give them back to you.
  • 00:15:10.292 --> 00:15:14.463
  • I will pray with you, but i usually say, "you really have
  • 00:15:14.463 --> 00:15:16.598
  • A problem."
  • 00:15:16.598 --> 00:15:19.001
  • Let's pray together.
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  • "father, give us your wisdom today.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
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  • Discouragement, it is palpable in our nation, a lot of it based
  • 00:15:29.144 --> 00:15:35.084
  • On real facts, but i brought you a prayer.
  • 00:15:35.084 --> 00:15:37.720
  • Let's read it together.
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  • "lord, fill us with joy and hope as we move through our
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  • Day, amen."
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  • Loneliness, it's not about being alone, you can be lonely in the
  • 00:15:44.426 --> 00:15:48.464
  • Midst of a crowd.
  • 00:15:48.464 --> 00:15:51.367
  • We don't know the presence of god that brings comfort.
  • 00:15:51.367 --> 00:15:55.637
  • Let's pray together.
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  • "father, send your angels to stand beside us today.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:16:00.542 --> 00:16:02.811
  • A heaviness, an oppression, it brings a spiritual lethargy
  • 00:16:02.811 --> 00:16:08.317
  • To you.
  • 00:16:08.317 --> 00:16:09.651
  • It's just, it's difficult to do what you wanna do.
  • 00:16:09.651 --> 00:16:12.321
  • I brought you a prayer.
  • 00:16:12.321 --> 00:16:13.756
  • "father, lift the spirit of despair and bring your hope to
  • 00:16:13.756 --> 00:16:18.060
  • Us today.
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  • In jesus' name, amen.'
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  • Weariness, sometimes i just get tired of doing good.
  • 00:16:22.231 --> 00:16:24.299
  • Do you ever get that way?
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  • You know, i've had to learn like the warning signs when i'm
  • 00:16:27.302 --> 00:16:31.106
  • Losing, and one of 'em is how i respond when i drive.
  • 00:16:31.106 --> 00:16:35.911
  • If everybody on the road annoys me, i need some alone time with
  • 00:16:38.447 --> 00:16:42.251
  • The lord.
  • 00:16:42.251 --> 00:16:45.888
  • Like you pull out in front of me, i just wanna hit you.
  • 00:16:45.888 --> 00:16:50.692
  • And then, you know, i'd like to back up and hit you again 'cause
  • 00:16:50.692 --> 00:16:53.695
  • You need the reminder.
  • 00:16:53.695 --> 00:16:56.965
  • And then i'll hop out and hand you a magnet, "jesus is lord,"
  • 00:16:56.965 --> 00:16:59.601
  • And then i'll just go right on.
  • 00:16:59.601 --> 00:17:03.972
  • And i know when i get to that place, it's not a good place.
  • 00:17:03.972 --> 00:17:09.011
  • So if you're a little weary with doing good, i brought you
  • 00:17:09.011 --> 00:17:11.146
  • A prayer.
  • 00:17:11.146 --> 00:17:12.481
  • Let's read it together.
  • 00:17:12.481 --> 00:17:13.816
  • "father, help carry our burden through this day: give us a
  • 00:17:13.816 --> 00:17:17.386
  • Sense of your rest.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:17:19.321 --> 00:17:22.024
  • Now i just gave you a quiver full of spiritual arrows,
  • 00:17:22.024 --> 00:17:26.695
  • Tools to use against the enemy.
  • 00:17:26.695 --> 00:17:29.565
  • I don't like playing defense; i like making a way when the lord
  • 00:17:29.565 --> 00:17:33.702
  • Allows us to.
  • 00:17:33.702 --> 00:17:35.671
  • So i'll tell you real quickly, i've got a couple of minutes,
  • 00:17:35.671 --> 00:17:38.574
  • How you can get those arrows into action.
  • 00:17:38.574 --> 00:17:43.712
  • It is really the simplest kind of prayer.
  • 00:17:43.712 --> 00:17:45.914
  • I know it's a listening prayer.
  • 00:17:45.914 --> 00:17:48.250
  • We are social creatures.
  • 00:17:48.250 --> 00:17:51.120
  • We are.
  • 00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:52.554
  • And if you grew up in the south, especially so, 'cause we're
  • 00:17:52.554 --> 00:17:54.423
  • Coached as children to ask questions.
  • 00:17:54.423 --> 00:17:59.661
  • You know, "hi, i'm allen, and how are you?
  • 00:17:59.661 --> 00:18:03.332
  • It's nice to see you. how're you doing today?"
  • 00:18:03.332 --> 00:18:06.101
  • Now, many of you are not from the south.
  • 00:18:06.101 --> 00:18:09.004
  • Okay, you've come here from the north or from california.
  • 00:18:09.004 --> 00:18:14.710
  • I went to california a couple of weeks ago.
  • 00:18:18.647 --> 00:18:20.415
  • I just need to know if there was anybody left out there on the
  • 00:18:20.415 --> 00:18:22.885
  • West coast, there are people there.
  • 00:18:22.885 --> 00:18:26.455
  • Well, when somebody that has been in the south for a long
  • 00:18:26.455 --> 00:18:29.525
  • Season says to you, you know, "how are you or how do you
  • 00:18:29.525 --> 00:18:31.860
  • Feel today?"
  • 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:34.296
  • They don't care.
  • 00:18:34.296 --> 00:18:36.865
  • Their mama taught them to ask that question.
  • 00:18:38.834 --> 00:18:41.470
  • And when they didn't ask it, they got smacked.
  • 00:18:41.470 --> 00:18:45.574
  • So we can tell who you are 'cause when we ask, you
  • 00:18:45.574 --> 00:18:47.809
  • Say something.
  • 00:18:47.809 --> 00:18:50.712
  • Bless your hearts.
  • 00:18:50.712 --> 00:18:52.748
  • But in seriousness, we are social creatures and the people
  • 00:18:56.251 --> 00:18:59.321
  • You work with, and the people who live near you, and your kids
  • 00:18:59.321 --> 00:19:01.890
  • Go to school with, you have a little banter.
  • 00:19:01.890 --> 00:19:05.060
  • And if you will listen just a little bit, if you'll step out
  • 00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:07.729
  • Of yourself and listen just a little bit, people are telling
  • 00:19:07.729 --> 00:19:10.832
  • You a great deal.
  • 00:19:10.832 --> 00:19:13.468
  • "how are you doing?"
  • 00:19:13.468 --> 00:19:14.803
  • "well, i'm not great today, the kids were sick.
  • 00:19:14.803 --> 00:19:17.606
  • My husband's traveling this week so i got the whole household.
  • 00:19:17.606 --> 00:19:23.078
  • Or one of my parents, i had to take him to the doctor.
  • 00:19:23.078 --> 00:19:27.115
  • Or i had a flat tire on the car.
  • 00:19:27.115 --> 00:19:29.952
  • Or the pump on my washing machine is out, and i got a pile
  • 00:19:29.952 --> 00:19:35.757
  • Of wet laundry in the house."
  • 00:19:35.757 --> 00:19:39.795
  • They'll let you in on what's happening in their life.
  • 00:19:39.795 --> 00:19:42.764
  • Now, at that point, you have a decision to make: you can stay
  • 00:19:42.764 --> 00:19:46.435
  • On the broad road of a well-coached southerner and just
  • 00:19:46.435 --> 00:19:52.574
  • Say nothing, or you can step away from the crowd and make an
  • 00:19:52.574 --> 00:19:59.648
  • Invitation for the lord.
  • 00:19:59.648 --> 00:20:02.651
  • And i'll tell you how to do it without looking like a
  • 00:20:02.651 --> 00:20:04.253
  • Complete crackpot.
  • 00:20:04.253 --> 00:20:07.089
  • Okay, it's two little words, all you have to do is say,
  • 00:20:07.089 --> 00:20:09.958
  • "let's pray."
  • 00:20:09.958 --> 00:20:12.461
  • Now those two words are really, really important 'cause if you
  • 00:20:12.461 --> 00:20:16.531
  • Don't do it that way, you're gonna get shut down,
  • 00:20:16.531 --> 00:20:19.334
  • If you look at them and go, "would it be okay with you if i
  • 00:20:19.334 --> 00:20:22.104
  • Invited almighty god to intervene on behalf of your
  • 00:20:22.104 --> 00:20:24.873
  • Washing machine."
  • 00:20:24.873 --> 00:20:29.011
  • If they have a two digit iq, they're gonna say, "no thank
  • 00:20:29.011 --> 00:20:30.812
  • You, i'm good.
  • 00:20:30.812 --> 00:20:32.147
  • I've called a repairman, i think we got this covered."
  • 00:20:32.147 --> 00:20:36.351
  • And some of you're a little more, you know, you'll go, well,
  • 00:20:36.351 --> 00:20:38.220
  • You know, "my pastor, he's a bold bible preaching, devil
  • 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:43.358
  • Chasing rascal.
  • 00:20:43.358 --> 00:20:46.261
  • And this last sunday, he told me i was gonna meet you, and
  • 00:20:46.261 --> 00:20:50.232
  • I'm ready.
  • 00:20:50.232 --> 00:20:54.102
  • Can i pray?"
  • 00:20:54.102 --> 00:20:57.939
  • And i hope they get away from you.
  • 00:20:57.939 --> 00:21:02.644
  • But if you will say, "let's pray," not waiting for any
  • 00:21:02.644 --> 00:21:08.050
  • Affirmation from them, a response.
  • 00:21:08.050 --> 00:21:10.118
  • You just say, "let's pray." now here's the key.
  • 00:21:10.118 --> 00:21:12.120
  • You only get one sentence.
  • 00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:13.822
  • Every one of those prayers i gave you is a sentence.
  • 00:21:13.822 --> 00:21:17.793
  • You only get one sentence.
  • 00:21:17.793 --> 00:21:19.628
  • Don't quote your favorite verse, don't give 'em a link to last
  • 00:21:19.628 --> 00:21:22.998
  • Week's sermon, don't ask 'em for their address or their email.
  • 00:21:22.998 --> 00:21:29.871
  • You get one sentence.
  • 00:21:29.871 --> 00:21:31.573
  • Maybe they said to you, the kids were sick last night.
  • 00:21:31.573 --> 00:21:34.910
  • "father, i pray for health in this family.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:21:37.346 --> 00:21:40.449
  • Maybe he said that the washing machine's broke.
  • 00:21:40.449 --> 00:21:42.250
  • "father, i pray you'll bring peace where there is stress.
  • 00:21:42.250 --> 00:21:45.554
  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:21:45.554 --> 00:21:48.023
  • Maybe one of the parents is traveling this week.
  • 00:21:48.023 --> 00:21:50.859
  • "god, let all the tasks get done more easily than normal.
  • 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:54.429
  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:21:54.429 --> 00:21:56.098
  • You get one sentence, all right.
  • 00:21:56.098 --> 00:22:00.068
  • Now you've closed your eyes.
  • 00:22:00.068 --> 00:22:01.403
  • It's better 'cause they're stared at you like they have
  • 00:22:01.403 --> 00:22:03.038
  • Never seen a human being like you before.
  • 00:22:03.038 --> 00:22:06.074
  • You have stepped out of the crowd.
  • 00:22:06.074 --> 00:22:07.476
  • There you stand.
  • 00:22:07.476 --> 00:22:09.644
  • All right, now when you say "amen," this is very important
  • 00:22:09.644 --> 00:22:12.114
  • Part of this little process 'cause there's something innate
  • 00:22:12.114 --> 00:22:14.616
  • Within us.
  • 00:22:14.616 --> 00:22:15.951
  • If you've stepped out of the crowd, you would
  • 00:22:15.951 --> 00:22:17.285
  • Like affirmation.
  • 00:22:17.285 --> 00:22:18.620
  • You would like them to say, "you know, when you prayed, it was as
  • 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:22.758
  • If warm oil was being poured over my head.
  • 00:22:22.758 --> 00:22:27.496
  • I could feel it dripping down my beard."
  • 00:22:27.496 --> 00:22:32.067
  • You want that response 'cause it would make you feel better about
  • 00:22:32.067 --> 00:22:34.603
  • Standing there on that island for just that 30 seconds.
  • 00:22:34.603 --> 00:22:38.673
  • But you waiting for that affirmation, if i can tell you,
  • 00:22:38.673 --> 00:22:42.277
  • Is creepy 'cause you usually give a whole host of non-verbal
  • 00:22:42.277 --> 00:22:47.816
  • Signals going.
  • 00:22:47.816 --> 00:22:51.253
  • You got these looks that we crank out like--
  • 00:22:51.253 --> 00:22:56.925
  • And you're, you know, it's really trying to see if you can
  • 00:23:01.062 --> 00:23:02.931
  • Get them to feel awkward enough to say something.
  • 00:23:02.931 --> 00:23:05.567
  • Please don't do that.
  • 00:23:05.567 --> 00:23:07.469
  • When you say "amen," you move on.
  • 00:23:07.469 --> 00:23:10.872
  • Great day for tennessee yesterday.
  • 00:23:10.872 --> 00:23:14.309
  • You think the titans are gonna manage another miracle today?
  • 00:23:14.309 --> 00:23:18.079
  • Hadn't the weather been beautiful?
  • 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:20.282
  • I love fall in tennessee. it's almost lunchtime.
  • 00:23:20.282 --> 00:23:23.885
  • If preacher will hush, we can go eat.
  • 00:23:23.885 --> 00:23:26.455
  • Whatever you need to move past that moment, don't pick it
  • 00:23:26.455 --> 00:23:30.692
  • Back up.
  • 00:23:30.692 --> 00:23:32.194
  • If they say, "thank you," treat it casually, absolutely.
  • 00:23:32.194 --> 00:23:37.532
  • If they're weeping, act like you don't notice.
  • 00:23:37.532 --> 00:23:41.937
  • Don't make it about you.
  • 00:23:41.937 --> 00:23:44.172
  • You have done two things: you have invited god into that
  • 00:23:44.172 --> 00:23:47.075
  • Circumstance, and you have introduced them to a person that
  • 00:23:47.075 --> 00:23:51.079
  • They now imagine might pray.
  • 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:55.550
  • And those are two invaluable outcomes.
  • 00:23:55.550 --> 00:24:00.355
  • Folks, it's time for us to step out of the crowd.
  • 00:24:00.355 --> 00:24:04.359
  • Now, i gave you a little toolkit of prayers and a little process
  • 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.762
  • Around "let's pray," but you can step out of the crowd in how you
  • 00:24:07.762 --> 00:24:10.799
  • Deal with your time, how you serve, how you give.
  • 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:15.437
  • Get out of the crowd.
  • 00:24:15.437 --> 00:24:18.206
  • Decide which path you wanna walk and then get after it.
  • 00:24:18.206 --> 00:24:23.345
  • There's one of the most amazing statements in the bible.
  • 00:24:23.345 --> 00:24:25.647
  • It's near the end of the book of revelation.
  • 00:24:25.647 --> 00:24:27.816
  • And the coaching is not what i would've expected.
  • 00:24:27.816 --> 00:24:30.051
  • It said, "if you wanna be wicked, be more wicked still.
  • 00:24:30.051 --> 00:24:34.122
  • But if you wanna be righteous, be more righteous still."
  • 00:24:34.122 --> 00:24:38.860
  • And i really think that's where we're standing as a church right
  • 00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:41.930
  • Now in our culture.
  • 00:24:41.930 --> 00:24:44.332
  • We have to decide if we wanna be numbered amongst the godly
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  • Or not.
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  • We have been so concerned that we were gonna bruise someone's
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  • Feelings that we have buried the lead.
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  • Jesus changes everything.
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  • I brought you a prayer.
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  • It's more than a sentence.
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  • So i'm gonna ask you to pray it with me.
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  • Why don't we stand together?
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  • It's really an invitation to boldness, that the lord would
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  • Help us.
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  • He will meet you.
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  • Are you ready?
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  • "heavenly father, give us a spirit of prayer
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  • And intercession.
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  • Open our hearts to the reality of your kingdom and purposes.
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  • Give us boldness as we live for you.
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  • Manifest your glory in our midst, that others may see the
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  • Majesty and glory of our god.
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  • May your name be praised and your purposes break forth in
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  • This generation.
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  • In jesus' name, amen."
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  • Hallelujah, god bless you.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Allen: you know, i'm a pastor and i have the privilege of
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  • Serving god's people.
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  • I can tell you from experience, one of the most difficult things
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  • To do is introduce change.
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  • Most of us don't like it.
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  • And i think that's particularly true around holiday seasons.
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  • We have traditions, we have patterns, we have habits.
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  • They're comforting to us, comfortable to us.
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  • Well, i wanna suggest something.
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  • We have created a tool for you this christmas.
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  • It's called, "leading with your faith at christmas."
  • 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.242
  • It's a little book with a 25-day devotional that you can do
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  • Personally, you can do it with your family, you can do it
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  • With coworkers.
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  • There's some recipes.
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  • There's activities.
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  • It's really a guide for you to shape christmas with your faith,
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  • But it means i'm asking you to do something different, to
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  • Introduce change, and i know that's not easy.
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  • But it's time for us to stop raging against the darkness.
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  • Folks, let's turn up the light.
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  • I believe, "leading with your faith at christmas," is a tool
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  • That will help you be a better light for jesus in the midst of
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  • This christmas season, and that's worthwhile.
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  • Enjoy the book and merry christmas.
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  • ♪♪♪
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