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Allen Jackson - Generational Choices (Part 2)

June 11, 2026 | 27:29

Allen Jackson - Generational Choices (Part 2)
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Allen Jackson Ministries | Allen Jackson - Generational Choices (Part 2) | June 11, 2026
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  • Allen jackson: you know, around the world,
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  • Allen jackson: the assignment biblically is to remove the
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  • High places.
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  • It's a much larger topic than we can process in this session.
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  • Judges 6 is gideon, one of the judges, the people have done
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  • Evil in the sight of the lord again.
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  • You see, god will raise up a godly leader and he will
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  • Initiate the reform, but the people will not continue to
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  • Choose god.
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  • What's gonna be said of our generation?
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  • We're the internet generation, we're the ai generation, we're
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  • The generation that goes to mars.
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  • I hope that's not how we're described.
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  • I'm grateful for all of those things.
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  • They've brought some improvements to our lives, but i
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  • Want to be known as the generation who chose the lord
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  • With our whole heart, mind, soul, and body.
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  • Now what are we gonna do?
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  • Gideon, the lord tells him to go down and cut down the altars in
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  • The community where he lives.
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  • "the same night the lord said to him, 'take the second bull from
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  • Your father's herd, the one seven years old.
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  • Tear down your father's altar to baal and cut down the asherah
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  • Pole beside it.'"
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  • People say don't talk about current events.
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  • Which bible do you read?
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  • "'then build a proper kind of altar to the lord your god on
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  • The top of this height.
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  • Using the wood of the asherah pole that you cut down, offer
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  • The second bull as a burnt offering.'
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  • So gideon took ten of his servants and did as the lord
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  • Told him.
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  • But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the town,
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  • He did it at night rather than at daytime."
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  • I don't think that the author of judges is tattling on gideon.
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  • I think he's trying to give us a candid perspective on the kind
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  • Of pressure he faced.
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  • And when they found out what he did, they wanted to kill him.
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  • It didn't make him popular.
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  • The people didn't say, "oh, thank you for reminding us of
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  • Our sinful ways."
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  • We haven't had the courage to take our faith and stand up and
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  • Say, "that's not good."
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  • We would lose business, we would lose friends.
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  • We'd lose all sorts of things.
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  • But we would gain a reward.
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  • Jesus told us that.
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  • He said, "rejoice, because great is your reward in heaven."
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  • "yeah, but i'm saved.
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  • I just wanna go to heaven."
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  • That is a messed-up understanding of scripture.
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  • It's a very inaccurate, incomplete understanding
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  • Of scripture.
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  • That god has provided us what we need for the assignment.
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  • This is important.
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  • It's not an easy assignment, it's not always comfortable.
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  • Who said following the lord was comfortable?
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  • Do you understand that's an idol?
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  • I serve the lord when it's convenient.
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  • Folks, the things you do in your life that are you only do when
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  • They're convenient, you don't do them well.
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  • If you only parent when it's convenient, you're a
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  • Miserable parent.
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  • If you only pursue your hobby when it's convenient, you're
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  • Miserable at whatever that hobby is.
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  • I have some--i didn't grow up hunting.
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  • My dad was a vet.
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  • I grew up hunting--putting things back together.
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  • So some time along the line, i had friends who hunted and
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  • They'd invite me to go and i'd say, "oh sure, well, you know,
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  • What time?"
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  • "so you need to be at the barn at 3:30."
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  • I'm like, "in the morning?"
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  • No, i mean, i like to get up early, but we're--you're gonna
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  • Go hunt turkeys.
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  • I'm like, "3:30?
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  • Can go to kroger at 10 a.m."
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  • You see, if it's something you enjoy, it doesn't lead with
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  • What's comfortable.
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  • If it's something that is meaningful to you, it doesn't
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  • Begin with what's comfortable.
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  • We've got a whole generation now that's lost the notion that work
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  • Is honorable because it's not comfortable.
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  • Who said it was--that's not work.
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  • It's play if it's comfortable.
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  • Yeah, i'm meddling, i know.
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  • I apologize.
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  • We've been given the gifts we need for the assignment.
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  • John 14, jesus again: "peace i leave with you; my peace i
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  • Give you.
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  • I don't give to you as the world gives.
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  • Don't let your hearts be troubled and don't be afraid."
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  • It's a gift jesus gave us.
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  • He said, "i give you a gift, my peace," wow.
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  • I'm telling you now, the lord himself said he gave us a gift.
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  • "peace, my peace, i give to you.
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  • Not as the world gives," he said.
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  • Well, that's really exciting until you think a little bit
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  • About jesus's life.
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  • And before he left here he was arrested, falsely accused,
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  • Mocked, beaten, tortured to death.
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  • "my peace i give to you."
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  • Oh gee, thanks.
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  • It's clearly not the absence of conflict or the absence of
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  • Opposition or the absence of criticism, that's not
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  • Jesus's peace.
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  • Jesus's peace is not about those things being banished.
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  • It's important because it's a gift we've been given.
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  • Jesus's peace is this calm assurance that no matter what he
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  • Faces, god will bring him through.
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  • In gethsemane, knowing what's coming, he says, "i really don't
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  • Want to do this."
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  • "great anguish," the bible says.
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  • "but i would rather have your will than mine."
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  • "my peace i give to you."
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  • In his hometown, they tried to kill him, "my peace i give
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  • To you."
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  • In a fishing boat on galilee, the devil tried to kill him with
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  • A storm, and jesus stood up and spoke to the wind and the waves.
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  • And they grew still.
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  • "my peace i give to you."
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  • Standing in front of pilate, and he says, "will you not
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  • Answer me?
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  • Do you not understand i have the power to crucify you or to set
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  • You free?"
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  • I don't know how jesus did it.
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  • In my mind's eye, he's kind of going, "well, actually, my pop
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  • Gave you your job.
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  • And he can pull your credentials," living bible.
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  • What's missing is panic.
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  • There's no urgency in jesus other than to be obedient.
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  • "my peace i give to you."
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  • See, i think we would know the peace of god so much better if
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  • We had the courage to truly be salt and light.
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  • We've been hiding the candle.
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  • Our salt has been low salt.
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  • Salt light, salt substitute.
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  • Jesus said with his peace, there were two things we would need to
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  • Know: not to let our hearts be troubled, and that we don't have
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  • To be afraid.
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  • That means we will face fearful things.
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  • And we will face troubling things.
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  • But we don't have to give them the preeminent place because
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  • We've been given a gift: peace.
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  • I don't know what's coming.
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  • But i know the lord will take us through, if we will choose him.
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  • And i'm not talking about being saved, folks.
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  • I'm an advocate for that.
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  • I believe in that.
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  • It's essential, but we better choose to live like we belong to
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  • The kingdom.
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  • The second gift jesus provided us is in acts.
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  • Says: "on one occasion, while he was eating with the disciples,
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  • He gave them this command: 'don't leave jerusalem, but wait
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  • For the gift my father promised.
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  • You've heard me speak about it.
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  • John baptized with water, in a few days you'll be baptized with
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  • The holy spirit.'"
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  • Instead of taking jesus seriously, we've formed all
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  • Sorts of theological discussions on how we can ignore that, we
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  • Got everything at one time.
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  • We had a one-stop shop, there's nothing more we need.
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  • That's like moses saying he got everything he needed at the
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  • Burning bush.
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  • Well, that's kind of true.
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  • He got the commission, he got the original bag of tricks.
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  • But if you follow moses for the next 40 years or so, he's
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  • Learning every day.
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  • He doesn't know what to do when the water is not potable
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  • At mara.
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  • He doesn't know what to do when there's no water; all there is
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  • Is a rock.
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  • He doesn't know what to do when the people grumble and say we
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  • Don't like the menu.
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  • We haven't had that hunger.
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  • We really haven't had that interest.
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  • We've pointed at our resume and said, "we got everything."
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  • Jesus said in that same chapter, he gave us the explanation of
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  • Why spirit baptism is so important.
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  • It's in verse 8, he said, "you'll receive power when the
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  • Holy spirit comes on you, to be my witnesses in jerusalem and
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  • Judea and samaria, to the uttermost parts of the earth."
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  • You'll be empowered to be witnesses for me.
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  • Without the power, you won't sustain the journey.
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  • Without the power of god shepherding moses through that,
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  • Without the power of god, the bible says of samson that the
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  • Spirit of the lord would come on him and he would have
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  • Supernatural strength.
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  • The church will not accomplish our assignment in our generation
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  • Without the power of the spirit of god.
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  • We will not.
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  • And we had better repent of telling the holy spirit where he
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  • Was welcome and what we would allow him to do.
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  • We've divided ourselves far too long around those principles.
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  • We have an assignment, we're gonna have to do the work to see
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  • The high places taken down.
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  • It's not enough to have leaders that will tell us right
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  • And wrong.
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  • That's a gift.
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  • It's a blessing.
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  • It's an honor.
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  • For all that they're not, they're holding up the truth.
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  • It's uncomfortable, it's awkward, because we chose
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  • Not to.
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  • It was the church's assignment.
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  • But now we've got to choose to repent and choose the lord and
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  • Humble ourselves and use our voices, teach our children, stop
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  • Winking at ungodliness and immorality and encouraging it.
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  • If we will do that, i believe we'll see the blessings of god
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  • Come upon a generation.
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  • It's the greatest legacy we can give them.
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  • It's far more valuable than resources.
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  • Resources won't be worth anything if we don't change
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  • Our direction.
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  • Allen: hey, we're celebrating this year the 250th anniversary
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  • Of the signing of the declaration of independence.
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  • What a wonderful privilege we have.
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  • You know, god has blessed our nation so many good things.
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  • People say to me, "well, our whole history is not good."
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  • Well, folks, you know, my history is not great.
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  • Your family history is not perfect.
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  • But you love your family, you love your children.
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  • In spite of our weaknesses-- well, our nation hadn't been
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  • Perfect, but through that whole story, the goodness of god
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  • Is evident.
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  • It still is.
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  • Let's ask god to bless america again.
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  • I believe he will.
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  • Allen: the biblical prescription for doing all of this we looked
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  • At in an earlier session.
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  • We've played with it a little bit.
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  • We're told to put on the armor of god.
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  • And i've given you my representation of the 21st
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  • Century armor of god.
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  • I just like sitting in an overstuffed chair.
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  • But our armor is more comfortable than it
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  • Is uncomfortable.
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  • Because we're far more committed to the comfort and convenience
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  • Of our faith.
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  • We want to go to church at the time we want.
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  • We want to sit in the seat we want.
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  • We want to park in the space we want.
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  • We want to sing the songs we want, in the style we prefer.
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  • Or we're very dissatisfied.
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  • And we choose our seats, and our helmets, based on what's
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  • Comfortable and convenient.
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  • And we get our cheez doodles.
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  • I haven't eaten any of these.
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  • Which is really unfortunate.
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  • Y'all just talk amongst yourselves for a minute.
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  • I have cheez doodles and dr. george.
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  • Somebody told me they didn't know who dr. george was.
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  • That would be my father.
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  • And that's because the dr. pepper would not be good for the
  • 00:16:08.384 --> 00:16:11.787
  • People who watch us on a screen, apparently.
  • 00:16:11.787 --> 00:16:15.858
  • But the contemporary church has known far more about comfort and
  • 00:16:15.858 --> 00:16:19.094
  • Convenience and ease, and we've got all sorts of reasons.
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  • We elected politicians to go fix our problems.
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  • Let them take the criticism.
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  • Let them disrupt their lives.
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  • Let them put their businesses aside and go serve.
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  • I mean, israel's in a mess.
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  • The middle east is upside down.
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  • Let's send governor huckabee.
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  • He doesn't want to live in arkansas next to his daughter
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  • And his grandchildren and enjoy her time as governor of the
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  • State of arkansas.
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  • He'd rather go 8000 miles away and live in a war zone,
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  • I'm sure.
  • 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.497
  • Now we don't wanna go to church in an odd time, that's
  • 00:16:55.497 --> 00:16:58.133
  • Uncomfortable for us.
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  • I mean, we don't want to speak up and say those books shouldn't
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  • Be in the library.
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  • We don't want to get involved.
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  • It's not my job.
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  • I'm not on the school board.
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  • Why should i go?
  • 00:17:11.346 --> 00:17:12.681
  • It's contentious.
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  • I'm tired of all the contentiousness.
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  • I'm tired of the bickering.
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  • I just--i just wanna be quiet.
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  • I wanna do what i wanna do when i wanna do it, the way i wanna
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  • Do it.
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  • I'm--can't we all just get along?
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  • You mean, abandon the generations who are coming along
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  • To ungodliness and immorality?
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  • Yes, we can choose to do that.
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  • I don't know--i'm not the arbiter of the outcome on your
  • 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:49.051
  • Spiritual journey, but i can tell you without any question
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  • You will forfeit completely your reward.
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  • We even form theological systems that keep me in my easy chair.
  • 00:17:58.560 --> 00:18:04.366
  • I'm born again.
  • 00:18:04.366 --> 00:18:07.536
  • It's an unassailable position.
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  • So there's no reason for me to get out of my easy chair.
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  • I rest on the grace of god.
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  • I rest on the mercy of god.
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  • And no matter what missteps i make, i'll just tell the lord
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  • I'm sorry.
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  • Do you understand that's a perversion of the gospel?
  • 00:18:32.594 --> 00:18:35.831
  • It's a false gospel.
  • 00:18:35.831 --> 00:18:40.102
  • And so we sit in our easy chairs, and do seminars on the
  • 00:18:40.102 --> 00:18:44.239
  • Armor of god.
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  • I spent my life in the church.
  • 00:18:48.677 --> 00:18:50.012
  • I'm not throwing stones at anybody else.
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  • I'm describing the journey that i have been a part of for far
  • 00:18:52.214 --> 00:18:54.883
  • Too long.
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  • I believe we'll have to have a change of heart.
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  • I believe we'll have to take off our slippers and put on footwear
  • 00:19:00.822 --> 00:19:05.661
  • That is suitable for the conflict.
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  • I believe we'll have to take off our comfortable robes, and get
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  • Out of our easy chairs.
  • 00:19:16.838 --> 00:19:19.041
  • In fact, the instruction we're given is having done everything
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  • We know to do.
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  • The implication is we've done everything we know to do and the
  • 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.216
  • Enemy is still present.
  • 00:19:27.216 --> 00:19:29.384
  • The enemy is still presenting, the enemy is still bellowing
  • 00:19:29.384 --> 00:19:32.588
  • Their challenge, and our assignment is to stand.
  • 00:19:32.588 --> 00:19:40.429
  • "having done everything," it says, "stand therefore."
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  • Folks, we haven't been great at this.
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  • I'm preaching to the choir, i understand that.
  • 00:19:49.638 --> 00:19:52.374
  • It's a bitterly cold night and you came to church.
  • 00:19:52.374 --> 00:19:59.214
  • But the message is important.
  • 00:19:59.214 --> 00:20:02.884
  • And it's not enough just to stand.
  • 00:20:02.884 --> 00:20:05.287
  • We have to stand in the power of god.
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  • We have to stand with the peace of jesus.
  • 00:20:08.924 --> 00:20:13.295
  • You're gonna need your gloves.
  • 00:20:13.295 --> 00:20:15.631
  • They won't prevent--they won't prevent blisters.
  • 00:20:15.631 --> 00:20:22.237
  • They won't--they won't eliminate discomfort.
  • 00:20:22.237 --> 00:20:25.307
  • But they'll enable--they'll enable you to continue.
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  • It's so easy to sit back and criticize and complain, and give
  • 00:20:31.246 --> 00:20:37.252
  • Me your version of your excuses for staying in your chair.
  • 00:20:37.252 --> 00:20:40.022
  • I'm tired of it.
  • 00:20:40.022 --> 00:20:41.356
  • I don't mean you, i mean from the broader--the silence has
  • 00:20:41.356 --> 00:20:45.260
  • Been deafening.
  • 00:20:45.260 --> 00:20:52.601
  • We gotta be salt and light.
  • 00:20:52.601 --> 00:20:56.705
  • But we're gonna have to do it in the power of god.
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  • My time's done.
  • 00:21:00.375 --> 00:21:02.477
  • Hey aaron, come help me a second, please.
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  • You know what this is?
  • 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.455
  • It's a biblical tool.
  • 00:21:13.455 --> 00:21:16.291
  • Some of our friends could make an ax head float.
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  • He's younger and stronger than i am.
  • 00:21:19.728 --> 00:21:23.165
  • So if the assignment was to cut up a chunk of wood--
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  • Aaron: yeah, you're gonna win.
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  • Allen: he's younger and stronger than i am.
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  • But i have more power.
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  • Come on, in public.
  • 00:21:45.654 --> 00:21:52.427
  • Now, i'm taking bets.
  • 00:21:52.427 --> 00:21:55.330
  • Younger and stronger or more power?
  • 00:21:55.330 --> 00:22:02.104
  • Jesus said, he gave us the gift of the power we will need.
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  • And the peace that's necessary to stand when we're hated, when
  • 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:17.953
  • They falsely say all kinds of evil against us because of him.
  • 00:22:17.953 --> 00:22:24.059
  • And that there's a great reward and we should rejoice.
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  • You may not be the one in the crossfire, but if you know
  • 00:22:28.230 --> 00:22:32.134
  • Someone who is because they've been standing for what's right,
  • 00:22:32.134 --> 00:22:36.571
  • Go stand next to them and encourage them.
  • 00:22:36.571 --> 00:22:40.809
  • Don't tell them they didn't do it right.
  • 00:22:40.809 --> 00:22:44.746
  • We have to change.
  • 00:22:44.746 --> 00:22:46.882
  • Because a leader who tells the truth will not be sufficient to
  • 00:22:46.882 --> 00:22:50.886
  • Sustain what our children and grandchildren need.
  • 00:22:50.886 --> 00:22:57.459
  • We have been given an opportunity, i believe.
  • 00:22:57.459 --> 00:23:00.695
  • And if we will choose the truth, those who follow us will inherit
  • 00:23:00.695 --> 00:23:05.200
  • More than our homes.
  • 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:07.903
  • If we don't, they'll inherit the whirlwind.
  • 00:23:07.903 --> 00:23:11.740
  • And it'll be on us.
  • 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:15.110
  • Now, we're gonna need some courage.
  • 00:23:15.110 --> 00:23:16.445
  • I don't know what's coming, but i assure you it's disruptive.
  • 00:23:16.445 --> 00:23:21.583
  • Evil will not relent.
  • 00:23:21.583 --> 00:23:24.085
  • It never has.
  • 00:23:24.085 --> 00:23:26.288
  • And we're gonna have to decide to be salt and light.
  • 00:23:26.288 --> 00:23:29.925
  • And that begins by telling the lord quietly we're sorry for our
  • 00:23:29.925 --> 00:23:33.662
  • Passive silence.
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  • What if we said that tonight?
  • 00:23:38.033 --> 00:23:40.569
  • Jesus started with 12 and one of them didn't work so well.
  • 00:23:40.569 --> 00:23:43.905
  • We got way more than 12.
  • 00:23:43.905 --> 00:23:46.675
  • They turned their world upside-- imagine what we could do.
  • 00:23:46.675 --> 00:23:50.178
  • Why don't you stand with me?
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  • Thank you, sir.
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  • Father, thank you.
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  • Thank you that you heard our prayers.
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  • And then where the truth had stumbled, but now it's
  • 00:24:09.531 --> 00:24:12.701
  • Being spoken.
  • 00:24:12.701 --> 00:24:15.203
  • I thank you that we see light driving out darkness.
  • 00:24:15.203 --> 00:24:19.975
  • But it's happened in the most improbable way through the most
  • 00:24:19.975 --> 00:24:22.611
  • Improbable persons.
  • 00:24:22.611 --> 00:24:25.847
  • But lord, i see your principles.
  • 00:24:25.847 --> 00:24:31.920
  • And i pray for your people, that we wouldn't be distracted by
  • 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:38.059
  • Personality, our culture, we wouldn't desire the approval of
  • 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:44.766
  • People more than we desire your approval.
  • 00:24:44.766 --> 00:24:49.170
  • Lord, forgive us when we have chosen to be silent.
  • 00:24:49.170 --> 00:24:54.809
  • Or when we've simply chosen what was more comfortable.
  • 00:24:54.809 --> 00:24:59.247
  • We offer ourselves today as living sacrifices, lord, that
  • 00:24:59.247 --> 00:25:04.052
  • Your will might be expressed in our generation.
  • 00:25:04.052 --> 00:25:08.189
  • We choose you.
  • 00:25:08.189 --> 00:25:10.759
  • Forgive us of our indifference.
  • 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:13.161
  • Forgive us of our apathy.
  • 00:25:13.161 --> 00:25:15.830
  • Holy spirit, give us a new boldness.
  • 00:25:15.830 --> 00:25:18.867
  • We welcome you into our lives without limit.
  • 00:25:18.867 --> 00:25:24.773
  • We want to cooperate with you.
  • 00:25:24.773 --> 00:25:27.542
  • We want to receive fully all that jesus has made available to
  • 00:25:27.542 --> 00:25:30.445
  • Us, every gift, every provision.
  • 00:25:30.445 --> 00:25:35.784
  • Give us receptive hearts that we have the humility to continue to
  • 00:25:35.784 --> 00:25:40.155
  • Say yes to you, the perseverance to not be turned back when
  • 00:25:40.155 --> 00:25:44.826
  • There's opposition.
  • 00:25:44.826 --> 00:25:48.496
  • Father, may we live in such a way that we lay up great
  • 00:25:48.496 --> 00:25:51.700
  • Treasure in heaven.
  • 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.635
  • And so that the generations who follow us might know the liberty
  • 00:25:53.635 --> 00:25:57.405
  • And freedom to serve you and worship you.
  • 00:25:57.405 --> 00:26:00.775
  • We praise you for it in jesus's name, amen.
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  • Hallelujah, god bless you.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Allen jackson: hey, i've encouraged you for a long time
  • 00:26:15.890 --> 00:26:17.959
  • To lead with your faith.
  • 00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:19.327
  • Take you faith outside the church building
  • 00:26:19.327 --> 00:26:21.363
  • Into all the places that your life takes you,
  • 00:26:21.363 --> 00:26:23.598
  • Where you have influence, where you have a voice.
  • 00:26:23.598 --> 00:26:25.734
  • We've created some pieces to help you do that:
  • 00:26:25.734 --> 00:26:27.936
  • A tote bag, a blanket.
  • 00:26:27.936 --> 00:26:29.704
  • Maybe you're going to a ball game or the park or the beach,
  • 00:26:29.704 --> 00:26:32.207
  • Wherever that may be.
  • 00:26:32.207 --> 00:26:33.541
  • You take these along, they are a celebration of our nation's
  • 00:26:33.541 --> 00:26:36.578
  • 250th anniversary.
  • 00:26:36.578 --> 00:26:38.913
  • Somebody will want to know where you got it, what it's about.
  • 00:26:38.913 --> 00:26:41.650
  • It gives you an opportunity to share your faith.
  • 00:26:41.650 --> 00:26:44.319
  • You know, i've had the privilege of living in some places outside
  • 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:47.155
  • The united states.
  • 00:26:47.155 --> 00:26:48.556
  • Things like a grocery store or fast food or food delivery,
  • 00:26:48.556 --> 00:26:53.595
  • Those things weren't possible in the places i lived.
  • 00:26:53.595 --> 00:26:55.864
  • When i come home, just walking through a grocery store reminds
  • 00:26:55.864 --> 00:26:58.500
  • Me of the goodness and the faithfulness of god,
  • 00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.568
  • His blessings on our nation.
  • 00:27:00.568 --> 00:27:02.637
  • Use your voice to say god has blessed america.
  • 00:27:02.637 --> 00:27:06.474
  • Something as simple as a tote bag can open a door
  • 00:27:06.474 --> 00:27:08.810
  • For your god story.
  • 00:27:08.810 --> 00:27:10.512
  • Together, we're gonna lift up the name of jesus in this
  • 00:27:10.512 --> 00:27:13.014
  • Generation and see god bless america again.
  • 00:27:13.014 --> 00:27:16.184
  • ♪♪♪
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