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Allen Jackson - John Deberry

July 19, 2025 | 28:35

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Allen Jackson Ministries | Allen Jackson - John Deberry | July 19, 2025

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Allen jackson: and i know you know, but we're living in
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A chaotic world, things are changing globally.
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There's wars, there's threats of war, a lot of stuff happening.
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But i wanna make a suggestion, don't focus on the negative,
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Don't get caught up in the uncertainty.
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That'll bring fear and anxiety and worry.
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It's not helpful.
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Let's determine to focus our attention on the lord.
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We've created a tool that i believe will make a difference.
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It's called, "awaken us."
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It's a 30 day plan.
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Each day is directed at a different topic
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That's a part of our current world.
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It gives us a verse of scripture, a little devotional
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Around that topic.
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And then a prayer for that specific thing.
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The idea is we're gonna give the holy spirit an invitation
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To awaken us to a new place of faith.
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You know, we need an awakening in the midst
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Of the people of god.
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And we wanna say, "well, i am awake."
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Well, i get that, but, you know, i was awakened yesterday.
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But this morning i was awakened again, and my prayer is
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Tomorrow i'll be awakened yet again.
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We need a daily awakening by the spirit of god
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To find his best for us in this season.
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And i believe this book will help you.
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Allen: we have a special program today.
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I'm delighted to introduce to you my good friend john deberry.
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He's a special assistant to governor bill lee in tennessee.
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He's not only served the state of tennessee for decades, he is
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A powerful advocate for the kingdom of god.
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John was a presenter at our culture and christianity
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Conference last summer.
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I'm delighted you can hear his message.
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But i wanted to give you a personal invitation to join us
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This year on our campus september 19th and 20th for
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"culture and christianity."
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We're learning to lead with our faith.
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There's a website on your screen.
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It'll give you all the details. i'll see you soon.
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John deberry: i want you to think back for just a moment.
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I want you to go back to the scriptures, the things that we
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Learned as children.
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I want you to think about those times when your parents and
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Grandparents and uncles and aunts and big brothers and big
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Sisters taught you the word of god.
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I re--want you to remember the times when we were sat at the
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Table and--back in our family you had to say a bible verse
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Before you got your dinner.
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And my mama was a wonderful cook, so i would make sure i
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Always had my bible verse when i sat down at the table.
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You had your jelly jar with huckleberry hound or quick draw
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Mcgraw on the jelly jar and your plate in your seat in your place
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At the table, and my father, i remember, would come to
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The table.
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He was at the head.
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My mother was on the other end.
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We will say our verses.
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They might ask us, "what happened in school today?"
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They may--we may solve the problems that we have in the
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Family, if there was disagreement among the siblings.
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But there was always authority and there was always love,
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Plenty to eat in our homes.
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We didn't have a whole lot of stuff.
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You know, there was a time when we didn't have so many things as
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We have today.
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I tell parents everywhere i go that so many of us have put so
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Much time and effort into giving our children what we didn't have
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That we've forgotten to give them what we did have.
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We did have the type of love and the type of care and the type of
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Authority that was placed before us that we understood.
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I don't ever remember being asked if i felt like going to
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School, or if i wanted to go to church, or if i agreed with the
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Chores that my family--that my mother and father, rather, had
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To place before me.
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I don't remember any of those things because they had
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Authority within that house, and we all understood that they were
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The authority and we had to do what they had commanded or
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Designed or assigned for us to do.
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When i go back in the word of god, what i see in--is that we
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Are taught where we came from.
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In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth.
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In the beginning, the word of god, the power of god spoke
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Everything into existence.
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In the beginning, god spoke and the sun was hung on nothing, the
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Moon was placed in its place, and the stars were flung out
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Into the sky.
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In the beginning, god put order upon this earth, put the waters
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In their place, put the grass upon the ground; and god made
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Order upon this earth.
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In the beginning, god created the creatures that fly and swim
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And crawl and run.
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He gave them instinctive motivation, that they would act
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Within the nature that he gave them.
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Then god made a statement.
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God the father, god the son, and god the holy spirit made
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A statement.
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God the father who plans all, god the son who executes all,
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God the holy spirit who brings order out of chaos, beautifies
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All said, "now that we've made this beautiful place, now that
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We have placed this beautiful home here in the midst of it,"
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That we call eden from the hebrew, meaning pleasantness,
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"now let us make man in our own image and after our likeness."
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The bible tells me that god formed man from the dust of the
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Earth, breathed into his nostrils a breath of life.
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Man became a living soul because god in his spirit, in his power,
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His majesty, and his sovereignty brought man to life.
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Don't you understand that life demands a lifegiver, that
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Creation demands a creator, that design demands a designer, that
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Order demands one who has the authority over the order?
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Nothing has ever just happened.
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Everything that we see and that we understand, it was given by
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God who does nothing arbitrarily but everything according to
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Plan, according to system, and according to his order.
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Now that god had done all of this, god said, "let us make man
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In our image, after our likeness."
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And he formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed into
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His nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
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Don't you understand, i know who i am.
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I know whose i am.
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I know where i came from.
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I don't go to the zoo to visit relatives because i understand--
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[congregation applauding]
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Because i understand that god created me.
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When god looked upon the earth and did a quality assessment of
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The entire earth, god said it was good and eventually he said,
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"yea, it is very good."
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But only after he had made an assessment and said, "it's not
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Good that man should be alone."
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Therefore, god who, here again, does everything according to
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Plan, god placed man in a deep sleep.
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While he was asleep, god opened his side.
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From his side, he removed a rib.
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With that rib he created a woman and placed her at his side,
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Indicating she's not his slave nor his master but another self
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Brought alongside of him to be his helpmate, his counselor,
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Another self.
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God the father of the bride brought eve his beautiful
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Creation, the best of his creation.
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He brought eve to adam.
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Adam looked upon eve.
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And if you go back in the hebrew where adam says now, really adam
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Is saying wow.
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As he looks at eve, he said, "now, she is bones of my bones.
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She is flesh of my flesh.
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She shall be called ishah because she was taken out
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Of ish."
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In essence, adam who--had looked at all the animals and all of
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Them had mates except him.
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Now adam saw his other self and the best of himself that god had
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Created and brought alongside of him so that he would understand
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Who he was as god created him.
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God allowed adam to understand, "you are a social being.
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You are to create a society and a culture.
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You are to follow my law.
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You are to create the family that has--that will come."
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Because of adam being the first prophet and able to look upon
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Eve, god opened his eyes in prophecy.
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Adam said, "she's bones of my bones, flesh of my flesh.
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She shall be called woman 'cause she was taken out of man."
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Then he prophesized, "therefore shall a man--" let me say
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That again.
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"shall a man--" let me say it one more time.
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"shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife,
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And they twain shall be one flesh."
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When god created society, when god created the family, when god
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Created marriage, god created man and woman and therefore
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Placed them as the foundation of society and of culture, which is
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Supposed to be subservient to his sovereignty as the
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Almighty god.
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And we live in a society that has forgotten who god is, who we
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Are, and whose we are.
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We live in a society that has an identity crisis because we have
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Walked away from god.
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I want you to understand something; that god gave the
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Animals instinctive motivation, but he gave man reason.
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He gave us intelligence.
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He gave us the ability to think and to choose, then god gave
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Us law.
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He gave us law.
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If you read the bible, it's written in comparative language.
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In essence, the scripture is written--because you are a free
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Agent, because you have free choice, the scripture is written
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In comparative language where god compares those things that
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Bless with those things that curse, those things that build
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With those things that destroy, those things that bring
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Happiness and joy to life and those things that bring misery
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And destruction to life.
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God has given us a choice.
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Jesus said one time, "come to me, all of you that labor and
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Are heavy laden.
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I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon you and learn of me," he said.
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"why, jesus?"
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"i am meek, i am lowly in heart, and you shall and will find rest
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Unto your soul."
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What did god do?
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God created society.
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And someone said that culture--as they defined
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Culture, that culture basically is those beliefs and arts and
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The things that we do because of who we are.
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Culture basically is the answer to several questions.
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What are we going to eat, what are we going to wear, where are
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We going to find some water, and where are we going to live?
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And from there your culture develops as far as that part of
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Our culture is concerned depending on where you're in
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The world.
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You may wear a lot of clothes or only a few clothing depending on
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Where you may be in the world.
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But what god wanted was a culture, a society, those that
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Understood that he expected them to follow their law.
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Animals act instinctively.
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A cow can't decide, "well, i've been mooing all my life.
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I think i'm going to learn how to bark."
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And a dog can't decide, "well, i've been barking.
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I think i'm going to learn cat."
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We can do that because god gave us intelligence, but they
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Act instinctively.
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That being said, what we have to realize is when god gave us law
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God expects us to follow his law, to live by his law.
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God provides, we possess.
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God provided salvation.
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God provided the true word.
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God provided the teaching that will order, build, and
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Strengthen the family; raise children in the nurture and
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Admonition of god; teach politicians and those in
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Government to be responsible to their constituents; make each
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And every one of us understand that we bow before a sovereign
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God and he created each and every one of us.
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Allen: hey we have a tool that i think will help you
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Overcome some of the chaos in the world
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And stay focused on the good things that god is doing.
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It's called, "awaken us."
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It's a 30 day plan.
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Each day's got a scripture, a little devotional,
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A prayer that goes with a specific topic
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To awaken us to god's promise and provision in this season.
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God's moving in the earth, i wanna move with him.
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And i believe this tool will help you be prepared
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To capitalize on god's invitations in your life.
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Each day is designed to sharpen your focus
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As you ask god to show you his heart
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And his truth in a new way.
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With the holy spirit's help, this book will awaken you
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John: let me tell you something.
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A man will not die for that which he does not believe.
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A man will not die for that which he does not believe.
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Don't you understand it, what's happening right in your faces?
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Your children are being taught to hate america.
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They don't have to say the "pledge of allegiance."
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I remember standing by that wooden desk as i said the
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"pledge of allegiance" at dunn avenue school.
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I already knew the pledge because my father made us say
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The pledge at home.
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And don't you understand our children, they don't have to say
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The "pledge of allegiance."
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They don't have to love america.
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As a matter of fact, they're being taught not to
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Love america.
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And then 10, 20 years you're going to tell them to put on
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This uniform, take this weapon, and go die for this country?
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Not going to happen.
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A man won't die for that which he doesn't believe, and we're
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Teaching our children not to believe in america saying
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America was never really that good.
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William penn said, "i do declare to the whole world that we
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Believe the scripture to contain the declaration of the mind and
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The will of god."
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Roger sherman, a signer of the declaration, said, "i believe
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That there is one only living and true god existing in three
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Persons: the father, the son, and the holy ghost."
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Benjamin rush, another signer of the declaration, said, "the
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Gospel of jesus christ prescribes the wisest rules for
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Just conduct that every--in every situation of life.
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Happy are they that are enabled to obey them in all situations."
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Understand something.
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Ronald reagan said one time--i mean, john adams, rather, said
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One time, "remember democracy never lasts long.
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It soon wastes and exhausts itself, murders itself.
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There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide."
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Ronald reagan said, "freedom is never more than one generation
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From extinction.
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We don't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream.
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It must be fought for.
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It must be protected and handed down to their children to do the
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Same as we have done."
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There are those who want you to change.
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They want you to stop, stop.
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Stop it.
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Stop claiming that there is a biblical standard of morality
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And ethics and principles.
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Stop espousing that the hebrew scriptures give an accurate
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Account of man's origin.
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Stop opposing alternative lifestyles based on the writings
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Of the bible only, that old bronze age book that's on the
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Wrong side of history.
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Stop demanding your second amendment rights as
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Law-abiding citizens.
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Stop defending your traditional views of marriage based on the
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Teachings of the bible only.
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Stop claiming the right to educate your children as you
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See fit.
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Stop denying your children access to alternative
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Lifestyles, gender expressions, family structures, and making
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Them believe the things that you believe.
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Stop doing those things.
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I want to leave you with something.
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When any group or tribunal has the power and the authority to
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Censor your speech, marginalize your opinions, regulate your
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Thinking, and doc--indoctrinate your children; demand our
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Compliance; punish our defiance; prohibit, redefine, and
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Villainize our spiritual beliefs and viewpoints; demonize our
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Character and identity; subvert, trivialize, and disenfranchise
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Our vote, our candidates, and our political organizations;
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Suppress, silence, and delete our voices from the marketplace;
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Restrain, restrict, repress our free will; well, let me tell you
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Something, patriots.
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You have already lost your liberty and forfeited your
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Freedom and renounced your constitutional rights and you
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Have accepted tyranny.
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I remember when i turned the corner in 1968 with my father
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As--a few rows behind dr. king, and somebody introduced me as a
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Civil rights hero a few months ago.
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I said i was no hero.
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I was a scared kid holding to my daddy's britches as we turned
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And i looked at the cars and the clubs and the dogs and all that
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Was there on that day in memphis, tennessee.
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Dr. king made a speech that night and he said he had been to
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The promised land, been to the mountaintop.
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He may not get there with us, but he had been to
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The mountaintop.
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I asked my father and--because i had looked at his face.
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While i was frightened, i found courage from his face.
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He was a veteran.
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He was a man that had served his nation.
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He was not walking down beale street with his hat in his hand.
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He was walking as an american citizen, a proud veteran, and a
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Man who demanded what was right.
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Those men and women black and white, jew and gentile, rich and
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Poor carried those "i am a man" signs and they walked.
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They did not quit.
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They didn't turn around.
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They gathered arms and they sang, "ain't nobody going to
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Turn me around."
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I found courage on that day because i saw a generation that
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Changed not just america, but they changed the world.
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They changed the world with the same courage that roosevelt
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Spoke about in 1941 december 7th when he spoke of the righteous
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Might of america.
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Americans, let me tell you something.
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It's time we found that righteous might again.
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[congregation applauding]
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There are those who are going to talk about you.
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They're going to call you everything but a child of god.
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They're going to talk about your children.
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They're going to talk about you.
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They're going to talk about your own talk shows on news shows.
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The politicians, the corporate moguls, the billionaires, the
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Hollywood stars, the sports stars, they're going to call you
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Backwards, old-fashioned, on the wrong side of history.
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It doesn't matter what they call you.
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Let me tell you a story i told the legislature a few days ago.
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Don't you understand that an eagle--an eagle is one of god's
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Greatest creations, and that huge bird with that huge
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Wingspan almost 7, sometimes 8 feet wide, who can soar in the
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Heavens as god created him to do and in a place where only god
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Placed him.
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A raven is a pretty big bird.
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He is imposing to smaller birds.
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And every now and then one of the ravens will get on the neck
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Of an eagle right in the back of his neck and he would put his
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Claws deep down inside of the eagle's feathers.
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And because his feet are so big, his claws are so long, he can
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Hold on tight and no matter what maneuver the eagle uses--he can
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Turn, he can flip, he can dive, he can do whatever he can do and
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That raven will hold on tight pecking on the back of his head,
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Pecking on the back of his head.
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And at some point in time, that eagle has had enough and he
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Spreads those huge wings and he soars.
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He looks to the heavens and he soars and he soars higher and he
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Soars higher and he soars higher, and he gets so high to
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Where god made his lungs to be able to breathe.
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That raven, on the other hand, loses consciousness and he falls
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Off to the ground.
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When they start pecking on you, calling you names, talking about
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Your children, talking about your faith, disrespecting the
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Word of god, disrespecting our sovereign god, don't sit there
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And take it.
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Start soaring. start soaring.
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And you soar so high that you're so high in the midst of god that
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They can't hang on no more.
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That's what you do. that's what you do.
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Let's make america united and make america powerful and make
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America godly again.
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Thank you.
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Allen: hey we have a tool that we think will help
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Strengthen you in this season.
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A lot of confusion and chaos in our world,
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A lot of fear.
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I hear from people every day battling in their minds,
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In their lives with the uncertainty of our world.
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Well, it's a booklet called "awaken us."
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It's a 30 day plan, every day has a theme with a scripture,
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A little devotional, and a prayer for that specific theme.
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The idea is that every day we're gonna ask the spirit of god
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To awaken us to a new aspect of god's provision in our lives.
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You know, hopefully we wake up everyday to the opportunities
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And the challenges of that day.
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Well, this is gonna correspond to that.
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We're gonna ask the spirit of god to awaken us
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To what god is doing in this season.
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We're not alone and we don't have to be overcome by fear.
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Let's pray.
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Father, i thank you that there's nothing
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That confronts us that intimidates
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Or threatens you.
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That you have made provision for complete victory
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In every aspect of our lives.
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Lead us now as we turn our faces to you
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To a season of peace and hope and wholeness
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In jesus's name, amen.
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This book, it'll be a blessing.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Allen Jackson - John Deberry

July 19, 2025 | 28:35

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