Bobby Chandler - Digging for a Miracle: Preparing for God's Move (Part 2)

November 19, 2025 | 24:27

Pastor Bobby Chandler has found hope in Jesus and wants as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.

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She. when the lord was about to take alija.
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Up to heaven in a whirlwind.
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Okay. that's big.
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Like, listen to that.
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He's not just, like, going somewhere on vacation.
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He's about to be taken up to the kingdom of heaven.
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And so, as i was writing the sermon,
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I started thinking about the history of our church.
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And about six and a half years ago, from the day
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That i first preached at the merits. okay.
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And we're about to celebrate
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Seven years, by the way, in january.
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Can we give god some praise for that?
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Seven years, seven out of the bible means completion.
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It's really cool what god has done with our story.
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In fact,
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When we moved out here and kind of started
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The church plant in the backyard days, i was 30 years old.
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So it's pretty crazy.
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Like, you're seeing these numbers
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Come together just like in the bible.
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But six and a half years ago
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Is the first time that i preached the rats.
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But even before that, listen.
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And i don't want to get ahead of myself
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Because i'm going to show you something later.
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But, about seven years ago,
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I remember what it felt like
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To be in the backyard, praying for god to do a miracle.
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We had no help.
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We didn't know anybody, and there was no one watching.
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No one paying attention.
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That's why i can relate to jeremiah preaching my heart out,
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But nobody listening.
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And every time i preached in the backyard,
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My neighbor started mowing.
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I don't know why he did that.
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I prayed for him and i rebuked satan.
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I don't know what was going on with that lawnmower.
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You know what i mean?
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But but that's how it started.
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It seems crazy.
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God, how could i ever get to something like this?
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But this right here is evidence.
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My god always makes a way.
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And it's not just for here.
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It's for your life.
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But you can't give up.
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You can't give up.
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You got to be willing to be like elijah and say, you know what?
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I'll go the hard route.
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I'll serve in the shadows when i get to the waters.
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I will pray and believe
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That you can part the waters just like you did before.
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Because here's another revelation
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You're going to notice.
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The hardest places across here,
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Right before you step into your calling.
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That's when you going to be most attacked.
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That's when you're going to doubt everything.
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That's when it seems impossible right before your calling.
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Listen to what happened next.
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Second kings chapter two, verse nine and ten.
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When they came to the other side,
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Elijah said to elijah, tell me what i can do for you
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Before i am taken away.
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That's a big ask right there.
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Okay. he's he's asking him.
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All right.
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What do you want to receive from me?
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And elijah replied, please let me inherit
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A double share of your spirit and become your successor.
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Now, a lot of us would read that and be like, what? what
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You want more than me?
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That's what you're saying.
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Like, we're at this point,
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I've invested in you, and you're wanting
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A double portion of what god has placed in my life over you.
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And so elijah said,
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That's a very difficult thing for you to ask.
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You know, not that,
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Let's pray about this and see if this is something
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God wants for, you know, he said, it's difficult,
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Elijah replied.
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But if you see me when i'm taken from you,
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Then you will get your request.
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But if not, did you want what's he saying here?
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It's going to be up to the lord.
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If god sees you fit and worthy and knows your heart,
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Guess what?
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You're going to be really close to me.
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And because you're close, you're going to see the miracle.
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And because you see the miracle, you're going to know
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And you're going to be able to walk by faith and fulfill
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The ministry that god has called you to fulfill.
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But if you walk away,
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You're going to miss everything.
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And so, again, let me get back to the backyard.
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This is funny,
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Like to tell these stories, but man, it it was hard
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And it was scary.
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And i remember one night, here's how i talked to the lord.
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I like to look outside at the stars.
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Always have done.
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And i remember saying to the lord, listen,
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If you want this church to be a possibility,
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If you want it to work, god,
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You got to take it from me because i can't do it.
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And it's like the lord spoke upon my heart
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And said, finally.
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Like i've been fighting with you for too long about this.
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Finally you're handing it over to me.
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Now, let me do something.
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All of a sudden.
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See, i know that god can take the ordinary
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And do something extraordinary.
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Because after that prayer,
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The very next day, god called me to hickory.
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God called me to hickory.
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The very next day after that prayer.
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It happened suddenly
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Because i trusted the lord.
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And the same for you.
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Okay, when we trust the lord.
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But again, let's dive into this.
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Why was elijah asking for a double portion of the anointing?
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Okay. it wasn't about being.
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It wasn't about big ego was actually about being a son.
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I've never heard this preached before.
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I think it's really interesting to me.
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It wasn't so. he can brag.
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He got a double portion of power.
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No, it was because he wanted to be a son.
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When elijah came and got him, he was young.
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He was around 20 years old at the most.
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Okay.
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Which means now he's around 24 to 26.
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Okay? he's been following elijah.
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He is his spiritual father.
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And so in the jewish culture, the father would always pass
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Down to the firstborn son a double portion of inheritance.
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And he's saying to elijah, i see you as my spiritual father.
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Give me a double portion.
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Give me a double portion of your power.
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Not so that i can brag, but so that i may lead
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Well,
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That's what he's stating here.
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That's why god honors him.
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It's not about him or his position.
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It's about leading the ministry.
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Well, that the strength and the courage, just like god
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Spoke over joshua.
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Be courageous and strong, and i will lead you along the way.
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And here's the crazy part.
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He got it a double portion, and he was able to perform
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So many miracles out of the bible.
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He has performed more miracles out of the bible
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Than anybody else, except for jesus christ.
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And we're going to talk about these stories
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Over the next few weeks and really get into them.
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But also, i want to make this point
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Very quickly is that you can't catch what you're not close to.
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Meaning.
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What did elijah say to him?
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If you see what happens to me,
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Then what you have stated here will be granted for your life.
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Okay? god will bring it upon your life.
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You have to stay close.
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Meaning? here's the take away.
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Mantles are not caught from a distance.
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Elijah did not show up for a big moment or a platform
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Because he followed elijah all the way there.
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He got to the point where god appointed him
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To step into everything that god had called him to.
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And because of that, god showed him the miraculous.
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And let me show you the second kings,
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Chapter 211 through 14 as they were
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Walking along and talking, suddenly notice the wording,
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Everything changes suddenly.
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That's how god works.
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Okay, we don't always get a countdown or a warning,
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But when the time is right, god moves and a chariot of fire
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Appeared, drawn by horses of fire,
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And it drove between the two men separating them.
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Now listen to this.
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Imagine seeing this.
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And elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven,
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A literal fire chariot, bluebird by god.
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Like, imagine.
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Like, wow, how do i get something like that?
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You know
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What happens to elijah after this?
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Elijah cried out, said my father, my father.
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Not because he's
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His biological father, but spiritually he's his father.
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I see the chariots and charioteers of israel.
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And as they
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Disappeared from sight, elijah tore his clothes and distress,
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His mourning, the loss of his mentor, his best friend.
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But then, look at this.
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Elijah picked up elijah's cloak, which had fallen
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When he was taken up.
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Then elijah returned to the bank of the jordan river.
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He struck the water
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With elijah's cloak and cried out,
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Where is the lord, the god of elijah?
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Meaning he got to the jordan
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River and said, where are you, god?
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The same god that i saw do miracles before.
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I know you can do it today. do it for me.
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And then what happened? the river was divided
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And elijah went across.
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Now i want to get into my last point.
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I have a lot to teach you very quickly,
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And something very powerful to share with the church today.
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But here it is.
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Point me to last point.
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Dig in the dry season.
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Are you willing to go dig again?
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God can do the miracle, but are you willing to go dig
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When it seems impossible and put in the work?
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So here's what's crazy.
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Okay,
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The next time we see
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Elijah, he's not standing in a parted river.
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Instead, he's in a situation where there's no water,
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There's no rain, and it seems like there's no hope.
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Okay?
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Because there's this man who's,
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Joram the king, joram and second kings, chapter three.
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He is the king of northern israel.
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He is also the son of king ahab and queen jezebel.
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Maybe you've heard of those names.
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Evil couple right there.
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All right, so he himself is wicked.
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After his father dies.
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Quick history lesson after his fathers dies.
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Then all of a sudden, moab is tired of paying taxes.
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And so they want to wage a war against him.
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Well, he starts to be afraid.
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And so he creates this military alliance with jehoshaphat,
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The king of judah, southern israel,
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And then recruits the king of edam. okay.
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So they come together
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And it looks like they got the strategy,
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The soldiers and everything that they need.
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Here's the problem. they don't have water,
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So they're in the wilderness ready to fight.
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They feel dehydrated,
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And all of a sudden they start to panic
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Due to their environment.
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Oh no, we're going to die of thirst.
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We're going to die.
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Our animals are going to die.
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Second kings chapter three, verse nine and ten.
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The king of edam and his troops joined them,
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And all three armies traveled along a roundabout route
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Through the wilderness for seven days.
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But there was no water for the man or the animals.
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And here's the question they asked what should we do?
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And the king of israel cried out,
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The lord has brought us three here
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To let the king of moab defeat us. hoo!
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You know what i mean?
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Like he's just crying because he never followed the lord.
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But jehoshaphat don't believe that i didn't mean to ride
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Right there, but that that goes together.
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He didn't believe that.
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And here's something we need to understand.
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Because in this situation, that seemed impossible.
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Everybody's freaking out and everybody's scared
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And wanting to run away and saying, we're going to die.
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You know what joshua says?
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Isn't there a word
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The lord that could help us through this situation?
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Remember that
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Every time you face an impossible situation
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And everybody is scared around you, isn't there a word
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Of god that can help you out?
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So he's looking for a prophet,
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And the prophet that is brought up is now elijah.
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And this is interesting to me.
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I love to preach this in the future.
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Elijah was brought up
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Not because he had done many miracles yet,
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But because he served elijah well.
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Please don't miss that point.
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Okay.
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He was brought up not because of the miracles said he done,
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Not because of his position, but because he served elijah well.
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People knew him because of how well he served.
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There will be people that speak about you,
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Not because of your accomplishments,
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But because of how well you served.
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And that's when god will lead you in a certain to positions.
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And so elijah comes up and says, all right, here's what i need.
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I need some music.
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Sounds a little different.
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I need some music to hear for the lord.
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This is how powerful worship is.
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Second kings 315 217 he said, now bring me a musician.
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And it came about when the musician played
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That the hand of the lord came upon him.
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See, this is how powerful
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Worship can be.
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And then he said, is it what the lord says?
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Make the valley full of trenches?
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What?
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Remember the story of the jordan?
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God said, stand in the middle of the river.
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This time god is telling people who are dehydrated, tired,
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And need sleep and need water, hey,
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Throughout the entire night, grab a shovel.
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And dig
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All night long.
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Imagine the response to this.
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Go dig up these ditches.
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All over the valley is pretty much
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What the lord is speaking for.
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The lord says this you will not see wind.
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You will not see rain.
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Yet the valley shall be filled with water,
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So that you will be able to drink,
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And you and your livestock, and all of your animals
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Will have the water that they need.
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Imagine this you're tired,
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You're frustrated, and you think you're going to die.
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And now god said all through the night, dig.
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God can do it.
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Are you willing to dig
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And imagine how they felt?
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This is this is dumb.
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You know, i can't believe i'm doing this.
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And i'm sweaty.
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I won't be here.
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I want to be in my bed.
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And i'm right next to sarah, and she stinks.
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And i don't know why she's out here anyway.
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So i'm out of here, just minding my own business and.
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And i'm just. why are we digging ditches?
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Why are we digging?
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Sometimes god will tell you
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To do something that seems crazy
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To believe that the miracle is coming.
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But the water that you need is coming.
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And so i started thinking about this
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Because in this story, they dig.
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And the very next morning, god does what he spoke.
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Water came, they drank, and they saw victory in the battle.
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Here's this crazy as i as i'm writing this sermon,
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I had this on my mind a while back,
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Especially the title digging for, a miracle.
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Digging for a miracle.
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I started thinking there was a time in the past
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When i had a shovel before,
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And so i looked it up.
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I looked up some of my old sermons.
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Right. here
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Is a sermon titled keep digging.
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It was the very first sermon
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I ever preached to
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This church at the merits.
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The very first sermon i've ever preached to this church
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Was titled keep digging.
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And the miraz telling people who did not know me,
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Who had never seen me preach before,
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That we got to take the shovel and we got to dig
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A firm foundation for this church,
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And we got to believe god for the impossible.
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And let me tell you, okay, again,
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Six and a half years we have been digging
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And sometimes it's been hard and sometimes
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You don't feel it, and sometimes you even feel alone.
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And sometimes you're just praying and believing
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And you're still not seeing water
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And you just keep digging.
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That's what this church has done,
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Preaching through the hard times,
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Counseling, mentoring,
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Growing, equipping,
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Believing,
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Moving by faith, willing
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To risk everything.
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I've said it many times before.
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I'm willing to always move by faith and look like a fool
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To people if it means honoring god.
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And that's what it means to dig and dig and dig.
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But i thought it was so cool
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Because the first message i ever preached was keep digging.
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Today is digging for a miracle,
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And today we have a miracle for our church.
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Some of y'all get it.
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Some of you don't know
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This tuesday, this past tuesday,
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We signed the documentation
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And we paid in full
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The 23 acres of land that we're about to build.
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Our first building. oh come on, come on.
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After every up and down.
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Go ahead and show the pictures here.
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Every up and down that we've been through,
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Every time the lord said, keep digging.
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Come on.
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We on 23 acres.
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And it's not over yet.
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But the water is coming.
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But we got to dig together.
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We got to believe god for the impossible.
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I believe
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That this is more than just building a building, okay?
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This is the calling that god has for us
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Producing everlasting fruit.
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To bless our children and their children
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And the next generations to come.
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To bless our families,
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To impact our families, to impact the city of hickory,
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To give back to the city of hickory and god willing
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To impact the entire world.
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That god's going to hear or people are going to hear
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Something incredible out of a small town called hickory,
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Because we have giant faith to believe
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Our god can do the impossible.
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So will you keep digging with me?
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I want to thank you
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From the bottom of my heart and for my wife,
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My family and staff. light.
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Thank you
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For believing in this with us,
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And i pray that this church becomes
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The biggest blessing to your life.
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I pray that this word is not just something
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You do on a sunday, but it truly makes an impact for you.
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So do me a favor.
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Pray over us now.
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Pray over my family.
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Pray over our staff, over our leadership
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Team as we move forward now.
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Because guess what?
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It is time to build.
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And it's going to take a lot of decisions
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And it's going to take money.
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It's going to take a lot of work and digging.
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But my god can provide it.
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And my god can bring the rain whenever we need it.
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He already has.
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And so we're just following him completely.
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And so i'm here and we're here together as a living testimony
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That my god
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Can always make a way for you to get to the other side.
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But let me ask you again, are you willing to go dig
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When nobody else wants to?
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Are you willing to believe that jesus can part the water
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So that you can
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Step foot into the promise, because you never set foot
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Into a promise?
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You don't believe
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The first step. just believe.
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Listen to the lord
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And do me a favor.
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Let's make an impact together and make heaven crowded.
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How about that?
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And let's break all the chains, the demonic chains
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Around this city and see people set free.
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But the precious blood of jesus christ,
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That's what's going to happen.
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That's what we're doing. that's what we're called to do.
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All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today.
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But i pray that today's message bless your life.
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There is a reason you heard this word today.
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It's not by mistake.
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You're here for a reason.
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And god has a plan for you.
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And listen, if you love this church
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And thinking about giving to this church, all you have to do
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Is visit our website at bobbie chandler ministries.com.
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And it's very easy to give.
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And once you give, listen, you're helping change lives.
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Because of your faithful giving, we're able to reach
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Not only the nation, but the world.
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We're bringing the gospel of jesus christ
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Into everyone's home as much as we can,
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So that they know the love of god.
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And listen.
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If you want to hear more sermons as well, don't forget
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You can join us live every sunday, 815, 10:00, and 1145.
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So thank you for watching today
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And i can't wait to see you again very soon.
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All right, before you go, i got one more announcement to make.
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And this one's a big one.
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Okay.
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This year
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We held
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Our very first awaken conference in hickory, north carolina
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For authentic church.
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And we saw
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People come out from everywhere, from all over the nation
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And even outside of the country
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To experience what god is doing here.
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So we're doing it again in 2026, from june 4th to june 7th.
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We would love for you to plan and be here with us.
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And if you want to look into more details
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Over the conference,
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All you have to do is click the link below.
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In fact, here's a recap video to show you what all god did.
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And the
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Reason i even bring it up tonight
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Is because when it comes to you knowing jesus, the man,
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The gospel message is all about
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Your understanding of the message about the man
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Who will inform your methods of getting to know the man. who?
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Left his job doesn't work out for me.
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What if i move my life by faith and it all just
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Crumbles to the ground? what if it works?
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What if god shows up and changes your life forever?
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But i would rather move by faith
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And even fail and fail and fail and know that i follow god.
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And i ended up exactly where i needed to be.
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You know what today is
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Pentecost sunday.
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Pentecost sunday.
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Woohoo!
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You better
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Not ask a holy ghost preacher to preach on pentecost sunday.
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I came here to remind you
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You need the holy spirit.
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To. be.
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Bobby Chandler - Digging for a Miracle: Preparing for God's Move (Part 2)

November 19, 2025 | 24:27

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