Bobby Chandler - Get Back Up Again (Part 1)

January 21, 2026 | 27:48

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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Bobby Chandler: Authentic Church | Bobby Chandler - Get Back Up Again (Part 1) | January 21, 2026
  • She. because now i
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  • Know, even though i don't like the situation i'm going through,
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  • And it's harmful and it hurts me,
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  • I know that my god is still good, so i still have joy.
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  • If you have joy, you still have hope for the future.
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  • You still have hope for tomorrow.
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  • The fear attacking me today will be gone tomorrow.
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  • I love that truth.
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  • You can eat together and share what's going on in your life.
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  • That's real community and that's real friendships.
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  • And that's why we have the crew.
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  • That's why we have our connect groups.
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  • But i've also learned this, okay.
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  • When it comes
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  • To being courageous, here's what i was praying over.
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  • When it comes to being courageous, sometimes
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  • The hardest battle is not what is in front of you,
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  • Sometimes the hardest battle.
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  • It's what's in the past,
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  • The things that are
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  • Replaying over and over in your mind.
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  • The memories of what could have been,
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  • The things that you said, the mess ups that you have.
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  • And so how do you overcome those things?
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  • Because listen,
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  • You'll never step forward if you're living the past.
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  • You'll never move by faith.
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  • If you still feel like
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  • You're in bondage over something you did a long time ago.
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  • And as i was praying, i think,
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  • That it's just appropriate for us to talk
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  • About a courageous man of faith named paul.
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  • Okay?
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  • Because if you know paul's story,
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  • You know that in order for him to step into his calling
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  • And to his purpose, he had to confront his past.
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  • For some of you today, that's going to set you free
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  • If you move by faith in it,
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  • Because some of you are still running away from your past.
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  • You don't want to go back there.
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  • I get it,
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  • But there are things that god wants you to heal and listen.
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  • It can never heal as long as you're holding on to it.
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  • And so when we talk about paul, like paul
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  • Had a lot of things in his life,
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  • He wasn't just a problem for the church.
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  • He was the church's worst nightmare.
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  • Right?
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  • Let's go over the background very quickly, over who paul is
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  • And some of the things that he had in his life.
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  • First of all, is, here's this truth.
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  • Paul is a pharisee of pharisees.
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  • Like he actually stated this about himself.
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  • Paul is that guy in class that gets on your nerves, okay?
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  • He's the one that raises his hand to every question.
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  • He always gets the right answer and he cries over and a minus.
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  • You know, somebody like that.
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  • Maybe that's you right now, right?
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  • Maybe that's you. you cry, you.
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  • You start to freak out over these things.
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  • That's paul.
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  • And paul even talks this way about himself.
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  • Listen to this in philippians
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  • Chapter three, verse five and six.
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  • Now i love how he words this
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  • Because again he's talking about himself.
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  • He says, i was circumcised
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  • When i was eight days old, you know.
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  • Good for you, bro. okay.
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  • And i'm a pure blooded
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  • Citizens of israel and a member of the tribe of benjamin.
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  • And i love what he says right here.
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  • He's he does not shy away, okay.
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  • From the things that he he knew he had in his life.
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  • He says i'm a real hebrew.
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  • If there ever was one.
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  • I'm as real as it gets.
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  • You're not going to find anybody as real as me.
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  • I was a member of the pharisees and he had the credentials,
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  • Though he's backing it up
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  • Who demand the strictest obedience to the jewish law.
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  • I was so zealous
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  • That i harshly persecuted the church.
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  • And as for righteousness, i listen to the wording here.
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  • I obeyed the law without fault.
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  • I was in the word of god.
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  • I was in the torah.
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  • I knew what the lord was telling me to do it.
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  • I had all these achievements and status.
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  • Verse seven.
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  • Yeah, i once thought
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  • These things were valuable,
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  • But now
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  • I consider them worthless
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  • Because of what christ has done in my life.
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  • He was a pharisee, a pharisee.
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  • He had status.
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  • He came from the right family.
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  • He had the right education.
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  • But he understood when christ becomes
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  • Your treasure, everything else can lose its shine.
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  • When jesus is everything to you,
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  • You start to notice the things that
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  • Used to get the best of you,
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  • Those things that used to wear you down,
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  • Those things you thought you had to have in life to prove
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  • To people that you're somebody.
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  • All of a sudden
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  • Jesus comes in and you're like, i don't care about that
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  • Stuff anymore.
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  • And let's be honest with each other.
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  • And that the most freeing thing
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  • We talk about, where the
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  • Spirit of the lord is, there is freedom.
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  • The biggest freedom that can enter into
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  • Your life is not to care about what other people think.
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  • Now it doesn't mean go crazy,
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  • You know, just bash people and just live life
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  • However you want to live.
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  • No no no, you're living for the lord.
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  • You're living to please god.
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  • You're living in obedience, and god is changing everything
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  • About you.
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  • And you start to understand, because, listen, it's very easy
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  • To get that award and say, oh, this is it.
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  • Have you been there,
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  • Got the job you always prayed for?
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  • And you're like, god,
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  • I didn't know
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  • That people would be this difficult in this position.
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  • Let me rethink this.
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  • It only lasts for a day or so.
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  • You're grateful.
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  • But i'm just telling you today, the only thing that can fulfill
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  • Is a relationship with jesus christ.
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  • He understood this.
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  • But let's look into paul's background some more.
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  • First of all, he approved a young man's death.
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  • A man named stephen.
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  • He was the first martyr of the new testament church.
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  • Right.
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  • He's a young man and paul was there.
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  • It says that all the pharisees
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  • Laid down their coats at his feet.
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  • He was watching, and he was approving,
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  • And it straight and lighted a passion on the inside of him,
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  • Because after that he started to attack the church.
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  • His mission was to harm the church.
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  • How can i harm these christians?
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  • Acts chapter eight, verse three.
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  • Listen to the wording here.
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  • But saul was going everywhere to destroy the church
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  • Like he is very clear with us today.
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  • It wasn't just to cause chaos, it wasn't to cause
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  • Just division.
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  • No, he wanted to go and destroy, eliminate the church body.
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  • So he went from house to house.
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  • Now we know paul and we know what he's done,
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  • And we know the letters
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  • That he's written and how god used them.
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  • But i want you to imagine
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  • Him in the moment, talking about his past,
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  • How painful it was because he went into house after house,
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  • Dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison.
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  • He would bust into a home to take away parents
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  • From their children, to bring them into prison.
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  • That's how ruthless he was.
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  • See, paul understood.
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  • On the inside there was a darkness growing.
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  • When hatred gets ahold of
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  • Your heart, it can get dark very quick. can it?
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  • And all of a sudden, not only was it good enough to torment
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  • These christians now, he wanted to kill them.
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  • He wanted to end their life.
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  • Acts chapter nine, verse one states it like this.
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  • Meanwhile, saul was uttering threats.
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  • It's all that was coming out of his mouth with every breath.
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  • Every breath was anger, every breath was bitterness.
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  • And he was what?
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  • He was eager to kill
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  • The lord's followers.
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  • And so he was on a mission
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  • And on the road to damascus.
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  • An incredible thing,
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  • Because i want you to think about it like this.
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  • Like in the middle of his hate and the middle of his anger,
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  • In the middle of his sin,
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  • Jesus meets him on the road to damascus.
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  • He meets him in the middle of a sin.
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  • And i need you to understand this.
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  • Jesus could have showed up and got rid of him right there.
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  • You're persecuting my believers.
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  • I will end your life.
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  • But instead he offered grace and humbled him
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  • By closing his eyes.
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  • He had to physically go blind
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  • So that he could spiritually start to see.
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  • Some of you have been looking at the wrong things.
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  • Some of you have been noticing the wrong things
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  • In life, eager to chase the sinful things in your life,
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  • Thinking you're going the right way until god interrupts
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  • The direction that you're going.
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  • Have you ever just thank the lord for interrupting your
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  • Plans?
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  • Like, have you ever think jesus for just interrupting
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  • The direction that you were going
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  • In this relationship, for this business,
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  • For these things that you want in your life?
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  • He met him on the road to damascus
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  • To show him what's really important.
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  • And sometimes, sometimes it will feel like
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  • You're physically blind for a time to spiritually
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  • Be able to see things you weren't able to see before.
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  • Let me ask you this question.
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  • I have your eyes been open
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  • Since you gave your life to jesus.
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  • You're starting to notice that the world doesn't
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  • Look the same like it used to,
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  • The way that it did when you were younger,
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  • When you were going out
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  • And partying all of a sudden, now
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  • You're starting to see things differently and people suffering
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  • What you thought used to look like a good time.
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  • Now you feel bad for those people
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  • And you pray for them. why?
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  • God opened your eyes.
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  • There were scales there.
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  • God opened your eyes
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  • To be able to see, but he will interrupt your plans.
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  • And we see this in acts chapter nine, verse three through nine.
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  • As he was approaching damascus on this mission,
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  • A light from heaven suddenly shone down around him,
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  • And he fell to the ground and heard a voice
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  • Saying to him, saul, saul,
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  • Why are you fighting me?
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  • Why are you persecuting me?
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  • Who are you, lord saul asked, and the voice replied,
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  • I am jesus, the one you are persecuting.
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  • Have you heard the voice of the lord
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  • Speak to you in such a way?
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  • Why are you fighting me?
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  • Why are you rebelling against me?
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  • Why do you keep not listening when i'm showing you
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  • That this is the way?
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  • This is what i have for you.
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  • And so again,
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  • It becomes
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  • Physically blind so that he spiritually
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  • Could see for the first time.
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  • And then the lord speaks to a man named ananias.
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  • I love this too, because ananias was also courageous.
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  • Just imagine
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  • You're in ananias and shoes, and the lord speaks to
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  • You and says, i have a mission for you.
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  • I got what you got for me.
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  • I need you to go to saul, and i want you to pray over him.
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  • But would you say the same guy busting into homes?
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  • Take it away, mommies and daddies, and take it away?
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  • Husbands and wives and tearing apart the family
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  • And trying to kill christians.
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  • And god is like, i want you to go
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  • Be alone with this person and pray over them.
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  • Nuh. like i.
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  • Ananias.
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  • Oh, man, when it's so strong from the lord,
  • 00:10:32.557 --> 00:10:35.360
  • You can't help but walk in obedience.
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  • Like god's going to ask you to do some difficult things.
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  • And it's okay to say, god
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  • Make me courageous because right now i'm terrified
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  • Of this conversation in this situation.
  • 00:10:46.237 --> 00:10:48.907
  • But ananias goes and he prays over him.
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  • The scales fall from saul's eyes, and he's able to see,
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  • And his life is changed forever.
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  • But i want you to see something within the text.
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  • All right, acts chapter nine, verse 15 and 16.
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  • But the lord said he's speaking to ananias.
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  • Go for saul is my chosen instrument
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  • To take my message to the gentiles,
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  • To the kings, as well as to the people of israel.
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  • And we would celebrate if it ended there.
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  • But god doesn't in their.
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  • And i'll also show him
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  • How much you must suffer for my name's sake.
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  • Pay attention to that verse.
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  • I'm going to show saul how much you must suffer
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  • For my name's sake.
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  • Here's the thing about that god is not punishing him
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  • Because he's also redeemed and forgiven
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  • By the blood of christ, just like me and you.
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  • What god is stating over his life.
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  • This is your purpose.
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  • This is your calling.
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  • You're going to see many wonderful things,
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  • Miraculous things in your life, but you're also going to suffer
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  • As a part of it,
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  • As a part of being courageous.
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  • So the title of today's message is this get back up again.
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  • Get back up again.
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  • How many y'all need that word today?
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  • Get back up.
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  • The lord is with you.
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  • He's holding your hand and he's guiding you.
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  • And so if you want to go ahead and write down the first point,
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  • It is this. we're going to dive into the story.
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  • The point number one, it says there is
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  • Purpose in your suffering.
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  • There's purpose in your suffering.
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  • If you have your bibles, you can turn to acts chapter 14.
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  • Acts chapter 14 is where we're going to be today.
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  • But again, i just want to clarify,
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  • Like the lord spoke to ananias, like paul is going
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  • To have to suffer for the things i need him to do.
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  • So when we look at chapters 13 and 14,
  • 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:37.582
  • Let me give you some background information.
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  • Verse and chapters 13 and 14.
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  • This is paul's first missionary journey.
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  • Okay, so he's seeing many supernatural miracles.
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  • He's also stepping foot into asia minor.
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  • He's traveling through europe,
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  • And this is the very first time
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  • That these people are hearing the gospel of jesus christ.
  • 00:12:51.763 --> 00:12:54.933
  • So most of these people are worshiping
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  • Roman gods and zeus and hades and all this kind of stuff.
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  • And so he's the first one rolling into the cities.
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  • Have you heard about my jesus?
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  • Have you heard about how god changed my life?
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  • Right.
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  • And i also want to make this clear to you,
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  • Because i know sometimes it causes confusion.
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  • His name changes from saul to paul.
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  • Why? okay, it's not a peter incident
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  • Where god actually changes his name.
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  • He actually has both names. so this is hebrew name.
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  • So it's appropriate to speak to the jews with saul.
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  • And then when he's
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  • Speaking to the romans, or he's speaking to the gentiles,
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  • Paul is his roman name.
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  • So that's why it changes here. why?
  • 00:13:32.737 --> 00:13:34.305
  • Because he's trying to reach the lost at this point.
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  • He's becoming all things.
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  • So that people can relate to him.
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  • All things that, honor the lord. okay.
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  • And so he changes his name to paul.
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  • Then paul and barnabas go into the city,
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  • The city of lystra, and they see this man
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  • That was crippled since birth, never been able to walk.
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  • And all
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  • Of a sudden god does a miraculous thing.
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  • Okay,
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  • Before we get into the story, though, there's a revelation.
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  • I want you to understand.
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  • Paul's hands,
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  • The same hands that used to hurt people now
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  • Are about to be the the hands that god uses to heal people.
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  • Don't miss that.
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  • Whatever you give over to the lord, he can redeem it.
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  • Whatever you have right now in your life
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  • That you have misused,
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  • You can give it over to god and he will use it.
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  • Let's talk about a few things.
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  • What about your mouth and the past?
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  • You used to use your mouth to hurt people.
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  • Now god has transformed your mouth
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  • To speak about his glory and to build people up.
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  • Why the holy spirit gave you strength to do that.
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  • That's not how you grew up, but god changed you.
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  • The change did generations to come.
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  • What are you holding on to that god said, no, no, no,
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  • Give it to me. i'll use it.
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  • I'll redeem it, i'll restore it.
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  • So let's read the story together now.
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  • Acts chapter 14,
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  • Verses eight and ten.
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  • While they were at lystra, paul
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  • And barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet.
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  • Now listen to this.
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  • He had been this way since birth.
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  • He has never walked.
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  • He was sitting and listening as paul preached,
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  • And paul was looking straight at him.
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  • And paul realized that he had the faith to be healed.
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  • Now, take a second here. what does that even mean?
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  • It means that he gets it.
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  • This what it means.
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  • He's listening to paul preach.
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  • He's hanging on to every word, and he believes in jesus.
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  • He is ready to move by faith.
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  • There have been many times
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  • That i've preached in this place,
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  • And people come up to me in the lobby
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  • And they're like, pastor,
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  • That one thing you said and you looked right into my eyes,
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  • I'm be honest with you.
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  • I can't see you like these eyes are blinding.
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  • Like sometimes i'm afraid i'm going to be cross-eyed.
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  • Like, look at that, people.
  • 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:49.173
  • But like, i don't know, but but you get it right in the moment
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  • Like that spoke to you. god is speaking to you.
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  • That's what's happening here.
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  • Paul is speaking and this man is like, i believe it.
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  • When you grew up in poverty, maybe he didn't have anything
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  • And he's been crippled since birth.
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  • And he's like, you know what?
  • 00:16:04.722 --> 00:16:05.590
  • I still believe god can do a miracle.
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  • And i still believe that god can touch me.
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  • And so listen to this.
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  • Now, this is courageous face right here.
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  • Paul called to him in a loud voice, stand up.
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  • I've done a deep study on this.
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  • Notice the difference of speaking by the authority
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  • Of god.
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  • Compared to just the things you may want in life.
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  • Okay?
  • 00:16:30.114 --> 00:16:30.648
  • Meaning that sometimes
  • 00:16:30.648 --> 00:16:31.582
  • When we pray over the things we want,
  • 00:16:31.582 --> 00:16:32.850
  • Like for like, god, please, hopefully,
  • 00:16:32.850 --> 00:16:35.319
  • Maybe this will happen.
  • 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:37.321
  • But when we know it's the authority of god moving.
  • 00:16:37.321 --> 00:16:39.290
  • What did he say?
  • 00:16:39.290 --> 00:16:39.824
  • He said, stand up,
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  • Paul, just shout at him. stand up.
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  • That's risking it
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  • All, by the way, because i wonder
  • 00:16:45.129 --> 00:16:46.297
  • If people are looking around like, who's he talking to?
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  • Does he know he's crippled?
  • 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:51.402
  • Does he know that he's been crippled since birth?
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  • Paul knew.
  • 00:16:53.171 --> 00:16:54.439
  • Now here's what i love.
  • 00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:55.273
  • The holy spirit revealed it to him.
  • 00:16:55.273 --> 00:16:58.509
  • The holy spirit will reveal things to you that you should
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  • Know about people.
  • 00:17:01.212 --> 00:17:03.414
  • But then there's healing.
  • 00:17:03.414 --> 00:17:04.682
  • And so that healing takes place. and now listen to this.
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  • The man jumped to his feet and he started walking.
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  • He was ready. he didn't think about it.
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  • He didn't doubt it.
  • 00:17:12.723 --> 00:17:14.325
  • He was in the sermon, ready to move by faith.
  • 00:17:14.325 --> 00:17:16.994
  • And because he stood up,
  • 00:17:16.994 --> 00:17:18.563
  • All the people around them saw that he was healed.
  • 00:17:18.563 --> 00:17:20.698
  • This man who was crippled since birth
  • 00:17:20.698 --> 00:17:22.767
  • For the first time, was able to walk on.
  • 00:17:22.767 --> 00:17:25.837
  • It's amazing it it
  • 00:17:26.270 --> 00:17:28.072
  • God ever performed a mighty miracle in your life.
  • 00:17:28.072 --> 00:17:30.842
  • And you're just like, wow,
  • 00:17:30.842 --> 00:17:33.411
  • All right, well, now i need to prepare you, okay?
  • 00:17:33.411 --> 00:17:37.281
  • Because have you noticed that
  • 00:17:37.281 --> 00:17:38.282
  • Right after a miracle, there's often an attack?
  • 00:17:38.282 --> 00:17:41.452
  • Have you ever noticed that before?
  • 00:17:42.186 --> 00:17:43.988
  • All of a sudden, the mighty miracles of god
  • 00:17:43.988 --> 00:17:45.957
  • Are moving in your life? but that one person
  • 00:17:45.957 --> 00:17:47.492
  • Said that one thing, and you're like, what?
  • 00:17:47.492 --> 00:17:50.728
  • Where everything is moving and people are getting healed
  • 00:17:50.728 --> 00:17:52.830
  • And it's just transformation
  • 00:17:52.830 --> 00:17:54.298
  • And people giving their lives over to christ.
  • 00:17:54.298 --> 00:17:55.766
  • But somebody complaining, something goes wrong
  • 00:17:55.766 --> 00:17:58.903
  • And it can be very easy not to focus on the miracle,
  • 00:17:58.903 --> 00:18:02.507
  • But instead
  • 00:18:02.507 --> 00:18:03.708
  • To focus on the complaining, to focus on the attack. why?
  • 00:18:03.708 --> 00:18:06.244
  • Because satan cannot stand your celebration.
  • 00:18:06.244 --> 00:18:09.614
  • Satan.
  • 00:18:09.814 --> 00:18:10.915
  • He cannot stand when you celebrate what god is doing.
  • 00:18:10.915 --> 00:18:14.085
  • But here's the truth
  • 00:18:14.085 --> 00:18:15.153
  • He can't stop the miracle that god is performing.
  • 00:18:15.153 --> 00:18:17.788
  • He can't stop what god has planned for you.
  • 00:18:17.788 --> 00:18:19.757
  • He can't stop what god is doing in your life.
  • 00:18:19.757 --> 00:18:21.425
  • But please listen.
  • 00:18:21.425 --> 00:18:22.460
  • He can't stop it, but he can ruin the moment.
  • 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:25.296
  • You hear me?
  • 00:18:25.296 --> 00:18:27.932
  • He can try to ruin the moment.
  • 00:18:27.932 --> 00:18:30.168
  • And maybe you've been through a situation like that,
  • 00:18:30.168 --> 00:18:31.836
  • But there's always that one person.
  • 00:18:31.836 --> 00:18:33.070
  • You can't celebrate with this one person
  • 00:18:33.070 --> 00:18:35.373
  • Because they're going to talk about themself.
  • 00:18:35.373 --> 00:18:37.742
  • They're going to make it about them.
  • 00:18:37.742 --> 00:18:38.843
  • They're going to discourage you.
  • 00:18:38.843 --> 00:18:40.211
  • And so you just know
  • 00:18:40.211 --> 00:18:41.112
  • You need to guard yourself. and trust
  • 00:18:41.112 --> 00:18:42.547
  • Me, biblical boundaries are a real thing, right?
  • 00:18:42.547 --> 00:18:45.550
  • But we need to be on guard, because sometimes
  • 00:18:45.550 --> 00:18:48.619
  • The moment god does something great in your life,
  • 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:50.388
  • Satan is already planning how to steal your joy.
  • 00:18:50.388 --> 00:18:53.958
  • John chapter ten, verse ten states it like this.
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  • The thief's purpose is to steal.
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  • He wants to steal away your joy, steal away
  • 00:18:59.630 --> 00:19:01.465
  • The moment he also comes to kill, to take you out
  • 00:19:01.465 --> 00:19:04.068
  • And to destroy your reputation.
  • 00:19:04.068 --> 00:19:05.903
  • Destroy everything that god is doing in your life.
  • 00:19:05.903 --> 00:19:07.738
  • Destroy your family.
  • 00:19:07.738 --> 00:19:09.006
  • He's trying to bring in division.
  • 00:19:09.006 --> 00:19:11.842
  • That's who he is.
  • 00:19:11.842 --> 00:19:12.777
  • He is a liar and the father of all lies.
  • 00:19:12.777 --> 00:19:14.979
  • But why?
  • 00:19:14.979 --> 00:19:16.047
  • Why did satan want to steal your joy?
  • 00:19:16.047 --> 00:19:17.248
  • Okay, here it is.
  • 00:19:17.248 --> 00:19:19.550
  • There it is.
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  • Nehemiah chapter eight, verse ten
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  • For the joy of the lord is your
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  • Strength.
  • 00:19:26.224 --> 00:19:27.992
  • The joy of the lord is your strength.
  • 00:19:27.992 --> 00:19:30.461
  • How do you become strong through a trial?
  • 00:19:30.461 --> 00:19:32.630
  • Joy in the lord.
  • 00:19:32.630 --> 00:19:34.265
  • Because now i know, even
  • 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:36.067
  • Though i don't like the situation i'm
  • 00:19:36.067 --> 00:19:37.635
  • Going through, and it's harmful and it hurts me,
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  • I know that my god is still good, so i still have joy.
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  • If you have joy, you still have hope for the future.
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  • You still have hope for tomorrow.
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  • The fear attacking me today will be gone tomorrow.
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  • It may be weeping in the night,
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  • But there's a miracle coming around the corner.
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  • The enemy can't steal away your joy.
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  • Don't allow the enemy.
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  • Don't allow people to take that from you.
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  • Don't allow them to do that.
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  • They want that power over your life.
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  • But i want to make this super clear, okay?
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  • The devil strategy is to disrupt your celebration.
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  • Here's why. so that you forget the miracle.
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  • If satan can
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  • Distract you, you forget what god has done.
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  • You forget what god is doing.
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  • That is a very dangerous thing to allow into your life.
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  • Let me show you an example of this, okay?
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  • Out of the old testament, god continue to speak to the nation
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  • Of israel, reminding them, don't forget what i did.
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  • Don't forget how i freed you.
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  • Deuteronomy chapter six, verse 12.
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  • Be careful not to forget the lord who rescued you
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  • From slavery in the land of egypt.
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  • Let me state it like this.
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  • Be careful
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  • Not to forget the lord who met
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  • You in your life and freed you from the slavery of sin,
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  • The bondage of addiction that used to be in your life.
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  • He freed you and met you,
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  • But you got to focus on his word because listen
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  • To this and judges chapter two, verse ten and 11.
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  • Here's what happened.
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  • Another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the lord.
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  • And they didn't. what? they didn't what?
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  • They didn't
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  • Remember the mighty things that he had done for israel.
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  • So because of that, they started to worship false gods and evil
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  • Came into the land.
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  • Do you even write down what god is doing,
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  • Or are you to focus on the problems
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  • And the situations that give you a headache?
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  • Let me.
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  • Let me also encourage any parents in the room
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  • Like it is our job to instruct our children.
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  • It is our job.
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  • Always think about this.
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  • I've been very open about my past
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  • And going into ministry,
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  • And something i struggle with was a giving heart.
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  • I'll be honest with you.
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  • I really struggle with that.
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  • Financially, growing up wasn't the best for my family,
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  • And so it was a really hard thing for me to trust
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  • To a point where me and my wife actually had arguments over it.
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  • She's like, just give it no, you know,
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  • True story, but
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  • She's so good.
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  • She's more holy than me.
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  • But now god has changed me,
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  • And i've just i've trusted him and i've seen miracles.
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  • And so here's what i do, because it can be very easy
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  • To get into just a routine of things.
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  • And so there have been many times
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  • That i've actually taken my oldest son, and i'm like, look,
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  • We're about to give and i want to give joyfully.
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  • And so i have even allowed him to push the give button
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  • Just to teach him.
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  • See, the reason we give is because god freed us
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  • From so many things from the past,
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  • And he's changed our family.
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  • So we give joyfully to show him love.
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  • We are to instruct our children.
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  • What if?
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  • What if somebody hurt you and you've gotten to the point
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  • Where you're like, i'm going to pray for forgiveness?
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  • What if you actually took your family and your children
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  • Said, let's pray together for this person that hurt the family
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  • That came after me?
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  • It doesn't mean it's easy, but what do you do when you're
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  • Instructing within your children what the lord has done
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  • So that they never forget in life?
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  • But unfortunately, listen to this.
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  • It's easy for satan to influence
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  • People led by feelings instead of the holy spirit.
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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 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
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  • 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
  • 00:24:36.033 --> 00:24:38.402
  • 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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  • For me.
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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
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  • The man, the gospel message is all about
  • 00:25:16.807 --> 00:25:20.744
  • Your understanding of the message about the man
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  • Who will inform your methods of getting to know the man.
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  • Who you.
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  • Need.
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  • This.
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  • This job doesn't work out for me.
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  • What if i move my life by faith and it all just
  • 00:26:01.485 --> 00:26:05.389
  • Crumbles to the ground? what if it works?
  • 00:26:05.389 --> 00:26:08.125
  • What if god shows up and changes your life forever?
  • 00:26:08.125 --> 00:26:11.061
  • But i would rather move by faith and even fail and fail
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  • And fail and know that i follow god and i ended up exactly.
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  • Where i needed to be.
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  • You know what?
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  • Today is
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  • Pentecost.
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  • Sunday,
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  • Pentecost sunday. who?
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  • You better not ask a
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  • Holy ghost preacher to preach on pentecost sunday.
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  • I came here to remind you you
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  • Need the holy spirit.
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