Bobby Chandler - Pressure in the Blessing (Part 1)

April 8, 2026 | 27:34

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. if he could provide manna from heaven.
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  • If he can heart the waters to get to the other side,
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  • He can provide the things that you need.
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  • When you listen to his voice and follow him.
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  • But all of a sudden we see this shift from that
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  • To also, okay, god will supply what you need,
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  • But with the needs that god gives you,
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  • There comes responsibility.
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  • And so we're on week four, week four.
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  • Now i believe the impossible.
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  • And my goal is not just to teach you about believing it
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  • And seeing it.
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  • Within scripture, but also to step into it.
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  • Because really, if you truly believe it,
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  • You're going to move into it, right?
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  • You're going to step out by faith,
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  • And you're going to believe that
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  • The lord is doing something in your life. and so
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  • I'm praying that over you.
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  • And i pray that we see the word of god and how
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  • Jesus will hold your hand even when you're going
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  • Through a trial and difficult times.
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  • And when you feel like you can't make it to the other side.
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  • And i do also want to say thank you to everybody
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  • That's watching online today.
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  • We have people watching from all over the world,
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  • And i do believe that god has a word for you
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  • And i believe that god can meet
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  • You even in your living room today.
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  • God is going to meet with you, in his presence
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  • Is going to be seen, and it's going to be felt.
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  • And if you're new in the house of the lord today,
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  • I want to say thank you guys for joining us.
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  • Hope you feel like part of the family
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  • And just keep coming back.
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  • And i do want to say you came on a good day
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  • And the reason why i got a word for you,
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  • But also we're giving away a lot of money today.
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  • I just woke somebody up, somebody to say, okay,
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  • All right.
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  • I like this church.
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  • What are you going to do all right.
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  • Now? no, no, let me clarify that to you.
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  • Okay. but.
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  • But back to organizations
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  • That are helping people fight addictions,
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  • Helping save the lives of babies,
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  • Helping save women who are pregnant and scared,
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  • Helping the homeless, helping, giving back into the community.
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  • This year, we're going to get more than we ever have before,
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  • And i'm excited about that.
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  • And that's something god has taught us to be obedient on.
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  • I told you guys
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  • Just a couple of weeks ago
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  • That, you know, we give 10% back into the community.
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  • I believe at this point we're giving 13% back.
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  • We decided to do more.
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  • And i'm going to share that with you.
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  • What are we going to do these things
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  • And what we're going to do.
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  • But let's get to the biblical basics of why we give.
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  • All right.
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  • James makes it very clear in
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  • James chapter one, verse 16 and 17, james is stating,
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  • Listen, your blessings are not random.
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  • This change your mindset on this.
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  • Okay, let's shift
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  • Our perspective
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  • When it comes to the blessings, because
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  • Culture is going to tell you, hey, flex your blessings, right?
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  • Take a nice little picture on instagram,
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  • Put a filter on it, show them your car,
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  • Your house like you're doing well in life.
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  • You're successful like you've reached it.
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  • But some of the most successful people that i've met in life
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  • Are still depressed.
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  • And in fact, some of the people
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  • That have the biggest achievements
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  • In their life face so much anxiety
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  • Because they're afraid they're going to lose everything
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  • That they've achieved overnight.
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  • And maybe you can relate to that today.
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  • So let's look at it differently, okay?
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  • The blessings of your life are not random.
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  • They're not by chance.
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  • They're not accidental.
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  • No. they're intentional.
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  • They come with a kingdom assignment.
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  • And so james says in james chapter one verse 16 and 17,
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  • He says, don't be misled.
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  • You know what he means by that.
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  • Don't get it twisted.
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  • I know you get up every day and you go to your job at 9 a.m.
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  • And you work till five.
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  • Are you work after hours and you make a paycheck.
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  • But don't get it twisted. don't be confused.
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  • God still hands you your paycheck.
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  • But pastor, i got
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  • Talents and skills and you know i work really hard.
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  • Okay, but who gave you the skills?
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  • Who gave you the talents?
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  • Who gave you the job?
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  • Who gave you the paycheck?
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  • So james is saying, don't be misled
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  • By the things that you think you're achieving on your own.
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  • No, no, no, dear brothers and sisters, listen to this.
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  • Whatever is good and perfect is a gift
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  • Coming down to us from god the father.
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  • So everything good in your life comes from god.
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  • And we see this.
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  • We we see god's mercy and we see god's grace,
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  • Because even wicked people today
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  • Know what it's like to have good things.
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  • Why? because god shows grace and love.
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  • Everything good
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  • Comes from above, and his desire is for everyone to repent
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  • And to change, and to give their life over to christ.
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  • Even the story of john the baptist, john
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  • The baptist even confirmed hey, everything good
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  • Came from above.
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  • The things that you have today, god wanted you to have it.
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  • That's why you have it.
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  • If he didn't want you to have it, he'll take it away from you.
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  • And so sometimes we're praying for things, but we listen is
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  • What we're going to get into today.
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  • We don't know the weight of the things we're praying for.
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  • Some of y'all have been asking god things for years,
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  • And god is like, you're not ready
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  • Because you don't know the heaviness
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  • That comes along with this,
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  • The responsibilities that come along with this. why?
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  • Because blessings are not lucky.
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  • Again, they're not accidental. they're not random.
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  • They're assignments from heaven.
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  • Let me show you an example of this.
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  • We talked about abraham about two weeks ago.
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  • I want to show you something different now in the text.
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  • So let's turn back to genesis chapter 12,
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  • Verses one through three. all right.
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  • So look at this with me.
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  • It stated that the lord had said to abraham,
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  • Leave your native country, your relatives
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  • And your father's family, and go to the land
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  • That i will show you.
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  • Now i still believe that this is very important
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  • Because god is speaking to us every single day,
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  • Showing us where to go and what directions to take.
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  • But notice that abraham didn't have a gps.
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  • Notice that abraham didn't have a man
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  • Notice that abraham didn't even know where he was going.
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  • He had to depend on the voice
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  • Of god to get where he needed to be.
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  • Too many of us are using people.
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  • We're using chat to you,
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  • And we're using all these other things,
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  • But we're not spending time with the lord to ask god,
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  • What do i need to go?
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  • You jumped into a relationship because somebody gave
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  • You relationship advice, but they don't even have good
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  • Relationships themselves.
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  • You see, it can be a disaster when you're listening
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  • To the wrong voices.
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  • But also, abraham comes from where
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  • The land of the chaldeans, which means he has a pagan past.
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  • God says, i'll change everything about you.
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  • I'll change your family.
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  • I'll change the generations to come.
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  • But in order to see the change, you got to follow.
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  • You willing to follow
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  • And praying for a change in your family,
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  • Generational curses being done with
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  • You gotta listen to the lord's voice every single day.
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  • Because trust me, if you don't listen to the lord's
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  • Voice, satan is also speaking.
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  • Demons are also speaking.
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  • Your flesh is also speaking.
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  • Selfishness will speak to you.
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  • Our flesh is selfish by nature,
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  • So we need to hear the lord and what to do and where to go
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  • And what to sacrifice, what to give over to the lord.
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  • But listen to this.
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  • Here's the promise right here i will make you.
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  • God is speaking to abraham.
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  • I will make you into a great nation.
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  • This is the nation of israel.
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  • I will bless you and i will make you famous.
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  • And because i will make you famous,
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  • I'll make you to be a blessing to others,
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  • And i will bless those who bless you.
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  • And i will curse those who treat you with contempt.
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  • And all the families of the
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  • Earth will be blessed by and through you.
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  • So let's really ask the question here.
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  • What is the purpose of a blessing, right?
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  • Because i feel like a lot of us
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  • Coming to church and we're like,
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  • God bless me, god, i would love some blessings,
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  • But i want to be blessed.
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  • Hashtag.
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  • You know, blessed on
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  • Everything that i god, it's going to be great.
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  • Oh, there's weight with it.
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  • There's a lot of weight with blessings.
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  • Let's break it down.
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  • The first thing is this god says i will bless you.
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  • Meaning god is stating i am the source, not you.
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  • Again, i know that you show up to your 9 to 5
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  • Or you work late hours. but listen, i am still the source.
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  • You know what i love about this?
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  • God is saying i'm not a distant god.
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  • He's saying i'm not just in heaven,
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  • Not not caring about your situation.
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  • I know you have needs. i know you have bills to pay.
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  • I know that there's things that you need to see in
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  • Your life, that you have goals and aspirations.
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  • But listen, don't get it twisted.
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  • Don't start worshiping the world.
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  • I am the source. but guess what? you are the vessel.
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  • I am the vessel, right?
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  • So. so god uses us as vessels, which means he wants a close
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  • Relationship with you so he can pour into you.
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  • When people come to this church and they tell me the words
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  • Being preached out at this house
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  • Changed my life, i get it, and i'm thankful for that.
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  • But i'm just a vessel.
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  • I don't need to know what i'm saying half the time.
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  • I'll be honest with you.
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  • Sometimes i look back at the summer, i'm like,
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  • God, you're so good.
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  • Like, you made me look smart on that one
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  • Because i didn't even know i was going there with that.
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  • God will speak to you.
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  • I want that for you.
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  • I want you to get into a situation
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  • Where you meet a stranger and you meet somebody and god.
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  • God's like, speak to them.
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  • But, god, i'm afraid to do that.
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  • Okay, but who's your source?
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  • You're the vessel i'll pour through you
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  • And it will overflow.
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  • That's what god is stating here.
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  • I will bless you.
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  • God is always the source.
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  • Okay, the second thing is this.
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  • What is god saying to abraham?
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  • You will be a blessing.
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  • So again, what are we looking for within culture?
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  • We're looking for blessings in the moment.
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  • Again, we would love to take a picture or say god or people.
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  • Look at all my achievements that i have.
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  • But what do we do?
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  • We live in the moment.
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  • But those moments fade because here's a reality check.
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  • Even if you get the new house
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  • Five years down the road, ten years down
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  • The road, you may want a new one.
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  • Even with a brand new car,
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  • You're still going to want a new one. all right.
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  • With the new material possessions that you have,
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  • Listen, you can still be empty on the inside.
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  • You can still have a void because only
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  • Jesus christ can fill that void.
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  • So i want you to see this.
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  • You will be a blessing not to just feel blessed in the moment,
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  • But about becoming a blessing to many others.
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  • I'm telling you, it's the
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  • Greatest feeling to be used for the lord.
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  • I still remember in the startup of authentic church,
  • 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:02.164
  • I was in the backyard and i told you guys
  • 00:10:02.164 --> 00:10:04.233
  • I was preaching a lot and just filming with my iphone.
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  • Terrible experience, but god had mercy on me.
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  • And i remember one day,
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  • I just wanted to go out and speak a little bit
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  • Because it was sunday morning.
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  • I was going to preach and i didn't feel like it.
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  • There had one of those moments,
  • 00:10:18.947 --> 00:10:20.716
  • God's like, i want you to do this.
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  • You know, like how i feel like,
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  • I'm tired.
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  • Like people are bugging me.
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  • I don't feel it.
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  • And i really wrestled with god.
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  • And so i just listen to the lord.
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  • I'm like, all right, i'm gonna get out there
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  • And still preach and do this thing.
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  • I don't even know if anybody is watching.
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  • Probably like ten people.
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  • And i started preaching. and the thing is, i didn't feel it.
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  • But god
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  • Was still using me and i still wanted to be obedient.
  • 00:10:43.338 --> 00:10:46.408
  • And then after i preached that message online,
  • 00:10:46.408 --> 00:10:49.244
  • People started to reach out to me.
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  • And i'll never forget this one comment.
  • 00:10:50.446 --> 00:10:52.047
  • This message just saved my life.
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  • I feel it.
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  • See, god sees you.
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  • And the thing is, you're going to have to fight your flesh.
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  • You're actually going to have to fight your mindset at times.
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  • Sometimes it seems impossible.
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  • God use me to overflow, to be a blessing to others.
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  • Do you know my life?
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  • Do you know where i come from?
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  • Do you know what i do with
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  • You know my struggles and it's don't.
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  • I don't feel it.
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  • I don't have the personality today
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  • To deal with this, but god still wants to use you
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  • As a blessing that is overflowing.
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  • And all you have to do is be obedient
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  • To him and listen to his voice.
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  • You know what god would do after that?
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  • Listen to the third thing.
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  • I will bless those who bless you.
  • 00:11:31.920 --> 00:11:34.556
  • Blessings become contagious.
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  • This is actually a biblical theme
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  • That we see out of the bible.
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  • It's real.
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  • Remember the story of jacob.
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  • Jacob is through the lineage of abraham.
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  • So the same promise
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  • Had spoken over abraham is spoken over jacob,
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  • And jacob has some real problems in his life.
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  • He's got some real messes. why?
  • 00:11:54.710 --> 00:11:56.812
  • Because his brother wants to kill him.
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  • I'm not talking about like an argument
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  • You have with your siblings, and they throw a shoe
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  • At your face and you're like, i'm going to kill him.
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  • You know what i mean? like, no, i'm talking about real death.
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  • Like they were fighting over the birthright
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  • Because jacob, tricked his brother esau with some stew.
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  • It's the most manly argument i've ever seen in my life.
  • 00:12:13.862 --> 00:12:16.431
  • Two men fighting over some food, giving away a birthright.
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  • Now i'm going to kill you for it, you know what i mean?
  • 00:12:19.968 --> 00:12:21.904
  • And so he's on the run,
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  • And he hears from god and gets blessed
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  • And god meets him. you know what i love about this story?
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  • You could be on the run
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  • From the messes in your life.
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  • God wants to meet with you.
  • 00:12:33.182 --> 00:12:35.050
  • He will still meet with you.
  • 00:12:35.050 --> 00:12:36.418
  • And god said to him, hey,
  • 00:12:36.418 --> 00:12:37.419
  • The same promise i spoke over abraham.
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  • I'm speaking over you.
  • 00:12:39.254 --> 00:12:41.657
  • And so if you know the story, you know that jacob goes
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  • To his uncle's house.
  • 00:12:43.592 --> 00:12:44.493
  • Laban, he says to laban, i'm going to.
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  • I'm going to work for you.
  • 00:12:46.829 --> 00:12:47.763
  • But he started to meet his daughter rachel,
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  • And he falls in love with rachel.
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  • And the bible says she was very, very beautiful.
  • 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:53.101
  • And so he said, listen, i'll make a commitment today.
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  • I'll work seven years for you
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  • To marry your daughter, to have her hand in marriage.
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  • Listen, ladies. find you a jacob.
  • 00:13:01.443 --> 00:13:04.146
  • Because we're living in a
  • 00:13:04.713 --> 00:13:05.581
  • Culture today where people can't even
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  • Make commitment for a month,
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  • For weeks.
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  • This man is like,
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  • I will work seven years for your hand in marriage.
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  • I will make sure i do anything that i can to be with her.
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  • Okay? this was the love of his life.
  • 00:13:17.793 --> 00:13:20.596
  • But if you know the story also, laban started to notice
  • 00:13:20.596 --> 00:13:23.799
  • Some stuff like jacob, jacob's been here.
  • 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:27.436
  • My stuff is getting blessed, my livestock is increasing,
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  • My finances are doing good, my crypto's going up.
  • 00:13:30.706 --> 00:13:32.975
  • You know what i mean?
  • 00:13:32.975 --> 00:13:34.142
  • Like, all of these things are starting to happen now.
  • 00:13:34.142 --> 00:13:35.844
  • So you know what?
  • 00:13:35.844 --> 00:13:36.678
  • He tricks jacob and jacob wakes up
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  • On his wedding night with the wrong woman.
  • 00:13:39.681 --> 00:13:43.085
  • The bible is crazy.
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  • Listen, i say it all the time.
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  • The bible is not boring.
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  • You're boring.
  • 00:13:46.922 --> 00:13:48.023
  • Okay, like there's some crazy stories in this bible.
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  • He wakes up with the wrong woman,
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  • Wakes up with her sister leah. okay.
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  • And i'm sure it was beautiful.
  • 00:13:53.762 --> 00:13:55.330
  • But the bible always says she has a lazy eye.
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  • So he wakes up, he sees her, is like what happened?
  • 00:13:57.099 --> 00:14:01.303
  • And so he tricks him. why?
  • 00:14:01.870 --> 00:14:03.605
  • Because there's a blessing, an anointing on his life.
  • 00:14:03.605 --> 00:14:07.643
  • So it's crazy like laban's.
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  • Like, listen, i for me, seven more years,
  • 00:14:09.811 --> 00:14:13.248
  • Then you can marry rachel.
  • 00:14:13.248 --> 00:14:15.317
  • 14 years,
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  • 14 years of a commitment.
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  • Now here's what i mean though. i'm going to show you this.
  • 00:14:19.788 --> 00:14:22.124
  • He recognized that there were blessings on jacob's life.
  • 00:14:22.124 --> 00:14:27.095
  • Genesis chapter 30, verse 27.
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  • Please listen to me. laban replied.
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  • He said, i have become wealthy,
  • 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:34.636
  • For the lord has blessed me because of you.
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  • I see god on your life.
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  • I see what god's doing
  • 00:14:40.776 --> 00:14:43.445
  • Again, you don't have to tell people
  • 00:14:43.445 --> 00:14:44.980
  • What the lord is doing in your life.
  • 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.281
  • Just just let god show them.
  • 00:14:46.281 --> 00:14:49.284
  • People are going to notice the
  • 00:14:49.284 --> 00:14:51.219
  • Anointing or the blessings or what god's doing to you.
  • 00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:54.589
  • Let me also prepare you.
  • 00:14:54.589 --> 00:14:55.557
  • Some people will be very jealous over that.
  • 00:14:55.557 --> 00:14:58.794
  • Some people want
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  • To attack you and come after you
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  • Because they don't like the things that you have.
  • 00:15:02.130 --> 00:15:03.799
  • But listen, they didn't place it in your hands.
  • 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.567
  • God didn't worry about it.
  • 00:15:05.567 --> 00:15:08.270
  • If god placed it in your hands, the enemy can't take it.
  • 00:15:08.270 --> 00:15:10.439
  • No person can take what god has placed in your life.
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  • You just walk by obedience and trust him.
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  • Okay?
  • 00:15:16.378 --> 00:15:17.679
  • And so we believe as a church we are blessed to be a what
  • 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:21.016
  • A blessing.
  • 00:15:21.016 --> 00:15:22.718
  • So guess what we did this week?
  • 00:15:22.718 --> 00:15:24.686
  • I'm going to share some things with you.
  • 00:15:24.686 --> 00:15:25.754
  • The first thing we did is this we gave away $10,000
  • 00:15:25.754 --> 00:15:30.359
  • To compassion international.
  • 00:15:30.359 --> 00:15:33.495
  • Not that long ago i was able to do a commercial with them.
  • 00:15:33.495 --> 00:15:35.897
  • They're incredible people who truly care about the world
  • 00:15:35.897 --> 00:15:38.700
  • And care about these children. now, listen to this.
  • 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:40.502
  • We're able to provide ten water wells,
  • 00:15:40.502 --> 00:15:43.572
  • I believe 50 hygiene kits.
  • 00:15:43.572 --> 00:15:45.741
  • This is really cool to me.
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  • Five cows, 12 goats, two pigs.
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  • Like this whole farm, you know what i mean?
  • 00:15:49.111 --> 00:15:51.013
  • Like, we got two going on,
  • 00:15:51.013 --> 00:15:52.981
  • 15 unsponsored children taking care of.
  • 00:15:53.782 --> 00:15:57.552
  • I love this right here.
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  • We sent a student to college
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  • By giving this amount to compassion international.
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  • We are to be
  • 00:16:06.261 --> 00:16:07.429
  • Blessed to be a blessing that just change someone's life.
  • 00:16:07.429 --> 00:16:10.832
  • And we may never know exactly how it changed their life,
  • 00:16:10.832 --> 00:16:13.068
  • But god does.
  • 00:16:13.068 --> 00:16:14.669
  • And we do this to be generous, right?
  • 00:16:14.669 --> 00:16:16.671
  • To make an impact for the kingdom of god.
  • 00:16:16.671 --> 00:16:18.140
  • Now, we didn't stop there.
  • 00:16:18.140 --> 00:16:19.908
  • Let me show you something else.
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  • I took the second
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  • 15,000 at samaritan's purse this week as well.
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  • I want to share the story
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  • With you, because we were going to give $10,000 away
  • 00:16:28.116 --> 00:16:31.586
  • To samaritan's purse, but then we found out with 15,000,
  • 00:16:31.586 --> 00:16:34.689
  • You could build an entire house of worship in africa.
  • 00:16:34.689 --> 00:16:37.559
  • So that's what we did this week.
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  • We gave two to build an entire house of worship
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  • For $15,000 in africa through samaritan's purse.
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  • Can we just give god some praise on that?
  • 00:16:48.770 --> 00:16:50.906
  • The fact that we could even do that
  • 00:16:50.906 --> 00:16:53.308
  • And listen, it's still moving by faith.
  • 00:16:53.308 --> 00:16:55.043
  • There's a lot of things that we need as a church
  • 00:16:55.043 --> 00:16:56.545
  • To we're trying to get a house of worship
  • 00:16:56.545 --> 00:16:58.680
  • Where we can all fit in it, you know what i mean?
  • 00:16:58.680 --> 00:17:01.083
  • But i believe we are blessed to be a blessing.
  • 00:17:01.083 --> 00:17:04.619
  • And i want to not only talk it, but i want to walk the walk.
  • 00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:07.889
  • I want to see it within our church.
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  • I want to see it within my own personal life.
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  • I want it to be between me and god. are you god?
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  • If you tell me to give, i'm going to give
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  • And i'm going to believe that you're going to multiply it.
  • 00:17:14.162 --> 00:17:15.831
  • And god, whatever you want to do with it, you do with it.
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  • I just want to please you.
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  • That is my heart right now.
  • 00:17:19.201 --> 00:17:21.002
  • That should be our heart posture.
  • 00:17:21.002 --> 00:17:22.971
  • And again, what did god tell abraham, though?
  • 00:17:22.971 --> 00:17:25.140
  • Genesis 12 verse three says, i will bless those who bless you.
  • 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:28.477
  • So here's what we wanted to do.
  • 00:17:28.477 --> 00:17:30.278
  • We also gave $2,500 to the one for israel or organization.
  • 00:17:30.278 --> 00:17:35.450
  • Something crazy about israel.
  • 00:17:36.084 --> 00:17:37.185
  • When i when i went out to israel,
  • 00:17:37.185 --> 00:17:38.386
  • I realized how many jews out
  • 00:17:38.386 --> 00:17:40.155
  • There have never heard of jesus christ.
  • 00:17:40.155 --> 00:17:43.391
  • Like i was flabbergasted.
  • 00:17:43.391 --> 00:17:44.493
  • I remember talking to one guy
  • 00:17:44.493 --> 00:17:46.027
  • And i was like, have you heard about jesus?
  • 00:17:46.027 --> 00:17:47.496
  • And he said to me, he said, the only thing i've heard about
  • 00:17:47.496 --> 00:17:49.498
  • Jesus is that is it he, like hitler?
  • 00:17:49.498 --> 00:17:52.667
  • That's what he told me.
  • 00:17:53.168 --> 00:17:54.536
  • And so through this organization,
  • 00:17:54.536 --> 00:17:55.937
  • They are helping spread the gospel
  • 00:17:55.937 --> 00:17:57.472
  • Of jesus christ across israel.
  • 00:17:57.472 --> 00:17:59.541
  • And they're also training jewish
  • 00:17:59.541 --> 00:18:00.842
  • And arab christians to be led by the holy spirit.
  • 00:18:00.842 --> 00:18:04.012
  • I think this is very powerful, very important
  • 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.615
  • For us to do, to be praying over israel
  • 00:18:06.615 --> 00:18:10.185
  • And expand the gospel of jesus there.
  • 00:18:10.185 --> 00:18:12.921
  • But one more thing i want to show you
  • 00:18:12.921 --> 00:18:14.156
  • When it comes to abraham's blessing.
  • 00:18:14.156 --> 00:18:16.158
  • The last thing is this
  • 00:18:16.625 --> 00:18:17.425
  • All families will be blessed.
  • 00:18:17.425 --> 00:18:20.629
  • Notice what he said there. okay.
  • 00:18:20.629 --> 00:18:22.330
  • And the main reason of this,
  • 00:18:22.330 --> 00:18:23.532
  • Because through the lineage of abraham comes
  • 00:18:23.532 --> 00:18:25.800
  • Jesus christ, and because of jesus,
  • 00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:27.903
  • For all blessing, forgiving of our sins.
  • 00:18:27.903 --> 00:18:29.771
  • But i also want you to see this.
  • 00:18:29.771 --> 00:18:30.939
  • It starts off a little different.
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  • It states, i will curse those also
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  • Who treat you with contempt, and all the families
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  • Of the earth will be blessed through you.
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  • You know what? this is powerful.
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  • God is saying, listen, i spoke a promise over you
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  • And i want you to understand that too.
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  • God has spoken to promises of your life,
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  • And god is saying, okay,
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  • If somebody comes after that promise,
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  • They're not going to deal with you.
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  • They're going to do with me.
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  • That's what god is saying.
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  • If they want to curse you, they just curse me.
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  • They picked a fight with me. now you.
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  • How do you fight your battles?
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  • It's very easy to want to throw some fist, right?
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  • It's very easy to want to say some choice words.
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  • But here's how you fight your battles. you get at this altar
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  • And you say, god, take away the pain.
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  • Take away the hate.
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  • I don't want this root of bitterness
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  • To grow on the inside of me.
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  • It's destroy me and it's giving me anxiety.
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  • And so i'm going to give it to you today.
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  • Don't stress about defending yourself.
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  • The lord will defend you.
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  • He can handle it way better than you ever could.
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  • Listen to this.
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  • One of my favorite verses is in romans chapter 12, verse 19.
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  • Dear friends, never take revenge.
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  • Never take revenge.
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  • Leave that to the righteous anger of god.
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  • For the scriptures say, i will take revenge.
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  • I will pay them back, says the lord says i don't.
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  • I is a good god is protecting you.
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  • And i love the story of david too,
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  • Because david says, even while i sleep,
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  • You defend me.
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  • I can rest my head in peace
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  • And know that you protect me and guide me.
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  • Blessings are meant to pour through you,
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  • To overflow through you so that you could bless others.
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  • Which means blessings also come with weight.
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  • And so i change some things
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  • You see in the devotional.
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  • I have a different title today.
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  • Here's my new title.
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  • There's pressure in the blessing.
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  • This is what the lord place in my heart.
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  • And here's what i want to show you in scripture,
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  • Because i believe a lot of times
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  • We come into the church, we're like, god, just bless me.
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  • Just give me everything that i want.
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  • I don't think we can handle the things we want,
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  • And some of the very
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  • Things that you want may actually ruin your life,
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  • Because they may reveal some of the greed,
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  • Some of the doubts, some of the fear,
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  • Some of the anxieties on the inside of you.
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  • And so i believe that god is protecting you.
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  • But also the scripture is very clear
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  • What god has placed in your hands. he's
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  • Also giving you responsibility to steward it well.
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  • This is not just me talking.
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  • This is actually biblical.
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  • Blessings are not to flex with.
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  • They are for hold the assignments.
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  • All right so let's dive into it.
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  • Point number one start strong though.
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  • Don't pray for more.
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  • If you're not faithful with the now
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  • Don't pray for more.
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  • If you're not faithful with the now again this it need.
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  • We need discipline when it comes to this.
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  • This requires discipline, right?
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  • Because sometimes when we have little,
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  • We're like, god, this is not enough.
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  • I can never use this for your kingdom.
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  • God is testing you right now with the little you have.
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  • And if you don't learn the discipline with the little,
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  • You will not be able
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  • To have discipline when you have a whole lot more.
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  • Because trust me, temptation gets worse.
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  • With that.
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  • Let me show you how the scripture though.
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  • If you have your bibles, you turn to luke chapter 12,
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  • Luke chapter 12.
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  • Jesus is teaching his the disciples about stewardship
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  • And accountability and the kingdom of god.
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  • Okay, and he's using a parable to teach this lesson right here.
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  • The more god trusts you, or the more god trusts you with,
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  • The more what the more god expects from you.
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  • This is why there's weight with it.
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  • The more god places in your hands,
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  • The more god expects from you,
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  • Because it proves to responsibility.
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  • And if you could steward it
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  • Well, i think it's unique because in luke chapter 12,
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  • In this chapter, it starts off with god's love for us.
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  • He's reminding us that god cares for you.
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  • This is where we get the famous passage
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  • Do not be anxious over anything.
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  • Pray for the lord.
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  • Will provide everything that you need.
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  • You're stressing out through the night.
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  • You can't sleep.
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  • God will provide for you
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  • If you can provide manna from heaven.
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  • If he can part the waters to get to the other side,
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  • He can provide the things that you need
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  • When you listen to his voice and follow him.
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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.
  • 00:23:08.883 --> 00:23:12.787
  • 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.
  • 00:23:17.826 --> 00:23:21.729
  • And it's very easy to give.
  • 00:23:21.729 --> 00:23:23.264
  • And once you give, listen, you're helping change lives.
  • 00:23:23.264 --> 00:23:26.868
  • Because of your faithful giving.
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  • We're able to reach 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.
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  • 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.
  • 00:24:27.729 --> 00:24:55.657
  • And the
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  • Reason i even bring it up tonight
  • 00:24:56.691 --> 00:24:59.627
  • Is because when it comes to you knowing jesus
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  • The man, the gospel message is all about
  • 00:25:03.364 --> 00:25:07.335
  • 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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  • That this job doesn't work out for me.
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  • What if i move my life by faith and it all just
  • 00:25:48.076 --> 00:25:51.980
  • 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?
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  • Today is
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  • Pentecost sunday,
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  • Pentecost sunday.
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  • You better
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  • Not ask the 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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  • We need.
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