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 - When God Steps In, Peace Follows (Part 1) | June 10, 2026
- You're not the same person.
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- And what i'm going to do through you, if you believe me,
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- If you walk faithfully,
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- Then i'm going to free my people through you.
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- Some of you right now, you don't want to go back,
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- But god's going to bring you back to save people.
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- I've been praying that god meets you tonight.
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- I've been praying that god would encounter
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- Having a counter with you, that his presence
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- Can change your heart.
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- Because i know what it's like to feel lost.
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- I know what it's like to feel like god.
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- I don't know where i'm going in life for what the future holds.
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- And i'm here to tell you today
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- That god has a plan and he has a plan just for you.
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- And again, i want to say this.
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- It's not by accident that you're here tonight.
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- There's a word that can change you
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- If you're willing to receive it,
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- If you're willing to receive
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- Everything that the lord has for you.
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- And so i also want to say this.
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- I 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 the fact that you would join us for christmas,
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- That is very special to us.
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- You are special to us. so thank you.
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- And if you're new online,
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- Make sure to tell us where you're watching from.
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- But tonight,
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- What i'm excited about,
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- Because we're not only celebrating a miraculous birth,
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- The miraculous birth of the son of god being born.
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- We're celebrating a savior
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- That came into a messed up, broken world.
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- And he knows you by name.
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- And he came to bring salvation to the entire world.
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- And that's not just me saying that.
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- Like that's what the bible says.
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- John chapter three, verse 17 states it like this.
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- In the passion translation,
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- God did not send his son into the world
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- To judge and condemn the world, but to what
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- But to be its savior and to rescue it.
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- Isaiah even prophesied.
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- The prophet isaiah prophesied about 700 years
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- Before the birth of christ, that jesus would come as a child.
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- Isaiah chapter nine, verse six and seven.
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- I love this verse.
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- For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.
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- And listen to this.
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- The government will rest on his shoulders
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- And he will be called wonderful counselor,
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- Mighty god, everlasting father, and the prince of peace.
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- He is in control of all things.
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- His government and its peace. it will never end.
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- Did you hear that?
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- His government,
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- His rule, his authority, and the peace that he came to
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- Bring you. it will never end.
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- The devil can't take that away from you.
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- Life's trials can't take that away from you.
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- Jesus has a plan.
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- He came to rescue you and to bring you peace.
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- If you were to be honest tonight, raise your hand.
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- If you need some peace in your life,
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- Some peace of mind.
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- Because some people around this time of the year
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- Might be driving you crazy.
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- You can see another spirit come out.
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- You know what i mean? like this.
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- You gotta pray, right?
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- But he will be in control
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- Of all things, and he brings his peace.
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- It would ever end, and he will rule with fairness and justice
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- From the throne of his ancestor david for all eternity.
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- So again, god has a plan for you
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- To save you from the misery
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- Of this world and the brokenness that we see around us.
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- And so i prayed about the title, and here's the title.
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- The title was this let god handle it.
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- Let god handle it,
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- Whatever it is that you're going through right now.
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- And maybe you're saying, pastor,
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- You don't understand what i'm dealing with, i don't.
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- But guess who does?
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- God knows exactly what you're going through.
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- And i believe that the christmas
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- Story reminds us that no matter what is going on in life,
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- Whatever delays that are in your life,
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- Whatever trials that you're facing, god still has a plan.
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- And he's got promises that he's spoken over you.
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- Because jesus not only came to save the entire world,
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- For whoever believes in him shall not perish
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- But have eternal life.
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- But jesus also came, listen to this to defeat the devil.
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- You excited about that?
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- We get you hear about that?
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- The devil's been messing with you.
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- Devil's been messing with your family.
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- The devil's been messing
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- With your well-being, your mind, everything.
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- Jesus came to handle the devil.
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- And i
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- Think it's kind of interesting and yet a little funny,
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- Because it really shows us the authority and the power of god.
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- Right?
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- Because satan and his demons were just waiting for jesus to
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- Show up.
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- And i want you to think about it like this.
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- Like god intimidates heaven or god intimidates hell
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- By sending jesus not as a warrior in the beginning,
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- Not with a sword,
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- Not with a physical army around him, but as a way, as a baby.
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- God intimidated hell
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- By sending the lamb of god, the son of god as a baby.
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- Think about that.
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- That shows us that god is always in control instead of a sword.
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- He needed a diaper.
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- You know what i mean?
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- Like, you know, god's got to be laughing at some things.
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- God does have a sense of humor, by the way.
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- He's not boring.
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- But why did god do this?
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- Okay, i love this right here
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- Because god doesn't win battles the way we expect.
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- He wins them the way that he planned.
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- Do you understand that god doesn't win battles in our life
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- The way that we would expect?
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- Because everybody was waiting on jesus christ to come
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- As that warrior, as that king.
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- But god says, no, no, no, no, he's going to come as a baby
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- Because this is my plan and
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- This will fulfill the prophecy that's already been spoken.
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- And there's a reason behind it.
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- Philippians chapter two, verses 6 to 8 states it like this.
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- For though he was god, he did not think of equality
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- With god as something to cling to.
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- Now listen to this.
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- And instead he gave up his divine privileges.
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- Why would he do that?
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- To save you,
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- To help you,
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- To bring you freedom?
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- Because it was the only way.
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- And so he gave up his divine
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- Privileges, and he took the humble
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- Position of a slave and was born as a human being.
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- And when he appeared, he appeared in human form.
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- And he humbled himself in obedience to god.
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- And listen to this.
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- He also died a criminals death on the cross.
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- This is god's love story to you.
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- Don't ever tell
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- Yourself that you don't mean anything in this world,
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- Because so many times we have lied to ourself
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- And we have said, you know what?
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- My life is nothing.
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- No, the son of god gave his life so that you can live yours
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- And freedom
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- So that you don't have to live in depression,
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- So that you don't have to live in the darkness
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- And give up every time you feel like it's overwhelming.
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- No, jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave
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- Because he had you in mind.
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- This was the father's plan.
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- So i'm looking at the story
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- Here, and i just want you to really think about it,
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- Because i know that we've heard it.
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- Most of us have heard it all of our lives.
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- If you grew up in the church,
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- But jesus did not come
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- With a crown, jesus did not come and be born in a palace.
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- Jesus did not come with a physical army.
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- He came as a baby
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- And he was born in a manger.
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- Luke chapter two, verse six and seven states it like this.
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- And while they were there,
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- Bethlehem, the time came for the baby
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- To be born, and she gave birth to the first born son.
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- Now she wrapped him in snugly and strips of cloth,
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- And laid him in a in a manger,
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- Because there was no lodging available for them at this time.
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- Because of the census decree of caesar augustus,
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- Everybody was traveling to their hometowns.
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- And so bethlehem, a pretty small town, was very full.
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- And so imagine the inconvenience.
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- Like, think about that for a second.
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- How many times
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- Have you wrestled and argued with god over inconvenience?
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- And here's mary and joseph literally
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- Bringing in the child of god, the son of god.
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- And still there's an inconvenience.
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- Maybe the inconvenience in your life
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- Is actually showing you god's power.
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- Maybe the inconvenience is actually going to make the story
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- More powerful and the testimony reach more.
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- Because here we see jesus as a baby being born in a manger.
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- What is a manger?
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- It's a feeding trough for animals.
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- God chose to be born.
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- We're animals. eat
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- What people overlook
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- What many people would think is beneath them. why?
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- Why would god do something like that?
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- Okay, there's an answer.
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- And second corinthians chapter eight, verse nine,
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- Listen to this, for you know
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- The generous grace of our lord jesus christ.
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- Now listen to this.
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- Though he was rich,
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- Meaning he had power, he had authority.
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- Yet for our sakes he became poor,
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- So that by his poverty he could make you rich.
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- Now, listen, this is not a get rich scripture.
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- There are none, by the way.
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- Okay?
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- I just hate to bust your bubble
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- Right there, but there are none.
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- But what this is about is jesus's position,
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- His power and his authority.
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- And this actually means, hey, jesus came to take your place.
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- The sin that's been in your life.
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- He came to take that away and bring it upon
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- Himself, the judgment that you deserve.
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- He came to take that upon himself.
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- All the sin that you have
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- In your life, and all the sin that i have in my life.
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- This means that jesus literally stripped away everything,
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- Having this glorious state to step into our mess,
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- Our mistakes.
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- He took our sin, our judgment, everything that we deserve.
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- He took our curse.
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- And so this scripture right here is not saying
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- That he became poor so that you can have more stuff.
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- No, he became poor so that you could stand
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- Right before god.
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- No longer separated by sin
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- Because of what jesus christ has done for you.
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- And i pray right now.
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- I pray that that means something to you
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- Because again, i don't know what you've been through.
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- I don't know what you're going through right now.
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- And some of you probably have really wrestled with the church.
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- Maybe you've wrestled with god,
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- Maybe you've wrestled it if he's even listening to you.
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- But right now, here's an answer.
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- He's listening
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- And he's speaking directly to you.
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- He knows about the mess
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- That is in your life and he still came to save you.
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- For jesus is god.
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- Colossians chapter one, verse 16 and 17 for through him
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- God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.
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- He made the things that we can't see.
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- I think this is interesting
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- And the things that we can't see,
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- Such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers and authorities.
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- Even in the unseen world, everything was created through
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- Him, jesus christ,
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- And for him, for he existed before anything else.
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- And he holds all creation together.
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- Now take that verse in and really think about
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- How he came as a baby
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- To be born in a feeding
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- Trough for animals.
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- You know i love this first in john
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- Chapter ten, verses 27 through 30.
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- And here's what it states.
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- And jesus said, he said, my sheep,
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- My followers, my disciples, they what?
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- They listen to my voice.
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- Are you so distracted right now?
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- It's been a long time since you've actually listened to god.
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- Could that be the very reason you have anxiety?
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- Could that be the very reason you are so stressed out
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- Right now?
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- Jesus says, listen my followers, my sheep,
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- They listen to my voice and i know them,
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- And i give them eternal life and they will never perish.
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- Now listen to this right here.
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- No one can snatch them away from me.
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- Jesus is saying it straight up.
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- Satan cannot steal you away from me.
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- If you decide to walk away from jesus, that's on you.
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- But the enemy can't pull you away from god.
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- God has you.
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- He met you and there is a way.
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- There was a way.
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- He said, the enemy can't snatch you,
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- Can't snatch you away from me.
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- I got all power authority for listen to this.
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- For my father has given
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- Given them to me.
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- And he is more powerful than anyone else.
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- And no one can snatch them from the father's hand.
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- For the father and i are one.
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- Hallelujah. come on, come on.
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- So here's what i want to do.
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- Come on.
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- Let's give god some praise.
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- Because he loves you.
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- I think here's what i felt as i was writing this message.
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- We're going to go into
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- Some points, but i felt like the biggest burden
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- Just to tell you and remind you that god loves you
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- And he sees you.
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- So what can we learn from the birth of christ?
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- It's a few things i want to show you
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- Very quickly from the birth of christ.
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- The first thing is this god is not afraid of your low place.
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- All right?
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- If god was willing to be born in a feeding trough,
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- Listen to me on this.
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- God is willing to meet you in your mess and your problems.
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- When you think,
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- Okay, nobody's paying attention to me and
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- God can't use somebody like me, look at my small beginnings
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- As a pastor.
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- I hear that all the time.
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- God can't use me.
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- You know where i'm from. you know what my family's done?
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- And i'm like, have you read the bible?
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- Like, really?
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- Open up the bible.
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- It's all about people who felt like god couldn't use them.
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- Little beginnings.
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- Overlooked. forgotten.
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- Have you ever heard of david?
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- David was the youngest in his family.
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- If you're the youngest.
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- Raise your hand.
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- Come on.
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- Shout out to the young ones in here. right.
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- He was the youngest,
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- But he was also forgotten because he was the youngest.
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- And so his family overlooked him.
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- But guess what?
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- God called david to be the king.
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- The king of israel.
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- And the lineage would also point to jesus christ.
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- What about moses?
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- Moses had a pretty cool upbringing in egypt,
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- But once he found out about what really happened in his family,
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- He couldn't take it.
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- He murdered man. and then he went.
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- He ran away.
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- Now listen to this. he ran away from his past.
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- Some of you are right there, right now.
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- You've been running
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- Away from your past because of past mistakes.
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- And it was at the burning bush that god met moses.
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- And he told moses,
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- He said, listen, i'm going to speak to you.
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- I'm going to do something through you
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- That you never thought could be done in your life.
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- But here's the thing.
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- It means you got to go back.
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- Now imagine moses in this moment, like,
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- I got to go back to the place that i ran from.
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- Yes, because when you go back, there's a testimony.
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- You're not the same person.
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- And what i'm going to do through
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- You, if you believe me, if you walk faithfully,
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- Then i'm going to free my people through you.
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- Some of you right now,
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- You don't want to go back, but god's going to
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- Bring you back to save people.
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- Because once they hear your testimony,
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- Their lives will be changed because jesus has changed you.
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- What about mary?
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- The whole christmas story.
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- She was a teenager from nowhere
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- Who would be talked about forever.
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- Now listen to this.
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- Luke chapter one, verse 46 through
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- 49 says, mary responded, listen to her wording here.
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- Oh, how my soul praises the lord,
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- How my spirit rejoices in god my savior.
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- For god took what he took notice of this lowly
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- Servant girl,
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- The one that's overlooked,
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- The one that seems insignificant to others.
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- But now, because of you, god,
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- All generations will call me blessed.
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- She knew that the story would continue forever.
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- And you know what i love about mary?
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- She didn't say, oh, look at me.
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- She didn't say, i deserved this.
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- She said, thank you god for noticing me.
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- Thank you god for meeting me.
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- Thank you god for using me for your kingdom.
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- She was young and she was from nazareth.
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- This was a despised town.
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- Can anything good come from nazareth?
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- You know god's laughing at that.
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- Oh, something good.
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- It's going to come from nazareth.
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- The very thing in your life that you think something
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- Good can't come out of
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- May actually be the best thing for you.
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- The second thing the manger teaches us
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- Is this never underestimate
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- What god can do through something that looks small.
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- We see this theme theme throughout the entire bible
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- Where jesus said,
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- Hey, just the faith the size of a mustard seed.
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- You know what i love about that?
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- God understands our struggles.
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- He understands.
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- He says, okay,
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- I get it that sometimes you feel like
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- You don't have enough faith to get through the trial
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- That you're facing right now, but just the faith
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- The size of a mustard seed can move.
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- A mountain can take out demons, can change your life forever.
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- That's all you need.
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- God can work with it.
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- The faith the size of a mustard seed.
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- David sling killed goliath, not saul's armor.
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- By the way.
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- It was the small thing that people overlooked.
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- And the bible says, now listen to this a word, a word spoken
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- Out of your mouth can bring life or it can bring death.
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- You may think
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- Your words mean nothing, but they hold a lot of weight.
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- Proverbs chapter 18, verse 21.
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- For the tongue
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- Can bring death or life, and those who love to talk
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- Will reap the consequences.
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- Listen, don't be pointing to your spouse right now.
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- Have that conversation later, okay?
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- But watch your words.
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- There's power.
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- There's authority, and just just one word, right?
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- And last is this i want to show you this
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- From the birth of jesus christ.
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- God came low so that no one would feel too far gone.
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- God came so low to us so that no one would feel too far gone.
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- Because god didn't come in
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- This story as a distant voice from the sky.
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- He didn't come as fire or as a cloud, as we see
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- In the old testament, as he's leading the israelites
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- Becoming a nation and the wilderness.
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- No, this time he decided to come as a baby.
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- Why a baby?
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- Not only does it fulfill god's word, but a baby
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- Is sweet.
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- A baby can be held, a baby can be approached,
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- And a baby will not intimidate you.
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- Meaning god wants a relationship with you
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- And he's showing you, hey,
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- Satan would love to kill jesus as a baby,
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- But he's never going to touch jesus.
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- He doesn't have that power.
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- And so if we can trust the christmas story in this way,
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- That god can save us coming as a baby,
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- Then we can trust god in anything
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- In our life, no matter what it is that we are facing today.
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- Jesus came as a baby
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- To prove to us that he's not distant from us.
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- And listen, he has experienced everything that we go through.
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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,
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- If you love this church and thinking about giving to
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- This church,
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- All you have to do
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- Is visit our website at bobby chandler ministries.
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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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- 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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