Bobby Chandler - When Temptation Follows Transformation (Part 1)

October 14, 2025 | 30:56

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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  • Chasing these things. even know what you wear?
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  • Do you even know what you care about?
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  • Do you even know what you're consuming and feeding off of?
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  • Over and over again? because trust me,
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  • There's a reason social media all has a feed.
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  • You're feeding on these things.
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  • You're taking them into your mindset.
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  • How to live, how to talk, how to be.
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  • And we're wondering why we're so stressed out.
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  • In fact, before i even dive into the word of god today,
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  • I want to tell you that what i heard from the lord is this.
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  • And i want to speak directly to your soul today, okay?
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  • I'm speaking to you because some of you right
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  • Now, you've been going through
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  • Some things, and it's hard to understand.
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  • You've been battling some difficult battles in your life.
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  • You're going through some trials,
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  • And maybe right now you're asking, god,
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  • What am i supposed to do?
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  • And so the lord reminded me to teach you
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  • And to preach this word today.
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  • To align your faith with this belief.
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  • Listen.
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  • Do not give up.
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  • And i know it
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  • Seems simple, but it is profound.
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  • And the reason why is profound.
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  • Because if you believe god
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  • For the impossible today, your life changes today.
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  • Now, you may not receive all the miracles
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  • That you've been praying for right away,
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  • But there is a peace.
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  • A lot of us are looking for that one thing.
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  • God, if you give me that one thing
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  • That will change my life, then i'll be okay.
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  • No. the one thing that will change
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  • Your life is an encounter with jesus.
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  • That's the one thing that will change your life.
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  • In fact, god doesn't even have to give you
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  • What you're asking for.
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  • It's just meeting with him that brings healing upon your life.
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  • But i want you to be honest today
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  • Because again, this is the heaviness
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  • That the lord placed on me.
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  • Some of you right now,
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  • You are on the verge of giving up on everything,
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  • And i don't know what that looks like.
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  • But for many of you, you do.
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  • Maybe it's your marriage.
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  • Maybe it's your family.
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  • Maybe it's a hope for the future.
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  • And maybe you are confused
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  • Because you've given your life over to jesus.
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  • Some of you are new believers.
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • You've given your life to christ. you've been baptized.
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  • But as soon as you got baptized, life did get easier.
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  • It actually got heavier.
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  • You experiencing that?
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  • And maybe you're asking questions right now.
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  • God, i don't understand.
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  • I'm trying to align my life with you.
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  • I said yes to you.
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  • I got baptized and i'm trying to do the right thing.
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  • And god, i know that i felt your love
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  • Because i felt your presence and the change found.
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  • But all of a
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  • Sudden, the week came and i got attacked.
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  • My mind got attacked.
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  • My faith got attacked.
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  • My health got attacked. my family got attacked.
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  • And i just want to know god.
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  • Did i do something wrong?
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  • And maybe that's where you are.
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  • I gave my life over to jesus.
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  • But life is getting harder.
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  • Did i mess up?
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  • Am i going the wrong direction? god.
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  • Did i make you mad?
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  • And the answer to that question is no.
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  • In fact, let me say it like this.
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  • When you are on the right path, following jesus
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  • Lovingly, listen.
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  • Life will get harder.
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  • The enemy will attack you.
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  • Trials will come.
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  • The things that used to be on the inside
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  • That were hidden will now come out. why?
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  • Because you are getting free
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  • And those demons are being cast out.
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  • The devil is losing his control over your life,
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  • Over your mindset.
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  • You used to listen to anxiety, but now anxiety has no
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  • Control over your mind.
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  • You're listening to jesus.
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  • But again, you can be asking, is this normal?
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  • Did i do something wrong?
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  • And i think the reason. okay.
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  • Because we get so stressed out, right?
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  • We get so stressed out. god.
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  • I don't understand.
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  • I am confused.
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  • And i believe the reason we are
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  • Confused is because churches aren't preaching this enough.
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  • It needs to be said louder.
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  • The biblical truth needs to come out.
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  • Listen, just because you got baptized
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  • And gave your life over to jesus
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  • Doesn't mean the devil is going to stop coming after you.
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  • In fact, biblically, now he's going to come after you more
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  • Because again, you have become a threat.
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  • And peter makes this very clear to all believers,
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  • All christians, that there is a spiritual fight.
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  • You will fight every single day of your life.
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  • Let's look at it together.
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  • First peter chapter five, verse eight.
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  • Peter said this, and i love
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  • How it stated here at the very beginning.
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  • Stay alert.
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  • Some translation stayed it like this.
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  • Stay sober.
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  • Sober minded.
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  • Understand what is happening around you.
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  • Watch out for your great enemy, the devil.
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  • Some of you need to underline that right there,
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  • Because i'm going to make it clear to you, to you today.
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  • Because you follow jesus.
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  • Because you love jesus.
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  • You have an enemy.
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  • This is not make believe.
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  • This is not a fairy tale.
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  • There is an enemy coming after your life, coming
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  • After your faith, coming after your children,
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  • Coming after your family.
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  • But he doesn't have to be allowed in your house
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  • Because you're covered by the blood of jesus.
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  • But still, peter is making it known to every believer.
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  • Stay alert.
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  • Watch out for your great enemy.
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  • The devil prowls around like a roaring lion
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  • Looking for someone to devour.
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  • Looking for someone to destroy.
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  • Looking for someone to misuse and divide.
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  • That's what the enemy wants to do.
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  • But notice this.
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  • And i love this. about the verse. listen.
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  • When lions are about to attack their prey,
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  • Did you know that they're actually silent
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  • When they know that they can overcome their prey?
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  • They are silent
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  • Because they will pounce on their prey
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  • And eat their prey alive.
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  • But when a lion, please hear me, is intimidated.
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  • When a lion wants to distract.
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  • When the lion is trying to prove that he is tough, as tough
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  • As what he's coming after, he gets, he will roar loudly.
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  • I don't know if you heard me, but satan is intimidated by you
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  • Because jesus christ lives in your heart.
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  • Because the holy spirit, the spirit of the living
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  • God, is inside of you.
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  • But peter is making it known.
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  • Just because you became a believer
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  • Doesn't mean
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  • That life is going to be rainbows and sunshine every day.
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  • You need to stay alert.
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  • You have a great enemy looking for someone to devour.
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  • Let's break this down.
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  • The demonic strategy is this to help you understand.
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  • Listen, satan or his demons have witnessed your baptism.
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  • They have witnessed your baptism.
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  • Demons. okay.
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  • This is the demonic stronghold that we fight daily.
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  • Demons will also watch for your weaknesses,
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  • Your insecurities, your doubts, and your fears.
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  • They will play on that and try to speak into your mind
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  • So that you will open up a door for those demons
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  • To come back in.
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  • Now some of you were saying, but pastor, i thought you said,
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  • Don't give up and you're not really helping me.
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  • You're telling me that every day is a fight.
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  • And to be honest with you, maybe you can relate to this.
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  • I'm tired of the fight.
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  • I could use their.
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  • Can we be honest for, like, a moment?
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  • Like, are you tired of the fight?
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  • The battle that you're facing every single day.
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  • You get up. the battle over your health.
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  • The battle over your mind.
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  • The battle that you have to fight
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  • Just to keep forgiving somebody that keeps hurting you,
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  • Keep coming after you.
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  • And again,
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  • Yes, these demons are witnessing these things
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  • And they're looking for an open door.
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  • But you don't have to give them an open door,
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  • Because here's what i love about what peter said.
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  • He didn't end with verse eight.
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  • He continues this in verse nine.
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  • This is verse ten.
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  • Here becomes first peter chapter five, verse nine and ten.
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  • Stand firm.
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  • Now hold up.
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  • You're not easy prey for the enemy.
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  • This is why he is roaring at you.
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  • Stand firm against him and you can be strong in your faith.
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  • Now, i love this right here
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  • Because somebody needs to be reminded of this truth.
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  • Remember that your family of believers,
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  • All over the world
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  • Are enduring and going through the same suffering that you are.
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  • What does the devil whispering in your ear?
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  • You're alone.
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  • God has abandoned you.
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  • Nobody's going through what you're going through.
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  • Nobody will understand.
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  • The devil is a liar.
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  • He is known as a liar.
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  • He is the father of all lies according to scripture.
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  • The bible is telling us
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  • That the same fight that you're fighting today,
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  • Somebody else is fighting it as well.
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  • Not only that, but somebody in this room
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  • Right now has a testimony of victory
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  • For overcoming the temptation that used to control them.
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  • And as the body of christ comes together, we can pray together.
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  • We can hear each other's testimonies,
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  • And we can have hope and faith to keep moving forward.
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  • Because you're not the only one going through the battle.
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  • You're facing today.
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  • The lord will hold your hand.
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  • He's guiding you.
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  • He's helping you.
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  • But listen to this, okay?
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  • Listen
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  • In his kindness.
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  • God called you to share
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  • In his eternal glory by means of christ jesus.
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  • And you would think what would come after that?
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  • It's like a perfect line that says life is going to be great.
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  • It's going to be wonderful.
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  • But what does it say?
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  • So after you have suffered
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  • For a little while
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  • Again,
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  • I'm sorry because i know a lot of people preach this,
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  • But the bible has never promised that every day
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  • Is going to be perfect
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  • For following jesus, the bible, over and over again,
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  • Through the old testament, to the new testament,
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  • To the letters of paul, to the letters of the disciples
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  • In the new testament, even as they follow jesus.
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  • And after jesus ascended to be at the right hand of the father,
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  • They went through sufferings.
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  • They were persecuted
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  • Okay for following jesus, but he's still giving us hope.
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  • Listen, you will suffer
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  • A little while.
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  • What does the enemy say when you're suffering right now?
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  • You need to give up.
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  • You need to get out of this.
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  • God is abandoned. you. no, no, no.
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  • The suffering is for a little while.
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  • The truth is, this is hopeful because he's saying the pain
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  • You are enduring today is temporary.
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  • The battles that you're facing today, it's very temporary.
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  • And here's the truth.
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  • My life can end today.
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  • But i still know where i'm going.
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  • And i will gladly give my life up for jesus on this world
  • 00:11:00.987 --> 00:11:04.891
  • To be in his eternal presence forever.
  • 00:11:04.891 --> 00:11:08.395
  • Your suffering that you're dealing with.
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  • I know it's painful.
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  • I don't know all the details, but god does.
  • 00:11:13.633 --> 00:11:15.936
  • But still,
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  • The word of god is stating this is for a little while now.
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  • Look at what happens next.
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  • Because during the suffering
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  • Through the wilderness, he will what
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  • He will restore to you.
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  • He will support you.
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  • He will strengthen you and place
  • 00:11:33.520 --> 00:11:36.523
  • You on a firm foundation.
  • 00:11:36.523 --> 00:11:40.327
  • Your faith will be stronger than ever.
  • 00:11:40.327 --> 00:11:43.263
  • I went through the wilderness and god let me out.
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  • The same god who met me in the valley is meeting me
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  • On the mountain top.
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  • I know that he is in control of all things.
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  • And he will make your foundation firm.
  • 00:11:57.344 --> 00:12:00.514
  • God is saying, hold on
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  • Just a little bit longer.
  • 00:12:03.984 --> 00:12:06.553
  • The pain is for a season.
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  • You may be confused.
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  • God, why is this?
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  • Why is this happening?
  • 00:12:12.092 --> 00:12:13.760
  • But we're going to dive into the word today,
  • 00:12:13.760 --> 00:12:15.095
  • And i'm going to show you something powerful
  • 00:12:15.095 --> 00:12:16.797
  • And a revelation of why it does happen,
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  • But how jesus will lead you through it.
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  • Okay.
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  • The title of today's message is this when temptation
  • 00:12:22.335 --> 00:12:26.039
  • Follows transformation.
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  • When you are tempted
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  • After you've given your life to christ, when you have become
  • 00:12:30.644 --> 00:12:34.548
  • A christian, a follower of jesus, been
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  • Baptized, and life starts to come against you.
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  • What do you do?
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  • And if you have your bibles,
  • 00:12:42.722 --> 00:12:43.590
  • You can turn to matthew chapter three
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  • And matthew chapter four today. that's what we're going to be.
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  • In matthew chapter four, in my bible,
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  • The title of chapter four states the temptation of jesus
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  • For jesus.
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  • And here's what i love about the son of god.
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  • He humbled himself to become a human being.
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  • God could have distanced himself from us, not understand.
  • 00:13:01.741 --> 00:13:05.679
  • But he humbled himself to truly experience everything
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  • That we have experienced with temptation.
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  • Yet he knew no sin.
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  • And he showed us that there is always a way out.
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  • When you call upon the name of jesus.
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  • Does that mean anything to you today
  • 00:13:20.327 --> 00:13:22.729
  • And what you're battling and what you're fighting right now?
  • 00:13:22.729 --> 00:13:25.298
  • What you're facing,
  • 00:13:25.298 --> 00:13:26.867
  • The very addiction you said you can never get over?
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  • Listen, there was always a way out.
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  • His name is jesus.
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  • And so for the note takers in the room,
  • 00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:35.508
  • Go ahead and write down point number one, which is this.
  • 00:13:35.508 --> 00:13:38.778
  • And here's what we see in the journey of jesus here.
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  • After the dove came, the devil.
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  • Please listen to that.
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  • That's powerful.
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  • After the dove, okay, came the devil.
  • 00:13:47.554 --> 00:13:51.157
  • And so when matthew chapter three,
  • 00:13:51.157 --> 00:13:52.525
  • Let me give you some context, some background information
  • 00:13:52.525 --> 00:13:54.527
  • Here.
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  • John the baptist is at the jordan river, okay?
  • 00:13:55.562 --> 00:13:58.999
  • And he is preaching and he is baptizing.
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  • And what is he preaching?
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  • Because this is important. we need to look at this.
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  • He is preaching about repentance.
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  • Repent, turn from your sins.
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  • He stated in matthew chapter three, verse two,
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  • John the
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  • Baptist stated, repent of your sins
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  • And turn were turned to god.
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  • Okay, not this world, not this culture, not the things
  • 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:27.994
  • That numb your pain, but repent of your sins.
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  • Turn to god.
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  • For he stated, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
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  • Now we need to talk about this
  • 00:14:36.002 --> 00:14:37.304
  • Because culture has blurred the definition of repentance.
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  • In the greek,
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  • The word repentance here has two definitions.
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  • Okay.
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  • The first definition is this to change your mind,
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  • To change your mindset, to change your heart,
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  • To change the way you used to think,
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  • It changed the way you used to speak
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  • And the way you used to live.
  • 00:14:57.891 --> 00:14:59.793
  • Have you experienced that before?
  • 00:14:59.793 --> 00:15:01.795
  • I still remember
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  • When i was becoming
  • 00:15:03.363 --> 00:15:04.297
  • A believer, a true christian, in the sense
  • 00:15:04.297 --> 00:15:06.232
  • Of like giving my life over to jesus.
  • 00:15:06.232 --> 00:15:08.101
  • I started reading the bible, and the crazy thing is,
  • 00:15:08.101 --> 00:15:11.304
  • It's like most of what i read, i did not understand at all.
  • 00:15:11.304 --> 00:15:14.941
  • I didn't get it.
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  • But here's what i remember very well.
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  • I was a waiter at the time,
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  • And i remember going to work and having the same conversations
  • 00:15:20.213 --> 00:15:22.983
  • I had always heard before,
  • 00:15:22.983 --> 00:15:24.384
  • But now it was pulling on my heart strings,
  • 00:15:24.384 --> 00:15:26.453
  • Like there were times that i had to go in the back
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  • And say, god, i'm about to cry for these people.
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  • I don't cry,
  • 00:15:30.991 --> 00:15:33.259
  • I'm about to cry for this person, you know?
  • 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:35.395
  • Like, why? why do i care so much?
  • 00:15:35.395 --> 00:15:37.664
  • And god spoke to me. i still remember his voice.
  • 00:15:37.664 --> 00:15:39.799
  • He said, no, i'm allowing you to see people the way i see them.
  • 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:42.936
  • See, before you only care about yourself.
  • 00:15:43.837 --> 00:15:46.072
  • You're only worried about yourself.
  • 00:15:46.072 --> 00:15:47.407
  • But now you're about to see what my people are going through,
  • 00:15:47.407 --> 00:15:49.576
  • The way that they speak, and how lost they truly are.
  • 00:15:49.576 --> 00:15:52.212
  • I'm warming your heart so that you can see
  • 00:15:52.212 --> 00:15:54.547
  • That my people
  • 00:15:54.547 --> 00:15:55.682
  • That i love are in bondage and they need to be free.
  • 00:15:55.682 --> 00:15:58.385
  • And the crazy thing is, again, i didn't really understand
  • 00:15:59.486 --> 00:16:01.688
  • A lot of what i was reading,
  • 00:16:01.688 --> 00:16:02.856
  • But the bible also stated very clearly,
  • 00:16:02.856 --> 00:16:04.657
  • The word of god is living and breathing.
  • 00:16:04.657 --> 00:16:08.595
  • You don't have to understand god's full plan.
  • 00:16:08.595 --> 00:16:11.231
  • All you need to do is walk in obedience
  • 00:16:11.231 --> 00:16:13.666
  • And watch some miracles take place.
  • 00:16:13.666 --> 00:16:16.002
  • And i'm going to show you today.
  • 00:16:16.002 --> 00:16:17.437
  • Show you that true today in today's story.
  • 00:16:17.437 --> 00:16:19.906
  • But the definition of repentance is to change your mind, change
  • 00:16:19.906 --> 00:16:22.776
  • The way you live. now i want to show you another one. okay?
  • 00:16:22.776 --> 00:16:25.178
  • This one's really important.
  • 00:16:25.178 --> 00:16:26.546
  • The next definition of repentance means to turn around.
  • 00:16:26.546 --> 00:16:31.518
  • What did john the baptist state, he said, turn from your sin.
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  • And now go towards god.
  • 00:16:35.855 --> 00:16:38.558
  • This is important because a lot of times when we repent,
  • 00:16:38.558 --> 00:16:42.662
  • We think, okay, i'm changed because now, listen,
  • 00:16:42.662 --> 00:16:45.932
  • Your emotions are valid,
  • 00:16:45.932 --> 00:16:47.767
  • But a lot of times we put everything on our emotions
  • 00:16:47.767 --> 00:16:50.970
  • The way that it feels.
  • 00:16:51.438 --> 00:16:52.906
  • I cried hard, i made a scene,
  • 00:16:52.906 --> 00:16:56.076
  • I said, i'm sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry.
  • 00:16:56.076 --> 00:16:59.312
  • But how many of you know
  • 00:16:59.312 --> 00:17:00.547
  • That you have met somebody that said, i'll never do it again?
  • 00:17:01.748 --> 00:17:04.050
  • I'm sorry. then the very next day they do what?
  • 00:17:04.050 --> 00:17:06.719
  • They lie again. they do it again.
  • 00:17:06.719 --> 00:17:08.088
  • They cheat again. they go back to that again.
  • 00:17:08.088 --> 00:17:09.789
  • I'm sorry. today i really am sorry.
  • 00:17:09.789 --> 00:17:12.425
  • But i'm going to go back.
  • 00:17:12.425 --> 00:17:13.593
  • See, we have been misled by our feelings.
  • 00:17:13.593 --> 00:17:16.629
  • The definition of repentance is not based on emotion.
  • 00:17:16.629 --> 00:17:20.266
  • It's based on surrender.
  • 00:17:20.266 --> 00:17:22.569
  • That's the definition of repentance.
  • 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:24.337
  • Meaning, i truly am sorry, god, but now i'm surrendering
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  • Everything over to you.
  • 00:17:28.808 --> 00:17:30.276
  • I'm turning around from the direction that i was coming.
  • 00:17:30.276 --> 00:17:34.747
  • Let me word it like this. okay?
  • 00:17:34.747 --> 00:17:36.149
  • Repentance is like a gps
  • 00:17:36.149 --> 00:17:38.585
  • Telling you you're going the wrong way,
  • 00:17:38.585 --> 00:17:40.854
  • And now you need to turn around.
  • 00:17:40.854 --> 00:17:42.622
  • And some of y'all know
  • 00:17:42.622 --> 00:17:43.656
  • Y'all can't drive anywhere without a gps today.
  • 00:17:43.656 --> 00:17:45.492
  • I'm one of them. amen.
  • 00:17:45.492 --> 00:17:46.626
  • Like i'm with you. okay.
  • 00:17:46.626 --> 00:17:48.128
  • The holy spirit would tell you to turn around.
  • 00:17:48.128 --> 00:17:50.296
  • Where are you going?
  • 00:17:50.763 --> 00:17:52.999
  • Why are you pursuing this relationship again?
  • 00:17:52.999 --> 00:17:54.834
  • I've told you over and over again,
  • 00:17:54.834 --> 00:17:56.369
  • It's going to break your heart.
  • 00:17:56.369 --> 00:17:58.104
  • Why are you chasing the world and chasing the culture?
  • 00:17:58.104 --> 00:18:00.740
  • Chasing these things? you even know what you wear.
  • 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:02.876
  • Do you even know what you care about?
  • 00:18:02.876 --> 00:18:04.177
  • Do you even know what you're consuming
  • 00:18:04.177 --> 00:18:05.645
  • And feeding off of over and over again?
  • 00:18:05.645 --> 00:18:07.847
  • Because trust me, there's a reason social media
  • 00:18:07.847 --> 00:18:10.083
  • All has a feed.
  • 00:18:10.083 --> 00:18:12.519
  • You're feeding on these things.
  • 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:14.621
  • You're taking them into your mindset
  • 00:18:14.621 --> 00:18:16.823
  • How to live, how to talk, how to be.
  • 00:18:16.823 --> 00:18:20.326
  • And we're wondering why we're so stressed out.
  • 00:18:20.326 --> 00:18:23.062
  • We're struggling.
  • 00:18:23.062 --> 00:18:24.831
  • You realize that like we're in a culture today
  • 00:18:24.831 --> 00:18:26.399
  • Where we just go, let's go, let's go strong.
  • 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:28.501
  • We can't even concentrate to hear the word of the lord.
  • 00:18:28.501 --> 00:18:32.839
  • You gotta be in the word
  • 00:18:33.373 --> 00:18:34.274
  • Of god to truly understand the repentance
  • 00:18:34.274 --> 00:18:38.444
  • That he's bringing.
  • 00:18:38.444 --> 00:18:39.779
  • But the gps is saying, turn around.
  • 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:41.614
  • And that's what john the baptist is saying.
  • 00:18:41.614 --> 00:18:42.916
  • He's saying, turn around, repent, go to god.
  • 00:18:42.916 --> 00:18:45.985
  • And he says, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
  • 00:18:45.985 --> 00:18:48.454
  • Now i think that's really important
  • 00:18:48.454 --> 00:18:50.023
  • Because soon after
  • 00:18:50.023 --> 00:18:51.024
  • He states this, guess who shows up to the scene?
  • 00:18:51.024 --> 00:18:53.893
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:18:53.893 --> 00:18:55.195
  • Jesus shows up and john the baptist says,
  • 00:18:55.195 --> 00:18:57.764
  • I'm not worthy.
  • 00:18:57.764 --> 00:19:00.066
  • I'm not worthy to baptize you.
  • 00:19:00.066 --> 00:19:02.101
  • I shouldn't baptize you, jesus.
  • 00:19:02.101 --> 00:19:04.237
  • You should baptize me.
  • 00:19:04.237 --> 00:19:07.540
  • Jesus said, no,
  • 00:19:07.907 --> 00:19:09.943
  • No, you will baptize me.
  • 00:19:09.943 --> 00:19:13.713
  • Now if jesus is perfect and knew no sin,
  • 00:19:13.713 --> 00:19:16.382
  • Why does he need to get baptized at all?
  • 00:19:16.382 --> 00:19:18.851
  • We'll talk about that in a second.
  • 00:19:18.851 --> 00:19:21.020
  • But i want you to see what john the baptist stated in matthew
  • 00:19:21.020 --> 00:19:23.356
  • Chapter three, verse 14.
  • 00:19:23.356 --> 00:19:24.958
  • John tried to talk jesus out of it,
  • 00:19:24.958 --> 00:19:29.662
  • And he
  • 00:19:29.862 --> 00:19:30.964
  • Stated, i am the one who needs to be baptized by you.
  • 00:19:30.964 --> 00:19:33.499
  • Why are you jesus, coming to me? now?
  • 00:19:33.499 --> 00:19:36.836
  • Listen to the wording there.
  • 00:19:36.836 --> 00:19:38.404
  • I believe we've all said this before.
  • 00:19:38.404 --> 00:19:40.306
  • Jesus, why are you meeting me here?
  • 00:19:40.306 --> 00:19:41.975
  • I'm unworthy.
  • 00:19:41.975 --> 00:19:43.643
  • Jesus, why are you talking to me now?
  • 00:19:43.643 --> 00:19:45.712
  • I am unworthy, i am not worthy to hear your voice.
  • 00:19:45.712 --> 00:19:49.415
  • But sometimes god will ask you to do something or say
  • 00:19:49.415 --> 00:19:53.086
  • Yes to something that doesn't make sense in the moment.
  • 00:19:53.086 --> 00:19:57.590
  • John felt unqualified.
  • 00:19:58.057 --> 00:20:00.760
  • He felt unworthy.
  • 00:20:00.760 --> 00:20:02.362
  • He said, no, jesus, i'm not going to baptize you.
  • 00:20:02.362 --> 00:20:05.765
  • You should baptize me.
  • 00:20:05.765 --> 00:20:08.167
  • And the way he speaks reminds me of another person.
  • 00:20:08.167 --> 00:20:11.371
  • Remember, later on, jesus is
  • 00:20:11.371 --> 00:20:14.207
  • Is washing all of the disciples feet.
  • 00:20:14.207 --> 00:20:17.810
  • And there was one man who was very stubborn every time.
  • 00:20:17.810 --> 00:20:21.147
  • Okay, his name is peter.
  • 00:20:21.681 --> 00:20:23.283
  • Some of you can relate to him, right?
  • 00:20:23.283 --> 00:20:25.385
  • What did peter say to jesus when jesus wanted to wash his feet?
  • 00:20:25.385 --> 00:20:29.889
  • John chapter 13, verse eight.
  • 00:20:29.889 --> 00:20:32.258
  • No, peter protested, you will never, ever wash my feet
  • 00:20:32.258 --> 00:20:37.597
  • Like peter
  • 00:20:37.897 --> 00:20:38.865
  • Had a bad habit of this god, i'm unworthy.
  • 00:20:38.865 --> 00:20:41.534
  • You'll never wash my feet.
  • 00:20:41.534 --> 00:20:43.436
  • Remember when jesus said,
  • 00:20:43.436 --> 00:20:44.537
  • I gotta go to jerusalem to be crucified?
  • 00:20:44.537 --> 00:20:46.539
  • No, jesus, i won't let that happen.
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  • And he thought he was doing a good thing.
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  • And jesus looks at him and says, begone, satan.
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  • You know, if peter is like you talking to me?
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  • Yeah, because you don't even see that you're actually speaking
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  • Temptation to the son of god.
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  • The devil is using your pride.
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  • And though you are confused why jesus is saying this,
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  • You have to trust his plan.
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  • See, i believe a lot of us are like this in in different
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  • Scenarios of our life.
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  • We're like, god, i'm unworthy to be used by you.
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  • I'm unworthy to be heard by you.
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  • I'm unworthy to do any ministry.
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  • I'm unworthy to be used in any type of way.
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  • But listen, the truth is, yes, we are all unworthy.
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  • But he is worthy of praise.
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  • He is worthy to be preached about.
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  • He is worthy to follow.
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  • He's worthy to walk in obedience.
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  • And it doesn't matter if you understand the plan
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  • Because he wrote it and he knows exactly where he's taking you.
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  • And so all
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  • You have to do is follow him.
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  • But i also want you to listen to the wording
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  • That jesus said to peter when peter said,
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  • You'll never, ever wash my feet because i'm unworthy.
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  • Jesus replied, unless i wash you,
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  • You won't belong to me.
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  • Hear that?
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  • Jesus is saying, unless i wash you, cleanse.
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  • You have your sins. i must do this.
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  • For the son of god came to serve, not to be served,
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  • But his first coming into the world.
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  • And so what do we learn from this?
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  • Don't let your pride
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  • Get in the way of what god wants to do for you.
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  • Again, we try to tell god no,
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  • John and peter, john the baptist and peter
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  • Here are both confused, but they obeyed.
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  • Something big happens because they both obey.
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  • We can talk about john the baptist here.
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  • Now let's continue the story.
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  • Matthew 315 217
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  • But jesus said it should be done to john the baptist,
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  • For we must carry out all that god requires.
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  • So john agreed to the baptism.
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  • He didn't understand, but he agreed after his baptism.
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  • Look at what happens here
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  • As jesus came up out of the water, the heavens
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  • Were opened and he saw the spirit
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  • Of the living god descending like a dove
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  • And settling on him.
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  • Okay, now the bible does not tell us
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  • If the rest of the crowd saw this.
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  • We don't know.
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  • But what we do know is that this took place in front of john.
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  • And i'm gonna show you in a second
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  • That john testifies that this took place.
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  • But not only does the dove, the holy spirit, come upon
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  • Jesus christ, the son of god, then a voice.
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  • Can you imagine?
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  • A voice from heaven said,
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  • This is my dearly loved son who brings me great joy.
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  • Some of y'all started to imagine that you heard
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  • Morgan freeman in your head, didn't you?
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  • Don't lie.
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  • If i could talk like him, i would.
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  • I can't, so i'm not going there.
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  • What just happened?
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  • John wanted to be baptized by jesus.
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  • Jesus is no, no, no, you are baptized me.
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  • It is the father's will.
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  • He did not understand, but he walks in obedience.
  • 00:24:06.906 --> 00:24:10.576
  • And as he baptizes the son of god, then
  • 00:24:10.576 --> 00:24:14.313
  • A witness of the holy spirit, something miraculous,
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  • A dove coming upon jesus christ took place.
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  • And he hears the voice of the father speaking from above.
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  • None of this would have happened
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  • If he did not walk in obedience.
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  • So again, you don't have to understand
  • 00:24:36.602 --> 00:24:38.304
  • God's full plan to walk in obedience.
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  • Just trust him. okay,
  • 00:24:41.407 --> 00:24:43.709
  • Let's ask another question.
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  • To ask this a little bit ago.
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  • If jesus knew no sin
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  • And he's perfect, then why is he getting baptized?
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  • Because i've seen a lot of people twist the scripture
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  • And they try to state, well, jesus was a sinner.
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  • This is why you need to get baptized by john the baptist.
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  • No, no, no, that is a lie straight from hell.
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  • There is a lot of confusion, so i want to simplify it.
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  • I got two answers for you. okay, let's break this down.
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  • But the first answer is this. and i love this lesson.
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  • He got in the water to stand in our shoes.
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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.
  • 00:25:23.983 --> 00:25:27.887
  • And listen, if you love this church
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  • And thinking about giving to this church, all you have to do
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  • Is visit our website at bobbie chandler ministries.com.
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  • And it's very easy to give.
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  • And once you give, listen, you're helping change lives
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  • Because of your faithful giving, we're able to reach
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  • Not only the nation, but the world.
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  • We're bringing the gospel of jesus christ
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  • Into everyone's home as much as we can,
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  • So that they know the love of god.
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  • And listen.
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  • If you want to hear more sermons as well, don't forget
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  • So thank you for watching today
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  • And i can't wait to see you again very soon.
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  • All right, before you go, i got one more announcement to make.
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  • And this one's a big one.
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  • Okay.
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  • This year
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  • We held
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  • Our very first awaken conference in hickory, north carolina
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  • For authentic church.
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  • And we saw
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  • People come out from everywhere, from all over the nation
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  • And even outside of the country
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  • To experience what god is doing here.
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  • So we're doing it again in 2026, from june 4th to june 7th.
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  • We would love for you to plan and be here with us.
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  • And if you want to look into more details
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  • Over the conference,
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  • All you have to do is click the link below.
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  • In fact, here's a recap video to show you what all god did.
  • 00:26:42.828 --> 00:27:10.723
  • And the
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  • Reason i even bring it up tonight
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  • Is because when it comes to you knowing jesus, the man,
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  • The gospel message is all about
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  • Your understanding of the message about the man
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  • Who will inform your methods of getting to know the man.
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  • He. met.
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  • This job doesn't work out for me.
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  • What if i move my life by faith and it all just
  • 00:28:03.175 --> 00:28:07.079
  • 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 and even fail and fail
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  • And fail and know that i follow god and i ended up exactly.
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  • Where i needed to be.
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  • You know what today is.
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  • Pentecost sunday,
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  • Pentecost sunday.
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  • Woohoo!
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  • You better not ask a holy ghost preacher
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  • 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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