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Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Disappointed With God (Part 2)

November 19, 2025 | 30:58

Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Disappointed With God (Part 2)
Pastor Bobby Chandler has found hope in Jesus and wants as many people as possible to experience that exact same freedom.
#Disappointed #Blessing #Hope #BrokenHeart #Brokenness #Trials-HardTimes #SeekGod #TrustGod #SpiritualGrowth

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Bobby Chandler: Authentic Church | Bobby Chandler - When You Feel Disappointed With God (Part 2) | November 19, 2025
  • She. i'm saying this lovingly to you.
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  • But some of us are stubborn.
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  • Some of us are hard headed.
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  • Some of us grew up very tough.
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  • I can handle my own. i could do my own thing.
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  • I can handle people.
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  • You can't handle this alone.
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  • Nobody in this room was ever meant
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  • To handle the situations that you're facing
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  • Or that i'm facing.
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  • We're not meant to handle these things alone.
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  • And so, again, jesus will hold your hand through it all.
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  • Waiting on god produces strength.
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  • You need to be stronger.
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  • There are some battles who can't see you.
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  • Some things that are coming.
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  • But one more. just.
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  • I just want to spend some time on this.
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  • What about the disciples? right.
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  • And i'm not talking about the 12 here.
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  • We're talking about
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  • Two extra disciples that we see in luke chapter 24,
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  • Verses 14 through 19.
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  • A very interesting story here,
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  • But it states, as they walked along,
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  • They were talking about everything that had happened.
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  • As they talked and discussed these things, it states that
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  • Jesus himself suddenly came
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  • And began walking with them.
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  • Jesus started walking with them.
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  • This is after the resurrection.
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  • You know what they're discussing.
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  • They're discussing how jesus died on the cross.
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  • So after the resurrection, jesus shows up.
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  • But now listen to this.
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  • But god kept them from recognizing jesus.
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  • They're in the midst of pain.
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  • They're troubled.
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  • They're talking about a disappointment.
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  • They have no idea that jesus.
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  • And so they're talking about jesus, the walking with jesus.
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  • God kept them from recognizing him.
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  • So jesus asked him, you know, hey, guys,
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  • What are you discussing so intently right now?
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  • As you walk along, they stopped short
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  • Sadness written across their faces.
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  • And then one of them, cleopas, replied,
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  • You must be the only person
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  • In jerusalem that hasn't heard
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  • About all the things that have happened here
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  • For the last few days.
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  • What things?
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  • Jesus replied, this kind of makes me laugh
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  • Because they're telling jesus about what happened to jesus
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  • On the cross and jesus is listening, right?
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  • It's an amazing thing.
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  • And so they start to tell him that jesus was crucified,
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  • But the pharisees and on the cross and
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  • And what i really want you to here in
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  • This conversation is their wording.
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  • This is what the lord showed me,
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  • Because they're talking about these things
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  • That jesus suffered and did in verses 21 through 26.
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  • Here's what they start off saying.
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  • We had hoped.
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  • We had hoped that
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  • He was the messiah.
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  • And so i thought that god
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  • Would do things the way we see things.
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  • So we had hoped that he was the messiah,
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  • And we had hoped that he would come
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  • To rescue the nation of israel.
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  • We had hoped that he was the son of god the savior,
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  • That he would do these things.
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  • We had hoped.
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  • How many times do we say
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  • Those exact same words?
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  • We had hoped
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  • That it would be my way, that it would look like
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  • What i'm facing today.
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  • God, i just thought you would do things differently.
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  • They said this all happened three days ago.
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  • Now, what's amazing to me?
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  • And so they start off by saying we had hoped
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  • We thought it would look like this, but.
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  • But there's a story.
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  • And then they stated that some of the women from our group
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  • Of followers were at the tomb early in the morning, though,
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  • And they came back with an amazing report.
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  • And they said his body,
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  • Jesus's body, is actually missing.
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  • And then they said that they had seen angels
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  • Who told them that jesus is alive.
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  • Stop right there.
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  • It's crazy to me how they start this conversation.
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  • We had hoped.
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  • We thought that jesus was the messiah.
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  • We thought he would do these things.
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  • But at the same time, his body's not in the tomb.
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  • Let me make it very clear today.
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  • His body is not in the tomb.
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  • It's not there.
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  • And they're even talking about
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  • A story of an angel saying that he has risen.
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  • So why are they starting the conversation with.
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  • I had hoped.
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  • I thought.
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  • An angel said that he's still alive.
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  • And then they told jesus that some men ran out to sea.
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  • And sure enough,
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  • His body was gone,
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  • Just as the woman had said.
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  • Then jesus said to them, now listen to this.
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  • Jesus said to them, you foolish people.
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  • You for this people.
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  • You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets
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  • Wrote in the scripture.
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  • You know what jesus is saying.
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  • Listen, we've been acting foolishly because we're not
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  • In this world.
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  • We're not reading the word of god for ourselves.
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  • We show up on a sunday morning listening to a preacher speak.
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  • It's good, but you need to be in the word yourself.
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  • We listen to podcasts all throughout the week,
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  • Tiktoks and reels and all these wonderful things
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  • That are presenting the gospel.
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  • But you have to be in the word for yourself.
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  • Spend time in his presence.
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  • They had heard they had heard all these things.
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  • But jesus was saying, but what does my word say?
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  • It's foolish to live in this world
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  • And not know my word.
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  • My word proves this.
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  • They said, you foolish people, you find it so hard to believe.
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  • All that the prophets wrote in the scriptures
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  • Was that it clearly predicted that the messiah would suffer
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  • All these things before entering into his glory.
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  • And so jesus starts explaining to them the scriptures.
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  • At this point, he didn't condemn them.
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  • He didn't walk away from them.
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  • He didn't say, oh, you don't read your bible enough.
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  • You're just bad. i'm going to leave.
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  • He said, let me explain it to you.
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  • And then verses 3333 gets later in the evening,
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  • And the story states that they sat down to eat,
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  • And he took the bread, and he blessed it
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  • Did he broke it and gave it to them.
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  • And at this moment something supernatural happened.
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  • Their eyes were opened and they recognized him.
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  • They recognized that he was jesus all along.
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  • And then as soon as they recognized him as jesus,
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  • He disappeared.
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  • And they said to each other, now listen to the wording here.
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  • Didn't our hearts burn
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  • When he talked with us on the road
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  • And explained the scriptures to us?
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  • You ever had a moment like that?
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  • You're facing a disappointment.
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  • You're traveling a road that you never thought you would go,
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  • But you had no idea it was jesus right next to you.
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  • But every word that he spoke to you burned on the inside,
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  • Because he's giving you hope and what seems to be a hopeless
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  • Situation.
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  • The word of god
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  • Always leads us into his holy presence.
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  • There is a peace that can only come from above.
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  • And so
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  • He explained the scriptures to us, and within the hour
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  • They were on their way back to jerusalem,
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  • And they found the 11 disciples and the others
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  • Who gathered with them.
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  • But i just can't get out of my head, out of my head
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  • What they were saying we had hope for. we.
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  • We thought it would be like this.
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  • It's the same thing the woman is saying to elijah.
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  • I didn't ask you for this, elijah.
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  • I didn't ask for this blessing.
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  • It hurts to hope.
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  • It hurts to go through these things.
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  • In the second kings chapter four, she stated,
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  • Don't deceive me.
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  • Don't get my hopes up.
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  • Send a promise.
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  • And her promise died in her arms.
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  • What do you do with that?
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  • Where do you go from there?
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  • And so, as i was writing this.
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  • Here's what i feel like the lord wants me to speak today.
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  • Is this sometimes.
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  • Sometimes god will allow your hope to die,
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  • To resurrect it in a better way.
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  • Sometimes god will allow you to go through a devastating,
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  • Hopeless situation
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  • To prove to you that he is still in control
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  • And that he can do something you never saw coming.
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  • And we see this throughout the entire bible.
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  • So let's get back to the beginning of the story.
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  • Now and answer the question, how do we even get here?
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  • Why is she upset with elijah?
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  • Why is it seem like
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  • She's blaming elijah for the death of her son?
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  • Point number two is this, though
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  • Instead of
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  • Being bitter over what you do not have,
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  • Instead of being bitter over the disappointments in your life,
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  • Instead of being bitter over those things,
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  • Give to god what you do have.
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  • Give over to the lord what you do have.
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  • There are things that god has placed in your life,
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  • And your hands and your home that you're overlooking.
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  • And so many times we're focused on the disappointments.
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  • But what if you gave to god what you do have?
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  • Second kings chapter four,
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  • Verses eight through 13.
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  • That's exactly what this woman does.
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  • And so here's the beginning of the story.
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  • It states that one day elijah went to the town of unum
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  • And a wealthy woman, that there now some translation state that
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  • She also had much influence.
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  • You're going to see that she has influence
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  • Because of her generosity.
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  • She's a generous woman.
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  • She's a loving woman, woman.
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  • And she urged him to come home for a meal.
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  • So after that, whenever elijah passed that way,
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  • He would stop there for something to eat.
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  • So immediately we see her generosity.
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  • She saw a man of god going back and forth and traveling,
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  • And she knew that he was hungry.
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  • She knew that he was tired.
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  • And so she said to herself, you know what?
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  • We have a good home.
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  • Like we're financially stable.
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  • Like we can build a new room for him
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  • And we can allow him to come here.
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  • He doesn't have to keep traveling. he can stop here.
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  • I'll cook him a warm meal.
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  • I want to do this for you.
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  • She is a very generous person.
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  • And so she says to her husband.
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  • And i believe she said it like this.
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  • I got an idea.
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  • And if you're a husband in the room,
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  • Sometimes you're like, oh, i don't know
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  • Which way this is going to go.
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  • If this is going to be good or not.
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  • But she said, i'm sure this man who starved from time
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  • To time is a holy man of god.
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  • Let's build a room for him on the roof.
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  • Furnish it with a bed, a table.
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  • We need a chair and a lamp.
  • 00:10:48.569 --> 00:10:51.539
  • And the husband is probably thinking.
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  • I did not plan to go shopping today like
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  • It's a lot of things.
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  • But she said he needs a place to stay.
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  • He needs a place to stay whenever he comes by.
  • 00:11:01.015 --> 00:11:04.085
  • And so one day, elijah returned to soon him,
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  • And he went up to the upper room to rest.
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  • This is the upper room.
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  • This is the new room that they built
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  • Just for him, this prophet of god.
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  • And he says to his servant gazi, tell the woman from soon
  • 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:16.464
  • Home, i want to speak to her.
  • 00:11:16.464 --> 00:11:19.600
  • And when she appeared, elijah said to hazari,
  • 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.803
  • Tell her, hey, we appreciate your concern.
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  • You're kind, concerned.
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  • You've shown us
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  • What can we do for you?
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  • You've been such a blessing.
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  • Nobody asks you like elijah didn't ask her for a room.
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  • Elijah didn't ask her for help.
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  • So what can we do for you?
  • 00:11:41.122 --> 00:11:43.057
  • You know, can we put in a good word for you?
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  • Can we give you some recognition?
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  • We can talk to the king, the commander of the army.
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  • What do you want us to do for you?
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  • And she says, no,
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  • I don't need anything.
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  • I didn't give to get.
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  • Let me say that one more time.
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  • I didn't give to get.
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  • I'm just showing generosity.
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  • I saw a need
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  • And i went obey the lord and i want to honor him.
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  • And so i just want to give you
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  • A room out of the kindness of my heart.
  • 00:12:08.916 --> 00:12:11.952
  • You need rest, and you need a meal.
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  • See, this is why i want to take
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  • A second to and learn from this.
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  • We can learn from her generosity.
  • 00:12:17.725 --> 00:12:20.461
  • There are
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  • Two things that i want to show you from her generosity.
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  • The first thing is this generosity.
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  • Generosity is not given to gain recognition.
  • 00:12:26.834 --> 00:12:31.639
  • Generosity is not given
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  • To get to gain recognition.
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  • When you give, it should not be to get.
  • 00:12:38.746 --> 00:12:42.583
  • Again verse 13 he said, what can we do for you?
  • 00:12:42.583 --> 00:12:44.685
  • We can put in a good name for you.
  • 00:12:44.685 --> 00:12:46.587
  • And i started thinking, this almost sounds like today
  • 00:12:46.587 --> 00:12:49.089
  • When people go out to feed the homeless, right?
  • 00:12:49.089 --> 00:12:51.525
  • But you pull the phone out and put it on tiktok,
  • 00:12:51.525 --> 00:12:54.862
  • Do a little video.
  • 00:12:54.862 --> 00:12:56.063
  • Hey, look who we are helping today.
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  • Look at this moment, right?
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  • You're getting recognition
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  • Or going towards those people in need.
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  • Giving to them.
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  • Take a picture.
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  • Let's be honest.
  • 00:13:08.142 --> 00:13:10.177
  • And so she is giving
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  • And she doesn't care for recognition.
  • 00:13:12.913 --> 00:13:16.317
  • And she gave not to receive back
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  • Anything she gave just to honor the lord.
  • 00:13:19.119 --> 00:13:22.489
  • She gave just to help out the kingdom of god.
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  • Like, i'm going to ask you this very serious question.
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  • Have you ever met somebody in your life
  • 00:13:28.162 --> 00:13:30.598
  • That you thought was there to help you?
  • 00:13:30.598 --> 00:13:32.967
  • They gave you something just to find out
  • 00:13:32.967 --> 00:13:35.603
  • They wanted to hold it over your head.
  • 00:13:35.603 --> 00:13:39.240
  • Maybe to use it in every conversation you have.
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  • Hey, remember that time i did this for you?
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  • Maybe you're in an argument,
  • 00:13:43.477 --> 00:13:44.912
  • And they bring it up every single time.
  • 00:13:44.912 --> 00:13:46.280
  • But i did this.
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  • I gave you that. i helped you there.
  • 00:13:48.082 --> 00:13:49.917
  • They did it for recognition. it doesn't feel good, does it?
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  • Listen.
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  • Then why do we do this for god?
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  • We do this so much with god.
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  • God, i will, i will serve.
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  • If you.
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  • Got. i'll start giving.
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  • If you just change my life and make things.
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  • God, i'll forgive if you just do these things.
  • 00:14:07.868 --> 00:14:09.803
  • Remember the widow?
  • 00:14:09.803 --> 00:14:11.305
  • We talked about the widow two weeks ago.
  • 00:14:11.305 --> 00:14:13.407
  • She had nothing. she was in debt. she was broken.
  • 00:14:13.407 --> 00:14:15.609
  • She's about to lose her boys. god told her the poor.
  • 00:14:15.609 --> 00:14:18.345
  • The only thing she had, which was a small jar of oil.
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  • Small, small jar of oil.
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  • As she poured,
  • 00:14:26.287 --> 00:14:28.489
  • God overflowed in her life.
  • 00:14:28.489 --> 00:14:32.059
  • See, generosity is not given to gain recognition.
  • 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:35.462
  • In fact, let me say it like this generosity flows
  • 00:14:35.462 --> 00:14:37.731
  • From a heart of worship, not a desire for applause.
  • 00:14:37.731 --> 00:14:42.102
  • That's true generosity.
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  • The second thing is this.
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  • So now this is really powerful.
  • 00:14:46.173 --> 00:14:47.708
  • Generosity opens the door for god's presence.
  • 00:14:47.708 --> 00:14:51.545
  • We serve a generous god.
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  • Everything good that you have in your life came from above.
  • 00:14:56.550 --> 00:14:59.920
  • He is a good father.
  • 00:14:59.920 --> 00:15:01.522
  • He is a generous god.
  • 00:15:01.522 --> 00:15:02.990
  • When we show generosity and love towards others, we're
  • 00:15:02.990 --> 00:15:05.926
  • Showing examples of who the father is.
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  • Second kings 414 to 17.
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  • Later elijah ashkenazi.
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  • You know, what can we do for her, though?
  • 00:15:16.036 --> 00:15:18.238
  • It's to be something we could do.
  • 00:15:18.238 --> 00:15:20.641
  • She denied all of our presents.
  • 00:15:20.641 --> 00:15:22.042
  • She doesn't want recognition and get hazy, replied she.
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  • She doesn't have a son.
  • 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:29.883
  • She doesn't have a son,
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  • And her husband is a very old man.
  • 00:15:31.986 --> 00:15:35.322
  • So elijah said, call her back again.
  • 00:15:35.322 --> 00:15:38.459
  • The woman returned,
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  • And elijah said to her as she stood in the doorway,
  • 00:15:41.495 --> 00:15:45.032
  • Now listen to this next year at this time you will be holding
  • 00:15:45.032 --> 00:15:49.103
  • A son in your arms. no.
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  • How many nights did
  • 00:15:58.746 --> 00:15:59.480
  • She pray for this?
  • 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.850
  • No, my lord, she cried.
  • 00:16:02.850 --> 00:16:05.586
  • Oh, man of god, don't deceive me.
  • 00:16:05.586 --> 00:16:10.090
  • Don't get my hopes up like that.
  • 00:16:10.724 --> 00:16:14.328
  • I've been praying for years.
  • 00:16:14.328 --> 00:16:17.965
  • In fact, i can't help but wonder.
  • 00:16:17.965 --> 00:16:21.502
  • Does she even have an internal battle?
  • 00:16:21.502 --> 00:16:23.871
  • Just building him the room
  • 00:16:23.871 --> 00:16:24.938
  • Because she never got the chance to build her
  • 00:16:24.938 --> 00:16:28.075
  • A room for her child.
  • 00:16:28.575 --> 00:16:30.144
  • At this point.
  • 00:16:30.144 --> 00:16:32.813
  • But instead of being bitter, she still gave what she had
  • 00:16:32.813 --> 00:16:34.915
  • Over to the the lord.
  • 00:16:34.915 --> 00:16:38.118
  • No, my lord, don't deceive me.
  • 00:16:38.719 --> 00:16:41.789
  • But then it states.
  • 00:16:42.256 --> 00:16:43.290
  • But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant.
  • 00:16:43.290 --> 00:16:45.893
  • At that
  • 00:16:46.126 --> 00:16:46.994
  • Time, the following year she had a son.
  • 00:16:46.994 --> 00:16:49.596
  • Just as elijah
  • 00:16:49.596 --> 00:16:52.399
  • Has said.
  • 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.402
  • She opened up her house many times for this prophet.
  • 00:16:55.402 --> 00:16:57.504
  • Every time she opened up her
  • 00:16:57.504 --> 00:16:58.739
  • House, this room to her, this represented god's presence.
  • 00:16:58.739 --> 00:17:02.509
  • He was a man of god.
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  • She wanted to hear from the lord.
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  • Okay, i'm going to build you this room.
  • 00:17:04.945 --> 00:17:06.413
  • But in this room we're going to take care of you.
  • 00:17:06.413 --> 00:17:08.015
  • But i believe that god's presence is going to be here.
  • 00:17:08.015 --> 00:17:11.752
  • When you lay on the bed in this room.
  • 00:17:11.752 --> 00:17:13.420
  • This bed will also have god's presence.
  • 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:15.789
  • And here this is where the miracle began.
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • Thank you. jesus.
  • 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.729
  • But this is also where it gets very heavy,
  • 00:17:22.729 --> 00:17:25.399
  • Because the same room that the prophet laid in
  • 00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:28.202
  • The same room where god brought a miracle
  • 00:17:29.036 --> 00:17:31.572
  • That she had prayed for for years.
  • 00:17:31.572 --> 00:17:33.474
  • It's the same room in the same bed.
  • 00:17:33.474 --> 00:17:36.343
  • She laid down her dead son.
  • 00:17:36.343 --> 00:17:42.483
  • Why would god
  • 00:17:42.850 --> 00:17:43.484
  • Give just to take away?
  • 00:17:43.484 --> 00:17:47.187
  • But also, i want you to see this.
  • 00:17:47.921 --> 00:17:49.490
  • She didn't abandon her son.
  • 00:17:49.490 --> 00:17:51.091
  • She didn't run away.
  • 00:17:51.091 --> 00:17:53.760
  • She purposely laid him on this bed
  • 00:17:53.760 --> 00:17:55.863
  • Because she knew god's presence had been there.
  • 00:17:55.863 --> 00:17:59.433
  • She needed a miracle.
  • 00:17:59.933 --> 00:18:02.870
  • She didn't just desert him. she.
  • 00:18:02.870 --> 00:18:05.205
  • She left him in the place where she met god
  • 00:18:05.205 --> 00:18:08.775
  • And has seen a miracle before.
  • 00:18:08.775 --> 00:18:11.345
  • And now she's rushing 20 miles to mount carmel.
  • 00:18:11.345 --> 00:18:15.916
  • She's resting 20 miles from her home.
  • 00:18:15.916 --> 00:18:18.385
  • She's resting 20 miles from this room.
  • 00:18:18.385 --> 00:18:20.754
  • She's resting 20 miles to be in front of the man of god.
  • 00:18:20.754 --> 00:18:24.591
  • And when she gets in front of him,
  • 00:18:24.591 --> 00:18:25.692
  • She says, i didn't even ask for this.
  • 00:18:25.692 --> 00:18:28.996
  • I told you not to deceive me.
  • 00:18:29.630 --> 00:18:32.633
  • I told you not to get my hopes up.
  • 00:18:32.633 --> 00:18:38.872
  • Again, why would god
  • 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.174
  • Give to take away?
  • 00:18:40.174 --> 00:18:43.677
  • As i was writing the story, i was.
  • 00:18:43.677 --> 00:18:45.179
  • I was reminded
  • 00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:47.381
  • When i first stepped into youth ministry,
  • 00:18:47.381 --> 00:18:50.484
  • A first time being a youth pastor,
  • 00:18:51.251 --> 00:18:54.388
  • I was about to go into my first youth camp with the students.
  • 00:18:54.388 --> 00:18:57.858
  • Kristi was pregnant.
  • 00:18:57.858 --> 00:19:01.195
  • And everything should have been fine.
  • 00:19:01.195 --> 00:19:02.396
  • And it was the night before i had to leave,
  • 00:19:02.396 --> 00:19:05.265
  • I believe to florida.
  • 00:19:05.265 --> 00:19:08.569
  • And all of a sudden that night,
  • 00:19:08.569 --> 00:19:10.103
  • Her stomach started to hurt.
  • 00:19:10.103 --> 00:19:14.141
  • And it quickly became
  • 00:19:14.641 --> 00:19:15.709
  • A lot of pain.
  • 00:19:15.709 --> 00:19:19.179
  • And it got worse
  • 00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.247
  • And worse and worse.
  • 00:19:20.247 --> 00:19:23.317
  • And so we prayed.
  • 00:19:23.317 --> 00:19:25.919
  • We trusted the lord.
  • 00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:30.157
  • The very soon we would lose the baby.
  • 00:19:30.958 --> 00:19:35.395
  • And we would experience
  • 00:19:35.896 --> 00:19:36.863
  • A miscarriage.
  • 00:19:36.863 --> 00:19:40.934
  • And another pastor
  • 00:19:41.368 --> 00:19:42.402
  • Stepped in my place to take the youth to camp.
  • 00:19:42.402 --> 00:19:45.405
  • I stayed back to comfort my wife, but also
  • 00:19:46.306 --> 00:19:49.610
  • To receive comfort myself.
  • 00:19:49.610 --> 00:19:52.879
  • And i remember sitting in the living room
  • 00:19:53.714 --> 00:19:55.282
  • For a few days, and it just felt like
  • 00:19:55.282 --> 00:19:58.518
  • Spiritual warfare all around me.
  • 00:19:59.152 --> 00:20:02.189
  • You could feel the darkness tug on you.
  • 00:20:03.056 --> 00:20:04.958
  • You could feel at times
  • 00:20:04.958 --> 00:20:06.260
  • When you're going through something really difficult.
  • 00:20:06.260 --> 00:20:08.095
  • You could feel the enemy trying to get inside of your head.
  • 00:20:08.095 --> 00:20:13.600
  • And we prayed and we prayed.
  • 00:20:14.201 --> 00:20:15.602
  • And eventually god brought us healing over that.
  • 00:20:15.602 --> 00:20:21.208
  • And i told you earlier that i feel a burden
  • 00:20:22.075 --> 00:20:23.677
  • From the lord to speak about clarity.
  • 00:20:23.677 --> 00:20:25.012
  • And here's what i wish i could do. i wish i could tell you why.
  • 00:20:25.012 --> 00:20:27.180
  • Sometimes the miracle happens.
  • 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:30.384
  • And why sometimes it doesn't.
  • 00:20:31.018 --> 00:20:34.221
  • Every situation is different.
  • 00:20:34.855 --> 00:20:38.425
  • All the stories of the bible are very different,
  • 00:20:38.425 --> 00:20:40.894
  • And god always has a reason.
  • 00:20:40.894 --> 00:20:41.962
  • And what he does, and it's always a perfect reason.
  • 00:20:41.962 --> 00:20:45.432
  • And in my own life, i've seen god do many miracles.
  • 00:20:45.432 --> 00:20:47.934
  • I've seen him do supernatural things.
  • 00:20:47.934 --> 00:20:49.736
  • I've seen him heal my daughter.
  • 00:20:49.736 --> 00:20:53.040
  • At the same time, there are things that i saw that
  • 00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:55.075
  • He didn't do the way i thought.
  • 00:20:55.075 --> 00:20:58.245
  • The way that i hoped for and
  • 00:20:58.845 --> 00:21:02.115
  • I believe the only thing i could share about that today
  • 00:21:02.115 --> 00:21:04.151
  • Is this is.
  • 00:21:04.151 --> 00:21:05.485
  • Very soon after that,
  • 00:21:05.485 --> 00:21:08.021
  • She became pregnant again with my son micah.
  • 00:21:08.021 --> 00:21:11.992
  • And he was a very healthy boy, a healthy pregnancy.
  • 00:21:12.993 --> 00:21:16.063
  • And here's what i know is that my son micah would not
  • 00:21:17.064 --> 00:21:19.433
  • Be here today.
  • 00:21:19.433 --> 00:21:22.069
  • If that situation didn't happen.
  • 00:21:22.703 --> 00:21:25.872
  • Here's also what i know.
  • 00:21:26.406 --> 00:21:28.675
  • I was not able to meet my baby face to face,
  • 00:21:28.675 --> 00:21:32.946
  • The one that we lost.
  • 00:21:33.447 --> 00:21:34.681
  • But i know that in the kingdom of heaven,
  • 00:21:34.681 --> 00:21:37.617
  • The first face of my baby saw was the face of jesus.
  • 00:21:37.617 --> 00:21:42.556
  • And i know that one day will be again
  • 00:21:43.357 --> 00:21:45.125
  • With her child in paradise.
  • 00:21:45.125 --> 00:21:50.464
  • I wish i could tell you
  • 00:21:50.964 --> 00:21:51.998
  • Why some things work and sometimes what they don't.
  • 00:21:51.998 --> 00:21:55.836
  • But here's what i do know.
  • 00:21:56.403 --> 00:21:57.504
  • God is always good and
  • 00:21:57.504 --> 00:22:00.474
  • His timing is always perfect.
  • 00:22:00.474 --> 00:22:03.443
  • His love for you was always great.
  • 00:22:03.443 --> 00:22:06.580
  • And we must see his plan fulfilled.
  • 00:22:07.347 --> 00:22:10.617
  • My last point is this
  • 00:22:11.118 --> 00:22:13.620
  • Whatever you are going through,
  • 00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.821
  • You can place it in god's hands.
  • 00:22:14.821 --> 00:22:18.625
  • No matter how devastating it is, no matter how bad
  • 00:22:18.625 --> 00:22:21.128
  • Your heart has been broken,
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  • There is nothing holding you
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  • Back from placing it in god's hands.
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  • The finished story here
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  • Verses 29 to 37.
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  • Then elijah said to jay-z,
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  • Get ready to travel and take my staff and go.
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  • Don't talk to anyone along the way,
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  • But go quickly and lay the staff on the child's face.
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  • And the boy's mother said, as surely as the lord lives,
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  • And you yourself
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  • Will not go home unless you go with me, elijah,
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  • You gotta come with me.
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  • I travel 20 miles to come here.
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  • I need you back in that house
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  • To pray over this boy.
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  • So elijah returned with her grace.
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  • I hurried on ahead, though,
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  • And he laid the staff on the child's face.
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  • But listen to this.
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  • Nothing happened.
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  • There was no sign of life.
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  • And in return to meet elijah
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  • And told him the child is still dead.
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  • You know what that is?
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  • It's another disappointment.
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  • It's another roadblock.
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  • It's another very hard situation.
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  • God, what do you mean?
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  • The child is still dead?
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  • And so when elijah arrived,
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  • The child was indeed dead.
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  • Lying there on the prophet's bed,
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  • He went to it alone. now listen to this.
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  • He shut the door behind him and pray to the lord.
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  • You know what that means.
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  • He had to speak
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  • To the mother and say, you, you gotta wait outside.
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  • The broken mother that just heard.
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  • Okay, the staff didn't work.
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  • He says, listen, you got to wait outside
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  • And i need alone time with your son.
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  • I need to be able to shut the door. just like the widow.
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  • Like i said two weeks ago,
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  • In order
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  • For her to see the miracle, she shut the door
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  • To all the distractions in her life.
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  • But this time,
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  • The mother has to wait in the waiting room,
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  • Wondering what's going on on the other side.
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  • But while you're waiting, please listen.
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  • God is still working.
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  • For you.
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  • Praying and surrendering everything over to him.
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  • God is still doing something that you can't see
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  • On the other side.
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  • Elijah shuts the door.
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  • Didn't stay since he went in there alone.
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  • He prayed to the lord.
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  • He lay down on the child's body,
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  • Placing his mouth in the child's mouth.
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  • His eyes on the child's eyes
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  • And his hands on the child's hands.
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  • Okay, why?
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  • He's doing this to symbolize a picture of what
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  • Jesus, what god is about to do right here.
  • 00:24:50.911 --> 00:24:54.014
  • The boy was breathing,
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  • So he places his mouth on his mouth
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  • To show you that he will have breath again.
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  • The boy wasn't able to see, and so he places his eyes
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  • Upon his his eyes so that he will be able to see.
  • 00:25:04.324 --> 00:25:07.160
  • And he will have a purpose, and he will have a future.
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  • He places his hand on his hand.
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  • His hand. it seems lifeless in the moment.
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  • And as he touches the sand, he's pretty much stating
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  • You're going to have strength again in his hand.
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  • And as he stretched out on him, the child's
  • 00:25:21.174 --> 00:25:23.610
  • Body began to grow warm again.
  • 00:25:23.610 --> 00:25:28.515
  • Elijah got up and walked back and forth across the room.
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  • Now prayer takes time.
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  • He saw a little sign.
  • 00:25:36.189 --> 00:25:39.626
  • But remember, the staff didn't work.
  • 00:25:39.626 --> 00:25:41.995
  • He's praying. he's getting warmer.
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  • The mother's doing the other side.
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  • Just wondering what's going on.
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  • He walks around just a little bit. keep praying.
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  • And did he does it again by faith?
  • 00:25:50.503 --> 00:25:53.073
  • And he places his body upon him, stretched out again.
  • 00:25:53.073 --> 00:25:56.910
  • And this time this time, god does something supernatural.
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  • This time the boy sneezed seven times.
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  • Again, the number seven is completion,
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  • And when he sneezed seven times, his eyes opened.
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  • And he regained his life.
  • 00:26:11.858 --> 00:26:15.028
  • Did elijah summoned garza, called the child's mother.
  • 00:26:15.028 --> 00:26:18.765
  • He said.
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  • And when she came in, elijah said, here.
  • 00:26:20.567 --> 00:26:22.736
  • Imagine how she felt right here.
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  • Take your son.
  • 00:26:24.104 --> 00:26:27.440
  • She fell at his feet and bowed before him,
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  • Overwhelmed with gratitude,
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  • And she took her son in her arms.
  • 00:26:33.113 --> 00:26:36.349
  • And carried him downstairs.
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  • This is a biblical truth,
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  • But it's also not a truth we like.
  • 00:26:43.289 --> 00:26:46.593
  • The truth is, god doesn't owe us an explanation
  • 00:26:46.593 --> 00:26:49.929
  • For anything.
  • 00:26:50.296 --> 00:26:53.233
  • He doesn't owe you an explanation.
  • 00:26:53.233 --> 00:26:54.567
  • He doesn't owe me an explanation.
  • 00:26:54.567 --> 00:26:56.036
  • But here's what i know.
  • 00:26:56.036 --> 00:26:58.038
  • But he will show you a revelation.
  • 00:26:58.038 --> 00:27:01.875
  • And it will hold your hand
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  • To the process.
  • 00:27:04.811 --> 00:27:05.645
  • Because i believe a lot of us
  • 00:27:05.645 --> 00:27:08.948
  • Are facing disappointments that we we become
  • 00:27:08.948 --> 00:27:11.017
  • Hopeless over. remember,
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  • There's a lot of things that happened in her life.
  • 00:27:12.786 --> 00:27:14.954
  • Her son was given to her.
  • 00:27:14.954 --> 00:27:16.389
  • Then he dies.
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  • The servant get his ego.
  • 00:27:18.024 --> 00:27:19.392
  • Sarah puts a staff on his face,
  • 00:27:19.392 --> 00:27:21.494
  • Believing that the miracle would happen.
  • 00:27:21.494 --> 00:27:22.796
  • It doesn't.
  • 00:27:22.796 --> 00:27:24.164
  • Now she shut outside. she's still believing.
  • 00:27:24.164 --> 00:27:25.999
  • She's still believing. she's still believing.
  • 00:27:25.999 --> 00:27:27.834
  • And i want to ask you a very real question here today.
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  • Has there been something in your life
  • 00:27:31.104 --> 00:27:32.439
  • That you've almost given up hope for,
  • 00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:35.542
  • A relationship that has died?
  • 00:27:35.542 --> 00:27:38.511
  • Okay, forgiveness
  • 00:27:38.511 --> 00:27:40.346
  • That you just don't think is going to happen anymore?
  • 00:27:40.346 --> 00:27:44.117
  • Maybe there are things in your life that still look empty.
  • 00:27:44.117 --> 00:27:46.019
  • Finances still look empty, dreams still feel gone.
  • 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:50.924
  • But listen when you place it in the hands of the lord,
  • 00:27:52.025 --> 00:27:56.262
  • When you place it in the hands of the lord.
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  • Let me say one more time.
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  • When you place it in the hands of the lord,
  • 00:27:59.833 --> 00:28:02.602
  • He can do what no person can do.
  • 00:28:02.602 --> 00:28:06.172
  • But he cares more about you
  • 00:28:06.773 --> 00:28:09.309
  • Than you could even fathom or understand.
  • 00:28:09.309 --> 00:28:12.746
  • And so when you pour out everything, when you
  • 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.482
  • Trust him completely.
  • 00:28:15.482 --> 00:28:18.218
  • You allow god to shut the door
  • 00:28:18.818 --> 00:28:20.153
  • With some of the problems in your life.
  • 00:28:20.153 --> 00:28:23.556
  • And that's when you see the miracle.
  • 00:28:23.556 --> 00:28:26.459
  • But listen, even when life doesn't go the way
  • 00:28:26.459 --> 00:28:28.228
  • You wanted it to, the way you hoped for, listen,
  • 00:28:28.228 --> 00:28:31.631
  • There's still a promise coming, okay?
  • 00:28:32.432 --> 00:28:35.335
  • One day there will be no more tears.
  • 00:28:35.335 --> 00:28:38.838
  • One day there will be no more sickness.
  • 00:28:38.838 --> 00:28:41.941
  • One day there will be no more pain.
  • 00:28:41.941 --> 00:28:43.877
  • Because the truth is, god can heal you.
  • 00:28:43.877 --> 00:28:46.179
  • Today. physically.
  • 00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:48.314
  • He can do it. he can still do it.
  • 00:28:48.314 --> 00:28:50.517
  • But you're still going to die.
  • 00:28:50.517 --> 00:28:53.653
  • Even if you're healed.
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  • All of us, we're still going to die one day.
  • 00:28:55.155 --> 00:28:58.591
  • All right, guys, that's all the time we have for today.
  • 00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:02.095
  • But i pray that today's message bless your life.
  • 00:29:02.095 --> 00:29:05.799
  • There is a reason you heard this word today.
  • 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:08.334
  • It's not by mistake.
  • 00:29:08.334 --> 00:29:09.803
  • You're here for a reason, and god has a plan for you.
  • 00:29:09.803 --> 00:29:13.706
  • 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.
  • 00:29:22.649 --> 00:29:24.184
  • And once you give, listen, you're helping change lives.
  • 00:29:24.184 --> 00:29:27.754
  • Because of your faithful giving, we're able to reach
  • 00:29:27.754 --> 00:29:30.757
  • 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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