Matt Hagee - A Season For Dreaming

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - A Season For Dreaming | May 3, 2026
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  • Pastor matt hagee: if you
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  • Pastor matt hagee: if you would please, stand for
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  • Would please, stand for the reading of god's word.
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  • The reading of god's word. and if you brought your bibles,
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  • And if you brought your bibles, turn them to the book
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  • Turn them to the book of galatians
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  • Of galatians to the 6th chapter,
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  • To the 6th chapter, to the 9th verse as
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  • To the 9th verse as this morning we discuss
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  • This morning we discuss the topic,
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  • The topic, "a season for dreaming."
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  • "a season for dreaming." today we conclude
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  • Today we conclude the sermon series on dreams
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  • The sermon series on dreams being a divine road map
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  • Being a divine road map to your destiny.
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  • To your destiny. and today i wanna share
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  • And today i wanna share with you a very specific
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  • With you a very specific season that the holy spirit
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  • Season that the holy spirit gives paul insight
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  • Gives paul insight on that i believe is
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  • On that i believe is for every part of your life.
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  • For every part of your life. and that season is due season.
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  • And that season is due season. somebody say that with me,
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  • Somebody say that with me, "due season."
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  • "due season." here's what the verse says
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  • Here's what the verse says in galatians 6:9.
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  • In galatians 6:9. if you found it say, "amen."
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  • If you found it say, "amen." "and let us not grow
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  • "and let us not grow weary while doing good,
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  • Weary while doing good, for in due season."
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  • For in due season." somebody say, "due season."
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  • Somebody say, "due season." say it like you wanna see it.
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  • Say it like you wanna see it. that's better.
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  • That's better. "in due season we shall reap
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  • "in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."
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  • If we do not lose heart." heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, i thank you that every word
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  • I thank you that every word that you have ever promised
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  • That you have ever promised is alive and it is true.
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  • Is alive and it is true. i thank you that you've said
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  • I thank you that you've said that if it proceeds out of your
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  • That if it proceeds out of your mouth it will come to pass.
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  • Mouth it will come to pass. today, i believe that in this
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  • Today, i believe that in this sanctuary and all across
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  • Sanctuary and all across this nation
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  • This nation and around the world,
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  • And around the world, you have faithful sons
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  • You have faithful sons and daughters who are
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  • And daughters who are ready for a due season.
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  • Ready for a due season. let that come to pass
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  • Let that come to pass in jesus' mighty name,
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  • In jesus' mighty name, and all of god's
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  • And all of god's children said, "amen."
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  • Children said, "amen." you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. through this sermon series
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  • Through this sermon series we've looked in the words
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  • We've looked in the words of the prophet joel,
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  • Of the prophet joel, and we've looked at the words
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  • And we've looked at the words in the book of acts.
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  • In the book of acts. and in both passages,
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  • And in both passages, the prophet and peter,
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  • The prophet and peter, on the day of pentecost,
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  • On the day of pentecost, tell those who are listening
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  • Tell those who are listening that there would come
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  • That there would come a time when god was not
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  • A time when god was not going to pour our his spirit
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  • Going to pour our his spirit on a prophet, but he was going
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  • On a prophet, but he was going to pour it out on all flesh,
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  • To pour it out on all flesh, and that young men
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  • And that young men would have visions.
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  • Would have visions. vision is a hopeful
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  • Vision is a hopeful thing in the future.
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  • Thing in the future. and old men would dream dreams.
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  • And old men would dream dreams. dreams are things that you
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  • Dreams are things that you are expecting god to do.
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  • Are expecting god to do. we live in that time.
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  • We live in that time. we live in an hour
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  • We live in an hour when god says,
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  • When god says, "if you dream it
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  • "if you dream it and you put
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  • And you put your faith to work,
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  • Your faith to work, i'll do it."
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  • I'll do it." the challenge that
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  • The challenge that we have is not getting
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  • We have is not getting god to do his part,
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  • God to do his part, the challenge that
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  • The challenge that we have is doing ours.
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  • We have is doing ours. last week in the message
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  • Last week in the message i shared with you how
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  • I shared with you how years ago, pastor hagee,
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  • Years ago, pastor hagee, attending a conference
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  • Attending a conference in 1991 in tulsa, oklahoma,
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  • In 1991 in tulsa, oklahoma, heard a message challenging
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  • Heard a message challenging the audience to do just that,
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  • The audience to do just that, write the vision
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  • Write the vision and make it plain.
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  • And make it plain. and so he opened his bible,
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  • And so he opened his bible, and on the back cover
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  • And on the back cover of his bible,
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  • Of his bible, he wrote very specific things.
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  • He wrote very specific things. and i shared with you how
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  • And i shared with you how everything that he had written
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  • Everything that he had written not only came to pass,
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  • Not only came to pass, but it was exceeded.
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  • But it was exceeded. why?
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  • Why? because the dream
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  • Because the dream is just a glimpse.
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  • Is just a glimpse. it's not every detail,
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  • It's not every detail, it's just a picture
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  • It's just a picture of a portion of what god
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  • Of a portion of what god has for you.
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  • Has for you. but when god delivers,
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  • But when god delivers, how many of you know
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  • How many of you know that he delivers pressed down,
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  • That he delivers pressed down, shaken together,
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  • Shaken together, running over, exceedingly
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  • Running over, exceedingly and abundantly
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  • And abundantly above all that you could ask,
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  • Above all that you could ask, think, or imagine?
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  • [applause]
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  • How did all of this happen?
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  • How did all of this happen? god did it.
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  • God did it. god did it.
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  • God did it. god did it and god is great
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  • God did it and god is great and greatly to be praised
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  • And greatly to be praised for it.
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  • For it. god did it because the bible
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  • God did it because the bible says, "he is not a man
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  • Says, "he is not a man that he should lie."
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  • That he should lie." god did it because his word
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  • God did it because his word that proceeds out of his mouth
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  • That proceeds out of his mouth will not return void.
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  • Will not return void. god did it because he said,
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  • God did it because he said, "if you call upon me,
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  • "if you call upon me, i will show you great
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  • I will show you great and mighty things that
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  • And mighty things that you know not."
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  • You know not." god did it because he said,
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  • God did it because he said, "no good thing will i withhold
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  • "no good thing will i withhold from those who diligently
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  • From those who diligently seek me."
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  • Seek me." god did it because all
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  • God did it because all things are possible
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  • Things are possible to those who believe.
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  • To those who believe. god did it because he is
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  • God did it because he is the same yesterday,
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  • The same yesterday, today and forever.
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  • Today and forever. and if he did it then,
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  • And if he did it then, he can do it now.
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  • He can do it now. so child of god,
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  • So child of god, put your faith in him
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  • Put your faith in him who has not failed and find him
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  • Who has not failed and find him faithful to keep his word,
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  • Faithful to keep his word, because if he did it for one,
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  • Because if he did it for one, he'll do it for you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Today, we read in galatians 6:9
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  • Today, we read in galatians 6:9 that there is a due season.
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  • That there is a due season. nature has four seasons:
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  • Nature has four seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall.
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  • Winter, spring, summer, fall. texas has summer,
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  • Texas has summer, summer, summer,
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  • Summer, summer, and a cold front.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But when you're a child of god,
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  • But when you're a child of god, god has a fifth season,
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  • God has a fifth season, and it's called due season.
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  • And it's called due season. and the thing about due season,
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  • And the thing about due season, you're familiar
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  • You're familiar with the word "due,"
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  • With the word "due," it's what your credit card
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  • It's what your credit card company sends you at
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  • Company sends you at the end of the month.
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  • The end of the month. due season is when what has
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  • Due season is when what has been charged needs to be paid.
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  • Been charged needs to be paid. it's when the fees are owed.
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  • It's when the fees are owed. and so when the holy spirit
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  • And so when the holy spirit tells paul to write
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  • Tells paul to write about due season,
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  • About due season, what he's saying to the reader
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  • What he's saying to the reader is, "there is a season in your
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  • Is, "there is a season in your life when what you have sown,
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  • Life when what you have sown, you are going to reap.
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  • You are going to reap. when what you have put out
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  • When what you have put out is going to come back to you."
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  • Is going to come back to you." why?
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  • Why? because it is owed.
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  • Because it is owed. and in due season, how you live
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  • And in due season, how you live during the other four seasons
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  • During the other four seasons determines what you reap
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  • Determines what you reap when due season comes.
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  • When due season comes. galatians 6:7 says,
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  • Galatians 6:7 says, "do not be deceived,
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  • "do not be deceived, god isn't mocked.
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  • God isn't mocked. whatever you sow, you'll reap."
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  • Whatever you sow, you'll reap." so if through the rest
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  • So if through the rest of your life you sow poorly,
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  • Of your life you sow poorly, guess what you reap?
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  • Guess what you reap? poorly.
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  • Poorly. if you sow abundantly,
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  • If you sow abundantly, how do you reap?
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  • How do you reap? abundantly.
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  • Abundantly. if you sow with excellence,
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  • If you sow with excellence, what do you reap?
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  • What do you reap? excellence.
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  • Excellence. when you look at the things that
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  • When you look at the things that pastor did to build the ministry
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  • Pastor did to build the ministry that god gave him
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  • That god gave him the dream to build,
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  • The dream to build, did you see anything that
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  • Did you see anything that looks like a shack?
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  • Looks like a shack? absolutely not.
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  • Absolutely not. because if you're going
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  • Because if you're going to do it for god,
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  • To do it for god, do it with all you've got
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  • Do it with all you've got or don't do it at all.
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  • [applause]
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  • But to get from where
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  • But to get from where you are to due season,
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  • You are to due season, you have to persevere.
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  • You have to persevere. look at the verse.
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  • Look at the verse. "do not grow weary."
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  • "do not grow weary." now, the thing about growing
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  • Now, the thing about growing weary is that when you read
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  • Weary is that when you read the full part of the verse,
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  • The full part of the verse, it says that whatever effort
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  • It says that whatever effort you start with,
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  • You start with, you finish with.
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  • You finish with. do not grow weary,
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  • Do not grow weary, do not lose heart.
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  • Do not lose heart. in the original language,
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  • In the original language, it says do not faint.
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  • It says do not faint. and what it means to faint
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  • And what it means to faint is that you throttle back,
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  • Is that you throttle back, you coast, you cruise.
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  • You coast, you cruise. that's a lot easier
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  • That's a lot easier said than done.
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  • Said than done. don't give up,
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  • Don't give up, don't slow down because
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  • Don't slow down because anything that is worth
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  • Anything that is worth having is worth persevering for.
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  • Having is worth persevering for. if there's something that is
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  • If there's something that is missing in our culture today,
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  • Missing in our culture today, it's the willingness
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  • It's the willingness to persevere.
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  • To persevere. we have become addicted
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  • We have become addicted to comfort.
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  • To comfort. and if you're going
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  • And if you're going to have anything
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  • To have anything in life worth having,
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  • In life worth having, you're going to have to get very
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  • You're going to have to get very comfortable being uncomfortable.
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  • Comfortable being uncomfortable. because perseverance is
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  • Because perseverance is what's going to be required.
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  • What's going to be required. apply it anywhere you want to
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  • Apply it anywhere you want to apply it,
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  • Apply it, any part of your life.
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  • Any part of your life. you wanna marriage worth having?
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  • You wanna marriage worth having? persevere.
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  • Persevere. why do 70% of the marriages
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  • Why do 70% of the marriages in this generation fail?
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  • In this generation fail? because people are not
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  • Because people are not willing to persevere.
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  • Willing to persevere. "oh well, it's different
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  • "oh well, it's different now than it was then."
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  • Now than it was then." you think your grandparents
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  • You think your grandparents and great grandparents
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  • And great grandparents didn't have a rough pot?
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  • Didn't have a rough pot? they didn't have a hard patch?
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  • They didn't have a hard patch? they didn't have a season
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  • They didn't have a season when quit looked good?
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  • When quit looked good? what they had was the grit
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  • What they had was the grit to get through it,
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  • To get through it, and that's called perseverance.
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  • [applause]
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  • You say,
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  • You say, "pastor, you're stepping
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  • "pastor, you're stepping on my toe."
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  • On my toe." well, you got nine left
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  • Well, you got nine left and i'm not done.
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  • [laughter]
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  • We live in a generation
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  • We live in a generation addicted to comfort,
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  • Addicted to comfort, and we refuse
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  • And we refuse to take responsibility.
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  • To take responsibility. we blame the flaws
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  • We blame the flaws of our relationship
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  • Of our relationship on the shortcomings
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  • On the shortcomings of the other person
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  • Of the other person and never take any
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  • And never take any responsibility for the role
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  • Responsibility for the role we played in it.
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  • We played in it. young people say,
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  • Young people say, "oh, i'm crazy about him."
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  • "oh, i'm crazy about him." well, that's a good start,
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  • Well, that's a good start, but it's not gonna
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  • But it's not gonna work in the finish.
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  • Work in the finish. let me be honest with you
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  • Let me be honest with you about love,
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  • About love, love is not about
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  • Love is not about who you're crazy about.
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  • Who you're crazy about. that just gives you enough
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  • That just gives you enough permission to go on a date.
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  • Permission to go on a date. "i'm crazy about them."
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  • "i'm crazy about them." cool, go to the movies.
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  • Cool, go to the movies. love is when they drive
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  • Love is when they drive you crazy and you can't
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  • You crazy and you can't live without them.
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  • Live without them. that's love.
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  • That's love. "oh, they're driving me crazy!
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  • "oh, they're driving me crazy! they're driving me crazy,
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  • They're driving me crazy, but i can't live without them."
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  • But i can't live without them." that's when you know
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  • That's when you know you're in love.
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  • You're in love. so as long as you're just
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  • So as long as you're just crazy about them, good luck.
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  • Crazy about them, good luck. but when they can drive you
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  • But when they can drive you crazy and you stay in love,
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  • Crazy and you stay in love, you got it.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • You got it.
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  • [applause]
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  • You want a business
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  • You want a business worth having?
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  • Worth having? perseverance is required.
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  • Perseverance is required. just because you decide
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  • Just because you decide to be successful does
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  • To be successful does not mean the world will step
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  • Not mean the world will step back and give you
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  • Back and give you the keys to the kingdom.
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  • The keys to the kingdom. you wanna be successful?
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  • You wanna be successful? persevere.
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  • Persevere. you have to be willing to work
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  • You have to be willing to work like no one else will work.
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  • Like no one else will work. you won't graduate in may
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  • You won't graduate in may and be a ceo in september.
  • 00:09:37.603 --> 00:09:40.640
  • And be a ceo in september. that takes time.
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  • That takes time. you have to willingly,
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  • You have to willingly, consistently produce what people
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  • Consistently produce what people cannot live without and then
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  • Cannot live without and then over time, you'll be a success.
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  • Over time, you'll be a success. is it easy?
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  • Is it easy? no, but no one said it would be.
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  • No, but no one said it would be. but if you're going
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  • But if you're going to have something worth having,
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  • To have something worth having, you've got to persevere.
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  • You've got to persevere. this is pastor hagee's 68th
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  • This is pastor hagee's 68th year in ministry.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • That's not a fluke,
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  • That's not a fluke, that's not luck,
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  • That's not luck, that's not destiny,
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  • That's not destiny, that's not fate,
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  • That's not fate, it's a testimony
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  • It's a testimony to perseverance.
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  • To perseverance. perseverance that refuses
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  • Perseverance that refuses to compromise the truth when
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  • To compromise the truth when the world ridicules you for it.
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  • The world ridicules you for it. perseverance that is willing
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  • Perseverance that is willing to stand up and speak up
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  • To stand up and speak up even when it's not
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  • Even when it's not popular to do so.
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  • Popular to do so. perseverance that will hold on
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  • Perseverance that will hold on to the promises of god and say,
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  • To the promises of god and say, "if god be for me,
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  • "if god be for me, who can be against me?"
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  • Who can be against me?" perseverance that will press
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  • Perseverance that will press through when powers
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  • Through when powers and principalities attack you
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  • And principalities attack you and try to destroy you.
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  • And try to destroy you. perseverance that declares
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  • Perseverance that declares in generation after generation,
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  • In generation after generation, year after year,
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  • Year after year, decade after decade,
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  • Decade after decade, "i am not ashamed
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  • "i am not ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ
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  • Of the gospel of jesus christ because it is still the
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  • Because it is still the power of god unto salvation."
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  • Power of god unto salvation." it requires perseverance,
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  • It requires perseverance, but the more you persevere,
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  • But the more you persevere, the more you press on,
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  • The more you press on, the more god proves
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  • The more god proves he is faithful.
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  • He is faithful. and he who began
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  • And he who began a good work in you,
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  • A good work in you, he is faithful to complete it
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  • He is faithful to complete it even to the day
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  • Even to the day of christ jesus.
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  • Of christ jesus. give the lord
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  • Give the lord a hand clap of praise.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • The signs
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  • Jesus told us to watch for
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  • Are no longer whispering.
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  • They are shouting.
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  • In this powerful new book
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  • You will discover seven
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  • Prophetic signs
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  • Unfolding right now.
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  • You will see how
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  • Today's headlines
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  • Were written in scripture
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  • Thousands of years ago.
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  • Know the timeline.
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  • Understand the hour.
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  • Midnight is near
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  • With your gift of any amount.
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  • We want to send you
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  • God's prophetic clock.
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  • Seven signs
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  • For the end of days.
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  • A guide to help you understand
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  • The hour we are living in.
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  • And when you give $175 or more.
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  • We will also include
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  • Nine biblical principles
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  • For judging prophecy.
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  • The prophecy, study, bible
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  • And bible tabs.
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  • Powerful tools designed
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  • To help you
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  • Rightly divide
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  • And deeply understand
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  • The word of god.
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  • History is accelerating.
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  • The king is coming.
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  • Call the number on your screen.
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  • Scan the qr code or go to
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  • Jhm.org/clock
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • I wanna spend the balance
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  • I wanna spend the balance of this message giving you
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  • Of this message giving you a definition of perseverance.
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  • A definition of perseverance. because when you use
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  • Because when you use the term "persevere,"
  • 00:12:16.462 --> 00:12:17.396
  • The term "persevere," people have a broad spectrum
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  • People have a broad spectrum of what they think it means.
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  • Of what they think it means. some people will believe
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  • Some people will believe that you're going to have
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  • That you're going to have to persevere through
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  • To persevere through easter lunch
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  • Easter lunch with your relatives.
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  • With your relatives. that's not perseverance.
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  • That's not perseverance. it might be an irritation,
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  • It might be an irritation, but it's not perseverance.
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  • But it's not perseverance. perseverance is much deeper
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  • Perseverance is much deeper than that.
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  • Than that. perseverance is made-up
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  • Perseverance is made-up of three words when put together
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  • Of three words when put together give you the definition.
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  • Give you the definition. those three words
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  • Those three words are discipline,
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  • Are discipline, duty, and devotion.
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  • Duty, and devotion. not just one part of them,
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  • Not just one part of them, but all three of them.
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  • But all three of them. discipline, duty, and devotion.
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  • Discipline, duty, and devotion. the first part
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  • The first part of perseverance is discipline.
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  • Of perseverance is discipline. what does the bible have
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  • What does the bible have to say about discipline?
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  • To say about discipline? proverbs 25:28,
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  • Proverbs 25:28, "whoever has no rule over
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  • "whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city
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  • His own spirit is like a city with broken down walls."
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  • With broken down walls." that's a statement
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  • That's a statement of discipline,
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  • Of discipline, because in the time
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  • Because in the time of the bible,
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  • Of the bible, the way that you controlled
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  • The way that you controlled or were able to protect
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  • Or were able to protect yourself was by the walls
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  • Yourself was by the walls that went around your city.
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  • That went around your city. and what this verse is saying is
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  • And what this verse is saying is whoever does not have control
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  • Whoever does not have control over his spirit is like
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  • Over his spirit is like a defenseless city.
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  • A defenseless city. if you have no discipline
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  • If you have no discipline in your personal life,
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  • In your personal life, you are easily controlled
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  • You are easily controlled by anything and everything
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  • By anything and everything that comes by.
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  • That comes by. discipline is where you get
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  • Discipline is where you get healthy barriers that give you
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  • Healthy barriers that give you the ability to protect yourself.
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  • The ability to protect yourself. you may not be able
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  • You may not be able to control what goes on
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  • To control what goes on in the world around you,
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  • In the world around you, but if you don't have a barrier,
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  • But if you don't have a barrier, you won't be able to control
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  • You won't be able to control what goes on inside of you.
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  • What goes on inside of you. every area of excess in your
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  • Every area of excess in your life that is out of control
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  • Life that is out of control is an area without discipline,
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  • Is an area without discipline, and without discipline,
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  • And without discipline, it has the power
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  • It has the power to destroy you.
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  • To destroy you. without discipline in
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  • Without discipline in your physical body,
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  • Your physical body, you'll suffer in your health.
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  • You'll suffer in your health. without discipline in
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  • Without discipline in your financial life,
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  • Your financial life, you will always
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  • You will always be a slave to the lender.
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  • Be a slave to the lender. that's the way the bible
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  • That's the way the bible says it.
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  • Says it. what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? without discipline in
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  • Without discipline in your financial life,
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  • Your financial life, visa and mastercard
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  • Visa and mastercard will look forward
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  • Will look forward to your paycheck
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  • To your paycheck more than you will.
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  • More than you will. if they get more
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  • If they get more of it than you do,
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  • Of it than you do, you need some discipline.
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  • You need some discipline. without discipline in
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  • Without discipline in your spiritual life,
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  • Your spiritual life, you won't be able to do
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  • You won't be able to do what the bible says,
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  • What the bible says, "stand in the evil day."
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  • "stand in the evil day." you won't be prepared to fight
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  • You won't be prepared to fight the good fight of faith.
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  • The good fight of faith. talent and money and education
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  • Talent and money and education and opportunity may be yours,
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  • And opportunity may be yours, and those things might get you
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  • And those things might get you to a level of success,
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  • To a level of success, but it will get you to the top,
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  • But it will get you to the top, it won't keep you at the top.
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  • It won't keep you at the top. the only thing that keeps
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  • The only thing that keeps you at the top is discipline.
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  • You at the top is discipline. now to the word discipline,
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  • Now to the word discipline, we need to add the word duty.
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  • We need to add the word duty. and duty means that you
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  • And duty means that you don't do what you want to do,
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  • Don't do what you want to do, it means you do what
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  • It means you do what you ought to do.
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  • You ought to do. if you don't have discipline,
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  • If you don't have discipline, forget doing your duty,
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  • Forget doing your duty, because you're not
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  • Because you're not willing to sacrifice.
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  • Willing to sacrifice. when we hear the word duty,
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  • When we hear the word duty, we're often describing those
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  • We're often describing those who are serving in the military
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  • Who are serving in the military or first responders
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  • Or first responders and law enforcement
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  • And law enforcement who are under command,
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  • Who are under command, protecting and serving
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  • Protecting and serving and carrying out orders.
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  • And carrying out orders. we look at the sacrifices
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  • We look at the sacrifices that they've made and call them
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  • That they've made and call them heroic and valiant and brave.
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  • Heroic and valiant and brave. when you pin the medal on
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  • When you pin the medal on the hero's chest because he did
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  • The hero's chest because he did something that is remarkable,
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  • Something that is remarkable, most of the time,
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  • Most of the time, the individuals
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  • The individuals who receive the medal will say
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  • Who receive the medal will say something humble like,
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  • Something humble like, "i was just doing my duty."
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  • "i was just doing my duty." because from
  • 00:15:35.361 --> 00:15:35.894
  • Because from their perspective,
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  • Their perspective, it's what they ought to do.
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  • It's what they ought to do. duty is what gives you
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  • Duty is what gives you the strength
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  • The strength to make a sacrifice.
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  • To make a sacrifice. it's the price that must
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  • It's the price that must be paid to succeed.
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  • Be paid to succeed. if you think that you can
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  • If you think that you can do duty without discipline,
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  • Do duty without discipline, good luck.
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  • Good luck. no spiritual discipline?
  • 00:15:51.343 --> 00:15:52.711
  • No spiritual discipline? you have a dysfunctional church.
  • 00:15:52.778 --> 00:15:54.013
  • You have a dysfunctional church. no spiritual --
  • 00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:54.747
  • No spiritual -- no personal discipline?
  • 00:15:54.813 --> 00:15:55.848
  • No personal discipline? you have a dysfunctional life.
  • 00:15:55.914 --> 00:15:57.716
  • You have a dysfunctional life. no financial discipline?
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  • No financial discipline? you have
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  • You have dysfunctional resources.
  • 00:15:59.518 --> 00:16:01.453
  • Dysfunctional resources. every one of us have a duty.
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  • Every one of us have a duty. we have a charge to keep.
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  • We have a charge to keep. we are spiritually submitted
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  • We are spiritually submitted to the word of god
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  • To the word of god and to the authority
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  • And to the authority of the holy spirit.
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  • Of the holy spirit. and since we are submitted
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  • And since we are submitted to his authority,
  • 00:16:10.863 --> 00:16:11.697
  • To his authority, we don't get to do
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  • We don't get to do what we want to do,
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  • What we want to do, we have to do what
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  • We have to do what we ought to do.
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  • We ought to do. for every role that you play
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  • For every role that you play in your life,
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  • In your life, there's a duty.
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  • There's a duty. i'm a husband, i'm a father.
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  • I'm a husband, i'm a father. the bible gives me very clear
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  • The bible gives me very clear instructions about what
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  • Instructions about what my responsibilities are.
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  • My responsibilities are. as a father,
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  • As a father, i have a duty to provide,
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  • I have a duty to provide, to protect,
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  • To protect, and to lead my family
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  • And to lead my family in the way of the lord.
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  • In the way of the lord. if i'm going to achieve
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  • If i'm going to achieve my responsibility,
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  • My responsibility, i have to have the discipline
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  • I have to have the discipline to do the work.
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  • To do the work. as a son, i have a duty.
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  • As a son, i have a duty. it's written in the book
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  • It's written in the book of ephesians.
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  • Of ephesians. it says,
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  • It says, "honor your father and mother,
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  • "honor your father and mother, that it may be well with you."
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  • That it may be well with you." i'm 47, i am not out
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  • I'm 47, i am not out from under the duty
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  • From under the duty of honoring my parents.
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  • [applause]
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  • Why do i say that?
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  • Why do i say that? because sometimes people think,
  • 00:17:02.014 --> 00:17:03.449
  • Because sometimes people think, "well i'm an adult now."
  • 00:17:03.515 --> 00:17:06.018
  • "well i'm an adult now." go read the verse.
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  • Go read the verse. it doesn't say honor your mom
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  • It doesn't say honor your mom and dad until you're 18.
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  • And dad until you're 18. it actually says do it
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  • It actually says do it as long as you live.
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  • As long as you live. why?
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  • Why? because they may not
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  • Because they may not be around,
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  • Be around, but you are a representation
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  • But you are a representation of who they are even
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  • Of who they are even when they're gone,
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  • When they're gone, and the way you live
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  • And the way you live is either an honor
  • 00:17:23.902 --> 00:17:24.870
  • Is either an honor or a dishonor to their name.
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  • [applause]
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  • One of the greatest problems
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  • One of the greatest problems we face in this generation
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  • We face in this generation is that there are too many
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  • Is that there are too many people who are only willing
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  • People who are only willing to do what they want to do,
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  • To do what they want to do, but they're not willing
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  • But they're not willing to do what they should do.
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  • To do what they should do. forget perseverance,
  • 00:17:44.623 --> 00:17:48.327
  • Forget perseverance, they just won't even
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  • They just won't even do their responsibility.
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  • Do their responsibility. you need to know that you
  • 00:17:52.531 --> 00:17:53.732
  • You need to know that you will never truly enjoy life
  • 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:55.767
  • Will never truly enjoy life until you're responsible.
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  • Until you're responsible. and the reason that
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  • And the reason that that's the way you're created
  • 00:17:59.338 --> 00:18:01.740
  • That's the way you're created is because god designed you
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  • Is because god designed you to be hardwired
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  • To be hardwired to crave responsibility.
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  • To crave responsibility. look at genesis 2:15,
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  • Look at genesis 2:15, it says,
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  • It says, "and god took man and he placed
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  • "and god took man and he placed him in the garden and told him,
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  • Him in the garden and told him, 'tend it and keep it.'"
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  • 'tend it and keep it.'" he didn't say,
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  • He didn't say, "welcome to heaven's vrbo,
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  • "welcome to heaven's vrbo, check out by 11."
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  • Check out by 11." he said,
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  • He said, "i created all of this for you,
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  • "i created all of this for you, your job is take care of it."
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  • Your job is take care of it." but each and every one of us
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  • But each and every one of us are hardwired
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  • Are hardwired and designed for purpose,
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  • And designed for purpose, and until you are willing
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  • And until you are willing to fulfill that purpose,
  • 00:18:39.111 --> 00:18:40.145
  • To fulfill that purpose, you have a void in your
  • 00:18:40.212 --> 00:18:41.413
  • You have a void in your life that cannot be filled.
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  • Life that cannot be filled. if you wanna see a picture
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  • If you wanna see a picture of someone who was willing
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  • Of someone who was willing to do their duty,
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  • To do their duty, i encourage you to read
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  • I encourage you to read the story of the prophet samuel
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  • The story of the prophet samuel in the old testament.
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  • In the old testament. in 1 samuel 8,
  • 00:18:52.925 --> 00:18:55.727
  • In 1 samuel 8, samuel is not just the prophet,
  • 00:18:55.794 --> 00:18:57.262
  • Samuel is not just the prophet, but he's also the high priest.
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  • But he's also the high priest. this is no small responsibility
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  • This is no small responsibility because as a prophet,
  • 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:02.301
  • Because as a prophet, he is to bring the word
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  • He is to bring the word of the lord to the people,
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  • Of the lord to the people, and as the high priest,
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  • And as the high priest, it's his responsibility
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  • It's his responsibility to bring the needs
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  • To bring the needs of the people to god.
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  • Of the people to god. samuel has a big job to do.
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  • Samuel has a big job to do. but in 1 samuel chapter 8:7,
  • 00:19:14.913 --> 00:19:17.249
  • But in 1 samuel chapter 8:7, samuel gets fired.
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  • Samuel gets fired. israel comes to samuel
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  • Israel comes to samuel and they say,
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  • And they say, "look, we're tired of not
  • 00:19:22.054 --> 00:19:23.322
  • "look, we're tired of not being able to see our king.
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  • Being able to see our king. we're tired of this whole
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  • We're tired of this whole jehovah thing
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  • Jehovah thing and the prophet thing.
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  • And the prophet thing. we want a king that
  • 00:19:29.561 --> 00:19:30.462
  • We want a king that we can touch,
  • 00:19:30.529 --> 00:19:31.196
  • We can touch, that we can see,
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  • That we can see, that we can feel,
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  • That we can feel, that we can build him
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  • That we can build him a palace and put him
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  • A palace and put him on a throne.
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  • On a throne. so go find us
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  • So go find us one who can rule over us.
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  • One who can rule over us. forget everything god did,
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  • Forget everything god did, forget the red sea,
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  • Forget the red sea, and the manna, and the walls
  • 00:19:42.107 --> 00:19:43.342
  • And the manna, and the walls of jericho and all of those
  • 00:19:43.408 --> 00:19:44.610
  • Of jericho and all of those miracles in the past,
  • 00:19:44.676 --> 00:19:46.078
  • Miracles in the past, we're tired of that.
  • 00:19:46.144 --> 00:19:47.045
  • We're tired of that. we want something like
  • 00:19:47.112 --> 00:19:48.013
  • We want something like everybody else has."
  • 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:50.949
  • Everybody else has." so god and samuel
  • 00:19:51.016 --> 00:19:52.351
  • So god and samuel have a conversation
  • 00:19:52.417 --> 00:19:53.518
  • Have a conversation and god tells samuel,
  • 00:19:53.585 --> 00:19:55.087
  • And god tells samuel, "heed the voice of your people."
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  • "heed the voice of your people." he says,
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  • He says, "they haven't rejected you,
  • 00:19:59.424 --> 00:20:01.293
  • "they haven't rejected you, they've rejected me."
  • 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:04.663
  • They've rejected me." now, if i were samuel,
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  • Now, if i were samuel, i would have gone to the people
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  • I would have gone to the people and i would have
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  • And i would have given them a forecast.
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  • Given them a forecast. i would have said,
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  • I would have said, "the weather report is fire
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  • "the weather report is fire and brimstone mixed
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  • And brimstone mixed with a moderate shaking
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  • With a moderate shaking of earthquakes
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  • Of earthquakes and whatever else the almighty
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  • And whatever else the almighty chooses to do.
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  • Chooses to do. peace out."
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  • Peace out." but that's why god didn't
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  • But that's why god didn't put me in that book.
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  • Put me in that book. here's what samuel does.
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  • Here's what samuel does. he's giving his farewell
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  • He's giving his farewell address to the children
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  • Address to the children of israel and he says,
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  • Of israel and he says, "you've asked for a king,
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  • "you've asked for a king, you're gonna have a king."
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  • You're gonna have a king." but in verse 23
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  • But in verse 23 he paints a memorial
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  • He paints a memorial to what duty does.
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  • To what duty does. he says, "but as for me,"
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  • He says, "but as for me," say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "but as for me."
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  • "but as for me." do you hear
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  • Do you hear the personal responsibility
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  • The personal responsibility in that statement?
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  • In that statement? this is on me.
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  • This is on me. i don't care what
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  • I don't care what y'all want to do,
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  • Y'all want to do, this is what i'm gonna do.
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  • This is what i'm gonna do. "as for me,
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  • "as for me, far be it from me that
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  • Far be it from me that i should sin against the lord
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  • I should sin against the lord in ceasing to pray for you."
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  • In ceasing to pray for you." samuel says,
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  • Samuel says, "you're done with me,
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  • "you're done with me, but i'm not done fulfilling
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  • But i'm not done fulfilling my responsibility for you.
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  • My responsibility for you. you don't want me
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  • You don't want me to be the prophet,
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  • To be the prophet, but you didn't make
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  • But you didn't make me a prophet.
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  • Me a prophet. god did.
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  • God did. and as long as god
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  • And as long as god has breath in my lungs,
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  • Has breath in my lungs, i'm going to do what
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  • I'm going to do what he's called and commissioned
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  • He's called and commissioned me to do.
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  • Me to do. you don't want me to be
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  • You don't want me to be the high priest anymore,
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  • The high priest anymore, but you didn't commission
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  • But you didn't commission me into this
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  • Me into this role and responsibility,
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  • Role and responsibility, god did.
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  • God did. so as long as i'm able to,
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  • So as long as i'm able to, i'm going to do what he called
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  • I'm going to do what he called and created me to do.
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  • And created me to do. i'm going to continue to pray
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  • I'm going to continue to pray for you even if you don't
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  • For you even if you don't want me doing the praying.
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  • Want me doing the praying. i'm going to continue
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  • I'm going to continue to intercede for you,
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  • To intercede for you, even if you don't
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  • Even if you don't want me interceding.
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  • Want me interceding. because you didn't give me
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  • Because you didn't give me this responsibility,
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  • This responsibility, god did."
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  • God did." can you serve like that?
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  • Can you serve like that? can you do your duty when
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  • Can you do your duty when other people reject it?
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  • Other people reject it? can you be kind to those
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  • Can you be kind to those who turn their back
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  • Who turn their back on your kindness?
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  • On your kindness? can you give to those who refuse
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  • Can you give to those who refuse to accept your generosity?
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  • To accept your generosity? can you be joyful with those
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  • Can you be joyful with those who respond to you
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  • Who respond to you in bitterness?
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  • In bitterness? 1 corinthians 10 tells us,
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  • 1 corinthians 10 tells us, "whatever you do,
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  • "whatever you do, do it all for
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  • Do it all for the glory of god."
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  • The glory of god." why?
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  • Why? because the people that god
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  • Because the people that god sends you to serve may not
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  • Sends you to serve may not accept what you're sowing,
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  • Accept what you're sowing, but god is watching
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  • But god is watching what you sow,
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  • What you sow, and he's the one who says
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  • And he's the one who says you have a due season.
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  • You have a due season. they don't determine when
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  • They don't determine when your season comes, god does.
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  • Your season comes, god does. and when god sees you do your
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  • And when god sees you do your responsibility and do it
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  • Responsibility and do it with excellence for his glory,
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  • With excellence for his glory, he says,
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  • He says, "due season is on its way."
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  • "due season is on its way." the third element
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  • The third element of perseverance is devotion.
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  • Of perseverance is devotion. you cannot do your duty unless
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  • You cannot do your duty unless you are devoted.
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  • You are devoted. you cannot be disciplined
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  • You cannot be disciplined unless you are devoted.
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  • Unless you are devoted. and devotion is where
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  • And devotion is where the passion of your
  • 00:22:56.368 --> 00:22:57.436
  • The passion of your purpose comes from.
  • 00:22:57.502 --> 00:22:59.905
  • Purpose comes from. if you're not devoted to it,
  • 00:22:59.971 --> 00:23:02.541
  • If you're not devoted to it, you won't consistently
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  • You won't consistently keep at it.
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  • Keep at it. and so today,
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  • And so today, if you wanna qualify
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  • If you wanna qualify for due season,
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  • For due season, i want you to know
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  • I want you to know what it takes.
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  • What it takes. perseverance.
  • 00:23:14.486 --> 00:23:16.288
  • Perseverance. and perseverance means
  • 00:23:16.354 --> 00:23:17.355
  • And perseverance means that you have discipline,
  • 00:23:17.422 --> 00:23:19.825
  • That you have discipline, duty, and devotion.
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  • Duty, and devotion. and god promised to you that
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  • And god promised to you that if you persevere in due season,
  • 00:23:26.665 --> 00:23:31.803
  • If you persevere in due season, you will reap
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  • You will reap if you do not lose heart.
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  • If you do not lose heart. my prayer for you is that
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  • My prayer for you is that your dreams come true
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  • Your dreams come true in due season because god
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  • In due season because god is faithful to keep
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  • Is faithful to keep every promise that
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  • Every promise that he has ever made.
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  • He has ever made. if you believe that,
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  • If you believe that, give the lord
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  • Give the lord a handclap of praise.
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  • [applause]
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  • Would you stand?
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  • Would you stand? heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, we come before you today,
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  • We come before you today, and we thank you that
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  • And we thank you that every word and every letter
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  • Every word and every letter is true.
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  • Is true. that every promise
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  • That every promise that you have made
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  • That you have made is alive and powerful.
  • 00:24:11.243 --> 00:24:14.446
  • Is alive and powerful. and so today we stand
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  • And so today we stand in this sanctuary
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  • In this sanctuary and do not take this
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  • And do not take this moment for granted,
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  • Moment for granted, but we've come to worship,
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  • But we've come to worship, and to honor and to adore,
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  • And to honor and to adore, not only what we have
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  • Not only what we have seen you do,
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  • Seen you do, but what we believe
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  • But what we believe for in our future.
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  • For in our future. you promised those
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  • You promised those who are faithful and obedient
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  • Who are faithful and obedient to your word that there
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  • To your word that there is a due season.
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  • Is a due season. you promised that everything
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  • You promised that everything that they have sown,
  • 00:24:37.135 --> 00:24:38.203
  • That they have sown, they will someday reap.
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  • They will someday reap. you promised, heavenly father
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  • You promised, heavenly father that whenever that season comes,
  • 00:24:41.706 --> 00:24:44.042
  • That whenever that season comes, there wouldn't be any plague
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  • There wouldn't be any plague or any form of any bondage
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  • Or any form of any bondage that would ever take it away.
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  • That would ever take it away. you said you would rebuke
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  • You said you would rebuke the devourer for our sake.
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  • The devourer for our sake. so today, in jesus' name,
  • 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:58.857
  • So today, in jesus' name, i'm declaring a due season
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  • I'm declaring a due season in the lives of those
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  • In the lives of those who've been faithful.
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  • Who've been faithful. i'm declaring a due season in
  • 00:25:03.295 --> 00:25:04.829
  • I'm declaring a due season in the lives of those
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  • The lives of those who have persevered.
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  • Who have persevered. i'm declaring a due season
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  • I'm declaring a due season for those who are searching
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  • For those who are searching for physical healing,
  • 00:25:10.368 --> 00:25:11.536
  • For physical healing, for financial resources,
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  • For financial resources, for the restoration
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  • For the restoration of a broken home
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  • Of a broken home or a broken heart.
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  • Or a broken heart. whatever it happens to be, lord,
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  • Whatever it happens to be, lord, you know exactly what it is
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  • You know exactly what it is and when that season starts.
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  • And when that season starts. and i'm asking in jesus' name
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  • And i'm asking in jesus' name that you would indeed make
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  • That you would indeed make a way even when there
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  • A way even when there seems to be no way,
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  • Seems to be no way, because you are the god who
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  • Because you are the god who can and will do all things well.
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  • Can and will do all things well. we receive it in jesus' name.
  • 00:25:36.294 --> 00:25:38.930
  • We receive it in jesus' name. all of god's children said,
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  • All of god's children said, "praise the lord."
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  • "praise the lord." give the lord a hand clap
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  • Give the lord a hand clap and a shout of praise
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  • And a shout of praise in this house today.
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  • [applause]
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  • I want to thank you
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  • I want to thank you for joining us
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  • For joining us for today's program.
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  • For today's program. i pray that you were blessed
  • 00:25:49.908 --> 00:25:50.875
  • I pray that you were blessed and encouraged
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  • And encouraged by the word of the lord.
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  • By the word of the lord. and i want you to remember that
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  • And i want you to remember that every promise is alive,
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  • Every promise is alive, powerful and true.
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  • If you have a dream,
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  • If you have a dream, write that dream down
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  • Write that dream down and then pray over it
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  • And then pray over it according to god's word
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  • According to god's word and see those promises
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  • And see those promises come to pass in your life.
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