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Matt Hagee - We've Got Work To Do

May 22, 2025 | 27:29

Matt Hagee - We've Got Work To Do
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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - We've Got Work To Do | May 22, 2025
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  • Pastor matt hagee: when you
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  • Pastor matt hagee: when you read the bible,
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  • Read the bible, you need to understand that
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  • You need to understand that predicated on the chapter
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  • Predicated on the chapter and verse you're looking at,
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  • And verse you're looking at, it's a piece of a puzzle
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  • It's a piece of a puzzle that connects to a
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  • That connects to a bigger picture.
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  • Bigger picture. when people say to me that
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  • When people say to me that they've read the bible through
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  • They've read the bible through from cover to cover,
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  • From cover to cover, i appreciate and can
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  • I appreciate and can be impressed by the effort,
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  • Be impressed by the effort, but i also am concerned because
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  • But i also am concerned because there are pieces and parts
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  • There are pieces and parts of the bible that if you
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  • Of the bible that if you read it from page 1
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  • Read it from page 1 all the way to page 1,287
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  • All the way to page 1,287 or however many pages
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  • Or however many pages you've got in yours,
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  • You've got in yours, from genesis to maps,
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  • From genesis to maps, you've looked at different
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  • You've looked at different parts of the puzzle
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  • Parts of the puzzle at different times,
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  • At different times, and might not have
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  • And might not have a very clear picture.
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  • A very clear picture. so, when you open
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  • So, when you open a book like haggai,
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  • A book like haggai, he's just two chapters.
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  • He's just two chapters. and you read those two chapters,
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  • And you read those two chapters, and you wonder to yourself,
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  • And you wonder to yourself, "what is this doing here?"
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  • "what is this doing here?" it's a piece that doesn't fit.
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  • It's a piece that doesn't fit. but what you need to understand
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  • But what you need to understand is that every piece of god's
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  • Is that every piece of god's puzzle fits perfectly together
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  • Puzzle fits perfectly together with god's plan because
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  • With god's plan because he's the one that wants us
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  • He's the one that wants us to get the big picture.
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  • To get the big picture. haggai is just
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  • Haggai is just a piece of the puzzle.
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  • A piece of the puzzle. what do we connect him with?
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  • What do we connect him with? we should connect him
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  • We should connect him with the book of ezra because
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  • With the book of ezra because ezra is a priest
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  • Ezra is a priest and a scribe who,
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  • And a scribe who, during the babylonian captivity,
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  • During the babylonian captivity, wrote down the history
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  • Wrote down the history of what was happening so
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  • Of what was happening so that he would have a job
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  • That he would have a job to do in the land
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  • To do in the land of a foreign king.
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  • Of a foreign king. you say,
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  • You say, "well, what do you mean?"
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  • "well, what do you mean?" well, ezra was a priest
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  • Well, ezra was a priest over here in jerusalem.
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  • Over here in jerusalem. ezra's a scribe.
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  • Ezra's a scribe. he's a priest unto the lord.
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  • He's a priest unto the lord. nebuchadnezzar comes,
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  • Nebuchadnezzar comes, and he takes ezra,
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  • And he takes ezra, and he takes daniel,
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  • And he takes daniel, and they're young men,
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  • And they're young men, they're teenage men,
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  • They're teenage men, and they go all the way
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  • And they go all the way from jerusalem over
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  • From jerusalem over here to babylon.
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  • Here to babylon. and when they get to babylon,
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  • And when they get to babylon, the babylonians ask ezra,
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  • The babylonians ask ezra, "what do you do?"
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  • "what do you do?" he says, "i'm a priest
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  • He says, "i'm a priest to the god of abraham, isaac,
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  • To the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob."
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  • And jacob." he says,
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  • He says, "those positions are filled,
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  • "those positions are filled, we don't need any."
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  • We don't need any." now, when you're not needed
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  • Now, when you're not needed in a new kingdom,
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  • In a new kingdom, guess what happens?
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  • Guess what happens? you get the axe.
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  • You get the axe. and we're not talking about
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  • And we're not talking about let go from hr,
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  • Let go from hr, we're talking
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  • We're talking about a literal axe.
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  • About a literal axe. so, ezra tells the babylonians,
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  • So, ezra tells the babylonians, "what i mean is i'm a historian.
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  • "what i mean is i'm a historian. i write down important details,
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  • I write down important details, so please allow me to serve
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  • So please allow me to serve in your kingdom writing
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  • In your kingdom writing down history."
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  • Down history." so, ezra in jerusalem
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  • So, ezra in jerusalem is a priest,
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  • Is a priest, but ezra in babylon
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  • But ezra in babylon is a historian.
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  • Is a historian. and ezra starts writing down
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  • And ezra starts writing down some facts that help us paint
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  • Some facts that help us paint the big picture
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  • The big picture of this puzzle of haggai.
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  • Of this puzzle of haggai. one, for example,
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  • One, for example, he tells us who
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  • He tells us who haggai's talking to.
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  • Haggai's talking to. he's talking to zerubbabel
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  • He's talking to zerubbabel and joshua.
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  • And joshua. zerubbabel is the head
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  • Zerubbabel is the head of the government.
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  • Of the government. he was given authority
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  • He was given authority by king cyrus to go
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  • By king cyrus to go into the land of israel,
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  • Into the land of israel, back to jerusalem,
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  • Back to jerusalem, and rebuild the temple.
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  • And rebuild the temple. joshua, he was the priest
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  • Joshua, he was the priest who was over the proper
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  • Who was over the proper process in which the temple
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  • Process in which the temple was going to be made.
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  • Was going to be made. we read these verses in ezra
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  • We read these verses in ezra starting in the first chapter,
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  • Starting in the first chapter, the first verse
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  • The first verse and the second verse.
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  • And the second verse. there we read.
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  • There we read. "now in the first year of cyrus,
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  • "now in the first year of cyrus, king of persia,
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  • King of persia, the word of the lord
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  • The word of the lord might be fulfilled that stirred
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  • Might be fulfilled that stirred up the spirit of cyrus
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  • Up the spirit of cyrus so that he made a proclamation."
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  • So that he made a proclamation." what was the proclamation?
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  • What was the proclamation? read verse 2.
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  • Read verse 2. in verse 2, it says,
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  • In verse 2, it says, "thus says cyrus,
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  • "thus says cyrus, king of persia,
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  • King of persia, all the kingdoms of the earth
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  • All the kingdoms of the earth the lord god of heaven
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  • The lord god of heaven has given me,
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  • Has given me, and he has commanded me
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  • And he has commanded me to build him a house
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  • To build him a house at jerusalem,
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  • At jerusalem, which is in judah."
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  • Which is in judah." cyrus is a pagan, godless man.
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  • Cyrus is a pagan, godless man. cyrus is a killer.
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  • Cyrus is a killer. cyrus is not a nice person.
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  • Cyrus is not a nice person. cyrus is a threat
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  • Cyrus is a threat to babylonians.
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  • To babylonians. not democracies,
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  • Not democracies, but babylonians.
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  • But babylonians. and yet, god uses
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  • And yet, god uses this evil person with such
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  • This evil person with such a godless heart.
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  • A godless heart. why?
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  • Why? because it doesn't matter
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  • Because it doesn't matter if you're in jerusalem,
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  • If you're in jerusalem, it doesn't matter
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  • It doesn't matter if you're in babylon,
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  • If you're in babylon, it doesn't matter if you're
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  • It doesn't matter if you're someplace in between,
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  • Someplace in between, god is still god because
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  • God is still god because he is higher than the highest
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  • He is higher than the highest and he is greater
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  • And he is greater than the greatest,
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  • Than the greatest, and he can do above
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  • And he can do above and beyond anything you
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  • And beyond anything you can ask, think, or imagine.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, after 70 years,
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  • So, after 70 years, the children of israel,
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  • The children of israel, under cyrus,
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  • Under cyrus, are allowed to return
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  • Are allowed to return to jerusalem and zerubbabel is
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  • To jerusalem and zerubbabel is going to head up the coalition,
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  • Going to head up the coalition, and joshua is going to head up
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  • And joshua is going to head up the religious aspect of it.
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  • The religious aspect of it. and they go back to jerusalem,
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  • And they go back to jerusalem, and the bible tells us
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  • And the bible tells us that while they were there,
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  • That while they were there, when they first get back,
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  • When they first get back, they lay the foundation
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  • They lay the foundation of the temple.
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  • Of the temple. ezra 2:2 says the people who
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  • Ezra 2:2 says the people who went back to rebuild the house
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  • Went back to rebuild the house of the lord were zerubbabel,
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  • Of the lord were zerubbabel, joshua, and nehemiah.
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  • Joshua, and nehemiah. we've heard of them.
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  • We've heard of them. ezra 3:10,
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  • Ezra 3:10, it says,
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  • It says, "and they laid the foundation
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  • "and they laid the foundation of the temple."
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  • Of the temple." and then in haggai 1,
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  • And then in haggai 1, haggai comes to joshua
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  • Haggai comes to joshua and zerubbabel,
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  • And zerubbabel, and he gives them a word
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  • And he gives them a word of warning.
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  • Of warning. haggai 1:5.
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  • Haggai 1:5. he says,
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  • He says, "consider your ways."
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  • "consider your ways." and then in verses 6, 7, and 8,
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  • And then in verses 6, 7, and 8, he makes sure that they
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  • He makes sure that they understand what their
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  • Understand what their ways are doing.
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  • Ways are doing. and then he repeats himself,
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  • And then he repeats himself, he says, "consider your ways."
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  • He says, "consider your ways." he's a prophet of god
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  • He's a prophet of god and he's waking up god's people.
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  • And he's waking up god's people. god didn't send his word
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  • God didn't send his word to the unrighteous,
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  • To the unrighteous, he sent his word
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  • He sent his word to the righteous.
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  • To the righteous. so many times we want god
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  • So many times we want god to send a word to people that
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  • To send a word to people that we know need the word.
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  • We know need the word. "oh, i wish they were
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  • "oh, i wish they were here to hear what
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  • Here to hear what was said in church today."
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  • Was said in church today." how many of you
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  • How many of you know somebody --
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  • Know somebody -- you would never think
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  • You would never think this way because y'all
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  • This way because y'all aren't these type of people.
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  • Aren't these type of people. but you know somebody that
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  • But you know somebody that whenever they hear something,
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  • Whenever they hear something, they go, "oh, that's so good.
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  • They go, "oh, that's so good. i wish they were here,
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  • I wish they were here, that is for them."
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  • That is for them." you know somebody who knows
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  • You know somebody who knows that everything's
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  • That everything's for somebody else?
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  • For somebody else? anybody?
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  • Anybody? guess what?
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  • Guess what? god didn't send his
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  • God didn't send his word to them,
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  • Word to them, he sent his word to you.
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  • [applause]
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  • And haggai comes to them
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  • And haggai comes to them in haggai 1 and he says,
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  • In haggai 1 and he says, "consider your ways."
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  • "consider your ways." he said,
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  • He said, "you've built your house,
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  • "you've built your house, but you haven't
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  • But you haven't built god's house."
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  • Built god's house." he says,
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  • He says, "is it a proper thing
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  • "is it a proper thing for your house to be arrayed
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  • For your house to be arrayed in fine linen
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  • In fine linen and god's house lays in ruin?
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  • And god's house lays in ruin? consider your ways.
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  • Consider your ways. he says,
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  • He says, "you've sown much
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  • "you've sown much but you've gathered little."
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  • But you've gathered little." put it in modern terms,
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  • Put it in modern terms, "you're working 70 hours a week
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  • "you're working 70 hours a week but it's still not enough.
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  • But it's still not enough. consider your ways.
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  • Consider your ways. you've eaten the finest foods,
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  • You've eaten the finest foods, and you've drank but you're not
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  • And you've drank but you're not full nor are you satisfied.
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  • Full nor are you satisfied. consider your ways.
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  • Consider your ways. you've got the finest clothes
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  • You've got the finest clothes but you're still not warm.
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  • But you're still not warm. and he's telling them very
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  • And he's telling them very clearly the reason that you do
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  • Clearly the reason that you do not enjoy the life you live
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  • Not enjoy the life you live is not because you don't
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  • Is not because you don't have material possessions,
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  • Have material possessions, it's not because you don't
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  • It's not because you don't have subscriptions
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  • Have subscriptions and the latest downloads,
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  • And the latest downloads, it's not because you don't
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  • It's not because you don't have 500 opportunities
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  • Have 500 opportunities to watch every football game
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  • To watch every football game on every device you have
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  • On every device you have in every house you live in.
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  • In every house you live in. it's not because
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  • It's not because of the stuff you lack.
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  • Of the stuff you lack. it's because you're doing your
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  • It's because you're doing your thing and not god's thing.
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  • Thing and not god's thing. god didn't send those people
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  • God didn't send those people back to build their house,
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  • Back to build their house, he sent them back
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  • He sent them back to build his house.
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  • To build his house. and this isn't just isolated
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  • And this isn't just isolated with joshua and zerubbabel.
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  • With joshua and zerubbabel. when jesus came to the earth,
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  • When jesus came to the earth, what did he tell his disciples
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  • What did he tell his disciples at the temple on --
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  • At the temple on -- at the sermon on the mount?
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  • At the sermon on the mount? he said, "seek ye first," what?
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  • He said, "seek ye first," what? "the kingdom and his
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  • "the kingdom and his righteousness and then all
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  • Righteousness and then all of these things shall
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  • Of these things shall be added unto you."
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  • Be added unto you." you see,
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  • You see, life is not only built
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  • Life is not only built upon personal responsibility,
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  • Upon personal responsibility, but life is built
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  • But life is built upon proper priority.
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  • Upon proper priority. and whenever you have a priority
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  • And whenever you have a priority that is higher than the kingdom,
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  • That is higher than the kingdom, that is going to be the kingdom
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  • That is going to be the kingdom that you serve,
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  • That you serve, but when your priority
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  • But when your priority is the king above kings
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  • Is the king above kings and the lord above lords,
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  • And the lord above lords, he promises you
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  • He promises you that you're not only
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  • That you're not only going to live in the good
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  • Going to live in the good of the land but your children
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  • Of the land but your children and your grandchildren
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  • And your grandchildren are gonna be blessed
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  • Are gonna be blessed and that his hand is going
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  • And that his hand is going to be upon you,
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  • To be upon you, his angels are gonna
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  • His angels are gonna go before you,
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  • Go before you, no weapon formed against
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  • No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
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  • You shall prosper, when you have a need,
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  • When you have a need, he's going to supply it above
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  • He's going to supply it above and beyond your
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  • And beyond your ability to contain it.
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  • Ability to contain it. it'll be pressed down,
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  • It'll be pressed down, it'll be shaken together,
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  • It'll be shaken together, it'll be running over.
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  • It'll be running over. when they come against you
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  • When they come against you in one direction,
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  • In one direction, they're gonna flee
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  • They're gonna flee from you in seven directions
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  • From you in seven directions because if the lord
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  • Because if the lord thy god is with you,
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  • Thy god is with you, no weapon formed shall prosper.
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  • [applause]
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  • Seven powerful words
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  • That resonate through time.
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  • You are the light of the world.
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  • As believers,
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  • We are commissioned to be light
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  • In a world
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  • Surrounded in darkness,
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  • Pain and loss.
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  • Now is the time to stand up,
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  • Speak out and shine
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  • Brightly for jesus.
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  • To help you in this journey
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  • Darkness to destiny
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  • Power in a dark world.
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  • We will also send you
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  • The “don't whine, shine”
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  • Matthew 5:16 magnet
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  • As well as the brand new,
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Candle and accompanying
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Matches, to continue
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  • To strengthen
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  • You as you
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  • Step into new levels of victory
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  • Every day.
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  • Call the number on screen
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  • Or go to jhm.org/light
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  • But so often,
  • 00:10:28.455 --> 00:10:29.156
  • But so often, we wanna claim the promise
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  • We wanna claim the promise without doing what the provider
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  • Without doing what the provider has asked.
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  • Has asked. and joshua and zerubbabel,
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  • And joshua and zerubbabel, they started building
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  • They started building but they stopped.
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  • But they stopped. sixteen years later,
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  • Sixteen years later, haggai comes and says,
  • 00:10:43.470 --> 00:10:44.438
  • Haggai comes and says, "why did you quit?"
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  • "why did you quit?" and they've got some very good
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  • And they've got some very good reasons why they quit.
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  • Reasons why they quit. there was some zoning ordinances
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  • There was some zoning ordinances that they didn't know
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  • That they didn't know about before they began.
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  • About before they began. the zoning ordinances
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  • The zoning ordinances are found in ezra 4.
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  • Are found in ezra 4. children of israel, under cyrus,
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  • Children of israel, under cyrus, one of the kings of persia,
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  • One of the kings of persia, are sent to jerusalem.
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  • Are sent to jerusalem. they start to build.
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  • They start to build. the people who had been
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  • The people who had been here for 70 years
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  • Here for 70 years from nebuchadnezzar's kingdom
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  • From nebuchadnezzar's kingdom and now the persian kingdom
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  • And now the persian kingdom recognize that when jews
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  • Recognize that when jews start building a temple,
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  • Start building a temple, it's controversial.
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  • It's controversial. people watch cnn today
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  • People watch cnn today and they're like,
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  • And they're like, "what's the big deal?"
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  • "what's the big deal?" it's been a big deal
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  • It's been a big deal for a long time, folks.
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  • For a long time, folks. and so, they start
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  • And so, they start writing letters.
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  • Writing letters. and if you really wanna
  • 00:11:40.494 --> 00:11:41.061
  • And if you really wanna get down to it,
  • 00:11:41.128 --> 00:11:41.828
  • Get down to it, they kinda use misinformation
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  • They kinda use misinformation in these letters.
  • 00:11:45.132 --> 00:11:47.601
  • In these letters. you might call it fake news.
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  • [laughter]
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  • It could be considered
  • 00:11:51.138 --> 00:11:51.705
  • It could be considered gaslighting or racist bias.
  • 00:11:51.772 --> 00:12:00.147
  • Gaslighting or racist bias. they say things like,
  • 00:12:00.213 --> 00:12:02.048
  • They say things like, "these right-wing nationalists."
  • 00:12:02.115 --> 00:12:06.686
  • "these right-wing nationalists." and if you can't find that
  • 00:12:06.753 --> 00:12:07.721
  • And if you can't find that in your bible,
  • 00:12:07.788 --> 00:12:08.722
  • In your bible, it's in my bible in ezra 4:6.
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  • [laughter]
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  • It says that they write
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  • It says that they write a letter to king artaxerxes,
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  • A letter to king artaxerxes, and here's what they say,
  • 00:12:17.664 --> 00:12:18.765
  • And here's what they say, "jews have come to jerusalem."
  • 00:12:18.832 --> 00:12:22.569
  • "jews have come to jerusalem." and it says,
  • 00:12:22.636 --> 00:12:23.103
  • And it says, "and they're building,
  • 00:12:23.170 --> 00:12:24.437
  • "and they're building, a rebellious and evil city."
  • 00:12:24.504 --> 00:12:26.673
  • A rebellious and evil city." notice how they snuck their
  • 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:27.941
  • Notice how they snuck their opinion into the work that
  • 00:12:28.008 --> 00:12:29.309
  • Opinion into the work that was actually being done?
  • 00:12:29.376 --> 00:12:31.611
  • Was actually being done? and then it says,
  • 00:12:31.678 --> 00:12:32.212
  • And then it says, "if they finish the walls,"
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  • "if they finish the walls," well, why would they start
  • 00:12:33.613 --> 00:12:34.347
  • Well, why would they start a building unless they're
  • 00:12:34.414 --> 00:12:35.215
  • A building unless they're gonna finish the walls?
  • 00:12:35.282 --> 00:12:37.651
  • Gonna finish the walls? "and they repair
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  • "and they repair the foundations,
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  • The foundations, we believe,"
  • 00:12:40.253 --> 00:12:41.955
  • We believe," now they're putting more
  • 00:12:42.022 --> 00:12:43.323
  • Now they're putting more than just their opinion on it,
  • 00:12:43.390 --> 00:12:44.457
  • Than just their opinion on it, they're trying to shape
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  • They're trying to shape the perspective of the king.
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  • The perspective of the king. "that whenever
  • 00:12:47.327 --> 00:12:47.961
  • "that whenever they do this,
  • 00:12:48.028 --> 00:12:48.695
  • They do this, they're going to make
  • 00:12:48.762 --> 00:12:49.262
  • They're going to make trouble for you,
  • 00:12:49.329 --> 00:12:50.330
  • Trouble for you, and so we suggest that you
  • 00:12:50.397 --> 00:12:51.765
  • And so we suggest that you tell them they should stop."
  • 00:12:51.832 --> 00:12:54.701
  • Tell them they should stop." now, here's the truth,
  • 00:12:54.768 --> 00:12:55.669
  • Now, here's the truth, if these local bureaucrats
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  • If these local bureaucrats down here could have
  • 00:12:57.370 --> 00:12:58.371
  • Down here could have made zerubbabel and joshua stop,
  • 00:12:58.438 --> 00:13:00.473
  • Made zerubbabel and joshua stop, they would have stopped
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  • They would have stopped them all by themselves,
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  • Them all by themselves, but because they don't
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  • But because they don't have the strength
  • 00:13:02.776 --> 00:13:03.310
  • Have the strength to do what they wanted to do,
  • 00:13:03.376 --> 00:13:04.344
  • To do what they wanted to do, they wanted to send an
  • 00:13:04.411 --> 00:13:04.945
  • They wanted to send an emergency order back
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  • Emergency order back to headquarters
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  • To headquarters and tell the king,
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  • And tell the king, "here's a bunch of stuff
  • 00:13:08.381 --> 00:13:09.015
  • "here's a bunch of stuff that's really not going on,
  • 00:13:09.082 --> 00:13:10.016
  • That's really not going on, but we think if you
  • 00:13:10.083 --> 00:13:10.584
  • But we think if you don't stop it,
  • 00:13:10.650 --> 00:13:11.318
  • Don't stop it, it could get bad for us."
  • 00:13:11.384 --> 00:13:12.886
  • It could get bad for us." and so, the king reads
  • 00:13:12.953 --> 00:13:13.620
  • And so, the king reads the letter,
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  • The letter, and the king's
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  • And the king's name is artaxerxes,
  • 00:13:15.155 --> 00:13:16.189
  • Name is artaxerxes, and artaxerxes writes
  • 00:13:16.256 --> 00:13:17.057
  • And artaxerxes writes back to them in ezra 4:21-22.
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  • Back to them in ezra 4:21-22. he says, "make these men cease.
  • 00:13:21.027 --> 00:13:23.196
  • He says, "make these men cease. this city will not be built
  • 00:13:23.263 --> 00:13:24.431
  • This city will not be built until the command
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  • Until the command is given by me.
  • 00:13:25.232 --> 00:13:26.032
  • Is given by me. make sure you do not
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  • Make sure you do not fail me in this."
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  • Fail me in this." now, when the kings says,
  • 00:13:30.437 --> 00:13:31.238
  • Now, when the kings says, "do not fail me in this,"
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  • "do not fail me in this," guess what?
  • 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:34.441
  • Guess what? you've got a cease and desist
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  • You've got a cease and desist order on your building project.
  • 00:13:35.308 --> 00:13:37.777
  • Order on your building project. but haggai comes to joshua
  • 00:13:37.844 --> 00:13:39.212
  • But haggai comes to joshua and zerubbabel,
  • 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:39.846
  • And zerubbabel, and he says,
  • 00:13:39.913 --> 00:13:40.380
  • And he says, "why'd you quit?"
  • 00:13:40.447 --> 00:13:42.816
  • "why'd you quit?" and joshua and zerubbabel say,
  • 00:13:42.883 --> 00:13:43.783
  • And joshua and zerubbabel say, "well, we quit because the king
  • 00:13:43.850 --> 00:13:46.486
  • "well, we quit because the king said that we shouldn't do it."
  • 00:13:46.553 --> 00:13:50.757
  • Said that we shouldn't do it." and haggai tells them
  • 00:13:50.824 --> 00:13:52.893
  • And haggai tells them in haggai 2:4,
  • 00:13:52.959 --> 00:13:55.729
  • In haggai 2:4, "be strong and work."
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  • "be strong and work." it doesn't matter
  • 00:14:01.735 --> 00:14:02.269
  • It doesn't matter who's against you.
  • 00:14:02.335 --> 00:14:04.571
  • Who's against you. it doesn't matter what
  • 00:14:04.638 --> 00:14:05.238
  • It doesn't matter what they've said about you.
  • 00:14:05.305 --> 00:14:07.374
  • They've said about you. it doesn't matter how
  • 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:08.074
  • It doesn't matter how they've threatened you.
  • 00:14:08.141 --> 00:14:10.577
  • They've threatened you. if what you're doing
  • 00:14:10.644 --> 00:14:11.244
  • If what you're doing is what god has
  • 00:14:11.311 --> 00:14:11.978
  • Is what god has called you to do,
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  • Called you to do, do it anyway.
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  • [applause]
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  • You see, joshua
  • 00:14:21.821 --> 00:14:22.555
  • You see, joshua and zerubbabel had allowed
  • 00:14:22.622 --> 00:14:25.225
  • And zerubbabel had allowed the opinion of others
  • 00:14:25.292 --> 00:14:26.326
  • The opinion of others to cause them to forget what
  • 00:14:26.393 --> 00:14:27.694
  • To cause them to forget what god sent them out to do.
  • 00:14:27.761 --> 00:14:29.362
  • God sent them out to do. joshua and zerubbabel
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  • Joshua and zerubbabel had decided that it would
  • 00:14:30.830 --> 00:14:32.098
  • Had decided that it would be better to go along
  • 00:14:32.165 --> 00:14:32.966
  • Be better to go along and get along and build
  • 00:14:33.033 --> 00:14:34.067
  • And get along and build their house instead
  • 00:14:34.134 --> 00:14:35.201
  • Their house instead of build god's house.
  • 00:14:35.268 --> 00:14:36.569
  • Of build god's house. and when they forgot this,
  • 00:14:36.636 --> 00:14:37.938
  • And when they forgot this, the quality of their life
  • 00:14:38.004 --> 00:14:39.372
  • The quality of their life started to go down.
  • 00:14:39.439 --> 00:14:40.473
  • Started to go down. why?
  • 00:14:40.540 --> 00:14:41.141
  • Why? because the bible clearly says
  • 00:14:41.207 --> 00:14:42.742
  • Because the bible clearly says "when you forget god,
  • 00:14:42.809 --> 00:14:44.411
  • "when you forget god, you're turned into hell."
  • 00:14:44.477 --> 00:14:47.047
  • You're turned into hell." psalms 9:17,
  • 00:14:47.113 --> 00:14:48.515
  • Psalms 9:17, "the nation that forgets god
  • 00:14:48.581 --> 00:14:50.216
  • "the nation that forgets god shall be turned into hell."
  • 00:14:50.283 --> 00:14:52.285
  • Shall be turned into hell." hell is a place that is absent
  • 00:14:52.352 --> 00:14:54.788
  • Hell is a place that is absent of the existence of god.
  • 00:14:54.854 --> 00:14:56.523
  • Of the existence of god. and when your life is absent
  • 00:14:56.589 --> 00:14:58.258
  • And when your life is absent of his existence,
  • 00:14:58.325 --> 00:14:59.125
  • Of his existence, you have hell on earth.
  • 00:14:59.192 --> 00:15:02.262
  • You have hell on earth. do you see the parallel that
  • 00:15:02.329 --> 00:15:03.396
  • Do you see the parallel that we're walking in this nation
  • 00:15:03.463 --> 00:15:04.898
  • We're walking in this nation in this world today?
  • 00:15:04.965 --> 00:15:06.666
  • In this world today? joshua and zerubbabel forgot
  • 00:15:06.733 --> 00:15:08.468
  • Joshua and zerubbabel forgot god's plan and they started
  • 00:15:08.535 --> 00:15:10.036
  • God's plan and they started to do their plan,
  • 00:15:10.103 --> 00:15:11.271
  • To do their plan, and their world was
  • 00:15:11.338 --> 00:15:12.372
  • And their world was getting turned upside down.
  • 00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:13.773
  • Getting turned upside down. they worked a lot and they
  • 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.908
  • They worked a lot and they enjoyed very little.
  • 00:15:14.975 --> 00:15:16.109
  • Enjoyed very little. here on this planet,
  • 00:15:16.176 --> 00:15:17.744
  • Here on this planet, in this earth,
  • 00:15:17.811 --> 00:15:18.812
  • In this earth, in our lives,
  • 00:15:18.878 --> 00:15:19.980
  • In our lives, we've forgotten god.
  • 00:15:20.046 --> 00:15:21.281
  • We've forgotten god. we've forgotten that it was
  • 00:15:21.348 --> 00:15:22.349
  • We've forgotten that it was his mercy that spared us.
  • 00:15:22.415 --> 00:15:24.117
  • His mercy that spared us. we've forgotten that it was his
  • 00:15:24.184 --> 00:15:25.685
  • We've forgotten that it was his grace that was shed upon us.
  • 00:15:25.752 --> 00:15:27.420
  • Grace that was shed upon us. we've forgotten that it's his
  • 00:15:27.487 --> 00:15:28.755
  • We've forgotten that it's his blessings that bring
  • 00:15:28.822 --> 00:15:30.123
  • Blessings that bring us our abundance.
  • 00:15:30.190 --> 00:15:31.024
  • Us our abundance. we've forgotten his word.
  • 00:15:31.091 --> 00:15:32.859
  • We've forgotten his word. we've banned it more
  • 00:15:32.926 --> 00:15:34.227
  • We've banned it more than we've obeyed it.
  • 00:15:34.294 --> 00:15:36.930
  • Than we've obeyed it. now, what you need to know is
  • 00:15:36.997 --> 00:15:37.764
  • Now, what you need to know is that this word wasn't sent
  • 00:15:37.831 --> 00:15:40.266
  • That this word wasn't sent to the world,
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  • To the world, this word was sent to you.
  • 00:15:42.702 --> 00:15:46.439
  • This word was sent to you. "if my people who are called
  • 00:15:46.506 --> 00:15:49.542
  • "if my people who are called by my name will humble
  • 00:15:49.609 --> 00:15:53.246
  • By my name will humble themselves and pray."
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  • Themselves and pray." humble yourself.
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  • Humble yourself. have the strength to admit you
  • 00:15:58.084 --> 00:15:59.319
  • Have the strength to admit you don't have it all figured out.
  • 00:15:59.386 --> 00:16:01.955
  • Don't have it all figured out. and then pray.
  • 00:16:02.022 --> 00:16:02.789
  • And then pray. ask the god who actually does
  • 00:16:02.856 --> 00:16:04.190
  • Ask the god who actually does have it figured out,
  • 00:16:04.257 --> 00:16:06.493
  • Have it figured out, and see if he will not
  • 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:07.293
  • And see if he will not hear from heaven
  • 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.695
  • Hear from heaven and heal their land.
  • 00:16:08.762 --> 00:16:10.864
  • And heal their land. don't listen to a message
  • 00:16:10.930 --> 00:16:11.865
  • Don't listen to a message like this and say,
  • 00:16:11.931 --> 00:16:12.532
  • Like this and say, "oh, that's good pastor.
  • 00:16:12.599 --> 00:16:13.600
  • "oh, that's good pastor. i wish everybody got
  • 00:16:13.666 --> 00:16:14.234
  • I wish everybody got to hear it."
  • 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:14.834
  • To hear it." everybody ain't here,
  • 00:16:14.901 --> 00:16:15.835
  • Everybody ain't here, you are.
  • 00:16:15.902 --> 00:16:18.905
  • You are. be strong and work.
  • 00:16:18.972 --> 00:16:22.108
  • Be strong and work. why?
  • 00:16:22.175 --> 00:16:24.277
  • Why? because while you don't have
  • 00:16:24.344 --> 00:16:25.311
  • Because while you don't have the big picture, god does.
  • 00:16:25.378 --> 00:16:28.715
  • The big picture, god does. god sends haggai to zerubbabel
  • 00:16:28.782 --> 00:16:30.417
  • God sends haggai to zerubbabel and joshua and says,
  • 00:16:30.483 --> 00:16:31.184
  • And joshua and says, "guys, it's time to quit
  • 00:16:31.251 --> 00:16:32.185
  • "guys, it's time to quit making excuses,
  • 00:16:32.252 --> 00:16:33.153
  • Making excuses, it's time to start going
  • 00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:33.953
  • It's time to start going back to work."
  • 00:16:34.020 --> 00:16:35.555
  • Back to work." and they do.
  • 00:16:35.622 --> 00:16:37.490
  • And they do. and guess what happens.
  • 00:16:37.557 --> 00:16:39.993
  • And guess what happens. the same people
  • 00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.794
  • The same people that hated them before,
  • 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:43.730
  • That hated them before, they still hate them.
  • 00:16:43.797 --> 00:16:46.266
  • They still hate them. and they write
  • 00:16:46.332 --> 00:16:46.933
  • And they write the same nasty letter,
  • 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.335
  • The same nasty letter, and they send same nasty
  • 00:16:49.402 --> 00:16:50.670
  • And they send same nasty letter back to headquarters.
  • 00:16:50.737 --> 00:16:53.273
  • Letter back to headquarters. and the same nasty letter that
  • 00:16:53.339 --> 00:16:54.574
  • And the same nasty letter that they send back to headquarters,
  • 00:16:54.641 --> 00:16:56.276
  • They send back to headquarters, it doesn't come to king xerxes,
  • 00:16:56.342 --> 00:16:59.245
  • It doesn't come to king xerxes, it comes to another king
  • 00:16:59.312 --> 00:17:02.182
  • It comes to another king by the name of darius,
  • 00:17:02.248 --> 00:17:03.950
  • By the name of darius, darius the mede.
  • 00:17:04.017 --> 00:17:06.920
  • Darius the mede. remember the medo-persian
  • 00:17:06.986 --> 00:17:08.354
  • Remember the medo-persian empire in the statue?
  • 00:17:08.421 --> 00:17:11.124
  • Empire in the statue? well darius is in charge
  • 00:17:11.191 --> 00:17:12.592
  • Well darius is in charge of this arm,
  • 00:17:12.659 --> 00:17:14.027
  • Of this arm, and he's the one
  • 00:17:14.094 --> 00:17:14.994
  • And he's the one who gets this letter.
  • 00:17:15.061 --> 00:17:17.130
  • Who gets this letter. and the thing that's interesting
  • 00:17:17.197 --> 00:17:18.031
  • And the thing that's interesting about darius is that darius is
  • 00:17:18.098 --> 00:17:20.767
  • About darius is that darius is the individual who took
  • 00:17:20.834 --> 00:17:21.801
  • The individual who took over in babylon after
  • 00:17:21.868 --> 00:17:23.670
  • Over in babylon after nebuchadnezzar's empire
  • 00:17:23.736 --> 00:17:24.871
  • Nebuchadnezzar's empire fell there.
  • 00:17:24.938 --> 00:17:26.706
  • Fell there. and if you remember
  • 00:17:26.773 --> 00:17:27.440
  • And if you remember from last week,
  • 00:17:27.507 --> 00:17:28.408
  • From last week, there was a 17-year-old boy
  • 00:17:28.475 --> 00:17:30.076
  • There was a 17-year-old boy 70 years prior who left
  • 00:17:30.143 --> 00:17:32.412
  • 70 years prior who left jerusalem and went all
  • 00:17:32.479 --> 00:17:33.813
  • Jerusalem and went all the way to babylon.
  • 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.283
  • The way to babylon. and his name was, what?
  • 00:17:37.350 --> 00:17:39.285
  • And his name was, what? daniel.
  • 00:17:39.352 --> 00:17:40.220
  • Daniel. thank god.
  • 00:17:40.286 --> 00:17:40.753
  • Thank god. this sermon was gonna
  • 00:17:40.820 --> 00:17:41.421
  • This sermon was gonna get a lot longer if y'all
  • 00:17:41.488 --> 00:17:42.122
  • Get a lot longer if y'all got that name wrong.
  • 00:17:42.188 --> 00:17:43.056
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:43.423 --> 00:17:46.025
  • And daniel shows up here
  • 00:17:47.026 --> 00:17:48.161
  • And daniel shows up here when he's 17
  • 00:17:48.228 --> 00:17:49.462
  • When he's 17 and he serves nebuchadnezzar,
  • 00:17:49.529 --> 00:17:50.797
  • And he serves nebuchadnezzar, and he serves nebuchadnezzar's
  • 00:17:50.864 --> 00:17:52.098
  • And he serves nebuchadnezzar's grandson named belshazzar,
  • 00:17:52.165 --> 00:17:53.900
  • Grandson named belshazzar, and then he serves darius,
  • 00:17:53.967 --> 00:17:57.337
  • And then he serves darius, king of persia.
  • 00:17:57.403 --> 00:17:59.239
  • King of persia. and the letter that is written
  • 00:17:59.305 --> 00:18:00.974
  • And the letter that is written about the rebuilding
  • 00:18:01.040 --> 00:18:02.041
  • About the rebuilding of the temple 70 years
  • 00:18:02.108 --> 00:18:03.743
  • Of the temple 70 years later comes to king cyrus
  • 00:18:03.810 --> 00:18:06.446
  • Later comes to king cyrus and now 87-year-old daniel.
  • 00:18:06.513 --> 00:18:11.217
  • And now 87-year-old daniel. you say,
  • 00:18:11.284 --> 00:18:11.751
  • You say, "how do you know he's 87?"
  • 00:18:11.818 --> 00:18:12.452
  • "how do you know he's 87?" well, if he's 17
  • 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.219
  • Well, if he's 17 when we got here and 70,
  • 00:18:13.286 --> 00:18:14.687
  • When we got here and 70, do the simple math, right?
  • 00:18:14.754 --> 00:18:17.390
  • Do the simple math, right? so, the dude's pushing 90.
  • 00:18:17.457 --> 00:18:21.594
  • So, the dude's pushing 90. let me say something to you,
  • 00:18:21.661 --> 00:18:22.629
  • Let me say something to you, don't you ever think that
  • 00:18:22.695 --> 00:18:23.696
  • Don't you ever think that you're too old for god to use.
  • 00:18:23.763 --> 00:18:24.998
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:25.832 --> 00:18:33.339
  • If you're breathing,
  • 00:18:33.773 --> 00:18:34.641
  • If you're breathing, there's a reason.
  • 00:18:34.707 --> 00:18:38.077
  • There's a reason. daniel is 87 and he
  • 00:18:38.144 --> 00:18:42.415
  • Daniel is 87 and he and darius are friends.
  • 00:18:42.482 --> 00:18:45.585
  • And darius are friends. and if you read
  • 00:18:45.652 --> 00:18:46.219
  • And if you read the book of daniel,
  • 00:18:46.286 --> 00:18:47.453
  • The book of daniel, there's a plot against daniel
  • 00:18:47.520 --> 00:18:49.155
  • There's a plot against daniel because people don't like him.
  • 00:18:49.222 --> 00:18:53.059
  • Because people don't like him. they don't like him because
  • 00:18:53.126 --> 00:18:53.993
  • They don't like him because he's close to the king,
  • 00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:54.894
  • He's close to the king, and everything that the king
  • 00:18:54.961 --> 00:18:56.229
  • And everything that the king likes to talk about,
  • 00:18:56.296 --> 00:18:57.363
  • Likes to talk about, daniel likes to talk about.
  • 00:18:57.430 --> 00:18:59.332
  • Daniel likes to talk about. and so, they come up
  • 00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:00.033
  • And so, they come up with a plan that says,
  • 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.967
  • With a plan that says, "if you pray to anybody
  • 00:19:01.034 --> 00:19:02.268
  • "if you pray to anybody other than the gods of persia,
  • 00:19:02.335 --> 00:19:03.736
  • Other than the gods of persia, then you're gonna
  • 00:19:03.803 --> 00:19:04.437
  • Then you're gonna be thrown into the," what?
  • 00:19:04.504 --> 00:19:06.039
  • Be thrown into the," what? "lion's," --
  • 00:19:06.105 --> 00:19:07.407
  • "lion's," -- oh, y'all just shortened
  • 00:19:07.473 --> 00:19:08.241
  • Oh, y'all just shortened the sermon even better.
  • 00:19:08.308 --> 00:19:09.042
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:09.576 --> 00:19:10.710
  • And we know all about
  • 00:19:11.578 --> 00:19:12.245
  • And we know all about this story when we read that
  • 00:19:12.312 --> 00:19:13.346
  • This story when we read that part of the puzzle
  • 00:19:13.413 --> 00:19:14.380
  • Part of the puzzle in the book of daniel.
  • 00:19:14.447 --> 00:19:17.984
  • In the book of daniel. that part of the puzzle
  • 00:19:18.051 --> 00:19:18.585
  • That part of the puzzle goes like this,
  • 00:19:18.651 --> 00:19:19.285
  • Goes like this, daniel prays to the god
  • 00:19:19.352 --> 00:19:20.353
  • Daniel prays to the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob,
  • 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:21.588
  • Of abraham, isaac, and jacob, he gets thrown
  • 00:19:21.654 --> 00:19:22.121
  • He gets thrown in the lion's den,
  • 00:19:22.188 --> 00:19:23.289
  • In the lion's den, king darius is very worried
  • 00:19:23.356 --> 00:19:24.857
  • King darius is very worried about his friend, daniel.
  • 00:19:24.924 --> 00:19:25.758
  • About his friend, daniel. he goes back to check on daniel
  • 00:19:25.825 --> 00:19:27.260
  • He goes back to check on daniel the next morning and he asks
  • 00:19:27.327 --> 00:19:28.361
  • The next morning and he asks a question,
  • 00:19:28.428 --> 00:19:29.162
  • A question, "was god able to deliver you?"
  • 00:19:29.229 --> 00:19:30.830
  • "was god able to deliver you?" and 87-year-old daniel goes,
  • 00:19:30.897 --> 00:19:32.565
  • And 87-year-old daniel goes, "god was able to deliver me."
  • 00:19:32.632 --> 00:19:35.969
  • "god was able to deliver me." about that time,
  • 00:19:36.035 --> 00:19:37.103
  • About that time, a letter comes from jerusalem,
  • 00:19:37.170 --> 00:19:38.805
  • A letter comes from jerusalem, the home city of daniel.
  • 00:19:38.871 --> 00:19:41.541
  • The home city of daniel. and king darius picks it up
  • 00:19:41.608 --> 00:19:42.875
  • And king darius picks it up and it says,
  • 00:19:42.942 --> 00:19:43.476
  • And it says, "these troublemaking,
  • 00:19:43.543 --> 00:19:44.744
  • "these troublemaking, right-wing,
  • 00:19:44.811 --> 00:19:45.545
  • Right-wing, religious fanatics are trying
  • 00:19:45.612 --> 00:19:47.313
  • Religious fanatics are trying to build a sanctuary,
  • 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:49.182
  • To build a sanctuary, and when they build
  • 00:19:49.249 --> 00:19:49.949
  • And when they build the sanctuary,
  • 00:19:50.016 --> 00:19:50.583
  • The sanctuary, they're gonna
  • 00:19:50.650 --> 00:19:51.050
  • They're gonna rebel against you."
  • 00:19:51.117 --> 00:19:51.818
  • Rebel against you." and they are expecting
  • 00:19:51.884 --> 00:19:52.952
  • And they are expecting to get a letter back
  • 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.786
  • To get a letter back that says, "make them stop,
  • 00:19:53.853 --> 00:19:55.054
  • That says, "make them stop, or i'll kill them."
  • 00:19:55.121 --> 00:19:56.756
  • Or i'll kill them." and here's what darius sends
  • 00:19:56.823 --> 00:19:57.857
  • And here's what darius sends back because darius
  • 00:19:57.924 --> 00:19:58.992
  • Back because darius has just had a supernatural
  • 00:19:59.058 --> 00:20:00.293
  • Has just had a supernatural experience with daniel
  • 00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.427
  • Experience with daniel in a lion's den
  • 00:20:01.494 --> 00:20:04.330
  • In a lion's den that those guys over there
  • 00:20:04.397 --> 00:20:05.331
  • That those guys over there didn't know anything about.
  • 00:20:05.398 --> 00:20:07.367
  • Didn't know anything about. if they knew who his friend was,
  • 00:20:07.433 --> 00:20:09.135
  • If they knew who his friend was, they might not have
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  • They might not have sent him the letter.
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  • Sent him the letter. darius writes back,
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  • Darius writes back, "i am so glad that you have
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  • "i am so glad that you have volunteered to support
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  • Volunteered to support the rebuilding of this temple.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I want you to take the money
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  • I want you to take the money out of my bank account,
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  • Out of my bank account, i want you to take
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  • I want you to take the timber out of your forest,
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  • The timber out of your forest, i want to send back the gold,
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  • I want to send back the gold, and the silver,
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  • And the silver, and all of the things
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  • And all of the things that were taken
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  • That were taken from nebuchadnezzar,
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  • From nebuchadnezzar, and i want you
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  • And i want you to help them set it up,
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  • To help them set it up, and i don't want you to charge
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  • And i don't want you to charge them a thing for it.
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  • Them a thing for it. oh, and by the way,
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  • Oh, and by the way, if you don't do what i say,
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  • If you don't do what i say, i'm gonna take a tall spike
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  • I'm gonna take a tall spike and i'm gonna put
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  • And i'm gonna put you on top of it."
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  • You on top of it." wow.
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  • [applause]
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  • You see, they had no idea.
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  • You see, they had no idea. no idea what god was gonna do.
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  • No idea what god was gonna do. but as long as they were making
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  • But as long as they were making excuses and not doing the work,
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  • Excuses and not doing the work, god couldn't do it.
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  • God couldn't do it. why?
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  • Why? because faith without, what?
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  • Because faith without, what? work is dead.
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  • Work is dead. say it another way,
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  • Say it another way, god couldn't bless it
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  • God couldn't bless it until they started building it.
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  • Until they started building it. what were they commanded to do?
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  • What were they commanded to do? be strong and work and build
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  • Be strong and work and build the house of the lord.
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  • The house of the lord. when they stopped building,
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  • When they stopped building, god stopped blessing because
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  • God stopped blessing because god can't bless
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  • God can't bless what you won't build.
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  • What you won't build. "oh, but it will never
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  • "oh, but it will never be as good as the first one."
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  • Be as good as the first one." god said,
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  • God said, "all the gold is mine,
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  • "all the gold is mine, all the silver is mine."
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  • All the silver is mine." god proved it when he showed
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  • God proved it when he showed them how he got daniel
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  • Them how he got daniel out of a lion's den
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  • Out of a lion's den and got all of the gold
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  • And got all of the gold back to jerusalem.
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  • Back to jerusalem. they said,
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  • They said, "it'll never be like
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  • "it'll never be like the first one."
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  • The first one." god said,
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  • God said, "the latter glory is gonna
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  • "the latter glory is gonna be greater than
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  • Be greater than the former glory.
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  • The former glory. i don't care what you heard
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  • I don't care what you heard about the first temple,
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  • About the first temple, this next one's going
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  • This next one's going to be something like
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  • To be something like you ain't never seen."
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  • You ain't never seen." and he proved it whenever
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  • And he proved it whenever he snatched daniel out
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  • He snatched daniel out of a lion's den
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  • Of a lion's den and stirred the heart
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  • And stirred the heart of darius to say
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  • Of darius to say to all of these people,
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  • To all of these people, "you make it better than
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  • "you make it better than it's ever been because
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  • It's ever been because if you don't,
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  • If you don't, i'm coming to visit
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  • I'm coming to visit you myself."
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  • You myself." now, what's the point
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  • Now, what's the point of all of these puzzle pieces,
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  • Of all of these puzzle pieces, and all of this story,
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  • And all of this story, and all of these things?
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  • And all of these things? the point is simply this,
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  • The point is simply this, we have work to do.
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  • We have work to do. we don't know how god's gonna
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  • We don't know how god's gonna use the work we do,
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  • Use the work we do, we're just a small piece
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  • We're just a small piece of this big picture.
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  • Of this big picture. but if we don't do the work,
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  • But if we don't do the work, god can't pour out
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  • God can't pour out his blessings.
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  • His blessings. if we don't build the home,
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  • If we don't build the home, god can't bless those who
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  • God can't bless those who labor in it.
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  • Labor in it. if we don't build the family,
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  • If we don't build the family, god can't favor us.
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  • God can't favor us. if we don't build the nation,
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  • If we don't build the nation, god can't protect us.
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  • God can't protect us. if all we do is whine about
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  • If all we do is whine about what we used to be instead
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  • What we used to be instead of being who god called
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  • Of being who god called us to be,
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  • Us to be, then all we're gonna remember
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  • Then all we're gonna remember is the past and never enjoy
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  • Is the past and never enjoy our present or our future.
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  • Our present or our future. so, child of god,
  • 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.668
  • So, child of god, quit worrying about
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  • Quit worrying about what you don't have
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  • What you don't have and recognize that what
  • 00:22:57.904 --> 00:22:58.905
  • And recognize that what you don't have, god does.
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  • You don't have, god does. stop worrying about what you
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  • Stop worrying about what you cannot do and start to declare,
  • 00:23:02.041 --> 00:23:03.776
  • Cannot do and start to declare, "i can do all things through
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  • "i can do all things through christ who gives me strength."
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  • Christ who gives me strength." stop worrying about what you
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  • Stop worrying about what you don't know and where it's gonna
  • 00:23:09.081 --> 00:23:10.850
  • Don't know and where it's gonna come from and start talking
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  • Come from and start talking about who you do know because
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  • About who you do know because you know the one whose
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  • You know the one whose word will not return void.
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  • Word will not return void. you know the one whose
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  • You know the one whose promises will endure.
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  • Promises will endure. you know the one who parted
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  • You know the one who parted a red sea for others,
  • 00:23:21.861 --> 00:23:23.262
  • A red sea for others, he can part one for you.
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  • He can part one for you. you know the one who brought
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  • You know the one who brought down the giant for david,
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  • Down the giant for david, he'll bring down
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  • He'll bring down a giant for you.
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  • A giant for you. you know the one who makes
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  • You know the one who makes a way where there seems
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  • A way where there seems to be no way.
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  • To be no way. and if he did it for them,
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  • And if he did it for them, then child of god,
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  • Then child of god, he'll do it for you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Because what did he
  • 00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:47.987
  • Because what did he tell zerubbabel?
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  • Tell zerubbabel? i say this in closing.
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  • I say this in closing. "be strong."
  • 00:23:51.891 --> 00:23:54.894
  • "be strong." what did he tell joshua?
  • 00:23:54.961 --> 00:23:57.763
  • What did he tell joshua? "be strong."
  • 00:23:57.830 --> 00:23:59.832
  • "be strong." what did he tell the people?
  • 00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:02.368
  • What did he tell the people? "be strong."
  • 00:24:02.435 --> 00:24:04.871
  • "be strong." and then, read the last
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  • And then, read the last part of the verse,
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  • Part of the verse, "because i am with you."
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  • [applause]
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  • Same god who was over here
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  • Same god who was over here is the same god who
  • 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:29.328
  • Is the same god who was over there and all
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  • Was over there and all places in between.
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  • Places in between. that god who was with them,
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  • That god who was with them, he's the god who's with you,
  • 00:24:38.104 --> 00:24:40.740
  • He's the god who's with you, and he sent me here
  • 00:24:40.806 --> 00:24:41.774
  • And he sent me here with two very simple things
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  • With two very simple things for you to do.
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  • For you to do. you ready?
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  • You ready? be strong and work.
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  • Be strong and work. can we stand?
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • God, what a mighty god you are.
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  • God, what a mighty god you are. what a wonderful savior.
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  • What a wonderful savior. what an ever-present help
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  • What an ever-present help in a time of trouble.
  • 00:25:04.931 --> 00:25:07.066
  • In a time of trouble. help us to remember today that
  • 00:25:07.133 --> 00:25:09.135
  • Help us to remember today that your word does not return void.
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  • Your word does not return void. help us to remember today
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  • Help us to remember today that if you said it,
  • 00:25:13.472 --> 00:25:14.240
  • That if you said it, you will do it.
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  • You will do it. and even if we have to wait,
  • 00:25:16.709 --> 00:25:18.978
  • And even if we have to wait, if we'll work while we wait,
  • 00:25:19.045 --> 00:25:20.513
  • If we'll work while we wait, you'll bless what we build.
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  • You'll bless what we build. so god,
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  • So god, everything that
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  • Everything that we've heard today,
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  • We've heard today, let us apply it to our lives,
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  • Let us apply it to our lives, not worrying about
  • 00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:27.987
  • Not worrying about what we cannot do,
  • 00:25:28.054 --> 00:25:29.255
  • What we cannot do, but doing what we can
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  • But doing what we can and knowing that everything
  • 00:25:30.456 --> 00:25:31.591
  • And knowing that everything that is unimaginable,
  • 00:25:31.657 --> 00:25:34.327
  • That is unimaginable, you've already made possible.
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  • You've already made possible. we ask these things
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  • We ask these things in jesus' name,
  • 00:25:37.029 --> 00:25:37.964
  • In jesus' name, and all of god's children
  • 00:25:38.030 --> 00:25:39.599
  • And all of god's children said "praise the lord."
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  • Said "praise the lord." would you give the lord
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  • Would you give the lord a hand clap of praise?
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  • [applause]
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  • Call the number on screen part of the puzzle and yet fit into his divine plan.
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  • Thank you for joining us today.
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  • I pray
  • 00:25:55.548 --> 00:25:56.449
  • That you feel the presence of the lord
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  • No matter where you're watching from.
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  • And you know that he who began
  • 00:25:59.685 --> 00:26:01.253
  • A good work in you, will be faithful to complete it
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  • Even unto the day of christ jesus.
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  • “jhm dot org” and find out more how you can be a part of
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  • Hagee ministries.
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  • I'm so grateful that i chose
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  • I'm so grateful that i chose differently.
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  • Differently. i'm so happy that i chose you.
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  • I'm so happy that i chose you. i get to see you become
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  • I get to see you become the person god intended you
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  • The person god intended you to be.
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  • To be. i'm grateful for
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  • I'm grateful for sanctuary of hope
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  • Sanctuary of hope for preparing me,
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  • For preparing me, for guiding me.
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  • For guiding me. most importantly,
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  • Most importantly, sanctuary of hope
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  • Sanctuary of hope is my safe place.
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  • Is my safe place. it's where i can lay
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  • It's where i can lay my baby's head down
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  • My baby's head down and know that god has a shield
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  • And know that god has a shield of protection over us.
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  • Of protection over us. thank you,
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