Matt Hagee - What Matters Most

January 5, 2025 | S25:E4

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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - What Matters Most | January 5, 2025
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  • Pastor matt hagee: john 4
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  • Pastor matt hagee: john 4 is a place in the bible
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  • Is a place in the bible where there are so many biblical
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  • Where there are so many biblical themes that you could take
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  • Themes that you could take and so many conversations
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  • And so many conversations that you could have,
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  • That you could have, that there's literally
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  • That there's literally a series of sermons
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  • A series of sermons just in a few verses.
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  • Just in a few verses. but this morning,
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  • But this morning, i want to pull out
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  • I want to pull out of this chapter what really
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  • Of this chapter what really matters most
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  • Matters most from heaven's perspective.
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  • From heaven's perspective. not that i wanna ignore
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  • Not that i wanna ignore any of the other themes
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  • Any of the other themes that are present.
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  • That are present. for example,
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  • For example, one of the things that jumps
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  • One of the things that jumps out to me comes from john 4:4.
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  • Out to me comes from john 4:4. there, we read that jesus
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  • There, we read that jesus needed to go through samaria.
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  • Needed to go through samaria. now, when you look at the place
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  • Now, when you look at the place where jesus is at,
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  • Where jesus is at, he's in the southern
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  • He's in the southern part of israel,
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  • Part of israel, and he's going back
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  • And he's going back to galilee where he lives
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  • To galilee where he lives in the northern part of israel.
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  • In the northern part of israel. and rather than take
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  • And rather than take the traditional route,
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  • The traditional route, he goes by a different way,
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  • He goes by a different way, and the reason he goes
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  • And the reason he goes by a different way,
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  • By a different way, this verse tells us
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  • This verse tells us that the holy spirit literally
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  • That the holy spirit literally drew him out of where
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  • Drew him out of where he was planning on going
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  • He was planning on going to a place where
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  • To a place where he needed to be.
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  • He needed to be. he needed to go through samaria.
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  • He needed to go through samaria. he takes a detour to the wrong
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  • He takes a detour to the wrong side of town, why?
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  • Side of town, why? because he needed to be
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  • Because he needed to be at a certain well, at a certain
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  • At a certain well, at a certain time, to meet a certain woman
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  • Time, to meet a certain woman who was in great need
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  • Who was in great need of a very real savior.
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  • Of a very real savior. to me, that's a wonderful
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  • To me, that's a wonderful encouragement that tells each
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  • Encouragement that tells each and every one of us,
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  • And every one of us, no matter where you are today,
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  • No matter where you are today, god will go out of his way
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  • God will go out of his way to reach you.
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  • To reach you. aren't you glad that jesus will
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  • Aren't you glad that jesus will go out of his way to come find
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  • Go out of his way to come find you in your hour of need?
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  • You in your hour of need? i promise you,
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  • I promise you, you may feel like nobody
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  • You may feel like nobody knows where you're at,
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  • Knows where you're at, but he does.
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  • But he does. you may think nobody
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  • You may think nobody knows what you need,
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  • Knows what you need, but he has your answer.
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  • But he has your answer. and whenever you can't find him,
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  • And whenever you can't find him, you need to know he's going out
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  • You need to know he's going out of his way to reach you.
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  • Of his way to reach you. not only is the fact that
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  • Not only is the fact that he wants to be with us
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  • He wants to be with us in this chapter,
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  • In this chapter, but here's another theme
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  • But here's another theme that jumps out
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  • That jumps out in this chapter: prejudice.
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  • In this chapter: prejudice. don't act like prejudice
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  • Don't act like prejudice isn't present in the church.
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  • Isn't present in the church. here, jesus is talking
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  • Here, jesus is talking to a samaritan woman,
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  • To a samaritan woman, and the samaritan woman
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  • And the samaritan woman in john 4:9 says,
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  • In john 4:9 says, "jews have no dealings
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  • "jews have no dealings with samaritans."
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  • With samaritans." you know,
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  • You know, one of the things that
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  • One of the things that you're gonna be surprised
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  • You're gonna be surprised about when you get to heaven
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  • About when you get to heaven is who god let in.
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  • Is who god let in. you need to know that god loves
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  • You need to know that god loves people you don't even like.
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  • People you don't even like. i think it's gonna
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  • I think it's gonna be really surreal whenever
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  • Be really surreal whenever you walk around
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  • You walk around the streets of gold
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  • The streets of gold and people go,
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  • And people go, "you made it?"
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  • [laughter]
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  • But what you need
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  • But what you need to understand is that the bible
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  • To understand is that the bible is a book that says,
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  • Is a book that says, "whosoever will, let him come."
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  • [applause]
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  • Another theme that we read
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  • Another theme that we read in this chapter comes
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  • In this chapter comes from verses 17, 18 and 19.
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  • From verses 17, 18 and 19. and this has to do
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  • And this has to do with the samaritan woman's
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  • With the samaritan woman's scandalous past.
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  • Scandalous past. she hasn't lived a sinful life,
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  • She hasn't lived a sinful life, she's the best sinner in town.
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  • She's the best sinner in town. she's living with a man
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  • She's living with a man who's not her husband,
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  • Who's not her husband, and the fact is,
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  • And the fact is, she had five husbands.
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  • She had five husbands. and whenever you read
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  • And whenever you read about her testimony
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  • About her testimony of the conversation
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  • Of the conversation she had with jesus,
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  • She had with jesus, in john 4:39,
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  • In john 4:39, she says,
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  • She says, "he told me
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  • "he told me everything i ever did."
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  • Everything i ever did." aren't you glad
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  • Aren't you glad jesus doesn't have
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  • Jesus doesn't have a social media account.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Where he could tell somebody
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  • Where he could tell somebody everything that you ever did?
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  • Everything that you ever did? when this woman has her
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  • When this woman has her encounter with jesus,
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  • Encounter with jesus, i think it's very interesting
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  • I think it's very interesting because as religious people,
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  • Because as religious people, we would look and go,
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  • We would look and go, "oh yeah, she needs it.
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  • "oh yeah, she needs it. get her.
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  • Get her. just pull back the sheets
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  • Just pull back the sheets and call her out.
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  • And call her out. be delivered."
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  • Be delivered." yet jesus doesn't even go there.
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  • Yet jesus doesn't even go there. what does he talk to her about?
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  • What does he talk to her about? and the answer: worship.
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  • And the answer: worship. of all of the themes
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  • Of all of the themes and messages,
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  • And messages, and details,
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  • And details, and ideas that you could pull
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  • And ideas that you could pull out of this encounter,
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  • Out of this encounter, the one thing that comes up
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  • The one thing that comes up more than anything is worship.
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  • More than anything is worship. between john 4:20 and verse 24,
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  • Between john 4:20 and verse 24, worship is mentioned ten times.
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  • Worship is mentioned ten times. what jesus is telling
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  • What jesus is telling this woman,
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  • This woman, and what jesus is telling
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  • And what jesus is telling everyone here and everyone
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  • Everyone here and everyone who's watching,
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  • Who's watching, is that what matters
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  • Is that what matters most is worship.
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  • Most is worship. this woman's living
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  • This woman's living in the wrong place,
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  • In the wrong place, she's living in the wrong way.
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  • She's living in the wrong way. there are so many things
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  • There are so many things in her life that are wrong,
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  • In her life that are wrong, but jesus says those
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  • But jesus says those are just symptoms.
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  • Are just symptoms. if we can get this
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  • If we can get this worship thing right,
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  • Worship thing right, then everything in your life
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  • Then everything in your life that's not right will get fixed
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  • That's not right will get fixed when you put god
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  • When you put god where he belongs.
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  • [applause]
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  • You need to know that
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  • You need to know that worship is for real people.
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  • Worship is for real people. it's for real people
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  • It's for real people with real problems.
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  • With real problems. it's not just for the super
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  • It's not just for the super saints and the spiritual
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  • Saints and the spiritual and those who have the courage
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  • And those who have the courage to raise their hands
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  • To raise their hands in the sanctuary.
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  • In the sanctuary. it's for people who are
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  • It's for people who are in need of a provider,
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  • In need of a provider, it's for people who are
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  • It's for people who are in need of a healer,
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  • In need of a healer, it's for people
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  • It's for people who are in need of a redeemer,
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  • Who are in need of a redeemer, it's for people who are
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  • It's for people who are in need of a deliverer.
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  • In need of a deliverer. i don't care what's going
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  • I don't care what's going on in your life today.
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  • On in your life today. i don't want you
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  • I don't want you to look at this topic and think,
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  • To look at this topic and think, "what does that
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  • "what does that have to do with me?"
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  • Have to do with me?" if you understand what heaven
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  • If you understand what heaven sees when they find somebody
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  • Sees when they find somebody who worships god in spirit
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  • Who worships god in spirit and in truth,
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  • And in truth, then you will,
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  • Then you will, with everything you have,
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  • With everything you have, give god the praise
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  • Give god the praise that he's worthy of,
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  • That he's worthy of, because when you give god
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  • Because when you give god what he wants,
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  • What he wants, god shows up with everything
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  • God shows up with everything that you need and so much more.
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  • [applause]
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  • But in this passage,
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  • But in this passage, jesus is very clear,
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  • Jesus is very clear, there is a right way
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  • There is a right way and there is a wrong
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  • And there is a wrong way to worship.
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  • Way to worship. this is why jesus says,
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  • This is why jesus says, "but now is the time
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  • "but now is the time when true worshipers,"
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  • When true worshipers," say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "true worshipers."
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  • "true worshipers." now, if there are
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  • Now, if there are true worshipers,
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  • True worshipers, then there must
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  • Then there must be false worshipers.
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  • Be false worshipers. meaning there is a right way
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  • Meaning there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
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  • And a wrong way to do it. and he says,
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  • And he says, "true worshipers will worship
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  • "true worshipers will worship god with spirit and truth."
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  • God with spirit and truth." they'll do it sincerely,
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  • They'll do it sincerely, they'll do it completely,
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  • They'll do it completely, and they'll do
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  • And they'll do it with authenticity.
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  • It with authenticity. and then one of the most
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  • And then one of the most gripping statements in all
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  • Gripping statements in all of the bible for me
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  • Of the bible for me is this when jesus says,
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  • Is this when jesus says, "for the father is seeking."
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  • "for the father is seeking." think about that.
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  • Think about that. god almighty,
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  • God almighty, who holds the mountains
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  • Who holds the mountains in a scale and the hills
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  • In a scale and the hills in a balance,
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  • In a balance, god almighty, who does not need
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  • God almighty, who does not need anything from which to create
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  • Anything from which to create because he's all
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  • Because he's all sufficient within himself.
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  • Sufficient within himself. if he wants something,
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  • If he wants something, he just says it and it becomes.
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  • He just says it and it becomes. a god with that much source,
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  • A god with that much source, resource, and power,
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  • Resource, and power, it says he's looking
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  • It says he's looking for something.
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  • For something. he wants to find it.
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  • He wants to find it. and the one thing he's
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  • And the one thing he's looking for is worshippers.
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  • Looking for is worshippers. whenever you worship god,
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  • Whenever you worship god, you need to know that
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  • You need to know that you invite him
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  • You invite him into your situation.
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  • Into your situation. the lord is enthroned,
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  • The lord is enthroned, the bible says,
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  • The bible says, upon the praises of israel.
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  • Upon the praises of israel. we talk often about
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  • We talk often about paul and silas being
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  • Paul and silas being in the jail cell.
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  • In the jail cell. and people say,
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  • And people say, "well, the songs and the hymns
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  • "well, the songs and the hymns that they were singing
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  • That they were singing is what enabled them
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  • Is what enabled them to be set free."
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  • To be set free." no, that was the beginning
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  • No, that was the beginning of the process,
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  • Of the process, but what the songs
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  • But what the songs and the hymns did
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  • And the hymns did is they invited jesus christ
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  • Is they invited jesus christ the deliverer into the jail cell
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  • The deliverer into the jail cell with them.
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  • With them. they were locked up in a place
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  • They were locked up in a place here on earth that no human
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  • Here on earth that no human being would care to go.
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  • Being would care to go. and when nobody on earth
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  • And when nobody on earth was willing to reach them,
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  • Was willing to reach them, they began to worship god,
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  • They began to worship god, and heaven came down
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  • And heaven came down into that cell.
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  • Into that cell. what does that mean
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  • What does that mean for every one of you here
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  • For every one of you here in this room today?
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  • In this room today? it doesn't matter where you
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  • It doesn't matter where you find yourself and what needs
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  • Find yourself and what needs you have,
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  • You have, if others on the face
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  • If others on the face of the earth don't
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  • Of the earth don't want anything to do with you,
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  • Want anything to do with you, you can worship god
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  • You can worship god and he'll bring heaven down
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  • And he'll bring heaven down into that situation
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  • Into that situation and that circumstance.
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  • And that circumstance. you may be watching this program
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  • You may be watching this program today and joining us here,
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  • Today and joining us here, but you're laying
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  • But you're laying in a hospital bed.
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  • In a hospital bed. you can worship
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  • You can worship the great physician right
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  • The great physician right there in that hospital room,
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  • There in that hospital room, and he'll come and tend
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  • And he'll come and tend to your needs before
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  • To your needs before the doctors can ever reach you.
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  • The doctors can ever reach you. you may be watching
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  • You may be watching and you're in great
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  • And you're in great need of provision.
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  • Need of provision. you don't have to count
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  • You don't have to count the things that you're lacking.
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  • The things that you're lacking. all you have to do is give god,
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  • All you have to do is give god, who is a provider,
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  • Who is a provider, the opportunity to show up
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  • The opportunity to show up in that situation and he'll open
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  • In that situation and he'll open up the windows of heaven
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  • Up the windows of heaven and pour out blessings
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  • And pour out blessings that you cannot contain.
  • 00:09:13.447 --> 00:09:14.848
  • That you cannot contain. you may be watching in a place
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  • You may be watching in a place where gospel messages are
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  • Where gospel messages are not thought of to be good,
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  • Not thought of to be good, and you're gonna be incarcerated
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  • And you're gonna be incarcerated if they catch
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  • If they catch you watching church.
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  • You watching church. you may be in a nation that has
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  • You may be in a nation that has outlawed christianity.
  • 00:09:25.192 --> 00:09:26.627
  • Outlawed christianity. it doesn't matter what their
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  • It doesn't matter what their rules and regulations say.
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  • Rules and regulations say. if you'll raise your hands
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  • If you'll raise your hands and give the king of heaven
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  • And give the king of heaven the opportunity to come
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  • The opportunity to come and be a wall of protection
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  • And be a wall of protection around you,
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  • Around you, he'll give his
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  • He'll give his angels charge over you.
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  • Angels charge over you. no weapon formed against
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  • No weapon formed against you will prosper,
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  • You will prosper, and god will show himself
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  • And god will show himself faithful because he who began
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  • Faithful because he who began a good work in you is
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  • A good work in you is faithful to complete it,
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  • Faithful to complete it, even unto the day
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  • Even unto the day of christ jesus.
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  • Of christ jesus. give the lord
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  • Give the lord a handclap of praise.
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  • [applause]
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  • [applause] grace.
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  • Grace. it's more than a word.
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  • It's more than a word. it can move mountains
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  • It can move mountains of guilt and shame.
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  • Of guilt and shame. come the troubled
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  • Come the troubled sea of your soul.
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  • Sea of your soul. and bring purpose
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  • And bring purpose to a life that feels lost.
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  • To a life that feels lost. have you ever felt
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  • Have you ever felt weighed down by past mistakes
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  • Weighed down by past mistakes or overwhelmed by shame?
  • 00:10:04.798 --> 00:10:06.133
  • Or overwhelmed by shame? grace is your path to freedom.
  • 00:10:06.199 --> 00:10:07.868
  • Grace is your path to freedom. ask god for his forgiveness
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  • Ask god for his forgiveness and discover the true
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  • And discover the true meaning of amazing grace.
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  • Meaning of amazing grace. forgiveness is powerful
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  • Forgiveness is powerful not just from god,
  • 00:10:13.807 --> 00:10:14.775
  • Not just from god, but also forgiving yourself.
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  • But also forgiving yourself. live the joy filled life
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  • Live the joy filled life god created
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  • God created specifically for you
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  • Specifically for you as you support the ministry.
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  • As you support the ministry. this month.
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  • This month. receive the give
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  • Receive the give grace keychain as our
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  • Grace keychain as our thank you for your gift
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  • Of any amount. a daily reminder
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  • A daily reminder to live in god's grace
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  • To live in god's grace and for your generous
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  • And for your generous gift of $150 or more.
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  • Of fasting journal and devotional by pastor matt,
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  • And devotional by pastor matt, and the heaven in this place
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  • And the heaven in this place cd by the cornerstone
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  • Cd by the cornerstone and sanctuary choir.
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  • And sanctuary choir. send your gift today,
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  • Send your gift today, call or visit
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  • Jhm.org/grace and experience the freedom
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  • And experience the freedom of living in god's grace.
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  • Worship is how you tell
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  • Worship is how you tell the lord how much you appreciate
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  • The lord how much you appreciate what he has done
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  • What he has done and how much you're expecting
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  • And how much you're expecting from him in the future.
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  • From him in the future. worship is where
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  • Worship is where hope comes from.
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  • Hope comes from. that's why the bible says
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  • That's why the bible says in the book of isaiah,
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  • In the book of isaiah, "put on the garment of praise
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  • "put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."
  • 00:11:09.296 --> 00:11:11.965
  • For the spirit of heaviness." the world that we live in
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  • The world that we live in can be a pretty heavy place.
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  • Can be a pretty heavy place. all you have to do is saturate
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  • All you have to do is saturate your life with network
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  • Your life with network television and you find
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  • Television and you find out just how heavy it can be.
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  • Out just how heavy it can be. heavy topics,
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  • Heavy topics, heavy problems,
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  • Heavy problems, all of them bad.
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  • All of them bad. when's the last time you
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  • When's the last time you got the news,
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  • Got the news, and it was good?
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  • And it was good? the bible says if you put
  • 00:11:35.555 --> 00:11:36.456
  • The bible says if you put on the garment of praise,
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  • On the garment of praise, if you choose to wear
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  • If you choose to wear the attitude of gratitude
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  • The attitude of gratitude towards god,
  • 00:11:43.864 --> 00:11:45.265
  • Towards god, whatever this world tries
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  • Whatever this world tries to put on you
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  • To put on you in form of a heavy burden,
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  • In form of a heavy burden, it can't stick because
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  • It can't stick because you have made it clear
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  • You have made it clear that your faith,
  • 00:11:54.541 --> 00:11:55.242
  • That your faith, your hope,
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  • Your hope, and your trust
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  • And your trust is in the lord.
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  • Is in the lord. worship announces to every enemy
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  • Worship announces to every enemy that you have that
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  • That you have that you can't be defeated.
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  • You can't be defeated. try as they might,
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  • Try as they might, worship is the way that you say,
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  • Worship is the way that you say, "greater is he who is in me
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  • "greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world."
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  • Than he who is in the world." worship is your public
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  • Worship is your public display of affection
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  • Display of affection towards the lord.
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  • Towards the lord. how many of you are familiar
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  • How many of you are familiar with public displays
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  • With public displays of affection?
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  • Of affection? married couples,
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  • Married couples, good time to raise
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  • Good time to raise your hand unless you forgot,
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  • Your hand unless you forgot, and you need a reminder.
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  • And you need a reminder. we often chastise teenagers
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  • We often chastise teenagers because they're giving public
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  • Because they're giving public displays of affection.
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  • Displays of affection. when a husband holds
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  • When a husband holds hands with his...
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  • Hands with his... wife --
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  • Wife -- thank god you answered
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  • Thank god you answered that question correctly.
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  • That question correctly. it's a public display
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  • It's a public display of affection.
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  • Of affection. when you sit in a sanctuary
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  • When you sit in a sanctuary and you put your arm
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  • And you put your arm around your.
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  • Around your. congregation: wife.
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  • Congregation: wife. pastor matt: okay good,
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  • Pastor matt: okay good, same answer.
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  • Same answer. it's a public display
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  • It's a public display of affection.
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  • Of affection. it is your way of telling
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  • It is your way of telling others who are in the room,
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  • Others who are in the room, "i'm with her,
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  • "i'm with her, she's with me.
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  • She's with me. we're together."
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  • We're together." this is what worship is.
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  • This is what worship is. when you worship the lord
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  • When you worship the lord in spirit and in truth,
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  • In spirit and in truth, you're giving the rest
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  • You're giving the rest of the world an opportunity
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  • Of the world an opportunity to recognize,
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  • To recognize, "i'm with him,
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  • "i'm with him, he's with me,
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  • He's with me, we're together."
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  • [applause]
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  • Now, here's what it means
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  • Now, here's what it means to worship him in spirit
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  • To worship him in spirit and in truth.
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  • And in truth. what happens when your public
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  • What happens when your public display of affection does
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  • Display of affection does not line up with the personal
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  • Not line up with the personal situation in your relationship?
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  • Situation in your relationship? i mean,
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  • I mean, what happens when you
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  • What happens when you and your wife are driving
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  • And your wife are driving to church having one
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  • To church having one of those "sunday stressors."
  • 00:13:47.387 --> 00:13:51.524
  • Of those "sunday stressors." you know what i'm talking about.
  • 00:13:51.591 --> 00:13:53.693
  • You know what i'm talking about. "i can't believe that
  • 00:13:53.760 --> 00:13:54.761
  • "i can't believe that you drove like that to church."
  • 00:13:54.828 --> 00:13:56.229
  • You drove like that to church." "i had to get here.
  • 00:13:56.296 --> 00:13:58.832
  • "i had to get here. last week,
  • 00:13:58.899 --> 00:13:59.366
  • Last week, i had to park in the west lot,
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  • I had to park in the west lot, and that lot always
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  • And that lot always takes forever to get out."
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  • Takes forever to get out." it doesn't matter what it is.
  • 00:14:04.471 --> 00:14:05.405
  • It doesn't matter what it is. "are we going to your parents
  • 00:14:05.472 --> 00:14:06.339
  • "are we going to your parents for thanksgiving?"
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  • For thanksgiving?" "no, we're not going
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  • "no, we're not going to my parents,
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  • To my parents, it's your year."
  • 00:14:08.575 --> 00:14:11.044
  • It's your year." silly stuff that you just
  • 00:14:11.111 --> 00:14:12.212
  • Silly stuff that you just get to fussing at each
  • 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.580
  • Get to fussing at each other over.
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  • Other over. and all of a sudden,
  • 00:14:14.381 --> 00:14:15.081
  • And all of a sudden, you pull into the church
  • 00:14:15.148 --> 00:14:15.982
  • You pull into the church parking lot and the cloud
  • 00:14:16.049 --> 00:14:17.417
  • Parking lot and the cloud of confusion disappears,
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  • Of confusion disappears, and you wave, "oh, hi.
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  • And you wave, "oh, hi. praise the lord.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Blessed and highly favored...
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  • [laughter]
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  • And mildly irritated."
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  • [laughter]
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  • You come into church,
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  • You come into church, and you reach over,
  • 00:14:35.869 --> 00:14:36.569
  • And you reach over, and you grab your wife's hand
  • 00:14:36.636 --> 00:14:38.071
  • And you grab your wife's hand because that's the public
  • 00:14:38.138 --> 00:14:38.939
  • Because that's the public display of affection,
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  • Display of affection, but the public display
  • 00:14:40.206 --> 00:14:41.207
  • But the public display of affection doesn't line up
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  • Of affection doesn't line up with the personal conflict
  • 00:14:42.142 --> 00:14:43.276
  • With the personal conflict you were just having
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  • You were just having a few minutes ago.
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  • A few minutes ago. oh, she'll hold your hand
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  • Oh, she'll hold your hand but she gonna hold it different.
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  • [laughter]
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  • She might dig a nail
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  • She might dig a nail in the back end of it
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  • In the back end of it and be like.
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  • [laughter]
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  • "we'll talk about some things
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  • "we'll talk about some things on the way home."
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  • On the way home." you put your arm around
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  • You put your arm around her in the service
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  • Her in the service but if the preacher gets
  • 00:15:01.861 --> 00:15:02.629
  • But if the preacher gets to preaching good,
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  • To preaching good, she'll take that elbow
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  • She'll take that elbow and just.
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  • [grunts]
  • 00:15:04.597 --> 00:15:04.831
  • "did you hear him?
  • 00:15:05.098 --> 00:15:05.565
  • "did you hear him? did you hear him?
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  • Did you hear him? that was for you, boy."
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  • [laughter]
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  • It'll look like love,
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  • It'll look like love, but it's the spirit of shove.
  • 00:15:12.238 --> 00:15:18.144
  • But it's the spirit of shove. because what you're doing
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  • Because what you're doing on the outside doesn't
  • 00:15:18.845 --> 00:15:19.679
  • On the outside doesn't line up with what
  • 00:15:19.746 --> 00:15:20.447
  • Line up with what you're doing on the inside.
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  • You're doing on the inside. and in just the same way,
  • 00:15:23.883 --> 00:15:24.918
  • And in just the same way, when god says,
  • 00:15:24.985 --> 00:15:25.618
  • When god says, "those who worship me must
  • 00:15:25.685 --> 00:15:26.720
  • "those who worship me must worship in spirit and in truth."
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  • Worship in spirit and in truth." he's saying,
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  • He's saying, "don't come to church
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  • "don't come to church and give me
  • 00:15:30.090 --> 00:15:30.557
  • And give me a public display of affection
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  • A public display of affection that is not present in your life
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  • That is not present in your life the rest of the week.
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  • The rest of the week. don't you show up on sunday
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  • Don't you show up on sunday and act one way,
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  • And act one way, and then you go home
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  • And then you go home and the conduct that you
  • 00:15:40.734 --> 00:15:41.768
  • And the conduct that you exhibit the rest of the week
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  • Exhibit the rest of the week doesn't even act
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  • Doesn't even act like you know me."
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  • Like you know me." make sure that what you're
  • 00:15:47.540 --> 00:15:48.408
  • Make sure that what you're doing in church complements
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  • Doing in church complements what you're doing
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  • What you're doing in your personal life.
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  • [applause]
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  • Because whether
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  • Because whether you know it or not,
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  • You know it or not, everything that you do can
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  • Everything that you do can be an act of worship.
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  • Be an act of worship. physically, the bible says,
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  • Physically, the bible says, 1 corinthians 6:19,
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  • 1 corinthians 6:19, "do you not know that
  • 00:16:10.063 --> 00:16:10.830
  • "do you not know that your body is the temple
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  • Your body is the temple of the holy spirit?"
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  • Of the holy spirit?" what that says is the church
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  • What that says is the church is not a place,
  • 00:16:15.368 --> 00:16:16.770
  • Is not a place, the church is a person,
  • 00:16:16.836 --> 00:16:17.971
  • The church is a person, and whenever you have christ
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  • And whenever you have christ in your heart,
  • 00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:20.240
  • In your heart, the church is you.
  • 00:16:20.306 --> 00:16:23.410
  • The church is you. so, how you keep your physical
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  • So, how you keep your physical body is a sacrifice
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  • Body is a sacrifice of praise to the lord.
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  • Of praise to the lord. you say,
  • 00:16:27.347 --> 00:16:27.714
  • You say, "what do you mean?"
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  • "what do you mean?" i mean the choices that you make
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  • I mean the choices that you make about your personal health.
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  • About your personal health. but as simple as it sounds,
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  • But as simple as it sounds, when you make a decision
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  • When you make a decision for your health,
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  • For your health, and you would have
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  • And you would have preferred blue bell,
  • 00:16:38.091 --> 00:16:44.431
  • Preferred blue bell, god looks down and he says,
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  • God looks down and he says, "he's making the right
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  • "he's making the right decision because he realizes
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  • Decision because he realizes i'm the one that gave
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  • I'm the one that gave him that body,"
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  • Him that body," and i'll take that
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  • And i'll take that as an act of worship.
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  • As an act of worship. the financial
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  • The financial decisions you make,
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  • Decisions you make, they're acts of worship.
  • 00:16:55.742 --> 00:16:57.744
  • They're acts of worship. proverbs 3 says,
  • 00:16:57.811 --> 00:16:59.879
  • Proverbs 3 says, "honor the lord with your
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  • "honor the lord with your possessions and the firstfruits
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  • Possessions and the firstfruits of all of your increase."
  • 00:17:03.216 --> 00:17:05.718
  • Of all of your increase." meaning that the things
  • 00:17:05.785 --> 00:17:06.352
  • Meaning that the things that you choose
  • 00:17:06.419 --> 00:17:07.053
  • That you choose to do with your money,
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  • To do with your money, if you do them to honor god,
  • 00:17:08.154 --> 00:17:09.956
  • If you do them to honor god, they're acts of worship.
  • 00:17:10.023 --> 00:17:11.958
  • They're acts of worship. if you do not frivolously waste
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  • If you do not frivolously waste and spoil what god
  • 00:17:13.560 --> 00:17:14.794
  • And spoil what god has blessed you with.
  • 00:17:14.861 --> 00:17:15.795
  • Has blessed you with. he looks down and he says,
  • 00:17:15.862 --> 00:17:16.930
  • He looks down and he says, "the discipline
  • 00:17:16.996 --> 00:17:17.697
  • "the discipline and the decisions
  • 00:17:17.764 --> 00:17:18.331
  • And the decisions that they're making,
  • 00:17:18.398 --> 00:17:19.132
  • That they're making, i'm gonna take as
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  • I'm gonna take as a sacrifice of praise.
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  • A sacrifice of praise. yes, they wanted
  • 00:17:21.668 --> 00:17:22.669
  • Yes, they wanted to do something different,
  • 00:17:22.735 --> 00:17:23.837
  • To do something different, but what they did,
  • 00:17:23.903 --> 00:17:24.571
  • But what they did, they did to honor me."
  • 00:17:24.637 --> 00:17:27.440
  • They did to honor me." so, the question is not
  • 00:17:27.507 --> 00:17:28.341
  • So, the question is not what kind of church
  • 00:17:28.408 --> 00:17:29.075
  • What kind of church are we having on sunday?
  • 00:17:29.142 --> 00:17:30.243
  • Are we having on sunday? the question is what kind
  • 00:17:30.310 --> 00:17:31.377
  • The question is what kind of church are you having
  • 00:17:31.444 --> 00:17:32.745
  • Of church are you having when you're not here?
  • 00:17:32.812 --> 00:17:36.216
  • When you're not here? because you need to know,
  • 00:17:36.282 --> 00:17:37.183
  • Because you need to know, just like the samaritans
  • 00:17:37.250 --> 00:17:38.418
  • Just like the samaritans worshiped many other gods,
  • 00:17:38.485 --> 00:17:39.886
  • Worshiped many other gods, you don't have to have
  • 00:17:39.953 --> 00:17:40.520
  • You don't have to have a pagan altar in your house
  • 00:17:40.587 --> 00:17:42.388
  • A pagan altar in your house to pull god off the throne
  • 00:17:42.455 --> 00:17:43.623
  • To pull god off the throne and put something else on it.
  • 00:17:43.690 --> 00:17:46.459
  • And put something else on it. you will worship what you want,
  • 00:17:46.526 --> 00:17:48.795
  • You will worship what you want, and what you want,
  • 00:17:48.862 --> 00:17:49.729
  • And what you want, you will worship.
  • 00:17:49.796 --> 00:17:52.332
  • You will worship. some people worship money,
  • 00:17:52.398 --> 00:17:53.867
  • Some people worship money, which is why when
  • 00:17:53.933 --> 00:17:54.434
  • Which is why when they're not at church,
  • 00:17:54.501 --> 00:17:55.101
  • They're not at church, all they chasing
  • 00:17:55.168 --> 00:17:56.002
  • All they chasing is the next dollar.
  • 00:17:56.069 --> 00:17:58.138
  • Is the next dollar. some people worship status,
  • 00:17:58.204 --> 00:17:59.539
  • Some people worship status, which is why when they're not
  • 00:17:59.606 --> 00:18:00.673
  • Which is why when they're not in god's house,
  • 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.474
  • In god's house, they're doing everything
  • 00:18:01.541 --> 00:18:02.408
  • They're doing everything they can to become known
  • 00:18:02.475 --> 00:18:04.010
  • They can to become known and become someone of status
  • 00:18:04.077 --> 00:18:06.479
  • And become someone of status here in the society.
  • 00:18:06.546 --> 00:18:08.848
  • Here in the society. whatever it is that you choose
  • 00:18:08.915 --> 00:18:10.049
  • Whatever it is that you choose to worship other than
  • 00:18:10.116 --> 00:18:11.117
  • To worship other than the one true god,
  • 00:18:11.184 --> 00:18:12.085
  • The one true god, it's what you're
  • 00:18:12.152 --> 00:18:12.886
  • It's what you're bending your knee to.
  • 00:18:12.952 --> 00:18:13.920
  • Bending your knee to. and the bible's very clear,
  • 00:18:13.987 --> 00:18:15.054
  • And the bible's very clear, "every knee shall bow,
  • 00:18:15.121 --> 00:18:16.322
  • "every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess
  • 00:18:16.389 --> 00:18:17.957
  • And every tongue shall confess that christ is lord
  • 00:18:18.024 --> 00:18:19.526
  • That christ is lord to the glory of god,
  • 00:18:19.592 --> 00:18:20.894
  • To the glory of god, the father."
  • 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.594
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:22.629 --> 00:18:27.667
  • Is your personal church
  • 00:18:28.334 --> 00:18:30.537
  • Is your personal church complementing your public
  • 00:18:30.603 --> 00:18:31.905
  • Complementing your public church or competing with it?
  • 00:18:31.971 --> 00:18:35.408
  • Church or competing with it? do the things that
  • 00:18:35.475 --> 00:18:36.042
  • Do the things that you say in god's house,
  • 00:18:36.109 --> 00:18:37.744
  • You say in god's house, on god's day sound like
  • 00:18:37.810 --> 00:18:38.578
  • On god's day sound like the things that you say
  • 00:18:38.645 --> 00:18:39.913
  • The things that you say every other day,
  • 00:18:39.979 --> 00:18:41.414
  • Every other day, or do you have two
  • 00:18:41.481 --> 00:18:42.148
  • Or do you have two different vocabularies
  • 00:18:42.215 --> 00:18:43.283
  • Different vocabularies and two different attitudes?
  • 00:18:43.349 --> 00:18:46.920
  • And two different attitudes? when god sees you worship,
  • 00:18:46.986 --> 00:18:48.454
  • When god sees you worship, does he say,
  • 00:18:48.521 --> 00:18:49.022
  • Does he say, "yes, i know you love me."?
  • 00:18:49.088 --> 00:18:52.892
  • "yes, i know you love me."? or does he look down
  • 00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:53.626
  • Or does he look down and go, "really?"
  • 00:18:53.693 --> 00:18:57.897
  • And go, "really?" because the bible says
  • 00:18:57.964 --> 00:18:59.165
  • Because the bible says "true worshipers worship him
  • 00:18:59.232 --> 00:19:01.568
  • "true worshipers worship him in spirit and in truth."
  • 00:19:01.634 --> 00:19:05.405
  • In spirit and in truth." colossians tells us
  • 00:19:05.471 --> 00:19:06.506
  • Colossians tells us in colossians 3:23,
  • 00:19:06.573 --> 00:19:08.208
  • In colossians 3:23, "whatever you do,
  • 00:19:08.274 --> 00:19:09.075
  • "whatever you do, do it heartily,"
  • 00:19:09.142 --> 00:19:11.678
  • Do it heartily," that means with enthusiasm,
  • 00:19:11.744 --> 00:19:14.681
  • That means with enthusiasm, "as unto the lord
  • 00:19:14.747 --> 00:19:16.049
  • "as unto the lord and not to men."
  • 00:19:16.115 --> 00:19:19.319
  • And not to men." which gives you the opportunity
  • 00:19:19.385 --> 00:19:20.687
  • Which gives you the opportunity to take every act
  • 00:19:20.753 --> 00:19:22.188
  • To take every act that you do in your life
  • 00:19:22.255 --> 00:19:23.456
  • That you do in your life and make it an act of praise.
  • 00:19:23.523 --> 00:19:27.393
  • And make it an act of praise. in your spirit,
  • 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:28.328
  • In your spirit, whenever you get up
  • 00:19:28.394 --> 00:19:29.229
  • Whenever you get up and go to work,
  • 00:19:29.295 --> 00:19:29.762
  • And go to work, say, "god, i'm going
  • 00:19:29.829 --> 00:19:30.396
  • Say, "god, i'm going to work for you.
  • 00:19:30.463 --> 00:19:31.731
  • To work for you. i know i work for the company,
  • 00:19:31.798 --> 00:19:33.233
  • I know i work for the company, i know i work for the boss,
  • 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.667
  • I know i work for the boss, i know i work at this job,
  • 00:19:34.734 --> 00:19:36.236
  • I know i work at this job, but the work that i do,
  • 00:19:36.302 --> 00:19:37.570
  • But the work that i do, it's you who gave me
  • 00:19:37.637 --> 00:19:38.705
  • It's you who gave me the strength to do it.
  • 00:19:38.771 --> 00:19:39.706
  • The strength to do it. it's you in whom i live
  • 00:19:39.772 --> 00:19:40.940
  • It's you in whom i live and move and have my being.
  • 00:19:41.007 --> 00:19:42.442
  • And move and have my being. so, i'm gonna go to work today
  • 00:19:42.508 --> 00:19:43.977
  • So, i'm gonna go to work today and i'm gonna make my work
  • 00:19:44.043 --> 00:19:45.178
  • And i'm gonna make my work a demonstration of excellence
  • 00:19:45.245 --> 00:19:46.946
  • A demonstration of excellence so that others will see evidence
  • 00:19:47.013 --> 00:19:48.448
  • So that others will see evidence of the fact that you're
  • 00:19:48.514 --> 00:19:49.415
  • Of the fact that you're real in my life.
  • 00:19:49.482 --> 00:19:51.017
  • Real in my life. and whenever they see me,
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  • And whenever they see me, they'll glorify you because
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  • They'll glorify you because your word says that if you'll
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  • Your word says that if you'll do it the right way,
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  • Do it the right way, if you'll let your
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  • If you'll let your light shine before men,
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  • Light shine before men, they'll glorify
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  • They'll glorify your father in heaven.
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  • Your father in heaven. so, god today, monday morning,
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  • So, god today, monday morning, it's gonna be a sacrifice
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  • It's gonna be a sacrifice of praise unto you."
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  • Of praise unto you." don't wake up and go,
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  • Don't wake up and go, "oh god, it's monday."
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  • "oh god, it's monday." i'll tell you what,
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  • I'll tell you what, if you wake up breathing,
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  • If you wake up breathing, you should be thankful.
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  • [applause]
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  • God deserves your
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  • God deserves your worship privately,
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  • Worship privately, and he deserves
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  • And he deserves your worship publicly.
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  • Your worship publicly. whenever we get together
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  • Whenever we get together and we worship
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  • And we worship god in a service,
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  • God in a service, our public worship is a way
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  • Our public worship is a way to encourage one another.
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  • To encourage one another. this is where we're reminded
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  • This is where we're reminded that he's our father,
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  • That he's our father, not my father.
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  • Not my father. that he's the maker of us all.
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  • That he's the maker of us all. this is the place where
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  • This is the place where breakthrough comes from because
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  • Breakthrough comes from because the bible says, "one of us
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  • The bible says, "one of us can put a thousand to flight
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  • Can put a thousand to flight and two of us can put
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  • And two of us can put ten thousand to flight."
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  • Ten thousand to flight." i say this in closing.
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  • I say this in closing. if god is looking for it,
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  • If god is looking for it, it must be pretty hard to find.
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  • It must be pretty hard to find. jesus said,
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  • Jesus said, "for the father is seeking."
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  • "for the father is seeking." say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "for the father is seeking
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  • "for the father is seeking those who would worship him."
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  • Those who would worship him." if god's looking for it,
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  • If god's looking for it, it must not be as available
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  • It must not be as available as you think it is.
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  • As you think it is. go look at psalms 148.
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  • Go look at psalms 148. and what you find in that
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  • And what you find in that passage of scripture
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  • Passage of scripture is a declaration of praise.
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  • Is a declaration of praise. the psalm begins,
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  • The psalm begins, "praise the lord."
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  • "praise the lord." and then it begins to list
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  • And then it begins to list in the following verses all
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  • In the following verses all of the things that do
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  • Of the things that do not have a choice.
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  • Not have a choice. it says,
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  • It says, "praise the lord you heavens,
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  • "praise the lord you heavens, and you heights,
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  • And you heights, and you angels, and you hosts.
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  • And you angels, and you hosts. praise the lord you sun,
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  • Praise the lord you sun, and moon, and stars,
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  • And moon, and stars, and water,
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  • And water, and land."
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  • And land." it says,
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  • It says, "the mountains have no choice
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  • "the mountains have no choice but to praise the lord
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  • But to praise the lord because god created them
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  • Because god created them and put them on the earth."
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  • And put them on the earth." and then it says the creatures
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  • And then it says the creatures who walk across the land
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  • Who walk across the land have to praise the lord
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  • Have to praise the lord and all of the creatures
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  • And all of the creatures that are in the deep
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  • That are in the deep praise the lord.
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  • Praise the lord. and then it talks about
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  • And then it talks about storm clouds that form,
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  • Storm clouds that form, how they have
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  • How they have to praise the lord.
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  • To praise the lord. and winds that blow,
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  • And winds that blow, and snow, and rain,
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  • And snow, and rain, and hail.
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  • And hail. all of these things
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  • All of these things have no choice.
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  • Have no choice. they have to worship
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  • They have to worship the god who created them.
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  • The god who created them. and then it gets down to mankind
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  • And then it gets down to mankind and it says about mankind,
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  • And it says about mankind, "you kings of the earth,
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  • "you kings of the earth, let you praise the lord."
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  • Let you praise the lord." you see, we get a choice.
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  • You see, we get a choice. are we gonna give god
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  • Are we gonna give god what he's worthy of,
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  • What he's worthy of, or are we gonna keep
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  • Or are we gonna keep it for ourselves?
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  • It for ourselves? god is looking for people
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  • God is looking for people who want to worship him,
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  • Who want to worship him, who want to thank him,
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  • Who want to thank him, who want to honor him
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  • Who want to honor him and give him glory.
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  • And give him glory. he's looking for people
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  • He's looking for people who don't just wanna
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  • Who don't just wanna show up at church,
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  • Show up at church, but who want to be the church,
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  • But who want to be the church, where he can dwell each
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  • Where he can dwell each and every day.
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  • And every day. so, here's how i wanna
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  • So, here's how i wanna end this service.
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  • End this service. i want you to stand
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  • I want you to stand right where you are.
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  • Right where you are. and for just a few moments,
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  • And for just a few moments, we're going to give god
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  • We're going to give god what god's looking for.
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  • What god's looking for. we're gonna give god the thanks
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  • We're gonna give god the thanks and the praise that he
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  • And the praise that he and he alone is worthy of.
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  • And he alone is worthy of. just like there were
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  • Just like there were a multitude of issues
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  • A multitude of issues in the life of the woman
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  • In the life of the woman in john 4,
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  • In john 4, i'm sure that there's
  • 00:23:51.123 --> 00:23:52.158
  • I'm sure that there's a multitude of issues here
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  • A multitude of issues here in this sanctuary today.
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  • In this sanctuary today. i'm certain that there's
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  • I'm certain that there's a multitude of issues
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  • A multitude of issues from those of you
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  • From those of you who are joining us today.
  • 00:23:58.331 --> 00:23:59.465
  • Who are joining us today. but we're not gonna go into
  • 00:23:59.532 --> 00:24:00.399
  • But we're not gonna go into heavenly places
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  • Heavenly places and talk about our needs,
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  • And talk about our needs, we're gonna go into heavenly
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  • We're gonna go into heavenly places and worship the god
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  • Places and worship the god who meets every need.
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  • Who meets every need. so, right where you are,
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  • So, right where you are, i just want you to lift
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  • I just want you to lift your hands and raise your voice,
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  • Your hands and raise your voice, and begin to give god thanks.
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  • And begin to give god thanks. thank you, god,
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  • Thank you, god, for every breath
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  • For every breath that i breathe.
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  • That i breathe. thank you, god,
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  • Thank you, god, for the health and the strength
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  • For the health and the strength to be in your house.
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  • To be in your house. thank you god,
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  • Thank you god, that you have once again
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  • That you have once again been faithful to keep your word
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  • Been faithful to keep your word that where two or three
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  • That where two or three of us are gathered,
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  • Of us are gathered, you're in our midst.
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  • You're in our midst. we don't deserve it, god,
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  • We don't deserve it, god, but you're here anyway.
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  • But you're here anyway. thank you for your mercy
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  • Thank you for your mercy that's renewed every morning.
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  • That's renewed every morning. thank you for your grace
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  • Thank you for your grace that is sufficient.
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  • That is sufficient. thank you for the sweet
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  • Thank you for the sweet gift of redemption.
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  • Gift of redemption. for washing away our sins
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  • For washing away our sins and making us whiter than snow.
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  • And making us whiter than snow. thank you for being a god who
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  • Thank you for being a god who understands and gives strength
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  • Understands and gives strength and gives peace that surpasses
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  • And gives peace that surpasses all understanding.
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  • All understanding. thank you for being
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  • Thank you for being a protector and a defender.
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  • A protector and a defender. for keeping us from harm that
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  • For keeping us from harm that we didn't even know existed.
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  • We didn't even know existed. but because your
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  • But because your angels were watching,
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  • Angels were watching, and your hand was upon us,
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  • And your hand was upon us, we've been sustained.
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  • We've been sustained. thank you for being
  • 00:25:13.172 --> 00:25:13.973
  • Thank you for being a healer when we were sick.
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  • A healer when we were sick. thank you for being
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  • Thank you for being all that we need.
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  • All that we need. now god, we come into heavenly
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  • Now god, we come into heavenly places offering you
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  • Places offering you a sacrifice of praise.
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  • A sacrifice of praise. saying that you
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  • Saying that you and you alone are worthy.
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  • And you alone are worthy. anything that we've ever
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  • Anything that we've ever placed above you,
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  • Placed above you, forgive us and let us always
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  • Forgive us and let us always look to you through the eyes
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  • Look to you through the eyes of worship, giving you praise
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  • Of worship, giving you praise and glory in jesus' mighty name.
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  • So often, we have these
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  • So often, we have these and priorities that we believe
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  • And priorities that we believe matter the most.
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  • Matter the most. in heavenly places,
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  • In heavenly places, what matters most is worship.
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  • What matters most is worship. it's what the angels
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  • It's what the angels are doing around the throne
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  • Are doing around the throne right now.
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  • Right now. it's what
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  • It's what all of the saints
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  • All of the saints who are gathered
  • 00:25:56.449 --> 00:25:57.083
  • Who are gathered there are going
  • 00:25:57.149 --> 00:25:58.217
  • There are going to do for eternity.
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  • To do for eternity. and it is what you and
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  • And it is what you and i should focus on
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  • I should focus on doing on a daily basis.
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  • Doing on a daily basis. because from the
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  • Because from the rising of the sun
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  • Rising of the sun to the going down of the same,
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  • To the going down of the same, the name of the lord is great
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  • The name of the lord is great and greatly to be praised.
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  • And greatly to be praised. god bless you and thank you
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  • God bless you and thank you for being a part
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  • For being a part of this program.
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  • Of this program. good.it's more than a word.
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  • Good.it's more than a word. it can move mountains, calm
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  • It can move mountains, calm the troubled sea of your soul
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  • The troubled sea of your soul and bring purpose to a life
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  • And bring purpose to a life that feels lost.
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  • That feels lost. live the joy filled life
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  • Live the joy filled life god created
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