Joseph Prince

Joseph Prince - How to Win God’s Way: Less You, More Him

January 29, 2026 | 27:29

Come discover the secret to success without striving: God’s unmerited favor!

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - How to Win God’s Way: Less You, More Him | January 29, 2026

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Joseph prince: it's not about you, it's all about him.
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Every one of you that wants to build a career, a ministry,
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A home, a family, all right, your marriage, whatever it is,
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Understand this.
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The principle shared in god's word is for today.
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It's all for us today.
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It's telling us how to build.
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And more than anything else that we wanna build,
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Wanna build the body of christ.
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All around the world when god looks down,
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God doesn't see the--church a, b, c, x, y, z.
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God sees one church actually, amen.
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And god wants us to be passionate.
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It's one thing that--if you look at what's happening
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In the world, in the news, in the media and all that,
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They are all happening, all right,
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Because of these three reasons.
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Number one, christ.
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God is preparing for his son to return, okay?
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Around the world today, everything is happening
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Because of jesus.
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Number two, the church, the body of christ, amen.
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The church is not peripheral to the world,
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The world is peripheral to the church.
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Don't think of your business as central
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And you go to church on sundays on the side.
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No.
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The church, the body of christ is central.
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Everything--the depository of heaven is in the church.
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Amen.
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The fullness of god's blessing is in the church.
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So everything is happening around the world is--number two
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Is the church; and number three, god's chosen nation israel.
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God is saying, "it's not by financial might.
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It's not by power.
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It's not the connections you have.
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It is not by power, your human performance,
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Your human smartness, smarts.
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It's not by all this.
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It's by my spirit.
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When i breathe on you the unmerited favor,
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Things fall into place."
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Male announcer: let's kickstart the year
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With the right attitude, the attitude of rest.
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In today's message, joseph shares how life
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Isn't about fighting to survive.
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It's about living under god's unstoppable favor
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For you and your loved ones.
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People say that in life you've got to want it,
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You've got to earn it, you've got to deserve it,
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But what if there's a better way?
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In joseph's book "unmerited favor,"
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Learn to let go of what the world says about success
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And discover the kind of victory
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Your heavenly father wants you to enjoy.
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Request your copy now for a gift of any amount to the ministry
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And we'll also include joseph's book
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"thoughts for let-go living."
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In the favor that's already yours in christ.
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To request your copy today.
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And now, here's pastor joseph prince
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With today's program.
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Joseph prince: praise the lord.
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Let's dive right into the word of god.
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The law was given by moses, but grace and truth
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Came by jesus christ.
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It's amazing.
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Just recently i was listening to a message
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And i was amazed that there are people coming out
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With voices really strong wanting to keep the law,
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Going back to the law, not understanding the purpose
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For which god gave the law.
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I am for the law for the reason god gave the law, all right?
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God never gave the law to justify anyone by,
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God gave the law so that everyone can become guilty.
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And it's almost like we forget that the law was given by moses,
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But grace and truth came by jesus christ.
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Moses was a servant in god's house,
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But christ is the son of god.
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And the bible says jesus himself said the servant
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Does not abide forever, but the son abides forever.
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If the son sets you free, you'll be free indeed.
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And still we are almost like despising grace,
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The son, all right, in favor of the servant, moses.
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Remember that when the baby jesus
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Was brought to the temple by his parents,
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There was an old man, a old prophet
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By the name of simeon; and his name simeon
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Means hearing or shema in israel.
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You ask any jewish person what is shema,
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They will tell you, "hear, o israel.
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Shema, israel, all right?
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Our god is one lord and you shall love him
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With all your heart, all your soul, all your mind."
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So the sum totality of the law is in the shema.
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So this old man, the law being old--by then 1,500 years since
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Moses gave it to the people of israel on mount sinai.
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The law came into the temple when baby jesus was there.
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And simeon, representing the law, blessed the parents,
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But he didn't bless the baby.
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Why?
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Because the less is blessed of the better always.
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You cannot bless the better.
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So he blessed the parents.
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And then the bible says he said, "my eyes--"
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He told the lord, "lord,
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Let now your servant depart in peace, for my eyes
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Have seen your yeshua," in hebrew, "your salvation."
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So even the law is saying, "let me now depart in peace.
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I have served my purpose.
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Now yeshua has come."
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God sent his son for the purpose of dying for our sins;
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And because his son has died for our sins, paid the price
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For our redemption, today god's righteousness is on your side.
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God has put in such a way that god is not pitiful
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In making you righteous.
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No, no, no, that's not the language of scripture.
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God is not merciful in making you righteous.
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God is rich in mercy, but he's not merciful
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In making you righteous.
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God is righteous in making you righteous, amen,
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In making sinful men righteous.
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So in other words, stand before god--god is saying,
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"stand before god as a sinner and i'll be your justifier.
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Stand before me as a righteous man, and you know what?
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You're lost."
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I'm talking about righteousness of your own.
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So god says, "have you come to a place--"
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It's like a farmer, all right?
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Let's say a farmer has two sacks of seed he wants to sow
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During the time of sowing, all right,
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And he tells his workers, "okay, guys.
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All right, take the seeds from this gunny sack, all right?
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Do not take the seeds from this sack."
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"why?"
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"because these seeds are useless, all right?
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These seeds are for my grandchildren to play with,
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All right?"
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"but they look good.
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They look better than these seeds."
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"yeah, but--these seeds may look bad,
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But they are good, solid seeds.
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Listen, these seeds here, they look clean,
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They look nice, but they are sterile."
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So the farmer goes away.
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And guess what?
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Many of them are impressed with the look of that seed
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And they start using from this sack.
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And guess what?
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When summer comes, when harvest comes, it shows up in weeds.
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It's like man still hankering after some goodness in themself.
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They should come to god in and of ourself.
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I'm saying this.
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In and of ourself, we must realize we are sinners.
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We are covered, like job, with putrefying sores
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And the only hope is to stand before god
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Not as judge but as our justifier.
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Jesus says, "i came not to call the righteous,
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But i came to call sinners to repentance."
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So if you say, "pastor prince, i'm a sinner,"
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Then you know what?
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You qualify.
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God wants you to stand before him as your justifier.
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Listen, if i stand before god as judge, i cannot be saved.
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If i stand before god as justifier, i cannot be lost.
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If god justifies you, you are justified.
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So it's either--you know, we're still hankering after self.
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It's either we manifest in pride,
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Pride of name, pride of effort,
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Pride of position, whatever it is; or it manifests
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In self-condemnation and, you know, pity parties.
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"i'm so lousy."
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Both are focused on self.
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One is what i've done, what i have.
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Another one is what i have not done, what i don't have.
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It is still i, that miserable i.
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"so what do i do, pastor prince, with i?"
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God is saying, "would you like an object, a new self?
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Here, my son jesus.
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He's your new i.
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He's your new self.
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It's no longer you, but from now on i will judge, i will assess,
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I will look at you through jesus."
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It is not a question of how good you are,
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It's a question of how good he is.
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It behooves us then, all right, to find out all we can
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About this wonderful person of god's son,
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Whom the scripture says in the book of wisdom,
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"i was daily his delight, whom god sent into this world,"
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The only baby born to die for our sins
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Because god loved us.
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Hallelujah.
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"so how can i tell when--pastor, how can i tell i'm in--
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I'm still in self-righteousness?"
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Whenever you are feeling condemned, trust me,
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Somewhere along the way before you came to this place
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You were hankering after self, after some goodness in yourself.
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"now, pastor prince, we gotta have a gospel of self-esteem."
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I don't believe in a gospel of self-esteem.
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Actually, men are naturally lovers of themself.
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It's either i in pride or i in condemnation.
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It is still i, all right?
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We don't need the gospel of self-esteem.
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That's psychology.
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God didn't give us psychology, god gave us christ's esteem.
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It is looking to jesus and saying,
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"father, he is my righteousness.
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He is my holiness.
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He is my redemption."
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Hallelujah.
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And it's a wonderful life.
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I'm telling you, it's wonderful.
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"well, pastor prince, i can see so many flaws in you."
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You are right.
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In fact, you have not seen as much as you should
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If you knew me the way my wife knew me,
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And she has not seen everything she need to see.
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Amen?
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But you know what?
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Hey, doesn't really matter because i am no more
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My righteousness, christ is.
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And i'm blessed, man.
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And that's why that confuses some people,
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Some religious folks when they look at people
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And they say, "that brother over there,
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I can't understand why god blesses him.
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He watches television.
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And i bore the burden and i bore the heat of the day.
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I pray six times a day.
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I've read my bible through five times a day.
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And that sister, that brother so blessed, he watches television.
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And my pastor told me years ago to give up television
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And i gave it up.
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And once in a while i strain to hear what the television
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Next door is playing and i sacrifice
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And yet this whippersnapper comes along and god blesses him.
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Blasphemy."
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They're confused.
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Some of them get angry with god.
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Are you listening, church?
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It's not about you, it's all about him.
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Every one of you that wants to build a career,
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A ministry, a home, a family, all right,
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Your marriage, whatever it is,
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Understand this.
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The principle shared in god's word is for today.
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It's all for us today.
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It's telling us how to build.
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And more than anything else that we wanna build,
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Wanna build the body of christ.
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All around the world when god looks down,
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God doesn't see the--church a, b, c, x, y, z.
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God sees one church actually, amen.
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And god wants us to be passionate.
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It's one thing that--if you look at what's happening
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In the world, in the news, in the media and all that,
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They're all happening, all right,
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Because of these three reasons.
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Number one, christ.
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God is preparing for his son to return, all right?
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Some things are happening from the devil,
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But god is turning out for our good, okay?
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Around the world today, everything is happening
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Because of jesus.
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Number two, the church, the body of christ.
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Amen.
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The church is not peripheral to the world,
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The world is peripheral to the church.
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Don't think of your business as central
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And you go to church on sundays on the side.
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No.
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The church, the body of christ is central.
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Everything--the depository of heaven is in the church.
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Amen.
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The fullness of god's blessing is in the church.
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So everything is happening around the world is--number two
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Is the church; and number three, god's chosen nation israel.
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So if you are building a career, what--make sure
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It's linked to the church.
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Make sure it's to build the house of god.
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So what happened is they came back,
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And two years after they came back they woke up and said,
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"hey, don't forget the purpose for which the king sent us back
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To rebuild the temple."
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So this is what happened in ezra chapter 3.
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"now in the second month of the second year
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Of their coming to the house of god at jerusalem,
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Zerubbabel--" he's the governor of judah.
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Okay, came back as the governor of judah.
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Then joshua the son of jozadak.
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Now, joshua, the other leader, became the high priest
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Of this remnant that returned.
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So zerubbabel and joshua together form the leadership
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Of the land, all right?
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Kingly rule, priestly rule, okay?
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Just remember zeru and joshua.
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So they started work, all right?
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"they began work and appointed the levites
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From twenty years old and above
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To oversee the work of the house of the lord."
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So they started work.
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And always remember when you are building the house of god,
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The devil will not try to leave you alone.
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How many understand that?
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Okay, next chapter.
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"then the people of the land tried to discourage
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The people of judah.
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And they hired counselors against them to frustrate
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Their purpose all the days of cyrus king of persia,
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Until the reign of darius king of persia.
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In the reign of ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,
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They wrote an accusation against the inhabitants
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Of judah and jerusalem."
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So all this opposition that came, they hired counselors.
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They wrote, you know, to the king, complained.
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Nothing have changed.
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The enemy's device is still the same.
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And guess what happened?
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The work--effectively, the work stopped.
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The work of building stopped.
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You know how long it stopped?
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Twelve years.
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Now, god never told them to stop.
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During this time, what happened to zerubbabel the leader?
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What happened to joshua the high priest?
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They are leaders of the land.
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We don't hear of them.
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Whatever it is, god's people became discouraged.
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They allowed this accusation to come in.
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For 12 years, the work was in abeyance.
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Nothing was done.
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At the end of 12 years, god raised up two prophets
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By the names of haggai and zechariah.
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By the way, your book of ezra is before job and psalms, you know.
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It's after 2 chronicles in your bible.
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And you find haggai is towards the end of the old testament,
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And zechariah.
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Actually, ze--haggai and zechariah should be in the book
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Of ezra.
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They are contemporaries of that time.
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So god raised these two young men.
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By the way, they are very young prophets.
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In fact, zechariah was called na'ar in hebrew,
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Which means a teenager.
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A teenage prophet, it's indicative
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Of the benjamin generation in these end times.
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Nothing to do with age.
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All that is telling us, a youthful generation will arise.
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There are people who are 30 and they are already old.
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Complaining, complaining, complaining.
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There are those who are 80, 70 and they are young in spirit.
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It's refreshing to be around them.
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It's nothing to do with the age.
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It's a picture of the benjamin generation.
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Haggai was young, and zechariah was younger still.
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And god raised these two prophets
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Because the work was not done.
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You know what haggai did?
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In haggai chapter 1, you'll find it.
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Because of time, i'm gonna share you--with you real quick.
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Haggai went to the people and say, "hey, guys, is it time
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For you to live in sealed houses or paneled houses?"
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In those days when they are building god's temple,
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They would all live in tents.
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Sealed houses means they now have a roof.
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They have a ceiling.
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They are no more having the pilgrim character or just,
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You know, building a tent for the house of god,
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Make sure the house of god is built first.
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God's house is not even built.
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Only the foundation is laid, and they stop the work
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And they now have ceiling houses.
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So haggai says, "what is this?
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You are living in sealed houses and you are saying
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The time to build god's house has not yet come.
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It's not time to build the lord's house."
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And haggai says, "look at your life.
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What is happening?
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You drink and you're not quenched.
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You eat and you're not full.
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You earn wages and you--only to put it
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In the bag full of holes."
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Say, "guys," he say, "it's because god's house
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Is neglected."
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"seek ye first god's kingdom and his righteousness
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And all these things will be added to you."
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So that was haggai, all right?
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What about the teenage prophet zechariah?
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He has another book devoted to him, all right,
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The book of zechariah.
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God showed him what really happened.
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Would you like to see it?
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What happened to these two leaders, zerubbabel and joshua
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The high priest, the governor and the high priest,
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God showed zechariah.
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Chapter 3 of zechariah, "then god showed me
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Joshua the high priest standing before
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The angel of the lord, and satan standing
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At his right hand to oppose him."
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For the first time we see a character we don't see.
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We see about the writing--the poison writing.
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We hear about the opposition, the hired counselors,
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And all the persecution.
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We don't hear of satan, but he was working behind the scenes.
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And how was he working?
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Remember the name satan, ha-satan in hebrew,
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The one who accuses.
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And look at joshua the high priest.
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What happened to him?
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All right, he was--satan was standing at joshua
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The high priest's hand to oppose him.
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"and the lord said to satan, 'the lord rebuke you, satan!
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The lord who has chosen jerusalem rebuke you!
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Is this not a brand,'" referring to joshua,
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"'plucked from the fire?'
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Now joshua was clothed with filthy garments,
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And was standing before the angel."
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Now we have an insight why the work stopped,
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Why the people were discouraged, why the opposition succeeded.
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Because as the leader goes, so goes the nation.
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As the leader goes, so goes the family.
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As the leader goes, so goes the company,
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The corporation, whatever it is.
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Everything rise and fall based on leadership,
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And the leadership was under condemnation.
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Joshua was under condemnation,
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Evidenced by the filthy robes.
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Lemme bring this to a close.
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"you've been closing a few times, bro."
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Okay.
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Finally, my brethren.
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So joshua was clothed with filthy garments.
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He was under condemnation.
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And we can blame the government, we can blame the media,
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We can blame all this; but god is saying no,
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The problem lies with us.
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If we allow ourself to come under condemnation,
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In effect we are saying, "christ, i don't need you
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Because i have my own self-righteousness,"
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Which is evidenced by condemnation.
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Are you listening, people?
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And the moment you are condemned, favor stops,
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Grace stops, the opposition succeeds, all right?
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So what's the solution?
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Next verse.
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"then god answered and spoke to those who stood before him,
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Saying, 'take away the filthy garments from him.'
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And to him," to joshua, "god said,
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'see, i have removed your iniquity--'" past tense.
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"i--so look at it.
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See, see this, joshua.
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I have removed your iniquity from you,
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And i'll clothe you with rich robes."
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It's called robe of righteousness.
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And i'm telling you with a voice clear as crystal,
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Right now in jesus's name god says,
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"see, i have removed your sins."
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Then he asked the angel who talked with him, saying,
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"'what are these, my lord?'
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The angel who talked with me answered and said to me,
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'do you not know what these are?'
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And i said, 'no, my lord.'"
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Listen, the angel is about to show zechariah
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Behind the scenes about zerubbabel now.
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Let's follow.
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Next verse.
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"so he answered and said to me: 'this is the word of the lord to
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Zerubbabel: 'not by might nor by power, but by my spirit,'
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Says the lord of hosts.'"
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Listen, the word might can refer to financial might.
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It's the same word power to get wealth.
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It's the same word wealth here.
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Chayil in hebrew.
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It is not financial might.
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Watch this.
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God is saying, "it's not by financial might.
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It's not by power.
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It's not the connections you have.
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It is not by power, your human performance,
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Your human smartness, smarts.
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It's not by all this.
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It's by my spirit.
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When i breathe on you the unmerited favor,
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Things fall into place.
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So you know what, zerubbabel?"
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God is saying, "you are discouraged.
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You think that i don't have the financial might."
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"this remnant, they are poor people
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That return from captivity.
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They don't even have time to build their wealth, you know.
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I have nothing, no resources to work with."
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And god is saying, "zerubbabel, it's not by might.
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It's not by your power.
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It's by my spirit.
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You have before you a great daunting task, like a mountain."
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"who are you?" say this, zerubbabel.
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"who are you, o great mountain?
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Before zerubbabel you shall become a plain!"
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And how will this happen?
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"and he shall bring forth the capstone--"
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You know what's a capstone?
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It's the final piece of the building,
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Which means the building is finished.
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You will finish the work with shouts of...
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Oh, come on.
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Shouts of...
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Shouts of...
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You know how my spirit works?
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Grace.
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When you shout to your mountain grace,
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Before you it will become a plain.
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Thank you for making a real difference
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In the lives of so many.
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God bless you greatly.
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Announcer: be a grace legacy builder today.
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Your giving powers our ability to keep sending the gospel
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Of grace to the world.
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Call 888-847-8831 or visit josephprince.org
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To start building.
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Female: i told my son, i said, "i found my people!"
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I was so excited.
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Male announcer: church.
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It's not a place. it's a people.
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Male: good to see you guys. welcome, everyone.
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Female: hello.
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Male: we get people asking us, you know,
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How in the world do you do an online church?
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And we gather in our living room and we sing and we praise
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And then we sit there and we take in the word
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And then afterward you can talk about it.
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Announcer: church is not four walls.
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It's one body of christ.
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Male: we just feel so plugged in now, we feel planted.
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It does take some getting used to a little bit,
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You know, doing the online church.
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But i mean, right now we're speaking to you all
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And we're, you know, transcending time and space.
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Announcer: from livestreams to lifelines.
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Female: my best friends are in the chat,
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In the chat house, and when i was sick,
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I had people praying for me.
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I had people taking communion for me.
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They're right there when you need it.
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Announcer: because church is not where you meet,
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It's who you meet.
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Female: join a digital church and learn to feel love
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From people we can't see
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And we're not in the same room as.
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It helps us to make that connection,
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That i can't see god
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And i'm not in the same room as him, but he loves me.
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Announcer: find your people, find your church.
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Joseph prince: i believe that there is
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A corporate anointing whenever we come together
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To worship the lord as the body of christ,
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Even online.
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Announcer: visit josephprince.org/church
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Or text church to 71239 today.
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Announcer: thank you for being with us today.
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Join pastor joseph prince next time for a fresh word
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From the lord.
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Joseph Prince - How to Win God’s Way: Less You, More Him

January 29, 2026 | 27:29

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