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Joseph Prince - The Truth About “Drawing Near” to God

April 5, 2026 | 27:29

Discover God’s plan for you to prosper and bless others, even in tough times.

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - The Truth About “Drawing Near” to God | April 5, 2026

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Joseph prince: god designed the communion
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Joseph prince: in christ, you are very near to god.
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Nearer you cannot be.
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Many of us are, "i gotta get near,
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I gotta get near."
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The very attempt to get near is a denial
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That you are in christ at the father's right hand.
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Are you listening?
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It's a denial of the new covenant, your sins
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Are forgiven.
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It's a denial that god sees you righteous.
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Stop trying to get near. you are there.
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But what happens when you're there?
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"there i'll provide for you." where there?
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"the place of nearness, i'll provide for you."
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Announcer: ever wondered how you can stay unshakeable
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In seasons of shaking?
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In today's message, joseph prince will
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Reveal powerful truths on why god's people
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Are set apart to not just survive,
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But to thrive, even in hard times.
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There is hope.
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There is provision.
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There is abundance.
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There is faith in times of famine.
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In this new book, "faith in times of famine,"
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Joseph shows us why god's people can
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Still see provision, favor, and overflow,
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Even in the most uncertain times.
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Joseph prince: in this book i cover
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Everything you need to know to thrive in times of famine.
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You will learn how to rest in his supply,
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Speak his promises with faith, walk
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In true biblical prosperity, and live secure, knowing
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That even when the world is in lack, there is
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Always more than enough in your father's house.
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Announcer: and now, here's pastor joseph prince
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With today's program.
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Joseph prince: maybe you're going
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Through a marital situation.
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Maybe you're having a problem with one of your teenage boys.
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But when you go to the word of god
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And you ask god to speak to you, he might not speak
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To you directly about that relationship challenge
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That you're going through, but he will speak to you
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About something else.
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But listen carefully.
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There is a verse that says, "in your light we see light."
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We do not know what is the situation here.
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I'm blind to what i need to do in this particular situation.
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But in god's light we see light.
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We see how to handle, all right?
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It's like when you switch on the light in a room,
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All right, you have a missing car key,
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You do not know where you placed it,
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And then you start looking around,
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But in that light, you find your missing glasses
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That you misplaced or things like that, amen.
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In his light, we see everything, amen.
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So, that happens during worship as well.
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So, as you worship god, light shafts from heaven
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Start shining into your mind.
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So, you want-- every time you come
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To god's house, you want that light to come in.
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Now, how many of you, since you came to church
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From a time before you're a believer
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Until the time that you are here now
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As a believer, praise the lord,
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You see more things that you never,
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Never saw before?
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Even the plan of god for men, you see
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The world events in a new light.
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You see the signs of the times
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And the coming of the lord draws near.
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Light comes in, amen.
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Even your own personal life, you know why people
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Are acting like that.
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It's the sinful flesh, amen.
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And the bible says we are all--
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I'm speaking generally of the world
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And all that--sinners, and we need the lord jesus,
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Amen.
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So, you see people with compassion,
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Light has come in, amen.
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You're able to handle things
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In a new way, and when light comes in,
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Darkness goes out.
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You don't have to fight the darkness.
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Just bring in the light.
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So, the entrance of god's words gives light.
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And the whole thing about jesus dying for us
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On the cross, why, why?
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You see, we see that as something so vital,
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And rightly so, so necessary,
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And rightly so, in the redemption plan of god.
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But why did jesus die for us on the cross, amen?
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So that we can be cleansed, washed from our sins,
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But why wash from our sins?
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So that we can be clothed with the righteousness
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Of christ, amen.
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He took our sins, and we take his place.
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So that, what? so, it ends there?
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No, so that we can come to god.
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The very original plan of god,
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God wants a father-- had a dream
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To have a family that is close to him,
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And that's why he made us all-- we came later--with families,
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So that when we have children,
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We see a little sampling, we see a little light
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Of what it's like in god's heart for his family.
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And what you won't do for your children,
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You won't want-- god won't want for you.
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Speaking in the natural, jesus used that also.
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"you know how to give good gifts to your children.
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How much more your father?"
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So, he uses natural illustration to tell us
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That most of the things in the father's heart,
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A mother's heart, is the very thing that's
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In his heart for his children.
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Why you want them to be educated, why?
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Because you want them to be prosperous.
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Come on, right?
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You want--why do you want them to be prosperous?
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For their own good?
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No, so that you can be comfortable
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In life later on.
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So you can travel, right, all over the world.
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It's all about you, right?
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Why do you want them to be educated?
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Because you don't want them to be stupid.
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That's a good reason, amen.
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Let them know that because sometimes
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They sense that we want them to--
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We want them to be well educated
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Just so that you can go into a school
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That i want you to be in so that i'm not ashamed
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In front of all my friends, you know?
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All right, so and so and so and so has gone
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To this school, and so-- he picks it up,
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And all of a sudden he realized the whole
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Purpose for study is gone out the window.
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What do you desire for your children?
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Do you desire them to prosper?
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Yes, of course, but prosper for their own lives,
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Whether you're around to see it or not.
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True love is this: i've blessed you,
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But i don't expect a return.
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All right, if i get a return, it's a bonus.
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So, the whole purpose of being righteous is
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So that we can come to god's presence
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And talk to him freely, admire him.
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Sometimes the words are not necessary,
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Like i said just now.
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Just sit down there and wait on him.
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Something happens to you, it's never wasted time
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Because you're in the timelessness zone
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Where everything can become accelerated,
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The past can be changed even because you're in that realm.
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And you know what, you know what's gonna happen?
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The laws of nature doesn't apply anymore
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Because as you wait upon the lord,
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You'll find all of a sudden without looking for it--
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Because you're looking to the lord and admiring him,
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That's worship-- all of a sudden you find
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That you sprout wings as eagles.
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"they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength."
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You don't even know strength is coming in.
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Okay, and please don't take away
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From that physical strength as well.
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The hebrew word is also used for physical strength,
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Strength in all dimensions.
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They shall renew their strength, why renew?
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Because our own strength grows old.
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Our strength waxes and wanes, but renew.
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You exchange, one word for that word "renew"
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Is exchange.
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You exchange your human strength for divine strength, amen.
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The bible says moses, when he died
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At 120 years old, his eyesight was not dim,
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And his natural force, the force of his--
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The hebrew there says that his moisture was not flat,
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Literally in the hebrew.
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That means what?
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He was evergreen, even in old age, why?
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Divine strength.
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He always exchanged his strength, are you listening?
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"they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength.
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They shall mount up with wings as eagles."
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You can feel free to give them that verse,
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Or else they think that they come to church,
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We didn't quote any bible verse.
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Actually, when i speak like this, right,
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The verses are coming out all the time, okay?
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You can actually take down, all right.
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And it says, "they shall rise up with wings as eagles.
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They shall run and not be weary.
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They shall walk and not faint."
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Because that portion says, even the youth,
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All the youths in the house, the bible says
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If you don't do this, right, we who wait on the lord
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Will beat you because it says,
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"even the youth shall faint and utterly fall."
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You know what's utterly fall or not?
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Fall real bad, utterly fall.
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You got that verse?
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Isaiah, "they that wait upon the lord
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Shall renew their strength; they shall mount up
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With wings as eagles, they shall run
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And not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
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Do you realize something?
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I mentioned just now when you're
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In the presence of the lord, you are in the timeless zone.
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The laws of nature don't apply anymore.
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The laws of nature says when you're at this age,
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It's natural to have these problems.
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You sleep lesser, you have more problems
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With your heart, you have more problems
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With that, forgetfulness, you know, you run lesser,
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You walk lesser, and it's that kind of thing, okay?
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But we are not in the realm of nature anymore
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When you are in the presence of the lord.
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When you worship, you are in the timeless zone,
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Do you know that?
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You're not governed by the laws of nature, why?
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Because actually, in nature you don't run first.
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You walk, then you run, then you fly.
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Here you fly, then you run, then you walk.
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Do you see that?
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Oh, it's a good thing that we showed you that verse,
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Or else you won't believe me, right?
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Have you noticed that?
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Renewing their strength cause you to what?
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Against the laws of nature, you fly first, you mount up
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With wings like eagles, amen.
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You feel like you're flying, praise the lord.
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There's something about worship.
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God wants us to be so close to him,
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Because you remember the story of joseph?
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Joseph is a picture-- the clearest picture
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Of our lord jesus is joseph,
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The character joseph in the bible,
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In the book of genesis, right?
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He's the son that the father loves,
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Beloved son.
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The father had other sons, right?
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How many sons finally he had?
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Twelve, plus benjamin.
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But joseph and benjamin shared the same mother.
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Not the--not-- listen carefully,
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Not the others.
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The others had other mothers, many of them bondwomen.
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So, it's a picture of those who share
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The same heavenly father, like isaac and ishmael,
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But isaac's mother is sarah.
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And paul uses this illustration, not me,
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In galatians 4.
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He says that she's-- he's of grace.
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His mother is sarah.
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But ishmael has abraham for the father,
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But his mother is hagar, the law, which is mount sinai.
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It says that, paul says mount sinai,
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Which produces bondage.
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Don't forget, the ten commandments is
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From mount sinai.
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Now, we are dead to the law, not to be--
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Live in lawlessness, but to walk in the spirit
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And to walk as christ walk, but we are not under the law.
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We are under grace.
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So, we are not of ishmael, under the wrong mountain.
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God has moved mountain, god has moved to mount zion.
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We are under sarah, mount zion, amen.
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But as it was then, the bible says,
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"he that was born after the flesh,"
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Ishmael, "persecuted him that was born after the spirit."
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Who is that? isaac, "those under grace.
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So it is now."
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It's always the child whose mother is law
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Who persecutes the child whose mother is grace.
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It's never those whose mother is grace persecute the one
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Whose mother is law.
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It's happening also today.
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Amen, are you listening?
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So, our problem comes from people
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Who share the same heavenly father
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But different mother.
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Are you my brother, or are you a brother
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From another mother?
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Hmm?
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That's the problem, so same thing with
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Joseph's brothers.
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Joseph and benjamin share the same mother,
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And in hebrew, rachel, her name means lamb.
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A picture of grace, a picture of the lord jesus christ, amen.
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They both share the same father and same mother.
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The rest are the ones who was jealous of joseph,
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Remember that?
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Amen, so anyway, the story is,
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The father loves his son, joseph, so much,
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The father gave him the robe,
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The multicolored robe, the beautiful robe,
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And then that robe actually in hebrew means
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It's a long sleeve robe, and long sleeve robe
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Means you don't have to work.
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The people with a short sleeve
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Or sleeveless are the ones in those days,
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They are called to labor.
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So, when the father gives you a multicolored coat
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With long sleeves, that means you don't have to work,
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Others work for you.
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So, the brothers were jealous, amen.
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So, the same thing with our lord jesus,
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The bible says.
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"out of jealousy and envy they delivered him
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To pontius pilate."
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And we know he died for us. all this in the plan of god,
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That christ might die for our sins.
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We understand that, it's a picture of jesus christ.
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But the rejection of his brothers, of joseph,
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Joseph became the bread of life.
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I'm going real fast, showing you the story of joseph, right?
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He became the bread of life to what world?
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To the jacob world, to the jewish people?
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No, to the gentile world.
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For 2,000 years now jesus christ is the bread of life
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To a predominantly gentile world.
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Don't forget, he's jewish.
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In terms of humanity, he came as a jew.
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But his jewish people reject him.
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For the most part, the jewish people
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Have rejected him, amen.
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But the lord has not forgotten them.
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So, we find the whole thing about how stephen later on,
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Referring to joseph, said that at his first appearance,
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The brothers didn't recognize him
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When they came for bread at his first appearance.
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When jesus first came, they didn't recognize him.
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"he came unto his own, his own received him not."
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But when he came again the second time, or rather,
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When he showed himself to his brothers
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Second time, he says, "i am joseph," right?
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We're about to see that happen.
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First coming, israel does not see jesus,
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Hence the story of their sufferings
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For 2,000 years.
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Jesus saw the sufferings and jesus says,
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"how i wish you didn't reject me.
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I feel like a mother hen, wanting to cover you,
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But now you don't want me, and you would not,"
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That's the word he used, "you would not.
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And now you're left to your own,
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And soldiers will come, and they'll dig trenches,
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Lay a siege around you."
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The story of their suffering.
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"but the day that you say baruch haba b'shem adonai,"
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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord,
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He's gonna return, amen.
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He has not forgotten them.
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God has not set aside this nation.
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Are you listening?
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All right, but you understand the sufferings.
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Okay, so at the second time he appeared to them,
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He says, "i am joseph," but who was there as well
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For the first time?
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In the first coming, he wasn't there.
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He was the youngest, he wasn't there.
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Benjamin, god is waiting for a benjamin generation.
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And he will appear just before jesus returns
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To show a second appearance to israel.
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And when he saw benjamin, his first words were,
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"god be gracious to you, my son."
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Grace marks that generation.
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We--god is waiting for a generation
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Of christians that will have the same mother as him,
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Rachel, same mother, grace, as him.
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We are at the place where he gave them--
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He gave benjamin five times more food.
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Now, the brothers still got food, all right,
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To their satisfaction.
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Wouldn't you agree with me for a young, young--
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He was the youngest, benjamin, he can hardly eat
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Five times more food, right?
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But that's the lord's way, you always get
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More than enough, amen.
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Then he told them-- now this is the part
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I'm coming to.
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You need to understand all that to see
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That joseph is the clearest type of christ
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In the old testament.
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They came to the time where they are about to go
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Back to the father, "bring my father here."
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It's been many years now, the father thought
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That joseph was dead.
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Israel thought he was dead. israel thought he was dead.
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The last time israel saw him was in the tomb.
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They never saw the resurrection.
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All right, israel thinks he's dead.
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"go to israel, my father," jacob is israel, okay?
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And watch this.
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He says, "joseph said to his brothers,
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'please come near to me.'"
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He always wants you near to him.
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And then he says this. "so they came near.
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Then he said: 'i'm joseph your brother,
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Whom you sold into egypt.
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Don't be grieved or angry with yourself
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That you sold me here; because god sent me before you
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To preserve life.'"
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Wow, jesus says to israel,
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"no, no, don't cry.
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You rejected me, yes.
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But god designed the whole thing so that i'll die on the cross
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And preserve lives, save souls, amen.
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Not just you all in the nation of israel,
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But also the entire world."
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"for god so loved the world that he gave
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His only begotten son."
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Not just god so loved israel, god so loved the world, amen.
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Are you all blessed?
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And then watch this, he says, "for these two years
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The famine has been in the land, there are five--
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Still five years."
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Somehow famine is related to the second appearing
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Of christ, joseph to his brothers, the picture
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Of the second appearing of christ.
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Just get rid-- put them together, understand?
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When benjamin stands, all right, there'll be famine.
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So, the heavenly joseph is waiting
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For the benjamin generation.
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But we need not worry about the famine.
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We'll have five times more food, five times more clothing,
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And it's not just in the natural.
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It's also five changes of anointing.
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Back to joseph again, you have these two years,
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"and god sent me before you to preserve a posterity."
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Drop down, verse 8, "now it was not you
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Who sent me here, but god; he made me a father to pharaoh,
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Lord of all his house,
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Ruler throughout all the land of egypt.
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Hurry, go up to my father and say, 'thus says
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Your son joseph: "god has made me
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Lord of all egypt; come down to me, do not tarry.
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You shall dwell in the land of goshen,
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And you shall be near to me."'"
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Goshen in hebrew is nearness.
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Say nearness.
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I'm bringing this to a close.
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"you shall be near me, you and your children,
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Your children's children."
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Didn't say here, "your children have
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To walk their own life."
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No, no, you and your children,
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So take that promise.
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They might seem far away, but they will be near
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When you are near.
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All right, so the whole purpose
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Of being the righteousness of god
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Is to be near, and you know something?
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You're always near.
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Don't try to be near when you are near.
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When you try to be near when you're already near
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Because in christ you are near, you are in christ
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At the father's right hand.
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You are so near god. nearer to god you cannot be.
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But the attempt to try to be near to god caused you
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To fall from grace, and then you are frustrated
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Because you're trying to get near to god,
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But actually you are denying the truth
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That you are near to god.
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So, the attempt to be near to god is
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Actually an act of unbelief.
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I'll try that again.
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When you--in christ you are very near to god,
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Nearer you cannot be.
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You can walk anywhere, you can walk down the streets,
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And then you feel like talking to god,
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Just talk to god and know
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That you are very near because you are in christ,
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And see it doesn't revolutionize your prayer life.
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Many of us are, "i gotta get near.
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I gotta get near."
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The very attempt to get near is a denial
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That you are in christ at the father's right hand.
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Are you listening?
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It's a denial of the new covenant,
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Your sins are forgiven.
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It's a denial that god sees you righteous.
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Stop trying to get near, you are there.
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But what happens when you're there?
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"there," verse 11, "i will provide for you."
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The place of nearness, the lord jesus is saying,
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"there i'll provide for you."
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You will have five times more than the people of the world,
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To be a testimony that they will see you
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And read the living letters of christ, and they'll say that,
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"i want your god," amen, i want your god,
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Because i know, especially when we're not as smart
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As them, those learned, erudite in financial education,
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And they look at you and i and they say that,
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"how come this happened to you and not to me?
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And i have all the, you know, the learnings,
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And it happened to you, why?"
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Make sure you say, "it's jesus," amen.
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Don't be ashamed, okay?
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"there i'll provide for you," where there?
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The place of nearness, "i'll provide for you,
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Lest you and your household, and all that you have,
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Come to poverty; for there are still
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Five years of famine."
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Let me close with this.
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"behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother
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Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaks to you."
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I'll end with this.
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"so you shall tell my father of all my glory in egypt,
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And of all that you have seen; you shall tell my father
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Of all my glory in egypt and of all that you've seen."
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You know what's worship?
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The picture of joseph, the picture of jesus,
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"tell my father of all my glory that you have seen."
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Worship is telling the father the beauties of his son.
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The father loves it.
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Announcer: pastor joseph prince will return in a moment
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Joseph prince: lift your hands all across this place.
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I'll bless you like this, okay?
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I feel led to do this.
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Just stop for a while and think throughout this week.
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Take a deep breath, relax.
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I want you to have this posture throughout this week.
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Nearer to god i cannot be.
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I'm already very near.
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Maintain this truth because everything in life,
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Especially the enemy, will try to stop you
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From thinking that you're so near to god.
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It will change your life, it will revolutionize your life.
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Because you are in christ, you are very near to god.
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Outside church, wherever you are,
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You are very near to god, why?
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Because you are in christ, not because you are in church,
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That you are nearer to god,
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And you are in christ forevermore, amen?
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With that, you are blessed.
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In jesus's name, god bless you.
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We'll see you again.
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Female: in 2016 my daughter was pregnant,
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And she delivered early, 23 weeks, and she had to stay
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In the nicu for 4 months.
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A time came where we received a call
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From the hospital.
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She had three different bacterial infections
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And double pneumonia.
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Her numbers were between, like, like,
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In the high 30s and 40s.
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They're supposed to be, like, 85.
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There wasn't much hope.
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So, it had been, like, at least ten years
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Since my life being transformed through the teaching
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And through pastor prince's ministry.
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I know god wants me healed.
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I know he wants my family healed.
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My husband and i were praying--
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We received holy communion because we receive
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Holy communion often.
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By the time we got to the hospital,
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She was in the 70s, so while we're waiting,
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Literally, we're watching the numbers
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Go higher and higher.
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We're just standing, believing god.
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By the time the doctor came, she was in the 90s.
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Right now, she is healthy and strong,
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And we are grateful for receiving a gospel
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That leaves no room for doubt.
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We're standing on god's word.
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It's not just that jesus can do it,
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But he's willing, and i knew he was willing
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To heal my granddaughter.
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He's faithful, and i'm just grateful
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For the gospel.
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Male announcer: thank you for being with us today.
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Join pastor joseph prince next time
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For a fresh word from the lord.
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Announcer: joseph prince ministries
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Joseph Prince - The Truth About “Drawing Near” to God

April 5, 2026 | 27:29

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