Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin

God Uses Life's Bruises

October 19, 2022 | 208 | 27:29

Pastor Jentezen Franklin brings practical meaning to spiritual truths found in God’s Word.

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Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin | God Uses Life's Bruises | October 19, 2022

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>> 1 kings 20.
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>> 1 kings 20. i'll begin with verse 35.
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I'll begin with verse 35. "now a certain man of the sons
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"now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said
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Of the prophets said to his neighbor
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To his neighbor by the word of the lord,"
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By the word of the lord," in other words,
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In other words, god told him say,
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God told him say, "'strike me, please.'
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"'strike me, please.' and the man refused
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And the man refused to strike him,
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To strike him, and he said to him,
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And he said to him, 'because you have not obeyed
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'because you have not obeyed the voice of the lord, surely,
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The voice of the lord, surely, as soon as you depart from me,
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As soon as you depart from me, a lion shall kill you.'
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A lion shall kill you.' and as soon as he left him,"
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And as soon as he left him," which i would've never left him.
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Which i would've never left him. he's my neighbor.
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He's my neighbor. i might as well move in here.
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I might as well move in here. this is a wild story.
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This is a wild story. "and as soon as he left him,
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"and as soon as he left him, a lion found him
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A lion found him and killed him."
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And killed him." look at verse 37.
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Look at verse 37. "and he found another man,"
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"and he found another man," the prophet, "and said,
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The prophet, "and said, 'strike me, please.'
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'strike me, please.' so the man struck him,"
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So the man struck him," and notice the wording,
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And notice the wording, "the man struck him
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"the man struck him and inflicted a wound.
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And inflicted a wound. then the prophet departed
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Then the prophet departed and waited for the king
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And waited for the king by the road,
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By the road, and disguised himself with
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And disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes."
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A bandage over his eyes." i'd like to read one more
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I'd like to read one more verse in the last verse
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Verse in the last verse of that chapter, verse 43,
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Of that chapter, verse 43, "so the king of israel went
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"so the king of israel went to his house sullen," or heavy,
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To his house sullen," or heavy, "and displeased,
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"and displeased, and came to samaria."
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And came to samaria." one translation said
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One translation said heavy under conviction.
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Heavy under conviction. i love that.
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I love that. so, i wanna talk to you
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So, i wanna talk to you today about something,
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Today about something, and i'll give you the title
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And i'll give you the title in a few minutes,
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In a few minutes, but this is one of those wild
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But this is one of those wild stories in the old testament
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Stories in the old testament that has not much
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That has not much of any lead up to it.
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Of any lead up to it. it almost seems random, strange,
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It almost seems random, strange, in the middle of everything,
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In the middle of everything, and god doesn't explain it.
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And god doesn't explain it. he leaves it up to people
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He leaves it up to people to come up with a message
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To come up with a message out of it.
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Out of it. to me, it's strange because
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To me, it's strange because you have things you don't
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You have things you don't understand about this text.
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Understand about this text. why is a prophet standing there
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Why is a prophet standing there saying to a man with a sword
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Saying to a man with a sword 'cause it was a serious wound
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'cause it was a serious wound that he inflicted on him,
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That he inflicted on him, required bandages and help,
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Required bandages and help, and he said strike me.
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And he said strike me. i mean, god told him to go tell
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I mean, god told him to go tell a soldier or somebody with
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A soldier or somebody with a sword to strike him.
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A sword to strike him. and the bible said, you know,
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And the bible said, you know, that the man looked at him
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That the man looked at him like you would look.
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Like you would look. what if somebody came up
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What if somebody came up and said, "hit me.
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And said, "hit me. hit me."
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Hit me." i remember when mom used to whip
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I remember when mom used to whip me and dad used to whip me.
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Me and dad used to whip me. they would say a little line
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They would say a little line every once in a while that
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Every once in a while that i thought was cruel and unusual
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I thought was cruel and unusual punishment because they
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Punishment because they would say something like,
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Would say something like, "you asked for it."
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"you asked for it." y'all remember those words?
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Y'all remember those words? and i would always
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And i would always come back quick.
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Come back quick. i'm asking you to forgive me.
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I'm asking you to forgive me. i'm asking you to not do this.
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I'm asking you to not do this. and they said, "no.
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And they said, "no. when you didn't do what
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When you didn't do what i told you to do,
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I told you to do, you asked for this,
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You asked for this, so now you're gonna get it."
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So now you're gonna get it." and it's almost like this --
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And it's almost like this -- well, it's not an almost.
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Well, it's not an almost. this prophet is standing
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This prophet is standing there saying, "strike me.
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There saying, "strike me. hit me.
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Hit me. thus sayeth the lord,
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Thus sayeth the lord, hit me with your sword.
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Hit me with your sword. hit me hard.
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Hit me hard. cut me."
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Cut me." and the first guy
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And the first guy doesn't do it.
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Doesn't do it. i mean, it's just random.
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I mean, it's just random. this whole story is in two
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This whole story is in two or three verses.
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Or three verses. and then when he didn't do it,
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And then when he didn't do it, the guy turns around and says
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The guy turns around and says then i just release a lion
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Then i just release a lion to kill you for not obeying
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To kill you for not obeying what the lord told you to do,
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What the lord told you to do, and a lion came
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And a lion came and he killed him.
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And he killed him. and then while he's out
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And then while he's out there chewing on the guy,
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There chewing on the guy, he goes to another man,
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He goes to another man, and he says, "strike me,"
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And he says, "strike me," and i like this guy.
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And i like this guy. he's like, "where at?
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He's like, "where at? i don't care.
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I don't care. i'm about to cut you bad.
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I'm about to cut you bad. you have no idea."
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You have no idea." because i believe he was
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Because i believe he was thinking i know what happened
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Thinking i know what happened to the last guy who
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To the last guy who was told to do this,
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Was told to do this, so you're about to get hit.
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So you're about to get hit. and it's really amazing.
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And it's really amazing. teaches you a couple of things.
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Teaches you a couple of things. when you see things in the bible
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When you see things in the bible and in life there are always
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And in life there are always lessons to be learned in things
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Lessons to be learned in things you don't understand.
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You don't understand. in life you're gonna have
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In life you're gonna have things that hit that you
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Things that hit that you will not understand,
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Will not understand, and in the bible there
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And in the bible there are things that seem random
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Are things that seem random that you don't understand.
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That you don't understand. the first thing that i want
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The first thing that i want you to understand about
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You to understand about the story is that the prophet
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The story is that the prophet found another man real quick.
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Found another man real quick. if you, if you don't have
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If you, if you don't have an appetite for your call
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An appetite for your call and your place in what god
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And your place in what god has told you to do,
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Has told you to do, if you don't love what
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If you don't love what god has given you,
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God has given you, and you don't love the family
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And you don't love the family or the husband or the wife
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Or the husband or the wife or the life that god
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Or the life that god has given you,
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Has given you, if you don't take advantage
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If you don't take advantage of the opportunities
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Of the opportunities and the open doors
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And the open doors and the times when god says i
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And the times when god says i want you to do something for me,
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Want you to do something for me, if you decide not to do it,
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If you decide not to do it, please learn from this
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Please learn from this story god always has somebody
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Story god always has somebody else he can raise up.
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Else he can raise up. he may have to get
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He may have to get them off of drugs.
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Them off of drugs. he may have to pull them out
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He may have to pull them out from living under a bridge,
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From living under a bridge, but just when you think you're
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But just when you think you're all that and just when you think
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All that and just when you think that you're so big and powerful
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That you're so big and powerful and smart and talented,
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And smart and talented, god says if you don't
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God says if you don't learn to obey me,
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Learn to obey me, don't ever forget i've got
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Don't ever forget i've got another man or another woman
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Another man or another woman always waiting in the wings,
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Always waiting in the wings, and i'm gonna get my job done.
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And i'm gonna get my job done. i'd like to use you,
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I'd like to use you, but i don't have to use you.
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But i don't have to use you. i can use somebody else,
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I can use somebody else, and it's all dependent upon
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And it's all dependent upon will you obey me,
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Will you obey me, even when you don't
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Even when you don't understand my instructions.
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Understand my instructions. and the man smoked him
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And the man smoked him and notice the text,
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And notice the text, wounded him.
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Wounded him. he was visibly wounded.
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He was visibly wounded. the prophet was bleeding,
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The prophet was bleeding, had to have bandages
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Had to have bandages put on his body,
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Put on his body, and then he went from that place
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And then he went from that place immediately and waited on a spot
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Immediately and waited on a spot on the road because god had
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On the road because god had told him the king of israel,
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Told him the king of israel, king ahab, was coming
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King ahab, was coming in his chariot with
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In his chariot with his entourage down that road,
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His entourage down that road, and now that he
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And now that he had been wounded,
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Had been wounded, now that he had been hurt,
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Now that he had been hurt, now that he had been attacked,
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Now that he had been attacked, now that he had bled
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Now that he had bled he has something about him
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He has something about him that immediately felt now i'm
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That immediately felt now i'm ready to go give the message
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Ready to go give the message to the most powerful man
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To the most powerful man in the nation because
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In the nation because i am qualified.
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I am qualified. i mean, he asked for
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I mean, he asked for it and then he knew he had
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It and then he knew he had a message from god,
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A message from god, but he wasn't qualified to give
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But he wasn't qualified to give it until he had been wounded,
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It until he had been wounded, until he had been hurt,
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Until he had been hurt, until he had gone through
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Until he had gone through some suffering and some pain
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Some suffering and some pain and some tears and some
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And some tears and some bleeding and some hurting.
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Bleeding and some hurting. he had the word,
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He had the word, but he said i'm not qualified.
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But he said i'm not qualified. i'm not prepared,
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I'm not prepared, and i'm not positioned to give
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And i'm not positioned to give the king because the king would
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The king because the king would have kept on riding if he
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Have kept on riding if he hadn't seen the prophet
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Hadn't seen the prophet and the one that had bandages
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And the one that had bandages all over him bleeding.
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All over him bleeding. it caught his attention.
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It caught his attention. he said, "i'll listen
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He said, "i'll listen to that man."
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To that man." so many times we think
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So many times we think it's our talent that will
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It's our talent that will bring us before great people,
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Bring us before great people, and certainly it helps.
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And certainly it helps. i'm not against it.
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I'm not against it. your education, all of that,
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Your education, all of that, we all need all we can get,
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We all need all we can get, but when it really comes down
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But when it really comes down to it what i've learned
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To it what i've learned and i'm a communicator,
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And i'm a communicator, this is what i do for a living,
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This is what i do for a living, the sermons that reach people
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The sermons that reach people the most and touch people
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The most and touch people the most are not ones that just
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The most are not ones that just are up here that are bible,
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Are up here that are bible, spitting out facts of the bible
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Spitting out facts of the bible and all of that's important,
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And all of that's important, but it's really when in times
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But it's really when in times that i've gone through woundings
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That i've gone through woundings and hurts and cuts
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And hurts and cuts and attacks myself that i begin
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And attacks myself that i begin to have this authority.
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To have this authority. there's a weightiness that
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There's a weightiness that comes when somebody's been
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Comes when somebody's been through something.
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Through something. we want a perfect life.
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We want a perfect life. we want no wounds, no hurts,
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We want no wounds, no hurts, beautiful families,
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Beautiful families, no issues to ever hit our lives,
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No issues to ever hit our lives, and when it does come we sulk,
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And when it does come we sulk, we sour, we fail to understand
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We sour, we fail to understand that this prophet said, god,
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That this prophet said, god, if that's what it takes,
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If that's what it takes, the wounds and the hurts for me
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The wounds and the hurts for me to help somebody else
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To help somebody else and them listen to me because
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And them listen to me because of what i've been through.
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Of what i've been through. god uses, here's my title,
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God uses, here's my title, "god uses life's bruises."
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"god uses life's bruises." god uses life's wounds.
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God uses life's wounds. your wounds carry a message
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Your wounds carry a message in them that men and women
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In them that men and women in a hurting world
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In a hurting world who are hurting --
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Who are hurting -- i don't care how hard they are.
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I don't care how hard they are. i don't care how
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I don't care how wicked they are.
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Wicked they are. i don't care how drunk they are.
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I don't care how drunk they are. i don't care how high they are.
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I don't care how high they are. i don't care how many
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I don't care how many lovers they have.
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Lovers they have. when they encounter someone
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When they encounter someone who's speaking a word from
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Who's speaking a word from the lord and that someone has
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The lord and that someone has been qualified by their own
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Been qualified by their own wounds and their own failures
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Wounds and their own failures and their own heart broken
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And their own heart broken and their own bleeding
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And their own bleeding in some area of their life.
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In some area of their life. there's something about that,
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There's something about that, the foolishness of preaching,
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The foolishness of preaching, and he needs wounded,
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And he needs wounded, hurt, bruised people
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Hurt, bruised people to bring that message.
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To bring that message. you say, well, i have a valid
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You say, well, i have a valid excuse to not be a good dad
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Excuse to not be a good dad because i never had one.
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Because i never had one. well, you can look
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Well, you can look at it like that or you
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At it like that or you can say i've been wounded,
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Can say i've been wounded, and god can take my bruises
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And god can take my bruises and my wound and my cut.
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And my wound and my cut. because i didn't have a mother
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Because i didn't have a mother doesn't mean i'm gonna
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Doesn't mean i'm gonna pass generational curses
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Pass generational curses to my children to be the same
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To my children to be the same way and to abandon their family,
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Way and to abandon their family, but god can actually use what
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But god can actually use what they mean for my evil,
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They mean for my evil, joseph said, concerning
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Joseph said, concerning his own family.
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His own family. what they meant for my evil
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What they meant for my evil god can use it for the good,
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God can use it for the good, and i can transfer blessing
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And i can transfer blessing and i can be an even more
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And i can be an even more attentive mother or father
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Attentive mother or father because of what
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Because of what i've been through.
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I've been through. the wounds can be used
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The wounds can be used to heal and not destroy.
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To heal and not destroy. well, pastor,
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Well, pastor, you just don't understand
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You just don't understand how bad i've been hurt.
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How bad i've been hurt. no, you don't understand
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No, you don't understand now that you have been hurt,
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Now that you have been hurt, now that you have been attacked,
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Now that you have been attacked, now that you have been wounded,
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Now that you have been wounded, you can be highly effective
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You can be highly effective in leadership.
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In leadership. the very thing we think
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The very thing we think disqualifies us from leadership.
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Disqualifies us from leadership. see, we think leaders
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See, we think leaders have to be perfect.
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Have to be perfect. their lives have to be perfect.
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Their lives have to be perfect. somebody that i listen to needs
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Somebody that i listen to needs to have it all together when
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To have it all together when in reality sometimes you need
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In reality sometimes you need to get around some people who
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To get around some people who have been wounded and hurt
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Have been wounded and hurt and made it through.
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And made it through. some things,
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Some things, some things you go through,
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Some things you go through, some things you go through,
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Some things you go through, and it'll never
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And it'll never be the same again.
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Be the same again. there's nothing you can do that
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There's nothing you can do that can change it, and it's hard.
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Can change it, and it's hard. it's hard.
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It's hard. but god says i can
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But god says i can use that wound.
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Use that wound. i can use that bruise.
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I can use that bruise. i can use that attack.
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I can use that attack. i can use that divorce.
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I can use that divorce. i can use that.
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I can use that. if that disease had not come --
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If that disease had not come -- and don't get me wrong.
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And don't get me wrong. god doesn't send it.
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God doesn't send it. read the story of job.
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Read the story of job. it's satan that sends it.
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It's satan that sends it. it's sin that sends it.
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It's sin that sends it. it's the enemy that sends it.
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It's the enemy that sends it. it's disobedience that sends it.
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It's disobedience that sends it. but god, if he allows the wound
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But god, if he allows the wound to hurt, the attack, the blood
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To hurt, the attack, the blood shed to come to your life,
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Shed to come to your life, to your family,
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To your family, the sword to hit you,
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The sword to hit you, it's only so he can give you
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It's only so he can give you more ability to communicate
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More ability to communicate to somebody else that i went
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To somebody else that i went through it, and i made it.
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Through it, and i made it. the tragedy,
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The tragedy, the loss of a loved one,
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The loss of a loved one, the early death
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The early death of some relative.
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Of some relative. god says i can use that
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God says i can use that wound to get my message
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Wound to get my message across to powerful,
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Across to powerful, hardened people who nobody else
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Hardened people who nobody else can reach but the wounded.
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Can reach but the wounded. sometimes we think if we've
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Sometimes we think if we've been wounded we can't leave.
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Been wounded we can't leave. sometimes we look at god's
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Sometimes we look at god's command and say i really can't
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Command and say i really can't worship today with joy because
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Worship today with joy because i've had such a hellish week.
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I've had such a hellish week. i really can't lead.
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I really can't lead. i really can't help others
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I really can't help others because i've been wounded
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Because i've been wounded and i've been hurt.
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And i've been hurt. i can't even lead myself.
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I can't even lead myself. i'm so messed up.
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I'm so messed up. i can't even get myself
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I can't even get myself out of this depression.
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Out of this depression. how in the world,
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How in the world, how in the world can god use me?
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How in the world can god use me? because that's how he does.
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Because that's how he does. we've all been shot.
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We've all been shot. throw away your excuses.
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Throw away your excuses. you say i'm the only
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You say i'm the only one that's shot?
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One that's shot? no, you're not.
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No, you're not. you're not the only one hurt.
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You're not the only one hurt. you're not the only one wounded.
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You're not the only one wounded. you know children can wound you
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You know children can wound you and marriage can wound you
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And marriage can wound you and family can wound you,
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And family can wound you, and job situations can wound you
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And job situations can wound you and business deals that go bad
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And business deals that go bad and devastate you can wound you,
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And devastate you can wound you, and addictions can wound you.
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And addictions can wound you. here's a big one:
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Here's a big one: and friendly fire can wound you;
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And friendly fire can wound you; people that you were so close
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People that you were so close and so tight with
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And so tight with and something happened
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And something happened and now there is this terrible
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And now there is this terrible wound that doesn't
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Wound that doesn't ever seem to heal.
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Ever seem to heal. but what i'm saying to you
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But what i'm saying to you is you may never get over it,
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Is you may never get over it, but you will get through it
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But you will get through it if you will do what god
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If you will do what god tells you to do,
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Tells you to do, and some of you say, well,
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And some of you say, well, i want him to take it away.
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I want him to take it away. some scars will never go away.
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Some scars will never go away. some wounds will never go away,
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Some wounds will never go away, and it may never go away,
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And it may never go away, but you will get through it,
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But you will get through it, and you will stand victorious
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And you will stand victorious and you have a choice to make.
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And you have a choice to make. you don't choose what
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You don't choose what sword comes at you.
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Sword comes at you. you don't choose what
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You don't choose what wound comes into your life.
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Wound comes into your life. some things just hit,
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Some things just hit, and you don't understand
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And you don't understand and never will,
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And never will, but you do choose your response.
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But you do choose your response. in 1 chronicles 2:16
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In 1 chronicles 2:16 there is a woman mentioned
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There is a woman mentioned by the name of zeruiah,
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By the name of zeruiah, and the reason she is mentioned
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And the reason she is mentioned is because she
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Is because she is david's sister.
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Is david's sister. she is david's sister,
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She is david's sister, and her name is zeruiah,
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And her name is zeruiah, and the sons of zeruiah
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And the sons of zeruiah were abishai, joab, and asahel.
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Were abishai, joab, and asahel. now, keep that up there
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Now, keep that up there just a moment because
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Just a moment because it's so important for you
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It's so important for you to understand because
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To understand because the scripture clearly tells
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The scripture clearly tells us who this woman was.
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Us who this woman was. her name was zeruiah which
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Her name was zeruiah which means in hebrew "my wounds."
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Means in hebrew "my wounds." my wounds.
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My wounds. now look at me, everybody.
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Now look at me, everybody. my wounds.
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My wounds. and the reason that
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And the reason that it's important is something
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It's important is something happened according to --
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Happened according to -- you know, they name people
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You know, they name people after events sometimes that
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After events sometimes that happened in their life.
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Happened in their life. for example, there's the story
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For example, there's the story of benoni who was rachel's son,
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Of benoni who was rachel's son, and she was dying giving birth,
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And she was dying giving birth, and she said benoni means
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And she said benoni means child of my sorrow.
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Child of my sorrow. and so she was dying
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And so she was dying and as she was dying she said
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And as she was dying she said his name shall be called
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His name shall be called benoni which means sorrow.
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Benoni which means sorrow. and the dad came over
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And the dad came over and said, no, no.
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And said, no, no. as she was dying he said his
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As she was dying he said his name will not be called sorrow.
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Name will not be called sorrow. his name will be called benjamin
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His name will be called benjamin which means son of my right hand
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Which means son of my right hand from which is the lineage
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From which is the lineage of the kings of israel.
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Of the kings of israel. wow!
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Wow! in that moment that dad could
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In that moment that dad could have named that child after
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Have named that child after the sorrow and the wounds
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The sorrow and the wounds of the mother,
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Of the mother, but he didn't do that.
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But he didn't do that. you remember when they lost
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You remember when they lost the ark of the covenant,
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The ark of the covenant, 2 samuel 6,
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2 samuel 6, and the bible said
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And the bible said the philistines stole it
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The philistines stole it and then the father in law,
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And then the father in law, eli, the high priest fell
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Eli, the high priest fell backwards when he heard the news
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Backwards when he heard the news and broke his neck and that
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And broke his neck and that family went into crisis,
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Family went into crisis, and the bible says there
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And the bible says there was a woman giving birth,
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Was a woman giving birth, and she named the child ichabod.
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And she named the child ichabod. because of the pain that they
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Because of the pain that they were experiencing in their
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Were experiencing in their generation they decided
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Generation they decided to pass it in the name unto
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To pass it in the name unto the next to generation,
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The next to generation, and the name ichabod
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And the name ichabod means the glory has gone.
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Means the glory has gone. the glory has departed.
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The glory has departed. the glory has been taken
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The glory has been taken out of this family.
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Out of this family. well, here's the miracle
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Well, here's the miracle of 1 chronicles 2:16.
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Of 1 chronicles 2:16. zeruiah's name means my wounds.
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Zeruiah's name means my wounds. they were visible wounds.
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They were visible wounds. something had happened
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Something had happened in her childhood.
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In her childhood. i don't know if she was burned.
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I don't know if she was burned. i don't know if she was injured.
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I don't know if she was injured. something had happened
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Something had happened that caused her to have
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That caused her to have horrible wounds.
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Horrible wounds. but something amazing happened
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But something amazing happened through this woman because
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Through this woman because her offspring did not receive
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Her offspring did not receive a transfer of her issues
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A transfer of her issues into their life.
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Into their life. i can prove this because when
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I can prove this because when you look at who her three
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You look at who her three children were it's amazing
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Children were it's amazing and it tells you there is joab.
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And it tells you there is joab. joab became the four-star
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Joab became the four-star commander general of the army
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Commander general of the army of israel under king david.
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Of israel under king david. the son of my wound became
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The son of my wound became a four-star general and led
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A four-star general and led in battle every war that
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In battle every war that they fought under the greatest
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They fought under the greatest time that israel ever had
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Time that israel ever had in the expansion of israel.
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In the expansion of israel. the second son was
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The second son was called abishai.
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Called abishai. what did he do?
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What did he do? read in 2 samuel 23.
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Read in 2 samuel 23. you don't have to go there.
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You don't have to go there. just read.
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Just read. 2 samuel 23, the bible said
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2 samuel 23, the bible said david was an old man.
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David was an old man. he was the only giant killer
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He was the only giant killer ever recorded to kill a giant
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Ever recorded to kill a giant in all of the bible,
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In all of the bible, but one day when he got
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But one day when he got out on the battlefield
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Out on the battlefield as an old man,
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As an old man, a giant that had six toes
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A giant that had six toes and six fingers,
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And six fingers, that's what your bible said,
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That's what your bible said, hit him.
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Hit him. he was the brother of goliath.
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He was the brother of goliath. hit him, and he was coming after
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Hit him, and he was coming after him because he had killed his
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Him because he had killed his brother and had him down and was
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Brother and had him down and was about to slave the psalmist
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About to slave the psalmist of israel, the king of israel
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Of israel, the king of israel david, and across the field
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David, and across the field comes the son of the wound.
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Comes the son of the wound. if she'd transferred wounds
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If she'd transferred wounds and offense and hurt
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And offense and hurt and self-pity and depression
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And self-pity and depression and fear and worry,
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And fear and worry, he would have never --
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He would have never -- nobody had ever seen anybody
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Nobody had ever seen anybody kill a giant but david,
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Kill a giant but david, but when david was laying
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But when david was laying on the ground wounded
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On the ground wounded and the king was about
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And the king was about to take his head off,
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To take his head off, here comes the son of the wound
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Here comes the son of the wound running across there, abishai.
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Running across there, abishai. he fights the giant,
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He fights the giant, gets between david
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Gets between david and the giant,
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And the giant, and slew the giant.
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And slew the giant. and then there's this third
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And then there's this third fella and his name is asahel,
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Fella and his name is asahel, and you know what his name means
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And you know what his name means and you know what it says
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And you know what it says of him in the scripture?
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Of him in the scripture? it said that he was the fastest
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It said that he was the fastest runner in all of israel.
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Runner in all of israel. he could run faster
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He could run faster than anybody.
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Than anybody. he was the fastest in his field.
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He was the fastest in his field. so, here's a woman
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So, here's a woman that has wounds.
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That has wounds. her name means my wounds.
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Her name means my wounds. she's carried them all her life,
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She's carried them all her life, but instead of letting her wound
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But instead of letting her wound produce bitterness and pain
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Produce bitterness and pain and depression and addiction
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And depression and addiction and curses and bondage
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And curses and bondage and low self-esteem
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And low self-esteem and no belief in themselves
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And no belief in themselves or confidence in themselves.
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Or confidence in themselves. she raised three champions
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She raised three champions in one household
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In one household with her wounds.
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With her wounds. one became a four-star general,
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One became a four-star general, one became a giant slayer,
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One became a giant slayer, and another one became
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And another one became the fastest in his field.
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The fastest in his field. don't tell me you can't do it.
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Don't tell me you can't do it. i know you've been wounded
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I know you've been wounded if you're a single mom
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If you're a single mom or a single dad,
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Or a single dad, but you can raise champions
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But you can raise champions for jesus christ if you will
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For jesus christ if you will believe that he can use
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Believe that he can use life's bruise to bring
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Life's bruise to bring about something good.
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About something good. my question to you,
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My question to you, my question to you is what
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My question to you is what will your wounds produce?
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Will your wounds produce? will they produce bitterness?
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Will they produce bitterness? will they produce unbelief?
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Will they produce unbelief? will they produce addiction?
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Will they produce addiction? will they product rebellion
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Will they product rebellion and excuses and resentment?
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And excuses and resentment? this is what
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This is what the apostle paul said.
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The apostle paul said. he had it all.
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He had it all. he had intellect,
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He had intellect, he had education,
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He had education, he was gifted,
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He was gifted, he was an intellectual,
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He was an intellectual, and he said, yet,
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And he said, yet, i don't glory in any of that,
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I don't glory in any of that, but he said i glory
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But he said i glory in my infirmities,
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In my infirmities, my wounds.
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My wounds. he was beaten with rods.
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He was beaten with rods. he was stoned.
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He was stoned. he was beaten with a cat
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He was beaten with a cat of nine tails.
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Of nine tails. he was tied up.
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He was tied up. he was tortured.
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He was tortured. he was snake bitten.
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He was snake bitten. he was shipwrecked.
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He was shipwrecked. he was stoned and left for dead.
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He was stoned and left for dead. he was scarred up.
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He was scarred up. he was wounded,
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He was wounded, and yet when he said, god,
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And yet when he said, god, i wish you would take
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I wish you would take all this pain away,
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All this pain away, god said i'm not ever
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God said i'm not ever gonna take it away.
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Gonna take it away. you'll never get over it,
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You'll never get over it, but you will get through it.
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But you will get through it. as a matter of fact,
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As a matter of fact, my grace is sufficient for you,
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My grace is sufficient for you, and my strength will be made
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And my strength will be made perfect through your wounds.
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Perfect through your wounds. i'll give you grace even
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I'll give you grace even though you're gonna take hit
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Though you're gonna take hit after hit after hit.
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After hit after hit. i really want god to use me,
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I really want god to use me, and i'm not gonna be like
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And i'm not gonna be like that prophet in the bible.
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That prophet in the bible. i sure ain't gonna go up
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I sure ain't gonna go up and ask for it, strike me,
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And ask for it, strike me, god, come on.
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God, come on. i'm not gonna get out
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I'm not gonna get out in the next lightning storm
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In the next lightning storm and say strike me and make me
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And say strike me and make me walk funny so i can preach good.
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Walk funny so i can preach good. that's not what i'm saying.
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That's not what i'm saying. i'm not volunteering
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I'm not volunteering for none of that,
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For none of that, but since we're all in it.
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But since we're all in it. oh, excuse me.
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Oh, excuse me. look over at somebody acting
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Look over at somebody acting real sanctified right now
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Real sanctified right now and say you've got wounds.
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And say you've got wounds. you've just got your bandages
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You've just got your bandages on, but you've got your wounds.
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Would you just raise your hand
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Would you just raise your hand and say, god, here's my wounds,
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And say, god, here's my wounds, here's my hurts,
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Here's my hurts, here's my blood,
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Here's my blood, here's my sweat,
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Here's my sweat, here's my tears,
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Here's my tears, here's my turning and tossing,
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Here's my turning and tossing, here's my worry,
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Here's my worry, here's my fear,
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Here's my fear, here's my depression,
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Here's my depression, here's my wounds,
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Here's my wounds, here's my hurt,
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Here's my hurt, here's my bruise.
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Here's my bruise. would you use it?
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>> i believe god
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>> i believe god let you hear this message
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Let you hear this message today to tell you,
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Today to tell you, “all i need you to do
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“all i need you to do is acknowledge me
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Is acknowledge me in all of your ways.”
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In all of your ways.” the bible said
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The bible said if you confess with your mouth
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If you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart
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And believe in your heart that god raised jesus
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That god raised jesus from the dead
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From the dead you can and shall be saved.
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You can and shall be saved. if you'll pray
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If you'll pray this prayer in faith
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This prayer in faith and receive christ today.
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And receive christ today. pray this prayer, say,
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Pray this prayer, say, “jesus, you are the savior,
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“jesus, you are the savior, i put all my faith in you,
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I put all my faith in you, i know when you hung on
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I know when you hung on the cross
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The cross you were there for me.”
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You were there for me.” say those words,
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Say those words, “and today i surrender,
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“and today i surrender, today wash me, forgive me,
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Today wash me, forgive me, cleanse me.
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Cleanse me. in jesus name i am free.
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In jesus name i am free. i am forgiven.
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I am forgiven. i am loved by god
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I am loved by god in jesus name, amen."
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In jesus name, amen." i believe you're feeling
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I believe you're feeling the power of that
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The power of that short prayer right now.
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Short prayer right now. i believe all of heaven
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I believe all of heaven is rejoicing
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Is rejoicing according to luke 15,
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According to luke 15, angels are shouting ‘cause
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Angels are shouting ‘cause a son or a daughter
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A son or a daughter has come back to the father.
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Has come back to the father. i tell you today that
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I tell you today that this is your miracle moment
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This is your miracle moment and you just had an encounter
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And you just had an encounter with jesus christ
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With jesus christ right where you're
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Right where you're watching this program.
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So call us today
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So call us today or reach out to us,
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Or reach out to us, go online and send an email
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Go online and send an email and tell us what christ
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And tell us what christ has done in your life,
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Has done in your life, it'll strengthen you
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It'll strengthen you and it'll encourage us.
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And it'll encourage us. we would love to hear,
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We would love to hear, we'll send you a free kit
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We'll send you a free kit and let you know what's next
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And let you know what's next in this glorious journey
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In this glorious journey that you have decided
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That you have decided to embark upon today by praying
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To embark upon today by praying that short prayer of faith.
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Thank you.
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>> announcer: since 2019,
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Jentezen franklin
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Media ministries,
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Together with our friends
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And partners,
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Have partnered with
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The jewish national fund
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From the amazing kingdom
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Play school, as well as
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Four community centers
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In the eshkol region
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Of israel.
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These amazing projects
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Have already saved
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So many lives during
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Rocket attacks from hamas
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On israel's southern border.
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But in the north, hezbollah,
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The iranian backed
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Terrorist organization,
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Is planning its next war.
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Hezbollah has over
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150.000 missiles
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Aimed at israel,
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As well as underground tunnels
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Which they have threatened
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To use to kidnap
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And murder israelis
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And invade northern israel.
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This area has no
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Medical facilities
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In case of emergency.
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Right now, jewish people
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Living in the area
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Must travel an hour.
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It's difficult enough
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That they live and work
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Only miles from the border
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With lebanon,
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Where hezbollah terrorist,
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Backed by an armed iran,
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Operate freely.
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Jentezen franklin
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Media ministries
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Is stepping up in another
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Major effort in israel
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And providing
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The northern israel
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Emergency center.
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And if war breaks out,
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The northern israel
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Emergency center
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Will be a major asset
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To protect israelis
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And save lives.
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This is the biggest project
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We have ever taken on in israel.
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We will not be able to do this
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We will not be able to do this without your generous support.
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There is a blessing promised
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To those who bless israel.
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"i will bless those
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Who bless you,
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And i will curse him
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Who curses you."
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We believe god has
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Strategically positioned us
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To play a role
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In protecting and blessing
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The nation of israel.
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Be a part of the blessing today,
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Go online today.
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>> of what are the lessons?
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>> of what are the lessons? what are the lessons
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What are the lessons that we can avoid?
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That we can avoid? a great quote,
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A great quote, “mentors are shortcuts
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“mentors are shortcuts to success,
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To success, mentorship is learning through
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Mentorship is learning through the pain of another person.”
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The pain of another person.” there two ways
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There two ways that people learn,
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That people learn, through mentors or mistakes.
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Through mentors or mistakes. and i'd rather learn
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And i'd rather learn through somebody
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Through somebody who made the mistake
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Who made the mistake and i can learn
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And i can learn through their pain
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Through their pain than me make the mistake
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Than me make the mistake and go through that hell.
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>> mentoring moments
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With jentezen franklin
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And marcus mecum,
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Now available where ever
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You get your podcasts.
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>> we hope you've enjoyed
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This teaching
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By jentezen franklin,
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And thank you for
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Your continued support
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Of this ministry.
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Your prayers
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And financial support
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Make these programs possible.
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For more information
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About this message,
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And other ministry resources,
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God Uses Life's Bruises

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