Jentezen Franklin - The Ebenezer Principle

November 23, 2025 | 28:55

In this sermon, Pastor Jentezen Franklin delves into the biblical story of Israel's battles against the Philistines at Ebenezer, highlighting the shift from defeat to victory through God's intervention. He emphasizes the concept of Ebenezer as a memorial of God's help and faithfulness in times of crisis. Drawing parallels to David and Jesus, he shares powerful messages of gratitude, redemption, and the enduring strength found in relying on God as our "stone of help." Through storytelling and scripture, he inspires viewers to trust in God's provision, from past struggles to present challenges, and to embrace hope for the future.

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  • >> 1 samuel 4 begins
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  • >> 1 samuel 4 begins with verse 1,
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  • With verse 1, "now israel went out
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  • "now israel went out to battle against
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  • To battle against the philistines,
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  • The philistines, and encamped beside ebenezer,"
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  • And encamped beside ebenezer," everybody say,
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  • Everybody say, "ebenezer," please.
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  • "ebenezer," please. >> congregation: ebenezer.
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  • >> congregation: ebenezer. >> that's a good word,
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  • >> that's a good word, ebenezer.
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  • Ebenezer. that's a good one.
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  • That's a good one. i don't ever want you
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  • I don't ever want you to forget it.
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  • To forget it. all you think that is
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  • All you think that is is a baptist church.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But boy, you gon' know
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  • But boy, you gon' know what it is before
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  • What it is before you leave here.
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  • You leave here. i'm preaching today on
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  • I'm preaching today on the ebenezer principle.
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  • The ebenezer principle. the ebenezer principle.
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  • The ebenezer principle. "the philistines encamped
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  • "the philistines encamped beside ebenezer
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  • Beside ebenezer and the philistines
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  • And the philistines encamped in aphek."
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  • Encamped in aphek." israel and the philistines
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  • Israel and the philistines would fight a horrific battle
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  • Would fight a horrific battle at a place called ebenezer.
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  • At a place called ebenezer. and i don't have time
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  • And i don't have time to point it all out
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  • To point it all out but verse 10 tells us that
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  • But verse 10 tells us that 30,000 israeli soldiers
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  • 30,000 israeli soldiers were killed.
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  • Were killed. and one verse before,
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  • And one verse before, 4,000 were killed
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  • 4,000 were killed in another place.
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  • In another place. in that one chapter
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  • In that one chapter 34,000 of israel's
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  • 34,000 of israel's greatest warriors were slain
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  • Greatest warriors were slain at a place called ebenezer.
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  • At a place called ebenezer. then it begins to open up
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  • Then it begins to open up what happened that same day.
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  • What happened that same day. the philistines stole
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  • The philistines stole the ark of the covenant.
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  • The ark of the covenant. for the first time
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  • For the first time in human history,
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  • In human history, pagan hands had
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  • Pagan hands had the ark of the covenant,
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  • The ark of the covenant, which was the symbol of god's
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  • Which was the symbol of god's presence under the old covenant.
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  • Presence under the old covenant. pagan hands had captured it,
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  • Pagan hands had captured it, never had any --
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  • Never had any -- not even the israelites
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  • Not even the israelites could touch it,
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  • Could touch it, only the priest.
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  • Only the priest. and if they touched it,
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  • And if they touched it, they couldn't touch the ark.
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  • They couldn't touch the ark. they had to use a beam
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  • They had to use a beam on their shoulder.
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  • On their shoulder. and if they touched it,
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  • And if they touched it, they died.
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  • They died. but pagan hands stole
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  • But pagan hands stole the presence of god.
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  • The presence of god. didn't steal it,
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  • Didn't steal it, god let 'em take it.
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  • God let 'em take it. "no man takes my life,
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  • "no man takes my life, i'll lay it down for you."
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  • I'll lay it down for you." and they take it back to
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  • And they take it back to the hometown of the philistines
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  • The hometown of the philistines and take it into
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  • And take it into the temple of dagon.
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  • The temple of dagon. and when that battle
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  • And when that battle at ebenezer happens,
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  • At ebenezer happens, verse 13 tells us that
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  • Verse 13 tells us that they took the ark of god,
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  • They took the ark of god, and the people's hearts
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  • And the people's hearts trembled, and there
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  • Trembled, and there was an old priest named
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  • Was an old priest named eli in verse 15,
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  • Eli in verse 15, and he was 98 years old.
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  • And he was 98 years old. and we're told that his sons
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  • And we're told that his sons were killed in the battle.
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  • Were killed in the battle. and when he was told that
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  • And when he was told that his sons were killed
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  • His sons were killed in the battle,
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  • In the battle, he fell backwards
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  • He fell backwards and broke his neck.
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  • And broke his neck. the high priest of israel
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  • The high priest of israel is dead, the two sons are dead,
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  • Is dead, the two sons are dead, and now his daughter-in-law
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  • And now his daughter-in-law is triggered and goes
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  • Is triggered and goes into having a baby.
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  • Into having a baby. and as she's having the baby,
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  • And as she's having the baby, she starts dying.
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  • She starts dying. it's evident to her
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  • It's evident to her and everyone that she is dying
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  • And everyone that she is dying giving birth to a child.
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  • Giving birth to a child. and she says with her dying,
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  • And she says with her dying, passing words,
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  • Passing words, "name this child ichabod
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  • "name this child ichabod for the glory of the lord
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  • For the glory of the lord has departed from israel."
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  • Has departed from israel." this is a bad place.
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  • This is a bad place. ebenezer is a dark day.
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  • Ebenezer is a dark day. ebenezer is where
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  • Ebenezer is where the 34,000, then two sons,
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  • The 34,000, then two sons, then a grandfather,
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  • Then a grandfather, an old man is dead,
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  • An old man is dead, and now the mother
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  • And now the mother and the daughter-in-law is dead.
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  • And the daughter-in-law is dead. think about it, this baby
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  • Think about it, this baby is born into a world,
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  • Is born into a world, it does not have a mother,
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  • It does not have a mother, it does not have a father,
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  • It does not have a father, it does not have a grandfather,
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  • It does not have a grandfather, it does not have a god.
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  • It does not have a god. even god,
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  • Even god, under the old covenant,
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  • Under the old covenant, the ark of the covenant,
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  • The ark of the covenant, for the first time ever,
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  • For the first time ever, they've seen --
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  • They've seen -- israel's seen god abandon them.
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  • Israel's seen god abandon them. and she said,
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  • And she said, "name him ichabod
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  • "name him ichabod as a memorial of this horrible,
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  • As a memorial of this horrible, horrible day in our lives."
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  • Horrible day in our lives." same book, go over
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  • Same book, go over from 4 to chapter 7.
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  • From 4 to chapter 7. and we are in the same spot
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  • And we are in the same spot where the war took place.
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  • Where the war took place. something miraculous
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  • Something miraculous has happened.
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  • Has happened. something supernatural
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  • Something supernatural has happened.
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  • Has happened. israel was called to
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  • Israel was called to prayer and repentance.
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  • Prayer and repentance. and when they began to repent
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  • And when they began to repent at the beckoning of
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  • At the beckoning of the great prophet, samuel,
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  • The great prophet, samuel, when they cried out to god
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  • When they cried out to god and said, "forgive us
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  • And said, "forgive us and cleanse us, help us."
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  • And cleanse us, help us." the bible said that god
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  • The bible said that god thundered from heaven.
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  • Thundered from heaven. listen to this in verse 10.
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  • Listen to this in verse 10. the philistines were
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  • The philistines were coming to attack 'em
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  • Coming to attack 'em one last time and wipe 'em out,
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  • One last time and wipe 'em out, but now, samuel was offering up
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  • But now, samuel was offering up the burnt offering.
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  • The burnt offering. and the verse before
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  • And the verse before talks about they cried out
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  • Talks about they cried out to the lord of israel.
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  • To the lord of israel. the lord asking
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  • The lord asking and begging for his help.
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  • And begging for his help. and the philistines drew near
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  • And the philistines drew near to battle against israel,
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  • To battle against israel, but the lord thundered
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  • But the lord thundered with a loud thunder upon
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  • With a loud thunder upon the philistines that day
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  • The philistines that day and so confused them that
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  • And so confused them that they were overcome by israel.
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  • They were overcome by israel. "and israel went out to mizpah
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  • "and israel went out to mizpah and pursued the philistines
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  • And pursued the philistines and drove them back
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  • And drove them back as far below beth kar.
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  • As far below beth kar. then samuel," watch,
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  • Then samuel," watch, "took a stone
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  • "took a stone and set it up between
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  • And set it up between mizpah and shen,
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  • Mizpah and shen, and called its name eben-ezer."
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  • And called its name eben-ezer." and here's the meaning,
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  • And here's the meaning, here's the translation.
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  • Here's the translation. this is what this word
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  • This is what this word literally in the hebrew language
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  • Literally in the hebrew language translates over into.
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  • Translates over into. when you say that word,
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  • When you say that word, "ebenezer,"
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  • "ebenezer," this is what you're saying.
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  • This is what you're saying. "hither to,"
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  • "hither to," which is not a --
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  • Which is not a -- that's an old english
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  • That's an old english classic language word.
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  • Classic language word. "hither to," which means
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  • "hither to," which means right up to this moment,
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  • Right up to this moment, up to here, up to now.
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  • Up to here, up to now. right to this very point
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  • Right to this very point that we are at,
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  • That we are at, "the lord has helped us."
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  • "the lord has helped us." this stone is the stone of help,
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  • This stone is the stone of help, and we will never forget,
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  • And we will never forget, no matter what we face
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  • No matter what we face from this day forward
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  • From this day forward that everything we have
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  • That everything we have gone through that look like,
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  • Gone through that look like, and it should've,
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  • And it should've, and would have,
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  • And would have, and could have taken us out,
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  • And could have taken us out, we're putting a large stone
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  • We're putting a large stone here as a memorial to say,
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  • Here as a memorial to say, "up to this point,
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  • "up to this point, i wanna declare
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  • I wanna declare to our enemies,
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  • To our enemies, and i wanna declare
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  • And i wanna declare to a faithful god,
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  • To a faithful god, and i wanna declare
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  • And i wanna declare to any of the people
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  • To any of the people who thought that we were
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  • Who thought that we were finished up to this point,
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  • Finished up to this point, the lord has helped us."
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  • The lord has helped us." sometimes you need to
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  • Sometimes you need to build a memorial.
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  • Build a memorial. joshua did this all through
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  • Joshua did this all through the book of joshua.
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  • The book of joshua. every time they would
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  • Every time they would win a victory
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  • Win a victory or some great miraculous
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  • Or some great miraculous thing would happen,
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  • Thing would happen, god would open up
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  • God would open up the jordan river,
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  • The jordan river, and they would walk across,
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  • And they would walk across, and he would take stones
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  • And he would take stones and build a memorial.
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  • And build a memorial. and he said this
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  • And he said this in the scripture
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  • In the scripture in the 24th chapter.
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  • In the 24th chapter. he said, "and this shall be
  • 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:09.669
  • He said, "and this shall be a witness unto us that --
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  • A witness unto us that -- this stone shall be
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  • This stone shall be a witness unto us that
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  • A witness unto us that he has heard all the words
  • 00:08:19.145 --> 00:08:21.547
  • He has heard all the words which the lord spoke unto us,
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  • Which the lord spoke unto us, and this stone is a witness
  • 00:08:23.916 --> 00:08:25.217
  • And this stone is a witness that god said it.
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  • That god said it. and this is the completion
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  • And this is the completion of the miracle.
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  • Of the miracle. we're putting stones right here
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  • We're putting stones right here to say he told us
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  • To say he told us he would bring us
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  • He would bring us in to the promised land.
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  • In to the promised land. he told us he would
  • 00:08:35.761 --> 00:08:36.395
  • He told us he would defeat our enemies.
  • 00:08:36.462 --> 00:08:37.463
  • Defeat our enemies. he told us he would
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  • He told us he would watch over us as
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  • Watch over us as the apple of his eye.
  • 00:08:39.632 --> 00:08:41.200
  • The apple of his eye. he told us he would feed us
  • 00:08:41.267 --> 00:08:42.535
  • He told us he would feed us in the wilderness
  • 00:08:42.602 --> 00:08:43.502
  • In the wilderness with manna from heaven,
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  • With manna from heaven, and water out of rocks.
  • 00:08:44.737 --> 00:08:46.305
  • And water out of rocks. he told us he would be
  • 00:08:46.372 --> 00:08:47.907
  • He told us he would be all that we would ever need
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  • All that we would ever need and i'm putting a memorial
  • 00:08:49.575 --> 00:08:51.410
  • And i'm putting a memorial right here as a silent witness
  • 00:08:51.477 --> 00:08:53.379
  • Right here as a silent witness that every time for generations
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  • That every time for generations they look and they see
  • 00:08:55.314 --> 00:08:56.882
  • They look and they see these stoned piled up,
  • 00:08:56.949 --> 00:08:59.852
  • These stoned piled up, that god has been faithful."
  • 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:02.822
  • That god has been faithful." and boy if --
  • 00:09:02.888 --> 00:09:03.623
  • And boy if -- let me tell you something.
  • 00:09:03.689 --> 00:09:05.257
  • Let me tell you something. if these walls could talk,
  • 00:09:05.324 --> 00:09:06.959
  • If these walls could talk, if this church could talk,
  • 00:09:07.026 --> 00:09:09.495
  • If this church could talk, if we could go back
  • 00:09:09.562 --> 00:09:10.162
  • If we could go back to the other building
  • 00:09:10.229 --> 00:09:11.397
  • To the other building and the other building,
  • 00:09:11.464 --> 00:09:13.432
  • And the other building, if i could tell you
  • 00:09:13.499 --> 00:09:14.300
  • If i could tell you the stories of the times
  • 00:09:14.367 --> 00:09:15.835
  • The stories of the times that god would give prophecies,
  • 00:09:15.901 --> 00:09:17.470
  • That god would give prophecies, and god would give words,
  • 00:09:17.536 --> 00:09:19.171
  • And god would give words, and sometimes
  • 00:09:19.238 --> 00:09:19.839
  • And sometimes i would preach things,
  • 00:09:19.905 --> 00:09:21.140
  • I would preach things, and sometimes
  • 00:09:21.207 --> 00:09:21.807
  • And sometimes in prayer meetings,
  • 00:09:21.874 --> 00:09:23.275
  • In prayer meetings, god would give forth
  • 00:09:23.342 --> 00:09:24.477
  • God would give forth a message and a word
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  • A message and a word or just a thought that would
  • 00:09:26.479 --> 00:09:28.014
  • Or just a thought that would come a strong impression
  • 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.016
  • Come a strong impression and it would be
  • 00:09:30.082 --> 00:09:30.583
  • And it would be a prophetic thing,
  • 00:09:30.650 --> 00:09:32.351
  • A prophetic thing, and god has promised it,
  • 00:09:32.418 --> 00:09:34.754
  • And god has promised it, and god has done it.
  • 00:09:34.820 --> 00:09:38.391
  • And god has done it. and ebenezer,
  • 00:09:38.457 --> 00:09:40.826
  • And ebenezer, all i have to do to feel
  • 00:09:40.893 --> 00:09:41.961
  • All i have to do to feel good and worship god
  • 00:09:42.028 --> 00:09:43.362
  • Good and worship god is just say, "ebenezer."
  • 00:09:43.429 --> 00:09:45.398
  • Is just say, "ebenezer." up unto this moment.
  • 00:09:45.464 --> 00:09:47.433
  • Up unto this moment. now, i'm not speaking
  • 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:48.300
  • Now, i'm not speaking in tongues,
  • 00:09:48.367 --> 00:09:48.934
  • In tongues, but if that helps you,
  • 00:09:49.001 --> 00:09:50.236
  • But if that helps you, try it, ebenezer.
  • 00:09:50.302 --> 00:09:52.838
  • Try it, ebenezer. up until this very moment,
  • 00:09:52.905 --> 00:09:56.208
  • Up until this very moment, the lord has been my help.
  • 00:09:56.275 --> 00:09:59.578
  • The lord has been my help. my god, he has been with me.
  • 00:09:59.645 --> 00:10:01.681
  • My god, he has been with me. he's parted every jordan
  • 00:10:01.747 --> 00:10:03.582
  • He's parted every jordan and every red sea,
  • 00:10:03.649 --> 00:10:05.084
  • And every red sea, he's fought every enemy.
  • 00:10:05.151 --> 00:10:07.153
  • He's fought every enemy. if they came one way,
  • 00:10:07.219 --> 00:10:08.788
  • If they came one way, they have fled seven.
  • 00:10:08.854 --> 00:10:10.690
  • They have fled seven. no weapon formed against us
  • 00:10:10.756 --> 00:10:12.925
  • No weapon formed against us has prospered.
  • 00:10:12.992 --> 00:10:14.560
  • Has prospered. hither to as the lord help me.
  • 00:10:14.627 --> 00:10:17.630
  • Hither to as the lord help me. everybody take a praise break.
  • 00:10:17.697 --> 00:10:19.432
  • Everybody take a praise break. i'm gon' try to behave.
  • 00:10:19.498 --> 00:10:20.766
  • I'm gon' try to behave. i know you brought
  • 00:10:20.833 --> 00:10:21.333
  • I know you brought your neighbor
  • 00:10:21.400 --> 00:10:22.134
  • Your neighbor and i know you brought
  • 00:10:22.201 --> 00:10:23.335
  • And i know you brought your unsaved friend,
  • 00:10:23.402 --> 00:10:24.804
  • Your unsaved friend, but they feel god right now.
  • 00:10:24.870 --> 00:10:27.306
  • But they feel god right now. you should've been
  • 00:10:27.373 --> 00:10:27.973
  • You should've been killed at a bar.
  • 00:10:28.040 --> 00:10:29.442
  • Killed at a bar. somebody should've been
  • 00:10:29.508 --> 00:10:30.509
  • Somebody should've been killed in a car wreck.
  • 00:10:30.576 --> 00:10:32.044
  • Killed in a car wreck. somebody should've got shot
  • 00:10:32.111 --> 00:10:33.913
  • Somebody should've got shot and killed all the shady
  • 00:10:33.979 --> 00:10:35.548
  • And killed all the shady stuff you been in.
  • 00:10:35.614 --> 00:10:36.649
  • Stuff you been in. but up unto this moment,
  • 00:10:36.716 --> 00:10:39.385
  • But up unto this moment, here you are.
  • 00:10:39.452 --> 00:10:40.720
  • Here you are. god preserved you,
  • 00:10:40.786 --> 00:10:42.288
  • God preserved you, god kept you,
  • 00:10:42.354 --> 00:10:43.589
  • God kept you, god held you,
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  • God held you, god assigned his angels
  • 00:10:44.924 --> 00:10:46.792
  • God assigned his angels around you like a ring of fire
  • 00:10:46.859 --> 00:10:49.261
  • Around you like a ring of fire keeping you day and night.
  • 00:10:49.328 --> 00:10:50.863
  • [applause]
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  • The drugs couldn't kill you,
  • 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:56.202
  • The drugs couldn't kill you, the overdose couldn't kill you,
  • 00:10:56.268 --> 00:10:58.370
  • The overdose couldn't kill you, the gunshot couldn't kill you,
  • 00:10:58.437 --> 00:11:00.773
  • The gunshot couldn't kill you, the car wreck couldn't kill you
  • 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:02.742
  • The car wreck couldn't kill you 'cause god said,
  • 00:11:02.808 --> 00:11:04.076
  • 'cause god said, i'm not done with him yet.
  • 00:11:04.143 --> 00:11:07.713
  • I'm not done with him yet. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. all right, calm down.
  • 00:11:09.348 --> 00:11:11.851
  • All right, calm down. in the same place
  • 00:11:11.917 --> 00:11:13.219
  • In the same place where they had one of
  • 00:11:13.285 --> 00:11:14.153
  • Where they had one of their most horrific defeats
  • 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:18.023
  • Their most horrific defeats in ebenezer, where in one day,
  • 00:11:18.090 --> 00:11:20.326
  • In ebenezer, where in one day, they lost 34,000 of their men.
  • 00:11:20.392 --> 00:11:24.363
  • They lost 34,000 of their men. in one day, the high priest's
  • 00:11:24.430 --> 00:11:26.365
  • In one day, the high priest's family was wiped out,
  • 00:11:26.432 --> 00:11:28.300
  • Family was wiped out, completely wiped out
  • 00:11:28.367 --> 00:11:29.602
  • Completely wiped out except for one baby.
  • 00:11:29.668 --> 00:11:31.604
  • Except for one baby. in one day,
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  • In one day, the high priest is killed.
  • 00:11:32.505 --> 00:11:34.140
  • The high priest is killed. in one day, the woman cries
  • 00:11:34.206 --> 00:11:37.143
  • In one day, the woman cries and dies giving birth
  • 00:11:37.209 --> 00:11:38.878
  • And dies giving birth and named the child,
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  • And named the child, in bitterness, ichabod,
  • 00:11:40.112 --> 00:11:41.580
  • In bitterness, ichabod, the glory has departed
  • 00:11:41.647 --> 00:11:42.982
  • The glory has departed from israel.
  • 00:11:43.048 --> 00:11:44.850
  • From israel. and the philistines took
  • 00:11:44.917 --> 00:11:46.652
  • And the philistines took the ark of the covenant
  • 00:11:46.719 --> 00:11:48.387
  • The ark of the covenant back to their land
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  • Back to their land and put it in
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  • And put it in the temple with dagon.
  • 00:11:51.223 --> 00:11:53.526
  • The temple with dagon. and now let me preach,
  • 00:11:53.592 --> 00:11:56.295
  • And now let me preach, that the god of israel
  • 00:11:56.362 --> 00:12:01.667
  • That the god of israel can certainly defend himself.
  • 00:12:01.734 --> 00:12:05.304
  • Can certainly defend himself. he doesn't need anybody's help.
  • 00:12:05.371 --> 00:12:09.408
  • He doesn't need anybody's help. and when you mess with israel,
  • 00:12:09.475 --> 00:12:11.076
  • And when you mess with israel, you mess with the apple
  • 00:12:11.143 --> 00:12:12.311
  • You mess with the apple of his eyes.
  • 00:12:12.378 --> 00:12:13.312
  • Of his eyes. and god said to
  • 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:14.680
  • And god said to the philistines then
  • 00:12:14.747 --> 00:12:16.282
  • The philistines then and he says to
  • 00:12:16.348 --> 00:12:17.416
  • And he says to the israeli people now,
  • 00:12:17.483 --> 00:12:19.451
  • The israeli people now, "up unto this very moment."
  • 00:12:19.518 --> 00:12:21.720
  • "up unto this very moment." it was not your airforce
  • 00:12:21.787 --> 00:12:23.289
  • It was not your airforce that kept you safe.
  • 00:12:23.355 --> 00:12:24.957
  • That kept you safe. it was not the wealth
  • 00:12:25.024 --> 00:12:25.991
  • It was not the wealth of america that kept you safe.
  • 00:12:26.058 --> 00:12:27.827
  • Of america that kept you safe. god's used us
  • 00:12:27.893 --> 00:12:28.794
  • God's used us and thank god for it,
  • 00:12:28.861 --> 00:12:29.995
  • And thank god for it, but none of that can
  • 00:12:30.062 --> 00:12:31.230
  • But none of that can hold back the enemies.
  • 00:12:31.297 --> 00:12:32.798
  • Hold back the enemies. there's one thing
  • 00:12:32.865 --> 00:12:33.499
  • There's one thing that's holding back
  • 00:12:33.566 --> 00:12:34.500
  • That's holding back the enemy in their life
  • 00:12:34.567 --> 00:12:36.168
  • The enemy in their life and in your life.
  • 00:12:36.235 --> 00:12:37.603
  • And in your life. devils would've
  • 00:12:37.670 --> 00:12:38.337
  • Devils would've already killed you.
  • 00:12:38.404 --> 00:12:39.972
  • Already killed you. any enemy would've
  • 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:40.973
  • Any enemy would've already taken your kids
  • 00:12:41.040 --> 00:12:42.608
  • Already taken your kids out if they could.
  • 00:12:42.675 --> 00:12:44.443
  • Out if they could. but i'm so glad that god
  • 00:12:44.510 --> 00:12:46.078
  • But i'm so glad that god knows how to defend,
  • 00:12:46.145 --> 00:12:47.980
  • Knows how to defend, and god knows how --
  • 00:12:48.047 --> 00:12:49.348
  • And god knows how -- and you know what happened?
  • 00:12:49.415 --> 00:12:51.383
  • And you know what happened? they brought
  • 00:12:51.450 --> 00:12:51.684
  • They brought the ark of the covenant
  • 00:12:51.750 --> 00:12:52.518
  • The ark of the covenant and put it in
  • 00:12:52.585 --> 00:12:53.052
  • And put it in the temple of dagon,
  • 00:12:53.118 --> 00:12:54.320
  • The temple of dagon, their statue god.
  • 00:12:54.386 --> 00:12:55.621
  • Their statue god. and the next day,
  • 00:12:55.688 --> 00:12:56.355
  • And the next day, they came in
  • 00:12:56.422 --> 00:12:56.922
  • They came in and he was fallen over
  • 00:12:56.989 --> 00:12:58.324
  • And he was fallen over and broken into pieces.
  • 00:12:58.390 --> 00:13:00.993
  • And broken into pieces. and then god started
  • 00:13:01.060 --> 00:13:02.328
  • And then god started afflicting them with diseases.
  • 00:13:02.394 --> 00:13:05.698
  • Afflicting them with diseases. and they got so sick that they
  • 00:13:05.764 --> 00:13:07.366
  • And they got so sick that they put the ark of the covenant
  • 00:13:07.433 --> 00:13:08.901
  • Put the ark of the covenant on a cart, and it didn't
  • 00:13:08.968 --> 00:13:10.135
  • On a cart, and it didn't have anybody to drive it
  • 00:13:10.202 --> 00:13:11.470
  • Have anybody to drive it 'cause they were afraid
  • 00:13:11.537 --> 00:13:12.204
  • 'cause they were afraid and none of them
  • 00:13:12.271 --> 00:13:12.738
  • And none of them wanted to get near it.
  • 00:13:12.805 --> 00:13:13.939
  • Wanted to get near it. and so, they just hit
  • 00:13:14.006 --> 00:13:16.141
  • And so, they just hit the oxen on the rear end
  • 00:13:16.208 --> 00:13:17.710
  • The oxen on the rear end with something and said,
  • 00:13:17.776 --> 00:13:19.345
  • With something and said, "go away."
  • 00:13:19.411 --> 00:13:20.279
  • "go away." and it was led
  • 00:13:20.346 --> 00:13:21.313
  • And it was led by the holy spirit
  • 00:13:21.380 --> 00:13:22.781
  • By the holy spirit all the way back
  • 00:13:22.848 --> 00:13:23.782
  • All the way back to the border of israel,
  • 00:13:23.849 --> 00:13:25.351
  • To the border of israel, and then went across
  • 00:13:25.417 --> 00:13:26.318
  • And then went across the border on its own."
  • 00:13:26.385 --> 00:13:27.720
  • The border on its own." and right now here --
  • 00:13:27.786 --> 00:13:28.787
  • And right now here -- now listen.
  • 00:13:28.854 --> 00:13:30.022
  • Now listen. all of that darkness
  • 00:13:30.089 --> 00:13:32.224
  • All of that darkness happened at ebenezer.
  • 00:13:32.291 --> 00:13:34.760
  • Happened at ebenezer. and this is where we pick up
  • 00:13:34.827 --> 00:13:35.995
  • And this is where we pick up the story in 1 samuel 7
  • 00:13:36.061 --> 00:13:41.166
  • The story in 1 samuel 7 when it says that samuel
  • 00:13:41.233 --> 00:13:47.406
  • When it says that samuel offered sacrifice,
  • 00:13:47.473 --> 00:13:49.775
  • Offered sacrifice, and called the people to prayer
  • 00:13:49.842 --> 00:13:51.744
  • And called the people to prayer to repent of their sins,
  • 00:13:51.810 --> 00:13:54.146
  • To repent of their sins, and as they were repenting,
  • 00:13:54.213 --> 00:13:56.682
  • And as they were repenting, the ark is coming
  • 00:13:56.749 --> 00:13:57.650
  • The ark is coming over the border.
  • 00:13:57.716 --> 00:13:59.251
  • Over the border. the philistines said,
  • 00:13:59.318 --> 00:14:00.486
  • The philistines said, "we might as well hit 'em now
  • 00:14:00.552 --> 00:14:02.955
  • "we might as well hit 'em now while they're not expecting it,
  • 00:14:03.022 --> 00:14:04.323
  • While they're not expecting it, while they're having church,
  • 00:14:04.390 --> 00:14:05.524
  • While they're having church, while they're down praying.
  • 00:14:05.591 --> 00:14:07.559
  • While they're down praying. we can attack 'em
  • 00:14:07.626 --> 00:14:08.460
  • We can attack 'em and wipe 'em out."
  • 00:14:08.527 --> 00:14:10.029
  • And wipe 'em out." the bible said god
  • 00:14:10.095 --> 00:14:11.630
  • The bible said god thundered from heaven.
  • 00:14:11.697 --> 00:14:14.533
  • Thundered from heaven. all he's gotta do is thunder.
  • 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.403
  • All he's gotta do is thunder. all he's gotta do is
  • 00:14:17.469 --> 00:14:18.103
  • All he's gotta do is throw lightning if he wants to.
  • 00:14:18.170 --> 00:14:20.239
  • Throw lightning if he wants to. he can send the flies,
  • 00:14:20.306 --> 00:14:21.840
  • He can send the flies, he can send lice,
  • 00:14:21.907 --> 00:14:23.375
  • He can send lice, he can send frogs.
  • 00:14:23.442 --> 00:14:25.210
  • He can send frogs. he can send anything.
  • 00:14:25.277 --> 00:14:26.445
  • He can send anything. he can send
  • 00:14:26.512 --> 00:14:27.313
  • He can send the locust of grasshopper --
  • 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:29.081
  • The locust of grasshopper -- a army of grasshoppers
  • 00:14:29.148 --> 00:14:30.683
  • A army of grasshoppers and defeat the biggest army
  • 00:14:30.749 --> 00:14:32.251
  • And defeat the biggest army and nation in the world
  • 00:14:32.318 --> 00:14:34.486
  • And nation in the world including america.
  • 00:14:34.553 --> 00:14:37.356
  • Including america. you don't mess with god.
  • 00:14:37.423 --> 00:14:39.591
  • You don't mess with god. and when he thundered
  • 00:14:39.658 --> 00:14:40.960
  • And when he thundered from heaven, the bible said
  • 00:14:41.026 --> 00:14:43.228
  • From heaven, the bible said they were confused,
  • 00:14:43.295 --> 00:14:44.263
  • They were confused, and they were defeated.
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  • And they were defeated. and then he took a huge stone
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  • And then he took a huge stone and he said,
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  • And he said, "from this point forward,
  • 00:14:51.003 --> 00:14:53.372
  • "from this point forward, i'm gonna call this stone," --
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  • I'm gonna call this stone," -- the very place of
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  • The very place of their greatest defeat
  • 00:14:57.042 --> 00:15:00.612
  • Their greatest defeat became the very place
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  • Became the very place of one of their
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  • Of one of their greatest victories.
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  • Greatest victories. and i don't know what
  • 00:15:07.386 --> 00:15:08.020
  • And i don't know what you're going through
  • 00:15:08.087 --> 00:15:08.721
  • You're going through but i feel like telling you
  • 00:15:08.787 --> 00:15:09.955
  • But i feel like telling you it ain't over yet.
  • 00:15:10.022 --> 00:15:10.789
  • It ain't over yet. the story's still being written.
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  • The story's still being written. don't put a period
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  • Don't put a period where god puts a comma
  • 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.661
  • Where god puts a comma because he's still writing,
  • 00:15:15.728 --> 00:15:17.463
  • Because he's still writing, he's gonna turn the page.
  • 00:15:17.529 --> 00:15:18.998
  • He's gonna turn the page. and what was meant
  • 00:15:19.064 --> 00:15:20.099
  • And what was meant for your evil,
  • 00:15:20.165 --> 00:15:21.300
  • For your evil, and what should've
  • 00:15:21.367 --> 00:15:22.334
  • And what should've wiped you out,
  • 00:15:22.401 --> 00:15:23.268
  • Wiped you out, god will say, "if you hadn't
  • 00:15:23.335 --> 00:15:24.503
  • God will say, "if you hadn't gone through this,
  • 00:15:24.570 --> 00:15:25.504
  • Gone through this, i couldn't give you this.
  • 00:15:25.571 --> 00:15:27.439
  • I couldn't give you this. and that all was qualifying you
  • 00:15:27.506 --> 00:15:29.441
  • And that all was qualifying you to get on your face and repent,
  • 00:15:29.508 --> 00:15:31.877
  • To get on your face and repent, and really love me
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  • And really love me for the right reason."
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  • [applause]
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  • Somebody needs to hear this.
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  • Somebody needs to hear this. somebody watching me
  • 00:15:36.648 --> 00:15:37.850
  • Somebody watching me by television needs to hear.
  • 00:15:37.916 --> 00:15:40.052
  • By television needs to hear. he has been your help,
  • 00:15:40.119 --> 00:15:43.222
  • He has been your help, he is your help,
  • 00:15:43.288 --> 00:15:44.556
  • He is your help, and he will be your help.
  • 00:15:44.623 --> 00:15:46.725
  • And he will be your help. don't sweat it.
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  • [applause]
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  • Let me show you another
  • 00:15:57.436 --> 00:15:58.037
  • Let me show you another one of those hitherto,
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  • One of those hitherto, right up until this moment,
  • 00:16:00.072 --> 00:16:01.707
  • Right up until this moment, scriptures.
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  • Scriptures. in 1 chronicles,
  • 00:16:03.242 --> 00:16:08.247
  • In 1 chronicles, david was king of israel.
  • 00:16:08.313 --> 00:16:09.915
  • David was king of israel. started out as a shepherd boy.
  • 00:16:09.982 --> 00:16:13.585
  • Started out as a shepherd boy. had nothing but the anointing
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  • Had nothing but the anointing and now he's the king of israel.
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  • And now he's the king of israel. and he says, "god, i really
  • 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:25.030
  • And he says, "god, i really want to build your house.
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  • Want to build your house. i wanna show my appreciation,
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  • I wanna show my appreciation, i really wanna build
  • 00:16:29.301 --> 00:16:30.302
  • I really wanna build your house."
  • 00:16:30.369 --> 00:16:31.904
  • Your house." and god said,
  • 00:16:31.970 --> 00:16:32.504
  • And god said, "i'm not gonna
  • 00:16:32.571 --> 00:16:33.072
  • "i'm not gonna let you build my house.
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  • Let you build my house. i'm gonna let your son do it,
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  • I'm gonna let your son do it, because i'm a
  • 00:16:37.309 --> 00:16:37.876
  • Because i'm a multigenerational god.
  • 00:16:37.943 --> 00:16:40.579
  • Multigenerational god. and now this god who david
  • 00:16:40.646 --> 00:16:43.315
  • And now this god who david wanted to build him a house
  • 00:16:43.382 --> 00:16:45.084
  • Wanted to build him a house just because he wanted to do it.
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  • Just because he wanted to do it. do you understand
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  • Do you understand how giving he is?
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  • How giving he is? pressed down,
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  • Pressed down, shaken together,
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  • Shaken together, running over.
  • 00:16:52.825 --> 00:16:53.692
  • Running over. now he's sitting
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  • Now he's sitting in the blessing of god
  • 00:16:54.827 --> 00:16:56.595
  • In the blessing of god and he makes this statement.
  • 00:16:56.662 --> 00:17:00.365
  • And he makes this statement. "and david the king came
  • 00:17:00.432 --> 00:17:02.000
  • "and david the king came and sat before the lord."
  • 00:17:02.067 --> 00:17:03.302
  • And sat before the lord." this is after he moved
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  • This is after he moved into his new place that god
  • 00:17:04.369 --> 00:17:07.706
  • Into his new place that god had blessed him with.
  • 00:17:07.773 --> 00:17:09.441
  • Had blessed him with. "who am i?
  • 00:17:09.508 --> 00:17:13.645
  • "who am i? and oh lord god,
  • 00:17:13.712 --> 00:17:14.913
  • And oh lord god, who is my family?
  • 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:18.016
  • Who is my family? who is my house?
  • 00:17:18.083 --> 00:17:19.818
  • Who is my house? who are my children
  • 00:17:19.885 --> 00:17:21.453
  • Who are my children and children's children
  • 00:17:21.520 --> 00:17:23.622
  • And children's children that you have
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  • That you have brought me hither to?"
  • 00:17:24.690 --> 00:17:29.995
  • Brought me hither to?" i want a spirit of gratitude
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  • I want a spirit of gratitude to come up in this church.
  • 00:17:31.530 --> 00:17:34.600
  • To come up in this church. i want us to realize
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  • I want us to realize that who are --
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  • That who are -- that's what i started
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  • That's what i started saying this weekend,
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  • Saying this weekend, "who am i?
  • 00:17:40.105 --> 00:17:42.808
  • "who am i? who am i?"
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  • Who am i?" i said it down there
  • 00:17:45.077 --> 00:17:46.578
  • I said it down there while the worship was --
  • 00:17:46.645 --> 00:17:47.746
  • While the worship was -- "who am i?
  • 00:17:47.813 --> 00:17:49.615
  • "who am i? who is my family?"
  • 00:17:49.681 --> 00:17:50.716
  • Who is my family?" we forget where we came from.
  • 00:17:50.782 --> 00:17:53.385
  • We forget where we came from. we forget we wouldn't have
  • 00:17:53.452 --> 00:17:54.953
  • We forget we wouldn't have nothing without his goodness
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  • Nothing without his goodness and his mercy, and his love.
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  • And his mercy, and his love. my lord.
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  • My lord. you ought to ask your --
  • 00:18:00.425 --> 00:18:01.360
  • You ought to ask your -- "who am i?
  • 00:18:01.426 --> 00:18:02.794
  • "who am i? who am i, my lord?"
  • 00:18:02.861 --> 00:18:04.730
  • Who am i, my lord?" i mean, are you blessed?
  • 00:18:04.796 --> 00:18:15.140
  • I mean, are you blessed? up to this point,
  • 00:18:15.207 --> 00:18:17.276
  • Up to this point, god has blessed me.
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  • God has blessed me. let me tell you
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  • Let me tell you who my rock is,
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  • Who my rock is, acts 4:11.
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  • Acts 4:11. he has said it in all,
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  • He has said it in all, so that the stone rejected
  • 00:18:25.417 --> 00:18:26.919
  • So that the stone rejected by the builders has become
  • 00:18:26.985 --> 00:18:30.289
  • By the builders has become the chief cornerstone.
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  • The chief cornerstone. neither is there salvation
  • 00:18:37.429 --> 00:18:40.299
  • Neither is there salvation in any other name
  • 00:18:40.365 --> 00:18:42.334
  • In any other name for there is none other name
  • 00:18:42.401 --> 00:18:43.635
  • For there is none other name under heaven given among men
  • 00:18:43.702 --> 00:18:45.971
  • Under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
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  • Whereby we must be saved. jesus is my ebenezer.
  • 00:18:48.574 --> 00:18:51.877
  • Jesus is my ebenezer. as the name ichabod memorialized
  • 00:18:51.944 --> 00:18:56.748
  • As the name ichabod memorialized the glory of god departing,
  • 00:18:56.815 --> 00:19:00.352
  • The glory of god departing, ebenezer memorializes the rock,
  • 00:19:00.419 --> 00:19:04.389
  • Ebenezer memorializes the rock, jesus christ, and the glory
  • 00:19:04.456 --> 00:19:06.758
  • Jesus christ, and the glory coming back to his people.
  • 00:19:06.825 --> 00:19:09.828
  • Coming back to his people. and it came through that man
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  • And it came through that man wrapped up in flesh named jesus.
  • 00:19:11.196 --> 00:19:15.000
  • Wrapped up in flesh named jesus. ephesians 2:19-20 said that
  • 00:19:15.067 --> 00:19:17.736
  • Ephesians 2:19-20 said that we're built on the foundation
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  • We're built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
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  • Of the apostles and prophets, and jesus christ himself
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  • And jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
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  • Being the chief cornerstone. my stone -- my stone of help
  • 00:19:27.946 --> 00:19:31.316
  • My stone -- my stone of help is jesus christ.
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  • Is jesus christ. he helps me in my family,
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  • He helps me in my family, he helps me in my marriage,
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  • He helps me in my marriage, he helps me in this church,
  • 00:19:37.222 --> 00:19:39.291
  • He helps me in this church, he helps me do
  • 00:19:39.358 --> 00:19:40.359
  • He helps me do what he's called me to do,
  • 00:19:40.425 --> 00:19:41.793
  • What he's called me to do, he helps me in my health,
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  • He helps me in my health, he helps me in every area
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  • He helps me in every area in every decision.
  • 00:19:46.231 --> 00:19:48.200
  • In every decision. he is my stone of help.
  • 00:19:48.267 --> 00:19:53.438
  • He is my stone of help. and who am i?
  • 00:19:53.505 --> 00:19:56.675
  • And who am i? so powerful was this house
  • 00:19:56.742 --> 00:19:58.844
  • So powerful was this house that david --
  • 00:19:58.910 --> 00:19:59.711
  • That david -- that god built david,
  • 00:19:59.778 --> 00:20:01.446
  • That god built david, that in matthew 1,
  • 00:20:01.513 --> 00:20:03.048
  • That in matthew 1, in verse 1, this is the book
  • 00:20:03.115 --> 00:20:07.919
  • In verse 1, this is the book of the generations
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  • Of the generations of jesus christ,
  • 00:20:10.689 --> 00:20:14.293
  • Of jesus christ, the son of david.
  • 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.063
  • The son of david. you talking 'bout building.
  • 00:20:18.130 --> 00:20:19.698
  • You talking 'bout building. jesus came through that house.
  • 00:20:19.765 --> 00:20:22.768
  • Jesus came through that house. said, "i'm gon' build you
  • 00:20:22.834 --> 00:20:23.769
  • Said, "i'm gon' build you a house and then i'm gon'
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  • A house and then i'm gon' make sure jesus goes
  • 00:20:25.070 --> 00:20:26.805
  • Make sure jesus goes right through that
  • 00:20:26.872 --> 00:20:27.572
  • Right through that house to the world."
  • 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:30.242
  • House to the world." who am i?
  • 00:20:30.309 --> 00:20:31.877
  • Who am i? do you know how many
  • 00:20:31.943 --> 00:20:32.477
  • Do you know how many people are lost?
  • 00:20:32.544 --> 00:20:33.412
  • People are lost? do you know how many people
  • 00:20:33.478 --> 00:20:34.146
  • Do you know how many people have never sat in a service
  • 00:20:34.212 --> 00:20:35.480
  • Have never sat in a service and felt the presence of god?
  • 00:20:35.547 --> 00:20:36.915
  • And felt the presence of god? do you know how many people
  • 00:20:36.982 --> 00:20:37.949
  • Do you know how many people who think they have everything,
  • 00:20:38.016 --> 00:20:39.484
  • Who think they have everything, and they have nothing,
  • 00:20:39.551 --> 00:20:40.519
  • And they have nothing, and one day they will perish
  • 00:20:40.585 --> 00:20:41.953
  • And one day they will perish and go into eternal --
  • 00:20:42.020 --> 00:20:42.854
  • And go into eternal -- but who am i?
  • 00:20:42.921 --> 00:20:44.256
  • But who am i? and who is my family?
  • 00:20:44.323 --> 00:20:48.060
  • And who is my family? that god would bring me
  • 00:20:48.126 --> 00:20:48.894
  • That god would bring me to this very point?
  • 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.331
  • To this very point? we're gonna be alright.
  • 00:20:52.397 --> 00:20:55.100
  • We're gonna be alright. god has been our help.
  • 00:20:55.167 --> 00:20:58.670
  • God has been our help. my stone of help.
  • 00:20:58.737 --> 00:21:01.073
  • My stone of help. i close with this.
  • 00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:03.842
  • I close with this. i was in the office
  • 00:21:03.909 --> 00:21:04.476
  • I was in the office yesterday morning
  • 00:21:04.543 --> 00:21:07.045
  • Yesterday morning and i heard this verse
  • 00:21:07.112 --> 00:21:07.913
  • And i heard this verse come up in my spirit.
  • 00:21:07.979 --> 00:21:09.181
  • Come up in my spirit. you don't want to miss this
  • 00:21:09.247 --> 00:21:13.585
  • You don't want to miss this 'cause i know when
  • 00:21:13.652 --> 00:21:14.186
  • 'cause i know when the lord speaks to me.
  • 00:21:14.252 --> 00:21:17.689
  • The lord speaks to me. and this verse came up,
  • 00:21:17.756 --> 00:21:19.858
  • And this verse came up, this scripture.
  • 00:21:19.925 --> 00:21:21.026
  • This scripture. i knew the scripture.
  • 00:21:21.093 --> 00:21:21.993
  • I knew the scripture. i didn't know where
  • 00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:22.527
  • I didn't know where it was as usual.
  • 00:21:22.594 --> 00:21:25.997
  • It was as usual. and 1 samuel 11:9.
  • 00:21:26.064 --> 00:21:30.502
  • And 1 samuel 11:9. israel was in a mess again.
  • 00:21:30.569 --> 00:21:35.640
  • Israel was in a mess again. and the bible said,
  • 00:21:35.707 --> 00:21:37.242
  • And the bible said, the prophet said,
  • 00:21:37.309 --> 00:21:39.911
  • The prophet said, "by the time tomorrow
  • 00:21:39.978 --> 00:21:41.546
  • "by the time tomorrow about this time,
  • 00:21:41.613 --> 00:21:43.782
  • About this time, by the time the sun gets hot,
  • 00:21:43.849 --> 00:21:50.689
  • By the time the sun gets hot, you shall have help.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:21:57.863 --> 00:22:01.967
  • What does that mean?
  • 00:22:02.667 --> 00:22:04.636
  • What does that mean? "by the time the sun gets hot."
  • 00:22:04.703 --> 00:22:09.574
  • "by the time the sun gets hot." sometimes, god waits
  • 00:22:09.641 --> 00:22:12.244
  • Sometimes, god waits on it to get hot.
  • 00:22:12.310 --> 00:22:15.881
  • On it to get hot. that's when you grow.
  • 00:22:15.947 --> 00:22:18.417
  • That's when you grow. that's when you really
  • 00:22:18.483 --> 00:22:19.284
  • That's when you really learn how to trust him.
  • 00:22:19.351 --> 00:22:21.186
  • Learn how to trust him. not when everything's
  • 00:22:21.253 --> 00:22:22.053
  • Not when everything's perfect all the time,
  • 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:23.522
  • Perfect all the time, but by the time
  • 00:22:23.588 --> 00:22:24.356
  • But by the time the trial gets got.
  • 00:22:24.423 --> 00:22:29.327
  • The trial gets got. by the time the sun gets hot.
  • 00:22:29.394 --> 00:22:32.664
  • By the time the sun gets hot. i know how much you can bear,
  • 00:22:32.731 --> 00:22:34.699
  • I know how much you can bear, i won't put more on you
  • 00:22:34.766 --> 00:22:35.934
  • I won't put more on you than you're able to bear.
  • 00:22:36.001 --> 00:22:37.536
  • Than you're able to bear. i'm gonna step in
  • 00:22:37.602 --> 00:22:39.070
  • I'm gonna step in just in the nick of time,
  • 00:22:39.137 --> 00:22:41.206
  • Just in the nick of time, and i will --
  • 00:22:41.273 --> 00:22:42.641
  • And i will -- you shall have help.
  • 00:22:42.707 --> 00:22:46.011
  • [applause]
  • 00:22:46.378 --> 00:22:48.780
  • >> i want you to know today,
  • 00:22:51.983 --> 00:22:53.652
  • >> i want you to know today, no matter where you are,
  • 00:22:53.718 --> 00:22:55.153
  • No matter where you are, no matter what you're facing,
  • 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:57.556
  • No matter what you're facing, god wants you to know
  • 00:22:57.622 --> 00:22:59.124
  • God wants you to know that he's not finished
  • 00:22:59.191 --> 00:23:00.058
  • That he's not finished with you.
  • 00:23:00.125 --> 00:23:01.393
  • With you. he sees you.
  • 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.627
  • He sees you. he loves you.
  • 00:23:02.694 --> 00:23:04.763
  • He loves you. he's ready to step
  • 00:23:04.830 --> 00:23:06.431
  • He's ready to step into your home,
  • 00:23:06.498 --> 00:23:07.399
  • Into your home, into your life,
  • 00:23:07.466 --> 00:23:08.834
  • Into your life, into your brokenness,
  • 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:10.235
  • Into your brokenness, into your situation
  • 00:23:10.302 --> 00:23:12.404
  • Into your situation with his power,
  • 00:23:12.471 --> 00:23:13.438
  • With his power, and his grace,
  • 00:23:13.505 --> 00:23:14.139
  • And his grace, and his mercy,
  • 00:23:14.206 --> 00:23:15.273
  • And his mercy, and his help.
  • 00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:17.576
  • And his help. he is enough.
  • 00:23:17.642 --> 00:23:19.044
  • He is enough. he is strong.
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  • He is strong. he is mighty.
  • 00:23:20.245 --> 00:23:20.979
  • He is mighty. there's no sin too great
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  • There's no sin too great that he can't forgive.
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  • That he can't forgive. there's no mess too big
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  • There's no mess too big that he can't fix.
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  • That he can't fix. there's nothing that
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  • There's nothing that he can't turn around.
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  • He can't turn around. and what was made into --
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  • And what was made into -- meant to destroy you,
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  • Meant to destroy you, god can turn it into
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  • God can turn it into your greatest miracle.
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  • Your greatest miracle. make him lord of your life.
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  • Pray this prayer.
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  • “lord, i give you my heart,
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  • I give you my life,
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  • I give you my future,
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  • I give you my relationships,
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  • I give everything to you.
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  • I surrender all.
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  • Be my savior and be my lord.
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  • In jesus' name
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  • I ask and pray, amen.”
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  • >> if you just prayed
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  • With pastor jentezen
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  • And gave your life to jesus,
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  • Welcome to the family of god.
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  • We're here for you
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  • Every step of the way.
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  • Call the number
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  • On your screen right now.
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  • Or visit us online
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  • At jentezenfranklin.tv
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  • To share your story,
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  • And download a free
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  • Salvation devotional
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  • To help you take
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  • Your first steps with jesus.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:27.846 --> 00:24:32.984
  • >> pastor franklin,
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  • Russell robinson.
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  • And i'm here in kiryat shmona,
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  • Here in front
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  • Of the emergency center
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  • In which you and your ministry
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  • Is being made possible.
  • 00:24:44.296 --> 00:24:45.830
  • I could tell you that
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  • I could tell you that the difference between
  • 00:24:46.898 --> 00:24:49.401
  • The difference between darkness and light
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  • Is when we have
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  • People who care
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  • And care about life
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  • And care about us
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  • And walk with us.
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  • October 7th,
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  • A day in which for us is
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  • Gonna live with not only us
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  • But for generations.
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  • A painful day.
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  • And the difference between
  • 00:25:07.852 --> 00:25:08.687
  • Then and now
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  • Is that there is hope.
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  • Right here in kiryat shmona,
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  • Right here in northern israel,
  • 00:25:13.892 --> 00:25:15.694
  • In which when i sent you
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  • Before an update,
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  • You did not hear
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  • A car in the street,
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  • But you heard
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  • The construction of this site
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  • Going on,
  • 00:25:24.202 --> 00:25:25.770
  • And you're hearing
  • 00:25:25.837 --> 00:25:26.504
  • The construction going on today.
  • 00:25:26.571 --> 00:25:29.374
  • There's hope for tomorrow
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  • Because of you.
  • 00:25:30.775 --> 00:25:33.011
  • There's hope for tomorrow
  • 00:25:33.078 --> 00:25:34.179
  • Because of your ministry
  • 00:25:34.245 --> 00:25:34.980
  • Because you have walked with us
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  • Every step of the way.
  • 00:25:36.548 --> 00:25:38.483
  • You're walking with us down
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  • In the eshkol region
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  • Where 800 safe rooms
  • 00:25:41.219 --> 00:25:43.555
  • Are today starting
  • 00:25:43.622 --> 00:25:45.056
  • And giving people
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  • The security of their home,
  • 00:25:46.424 --> 00:25:48.426
  • So they can bring their
  • 00:25:48.493 --> 00:25:49.494
  • Children back and live
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  • A life and start thinking
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  • About tomorrow themselves.
  • 00:25:52.430 --> 00:25:54.199
  • You've been there
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  • With resilience centers,
  • 00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.034
  • You've been there
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  • With our children's playground.
  • 00:25:56.735 --> 00:25:59.137
  • A year from now,
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  • We're not gonna be
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  • Showing a construction site.
  • 00:26:01.239 --> 00:26:02.507
  • A year from now,
  • 00:26:02.574 --> 00:26:04.442
  • You're going to be meeting
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  • You're going to be meeting the children
  • 00:26:05.910 --> 00:26:06.578
  • The children that are born here.
  • 00:26:06.645 --> 00:26:08.346
  • You're gonna meet the families,
  • 00:26:08.446 --> 00:26:10.181
  • The lives that
  • 00:26:10.248 --> 00:26:10.715
  • Were saved because of you.
  • 00:26:10.782 --> 00:26:13.685
  • Thank you.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:20.258 --> 00:26:23.395
  • >> i cannot leave this
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  • >> i cannot leave this broadcast today without
  • 00:26:24.929 --> 00:26:26.364
  • Broadcast today without saying a heartfelt thank you,
  • 00:26:26.431 --> 00:26:29.267
  • Saying a heartfelt thank you, thank you, thank you
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  • Thank you, thank you to everyone of you who prays
  • 00:26:31.136 --> 00:26:32.804
  • To everyone of you who prays for this ministry-
  • 00:26:32.871 --> 00:26:33.905
  • For this ministry- and there are thousands
  • 00:26:33.972 --> 00:26:35.206
  • And there are thousands of people who pray daily
  • 00:26:35.273 --> 00:26:37.475
  • Of people who pray daily for this ministry,
  • 00:26:37.542 --> 00:26:38.977
  • For this ministry, and those who can
  • 00:26:39.044 --> 00:26:40.145
  • And those who can support this ministry.
  • 00:26:40.211 --> 00:26:41.946
  • Support this ministry. you really make a difference.
  • 00:26:42.013 --> 00:26:43.615
  • You really make a difference. you help us reach
  • 00:26:43.682 --> 00:26:44.616
  • Beyond the walls
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  • Of our campus in georgia
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  • To all around the world.
  • 00:26:48.486 --> 00:26:50.622
  • And not only that,
  • 00:26:50.722 --> 00:26:51.589
  • And not only that, but we're doing some
  • 00:26:51.656 --> 00:26:52.390
  • But we're doing some pretty incredible life-saving
  • 00:26:52.457 --> 00:26:54.526
  • Pretty incredible life-saving missionary work,
  • 00:26:54.592 --> 00:26:55.994
  • Missionary work, global work through
  • 00:26:56.061 --> 00:26:57.395
  • Our projects in israel,
  • 00:26:57.495 --> 00:26:59.964
  • Even emergency center hospital
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  • In northern israel.
  • 00:27:02.233 --> 00:27:03.535
  • Your generosity
  • 00:27:03.601 --> 00:27:04.836
  • Is changing lives.
  • 00:27:04.903 --> 00:27:06.271
  • And with your continued support,
  • 00:27:06.337 --> 00:27:08.073
  • Together we can touch lives,
  • 00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:09.607
  • Fulfill prophecy,
  • 00:27:09.674 --> 00:27:11.276
  • And bring the light
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  • And bring the light of jesus to the world.
  • 00:27:12.377 --> 00:27:13.978
  • Of jesus to the world. thank you, thank you,
  • 00:27:14.045 --> 00:27:14.913
  • Thank you, thank you, thank you,
  • 00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.780
  • Thank you, and god bless you.
  • 00:27:15.847 --> 00:27:16.881
  • >> visit us online
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  • At jentezenfranklin.tv.
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  • ♪ ♪
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