Jentezen Franklin - Moments That Mark Us (Part 2)

December 27, 2024 | S

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

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Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin | Jentezen Franklin - Moments That Mark Us (Part 2) | December 27, 2024
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  • >> verse 22
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  • Of genesis chapter 32.
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  • Of genesis chapter 32. this is about jacob.
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  • This is about jacob. "and he arose that night
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  • "and he arose that night and took his two wives,
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  • And took his two wives, his two female servants,
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  • His two female servants, his 11 sons,
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  • His 11 sons, and he crossed over
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  • And he crossed over the river of jabbok.
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  • The river of jabbok. he took them and he sent them
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  • He took them and he sent them over the brook,
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  • Over the brook, and sent over what he had."
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  • And sent over what he had." maybe the most powerful
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  • Maybe the most powerful phrase ever spoken
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  • Phrase ever spoken over his life happens next.
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  • Over his life happens next. "then jacob was left alone
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  • "then jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him
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  • And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.
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  • Until the breaking of day. and when he saw that he
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  • And when he saw that he did not prevail against him,
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  • Did not prevail against him, he touched the socket
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  • He touched the socket of his hip.
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  • Of his hip. and the socket
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  • And the socket of jacob's hip
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  • Of jacob's hip was out of joint
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  • Was out of joint as he wrestled with him."
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  • As he wrestled with him." when it says he wrestled
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  • When it says he wrestled with a man,
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  • With a man, it was not a man,
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  • It was not a man, it was jesus.
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  • It was jesus. it was god.
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  • It was god. and i'll show you
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  • And i'll show you that in scripture.
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  • That in scripture. he was not even wrestling
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  • He was not even wrestling with an angel,
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  • With an angel, it was jesus.
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  • It was jesus. and i'll tell you why
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  • And i'll tell you why i say that.
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  • I say that. "and he said,"
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  • "and he said," speaking of jesus,
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  • Speaking of jesus, "'let me go for the day breaks.'
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  • "'let me go for the day breaks.' but he said,"
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  • But he said," speaking of jacob,
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  • Speaking of jacob, "i will not let you go
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  • "i will not let you go unless you bless me.
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  • Unless you bless me. so, he said to him,
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  • So, he said to him, 'what is your name?'
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  • 'what is your name?' and he said,
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  • And he said, my name is jacob.
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  • My name is jacob. and he said,
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  • And he said, 'your name shall no longer
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  • 'your name shall no longer be called jacob,
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  • Be called jacob, but your new name is israel.
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  • But your new name is israel. for you have struggled
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  • For you have struggled with god and with men
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  • With god and with men and have prevailed.'"
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  • And have prevailed.'" this is --
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  • This is -- what he's saying is,
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  • What he's saying is, "everything changes here
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  • "everything changes here today in this spot for you."
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  • Today in this spot for you." then jacob asked, saying,
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  • Then jacob asked, saying, 'tell me your name, i pray.'
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  • 'tell me your name, i pray.' and he said,
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  • And he said, 'why is it that you
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  • 'why is it that you ask about my name?'
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  • Ask about my name?' listen,
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  • Listen, "and he blessed him there."
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  • "and he blessed him there." he god, jesus blessed him there.
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  • He god, jesus blessed him there. now here's why i know it --
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  • Now here's why i know it -- who it was.
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  • Who it was. "so, jacob called
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  • "so, jacob called the name of the place, peniel,"
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  • The name of the place, peniel," listen, "for i have seen
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  • Listen, "for i have seen god face to face,
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  • God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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  • And my life is preserved. just as he crossed over peniel,
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  • Just as he crossed over peniel, the sun rose on him,
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  • The sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip
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  • And he limped on his hip because it had been
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  • Because it had been pulled out of joint.
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  • Pulled out of joint. therefore, this day,
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  • Therefore, this day, the children of israel
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  • The children of israel do not eat the muscle
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  • Do not eat the muscle that shrink,
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  • That shrink, which is on the hip socket
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  • Which is on the hip socket because he touched
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  • Because he touched the socket of jacob's hip
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  • The socket of jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank."
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  • In the muscle that shrank." and in that moment,
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  • And in that moment, the angel said to jacob,
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  • The angel said to jacob, "what is your name?
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  • "what is your name? and he said, 'i'm jacob.'
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  • And he said, 'i'm jacob.' he said,
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  • He said, 'i'm changing your name
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  • 'i'm changing your name from jacob,'"
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  • From jacob,'" which means worm,
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  • Which means worm, "to israel,"
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  • "to israel," which means prince.
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  • Which means prince. in this one encounter,
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  • In this one encounter, you go from a worm to a prince.
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  • You go from a worm to a prince. and then i'm --
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  • And then i'm -- some translations
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  • Some translations say it like this.
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  • Say it like this. "i'm give --
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  • "i'm give -- you have prevailed,
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  • You have prevailed, and i'm giving you favor
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  • And i'm giving you favor and power with god and man."
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  • And power with god and man." [applause]
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  • [applause] favor with god,
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  • Favor with god, favor with man,
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  • Favor with man, it's called the blessing.
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  • It's called the blessing. and the text said
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  • And the text said he blessed him there.
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  • He blessed him there. with what?
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  • With what? with favor with god
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  • With favor with god and with man.
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  • And with man. what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? that means that anything you do
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  • That means that anything you do that's in the will of god,
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  • That's in the will of god, when you come
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  • When you come out of that encounter,
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  • Out of that encounter, god will give you his favor,
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  • God will give you his favor, and he'll cause people who don't
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  • And he'll cause people who don't even like you to bless you,
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  • Even like you to bless you, to open doors for you.
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  • To open doors for you. i've actually
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  • I've actually had 'em tell me,
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  • Had 'em tell me, "i don't even like you,
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  • "i don't even like you, but god told me."
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  • But god told me." hallelujah!
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  • Hallelujah! there is a blessing
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  • There is a blessing that hell can't curse.
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  • That hell can't curse. there is a blessing that can
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  • There is a blessing that can come on your family and on your
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  • Come on your family and on your children and on your business
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  • Children and on your business and on your dreams.
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  • And on your dreams. and when you win the battle
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  • And when you win the battle in that spiritual place,
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  • In that spiritual place, god says,
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  • God says, "you don't just have
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  • "you don't just have favor up here
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  • Favor up here in heaven someday,
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  • In heaven someday, you're gonna have it
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  • You're gonna have it down there on earth
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  • Down there on earth with men."
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  • With men." and if the enemy
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  • And if the enemy comes one way,
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  • Comes one way, he flees seven.
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  • He flees seven. wow!
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  • Wow! those moments --
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  • Those moments -- listen carefully,
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  • Listen carefully, when he got changed --
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  • When he got changed -- in his name,
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  • In his name, think of that.
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  • Think of that. he was just jacob
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  • He was just jacob and he was about to die.
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  • And he was about to die. his brother was coming
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  • His brother was coming to kill him.
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  • To kill him. and in one encounter he says,
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  • And in one encounter he says, "no longer will you
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  • "no longer will you be called jacob.
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  • Be called jacob. you will be called israel.
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  • You will be called israel. your -- in other words,
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  • Your -- in other words, "your children, your 12 --
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  • "your children, your 12 -- your eventually 12 sons
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  • Your eventually 12 sons will become the children
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  • Will become the children of not jacob, israel.
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  • Of not jacob, israel. and out of those children
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  • And out of those children will come tribes,
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  • Will come tribes, and out those tribes
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  • And out those tribes will come one
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  • Will come one of them called judah.
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  • Of them called judah. and out of judah
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  • And out of judah will come a messiah.
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  • Will come a messiah. boy, i'm blessing you.
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  • Boy, i'm blessing you. i'm taking a deceiver
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  • I'm taking a deceiver and i'm turning him
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  • And i'm turning him into a receiver.
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  • Into a receiver. and you're not gonna
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  • And you're not gonna be fake anymore,
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  • Be fake anymore, you're gonna be real.
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  • You're gonna be real. and you're not
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  • And you're not gonna be ashamed of me.
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  • Gonna be ashamed of me. and i'm gonna make you
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  • And i'm gonna make you as the sands of the seashore
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  • As the sands of the seashore and the stars of heaven.
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  • And the stars of heaven. and jacob,
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  • And jacob, you were a loser
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  • You were a loser when i found you,
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  • When i found you, but because you have made up
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  • But because you have made up your mind that
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  • Your mind that you would not die
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  • You would not die just in the marking,
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  • Just in the marking, but you would hold on
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  • But you would hold on to the blessing,
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  • To the blessing, i'm gon' to bless you
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  • I'm gon' to bless you in ways in the world
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  • In ways in the world that you cannot even imagine."
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  • That you cannot even imagine." that moment
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  • That moment redefined his identity.
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  • Redefined his identity. and that's what happens --
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  • And that's what happens -- i love all the organizations
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  • I love all the organizations that try to help people
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  • That try to help people get unaddicted and set free --
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  • Get unaddicted and set free -- and anything and everything,
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  • And anything and everything, i'm all for it,
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  • I'm all for it, as long as it's helping
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  • As long as it's helping people deal with it.
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  • People deal with it. but the one thing
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  • But the one thing that i don't agree with
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  • That i don't agree with is that once an alcoholic,
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  • Is that once an alcoholic, you always have to identify
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  • You always have to identify as an alcoholic.
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  • As an alcoholic. once as a drug addict,
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  • Once as a drug addict, you always --
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  • You always -- i'm telling you,
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  • I'm telling you, there is an encounter
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  • There is an encounter with god that can
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  • With god that can change your name
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  • Change your name and change your identity
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  • And change your identity and change your nature
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  • And change your nature and change your walk
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  • And change your walk and change your talk.
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  • And change your talk. oh, i wish we'd
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  • Oh, i wish we'd get back to that.
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  • Get back to that. real salvation
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  • Real salvation will change your walk.
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  • Will change your walk. it'll change your talk.
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  • It'll change your talk. "i don't want what
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  • "i don't want what i used to want.
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  • I used to want. i don't talk like
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  • I don't talk like i used to talk."
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  • I used to talk." and if you got a filthy,
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  • And if you got a filthy, potty mouth,
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  • Potty mouth, you need to get saved.
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  • You need to get saved. if you can go around cursing
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  • If you can go around cursing and chewing people out
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  • And chewing people out and treating people --
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  • And treating people -- at some point he comes
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  • At some point he comes and he says,
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  • And he says, "i need to work
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  • "i need to work on who you are.
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  • On who you are. i want you to walk away
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  • I want you to walk away with a new identity."
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  • With a new identity." [applause]
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  • [applause] he went from a deceiver
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  • He went from a deceiver to a receiver.
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  • To a receiver. and he said this
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  • And he said this powerful phrase,
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  • Powerful phrase, "my life is preserved.
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  • "my life is preserved. he has preserved my future."
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  • He has preserved my future." i tell you,
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  • I tell you, there is a place this morning
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  • There is a place this morning and an encounter waiting on you
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  • And an encounter waiting on you where fear does
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  • Where fear does not dominate you anymore.
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  • Not dominate you anymore. i know that's happened to me.
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  • I know that's happened to me. there's been times
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  • There's been times when i just had
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  • When i just had to get alone with god,
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  • To get alone with god, and my fear
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  • And my fear was so overwhelming
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  • Was so overwhelming of what might happen.
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  • Of what might happen. this might happen.
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  • This might happen. even through the years
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  • Even through the years pastoring this church,
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  • Pastoring this church, and just the challenges
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  • And just the challenges all the time.
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  • All the time. it never stops.
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  • It never stops. and in those moments,
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  • And in those moments, sometimes i'll just say
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  • Sometimes i'll just say to the family, to cherise,
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  • To the family, to cherise, to everybody,
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  • To everybody, "i've got to be alone."
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  • "i've got to be alone." and when i go in,
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  • And when i go in, i'm defeated,
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  • I'm defeated, but when i come out
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  • But when i come out of those encounters,
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  • Of those encounters, i have a courage
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  • I have a courage that i cannot explain.
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  • That i cannot explain. i have a faith that does not
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  • I have a faith that does not alter with the blowing
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  • Alter with the blowing of the wind in whatever
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  • Of the wind in whatever direction the wind blows.
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  • Direction the wind blows. but something in me says,
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  • But something in me says, "if god be for me,
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  • "if god be for me, who can be against me?
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  • Who can be against me? and i have favor with god
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  • And i have favor with god and favor with man,
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  • And favor with man, and he will bring it to pass."
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  • And he will bring it to pass." take a praise break.
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  • Take a praise break. take a praise break.
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  • Take a praise break. i don't know who's
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  • I don't know who's fighting a battle,
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  • Fighting a battle, but don't you let
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  • But don't you let go during the marking.
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  • Go during the marking. if you'll hold on,
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  • If you'll hold on, there's a blessing
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  • There's a blessing coming down your dusty road.
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  • Coming down your dusty road. [applause]
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  • [applause] i'm almost done.
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  • I'm almost done. i'm almost done.
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  • I'm almost done. and notice this,
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  • And notice this, the bible said,
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  • The bible said, "and when the sun rose,"
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  • "and when the sun rose," after he pulled his
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  • After he pulled his hip out of socket,
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  • Hip out of socket, "he halted upon his thigh."
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  • "he halted upon his thigh." in other words,
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  • In other words, it altered his walk.
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  • It altered his walk. in other words,
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  • In other words, the next step that he took
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  • The next step that he took was different from the way
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  • Was different from the way he walked into that situation.
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  • He walked into that situation. what i'm trying to say to you
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  • What i'm trying to say to you is the step that he took
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  • Is the step that he took after coming to that moment
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  • After coming to that moment was not the same step
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  • Was not the same step he was going to take.
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  • He was going to take. now, ooh, this is so important.
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  • Now, ooh, this is so important. when you really encounter god
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  • When you really encounter god the way that i'm preaching
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  • The way that i'm preaching this morning,
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  • This morning, not a religious something,
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  • Not a religious something, another bible, blah,
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  • Another bible, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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  • Blah, blah, blah. i'm talking about a personal
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  • I'm talking about a personal encounter with jesus christ.
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  • Encounter with jesus christ. it will alter,
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  • It will alter, in other words,
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  • In other words, it altered --
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  • It altered -- the steps --
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  • The steps -- the step that he took
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  • The step that he took after he pulled his hip
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  • After he pulled his hip out of joint was not the same
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  • Out of joint was not the same step he would've
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  • Step he would've taken before.
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  • Taken before. and that's a type.
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  • And that's a type. that's an analogy of what a true
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  • That's an analogy of what a true encounter with jesus christ.
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  • Encounter with jesus christ. not religion,
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  • Not religion, not baptist, methodist,
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  • Not baptist, methodist, pentecostal, not any of that.
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  • Pentecostal, not any of that. not church,
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  • Not church, not churchy stuff.
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  • Not churchy stuff. an encounter with jesus.
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  • An encounter with jesus. you know,
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  • You know, the one who carried
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  • The one who carried your sins to the cross,
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  • Your sins to the cross, the one who in agony
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  • The one who in agony and moaned and groaned,
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  • And moaned and groaned, and he had you on his mind
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  • And he had you on his mind when they hung him high
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  • When they hung him high and they stretched him wide.
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  • And they stretched him wide. and it changed his next step.
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  • And it changed his next step. your next step will
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  • Your next step will either be the right direction
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  • Either be the right direction or the wrong direction.
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  • Or the wrong direction. and it all depends
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  • And it all depends on whether or not
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  • On whether or not you have an encounter with god.
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  • You have an encounter with god. it changes your identity,
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  • It changes your identity, it affects your journey,
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  • It affects your journey, it changes your direction.
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  • It changes your direction. and lastly,
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  • And lastly, because of this touch,
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  • Because of this touch, when the angel touched him
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  • When the angel touched him in that encounter
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  • In that encounter and marked him,
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  • And marked him, the bible said in verse 32,
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  • The bible said in verse 32, you'll read right over,
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  • You'll read right over, it's the last
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  • It's the last verse of the text,
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  • Verse of the text, and it says in verse 32,
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  • And it says in verse 32, "therefore, the children
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  • "therefore, the children of israel,"
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  • Of israel," this is so weird,
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  • This is so weird, "did not eat the muscle
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  • "did not eat the muscle that shrank,
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  • That shrank, which is on the hip socket
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  • Which is on the hip socket because he," jesus the angel,
  • 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:52.783
  • Because he," jesus the angel, "touched the socket
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  • "touched the socket of jacob's hip
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  • Of jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank."
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  • In the muscle that shrank." what is that about?
  • 00:12:00.557 --> 00:12:02.859
  • What is that about? when you have one of these
  • 00:12:02.926 --> 00:12:03.960
  • When you have one of these encounters that i'm talking
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  • Encounters that i'm talking about this morning,
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  • About this morning, there is a touch,
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  • There is a touch, and that touch so defines you
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  • And that touch so defines you that they used to eat
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  • That they used to eat that part of the sheep.
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  • That part of the sheep. they used to eat that muscle
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  • They used to eat that muscle that was over the hip.
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  • That was over the hip. they used to,
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  • They used to, but they don't do it anymore.
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  • But they don't do it anymore. what happened?
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  • What happened? when they got a fresh touch,
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  • When they got a fresh touch, they got a fresh conviction.
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  • They got a fresh conviction. and if you don't
  • 00:12:32.088 --> 00:12:32.722
  • And if you don't ever get fresh touches,
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  • Ever get fresh touches, you don't get any
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  • You don't get any fresh convictions.
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  • Fresh convictions. but they said,
  • 00:12:39.963 --> 00:12:40.897
  • But they said, "because he got touched,
  • 00:12:40.964 --> 00:12:43.300
  • "because he got touched, it's affecting us.
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  • It's affecting us. and we will ne --
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  • And we will ne -- we used to eat
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  • We used to eat it all the time,
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  • It all the time, but that part of that animal
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  • But that part of that animal we will never eat again."
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  • We will never eat again." and it wasn't legalism,
  • 00:12:53.210 --> 00:12:55.579
  • And it wasn't legalism, it was just the fact
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  • It was just the fact that they had had
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  • That they had had an encounter with god,
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  • An encounter with god, and he had touched
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  • And he had touched some part of their life --
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  • Some part of their life -- of his life,
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  • Of his life, the hollow place.
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  • The hollow place. guess what i'm trying to preach
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  • Guess what i'm trying to preach is when you walk out of church,
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  • Is when you walk out of church, every once in a while,
  • 00:13:10.794 --> 00:13:11.528
  • Every once in a while, you ought to walk out
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  • You ought to walk out with a new conviction.
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  • With a new conviction. "i don't think that's necessary.
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  • "i don't think that's necessary. and i don't know --
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  • And i don't know -- i don't like that.
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  • I don't like that. and i don't let go --
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  • And i don't let go -- i'm gon' to just
  • 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:24.608
  • I'm gon' to just let go of that conviction.
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  • Let go of that conviction. and i tell you,
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  • And i tell you, times have changed,
  • 00:13:26.509 --> 00:13:27.544
  • Times have changed, and we just need to
  • 00:13:27.611 --> 00:13:28.511
  • And we just need to be like everybody else.
  • 00:13:28.578 --> 00:13:29.746
  • Be like everybody else. and i can hold on to this
  • 00:13:29.813 --> 00:13:31.081
  • And i can hold on to this and hold on to that and do it --
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  • And hold on to that and do it -- live any old way i want to live
  • 00:13:32.282 --> 00:13:33.717
  • Live any old way i want to live and i'm okay.
  • 00:13:33.783 --> 00:13:35.318
  • And i'm okay. and me and --
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  • And me and -- jesus is just all
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  • Jesus is just all right with me.
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  • Right with me. jesus is."
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  • Jesus is." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] but i'm gonna
  • 00:13:45.562 --> 00:13:46.029
  • But i'm gonna tell you something.
  • 00:13:46.096 --> 00:13:48.031
  • Tell you something. we're throwing
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  • We're throwing away our convictions.
  • 00:13:48.698 --> 00:13:52.035
  • Away our convictions. we're seeing a nation
  • 00:13:52.102 --> 00:13:53.169
  • We're seeing a nation who's lost its moral
  • 00:13:53.236 --> 00:13:54.137
  • Who's lost its moral values completely.
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  • Values completely. we're losing the desire
  • 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.909
  • We're losing the desire for the house of god.
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  • For the house of god. thank god it's not around here.
  • 00:13:59.809 --> 00:14:01.578
  • Thank god it's not around here. but i'm just saying.
  • 00:14:01.645 --> 00:14:03.747
  • But i'm just saying. the things that made us great,
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  • The things that made us great, great families.
  • 00:14:06.216 --> 00:14:08.785
  • Great families. when we got saved,
  • 00:14:08.852 --> 00:14:09.920
  • When we got saved, we threw stuff
  • 00:14:09.986 --> 00:14:10.754
  • We threw stuff out of our lives.
  • 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.588
  • Out of our lives. not 'cause somebody made us,
  • 00:14:11.655 --> 00:14:12.889
  • Not 'cause somebody made us, but we just felt
  • 00:14:12.956 --> 00:14:13.790
  • But we just felt convicted of it.
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  • Convicted of it. "i'm done with that.
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  • "i'm done with that. i'm done with that lifestyle.
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  • I'm done with that lifestyle. i'm done with that.
  • 00:14:18.428 --> 00:14:19.496
  • I'm done with that. i don't want that lifestyle.
  • 00:14:19.562 --> 00:14:22.198
  • I don't want that lifestyle. and so, what happens
  • 00:14:22.265 --> 00:14:23.900
  • And so, what happens is if you don't
  • 00:14:23.967 --> 00:14:24.734
  • Is if you don't have a fresh touch
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  • Have a fresh touch every now and then,
  • 00:14:25.835 --> 00:14:27.637
  • Every now and then, you don't get a conviction
  • 00:14:27.704 --> 00:14:28.939
  • You don't get a conviction like that.
  • 00:14:29.005 --> 00:14:30.607
  • Like that. that says,
  • 00:14:30.674 --> 00:14:31.141
  • That says, "as for me and my house,
  • 00:14:31.207 --> 00:14:32.208
  • "as for me and my house, we will serve the lord.
  • 00:14:32.275 --> 00:14:34.945
  • We will serve the lord. i can't partake
  • 00:14:35.011 --> 00:14:35.812
  • I can't partake of that no longer."
  • 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:37.948
  • Of that no longer." when we lack convictions,
  • 00:14:38.014 --> 00:14:39.382
  • When we lack convictions, it's because we lack those
  • 00:14:39.449 --> 00:14:41.217
  • It's because we lack those moments that mark us.
  • 00:14:41.284 --> 00:14:48.191
  • Moments that mark us. before you make a decision
  • 00:14:48.258 --> 00:14:49.459
  • Before you make a decision to just throw some
  • 00:14:49.526 --> 00:14:51.027
  • To just throw some conviction away
  • 00:14:51.094 --> 00:14:52.228
  • Conviction away and pick up stuff that you
  • 00:14:52.295 --> 00:14:53.763
  • And pick up stuff that you once felt convicted of again.
  • 00:14:53.830 --> 00:14:56.566
  • Once felt convicted of again. you used to not get drunk.
  • 00:14:56.633 --> 00:14:58.368
  • You used to not get drunk. you used to not to get high.
  • 00:14:58.435 --> 00:14:59.769
  • You used to not to get high. you used to run with
  • 00:14:59.836 --> 00:15:01.404
  • You used to run with the clubs and sleep around.
  • 00:15:01.471 --> 00:15:03.306
  • The clubs and sleep around. you used to not to do
  • 00:15:03.373 --> 00:15:04.207
  • You used to not to do it when you got saved.
  • 00:15:04.274 --> 00:15:05.408
  • It when you got saved. before you start going
  • 00:15:05.475 --> 00:15:06.609
  • Before you start going back to that stuff,
  • 00:15:06.676 --> 00:15:08.912
  • Back to that stuff, i want you to have a revival.
  • 00:15:08.979 --> 00:15:11.147
  • I want you to have a revival. and i want you
  • 00:15:11.214 --> 00:15:11.781
  • And i want you to come out of a service
  • 00:15:11.848 --> 00:15:13.183
  • To come out of a service where the holy spirit has moved.
  • 00:15:13.249 --> 00:15:15.251
  • Where the holy spirit has moved. and then after you've
  • 00:15:15.318 --> 00:15:17.220
  • And then after you've had an encounter,
  • 00:15:17.287 --> 00:15:18.455
  • Had an encounter, there ought to be --
  • 00:15:18.521 --> 00:15:19.522
  • There ought to be -- before you let
  • 00:15:19.589 --> 00:15:20.490
  • Before you let go of something that's been
  • 00:15:20.557 --> 00:15:21.558
  • Go of something that's been in your family for a long time,
  • 00:15:21.624 --> 00:15:25.228
  • In your family for a long time, faith that's been
  • 00:15:25.295 --> 00:15:26.196
  • Faith that's been in your family, young people
  • 00:15:26.262 --> 00:15:27.697
  • In your family, young people for a long time,
  • 00:15:27.764 --> 00:15:29.065
  • For a long time, convictions and standards
  • 00:15:29.132 --> 00:15:30.934
  • Convictions and standards and values that have been
  • 00:15:31.001 --> 00:15:32.535
  • And values that have been in your family for a long time,
  • 00:15:32.602 --> 00:15:36.172
  • In your family for a long time, there ought to be some tears
  • 00:15:36.239 --> 00:15:37.574
  • There ought to be some tears before you just let it go.
  • 00:15:37.640 --> 00:15:39.275
  • Before you just let it go. there ought to be some fasting.
  • 00:15:39.342 --> 00:15:41.044
  • There ought to be some fasting. do it after you fasted 21 days.
  • 00:15:41.111 --> 00:15:43.980
  • Do it after you fasted 21 days. do it after you've been in
  • 00:15:44.047 --> 00:15:45.415
  • Do it after you've been in a red hot service
  • 00:15:45.482 --> 00:15:46.850
  • A red hot service and the power of god,
  • 00:15:46.916 --> 00:15:47.851
  • And the power of god, and you kept wiping
  • 00:15:47.917 --> 00:15:48.785
  • And you kept wiping the tears away,
  • 00:15:48.852 --> 00:15:49.986
  • The tears away, and you were embarrassed
  • 00:15:50.053 --> 00:15:51.354
  • And you were embarrassed cause the presence
  • 00:15:51.421 --> 00:15:51.921
  • Cause the presence of god was so --
  • 00:15:51.988 --> 00:15:52.922
  • Of god was so -- then go out and light
  • 00:15:52.989 --> 00:15:54.157
  • Then go out and light you up a cigarette.
  • 00:15:54.224 --> 00:15:55.859
  • You up a cigarette. [laughter]
  • 00:15:55.925 --> 00:15:58.561
  • [laughter] oh, i just --
  • 00:15:58.628 --> 00:15:59.062
  • Oh, i just -- i --
  • 00:15:59.129 --> 00:15:59.662
  • I -- where did that come from?
  • 00:15:59.729 --> 00:16:00.797
  • Where did that come from? [laughter]
  • 00:16:00.864 --> 00:16:03.266
  • [laughter] but i'll tell you one thing.
  • 00:16:03.333 --> 00:16:04.200
  • But i'll tell you one thing. i do feel today that
  • 00:16:04.267 --> 00:16:05.535
  • I do feel today that there's about 500 people
  • 00:16:05.602 --> 00:16:07.003
  • There's about 500 people that can be delivered
  • 00:16:07.070 --> 00:16:07.837
  • That can be delivered from vapes.
  • 00:16:07.904 --> 00:16:10.373
  • From vapes. and all it takes is a marking.
  • 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:13.209
  • And all it takes is a marking. all it takes --
  • 00:16:13.276 --> 00:16:15.011
  • All it takes -- i appreciate counseling,
  • 00:16:15.078 --> 00:16:16.379
  • I appreciate counseling, i appreciate tampering
  • 00:16:16.446 --> 00:16:17.347
  • I appreciate tampering off on it,
  • 00:16:17.414 --> 00:16:18.281
  • Off on it, i appreciate --
  • 00:16:18.348 --> 00:16:19.115
  • I appreciate -- but every now and then
  • 00:16:19.182 --> 00:16:20.417
  • But every now and then you need to have an encounter.
  • 00:16:20.483 --> 00:16:22.085
  • You need to have an encounter. because what happens is
  • 00:16:22.152 --> 00:16:23.353
  • Because what happens is when he touches you,
  • 00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:25.855
  • When he touches you, suddenly there's
  • 00:16:25.922 --> 00:16:27.257
  • Suddenly there's a fresh conviction.
  • 00:16:27.323 --> 00:16:28.658
  • A fresh conviction. "and i used to,
  • 00:16:28.725 --> 00:16:30.160
  • "and i used to, but i don't do it anymore."
  • 00:16:30.226 --> 00:16:31.594
  • But i don't do it anymore." and i feel myself sometimes,
  • 00:16:31.661 --> 00:16:33.696
  • And i feel myself sometimes, the very current of this world
  • 00:16:33.763 --> 00:16:36.299
  • The very current of this world is to pull us away,
  • 00:16:36.366 --> 00:16:37.667
  • Is to pull us away, pull us away,
  • 00:16:37.734 --> 00:16:38.368
  • Pull us away, pull us away.
  • 00:16:38.435 --> 00:16:39.502
  • Pull us away. and every now and then,
  • 00:16:39.569 --> 00:16:40.303
  • And every now and then, when i feel myself --
  • 00:16:40.370 --> 00:16:41.237
  • When i feel myself -- and it's happening
  • 00:16:41.304 --> 00:16:42.072
  • And it's happening and i'm letting
  • 00:16:42.138 --> 00:16:42.472
  • And i'm letting my standards down
  • 00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:43.606
  • My standards down and i'm not on it,
  • 00:16:43.673 --> 00:16:45.308
  • And i'm not on it, and i'll just have to get
  • 00:16:45.375 --> 00:16:46.643
  • And i'll just have to get alone with god,
  • 00:16:46.709 --> 00:16:51.247
  • Alone with god, and i'll come
  • 00:16:51.314 --> 00:16:51.848
  • And i'll come outta that place.
  • 00:16:51.915 --> 00:16:54.751
  • Outta that place. i wrote this down the other day,
  • 00:16:54.818 --> 00:16:55.985
  • I wrote this down the other day, and i think it's
  • 00:16:56.052 --> 00:16:56.619
  • And i think it's the word of the lord.
  • 00:16:56.686 --> 00:16:59.389
  • The word of the lord. if you've been
  • 00:16:59.456 --> 00:16:59.923
  • If you've been questioning everything,
  • 00:16:59.989 --> 00:17:02.425
  • Questioning everything, you know,
  • 00:17:02.492 --> 00:17:02.859
  • You know, that's the spirit
  • 00:17:02.926 --> 00:17:03.426
  • That's the spirit of the new gen --
  • 00:17:03.493 --> 00:17:04.527
  • Of the new gen -- "i question that.
  • 00:17:04.594 --> 00:17:05.862
  • "i question that. and i question that.
  • 00:17:05.929 --> 00:17:07.230
  • And i question that. and i question that."
  • 00:17:07.297 --> 00:17:11.434
  • And i question that." when you have a god encounter,
  • 00:17:11.501 --> 00:17:13.336
  • When you have a god encounter, it makes you sure again.
  • 00:17:13.403 --> 00:17:14.604
  • It makes you sure again. [applause]
  • 00:17:14.671 --> 00:17:19.742
  • [applause] i'm sure,
  • 00:17:19.809 --> 00:17:21.845
  • I'm sure, i'm sure about the house of god.
  • 00:17:21.911 --> 00:17:24.781
  • I'm sure about the house of god. i'm sure about being
  • 00:17:24.848 --> 00:17:26.883
  • I'm sure about being in the house of god.
  • 00:17:26.950 --> 00:17:27.817
  • In the house of god. i'm sure about tithing.
  • 00:17:27.884 --> 00:17:33.990
  • I'm sure about tithing. you can argue all you want.
  • 00:17:34.057 --> 00:17:36.459
  • You can argue all you want. i don't care.
  • 00:17:36.526 --> 00:17:38.862
  • I don't care. i have my own convictions.
  • 00:17:38.928 --> 00:17:40.396
  • I have my own convictions. i don't set my convictions
  • 00:17:40.463 --> 00:17:41.865
  • I don't set my convictions according to what
  • 00:17:41.931 --> 00:17:42.599
  • According to what other people think.
  • 00:17:42.665 --> 00:17:44.701
  • Other people think. i get into word,
  • 00:17:44.767 --> 00:17:46.069
  • I get into word, and i get alone with jesus
  • 00:17:46.136 --> 00:17:47.971
  • And i get alone with jesus and i make sure that
  • 00:17:48.037 --> 00:17:49.139
  • And i make sure that what i'm saying is confirmed
  • 00:17:49.205 --> 00:17:50.140
  • What i'm saying is confirmed out of the mouth
  • 00:17:50.206 --> 00:17:50.874
  • Out of the mouth that i don't get
  • 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.508
  • That i don't get into weird doctrine either.
  • 00:17:51.574 --> 00:17:54.177
  • Into weird doctrine either. "me and jesus."
  • 00:17:54.244 --> 00:17:54.978
  • "me and jesus." no, not you and jesus.
  • 00:17:55.044 --> 00:17:56.146
  • No, not you and jesus. there's a lot of things that --
  • 00:17:56.212 --> 00:17:57.714
  • There's a lot of things that -- but when it's all said and done,
  • 00:17:57.780 --> 00:17:59.816
  • But when it's all said and done, if there's stuff in me,
  • 00:17:59.883 --> 00:18:01.284
  • If there's stuff in me, and there is,
  • 00:18:01.351 --> 00:18:02.385
  • And there is, if i'll wrestle,
  • 00:18:02.452 --> 00:18:04.053
  • If i'll wrestle, god can say,
  • 00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.854
  • God can say, "you used to,
  • 00:18:04.921 --> 00:18:05.555
  • "you used to, but you're not
  • 00:18:05.622 --> 00:18:06.055
  • But you're not gonna do it anymore."
  • 00:18:06.122 --> 00:18:08.458
  • Gonna do it anymore." and it's not a burdensome,
  • 00:18:08.525 --> 00:18:09.893
  • And it's not a burdensome, legalistic thing,
  • 00:18:09.959 --> 00:18:10.927
  • Legalistic thing, it's a joyful thing.
  • 00:18:10.994 --> 00:18:14.931
  • It's a joyful thing. everybody know what
  • 00:18:14.998 --> 00:18:15.431
  • Everybody know what i'm talking about?
  • 00:18:15.498 --> 00:18:18.635
  • I'm talking about? stand to your feet all
  • 00:18:18.701 --> 00:18:19.602
  • Stand to your feet all over the room at every campus.
  • 00:18:19.669 --> 00:18:21.271
  • Over the room at every campus. thank you.
  • 00:18:21.337 --> 00:18:21.838
  • Thank you. i'm sorry i went in overtime,
  • 00:18:21.905 --> 00:18:23.306
  • I'm sorry i went in overtime, but maybe it's necessary today.
  • 00:18:23.373 --> 00:18:27.677
  • But maybe it's necessary today. i want everybody under
  • 00:18:27.744 --> 00:18:28.845
  • I want everybody under the sound of my voice
  • 00:18:28.912 --> 00:18:31.047
  • The sound of my voice who would say,
  • 00:18:31.114 --> 00:18:31.447
  • Who would say, "pastor jentezen,
  • 00:18:31.514 --> 00:18:34.484
  • "pastor jentezen, i want an encounter.
  • 00:18:34.551 --> 00:18:35.818
  • I want an encounter. i want a jacob encounter.
  • 00:18:35.885 --> 00:18:37.187
  • I want a jacob encounter. i want an encounter like that.
  • 00:18:37.253 --> 00:18:39.255
  • I want an encounter like that. i want it for me.
  • 00:18:39.322 --> 00:18:40.223
  • I want it for me. i want it for my family."
  • 00:18:40.290 --> 00:18:42.692
  • I want it for my family." i know this is crazy
  • 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.793
  • I know this is crazy 'cause we don't
  • 00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:44.294
  • 'cause we don't have much room,
  • 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.094
  • Have much room, but i just --
  • 00:18:45.161 --> 00:18:46.196
  • But i just -- i'm gonna open
  • 00:18:46.262 --> 00:18:46.930
  • I'm gonna open the altar and i'm gonna say,
  • 00:18:46.996 --> 00:18:48.431
  • The altar and i'm gonna say, "if you want an
  • 00:18:48.498 --> 00:18:49.499
  • "if you want an encounter like that,
  • 00:18:49.566 --> 00:18:50.800
  • Encounter like that, if something in you
  • 00:18:50.867 --> 00:18:52.035
  • If something in you is yearning for it,
  • 00:18:52.101 --> 00:18:53.002
  • Is yearning for it, but if you have an until
  • 00:18:53.069 --> 00:18:55.972
  • But if you have an until in your spirit
  • 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.674
  • In your spirit and you would be
  • 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.208
  • And you would be willing to say,
  • 00:18:58.274 --> 00:18:59.075
  • Willing to say, "pastor, i really want
  • 00:18:59.142 --> 00:19:00.543
  • "pastor, i really want a change to happen.
  • 00:19:00.610 --> 00:19:01.778
  • A change to happen. i want to encounter god
  • 00:19:01.844 --> 00:19:03.112
  • I want to encounter god in a real personal way.
  • 00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:05.281
  • In a real personal way. i wanna point back and say,
  • 00:19:05.348 --> 00:19:07.116
  • I wanna point back and say, 'i met with the lord
  • 00:19:07.183 --> 00:19:07.917
  • 'i met with the lord in that place.
  • 00:19:07.984 --> 00:19:09.819
  • In that place. something changed me that day.
  • 00:19:09.886 --> 00:19:12.455
  • Something changed me that day. it was the power
  • 00:19:12.522 --> 00:19:13.189
  • It was the power of the holy spirit.'"
  • 00:19:13.256 --> 00:19:13.957
  • Of the holy spirit.'" they're already coming.
  • 00:19:14.023 --> 00:19:14.958
  • They're already coming. come on, come on, come on,
  • 00:19:15.024 --> 00:19:16.326
  • Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
  • 00:19:16.392 --> 00:19:17.660
  • Come on, come on. if you've got an addiction,
  • 00:19:17.727 --> 00:19:19.596
  • If you've got an addiction, he can touch you
  • 00:19:19.662 --> 00:19:20.930
  • He can touch you and give you a new conviction.
  • 00:19:20.997 --> 00:19:23.466
  • And give you a new conviction. he can take the addiction
  • 00:19:23.533 --> 00:19:25.134
  • He can take the addiction and give you a conviction
  • 00:19:25.201 --> 00:19:26.402
  • And give you a conviction that you can lay it down
  • 00:19:26.469 --> 00:19:27.837
  • That you can lay it down and never touch it again.
  • 00:19:27.904 --> 00:19:29.205
  • And never touch it again. i'm not talking about willpower;
  • 00:19:29.272 --> 00:19:31.174
  • I'm not talking about willpower; i'm talking about the power
  • 00:19:31.241 --> 00:19:32.475
  • I'm talking about the power of the holy spirit.
  • 00:19:32.542 --> 00:19:34.210
  • Of the holy spirit. and it's very real.
  • 00:19:34.277 --> 00:19:36.346
  • And it's very real. it's very real.
  • 00:19:36.412 --> 00:19:40.750
  • It's very real. lift your hands up
  • 00:19:40.817 --> 00:19:41.651
  • Lift your hands up all over this room
  • 00:19:41.718 --> 00:19:42.518
  • All over this room and just right where you are.
  • 00:19:42.585 --> 00:19:44.587
  • And just right where you are. all the way up in the balcony,
  • 00:19:44.654 --> 00:19:46.055
  • All the way up in the balcony, wherever you are,
  • 00:19:46.122 --> 00:19:47.056
  • Wherever you are, just lift your hands and say,
  • 00:19:47.123 --> 00:19:48.057
  • Just lift your hands and say, "lord, this is just me and you.
  • 00:19:48.124 --> 00:19:49.959
  • "lord, this is just me and you. i'm sending everybody
  • 00:19:50.026 --> 00:19:51.127
  • I'm sending everybody across the river around me.
  • 00:19:51.194 --> 00:19:52.495
  • Across the river around me. i don't care what
  • 00:19:52.562 --> 00:19:53.296
  • I don't care what people are thinking.
  • 00:19:53.363 --> 00:19:54.497
  • People are thinking. i want you.
  • 00:19:54.564 --> 00:19:56.032
  • I want you. i want you to touch me.
  • 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:57.467
  • I want you to touch me. i want an encounter with you.
  • 00:19:57.533 --> 00:19:59.402
  • I want an encounter with you. i believe in you.
  • 00:19:59.469 --> 00:20:00.737
  • I believe in you. and if you are real,
  • 00:20:00.803 --> 00:20:01.638
  • And if you are real, then i should encounter you.
  • 00:20:01.704 --> 00:20:02.939
  • Then i should encounter you. you made me.
  • 00:20:03.006 --> 00:20:04.407
  • You made me. you created me.
  • 00:20:04.474 --> 00:20:05.475
  • You created me. you know how to touch me.
  • 00:20:05.541 --> 00:20:07.143
  • You know how to touch me. you know how to change me.
  • 00:20:07.210 --> 00:20:09.479
  • You know how to change me. you know how to take me
  • 00:20:09.545 --> 00:20:11.481
  • You know how to take me from a deceiver
  • 00:20:11.547 --> 00:20:13.182
  • From a deceiver to a receiver."
  • 00:20:13.249 --> 00:20:14.851
  • To a receiver." and so just lift your
  • 00:20:14.917 --> 00:20:15.952
  • And so just lift your hands in honesty and say,
  • 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.387
  • Hands in honesty and say, "i surrender my life.
  • 00:20:17.453 --> 00:20:18.988
  • "i surrender my life. i surrender everything."
  • 00:20:19.055 --> 00:20:20.823
  • I surrender everything." just pray right where you are.
  • 00:20:20.890 --> 00:20:22.558
  • Just pray right where you are. he'll hear you and say,
  • 00:20:22.625 --> 00:20:24.160
  • He'll hear you and say, "lord, i need a change
  • 00:20:24.227 --> 00:20:25.561
  • "lord, i need a change in my life.
  • 00:20:25.628 --> 00:20:26.462
  • In my life. i don't have to
  • 00:20:26.529 --> 00:20:27.030
  • I don't have to understand everything,
  • 00:20:27.096 --> 00:20:28.598
  • Understand everything, but i know what i feel
  • 00:20:28.665 --> 00:20:29.932
  • But i know what i feel is real and i'm reaching
  • 00:20:29.999 --> 00:20:31.401
  • Is real and i'm reaching out to you like jacob.
  • 00:20:31.467 --> 00:20:33.436
  • Out to you like jacob. i need you to preserve
  • 00:20:33.503 --> 00:20:34.937
  • I need you to preserve my future.
  • 00:20:35.004 --> 00:20:36.005
  • My future. i need you.
  • 00:20:36.072 --> 00:20:37.140
  • I need you. i need you like
  • 00:20:37.206 --> 00:20:38.308
  • I need you like i've never needed you."
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  • I've never needed you." he will never turn you away
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  • He will never turn you away if you come in sincerity
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  • If you come in sincerity and humility
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  • And humility and honesty.
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  • And honesty. just right where you are,
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  • Just right where you are, worship him.
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  • Worship him. worship him, worship him.
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  • Worship him, worship him. sing it with all of your hearts.
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  • Sing it with all of your hearts. >> ♪ look full ♪
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  • >> ♪ look full ♪ ♪ in his wonderful face ♪
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  • ♪ in his wonderful face ♪ >> hallelujah.
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  • >> hallelujah. i love seeing these
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  • I love seeing these young people.
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  • Young people. i'm talking to teenagers
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  • I'm talking to teenagers and young people this morning
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  • And young people this morning that need to get
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  • That need to get out of your seat
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  • Out of your seat and walk to this altar
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  • And walk to this altar and say,
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  • And say, "god, i want a change.
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  • "god, i want a change. i want a --
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  • I want a -- i want a transformation.
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  • I want a transformation. i want you to touch me again.
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  • I want you to touch me again. i need your power.
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  • I need your power. i need your holy spirit.
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  • I need your holy spirit. i can't live it without fresh
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  • I can't live it without fresh touches and fresh conventions."
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  • Touches and fresh conventions." worship him all over this room.
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  • Worship him all over this room. ♪ look full ♪
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  • ♪ look full ♪ ♪ in his wonderful face ♪
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  • ♪ in his wonderful face ♪ ♪ oh and the things of earth ♪
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  • ♪ oh and the things of earth ♪ ♪ will look strangely dim ♪
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  • ♪ will look strangely dim ♪ ♪ in the light of his glory ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i wanna welcome you
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  • To the family of god.
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  • And if you prayed
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  • That prayer with me,
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  • I believe that it would be
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  • Just an amazing thing if you
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  • Would call the number on
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  • The screen or visit our website.
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  • We have free resources that
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  • We wanna sow into your life.
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  • We wanna give to you.
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  • We wanna sow into you.
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  • And while you check that out,
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  • You also might wanna check out
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  • Our fasting resources,
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  • Because every year, annually,
  • 00:22:29.952 --> 00:22:31.788
  • We go on,
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  • At the beginning
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  • Of the year
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  • A 21-day daniel fast.
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  • I've been teaching on it
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  • I've been teaching on it for 40 years and i have
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  • For 40 years and i have written some books
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  • Written some books that have touched many, many
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  • That have touched many, many lives and i'd love for you
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  • Lives and i'd love for you to get all of this material.
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  • To get all of this material. i'll be your fasting coach.
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  • I'll be your fasting coach. some of you been saying
  • 00:22:48.070 --> 00:22:49.472
  • Some of you been saying "i need some breakthroughs.
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  • "i need some breakthroughs. i need some midnight miracles
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  • I need some midnight miracles in 2025."
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  • In 2025." well, let's fast about it.
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  • Well, let's fast about it. let's fast together.
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  • Let's fast together. something about when
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  • Something about when you're fasting and i'm fasting,
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  • You're fasting and i'm fasting, we go on this 21-day journey
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  • We go on this 21-day journey together it is powerful.
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  • Together it is powerful. and it's the consistency
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  • And it's the consistency that breaks the persistence
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  • That breaks the persistence of the enemy.
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  • There's something about us
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  • Doing the same thing
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  • And doing it together
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  • And walking with god closer.
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  • You can't live on a fast,
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  • But you can set a season aside
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  • And it can change the whole
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  • Projection of your year.
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  • Before we end today's program,
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  • Before we end today's program, i wanna thank everyone who has
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  • I wanna thank everyone who has responded and given to our
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  • Responded and given to our latest initiative in israel,
  • 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:32.515
  • “light over darkness”.
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  • We have committed
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  • The single largest
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  • Amount of funding in our history
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  • To partner with
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  • The jewish national fund
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  • To rebuild and renew
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  • The eshkol region.
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  • Together we can make
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  • A real difference
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  • And bring restoration
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  • To so many hurting families.
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  • Tensions are at an all time high
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  • Right now in israel
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  • And i believe god has
  • 00:23:53.569 --> 00:23:54.570
  • Called this ministry to be
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  • A blessing to israel,
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  • To fulfill biblical prophecy
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  • And comfort god's people.
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  • So, i'm asking you today
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  • To please stand and sow
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  • Special seeds to help us with
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  • This project in israel.
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  • My announcer is gonna tell you
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  • All about it.
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  • >> on october 7,
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  • Israel was attacked by
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  • The dark forces of hamas.
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  • It was the worst massacre
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  • The jewish people experienced
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  • Since the holocaust.
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  • The eshkol region
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  • In southern israel
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  • Was attacked directly.
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  • Women faced
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  • Unspeakable atrocities,
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  • Infants were assassinated,
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  • Numerous families
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  • Were burnt alive,
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  • And both mothers
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  • And their babies
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  • And holocaust survivors
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  • Were abducted
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  • To the hamas tunnels in gaza.
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  • And now we stand
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  • At a pivotal moment,
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  • Poised to provide a lifeline
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  • For the people of eshkol,
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  • Who continue to be attacked
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  • By terrorists every day.
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  • Jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries
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  • Recently committed
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  • The largest amount of funding
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  • Ever towards the initiative,
  • 00:24:56.132 --> 00:24:57.733
  • Phase number one,
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  • Provides physical safety.
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  • That is why we are building
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  • Civil defense centers,
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  • And over 800 safe houses,
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  • Making sure every family
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  • In the region has a safe room,
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  • In case of terrorist attacks.
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  • >> this is home.
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  • Israel is our place.
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  • This is the safest place
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  • We can be,
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  • And this safe room became
  • 00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:18.921
  • Our little safe haven.
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  • It's something that
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  • Every single person
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  • In our area needs.
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  • I can't stress it enough
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  • That it saved our lives,
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  • It saved my husband's family
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  • Life on the 7th of october,
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  • And it will continue
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  • To save lives.
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  • >> when you give to
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  • A project like this,
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  • There is a promise for you
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  • Found in genesis 12:3,
  • 00:25:35.404 --> 00:25:37.440
  • “i will bless those
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  • Who bless you israel.”
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  • Together we can demonstrate
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  • That faith combined with
  • 00:25:41.077 --> 00:25:42.311
  • Collective action can
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  • Illuminate the darkest moments
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  • And forge a brighter,
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  • More hopeful future
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  • For the holy land.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> but the lord is saying today
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  • That through prayer
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  • And through fasting,
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  • Whatever walls the enemy
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  • Has put up in your life,
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  • Those walls are going to fall
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  • In the name of jesus.
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  • Jesus wouldn't have told us
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  • To pray if it didn't work.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> welcome to free chapel
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  • Where everything we do
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  • Is about inspiring people
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  • To live for jesus.
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  • It all points to him.
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  • No matter where you call home,
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  • One of our campuses is close by.
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  • Located in gainesville,
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  • Spartanburg, south carolina,
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  • And orange country, california.
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  • We strive to offer the same
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  • Great experience at each
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  • Of these locations.
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  • Kids enjoy vibrant services
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  • That keep them engaged
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  • While learning the bible.
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  • Our youth is always having
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  • Exciting events
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  • With relevant teaching.
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  • We have special services
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  • For young adults
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  • And wisdom club for our
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  • Senior members.
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  • There truly is something
  • 00:26:55.918 --> 00:26:57.019
  • For everyone.
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  • All of this is part
  • 00:26:58.387 --> 00:26:59.221
  • Of our mission to inspire
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  • People to live for jesus.
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  • Head over to our app
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  • Or website to find out more.
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  • And financial support
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  • Make these programs possible.
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  • About this message
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  • And other ministry resources,
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  • Visit us online
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