Jentezen Franklin - Moments That Mark Us (Part 2)

January 21, 2025 | S25:E17

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) | January 21, 2025
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  • Is to simply point you to him.
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  • >> verse 22 of
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  • >> verse 22 of genesis chapter 32.
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  • 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 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 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,
  • 00:11:41.872 --> 00:11:43.306
  • 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,
  • 00:11:49.012 --> 00:11:53.016
  • 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?
  • 00:12:00.791 --> 00:12:03.093
  • What is that about? when you have one of these
  • 00:12:03.160 --> 00:12:04.194
  • 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
  • 00:12:32.322 --> 00:12:32.956
  • 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,
  • 00:12:40.197 --> 00:12:41.131
  • But they said, "because he got touched,
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  • "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,
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  • 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,
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  • 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
  • 00:13:24.174 --> 00:13:24.841
  • 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,
  • 00:13:26.743 --> 00:13:27.777
  • Times have changed, and we just need to
  • 00:13:27.844 --> 00:13:28.745
  • And we just need to be like everybody else.
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  • Be like everybody else. and i can hold on to this
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  • 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
  • 00:13:32.515 --> 00:13:33.950
  • Live any old way i want to live and i'm okay.
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  • 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
  • 00:13:45.795 --> 00:13:46.263
  • But i'm gonna tell you something.
  • 00:13:46.329 --> 00:13:48.265
  • Tell you something. we're throwing
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  • We're throwing away our convictions.
  • 00:13:48.932 --> 00:13:52.269
  • Away our convictions. we're seeing a nation
  • 00:13:52.335 --> 00:13:53.403
  • We're seeing a nation who's lost its moral
  • 00:13:53.470 --> 00:13:54.371
  • Who's lost its moral values completely.
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  • Values completely. we're losing the desire
  • 00:13:56.973 --> 00:13:59.142
  • We're losing the desire for the house of god.
  • 00:13:59.209 --> 00:13:59.976
  • For the house of god. thank god it's not around here.
  • 00:14:00.043 --> 00:14:01.811
  • Thank god it's not around here. but i'm just saying.
  • 00:14:01.878 --> 00:14:03.980
  • But i'm just saying. the things that made us great,
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  • The things that made us great, great families.
  • 00:14:06.449 --> 00:14:09.019
  • Great families. when we got saved,
  • 00:14:09.085 --> 00:14:10.153
  • When we got saved, we threw stuff
  • 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:10.987
  • We threw stuff out of our lives.
  • 00:14:11.054 --> 00:14:11.821
  • Out of our lives. not 'cause somebody made us,
  • 00:14:11.888 --> 00:14:13.123
  • Not 'cause somebody made us, but we just felt
  • 00:14:13.189 --> 00:14:14.024
  • 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.
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  • I'm done with that. i don't want that lifestyle.
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  • I don't want that lifestyle. and so, what happens
  • 00:14:22.499 --> 00:14:24.134
  • And so, what happens is if you don't
  • 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.968
  • Is if you don't have a fresh touch
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  • Have a fresh touch every now and then,
  • 00:14:26.069 --> 00:14:27.871
  • Every now and then, you don't get a conviction
  • 00:14:27.938 --> 00:14:29.172
  • You don't get a conviction like that.
  • 00:14:29.239 --> 00:14:30.840
  • Like that. that says,
  • 00:14:30.907 --> 00:14:31.374
  • That says, "as for me and my house,
  • 00:14:31.441 --> 00:14:32.442
  • "as for me and my house, we will serve the lord.
  • 00:14:32.509 --> 00:14:35.178
  • We will serve the lord. i can't partake
  • 00:14:35.245 --> 00:14:36.046
  • I can't partake of that no longer."
  • 00:14:36.112 --> 00:14:38.181
  • Of that no longer." when we lack convictions,
  • 00:14:38.248 --> 00:14:39.616
  • When we lack convictions, it's because we lack those
  • 00:14:39.683 --> 00:14:41.451
  • It's because we lack those moments that mark us.
  • 00:14:41.518 --> 00:14:48.425
  • Moments that mark us. before you make a decision
  • 00:14:48.491 --> 00:14:49.693
  • Before you make a decision to just throw some
  • 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.261
  • To just throw some conviction away
  • 00:14:51.328 --> 00:14:52.462
  • Conviction away and pick up stuff that you
  • 00:14:52.529 --> 00:14:53.997
  • And pick up stuff that you once felt convicted of again.
  • 00:14:54.064 --> 00:14:56.800
  • Once felt convicted of again. you used to not get drunk.
  • 00:14:56.866 --> 00:14:58.601
  • You used to not get drunk. you used to not to get high.
  • 00:14:58.668 --> 00:15:00.003
  • You used to not to get high. you used to run with
  • 00:15:00.070 --> 00:15:01.638
  • You used to run with the clubs and sleep around.
  • 00:15:01.705 --> 00:15:03.540
  • The clubs and sleep around. you used to not to do
  • 00:15:03.606 --> 00:15:04.441
  • You used to not to do it when you got saved.
  • 00:15:04.507 --> 00:15:05.642
  • It when you got saved. before you start going
  • 00:15:05.709 --> 00:15:06.843
  • Before you start going back to that stuff,
  • 00:15:06.910 --> 00:15:09.145
  • Back to that stuff, i want you to have a revival.
  • 00:15:09.212 --> 00:15:11.381
  • I want you to have a revival. and i want you
  • 00:15:11.448 --> 00:15:12.015
  • And i want you to come out of a service
  • 00:15:12.082 --> 00:15:13.416
  • To come out of a service where the holy spirit has moved.
  • 00:15:13.483 --> 00:15:15.485
  • Where the holy spirit has moved. and then after you've
  • 00:15:15.552 --> 00:15:17.454
  • And then after you've had an encounter,
  • 00:15:17.520 --> 00:15:18.688
  • Had an encounter, there ought to be --
  • 00:15:18.755 --> 00:15:19.756
  • There ought to be -- before you let
  • 00:15:19.823 --> 00:15:20.724
  • Before you let go of something that's been
  • 00:15:20.790 --> 00:15:21.791
  • Go of something that's been in your family for a long time,
  • 00:15:21.858 --> 00:15:25.462
  • In your family for a long time, faith that's been
  • 00:15:25.528 --> 00:15:26.429
  • Faith that's been in your family, young people
  • 00:15:26.496 --> 00:15:27.931
  • In your family, young people for a long time,
  • 00:15:27.998 --> 00:15:29.299
  • For a long time, convictions and standards
  • 00:15:29.366 --> 00:15:31.167
  • Convictions and standards and values that have been
  • 00:15:31.234 --> 00:15:32.769
  • And values that have been in your family for a long time,
  • 00:15:32.836 --> 00:15:36.406
  • In your family for a long time, there ought to be some tears
  • 00:15:36.473 --> 00:15:37.807
  • There ought to be some tears before you just let it go.
  • 00:15:37.874 --> 00:15:39.509
  • Before you just let it go. there ought to be some fasting.
  • 00:15:39.576 --> 00:15:41.277
  • There ought to be some fasting. do it after you fasted 21 days.
  • 00:15:41.344 --> 00:15:44.214
  • Do it after you fasted 21 days. do it after you've been in
  • 00:15:44.280 --> 00:15:45.648
  • Do it after you've been in a red hot service
  • 00:15:45.715 --> 00:15:47.083
  • A red hot service and the power of god,
  • 00:15:47.150 --> 00:15:48.084
  • And the power of god, and you kept wiping
  • 00:15:48.151 --> 00:15:49.019
  • And you kept wiping the tears away,
  • 00:15:49.085 --> 00:15:50.220
  • The tears away, and you were embarrassed
  • 00:15:50.286 --> 00:15:51.588
  • And you were embarrassed cause the presence
  • 00:15:51.654 --> 00:15:52.155
  • Cause the presence of god was so --
  • 00:15:52.222 --> 00:15:53.156
  • Of god was so -- then go out and light
  • 00:15:53.223 --> 00:15:54.391
  • Then go out and light you up a cigarette.
  • 00:15:54.457 --> 00:15:56.092
  • You up a cigarette. [laughter]
  • 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.795
  • [laughter] oh, i just --
  • 00:15:58.862 --> 00:15:59.295
  • Oh, i just -- i --
  • 00:15:59.362 --> 00:15:59.896
  • I -- where did that come from?
  • 00:15:59.963 --> 00:16:01.031
  • Where did that come from? [laughter]
  • 00:16:01.097 --> 00:16:03.500
  • [laughter] but i'll tell you one thing.
  • 00:16:03.566 --> 00:16:04.434
  • But i'll tell you one thing. i do feel today that
  • 00:16:04.501 --> 00:16:05.769
  • I do feel today that there's about 500 people
  • 00:16:05.835 --> 00:16:07.237
  • There's about 500 people that can be delivered
  • 00:16:07.303 --> 00:16:08.071
  • That can be delivered from vapes.
  • 00:16:08.138 --> 00:16:10.607
  • From vapes. and all it takes is a marking.
  • 00:16:10.673 --> 00:16:13.443
  • And all it takes is a marking. all it takes --
  • 00:16:13.510 --> 00:16:15.245
  • All it takes -- i appreciate counseling,
  • 00:16:15.311 --> 00:16:16.613
  • I appreciate counseling, i appreciate tampering
  • 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.580
  • I appreciate tampering off on it,
  • 00:16:17.647 --> 00:16:18.515
  • Off on it, i appreciate --
  • 00:16:18.581 --> 00:16:19.349
  • I appreciate -- but every now and then
  • 00:16:19.416 --> 00:16:20.650
  • But every now and then you need to have an encounter.
  • 00:16:20.717 --> 00:16:22.318
  • You need to have an encounter. because what happens is
  • 00:16:22.385 --> 00:16:23.586
  • Because what happens is when he touches you,
  • 00:16:23.653 --> 00:16:26.089
  • When he touches you, suddenly there's
  • 00:16:26.156 --> 00:16:27.490
  • Suddenly there's a fresh conviction.
  • 00:16:27.557 --> 00:16:28.892
  • A fresh conviction. "and i used to,
  • 00:16:28.958 --> 00:16:30.393
  • "and i used to, but i don't do it anymore."
  • 00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.828
  • But i don't do it anymore." and i feel myself sometimes,
  • 00:16:31.895 --> 00:16:33.930
  • And i feel myself sometimes, the very current of this world
  • 00:16:33.997 --> 00:16:36.533
  • The very current of this world is to pull us away,
  • 00:16:36.599 --> 00:16:37.901
  • Is to pull us away, pull us away,
  • 00:16:37.967 --> 00:16:38.601
  • Pull us away, pull us away.
  • 00:16:38.668 --> 00:16:39.736
  • Pull us away. and every now and then,
  • 00:16:39.803 --> 00:16:40.537
  • And every now and then, when i feel myself --
  • 00:16:40.603 --> 00:16:41.471
  • When i feel myself -- and it's happening
  • 00:16:41.538 --> 00:16:42.305
  • And it's happening and i'm letting
  • 00:16:42.372 --> 00:16:42.705
  • And i'm letting my standards down
  • 00:16:42.772 --> 00:16:43.840
  • My standards down and i'm not on it,
  • 00:16:43.907 --> 00:16:45.542
  • And i'm not on it, and i'll just have to get
  • 00:16:45.608 --> 00:16:46.876
  • And i'll just have to get alone with god,
  • 00:16:46.943 --> 00:16:51.481
  • Alone with god, and i'll come
  • 00:16:51.548 --> 00:16:52.082
  • And i'll come outta that place.
  • 00:16:52.148 --> 00:16:54.984
  • Outta that place. i wrote this down the other day,
  • 00:16:55.051 --> 00:16:56.219
  • I wrote this down the other day, and i think it's
  • 00:16:56.286 --> 00:16:56.853
  • And i think it's the word of the lord.
  • 00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:59.622
  • The word of the lord. if you've been
  • 00:16:59.689 --> 00:17:00.156
  • If you've been questioning everything,
  • 00:17:00.223 --> 00:17:02.659
  • Questioning everything, you know,
  • 00:17:02.725 --> 00:17:03.093
  • You know, that's the spirit
  • 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.660
  • That's the spirit of the new gen --
  • 00:17:03.726 --> 00:17:04.761
  • Of the new gen -- "i question that.
  • 00:17:04.828 --> 00:17:06.096
  • "i question that. and i question that.
  • 00:17:06.162 --> 00:17:07.464
  • And i question that. and i question that."
  • 00:17:07.530 --> 00:17:11.668
  • And i question that." when you have a god encounter,
  • 00:17:11.734 --> 00:17:13.570
  • When you have a god encounter, it makes you sure again.
  • 00:17:13.636 --> 00:17:14.838
  • It makes you sure again. [applause]
  • 00:17:14.904 --> 00:17:19.976
  • [applause] i'm sure,
  • 00:17:20.043 --> 00:17:22.078
  • I'm sure, i'm sure about the house of god.
  • 00:17:22.145 --> 00:17:25.014
  • I'm sure about the house of god. i'm sure about being
  • 00:17:25.081 --> 00:17:27.117
  • I'm sure about being in the house of god.
  • 00:17:27.183 --> 00:17:28.051
  • In the house of god. i'm sure about tithing.
  • 00:17:28.118 --> 00:17:34.224
  • I'm sure about tithing. you can argue all you want.
  • 00:17:34.290 --> 00:17:36.693
  • You can argue all you want. i don't care.
  • 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.095
  • I don't care. i have my own convictions.
  • 00:17:39.162 --> 00:17:40.630
  • I have my own convictions. i don't set my convictions
  • 00:17:40.697 --> 00:17:42.098
  • I don't set my convictions according to what
  • 00:17:42.165 --> 00:17:42.832
  • According to what other people think.
  • 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:44.934
  • Other people think. i get into word,
  • 00:17:45.001 --> 00:17:46.302
  • I get into word, and i get alone with jesus
  • 00:17:46.369 --> 00:17:48.204
  • And i get alone with jesus and i make sure that
  • 00:17:48.271 --> 00:17:49.372
  • And i make sure that what i'm saying is confirmed
  • 00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:50.373
  • What i'm saying is confirmed out of the mouth
  • 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.107
  • Out of the mouth that i don't get
  • 00:17:51.174 --> 00:17:51.741
  • That i don't get into weird doctrine either.
  • 00:17:51.808 --> 00:17:54.410
  • Into weird doctrine either. "me and jesus."
  • 00:17:54.477 --> 00:17:55.211
  • "me and jesus." no, not you and jesus.
  • 00:17:55.278 --> 00:17:56.379
  • No, not you and jesus. there's a lot of things that --
  • 00:17:56.446 --> 00:17:57.947
  • There's a lot of things that -- but when it's all said and done,
  • 00:17:58.014 --> 00:18:00.049
  • But when it's all said and done, if there's stuff in me,
  • 00:18:00.116 --> 00:18:01.518
  • If there's stuff in me, and there is,
  • 00:18:01.584 --> 00:18:02.619
  • And there is, if i'll wrestle,
  • 00:18:02.685 --> 00:18:04.287
  • If i'll wrestle, god can say,
  • 00:18:04.354 --> 00:18:05.088
  • God can say, "you used to,
  • 00:18:05.155 --> 00:18:05.788
  • "you used to, but you're not
  • 00:18:05.855 --> 00:18:06.289
  • But you're not gonna do it anymore."
  • 00:18:06.356 --> 00:18:08.691
  • Gonna do it anymore." and it's not a burdensome,
  • 00:18:08.758 --> 00:18:10.126
  • And it's not a burdensome, legalistic thing,
  • 00:18:10.193 --> 00:18:11.161
  • Legalistic thing, it's a joyful thing.
  • 00:18:11.227 --> 00:18:15.165
  • It's a joyful thing. everybody know what
  • 00:18:15.231 --> 00:18:15.665
  • Everybody know what i'm talking about?
  • 00:18:15.732 --> 00:18:18.868
  • I'm talking about? stand to your feet all
  • 00:18:18.935 --> 00:18:19.836
  • Stand to your feet all over the room at every campus.
  • 00:18:19.903 --> 00:18:21.504
  • Over the room at every campus. thank you.
  • 00:18:21.571 --> 00:18:22.071
  • Thank you. i'm sorry i went in overtime,
  • 00:18:22.138 --> 00:18:23.540
  • I'm sorry i went in overtime, but maybe it's necessary today.
  • 00:18:23.606 --> 00:18:27.911
  • But maybe it's necessary today. i want everybody under
  • 00:18:27.977 --> 00:18:29.078
  • I want everybody under the sound of my voice
  • 00:18:29.145 --> 00:18:31.281
  • The sound of my voice who would say,
  • 00:18:31.347 --> 00:18:31.681
  • Who would say, "pastor jentezen,
  • 00:18:31.748 --> 00:18:34.717
  • "pastor jentezen, i want an encounter.
  • 00:18:34.784 --> 00:18:36.052
  • I want an encounter. i want a jacob encounter.
  • 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:37.420
  • I want a jacob encounter. i want an encounter like that.
  • 00:18:37.487 --> 00:18:39.489
  • I want an encounter like that. i want it for me.
  • 00:18:39.556 --> 00:18:40.456
  • I want it for me. i want it for my family."
  • 00:18:40.523 --> 00:18:42.926
  • I want it for my family." i know this is crazy
  • 00:18:42.992 --> 00:18:44.027
  • I know this is crazy 'cause we don't
  • 00:18:44.093 --> 00:18:44.527
  • 'cause we don't have much room,
  • 00:18:44.594 --> 00:18:45.328
  • Have much room, but i just --
  • 00:18:45.395 --> 00:18:46.429
  • But i just -- i'm gonna open
  • 00:18:46.496 --> 00:18:47.163
  • I'm gonna open the altar and i'm gonna say,
  • 00:18:47.230 --> 00:18:48.665
  • The altar and i'm gonna say, "if you want an
  • 00:18:48.731 --> 00:18:49.732
  • "if you want an encounter like that,
  • 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:51.034
  • Encounter like that, if something in you
  • 00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:52.268
  • If something in you is yearning for it,
  • 00:18:52.335 --> 00:18:53.236
  • Is yearning for it, but if you have an until
  • 00:18:53.303 --> 00:18:56.206
  • But if you have an until in your spirit
  • 00:18:56.272 --> 00:18:57.907
  • In your spirit and you would be
  • 00:18:57.974 --> 00:18:58.441
  • And you would be willing to say,
  • 00:18:58.508 --> 00:18:59.309
  • Willing to say, "pastor, i really want
  • 00:18:59.375 --> 00:19:00.777
  • "pastor, i really want a change to happen.
  • 00:19:00.843 --> 00:19:02.011
  • A change to happen. i want to encounter god
  • 00:19:02.078 --> 00:19:03.346
  • I want to encounter god in a real personal way.
  • 00:19:03.413 --> 00:19:05.515
  • In a real personal way. i wanna point back and say,
  • 00:19:05.582 --> 00:19:07.350
  • I wanna point back and say, 'i met with the lord
  • 00:19:07.417 --> 00:19:08.151
  • 'i met with the lord in that place.
  • 00:19:08.218 --> 00:19:10.053
  • In that place. something changed me that day.
  • 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.689
  • Something changed me that day. it was the power
  • 00:19:12.755 --> 00:19:13.423
  • It was the power of the holy spirit.'"
  • 00:19:13.489 --> 00:19:14.190
  • Of the holy spirit.'" they're already coming.
  • 00:19:14.257 --> 00:19:15.191
  • They're already coming. come on, come on, come on,
  • 00:19:15.258 --> 00:19:16.559
  • Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
  • 00:19:16.626 --> 00:19:17.894
  • Come on, come on. if you've got an addiction,
  • 00:19:17.961 --> 00:19:19.829
  • If you've got an addiction, he can touch you
  • 00:19:19.896 --> 00:19:21.164
  • He can touch you and give you a new conviction.
  • 00:19:21.231 --> 00:19:23.700
  • And give you a new conviction. he can take the addiction
  • 00:19:23.766 --> 00:19:25.368
  • He can take the addiction and give you a conviction
  • 00:19:25.435 --> 00:19:26.636
  • And give you a conviction that you can lay it down
  • 00:19:26.703 --> 00:19:28.071
  • That you can lay it down and never touch it again.
  • 00:19:28.137 --> 00:19:29.439
  • And never touch it again. i'm not talking about willpower;
  • 00:19:29.505 --> 00:19:31.407
  • I'm not talking about willpower; i'm talking about the power
  • 00:19:31.474 --> 00:19:32.709
  • I'm talking about the power of the holy spirit.
  • 00:19:32.775 --> 00:19:34.444
  • Of the holy spirit. and it's very real.
  • 00:19:34.510 --> 00:19:36.579
  • And it's very real. it's very real.
  • 00:19:36.646 --> 00:19:40.984
  • It's very real. lift your hands up
  • 00:19:41.050 --> 00:19:41.884
  • Lift your hands up all over this room
  • 00:19:41.951 --> 00:19:42.752
  • All over this room and just right where you are.
  • 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.821
  • And just right where you are. all the way up in the balcony,
  • 00:19:44.887 --> 00:19:46.289
  • All the way up in the balcony, wherever you are,
  • 00:19:46.356 --> 00:19:47.290
  • Wherever you are, just lift your hands and say,
  • 00:19:47.357 --> 00:19:48.291
  • Just lift your hands and say, "lord, this is just me and you.
  • 00:19:48.358 --> 00:19:50.193
  • "lord, this is just me and you. i'm sending everybody
  • 00:19:50.260 --> 00:19:51.361
  • I'm sending everybody across the river around me.
  • 00:19:51.427 --> 00:19:52.729
  • Across the river around me. i don't care what
  • 00:19:52.795 --> 00:19:53.529
  • I don't care what people are thinking.
  • 00:19:53.596 --> 00:19:54.731
  • People are thinking. i want you.
  • 00:19:54.797 --> 00:19:56.266
  • I want you. i want you to touch me.
  • 00:19:56.332 --> 00:19:57.700
  • I want you to touch me. i want an encounter with you.
  • 00:19:57.767 --> 00:19:59.636
  • I want an encounter with you. i believe in you.
  • 00:19:59.702 --> 00:20:00.970
  • I believe in you. and if you are real,
  • 00:20:01.037 --> 00:20:01.871
  • And if you are real, then i should encounter you.
  • 00:20:01.938 --> 00:20:03.172
  • Then i should encounter you. you made me.
  • 00:20:03.239 --> 00:20:04.641
  • You made me. you created me.
  • 00:20:04.707 --> 00:20:05.708
  • You created me. you know how to touch me.
  • 00:20:05.775 --> 00:20:07.377
  • You know how to touch me. you know how to change me.
  • 00:20:07.443 --> 00:20:09.712
  • You know how to change me. you know how to take me
  • 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.714
  • You know how to take me from a deceiver
  • 00:20:11.781 --> 00:20:13.416
  • From a deceiver to a receiver."
  • 00:20:13.483 --> 00:20:15.084
  • To a receiver." and so just lift your
  • 00:20:15.151 --> 00:20:16.185
  • And so just lift your hands in honesty and say,
  • 00:20:16.252 --> 00:20:17.620
  • Hands in honesty and say, "i surrender my life.
  • 00:20:17.687 --> 00:20:19.222
  • "i surrender my life. i surrender everything."
  • 00:20:19.289 --> 00:20:21.057
  • I surrender everything." just pray right where you are.
  • 00:20:21.124 --> 00:20:22.792
  • Just pray right where you are. he'll hear you and say,
  • 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.394
  • He'll hear you and say, "lord, i need a change
  • 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.795
  • "lord, i need a change in my life.
  • 00:20:25.862 --> 00:20:26.696
  • In my life. i don't have to
  • 00:20:26.763 --> 00:20:27.263
  • I don't have to understand everything,
  • 00:20:27.330 --> 00:20:28.831
  • Understand everything, but i know what i feel
  • 00:20:28.898 --> 00:20:30.166
  • But i know what i feel is real and i'm reaching
  • 00:20:30.233 --> 00:20:31.634
  • Is real and i'm reaching out to you like jacob.
  • 00:20:31.701 --> 00:20:33.670
  • Out to you like jacob. i need you to preserve
  • 00:20:33.736 --> 00:20:35.171
  • I need you to preserve my future.
  • 00:20:35.238 --> 00:20:36.239
  • My future. i need you.
  • 00:20:36.306 --> 00:20:37.373
  • I need you. i need you like
  • 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.541
  • 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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  • If you just prayed that prayer,
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  • If you just prayed that prayer, we would love to hear from you,
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  • And it blesses us to know
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  • That people around the world
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  • Get saved every week
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  • Through this telecast.
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  • Call the number on the screen
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  • Or visit the website,
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  • Or visit the website, there are free resources
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  • There are free resources and all kinds of aids
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  • And all kinds of aids that will help you and we'd
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  • That will help you and we'd love for you to join us
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  • Love for you to join us on this 21-day fast.
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  • On this 21-day fast. fasting is one of the pillars
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  • Fasting is one of the pillars in the faith that needs to be
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  • In the faith that needs to be rediscovered in our generation.
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  • Rediscovered in our generation. when you say, “god,
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  • When you say, “god, i want more of you,"
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  • I want more of you," look out,
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  • Look out, god will find you.
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  • God will find you. god will bless you
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  • God will bless you and god will do great
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  • And god will do great and mighty things in your life.
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  • And i wanna invite you
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  • And i wanna invite you to get involved this year
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  • To get involved this year in our latest initiative
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  • In our latest initiative in israel
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  • “light over darkness.”
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  • This project
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  • Is the largest commitment
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  • This ministry has made.
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  • It's a 15-million-dollar project
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  • That will protect and save lives
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  • In the eshkol region in israel.
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  • Would you consider giving
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  • Would you consider giving a first fruit offering
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  • A first fruit offering at the beginning
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  • At the beginning of a brand-new year to help us?
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  • God himself said,
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  • “i will bless those
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  • Who bless israel."
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  • "i will curse those
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  • Who curse israel.
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  • And in israel
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  • All the families
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  • Of the earth shall be blessed.”
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  • I want you to watch this
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  • I want you to watch this and see and pray about
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  • And see and pray about how you can be a part
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  • How you can be a part of this miracle.
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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 to
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  • 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,
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  • 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
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  • 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,
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  • “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
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  • 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,
  • 00:25:17.053 --> 00:25:19.722
  • 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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  • Braselton, gwinnett,
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  • Alpharetta, midtown, atlanta,
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  • Spartanburg, south carolina,
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  • And orange county, california.
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  • We strive to offer the same
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  • Great experience
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  • At each 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
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  • For our senior members.
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  • There truly is
  • 00:26:12.108 --> 00:26:13.309
  • Something for everyone.
  • 00:26:13.409 --> 00:26:14.377
  • All of this is part
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  • Of our mission to inspire people
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  • 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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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:24.887 --> 00:26:42.605
  • >> we hope you've enjoyed this
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  • Teaching by jentezen franklin
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  • And thank you for your
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  • Continued support
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  • Of this ministry.
  • 00:26:56.752 --> 00:26:58.120
  • Your prayers
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  • And financial support
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  • Make these programs possible.
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  • For more information
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  • About this message
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  • And other ministry resources,
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  • Visit us online
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  • At jentezenfranklin.tv.
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