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Marcus Mecum - How To Steward Your Time

January 19, 2025 | S25:E3

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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - How To Steward Your Time | January 19, 2025

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>> exodus 13.
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Exodus 13:3, "then moses
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Exodus 13:3, "then moses said to the people,
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Said to the people, 'commemorate this day,
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'commemorate this day, the day you came out of egypt,
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The day you came out of egypt, out of the land of slavery,
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Out of the land of slavery, because the lord brought you out
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Because the lord brought you out with a mighty hand.'"
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With a mighty hand.'" i love that phrase,
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I love that phrase, "the lord brought you out
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"the lord brought you out with a mighty hand."
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With a mighty hand." "eat nothing containing yeast.
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"eat nothing containing yeast. today in the month of aviv,
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Today in the month of aviv, you are leaving."
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You are leaving." everybody say, "aviv."
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Everybody say, "aviv." >> congregation: aviv.
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>> congregation: aviv. >> i'm gonna talk about that
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>> i'm gonna talk about that for a minute.
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For a minute. "you are leaving.
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"you are leaving. when the lord brings you into
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When the lord brings you into the land of the canaanites,
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The land of the canaanites, hittites, amorites,
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Hittites, amorites, hivites and jebusites,
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Hivites and jebusites, to the land that he swore
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To the land that he swore the ancestors to give you,
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The ancestors to give you, a land flowing with
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A land flowing with milk and honey
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Milk and honey you're to observe this
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You're to observe this ceremony in this month.
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Ceremony in this month. for seven days eat bread
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For seven days eat bread made without yeast
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Made without yeast and on the seventh day
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And on the seventh day a festival for the lord.
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A festival for the lord. eat unleavened bread
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Eat unleavened bread during those seven days.
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During those seven days. nothing with yeast in it
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Nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you,"
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Is to be seen among you," so, you can kinda
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So, you can kinda start seeing god has
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Start seeing god has a problem with yeast here,
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A problem with yeast here, he's trying to make it a point.
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He's trying to make it a point. "nor shall any yeast be seen
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"nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
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Anywhere within your borders. and on that day
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And on that day you'll tell your son,
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You'll tell your son, 'i do this because of what
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'i do this because of what the lord did for me
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The lord did for me when i came out of egypt.'
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This observance will be
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For you like a sign
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On your hand,
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A reminder on your forehead
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This law of the lord
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To be on your lips.
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For the lord brought you out
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Of egypt with a mighty hand."
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There it is again.
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"and you're to keep this
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Ordinance at the appointed time,
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Year after year."
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I wanna use that text,
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I wanna use that text, i know that it says a lot,
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It's very, very wordy,
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It's very, very wordy, but i wanna use that text
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But i wanna use that text to talk to you about
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To talk to you about how to steward your time.
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How to steward your time. how to steward your time.
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How to steward your time. it begins by laying out this
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It begins by laying out this idea of the month of aviv.
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Idea of the month of aviv. it tells us exactly
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It tells us exactly what the month is,
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What the month is, the children of israel
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The children of israel have been in egypt
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Have been in egypt for 400 years,
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For 400 years, they've been enslaved,
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They've been enslaved, they've been in bondage.
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They've been in bondage. and they've come out after
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And they've come out after the plagues had hit egypt,
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The plagues had hit egypt, they'd come out.
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They'd come out. they're in the wilderness
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They're in the wilderness and this is their
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And this is their very first month of freedom.
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Very first month of freedom. this is their very first month
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This is their very first month of no longer being
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Of no longer being in bondage or enslaved,
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In bondage or enslaved, it's called
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It's called the month of "aviv."
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The month of "aviv." it's a spring time,
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It's a spring time, or a season of greenness,
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Or a season of greenness, where fruit will ripen.
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Where fruit will ripen. but it also --
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But it also -- aviv means the first month.
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Aviv means the first month. so, on our calendar,
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So, on our calendar, it's different than
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It's different than the hebrew calendar.
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The hebrew calendar. our first month is not
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Our first month is not in the spring,
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In the spring, our first month is in
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Our first month is in january so i believe
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January so i believe that there's a message
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That there's a message in this for us as
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In this for us as we end january together.
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We end january together. whether you're on
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Whether you're on the hebrew calendar
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The hebrew calendar or the gregorian calendar,
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Or the gregorian calendar, or whatever calendar
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Or whatever calendar you look at,
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You look at, every calendar has
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Every calendar has the beginning of a new year,
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The beginning of a new year, the first month.
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The first month. so, every year
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So, every year begins with a new year.
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Begins with a new year. that new year can be broken up
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That new year can be broken up into four season,
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Into four season, and those season begin
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And those season begin with three months each.
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With three months each. each season is three months long
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Each season is three months long and then the season changes.
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And then the season changes. with every season there is that
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With every season there is that new month with every new month
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New month with every new month there is four weeks,
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There is four weeks, with every week
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With every week there is seven days,
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There is seven days, and inside of each day
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And inside of each day the bible says,
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The bible says, "his mercies are made new
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"his mercies are made new every morning."
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Every morning." and, this is what i'm
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And, this is what i'm getting you to catch,
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Getting you to catch, that with god there's
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That with god there's something about him that
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Something about him that he's constantly trying
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He's constantly trying to give us a new beginning.
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To give us a new beginning. he's passionate about
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He's passionate about giving us a fresh start,
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Giving us a fresh start, so much so that he's like,
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So much so that he's like, "i want you to think about
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"i want you to think about every day is my mercies
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Every day is my mercies are brand new."
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Are brand new." however, many of us
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However, many of us are unable to find
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Are unable to find the discipline every single day
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The discipline every single day to wake up and say,
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To wake up and say, "nothing that happened
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"nothing that happened yesterday matters."
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Yesterday matters." we go through trials,
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We go through trials, we go through struggles,
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We go through struggles, we go through heartbreak,
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We go through heartbreak, we go through the ups
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We go through the ups and the downs of life.
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And the downs of life. we have loss,
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We have loss, we grieve, we're sad,
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We grieve, we're sad, we go through different types
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We go through different types of challenges in our life,
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Of challenges in our life, failures, mistakes.
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Failures, mistakes. all of those things have a way
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All of those things have a way of getting a hold of us
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Of getting a hold of us and we wake up the next day
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And we wake up the next day and we carry all of the things
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And we carry all of the things from the day before.
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From the day before. god's plan would be that
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God's plan would be that we would have the ability
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We would have the ability to wake up and say,
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To wake up and say, "it doesn't matter
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"it doesn't matter what happened yesterday,
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What happened yesterday, today is a brand new day,
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Today is a brand new day, and we can forget about
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And we can forget about the past."
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[applause]
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That's within in his design
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That's within in his design but many of us can't shift
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But many of us can't shift that quickly out of a struggle.
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That quickly out of a struggle. we can't shift that quickly
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We can't shift that quickly out of grieving,
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Out of grieving, and so he gives us
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And so he gives us a new year.
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A new year. the word, "aviv"
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The word, "aviv" not only means
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Not only means the first month,
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The first month, it also means
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It also means the father month.
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The father month. so, january is our father month.
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So, january is our father month. well, you and i would know
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Well, you and i would know that children at their best
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That children at their best when they have
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When they have the presence of a father.
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The presence of a father. that your year,
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That your year, is what it's saying,
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Is what it's saying, will be at it's best
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Will be at it's best when you give it at the front,
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When you give it at the front, at the beginning
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At the beginning a fathering month,
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A fathering month, a fathering season,
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A fathering season, a fathering covering
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A fathering covering over the rest of your year.
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Over the rest of your year. looking out over
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Looking out over the rest of the year.
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The rest of the year. now, we all have kids
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Now, we all have kids and different kids
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And different kids are different ages,
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Are different ages, and different stages.
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And different stages. and you just imagine,
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And you just imagine, if you will,
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If you will, maybe you have
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Maybe you have a two year old,
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A two year old, or maybe you have, you know --
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Or maybe you have, you know -- our grandson gio is 18 month old
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Our grandson gio is 18 month old and he loves to play the drums,
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And he loves to play the drums, so much so that,
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So much so that, i don't even know if phil
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I don't even know if phil has drum sticks anymore
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Has drum sticks anymore 'cause gio steals
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'cause gio steals phil's drum sticks.
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Phil's drum sticks. and, maybe you have a teenager
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And, maybe you have a teenager and they can't stand you,
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And they can't stand you, and they don't even
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And they don't even wanna look at you,
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Wanna look at you, and they hang out in their
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And they hang out in their bedroom and don't ever come out.
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Bedroom and don't ever come out. whatever stage your kids are at
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Whatever stage your kids are at you would know it takes
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You would know it takes a different fathering skill.
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A different fathering skill. and so, when you look at
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And so, when you look at your year you don't know
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Your year you don't know what february is gonna be like,
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What february is gonna be like, if it's gonna be terrible 2's.
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If it's gonna be terrible 2's. you don't know if it's gonna be
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You don't know if it's gonna be a teenager that can't stand you.
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A teenager that can't stand you. you don't know what
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You don't know what your year looks like,
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Your year looks like, but what we do know is
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But what we do know is you can create a fathering
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You can create a fathering covering over your year
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Covering over your year when you give god january.
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When you give god january. just like you cannot
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Just like you cannot raise children without presence,
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Raise children without presence, without focused attention,
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Without focused attention, you cannot raise your year
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You cannot raise your year in the way that it needs to be
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In the way that it needs to be without a fathering month.
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Without a fathering month. the presence of a father
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The presence of a father is to love, to lead, to guide,
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Is to love, to lead, to guide, to connect, to correct,
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To connect, to correct, to provide, to protect.
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To provide, to protect. biblically, the father
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Biblically, the father is both priest and prophet.
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Is both priest and prophet. a priest goes to god
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A priest goes to god on behalf of the people,
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On behalf of the people, a prophet goes to the people
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A prophet goes to the people on behalf of god.
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On behalf of god. so, the first month
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So, the first month of every year as
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Of every year as the fathering month is when
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The fathering month is when i look at the rest of my year
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I look at the rest of my year and whatever it's going
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And whatever it's going to become it depends on
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To become it depends on the fathering month
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The fathering month that i give god.
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That i give god. so, for those of you
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So, for those of you that have been praying
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That have been praying and fasting over january,
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And fasting over january, you've been doing this
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You've been doing this whether you know it or not
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Whether you know it or not you're fathering
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You're fathering the rest of your year.
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The rest of your year. you are providing for
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You are providing for the rest of your year.
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The rest of your year. if you've not been
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If you've not been praying and fasting,
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Praying and fasting, then maybe you're new,
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Then maybe you're new, and maybe you're a guest
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And maybe you're a guest and you don't even know
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And you don't even know what we're talking about.
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What we're talking about. it's okay, we've been praying
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It's okay, we've been praying and fasting for you.
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And fasting for you. and so, there is just a new gear
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And so, there is just a new gear that kicks in spiritually when
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That kicks in spiritually when you give god the very first
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You give god the very first part of your year.
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Part of your year. and i don't know what the rest
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And i don't know what the rest of your year looks like,
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Of your year looks like, but what i do know is
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But what i do know is because you've given god
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Because you've given god the fathering month
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The fathering month he's leading and guiding,
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He's leading and guiding, and protecting,
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And protecting, and when you get to april
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And when you get to april and may and june and july,
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And may and june and july, you've been both priest
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You've been both priest and you've been both prophet.
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And you've been both prophet. you've been to god on behalf of
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You've been to god on behalf of your year now you'll go to your
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Your year now you'll go to your year on behalf of god,
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Year on behalf of god, and we are going at this year
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And we are going at this year as priests saying,
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As priests saying, "god what do you want
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"god what do you want from me?"
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From me?" and we're going at it
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And we're going at it as prophets saying,
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As prophets saying, "okay, god has led me
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"okay, god has led me for this year to be a year
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For this year to be a year that gives him glory,"
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That gives him glory," now, when you get
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Now, when you get to the commandments...
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[applause]
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When you get
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When you get to the commandments,
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To the commandments, there's only one with
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There's only one with a promise attached to it
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A promise attached to it and it's honor your father
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And it's honor your father and your mother.
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And your mother. you've honored your year
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You've honored your year by giving him january.
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By giving him january. and there's a promise
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And there's a promise attached to it.
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Attached to it. when god is first --
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When god is first -- the bible says in matthew 6:33,
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The bible says in matthew 6:33, "seek first the kingdom of god
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"seek first the kingdom of god and all these other things
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And all these other things will be added to you."
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Will be added to you." it's when you seek god first
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It's when you seek god first there's all the other things
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There's all the other things that you don't know about yet,
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That you don't know about yet, but because you put him first
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But because you put him first god's already out in front of
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God's already out in front of you working on your behalf
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You working on your behalf on all those other things
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On all those other things that you worry about
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That you worry about but because you prayed
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But because you prayed and you sought him first
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And you sought him first you're not living in worry
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You're not living in worry 'cause you've gone to god
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'cause you've gone to god on behalf of your year.
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On behalf of your year. he's given you a spirit
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He's given you a spirit of faith and confidence,
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Of faith and confidence, so now you go into
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So now you go into your year having a sense that
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Your year having a sense that god is already out in front
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God is already out in front doing his part on my behalf.
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Doing his part on my behalf. the beginning of matthew says --
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The beginning of matthew says -- gives us the instructions,
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Gives us the instructions, the how to, the details,
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The how to, the details, the principles of honoring god
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The principles of honoring god or seeking god first.
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Or seeking god first. and it says, when you pray,
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And it says, when you pray, when you fast, not if,
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When you fast, not if, when you fast,
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When you fast, when you pray,
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When you pray, and when you give.
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And when you give. it's great when you pray,
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It's great when you pray, alone, that's great.
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Alone, that's great. it's great if you fast alone,
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It's great if you fast alone, that's amazing,
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That's amazing, and it's wonderful
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And it's wonderful if you give on it's own.
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If you give on it's own. but matthew 6 says
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But matthew 6 says when you pray, when you fast,
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When you pray, when you fast, and when you give,
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And when you give, you're pulling all
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You're pulling all three of them together.
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Three of them together. so, if you pray, fast,
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So, if you pray, fast, and give, and pull them
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And give, and pull them all together that's what
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All together that's what he said is seeking him first.
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He said is seeking him first. i'm not leaving anything
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I'm not leaving anything in my life not fathered.
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In my life not fathered. i'm fathering my time.
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I'm fathering my time. i'm fathering my future,
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I'm fathering my future, and i'm fathering my family.
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And i'm fathering my family. i'm fathering the season
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I'm fathering the season that god has given me.
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That god has given me. i'm fathering my finances.
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I'm fathering my finances. i'm fathering it all
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I'm fathering it all by saying,
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By saying, "okay, i'm putting god first,"
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"okay, i'm putting god first," and as a result
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And as a result i'm allowing that covering
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I'm allowing that covering to be over everything else.
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To be over everything else. he goes on to say that during
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He goes on to say that during the month of aviv you're to eat
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The month of aviv you're to eat nothing with yeast in it.
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Nothing with yeast in it. several times in these verses
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Several times in these verses it says,
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It says, "eat nothing with yeast."
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"eat nothing with yeast." don't let yeast be seen
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Don't let yeast be seen anywhere at all.
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Anywhere at all. it should be within
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It should be within your borders."
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Your borders." forget about that i don't
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Forget about that i don't want it in your home,
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Want it in your home, i don't want it --
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I don't want it -- if there's a border
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If there's a border in any way shape or form,
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In any way shape or form, i want it not even
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I want it not even to cross over the border.
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To cross over the border. he said, "when you eat,
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He said, "when you eat, i want you to eat
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I want you to eat unleavened bread.
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Unleavened bread. and the reason why is so you can
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And the reason why is so you can tell the next generation how god
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Tell the next generation how god brought us out of egypt."
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Brought us out of egypt." he's saying something
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He's saying something about egypt by referring
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About egypt by referring to the type of bread
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To the type of bread that they would eat in egypt
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That they would eat in egypt was a leavened
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Was a leavened or a yeast like bread.
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Or a yeast like bread. yeast is part
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Yeast is part of the fungus family.
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Of the fungus family. it's only seen
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It's only seen under a microscope.
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Under a microscope. it's so light that it's blown
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It's so light that it's blown by the wind or even
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By the wind or even the slightest breeze,
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The slightest breeze, and you have to feed it
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And you have to feed it for it to reproduce.
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For it to reproduce. so, yeast is
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So, yeast is the leavening agent,
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The leavening agent, and what yeast does is when
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And what yeast does is when it gets into the dough is it
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It gets into the dough is it makes the bread airy, puffy,
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Makes the bread airy, puffy, light, fluffy, and less dense.
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Light, fluffy, and less dense. and god used this to be a type
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And god used this to be a type or a picture of what egypt is
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Or a picture of what egypt is like or what the world is like.
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Like or what the world is like. looks good, smells good,
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Looks good, smells good, maybe even tastes good,
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Maybe even tastes good, for a season,
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For a season, but there's no density to it,
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But there's no density to it, it's all fluff.
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It's all fluff. so, god said,
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So, god said, "i don't want you to have
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"i don't want you to have yeast anywhere at all,
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Yeast anywhere at all, even close to you,
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Even close to you, not even in your borders."
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Not even in your borders." i want you to take
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I want you to take the fathering month,
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The fathering month, the very first month of the year
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The very first month of the year and announce in your life,
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And announce in your life, "no more fluff.
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"no more fluff. no more puffy, air, no weight,
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No more puffy, air, no weight, no density to my life.
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No density to my life. instead i'm gonna
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Instead i'm gonna give my year to god
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Give my year to god and this is gonna be
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And this is gonna be a dense year,
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A dense year, this is gonna be
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This is gonna be a weighty year."
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A weighty year." let me say it like this...
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[applause]
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Let me say it like this,
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Let me say it like this, if i take a pillow
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If i take a pillow and i hit you with it,
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And i hit you with it, you may not like it every much,
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You may not like it every much, but it's gonna take you about
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But it's gonna take you about five seconds to go grab
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Five seconds to go grab another billow and hit me back
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Another billow and hit me back then we're gonna have
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Then we're gonna have a pillow fight.
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A pillow fight. because a pillow,
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Because a pillow, if i hit you with it
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If i hit you with it it's airy, it's fluffy,
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It's airy, it's fluffy, it's not weighty.
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It's not weighty. but if i take
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But if i take the same pillow case
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The same pillow case instead of putting a pillow
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Instead of putting a pillow in it i put brick's in it.
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[laughter]
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And what god is saying
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And what god is saying when it comes to the world
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When it comes to the world everything is fluff.
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Everything is fluff. that's why the bible says,
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That's why the bible says, "knowledge puffeth up,
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"knowledge puffeth up, but love edifies."
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But love edifies." what's he saying?
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What's he saying? love is the weighty thing.
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Love is the weighty thing. love is like that brick
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Love is like that brick in a pillow case.
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In a pillow case. that's why the bible,
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That's why the bible, when it talks about
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When it talks about pride and peacocking
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Pride and peacocking versus humility,
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Versus humility, it's just basically
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It's just basically saying it looks big,
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Saying it looks big, it looks special,
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It looks special, it looks like something,
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It looks like something, but it's fluffy.
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But it's fluffy. but yet humility
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But yet humility may not look like much
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May not look like much but it has some weight to it,
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But it has some weight to it, some density to it.
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Some density to it. prayer and fasting
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Prayer and fasting there's no fluff with that.
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There's no fluff with that. when you do it to god
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When you do it to god and do it in honor of him,
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And do it in honor of him, it is a dense season
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It is a dense season of your life.
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Of your life. he said,
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He said, "eat only unleavened bread,"
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"eat only unleavened bread," what's he saying?
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What's he saying? it's gotta be dense.
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It's gotta be dense. no fluff to it.
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No fluff to it. in john 6:35 jesus said,
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In john 6:35 jesus said, "i am the bread of life."
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"i am the bread of life." he's referring
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He's referring to the unleavened bread.
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To the unleavened bread. in our culture, we don't think
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In our culture, we don't think much about bread.
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Much about bread. we can go to any restaurant
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We can go to any restaurant and the first thing,
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And the first thing, for the most part,
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For the most part, they're gonna bring to us
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They're gonna bring to us is bread.
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Is bread. you don't have to pay for it,
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You don't have to pay for it, it's extra, it's a freebie.
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It's extra, it's a freebie. it's like take it or leave it.
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It's like take it or leave it. they're going to bring you
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They're going to bring you bread, bread upon bread,
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Bread, bread upon bread, upon bread, right?
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Upon bread, right? and different restaurants have
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And different restaurants have different types of bread.
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Different types of bread. you can go to i --
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You can go to i -- in college,
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In college, i worked at red lobster and i
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I worked at red lobster and i had those biscuits for free.
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Had those biscuits for free. and the reason i kept
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And the reason i kept working there,
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Working there, i didn't make it that long
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I didn't make it that long but i made it a little way,
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But i made it a little way, and i kept going back
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And i kept going back because i knew i didn't have
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Because i knew i didn't have no money but i could get
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No money but i could get some of those biscuits,
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Some of those biscuits, some of those cheese biscuits.
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Some of those cheese biscuits. i'm only doing this to you
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I'm only doing this to you because the fast
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Because the fast is pretty much over.
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[laughter]
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But bread is a side dish.
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But bread is a side dish. when you think of a prisoner
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When you think of a prisoner and you wanna
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And you wanna give them the minimum,
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Give them the minimum, you say bread and water.
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You say bread and water. if you wanna lose weight
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If you wanna lose weight they say don't eat bread.
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They say don't eat bread. it's extra, it's optional.
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It's extra, it's optional. it's not necessary to survive.
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It's not necessary to survive. but in jesus' day
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But in jesus' day bread was the main course.
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Bread was the main course. this is why jesus said,
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This is why jesus said, "i am the bread of life."
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"i am the bread of life." he's saying i'm not a side dish.
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He's saying i'm not a side dish. i'm not a basket that you just
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I'm not a basket that you just reach into once a week."
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Reach into once a week." bread was actually considered
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Bread was actually considered a feast in the bible.
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A feast in the bible. when you got together
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When you got together with people,
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With people, bread was what
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Bread was what they would call a feast
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They would call a feast and it's mentioned over
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And it's mentioned over 300 times in the bible.
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300 times in the bible. this why over and over
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This why over and over you see in the scripture
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You see in the scripture they broke bread.
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They broke bread. acts says they went house
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Acts says they went house to house breaking bread.
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To house breaking bread. jesus multiplied the bread
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Jesus multiplied the bread and the fish and feed the 5,000.
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And the fish and feed the 5,000. at the last super,
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Matthew 26:17 says,
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Matthew 26:17 says, "on the first day
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"on the first day of the festival
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Of the festival of unleavened bread,"
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Of unleavened bread," in other words,
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In other words, jesus is celebrating
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Jesus is celebrating the month of aviv,
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A new beginning,
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A new beginning, the fathering month.
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The fathering month. and the disciples are saying,
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And the disciples are saying, "hey, we're in the festival
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"hey, we're in the festival of unleavened bread,
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Of unleavened bread, we're in this time."
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We're in this time." and they ask him,
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And they ask him, "where do you want us to make
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"where do you want us to make preparations to eat passover
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Preparations to eat passover or to eat the unleavened bread?"
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Or to eat the unleavened bread?" and what did jesus do?
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And what did jesus do? he took the bread
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He took the bread and he broke
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And he broke it, and he said,
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It, and he said, "this is my body."
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"this is my body." what was he saying?
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What was he saying? he's saying,
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He's saying, there's no more fluff
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There's no more fluff in what i'm doing.
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In what i'm doing. i'm not a side dish,
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I'm not a side dish, i'm not an appetizer,
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I'm not an appetizer, i'm not an afterthought,
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I'm not an afterthought, i am essential,
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I am essential, i am the core
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I am the core of your existence."
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[applause]
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You could survive
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You could survive in his day without meat,
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In his day without meat, you could survive
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You could survive without vegetables,
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Without vegetables, but you couldn't survive
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But you couldn't survive without bread.
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Without bread. so, when jesus said,
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So, when jesus said, "i am the bread of life,"
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"i am the bread of life," what he was saying is
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What he was saying is i am the main thing.
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I am the main thing. i am what life is all about.
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I am what life is all about. every year, every season,
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Every year, every season, every month, every single week,
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Every month, every single week, every single day,
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Every single day, every hour i need thee.
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[applause]
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Someone should write
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Someone should write a song about that.
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A song about that. every hour we need him.
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Every hour we need him. we need him in our lives.
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We need him in our lives. we need him in our church.
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We need him in our church. jesus is not the side dish
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Jesus is not the side dish of what we do,
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Of what we do, he's the main thing.
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He's the main thing. he is the main point,
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He is the main point, he should be the focus.
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He should be the focus. if you've ever been through
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If you've ever been through a drive through to go get
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A drive through to go get something to eat,
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Something to eat, you usually know
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You usually know what the restaurant
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What the restaurant you're driving through
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You're driving through is known for.
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Is known for. maybe they known for
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Maybe they known for cheeseburger and fries.
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Cheeseburger and fries. maybe they're known for
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Maybe they're known for chicken and waffle fries.
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Chicken and waffle fries. you can't go get that today
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You can't go get that today but maybe tomorrow.
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But maybe tomorrow. but you know what
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But you know what the restaurant is famous for,
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The restaurant is famous for, and whatever you order at
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And whatever you order at the end of the order usually
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The end of the order usually they'll ask something like,
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They'll ask something like, "do you want a hot
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"do you want a hot apple pie with that?"
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Apple pie with that?" the hot apple pie
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The hot apple pie is not the point,
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Is not the point, it's not the focus,
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It's not the focus, it's not what
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It's not what they're famous for,
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They're famous for, it's not what they're known for,
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It's not what they're known for, it's just a side thing
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It's just a side thing that they say,
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That they say, "hey, you really
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"hey, you really came for this,
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Came for this, but do you want this
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But do you want this while you're here?"
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While you're here?" and, i wonder if jesus comes
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And, i wonder if jesus comes to our church services
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To our church services and he hears the singing,
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And he hears the singing, and he hears the preaching,
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And he hears the preaching, when he sees all the ministry,
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When he sees all the ministry, and he wonders,
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And he wonders, "you think maybe
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"you think maybe they might want some me
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They might want some me with all of that?'
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With all of that?' do you think maybe
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Do you think maybe they wanna include me
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They wanna include me in what they're doing?
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In what they're doing? you think maybe
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You think maybe they wanna include me
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They wanna include me in what's going on?"
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In what's going on?" and the point is
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And the point is jesus is the point,
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Jesus is the point, he's not a side dish.
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He's not a side dish. he's not a appetizer.
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He's not a appetizer. he's not some other
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He's not some other little thing we just throw in.
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Little thing we just throw in. we have to have
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We have to have the bread of life
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The bread of life in every single service,
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In every single service, in everything we do.
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In everything we do. in our singing, our worship,
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In our singing, our worship, our mouths should be
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Our mouths should be full of bread.
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Full of bread. in our preaching our mouths
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In our preaching our mouths should be full of bread, why?
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Should be full of bread, why? 'cause i don't have
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'cause i don't have anything to offer.
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Anything to offer. and nothing about me that
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And nothing about me that could do anything for you,
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Could do anything for you, but if i'll get
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But if i'll get the bread of life in my mouth
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The bread of life in my mouth and i'll talk about
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And i'll talk about the bread of life,
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The bread of life, he can heal, he can set free,
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He can heal, he can set free, he can deliver, he can rescue,
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He can deliver, he can rescue, he can raise you up.
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He can raise you up. there is nothing
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There is nothing that's impossible for him
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That's impossible for him and that's why we gotta
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And that's why we gotta have him in our mouth.
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Have him in our mouth. they called it
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They called it in the tabernacle,
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In the tabernacle, "the bread of his presence."
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"the bread of his presence." point is, is we need
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Point is, is we need his presence.
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His presence. we get busy doing church,
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We get busy doing church, i'm guilty.
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I'm guilty. we get busy in life,
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We get busy in life, we've got the kids,
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We've got the kids, we've got the spouse,
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We've got the spouse, we've got practices and school,
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We've got practices and school, and we gotta run everybody
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And we gotta run everybody here and there.
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Here and there. you got sports and you got
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You got sports and you got dance recitals,
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Dance recitals, and all of these
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And all of these different things
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Different things you get so busy doing.
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You get so busy doing. you got budgets
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You got budgets and you got career issues
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And you got career issues and opportunities that are
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And opportunities that are always coming at you.
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Always coming at you. you got all these things,
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You got all these things, bills to be paid,
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Bills to be paid, relationships that
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Relationships that need to be met,
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Need to be met, body that needs
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Body that needs to be exercised,
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To be exercised, and all of this is
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And all of this is going back and god sits back
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Going back and god sits back and waits, and wonders,
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And waits, and wonders, "do you want some of me
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"do you want some of me with all that?"
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With all that?" do you want some of me
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Do you want some of me with all that?
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With all that? because we treat him
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Because we treat him like a side dish,
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Like a side dish, like something
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Like something we can take or leave,
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We can take or leave, like something that maybe
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Like something that maybe he'll fit into our life.
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He'll fit into our life. but he said,
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But he said, "i am the bread of life.
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"i am the bread of life. i am the main thing.
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I am the main thing. in your family,
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In your family, i'm the main thing.
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I'm the main thing. whatever you're worried about
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Whatever you're worried about i am the main thing.
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I am the main thing. i am the purpose of it all."
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I am the purpose of it all." this year, do not get so busy --
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This year, do not get so busy -- i'm talking about
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I'm talking about how to steward your time.
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How to steward your time. do not get so busy
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Do not get so busy that you forget him.
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That you forget him. announce over your year,
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Announce over your year, no more yeast nowhere within
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No more yeast nowhere within the borders of my life.
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The borders of my life. i'm fathering my year
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I'm fathering my year by announcing no more fluff.
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By announcing no more fluff. i don't want fluff,
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I don't want fluff, i want weighty, dense
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I want weighty, dense relationship with god.
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Relationship with god. i want the bread of his presence
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I want the bread of his presence in all that i do.
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[applause]
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Matthew 16:12 says,
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Matthew 16:12 says, "guard against the yeast
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"guard against the yeast of the pharisees,"
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Of the pharisees," in other words,
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In other words, these are religious people
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These are religious people and yeast has a way
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And yeast has a way of getting into our church life
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Of getting into our church life and our walk with god.
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And our walk with god. it just puffs up,
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It just puffs up, but there's no weight to it.
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But there's no weight to it. galatians 5:9 says,
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Galatians 5:9 says, "a little leaven
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"a little leaven leavens the whole lump."
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Leavens the whole lump." and god said, "don't let it be
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And god said, "don't let it be seen within your borders,
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Seen within your borders, but i want you to eat
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But i want you to eat the unleavened bread."
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The unleavened bread." unleavened speaks
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Unleavened speaks of simplicity,
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Of simplicity, the simplicity of christ.
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The simplicity of christ. unleavened bread, flour,
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Unleavened bread, flour, water, and salt.
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Water, and salt. what's he saying?
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What's he saying? don't complicate life.
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Don't complicate life. that's what the world
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That's what the world wants to do to you,
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Wants to do to you, complicate it.
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Complicate it. complicate it.
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Complicate it. put more and more
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Put more and more and more and more
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And more and more and more on you, constantly.
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And more on you, constantly. more busy.
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More busy. more busy,.
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More busy,. more stuff coming at you.
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More stuff coming at you. your phone, your phone,
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Your phone, your phone, every five seconds,
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Every five seconds, every ten seconds
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Every ten seconds a different thing,
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A different thing, a different way to feel,
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A different way to feel, a different way to act,
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A different way to act, constantly coming at --
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Constantly coming at -- everything just --
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Everything just -- everything always
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Everything always working at you.
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Working at you. simplify it,
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Simplify it, don't complicate things.
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Don't complicate things. make sure that your life
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Make sure that your life is not just all fluff,
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Is not just all fluff, put some weighty things
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Put some weighty things in there.
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In there. keep god first.
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Keep god first. this is why in the wilderness
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This is why in the wilderness every single day
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Every single day the children of israel
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The children of israel had to go out
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Had to go out and gather the manna,
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And gather the manna, gather the bread.
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Gather the bread. every single day.
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Every single day. he actually instructed them
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He actually instructed them that if you try to store it up
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That if you try to store it up it will rot
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It will rot and they would pull it back
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And they would pull it back and say how,
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And say how, "we don't wanna go out tomorrow
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"we don't wanna go out tomorrow we got enough today
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We got enough today to last us for
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To last us for the rest of the week."
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The rest of the week." and they would wake up
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And they would wake up and worms and maggots
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And worms and maggots would be in the bread.
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Would be in the bread. and, god is saying to us
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And, god is saying to us every single day,
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Every single day, "i'm the bread of life.
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"i'm the bread of life. find time to go out
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Find time to go out and make sure that
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And make sure that i'm the main thing
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I'm the main thing in your life.
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In your life. i'm the main --"
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I'm the main --" you can't give him
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You can't give him all of your day,
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All of your day, but you can begin
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But you can begin to acknowledge him,
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To acknowledge him, ask him for your presence
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Ask him for your presence in his life,
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In his life, not just in january but lord
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Not just in january but lord i'm using this season to father
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I'm using this season to father the rest of my year.
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The rest of my year. and, help me this year
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And, help me this year make you a priority.
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Make you a priority. i don't want my life
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I don't want my life to be nothing but fluff.
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To be nothing but fluff. i think about how sundays
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I think about how sundays for most of us is just
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For most of us is just another side dish,
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Another side dish, just a little god side dish
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Just a little god side dish that we put in.
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That we put in. this is why jesus said,
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This is why jesus said, "when you pray,
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"when you pray, 'our father who art in heaven
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'our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name,'"
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Hallowed be thy name,'" what's he going to say -- pray?
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What's he going to say -- pray? "give us this day
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"give us this day our daily bread."
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Our daily bread." it's how you
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It's how you steward your time.
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Steward your time. feel like i don't have
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Feel like i don't have time for him.
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Time for him. life's too busy,
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Life's too busy, i don't have time for you.
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I don't have time for you. but the amazing thing
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But the amazing thing about putting god first
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About putting god first is he'll increase the time
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Is he'll increase the time outside of spending --
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Outside of spending -- it's amazing when you
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It's amazing when you spend time with him
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Spend time with him your focus will come,
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Your focus will come, your clarity will come.
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Your clarity will come. you'll be moving stuff off your
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You'll be moving stuff off your plate that shouldn't be there.
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Plate that shouldn't be there. you'll get divine inspiration
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You'll get divine inspiration on the inside of you,
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On the inside of you, god will start moving you
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God will start moving you in this direct --
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In this direct -- you'll start to get
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You'll start to get a check in your spirit
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A check in your spirit about this relationship
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About this relationship or about this direction.
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Or about this direction. and all of a sudden,
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And all of a sudden, you start saying,
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You start saying, “man, i would've wasted
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“man, i would've wasted an entire year leaning
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An entire year leaning into that thing,
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Into that thing, or in that situation.”
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Or in that situation.” but in prayer, god begin --
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But in prayer, god begin -- you're fathering your days,
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You're fathering your days, you're fathering your year
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You're fathering your year by putting him first.
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By putting him first. and, i love what
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And, i love what that verse says.
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That verse says. it says, when you do this
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It says, when you do this it's reminding you
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It's reminding you and reminding
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And reminding the next generation
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The next generation that it was
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That it was the mighty hand of god
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The mighty hand of god that brought you out of egypt.
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That brought you out of egypt. whatever you're facing
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Whatever you're facing right now,
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Right now, whatever you're up against,
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Whatever you're up against, it will be
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It will be the mighty hand of god
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The mighty hand of god that brings you out.
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♪ ♪
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>> well, here we are,
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>> well, here we are, once again, at the door,
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Once again, at the door, at the gate
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At the gate to a brand-new year.
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To a brand-new year. 2025 is here.
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2025 is here. every year, as a church,
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Every year, as a church, we begin in january with
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We begin in january with 21 days of prayer and fasting.
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21 days of prayer and fasting. and that's our commitment
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And that's our commitment to be praying and fasting
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To be praying and fasting for each of you.
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For each of you. you're welcome to join us
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You're welcome to join us in many ministries all across
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In many ministries all across the globe that give god january.
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The globe that give god january. give god the gate,
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Give god the gate, this is gateway
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This is gateway to your whole year.
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To your whole year. what do you wanna see
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What do you wanna see god do this year?
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God do this year? well, give him the first,
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Well, give him the first, give him the beginning
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Give him the beginning and i believe that has
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And i believe that has a way of blessing the rest,
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A way of blessing the rest, at least it has in my life.
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At least it has in my life. i don't remember a time
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I don't remember a time in my adult like where
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In my adult like where i've not given god january,
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I've not given god january, not given god 21 days.
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Not given god 21 days. i wouldn't be here without it.
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I wouldn't be here without it. and so, i wanna challenge you,
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And so, i wanna challenge you, i wanna encourage you,
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I wanna encourage you, to put god first
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To put god first in this next season.
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In this next season. we're so grateful
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We're so grateful for every one of you.
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For every one of you. as i pray, i wanna remind you
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As i pray, i wanna remind you to pick up the phone
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To pick up the phone if you need something,
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If you need something, if you need us
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If you need us to pray with you.
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To pray with you. of course, communicate with us.
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Of course, communicate with us. we're gonna put all
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We're gonna put all the different ways
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The different ways that you can do that.
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That you can do that. we'd love to hear from you.
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We'd love to hear from you. it means so much to hear from
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It means so much to hear from each and every one of you.
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Each and every one of you. we're praying for god
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We're praying for god to bless you in 2025.
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To bless you in 2025. "jesus, we give you this year.
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"jesus, we give you this year. thank you that this kind
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Thank you that this kind only comes out through
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Only comes out through prayer and fasting.
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Prayer and fasting. whatever people
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Whatever people are up against,
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Are up against, we thank you for the strength
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We thank you for the strength and the power that
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And the power that comes through prayer,
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Comes through prayer, and intercession,
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And intercession, and trusting you.
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And trusting you. in jesus' name."
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In jesus' name." amen.
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Amen. we love you, guys.
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We love you, guys. we'll see you next week.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ all i have is yours ♪
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♪ every breath ♪
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♪ i'm breathing ♪
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♪ jesus is yours ♪
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Marcus Mecum - How To Steward Your Time

January 19, 2025 | S25:E3

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