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All right last year single community welcome to Supernatural Saturday

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If you are new, we always tell you that this is our time of current prophetic reality

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We all get together. We lean into heaven together and find out what is God saying to us today?

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What does God want us to be focused on at this time in our lives together?

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What does he want us to ponder and what questions does he want us to ask or answer?

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Those are the things that we do on Supernatural Saturday and it is always pretty supernatural

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So welcome if it's your first time with us

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It is available in replay

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and so if you can't stay the whole time you definitely can come back and listen later and also there's a time a of

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Supernatural activation on Sunday nights where we either activate what we've learned on

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Saturday or we activate something else that is important right now in our lives, right?

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So as we get started today, I will tell you I wake up in the morning on Saturdays, and I just ask God

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What do you want to say to your kids?

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What do you want to say to your sons and daughters this morning?

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And this morning the very first thing that I heard was tell them

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That I'm coming soon and that can elicit all different types of responses from you depending on what kind of you know

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Denomination you come from

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Depending on you know

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What is your ideas of eschatology and the return of Jesus to the earth to set up?

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Fully set up his kingdom right and we know the disciples at least a few of them

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back when Jesus walked the earth in his skin suit and

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He gathered his disciples that followed him a few of them thought that was what he was here to do the first time

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Right, but we know that he was here to demonstrate a kingdom

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He was here to become the sacrifice for mankind

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He was here to die for us and as us so that we can

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Be reconnected to our royal identity as the children of God

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So we know what he was up to but this morning when I woke up

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I heard I heard him say very clearly tell them that I'm coming soon. So what's that soon word mean?

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Does it mean during our lifetimes? Will we see?

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Will we see Christ returned to the earth during our lifetimes? Well, I sure hope so. I don't know

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I remember when I was a kid

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I had a Pentecostal grandmother and even though I didn't have my conversion experience until I was in my 20s

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You know, I would spend I spent a couple summers with her

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Around the Pentecostal kind of flavor of Christianity and it was always about the rapture

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The that that type of Pentecostal the one that my grandma the churches that she went to down south in Tennessee

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Shelbyville, Tennessee, um, it was always about the rapture. You better be ready for the rapture

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You better not be caught unaware of the rapture any moment. The rapture is coming, you know

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The area of Tennessee that she lived in was really prone to thunderstorms in the summertime

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I mean you guys bad ones where you think there's any time any at any moment?

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There could be like a tornado coming through you look up you expect to see a funnel cloud

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Because that's how bad these storms were and they would come out of nowhere

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so it's really storm alley right there and when I was a kid because of all the things that I would hear my grandma say

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In those summertime two or three weeks when we would stay with her about the rapture and about things

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I didn't understand because that was not something I was being taught at home when I was with my mom

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That wasn't something that was being reinforced anywhere else except for these brief visits with my grandmother

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I was like, oh, oh, no, it's a rapture

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This thing called the rapture. Whatever that thing is. It's here

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And it was a bad thing, right? It was a scary thing

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and a lot of people still feel that way about the coming of Christ because of you know, bad teaching or you know,

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Misguided eschatology and that's and that's okay. If that's you we're not here to trigger you

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I'm not here to trigger you Jesus did not tell me that this morning to trigger you but it's more of a sobering idea of

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Remind them what they're really here for

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And I know that all of us are here on this call to

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Revive marriage and family because that's all God ever wanted was a family because all he ever wanted

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I really need you to wrap your head and your heart around that right now. Let's just take a second to think about that

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Say that phrase over and over again out loud if you can, you know, wherever you are

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Or in your mind if you can't if you're at work or someplace else say it all God ever

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Wanted was a family

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It wasn't a byproduct of what God wanted. It wasn't something that happened as a result of what God wanted

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It wasn't a second or third

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thing that God wanted all of this

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All of creation, everything was made for one purpose and that was what happened on that

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sixth day when he made his family.

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All of it, all of it, everything.

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The sun being just the perfect amount of distance away from the earth.

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A little further, we'd freeze to death.

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A little closer, we'd burn up.

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The solar system, everything that's in alignment that causes us to be able to orbit, that causes

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us to be able to have the seasons that we have, to have the life on earth that we have.

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The plants that grow, the trees, all of the crazy ecosystems that exist on earth.

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Have you ever watched Animal Planet or any of those things?

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We're not talking about the big, the mammals and the animals.

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We're talking about like the tiniest little teeny tiny thing that you didn't even know

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existed that's keeping this whole ecosystem going.

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All of that was for one reason and one reason alone.

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God wanted a family.

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He wanted a family and we are that family.

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And as part of that family, he wanted us to have family.

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Go back to the Genesis and look.

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As part of that family, he wanted us to have family.

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Otherwise, what?

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Adam could have stayed alone in the garden.

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If all he wanted was a son, then Adam could have stayed alone in the garden.

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He could have stayed alone.

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What was the purpose of him having Eve?

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What was the purpose of him having a helpmate to do what?

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The assignment.

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What was the assignment?

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To prosper, to steward.

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That was the assignment.

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Adam and Eve.

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This is not a one person job.

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This is a family job.

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And if there's two, then there's going to be more.

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That was the purpose.

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Not just that Adam and Eve could, you know, have a, you know, creation and chill.

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That wasn't what was up.

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Adam and then Eve.

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No, because when you have a man and woman, there's going to be children, there's going

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to be family.

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And that's what God wanted.

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He wanted us to exist in family the same way that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit exist

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in community and family.

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He wanted us to have family that was like us.

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Yes, we're created in his image, but he wanted us to have others that were like us

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so that we could do what?

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Relate to him in a deeper way.

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Do you know that?

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That's what human relationship does for you because we've all been created in the image

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of God, but you can't see God.

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No one has seen God.

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You can't see God.

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He's a spirit.

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So in order for us to be able to relate to something that we can't see, even as far back

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as the garden, right, it's important that we understand that the way that we relate

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to God is by seeing the God in others, by seeing what we can see.

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Good relationships and bad relationships with others will cause you to draw closer

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to God.

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Let's focus.

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Let's not have cross chat in the comments today.

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Let's focus on what Holy Spirit is saying to us.

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It's so important.

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He wants us to know what he's like.

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He wants us to see him in others.

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The other day I told my husband, guys, I come from a very troubled childhood.

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In fact, today is the day when the person that I loved more than anything, the person

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that hurt me more than anyone has ever hurt me on the earth, the person that I loved more

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than anyone on the earth went to heaven, my mother.

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Today is the day that she went to heaven.

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This afternoon, four years ago, my mother went to heaven, and because of the things

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that happened in my childhood, and I want to make sure I tell you, I think my mom was

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doing the best she could.

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I do.

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I think she was doing the best that she could.

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It took me years and years and years to understand that, that she was broken, that she was hurting,

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that she was, you know, operating from a very messed up playbook.

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I didn't know any of that stuff.

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All I knew is that I needed to put distance between myself and her, you know, from pretty

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much the time I was a teenager on because it just wasn't a safe space to be.

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But at the end of her life, I got to see some glimpses of who she really was.

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I got to spend some time with her.

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I got to do some heart work with her.

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There was forgiveness.

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There was closure on some things.

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There was time.

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time together. There was revival and reconciliation and all kinds of amazing things. And those

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last two years were incredible in the way that I finally got what I always wanted, and

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that was a mother and my mother. And of course, I'm going to have to wait till eternity to

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continue that story, even though I know she is with me and she is for me and she is in

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that great arena of witnesses that are cheering us on and helping us and interceding for us

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in ways that we cannot even imagine, friends. And so if you have that same situation where

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people that you love more than anything are no longer visible on earth, trust me, they

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are with you and they are for you and they are helping you in ways that you cannot understand.

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But because of those trust issues, it's been hard for me to attach. And I know that in

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our communities, we're talking about attachment style and we're going to continue to do that.

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And if you're in phase one and phase two, don't worry, you're not going to be left out.

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You're going to also have those conversations as you navigate the phases. I promise you

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that's going to be a part of the course and curriculum going forward because it's so important.

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But I had so much trouble attaching. I had so much trouble trusting. And I've been married

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for 17 years, you guys, and it's still been a journey of trust for me. I'll take three steps

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forward and then I'll take two steps back in trusting others to what? To take care of me,

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to have my best interests at heart, to do things instead of doing things myself.

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But the other day I said to my husband, I said, I just want to let you know that I trust the

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God in you. And you guys, that's a bigger compliment than saying, I trust you.

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Because let's just face it, humanity really can't be trusted. The flesh really can't be trusted.

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It's very unpredictable. We have no idea what it's going to do or not do. I know that people

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pride themselves on thinking that they could never do anything horrible, right? That they

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could not be capable of doing something that really damages or hurts others. But given the

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right circumstances, the right situation, the right catalyst, who knows what, but God.

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And so it's more important to understand that we don't put our trust in people. We put our

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trust in the God in people. We put our trust in God. That's why as you're navigating these single

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waters, it's important for you to look and only attach your boat, your ship to one that is also

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going the same direction. And that's following Christ. Because when push comes to shove,

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whatever it is that happens, you need to know that that person is going to be able to lean into God,

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to lean into the supernatural, to get wisdom beyond themselves, right? That's what we want.

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And so that's why that is so vitally important. And my husband has proven that over and over and

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over and over again. And so I trust the God in him. And so going back to my original thought,

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this is why we need each other. This is why God created a family. And that's why we're all here

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together because we are showing each other what God looks like. And we're also showing each other

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what God doesn't look like, right? It's important. There's never any scenario where you've been

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created to be alive and alone. And so it's not just about having that spirit mate.

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That's going to be great. But it's also about having friends. It's also about having community,

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people of faith. Now, I do think it's important also that we share our lights with the darkness,

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meaning that we have people in our lives that are not necessarily believers.

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That we don't only hang out with other people that know Jesus, but we also allow ourselves to

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be generous with our lives, with others as well that don't know Jesus. Why? Because they'll be

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able to see the God in us. This is how they'll be able to attach to an invisible God, through a

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visible child of God. All of us have the same purpose, and that's to show this world what it

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looks like to be a son or daughter of God. That is our highest calling and purpose on this earth,

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to be his family and to show this world what his family looks like.

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John 17, one of Jesus's last prayers before he ascended to the Father. So this is after the

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crucifixion, after the resurrection, when Jesus continued to teach his followers more about the

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kingdom and more about their part to play and what was going to happen when he went to the Father,

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in one of those last prayers in John 17, you see that Jesus is saying,

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Father, make them one like we're one. So why? So that this world will know that I

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truly was your son. By what? By their love for one another.

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Right? By their love for one another.

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Just go ahead and focus. Give yourself permission. You don't got to write in the comments. Just

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focus. Focus on what God is saying to you this morning, because this is an important talk.

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Because right now I'm going to venture into something that I don't usually do. There's

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222 people on here. 222 people, y'all. Come on. 222 people. That is the number of family. That's

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the number of God's family. That's the number of marriage. That's the moment when Adam got

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his helpmate in Genesis. Holy Spirit is confirming what we're hearing right now.

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And I'm going to venture into a subject that maybe you didn't expect to hear in a dating

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marriage spirit mate program. And that is evangelism.

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It's evangelism. We have a purpose on earth. And Matthew 5, if you look, the Sermon on the Mount

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is really the yoke of Jesus. So when he says, come to me, my yoke is easy, my burden is light.

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His yoke as a rabbi, the teachings of him as a rabbi, his yoke, that's what they called it back

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in the day, back in the Bible days, back in the rabbi days, is really the Sermon on the Mount.

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So go and read those chapters and see what Jesus is talking about. It's so simple.

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Keep it simple, sweetheart. It's so simple. It's so easy. It's so simple. And it's your

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only assignment. It's your only assignment. And in Matthew 5, it says, we're the light,

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right? We're the city that's set on a hill. We're the light that's set on the lampstand.

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For what reason? To shine like a lighthouse on a hill, to shine. And in the message translation,

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if you read those scriptures, it says, be generous with your lives. Keep open house,

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keep open house. So for what reason? So that people will see you and they will glorify God.

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They will glorify God. In fact, in the message translation, it says something fun. I'm just

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paraphrasing because I don't have it in front of me, but it's one of my favorite passages

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of scripture. It just says, we're taking this thing public. We're taking what public? God,

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we're taking him public. He's not a secret to be kept, right? He's not a secret to be kept.

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We're taking this thing public. Live your life out loud. And does that mean that you have to

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somehow figure out how to shove the word Jesus into every sentence that you say to everyone that

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you talk to? No. In fact, one of my favorite quotes of all time, I think that it might be

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St. Augustine, correct me if I'm wrong, that's fine. It just basically says, or it might've been

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St. Francis of Assisi. It basically says this. It says, preach the gospel. And if necessary,

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use words. Preach the gospel. And if necessary, use words. What does that mean? That means

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your life speaks volumes. Your life speaks volumes and not the perfect bits of your life.

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Not the bits that you show everybody like, oh, hey, look, I'm perfect. I do everything right.

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I'm a Christian. I'm talking about your humility and your authenticity, your vulnerability.

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It speaks volumes, your kindness and compassion, even in times of stress.

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It speaks volumes. The Bible says that we are volumes. We're books known and read of all men.

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That's what we are. And you guys, that's a tall order. And that's why we have to have Holy Spirit.

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We have to have Holy Spirit. If you go through your life understanding that if they've seen me,

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then they've seen the Father. Why? Because he lives in me. That's why Jesus said that. He said,

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if you've seen me, you've seen the Father. You guys, we are the extension of that now.

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We are the Christ agents on the earth, empowered by the Spirit of God, by Holy Spirit.

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We can't do this on our own. Don't even try. Don't even try to do it on your own.

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Don't feel like, oh, God, I can't do this. He's like, good,

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because I didn't ask you to now move over and let me do it through you.

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Friends, we have to be about our Father's business. I know that everyone here in this community

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is desiring the gift of marriage. Because why? Because God gave

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gave you the desire.

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Once again, all that God ever wanted was a family,

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and family starts with marriage.

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This whole thing started with a marriage in the garden,

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and the whole thing's gonna end with another wedding,

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another marriage in the garden.

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And yes, there's been a lot of things that are lost,

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and people ask me all the time,

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why are so many people single

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that don't wanna be in this generation?

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Evil, that's why.

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If you don't think that marriage and family

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is public enemy number one to the opposing forces

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in the kingdom of darkness,

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then you missed the whole point of why we're here.

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Marriage and family is the number one thing on the hit list

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of the opposing forces.

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The darkness, that is the number one thing.

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Because it's all God ever wanted.

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Let's go back to the beginning of this talk.

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It is the main thing.

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It's the main thing.

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Guys, the miracle signs and wonders aren't the main thing.

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The churches certainly are not the main thing.

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They're not the main thing.

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Family is the main thing.

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In fact, back in the original model in the book of Acts,

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that's what it was supposed to look like.

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The spiritual community part of it.

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Now we have big buildings full of strangers.

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It's supposed to look like family.

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And in America, I'll go ahead and say it,

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we got big business and we call it church.

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And people feel disconnected.

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A lot of times they go to buildings

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and they participate in music

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and things that we have called worship

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and they don't know the people

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that are sitting next to them.

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Guys, I went to church the other day

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and because I travel a lot,

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someone tried to like, which I appreciate.

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I don't want you to get the wrong idea

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about what I'm about to say.

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But someone tried to win me to the Lord

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at my church.

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And you know what?

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I didn't correct them.

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Because I thought it was great.

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Thought it was great that they were trying

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to introduce me to Jesus.

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I thought it was great that they were trying

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to help me to connect to my father in heaven through them.

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as if I didn't know any different.

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We can all use to meet Jesus again

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and again and again and again and again and again.

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But you guys, we're here for a reason.

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And I know that gets lost,

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especially for those of you that are in America.

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I know we have international people in this program

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and I haven't lived in your countries.

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And so I can imagine that they're pretty Westernized

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as well, but I will tell you,

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America, we definitely are very focused

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on things that are not eternal.

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Very focused and it's really hard, y'all.

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When you get out of bed in the morning

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before your little foot even hits the floor,

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or men, your big foot, it's all good.

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And ladies, some of you got some big feet too.

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And that's all right.

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Before it even hits the floor,

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regardless of the size of it,

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you're already thinking about a million cares

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of the world that have no eternal value.

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None, no eternal value.

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In fact, if you stopped and asked yourself the question,

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does this matter eternally?

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The answer 95% of the time would be no.

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You guys, if we keep the main thing, the main thing,

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then all of those other cares would start to dissipate.

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They would start to fix themselves.

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And that's why the Jesus Cares Board exists.

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If you haven't made one yet, make one.

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It's to remind you to keep the main thing, the main thing.

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It's to remind you that God is bigger.

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It's to remind you that you're not an orphan

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and that you're not meant to go running through this life,

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trying to figure out your own problems,

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trying to make it.

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Nowhere in the Bible does it say,

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hey, good luck kid, I hope you make it.

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It doesn't say that in there.

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come to me, rest, relax.

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Let it go.

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Stand.

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Let me take care of it.

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Let me fight for you.

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So many times.

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And we have to be a model of that so that we can model that for others.

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People are exhausted, you guys.

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They're exhausted.

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Can you imagine?

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I want you to remember for one moment, and some of you can't because you're like my daughters

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and my son, my daughters and my son, you've always known God.

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You were raised in a home where you were taught and know God.

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But for the rest of us, I want you to remember a time when you were living in this crazy

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world without God, at least without you knowing that you had God.

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Without you knowing that he knew you.

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Without his help.

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That was scary times, right?

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We made a lot of mistakes during those times.

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We hurt ourselves.

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We jumped out of a lot of frying pans into a lot of fires back then, didn't we?

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We did.

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Without the empowerment of the spirit, without the knowledge of the love of God, without

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the finished work of the cross of Jesus.

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I definitely have done it imperfectly, but I will tell you from the moment, from the

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moment that love called my name at 22 years old, from the moment that I met him, I have

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not turned back.

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I have followed him imperfectly for the last 28 years.

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Because it's just too good.

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I know what it's like.

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I know what it's like to live in fear.

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I know what it's like to not know where your next meal is coming from.

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I know what it's like to couch surf and not have a home and not have resources.

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I know what it's like to worry and fret and have mental illness level anxiety.

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I know what it's like.

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I know what it's like not to trust people.

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I know what it's like to feel unsafe every moment of every day.

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I know what that's like.

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There are people all around us every day that are living that reality.

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And they may not look like it on the outside, because you know why?

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Because people are desensitized even to their own pain.

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Dysregulation is a huge word.

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It's a buzzword right now about nervous systems and most people, that is just their norm.

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That's just their norm, because that's why disease is rampant in the earth.

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It doesn't start as disease.

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It starts as stress.

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It starts as anxiety.

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It starts as, you know, no rest.

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There's no rest.

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And I know when we read those scriptures that say things like there's no rest for the wicked,

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we think like the wicked, like the people that are up to no good and they're out there

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like in the night hours, you know, doing the bad things in the underbelly of the earth.

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No, that's just talking about how there's no rest outside the finished work of the cross.

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There's just two types of people, y'all.

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There's no shades of gray.

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You're either lost or found.

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You're either lost or you're found.

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I like to say it this way.

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You're either a believer or you're a pre-believer, because I want everyone to believe.

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You're either pre-believer or you're a believer.

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And that brings me to something.

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I was watching, okay, I went and saw The Chosen movie last night.

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Y'all, it's rough.

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I'm just going to go ahead and warn you.

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It's long because it's three episodes and you're in the theaters.

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It's like three hours and it's good and there's a lot of really important things that are

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being said and I feel like a whole generation is learning scripture because there's so much

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scripture that's correctly applied within that show, okay?

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But it's rough.

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It's a rough one.

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There's so many spoilers, but it's rough.

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So if you go to it, just know that you're probably afterwards going to be having some

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really existential kind of thoughts, okay?

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But I wanted to catch up on the last episode of season three, so I was just kind of skimming

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through it.

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And then I remembered how I started watching The Chosen during COVID, during quarantine

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in 2020, because that's when they released the first season.

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And I'm like, you know what?

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I really love that episode where Jesus calls Peter, right?

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That whole, they play out that part of the Bible where he's like, go out and drop your

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nets and you're going to catch some fish this time, you know, kind of thing.

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found season one and I was watching that episode and something so powerful and so simple was stated

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there that if we allow it to it could really change our hearts and our lives.

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So Peter you know he's all up you know he's he's just he's all upset he owes a bunch of taxes a

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bunch of things you guys some of this is creative license some of these stories are kind of put

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together and they're not really in order and that's okay. So Jesus comes this is when he's

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going to call Peter to follow him and Peter's just like agitated he's got an attitude problem

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and I'm pretty sure that's probably like what Peter was like and Jesus said hey can I borrow

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your boat I want to teach these people but they're crowding me and I need to kind of push out from

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the shore a little bit so he does that and then after he's done and during his parables that he's

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telling these people he uses some fishing parables because he's on a boat and he picks up the net

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and he says to Peter what do you do with this net it's like what's this what's this used for

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and Peter says it it gathers and Jesus said uh-huh and he goes it gathers and then Peter

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because he's annoyed he's just like it gathers fish and so Jesus talking to the crowd says

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just like this net gathers fish and then these fishermen take that net full of fish to the shore

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and then they sort it out and then they keep the good and then they throw away the the ones that

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are not good they discard the ones that are not fit right he said this is what it'll be

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like at the end of the age please hear what I'm about to say hear the spirit

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it is not your job to sort people out Jesus went on to say at the end of the age the angels will

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come and they will gather all people all people and then what's going to happen next God's going

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to sort them out right at the end of the age God's going to sort them out it's not your job to

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pre-qualify people it's not your job to decide or judge people's lifestyles or what they're doing

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or what they're not doing it's not your job to sort them out it's only your job to gather them

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it's just your job to throw out a net to be a fisher

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of men and women that is all your job is to do God will sort them out you're not holy spirit

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it's not your job to convict them now there will be every once in a while someone who's assigned

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to you to disciple that person is someone that you're going to teach and that you're going to

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help and that you're going to model your life for them to follow

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but the rest of them it's just your job to show people what heaven looks like

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it's not your job to judge their choices or their lifestyle or their sin you're not their judge

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00:32:56.240 --> 00:33:01.840
you're not he didn't say catch the fish and then clean them and then fillet them

452
00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:05.520
he didn't say that he just said gather them

453
00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:09.680
once again hunter no cross talk we're focusing right now

454
00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:18.960
focus friends heaven is trying to tell us something i saw a post a couple days ago

455
00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:25.360
uh from from a girl that i met when i worked at a restaurant in my 20s you guys i was an

456
00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:30.800
imperfect christ father i was following christ i was doing the things that i was supposed to do

457
00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:36.080
you guys i was an imperfect christ father i was following christ i was doing my best

458
00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:39.200
i came from a rough background but i was doing my best to follow christ

459
00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:47.360
she was six years younger than me so i was in my mid to late 20s and she

460
00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:51.280
turned 20 years old while we were working with each other at this restaurant

461
00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:57.920
and we were friends and we were hanging out and doing things you know and i would say some things

462
00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:02.400
about jesus to her because you know i was a new believer and so i was pretty zealous and

463
00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:07.040
definitely didn't you know there wasn't any chill i didn't have a lot of chill

464
00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:14.159
okay and so working at this restaurant together and then you know she started doing a few things

465
00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:18.480
and i judged her i was just like you know you shouldn't be doing that that's messed up she was

466
00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:23.280
in a marriage she got married to her high school sweetheart when she was 18 years old and she was

467
00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:29.280
just doing some things that were really you know not good for her life and so she stopped talking

468
00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:34.480
to me and pretty soon i didn't work at that restaurant anymore and i went on my way and one

469
00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:40.560
day you guys i was walking around my house and i was a new mom i had like a my daughter was under

470
00:34:40.560 --> 00:34:46.080
two years old and i was walking around my house i was in a troubled marriage and i was a new christ

471
00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:50.719
follower i'd only been following christ for about five six years and i was walking around my house

472
00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:56.960
and she popped into my head and i began to pray for her and i said lord please help her i said god

473
00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:59.840
i i wasn't a great witness to her and and i

474
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.600
And, you know, I repent of that.

475
00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:08.220
You know, I, I really want you to send someone into her life that can, that can

476
00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:12.840
tell her more about you and show, show her what you're like and disciple her.

477
00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:15.120
And I was just praying for her guys.

478
00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:15.960
I'm not kidding.

479
00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:23.560
The very next day, there was a knock on my door, my front door of my house.

480
00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:25.120
It was 10 o'clock at night.

481
00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:27.840
I looked through the peephole and it was her.

482
00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:31.000
She was standing at my front door.

483
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.240
I hadn't talked to her in probably 10 months.

484
00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:39.560
I opened the door and here's the other thing, you guys, she'd

485
00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:41.280
only been to my house one time.

486
00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:45.640
You have to remember, this is back before cell phones and GPS and all the things.

487
00:35:48.120 --> 00:35:51.660
And I was like, Whoa, Hey, Hi, where, where'd you come from?

488
00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.520
How'd you get here?

489
00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:54.480
And she said, I'm desperate.

490
00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.620
She's crying.

491
00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:56.740
She's like, I'm desperate.

492
00:35:57.140 --> 00:36:01.020
And I prayed and I asked God to show me where you lived.

493
00:36:01.020 --> 00:36:02.620
And I remembered how to get here.

494
00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:09.180
You guys, she was in trouble with the law.

495
00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:13.380
She had been separated from her husband and she got involved with a con artist.

496
00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:16.100
I knew that she was on a really bad road.

497
00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:18.860
When we worked together, she was doing things that I thought

498
00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.940
we're going to get her in trouble.

499
00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.540
Maybe even in criminal trouble.

500
00:36:22.020 --> 00:36:27.140
And she was, and now she was facing like all kinds of like time in prison.

501
00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:33.820
Not only is she separated from her husband and getting divorced, she has a small

502
00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:37.940
child, one that's just a little bit younger than mine, so still less than two

503
00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:43.420
years old and she's facing time in prison for like racketeering and grand theft

504
00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:45.180
auto and all kinds of stuff, y'all.

505
00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:48.060
And she's just young.

506
00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:49.660
She's like 21 years old.

507
00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.220
And we began to pray.

508
00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:55.340
She came in and I sat down and I prayed with her and then I began to disciple

509
00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:58.900
her and I began to walk through this with her and I went to court with her

510
00:36:58.900 --> 00:37:02.940
and I did all these things and I began to sow into her life and I began to pray

511
00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:07.780
into her life and I began to give of myself to this girl and then eventually

512
00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:10.820
to her husband, Josh, because they got back together.

513
00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:12.780
You know, I was a catalyst and a bridge for that.

514
00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:17.340
Like I was for so many of my friends, either matchmaking them or helping

515
00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:22.780
them to stay in matches that were not bad, but they were just too broken to

516
00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.540
attach.

517
00:37:24.580 --> 00:37:25.500
Ironic, right?

518
00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:30.380
Me, myself being too broken to attach, but helping others to attach because God

519
00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.660
doesn't call the qualified.

520
00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.420
He calls the available.

521
00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:40.300
And so doing all that for years and years, you guys, and a decade of

522
00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:43.500
discipleship, a decade of rollercoaster, guess what?

523
00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:45.700
All charges were dropped against her.

524
00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:52.340
Yes, all kinds of miracles happened in that decade, all kinds of things.

525
00:37:52.540 --> 00:37:56.700
And then her and her husband moved away to another state and we lost touch.

526
00:37:57.020 --> 00:37:59.700
And then every once in a while, you know, we'll say hi to each other on

527
00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.220
Facebook.

528
00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:04.260
Y'all, she made a post two days ago on her Facebook page.

529
00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.420
It was really, really long.

530
00:38:06.020 --> 00:38:09.940
It was talking about how God has changed her life and how she was living a life

531
00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:12.540
of destruction and how God called her out.

532
00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:16.420
And she began to talk about a friend who came along beside her and discipled her

533
00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:22.300
and spoke the words of God into her life and helped her and all the pictures that

534
00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:25.940
she put on this post or how her and her son, you guys, they are real estate

535
00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:28.820
investors and they are multimillionaires.

536
00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:31.380
They own all these properties.

537
00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:35.420
They do all this amazing stuff and she gives all the glory to God for each and

538
00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:37.700
every property that she has and owns.

539
00:38:38.620 --> 00:38:45.140
You guys, this girl was a dumpster fire when I knew her, but God knew what was

540
00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.780
inside of her.

541
00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:49.540
He knew what she could become.

542
00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.820
Her and her husband stayed together.

543
00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:57.780
They ended up having several more children, two more children.

544
00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:01.020
They're all grown up.

545
00:39:01.020 --> 00:39:02.700
They're all amazing.

546
00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:04.020
It's amazing family.

547
00:39:05.060 --> 00:39:06.620
They went through other ups and downs.

548
00:39:06.620 --> 00:39:06.980
Sure.

549
00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.020
She's had health problems.

550
00:39:08.020 --> 00:39:08.780
She had Lyme disease.

551
00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:11.900
She had all kinds of things, but through it all, y'all, she kept her faith.

552
00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:14.820
Those seeds of faith that were planted in her.

553
00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.780
They continue to grow.

554
00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:19.780
I'm sure that over the years, other people have watered them and they've

555
00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.980
continued to grow.

556
00:39:22.540 --> 00:39:31.260
And now look, what a beautiful example of the restoration of the finished work of

557
00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.020
the cross, right?

558
00:39:32.060 --> 00:39:32.820
Oh my gosh.

559
00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.700
So amazing.

560
00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:38.940
And so sometimes we will go the extra mile with people and we will walk with

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00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.260
them.

562
00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.540
We will.

563
00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:43.860
But all the rest of the people, no.

564
00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:47.940
It's not your job to tell them what you think of their lifestyle or their

565
00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.660
choices.

566
00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:54.140
Your job is to love them because the goodness of God is what leads people to

567
00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:57.060
turn around from their way and go God's way.

568
00:39:57.700 --> 00:40:00.100
It's the goodness of God that leads to repentance.

569
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:06.000
repentance. And that is what the word repentance means. It's not our job to tell them what

570
00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:14.240
the Bible says about their sin. It's not our job to judge their body dysmorphia and transgenderism

571
00:40:14.240 --> 00:40:27.000
or homosexuality. It's not your job to sort the fish. It's not your job. Because what

572
00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:35.040
might not be valuable to you might be really valuable to God. What doesn't fit your schema

573
00:40:35.040 --> 00:40:42.120
and your paradigm of Christianity might really fit a kingdom paradigm because God doesn't

574
00:40:42.120 --> 00:40:50.480
see the outside. He sees the heart. God sees the heart. He knows what potential is there.

575
00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:54.840
He knows what someone could become or what could happen in their life as a result of

576
00:40:54.840 --> 00:41:00.000
people showing up and just continuing to show them what the kingdom looks like. Remember,

577
00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.840
if you're not discipling them, then you're just a brick in their wall. I want you to

578
00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:06.160
remember that. Say that to yourself right now. If I'm not discipling them, I'm just

579
00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:17.040
a brick in their wall. I'm just a paver on their path. When they meet you, maybe you're

580
00:41:17.040 --> 00:41:23.640
not their tipping point. Maybe you're not the person that finally says the next thing,

581
00:41:23.640 --> 00:41:28.240
the next supernatural thing that's going to cause them to finally surrender and be

582
00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:37.440
discipled. But guess what? You're chipping away at it. You're going to become a long

583
00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:43.480
line of kingdom people that they ran into on their path that kept pointing them in the

584
00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:48.320
right direction. And that's to the heart of Jesus, to the heart of Jesus, not the judgment

585
00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:56.960
of Jesus, to the love of God, not the wrath of God. Come on, you guys. You might never

586
00:41:56.960 --> 00:42:02.200
get to see that fruit until heaven. When someone comes up to you that you don't recognize and

587
00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:12.720
says, oh, hey, thank you so much. Thank you for that kind word that day in the supermarket.

588
00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:17.840
You have no idea how troubled I was. Thank you for this. Thank you for that. You guys,

589
00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:24.960
every single one of us, every single one of us that are following Christ right now,

590
00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:31.560
it is made up of so many touch points with heaven. So many touch points with heaven had

591
00:42:31.560 --> 00:42:43.120
to go into this. So many. I know this will be shocking to you, but a woman came to me.

592
00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:49.040
She's now in heaven. I love her, but you know, she had to love me when I was unlovable

593
00:42:49.040 --> 00:42:55.720
because she came up to me before I met Jesus. I was married. She was someone who went to

594
00:42:55.720 --> 00:43:00.720
my previous husband's church, had known him since he was a little boy, and she came up

595
00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:04.560
to me at an event. Him and I were estranged. We were separated. We were getting divorced.

596
00:43:04.560 --> 00:43:09.600
Remember, I haven't had my conversion experience yet. And she was so passionate. She had tears

597
00:43:09.600 --> 00:43:14.680
in her eyes and she grabbed my hand and she said, do you want to save your marriage? Do

598
00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:19.080
you want to give your heart to Jesus? And I looked her straight in the face, hold it

599
00:43:19.080 --> 00:43:28.680
stone. And I said, no, I don't. And that was the truth. I didn't. My heart was hard as

600
00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:37.640
a rock. I didn't want to do any of the things that she was asking me to do. Didn't. But

601
00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:47.520
guess what? Her words chipped away. It chipped away at that hardened heart. And then another

602
00:43:47.520 --> 00:43:50.920
thing happened that chipped away. And then another thing happened that chipped away.

603
00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:54.560
And then another thing happened. It chipped away. And pretty soon I'm laying awake at

604
00:43:54.560 --> 00:43:59.040
night and thinking about my existence on earth and what am I even doing here? I'm having

605
00:43:59.040 --> 00:44:03.120
those existential questions. And then another thing happened that chipped away. And another

606
00:44:03.120 --> 00:44:08.560
thing and another thing until I'm driving my car one day and I just cry out, who are

607
00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:16.640
you? God, are you real? What do you want from me? And bam, passed out, driving my car, had

608
00:44:16.640 --> 00:44:23.040
an out of body experience, met the Lord. I know it doesn't happen for everyone radically

609
00:44:23.040 --> 00:44:30.160
like that, but it did happen for me that way. Didn't hurt anyone. Didn't hurt myself. But

610
00:44:30.160 --> 00:44:39.440
began a, whoa, God, you're real. Tell me more. And I began to devour the Bible, just reading it,

611
00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:45.200
reading it. I lost my job because after that situation happened, I just wasn't, I couldn't

612
00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:53.920
work. I had some, I had some, some numbness, some, some, some paralysis in the left side of my body.

613
00:44:53.920 --> 00:44:59.920
They couldn't find anything wrong with me. And guess what? As I just.

614
00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:03.000
sat and devoured the Bible and was asking God,

615
00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.980
tell me more, who are you, what's happening?

616
00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:07.820
People began to show up in my life.

617
00:45:09.680 --> 00:45:12.420
This nurse named Aileen, she showed up in my life

618
00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.820
and she started to disciple me,

619
00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:15.380
she started to come over every day

620
00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:17.780
and teach me the things, she was a new believer,

621
00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:19.120
but to teach me the things she knew

622
00:45:19.120 --> 00:45:21.520
and then another person, then another person.

623
00:45:21.520 --> 00:45:24.220
And then pretty soon, a bunch of people came

624
00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:26.100
and they laid hands on me and prayed for me

625
00:45:26.100 --> 00:45:30.360
and then all the paralysis and everything left my body

626
00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:33.200
and then I was baptized in the spirit in my living room

627
00:45:33.200 --> 00:45:34.840
and then the next thing happened

628
00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:37.340
and the next thing happened and the next thing happened.

629
00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:41.980
But you guys, if I was to sit down and make a timeline

630
00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:44.920
of my introduction to Jesus, it would start with,

631
00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:47.220
it would start with my mom humming a song

632
00:45:47.220 --> 00:45:52.020
from her childhood that said something about God or Jesus

633
00:45:52.020 --> 00:45:55.320
because my mom had run away from religion

634
00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:57.520
and she did not live that out until the end of her life,

635
00:45:57.520 --> 00:46:00.320
she did not reconnect with Jesus until the end of her life

636
00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:01.680
because of spiritual abuse.

637
00:46:01.680 --> 00:46:03.780
Please don't spiritually abuse people,

638
00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:07.160
please don't tell them that God is a hard task master

639
00:46:07.160 --> 00:46:08.560
and he's unpleasable,

640
00:46:08.560 --> 00:46:11.400
please don't put the yoke of religion on people.

641
00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:14.060
Jesus said, I have come to free you from that.

642
00:46:14.060 --> 00:46:15.900
My yoke is easy, my burden is light.

643
00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:17.260
If you're weary with what?

644
00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:19.440
With religion, with the law,

645
00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:22.940
with a bunch of rules that you could never, ever, ever,

646
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.900
if you tried all your life, keep.

647
00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:32.740
And so maybe a song or two of her singing that

648
00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:35.340
and then being sent to stay with my grandmother

649
00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:38.040
and even though that was a very legalistic place,

650
00:46:38.040 --> 00:46:40.880
I saw things, I heard things, I felt things.

651
00:46:42.020 --> 00:46:44.920
And then a camp that I went to and then this and then that.

652
00:46:46.620 --> 00:46:47.960
It's a lot of different people

653
00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:49.520
and a lot of different things.

654
00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:53.540
And every day that you walk this earth,

655
00:46:53.540 --> 00:46:56.520
you can point someone towards heaven.

656
00:46:56.520 --> 00:46:59.480
You might not get to be the person that sees them

657
00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:01.180
fully surrender their heart to Jesus.

658
00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:04.020
You might not be the person that's assigned to disciple them.

659
00:47:04.020 --> 00:47:08.000
We can disciple very few people, especially at a time.

660
00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:09.100
It's a lot of work.

661
00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:13.960
It's a lot of work, right?

662
00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:16.140
Yeah, it is, especially nowadays.

663
00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:22.280
I know this has been a very different type of call for us,

664
00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:25.580
but God wants us to get focused back

665
00:47:25.580 --> 00:47:27.580
on keeping the main thing, the main thing.

666
00:47:27.580 --> 00:47:30.280
We are here to be light and salt in the earth.

667
00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:32.660
We are here to be that city that's set on a hill

668
00:47:32.660 --> 00:47:34.260
that cannot be hid.

669
00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:36.000
All of us together, we are that city.

670
00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:37.700
We are that lighthouse.

671
00:47:37.700 --> 00:47:39.760
We are here to be generous with our lives,

672
00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:41.700
to keep open house with our lives.

673
00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:44.740
You guys, go look him up, go follow him.

674
00:47:44.740 --> 00:47:47.900
He's this kid and he's very imperfect.

675
00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:49.660
A friend of mine went to Bible college with him.

676
00:47:49.660 --> 00:47:52.860
My daughter saw him just recently at her school.

677
00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:55.120
His name is Jimmy Darts, he's on Instagram.

678
00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:58.060
But all this kid does, and he had this idea to do this,

679
00:47:58.060 --> 00:48:00.400
and then God started blessing it.

680
00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.500
But what he does is he just goes up to strangers

681
00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:04.640
at stores like Walmart and different places,

682
00:48:04.640 --> 00:48:07.280
and he pretends to not be able to buy something small.

683
00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:10.440
Like, oh, hey, I really wanna buy this pair of shoes,

684
00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:12.940
but I need one more dollar.

685
00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:14.180
Do you have a dollar you can give me?

686
00:48:14.180 --> 00:48:17.420
And if they say yes and they give him whatever it is,

687
00:48:18.080 --> 00:48:20.380
he gives them 500 or $1,000 in return.

688
00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:24.720
And sometimes those interactions turn into a real,

689
00:48:24.720 --> 00:48:26.520
where the person starts breaking down

690
00:48:26.520 --> 00:48:28.120
when they're given that money and they just begin

691
00:48:28.120 --> 00:48:31.580
to thank him and thank God, and they can't believe it,

692
00:48:31.580 --> 00:48:34.060
and they needed it so bad, and then a story spills out

693
00:48:34.060 --> 00:48:36.220
about a surgery that they just had

694
00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:38.260
that they couldn't pay for, or this or that,

695
00:48:38.260 --> 00:48:41.300
or homelessness, or all kinds of different things.

696
00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:43.500
And then he starts to GoFundMe page for those people,

697
00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:45.300
and then just rocks their socks off.

698
00:48:46.260 --> 00:48:49.560
But he says, Jesus loves you.

699
00:48:49.560 --> 00:48:52.520
He's like, oh, he's like, tell me, what's going on?

700
00:48:52.520 --> 00:48:54.320
He's like, Jesus loves you.

701
00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:56.760
He's like, Jesus sent me to you today.

702
00:48:56.760 --> 00:48:58.340
It's just powerful.

703
00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:01.100
And just get some tissues,

704
00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:02.900
because you're gonna cry like a squishy little baby

705
00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:04.340
when you watch those videos.

706
00:49:05.740 --> 00:49:09.080
Because it's just so beautiful to see something.

707
00:49:09.080 --> 00:49:10.440
What a great idea.

708
00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:13.120
And you know what, God has an idea for you

709
00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:16.440
on how you can impact people's lives

710
00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:18.240
for the kingdom of God.

711
00:49:18.240 --> 00:49:21.640
And can I tell you that whatever that idea is,

712
00:49:21.640 --> 00:49:24.940
he has a partner for you to help you to do it.

713
00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:28.220
Do you want your spirit mate?

714
00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:32.880
Be busy about the father's business,

715
00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:35.560
not just the business of non-eternal things

716
00:49:35.560 --> 00:49:38.100
so you can pay bills and die someday.

717
00:49:38.100 --> 00:49:41.840
Be busy about the father's business, and guess what?

718
00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:43.920
You will very quickly connect with someone

719
00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:46.620
who's also busy about the father's business.

720
00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:51.760
I've seen so many missionaries get married

721
00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:54.480
since I started doing this 40 months ago,

722
00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:57.000
you know, really specifically focusing in

723
00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:58.940
on helping people find their matches.

724
00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:00.920
How many people?

725
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:04.360
Did you guys know that the sexual part

726
00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:07.040
of your relationship, so the romantic part

727
00:50:07.040 --> 00:50:09.440
of your relationship, and it doesn't matter

728
00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:12.040
if you're super, super, super sexual,

729
00:50:12.040 --> 00:50:14.520
like on our Simbis reports that you guys will take

730
00:50:14.520 --> 00:50:16.960
when you get into those pre-marriage relationships,

731
00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:19.080
it says, you know, what's your expectations

732
00:50:19.080 --> 00:50:20.320
of sex in this relationship?

733
00:50:20.320 --> 00:50:23.280
Once a day, twice a day, once a week,

734
00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:24.320
once every two weeks?

735
00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:26.120
Yeah, there's a question on there like that

736
00:50:26.120 --> 00:50:27.080
because we want to make sure people

737
00:50:27.080 --> 00:50:29.600
are on the same realistic page

738
00:50:29.600 --> 00:50:32.320
about what that's gonna look like, right?

739
00:50:33.240 --> 00:50:34.520
Some people put twice a day.

740
00:50:34.520 --> 00:50:37.280
So even if you're a twice a day-er on the Simbis,

741
00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:40.920
you're still going to have sexual interaction

742
00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:44.840
with your partner less than 2% of your marriage.

743
00:50:44.840 --> 00:50:47.320
What are you gonna do for the other 98%, y'all?

744
00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:52.800
Less than 2%.

745
00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:57.560
What are you gonna do for the other 98%?

746
00:50:57.560 --> 00:50:59.640
You're gonna be about your father's business together.

747
00:50:59.640 --> 00:51:01.280
You're gonna raise a family together,

748
00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:03.200
a family of world changers together.

749
00:51:06.080 --> 00:51:07.480
You're gonna change things.

750
00:51:10.080 --> 00:51:11.440
You're gonna change things.

751
00:51:13.680 --> 00:51:15.120
You're here to change things.

752
00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:17.400
All right, come on, y'all.

753
00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:20.800
Now it's your turn.

754
00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:25.800
In the chat, in the chat, ask God to make you a soul winner.

755
00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:31.040
Ask God to make you a fisher of people.

756
00:51:38.160 --> 00:51:39.960
I'm gonna ask you to do the same thing.

757
00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:42.000
I'm gonna ask you to do the same thing.

758
00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:45.080
You are here right now

759
00:51:45.080 --> 00:51:47.280
because of somebody else's yes to God.

760
00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:49.120
Every one of you,

761
00:51:49.120 --> 00:51:51.320
even those of you that were raised in Christian families,

762
00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:55.120
you are here because of someone else's yes to God.

763
00:51:56.320 --> 00:52:01.320
You are not here on your own.

764
00:52:01.320 --> 00:52:04.840
You are here because of someone else that said yes.

765
00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:08.160
Some of you may have a burden for a specific population.

766
00:52:08.160 --> 00:52:10.960
Obviously, y'all, you know I have a burden for you guys.

767
00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:14.280
God's single sons and daughters

768
00:52:14.280 --> 00:52:16.920
and the revival of marriage and family in the earth,

769
00:52:18.040 --> 00:52:20.240
the perfection of blended family in the earth.

770
00:52:22.240 --> 00:52:25.920
But you might have a burden for teenagers or for kids.

771
00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:29.600
Guys, can I ask you to do the same thing for me?

772
00:52:29.600 --> 00:52:31.800
I'm gonna ask you to do the same thing for me.

773
00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:33.280
For teenagers or for kids.

774
00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:36.400
Guys, can I tell you that when I was a child

775
00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:37.560
in an abusive home

776
00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:43.400
and I went to things like camps and school and stuff,

777
00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:45.240
not one adult noticed my pain.

778
00:52:45.240 --> 00:52:48.920
Not one adult tried to help me.

779
00:52:52.640 --> 00:52:55.520
Guys, I even ended up going to a church camp

780
00:52:55.520 --> 00:52:57.760
for like three summers in a row

781
00:52:57.760 --> 00:53:01.760
and I was being abused in my private life

782
00:53:02.600 --> 00:53:04.000
and not one adult picked up on that.

783
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:08.760
Not one adult was used by heaven to come alongside me

784
00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:11.840
or to come to me and to comfort me or speak over my life.

785
00:53:11.840 --> 00:53:14.720
Not one time, you guys.

786
00:53:17.120 --> 00:53:19.680
How many children out there are suffering right now?

787
00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:22.800
And no one sees them.

788
00:53:24.160 --> 00:53:26.520
People are so busy in their own problems,

789
00:53:26.520 --> 00:53:28.800
in their own lives, no one sees them.

790
00:53:29.680 --> 00:53:31.240
For those of you that are teachers,

791
00:53:31.240 --> 00:53:34.000
I know, I understand that the government

792
00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:36.280
shortens your hand in what you can do,

793
00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:41.160
but the kind words to a verbally, mentally

794
00:53:41.160 --> 00:53:44.000
or emotionally abused child can change their life.

795
00:53:46.520 --> 00:53:48.640
Tell them that you're proud of them.

796
00:53:48.640 --> 00:53:51.720
Tell them how nice they look or how talented they are

797
00:53:51.720 --> 00:53:54.360
or how good they did, powerful.

798
00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:02.000
For those of you that yearn for fatherhood or motherhood,

799
00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:03.200
become a foster parent.

800
00:54:03.200 --> 00:54:05.240
Someone has put it in the chat.

801
00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:06.720
You could become a foster parent

802
00:54:06.720 --> 00:54:09.600
even before you find your partner.

803
00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:12.880
You could become an adoptive parent.

804
00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:14.400
They do that now, you guys.

805
00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:16.000
There's that many people in the system.

806
00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:18.880
There's that many children that do not have families.

807
00:54:20.960 --> 00:54:23.520
I watched a video on the internet the other day

808
00:54:23.520 --> 00:54:26.600
where this two people were giving this little girl

809
00:54:26.600 --> 00:54:28.240
who's probably about 10 years old,

810
00:54:28.680 --> 00:54:31.360
one last Christmas present and she opened it up

811
00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:33.320
and in it was something that said

812
00:54:33.320 --> 00:54:34.800
that she was being adopted by them.

813
00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:38.760
They were her foster parents and she began to weep.

814
00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:41.440
This little girl began to weep

815
00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:43.520
and you could tell that these were tears of joy

816
00:54:43.520 --> 00:54:45.720
but they were also tears of relief.

817
00:54:48.320 --> 00:54:53.080
They were also tears of just exhaling

818
00:54:54.040 --> 00:54:56.640
after a life of holding her breath

819
00:54:56.640 --> 00:55:00.160
and wondering what's gonna happen next.

820
00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:08.560
No little 9- or 10-year-old child should have the weight of the world like that on them.

821
00:55:08.560 --> 00:55:09.960
And I know what that's like.

822
00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:12.760
I live that way.

823
00:55:12.760 --> 00:55:17.280
Guys, we can make such a big difference.

824
00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:18.920
Please stop waiting for your life to start.

825
00:55:18.920 --> 00:55:21.140
Your life starts now.

826
00:55:21.140 --> 00:55:23.960
Your life has been started.

827
00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:28.640
You've been living it all of this time.

828
00:55:28.640 --> 00:55:31.700
This little phrase kept coming in my mind before I got on the call today.

829
00:55:31.700 --> 00:55:35.700
It says, only one life, how short it will pass.

830
00:55:35.700 --> 00:55:41.300
Only what we do for Christ will last.

831
00:55:41.300 --> 00:55:48.160
Only one life, how quick it will pass.

832
00:55:48.160 --> 00:55:53.720
Only what we do for Christ will last.

833
00:55:53.720 --> 00:56:00.800
And for those of you that feel like you're in the, you know, fourth quarter of your life,

834
00:56:00.800 --> 00:56:02.760
you're needed.

835
00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:05.320
It's not time for you to retire, go sit on the bench somewhere.

836
00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:07.840
God, no one retires in the kingdom.

837
00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:09.460
We're eternal people.

838
00:56:09.460 --> 00:56:10.620
We refire.

839
00:56:10.620 --> 00:56:11.880
We don't retire.

840
00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:14.320
And so we need you.

841
00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:16.000
We need you.

842
00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:23.080
It's time for you to get a new release on life.

843
00:56:23.080 --> 00:56:26.560
A new lease and a release on life.

844
00:56:26.560 --> 00:56:32.120
Thank you, Holy Spirit.

845
00:56:32.120 --> 00:56:34.200
Let's just thank him right now.

846
00:56:34.200 --> 00:56:35.360
Thank you, Holy Spirit.

847
00:56:35.360 --> 00:56:36.360
Help us.

848
00:56:36.360 --> 00:56:37.800
We can't do this on our own.

849
00:56:37.800 --> 00:56:40.200
We know that you're not asking us to do it on our own, God.

850
00:56:40.200 --> 00:56:42.560
You're not asking us to do it on our own.

851
00:56:42.560 --> 00:56:43.560
Empower us.

852
00:56:43.560 --> 00:56:44.880
Give us the grace.

853
00:56:44.880 --> 00:56:50.240
Give us the grace to come out of the burdened lives that we live in this age.

854
00:56:50.240 --> 00:56:54.920
We live burdened lives and we're burdened with so many things that don't matter.

855
00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:56.960
They're not eternal things.

856
00:56:56.960 --> 00:57:03.760
If we seek first your kingdom and your righteousness, then everything else will be added to us.

857
00:57:03.760 --> 00:57:05.760
Your word declares that.

858
00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:09.800
If we focus on the main thing, if we keep the main thing, the main thing, you'll take

859
00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:11.840
care of all the lesser things.

860
00:57:11.840 --> 00:57:16.680
If we're busy about your business, you will take care of our business.

861
00:57:16.680 --> 00:57:18.760
Lord, we declare that right now.

862
00:57:18.760 --> 00:57:21.080
We believe that right now.

863
00:57:21.080 --> 00:57:27.920
Empower the people that are on here, going to listen and replay with a spirit of evangelism.

864
00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:34.520
Put in each and every one of them the desire to win souls, to point souls to you, to show

865
00:57:34.520 --> 00:57:38.360
this world what it looks like to be a daughter or son of God.

866
00:57:38.360 --> 00:57:41.040
Yes, Lord, let it be so.

867
00:57:41.040 --> 00:57:45.480
And I pray that you would spotlight them to a partner that has the same heart, that

868
00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:50.840
you would highlight them to a spirit mate that wants to lock arms with them and follow

869
00:57:50.840 --> 00:57:51.840
after you.

870
00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:52.840
Yes, Lord.

871
00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:53.840
Yes, Lord.

872
00:57:53.840 --> 00:57:54.840
Let it be so.

873
00:57:54.840 --> 00:57:55.840
Let it be done.

874
00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.840
In Jesus name.

875
00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:57.840
Amen.

876
00:57:57.840 --> 00:57:58.840
All right.

877
00:57:58.840 --> 00:58:07.520
I'm going to go ahead and hit the recording off and for the last few minutes, I just want

878
00:58:07.520 --> 00:58:10.600
us to just, you know, thank God for this message.

879
00:58:11.160 --> 00:58:12.160
Just hold on one second.

880
00:58:12.160 --> 00:58:15.920
So everyone who's listening and replay, just go ahead and have a praise break after you

881
00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:19.600
listen to this message, because we receive the word of the Lord with gladness and joy

882
00:58:19.600 --> 00:58:20.600
in our hearts.

883
00:58:20.600 --> 00:58:21.600
Right.

884
00:58:21.600 --> 00:58:22.880
That's how we receive the word of the Lord.

885
00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:23.880
And so you guys do that.

886
00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:27.440
But so it doesn't sound kind of, well, you know what, let's just let it be recorded.

887
00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:28.440
Go ahead.

888
00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:32.320
If you want to unmute yourself and just, you know, take a little praise break.

889
00:58:32.320 --> 00:58:33.320
Let's go ahead and do that.

890
00:58:33.320 --> 00:58:34.320
Thank you, Lord.

891
00:58:34.320 --> 00:58:35.320
Thank you, Lord.

892
00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:36.320
Thank you, Lord.

893
00:58:36.320 --> 00:58:37.320
Thank you, Lord.

894
00:58:37.320 --> 00:58:38.320
Thank you, Jesus.

895
00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:39.320
Thank you, Lord.

896
00:58:39.320 --> 00:58:40.320
Thank you, Jesus.

897
00:59:40.640 --> 00:59:44.640
Thank you, Jesus.

898
00:59:48.640 --> 00:59:51.940
Hey, thank you.

899
00:59:51.940 --> 00:59:53.780
Yeah.

900
00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:55.780
Yeah.

901
00:59:55.780 --> 00:59:57.780
Yeah.

902
00:59:57.780 --> 00:59:59.780
God.

903
01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:15.760
Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for loving. Thank you, Father. Thank you for healing

904
01:00:15.760 --> 01:00:21.160
my broken heart. Thank you, Father. Thank you for healing my broken heart. Thank you

905
01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:39.040
for clarity and love that you're bringing to me. Praise you, God. All right, go with

906
01:00:39.040 --> 01:00:43.740
God. Go shine like you were created to do and we'll see you soon. Bye, everyone.