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Is God asking you to do something new?

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Something that's way over your head and maybe you're going to look foolish doing it?

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Well, that's kind of been my summer in a nutshell.

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My name is Leanne Friesman and this is Restoring Word.

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So many times God asks us to do things that just look impossible.

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I thought a lot about that this summer when I was learning how to sail my Catalina 25

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and I've been using illustrations from the boat to empower believers.

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And this week I want to talk about your source of power and really your source of power in

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ministry and in life is your prayer life.

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I want to read a scripture for you to do.

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This is today, sorry.

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This is Romans 8 26.

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In the same way, the spirit also helps our weaknesses for we don't know how to pray as

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we should, but the spirit intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be uttered.

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When we pray in our prayer language and we talk to God about everything, that's where

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power comes from.

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Power to overcome adversity, power to overcome difficulty, power to do something that's just

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impossible.

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And God is really good at asking us to do things that we have no idea how we're going

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to do it.

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But in that moment of adversity, you find him.

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This summer I was taking the sailboat out and I can't tell you on how many occasions

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I looked like a total idiot.

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Honestly, there was a time we went out, my son-in-law, and we were bouncing all over

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the marina and I'm just so afraid I'm going to hurt someone else's boat or I'm going to

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hurt the boat or we're going to destroy somebody else's or the boat itself is going to get

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hurt.

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And I'm thinking, why can't we straighten this boat out?

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And the problem was we had two things that were trying to steer the boat going at the

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same time.

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We had a motor that wasn't dead straight on forward and we had a rudder that we couldn't

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figure out how to use.

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And here's what I learned the hard way.

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You cannot steer a boat unless you're moving.

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You can't use that rudder.

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That big rudder that hangs down below the boat that's almost three feet below the back

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of the transom or the back of the boat doesn't work unless you're going forward.

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That's how God uses us in the kingdom.

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There are things in the kingdom you have to do while you're moving forward.

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Yeah, you're going to have to adjust the motor because you've got two sources of direction

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here.

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Okay?

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You've got direction from the Holy Spirit in your prayer life.

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But in that moment, you can physically lead and guide the way in which you go by adjusting

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the rudder.

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For me, I have to pick a goal.

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I have to look at something on the horizon and I have to keep the front of that boat

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going in that direction while I'm adjusting the sails.

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You know, in ministry and in life, guess what?

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We get to adjust multiple things at the same time.

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We're always multitasking.

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It's not easy.

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You're juggling several things all at the same time.

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And guess what?

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Especially if you're stepping out and you're doing something that's over your head and

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it's more difficult than what you could ever imagine, generally that's where you need God.

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I've always said, if God doesn't ask you to do something that scares you, it's probably

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not Him.

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Because when He speaks to you about doing something, it's generally in the natural,

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it looks kind of impossible.

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You just don't know how.

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Man, I can't tell you how many times we bumped the boat up against a dock or we were, you

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know, trying to figure out how to get it out of a spin or we couldn't figure out, okay,

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well, we're using the front sail and we got the rudder going the right way, but why is

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the boat not moving?

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Why can't we get this boat to go forward?

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Well, you've got to adjust multiple things at the same time.

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Number one, you've got to use that motor and direct the motor and adjust the motor.

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And at times, yes, on a sailboat, your prayer, that boat will power, the motor will power

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the boat.

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So many times in prayer.

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That's, you know, that's where the momentum comes from, is what you do in the dark, what

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you do in the quiet place, what you do where nobody sees you.

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The rudder helps adjust the direction once that motor is off.

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Once you're under the power of the wind and you turn the motor off, that's the best part.

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Because at that point, you're dependent on the rudder.

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And yes, you can adjust it as you go.

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The Lord wants to lead and guide all of us, but you know, so many times we're going to

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be led and we're going to be guided to do things that are kind of scary.

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Another scripture for you today is from Proverbs 3, 5, and 6, and I've used this scripture

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before and I love it dearly.

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in

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all your ways.

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That means everything.

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That means even when you're learning how to sail a sailboat and this is supposed to

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be fun.

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In all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.

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He wants to be in every aspect of your life.

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He wants to flow out of you.

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He wants to flow from you.

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One of the reasons I love Reo, the name, it means to flow like water.

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We're to flow with Him in our daily lives.

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We're to flow with Him in what we say and what we speak and what we sing.

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In all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.

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So He's going to show you where to go, but guess what?

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A lot of times in that path, a lot of times while you're seeking direction, you're not

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going to get that direction until you step out by faith and you move forward.

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I couldn't figure out why doesn't this rudder work?

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I'm adjusting the rudder.

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In fact, a lot of times I was over adjusting my rudder and I was looking pretty foolish.

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You can't adjust the rudder.

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You can't use the rudder unless you're moving forward.

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You can't a lot of times get direction from Him unless you're going forward, unless you're

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doing something for Him.

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When I first started Kingdom Messengers and I was learning how to do these broadcasts,

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Lindsay and Bruce would say to us, don't wait until you know what you're doing to start.

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Just start because you'll learn while you're doing.

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Yeah, but I don't want to look bad and it's going to be on YouTube and everybody's going

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to see it.

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I don't know how to edit.

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My lighting is not good and I don't know how to put the words here.

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You're going to come up with all kinds of excuses as to why you can't do something for

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Him and that's a lot of time just kind of there outright.

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In reality, when you do something for God, you don't know what you're doing.

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You're going to look bad.

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You're going to look like a fool, but if you will trust Him and just start, the momentum

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of moving forward will enable you to adjust the direction.

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You will get direction.

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You will get confirmation.

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You will be shown what you're supposed to do next.

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The power will come through your prayer life.

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No, lean not on your own understanding.

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You're not going to know how to do it.

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If you knew how to do it, would that be really glorifying God or just by doing it over and

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over again and doing it scared, doing it afraid, doing it intimidated?

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When you do it for Him, you can trust Him with all of your heart because the grace of

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God will empower you.

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I've got bumpers all over the sides of my boat.

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You know why?

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I need them because I bump into stuff and His presence, His anointing while you're learning

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is grace.

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It's like those bumpers, man.

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Okay, here she goes again looking like an idiot on the lake.

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She's hitting the dock again.

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Yeah, that's me, but I got bumpers up there.

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It's all right.

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I can afford another bumper.

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Whatever, and I've destroyed one this year.

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You just keep going.

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The only way to learn to do this is do it.

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Do it afraid.

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Do it scared.

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Do it intimidated.

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Pray.

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And then once you're in it...

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Adjust your sails and keep your focus.

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Know the direction that you're supposed to move and keep going.

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He wants to use you.

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He wants to use your voice in this season.

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He wants divine appointments for your life.

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He wants you to be at the right place at the right time with the right kind of connections

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that are going to open doors for your calling and your ministry.

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But you have to start somewhere.

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Start afraid.

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Start scared.

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Pray.

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He'll show you what to do.

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Thank you for listening.

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