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Hi, I'm Leanne Friesman, and this is Restoring Word.

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Thank you for continuing to like and subscribe to the channel.

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We've seen some amazing growth on YouTube in the recent months, and I'm thankful for

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that.

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Today I've got kind of an interesting word for you.

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It's a little bit of a prophetic warning.

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It's a little bit of a prophetic observation.

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It's certainly an update.

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So let's begin.

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I live in Oklahoma, and in Oklahoma we are notorious for living in tornado alley.

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Tornado season around here is really heavy April and May, and we all watch the skies.

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We look and listen upward.

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We listen to our local television stations and radio stations and storm chasers.

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We have something called the TORCON level or system, and in Oklahoma, when there's

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a storm front that's coming, we are generally prepared.

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We're not scared.

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We live with this every day.

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We know the storms are going to form somewhere west of Oklahoma City generally, late afternoon,

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when you have the cold front and the warm fronts hitting each other.

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We know that those storm fronts are going to move very slowly across the state.

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They're going to hit Edmond and then follow the highways all the way up here to Tulsa.

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And then from Tulsa, they're going to make their way up generally up through Joplin,

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Missouri.

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And I'll never forget watching this ginormous storm cloud form over my home one year, and

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I thought to myself, it's just a matter of time before this comes down somewhere, and

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it's not going to be good.

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And that was the tornado that came down in Joplin, Missouri.

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I can remember for multiple of years going down to the state vocal competition in Shawnee,

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Oklahoma, and standing on the steps of Oklahoma Baptist University, Raley's Chapel, and looking

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out in the fields over to the west and thinking to myself, oh, it's just a matter of time

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before a tornado comes through those fields and hits this campus.

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And unfortunately, this last year that happened, it peeled back a portion of the roof on that

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glorious famous chapel that we all love so much.

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It was devastating.

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And I thought to myself, ooh, the Holy Spirit was speaking to me about that for a long time.

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Why?

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Because as Christians, we're called to pray and to intercede.

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We're called to be watchmen on the wall.

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So today, my word is really about the watchers.

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We are to watch.

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We are to pray.

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We are to observe.

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We know the season.

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We know how it feels.

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We know how the clouds look.

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We know how the radar is.

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My kids make fun of me because I'm always on the phone.

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Hey, guys, are you watching the weather?

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That's me.

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There's something else that happens during tornado season that's actually quite humorous,

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and that is my husband is not a complacent Christian.

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He is one of these guys who will stand up and say, watch what you say.

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We're going to speak.

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We're going to bind.

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We're going to command this storm to go in Jesus' name.

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We're going to take authority over this.

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And I'm telling you, year after year, we have watched tornadoes come down, unfortunately,

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over in Wagner County.

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This is the reality of what we're living in.

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Well, what am I trying to say today?

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Well, you know, we've got some storm fronts going on all across America.

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We've got a war in Ukraine.

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It's not going well, and it's not going to end well.

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We've got massive debt in the United States of America.

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And I grew up in a family that was very much aware of what was happening in the banking

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system and in the finance system.

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So unfortunately, it's something I also pray about and watch.

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We've got a war in the Middle East with Israel and Hamas, up in Syria with Hezbollah.

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That's not good.

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We've got a completely polarized political parties here in America.

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Both parties are so paralyzed.

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We all wish there were other options.

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There really isn't.

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We've got a public education system right now in America that's an absolute mess, and

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a lot of it is because society is in a mess, and we've got parents.

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that don't discipline, and as teachers, we can't discipline either.

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Our government is starting to use

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different agencies within our government as a weapon against others.

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And it's all wrong, and it's all out of order,

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and frankly, it's un-American. So what do we do

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with all this? We see the signs, okay? Those are really the signs.

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Just as we watch signs during tornado season, and we

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prepare for the incoming storms. We watch the news, we listen to the radio,

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we have our alerts on our phone that go off that tell us it's a tornado watch.

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We know that a watch means watch the skies, prepare.

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Something is coming, and I guess what I'm trying to say

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to you today, the audience at Restoring Word, is there's a storm

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coming, and you had better get ready.

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And we don't get ready out of

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the spirit of fear. You know, I tell my children all the time, you were

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born to live right now. You're not to operate in fear. You're to operate

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in faith. You were born to be a light. You were born to lead.

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Fear is not of God. I've got some great scriptures for you today. Joshua 1.9

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Have I not commanded you?

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Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened.

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Do not be dismayed. For the Lord your God is

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with you wherever you go. 1 Timothy 1.7

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is another great one. For God has not given us a spirit of

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fear, but of power, love, and of a sound mind.

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Okay, so in here it says self-control, but

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it's really about controlling what you're thinking.

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A sound mind. Do you know how many kids I work with on a daily

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base that are polarized by anxiety?

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I'm a SPED teacher. I write IEPs. Pretty much every kid on my

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roster struggles from anxiety of some sort. It's

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really disturbing. Isaiah 41.10

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Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed.

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God is with us. We are not to

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be dismayed. For I am your God, and I will

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strengthen you, and I will help you, and I will uphold

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you with my righteous right hand. What's coming, and coming soon

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in America

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is going to be another Pearl Harbor.

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Another 9-11. What's coming to America is

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something that is so devastating, it's going to yank the complacency

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out of the body of Christ. It's going to

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deal with our attitude of, well, I just

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don't want to say the politically incorrect thing, because I might offend

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somebody, and that might affect the offering this Sunday.

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All of that nonsense in the body of Christ

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has got to stop. Because this season

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that we're entering now, this new storm season, we're going to

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have to be prepared. Okay?

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How do you prepare? Well, number one, you trust God. Number two, you listen to the Holy Spirit, and

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you don't go somewhere unless the Lord tells you to.

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You don't open doors to things that are not of Him.

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You're led by His peace, you're led by His grace,

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you're led by His provision, and if you have a red flag about something,

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you just don't go there.

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The Torcon scale measures the

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possibility of a storm that could come in. It could anywhere from a 2

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to an 8. 20% to 80%.

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The Torcon scale right now for America,

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in terms of the storm that's on the horizon for us, the next

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12 months are going to be crazy.

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We're going to see all kinds of fake media. We're going to see all kinds of

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fake propaganda machines. We're going to see a lot

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of stuff. Right now, China is having a heyday posting crazy stuff on

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TikTok and making sure that it gets into the American news feed. Do you

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realize that you're being manipulated by your social media?

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Yeah, you are. Are you aware of it?

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You need to be.

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2024 is going to see some amazing things, just like in Oklahoma.

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We live here, and we have Torcon. We know when the storms come.

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We're not afraid. In fact, Oklahomans are crazy. They're notorious

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for going out on the streets with binoculars and their cameras and

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taking pictures of the oncoming storm. They say hi to their neighbors and

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say, Hey, I like your flowers you put out this year.

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Your daffodils are still looking good. That kind of stuff. That's completely normal

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for Okie territory. We know the storm comes.

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it's at, we're not afraid. The body of Christ, you better wake up, you better

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know where that storm is, you better know who you are in Christ, and you better

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know how to speak the word and be led by the Spirit of God. Because in this next

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season, this next 12 months, you're gonna have to be very discerning. You can't be

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fooled by the the fake text messages that are trying to get you to click on

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something so they can steal your identity. You're gonna have to be careful

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about what news organizations you're listening to. Frankly, you can't trust

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any of them anymore, honestly. Who are you listening to? Are you listening to the

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Holy Spirit more than you're listening to the television set or or the

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different voices that are on YouTube? I mean, I'm one of them, you know, I know.

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It's not healthy in America right now, but I do say think we're going to see

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some amazing things. We're gonna see an outpouring of the Holy Ghost, we're

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gonna see a move of God, we're gonna see financial breakthroughs, we're gonna see

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financial provision, we're gonna see God do some amazing things, and we're gonna

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walk it all out by faith, not by fear.

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However, when the Pearl Harbor event happens, what could that look like? Well,

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you know, we've had anywhere from 7 million to 10 million illegal immigrants

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cross our borders. Most of them are not Mexicans. We know that Hezbollah has

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camps in Mexico. Have they crossed our border? Probably. Do we have radical

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people that want to hurt Americans in America right now? Sure. Do I think

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there'll be something that shakes the American church out of its complacency?

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Yes. Yes. What could that be? Well, probably some sort of a bomber in a

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megachurch, some sort of a bomber on a bus or a ballgame. What's happening in

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the Middle East, unfortunately, is coming here now. We've seen it hit Germany.

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We've seen it in the streets in Paris and in concerts in Paris. We've seen it

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in bus explosions in London. We're next. Are you ready? Don't be afraid. Pray. Bind.

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Speak the Word of God. Stand on the Word. Stand in authority. You're born for such

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a time as this. You're not to operate in a spirit of fear. You're supposed to be

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using wisdom. You're supposed to be listening to the Holy Spirit because

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He's good and He will lead and guide us in this next season. But don't be

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complacent. Don't just think that life is going to go on like normal here in

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America. No. No.

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The TORCON scale right now, spiritually, is very high. Don't be afraid.

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Prepare. Don't operate in fear. Operate in faith. Thanks for listening and have a

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great day.