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T.D. Jakes Sermons Don't Be Afraid of the Gift God Gives Part 2 - The Potter’s House of Dallas · THE WORLD'S BEST PREACHER

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  Speaker 1: See, that that is in Mary, Joseph, you didn't start it.
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  Speaker 1: And if you didn't start it, baby, to every person
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  Speaker 1: who's on a new adventure that's intimidating and terrifying and
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  Speaker 1: it's got you upset, as long as.
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  Speaker 2: You didn't start it, You don't.
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  Speaker 1: Have to worry about how to finish it. He that
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  Speaker 1: has began a good work in you.
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  Speaker 2: Shout. Oh, I feel like preaching. Shout.
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  Speaker 1: Shout.
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  Speaker 2: This is.
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  Speaker 1: The part of time. Well, if you're like my family,
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  Speaker 1: you're sitting around enjoying families and friends and recuperating from
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  Speaker 1: all of the stuff we do when we do it
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  Speaker 1: like we do it. That's why it's a great time
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  Speaker 1: to share the word of the Lord with you and
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  Speaker 1: to challenge you. Don't be afraid of the gift as
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  Speaker 1: you enjoy this wonderful season. I pray, I believe, I
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  Speaker 1: hope you will enjoy this word.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you. Don't be afraid. Fear not. Fear not.
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  Speaker 1: God has the provisions covered. He already has a place
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  Speaker 1: prepared for you. He already has a provision set up
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  Speaker 1: for you. And when people shut the door on you,
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  Speaker 1: it's only a sign that God is about to open
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  Speaker 1: another door in your life. Oh my God, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know who I'm preaching to this Christmas day. But somebody
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  Speaker 1: ought to thank God for shut doors. Look at some
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  Speaker 1: man say he shut the door to open a new one. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for shutting doors. They shut him out.
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  Speaker 1: You can't come to this hotel. You can't stay at
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  Speaker 1: this motel. We're filled for the night. No vacancies over here.
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  Speaker 1: But God has an open door. When man closes the door,
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  Speaker 1: God opens another door. To God be the glory for
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  Speaker 1: the doors he opens and for the.
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  Speaker 2: Ways he's made. How many people are believing God for
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  Speaker 2: open doors?
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I thank him. Oh, how I thank him.
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  Speaker 1: For doors he opens, no man can shut. And doors
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  Speaker 1: he shuts, no man can open. God will open a
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  Speaker 1: door for you and you don't have to live in
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  Speaker 1: fear of somebody shutting the door that God has opened.
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  Speaker 1: He says in Revelations, I have set before you an
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  Speaker 1: open door. Can you receive that word for yourself that
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  Speaker 1: God has set before you in the coming year?
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  Speaker 2: He has set. It's firm.
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  Speaker 1: It's anchored. It's concrete. It's unbreakable. It's unreversible.
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  Speaker 2: It's unmovable.
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  Speaker 1: He has set before you an open door. Touch your
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  Speaker 1: neighbor and say, don't be afraid of the gifts God gives. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: It is true.
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  Speaker 1: Wherever God guides, he will provide. I wish I had some,
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  Speaker 1: he will provide folks.
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  Speaker 2: In here today. He will provide.
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  Speaker 1: Number three. The fear for providence. The fear for providence.
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  Speaker 1: Providence simply God's guidance. The fear, if I go, will
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  Speaker 1: you go with me? If I say yes to this
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  Speaker 1: new door and this new opportunity and this new direction,
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  Speaker 1: if I seize the gift that I used to run from,
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  Speaker 1: if I embrace the thing that historically I've been terrified of,
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  Speaker 1: I could do it better if I knew for sure
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  Speaker 1: that you were going to go with me because I
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  Speaker 1: know if you go with me, the storm can break out,
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  Speaker 1: the lightning can flash, the thunder can roll, and the
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  Speaker 1: boat still will not sink as long as I understand
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  Speaker 1: that you.
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  Speaker 2: Are with me, are with me. And maybe I.
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  Speaker 1: Shouldn't worry about the perceptions at all if I am
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  Speaker 1: assured that you are with me. Maybe I should understand
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  Speaker 1: that Christmas looks better in retrospect.
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  Speaker 2: Than it did in reality.
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  Speaker 1: And maybe life looks better when you look back at
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  Speaker 1: it than it does while you're going through it. And
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  Speaker 1: maybe there's somebody in here right now who's rejoicing about
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  Speaker 1: something that you used to cry about. Maybe it's in
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  Speaker 1: retrospect that God calibrates the issues and the vicissitudes of life.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's when we look back at it that we say,
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  Speaker 1: you know what? It was good for me that I
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  Speaker 1: was afflicted. Because if I didn't go through what I
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  Speaker 1: went through.
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  Speaker 1: If I had not gone through it, if I hadn't
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  Speaker 1: faced it, if I hadn't endured it, if I hadn't
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  Speaker 1: have been fired, if I hadn't have been rejected, if
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  Speaker 1: I hadn't have been turned down, if I had not
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  Speaker 1: been ostracized, I wouldn't have found the door that God
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  Speaker 1: had in store.
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  Speaker 2: In fact... Thank you for hating me. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: leaving me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for rejecting me. Thank you for disappointing me.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for shutting the door and telling me you
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  Speaker 1: can't stay here.
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  Speaker 2: You're not welcome here. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: If you had not done that, I would have never gotten...
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  Speaker 1: to spend the night in a barn serenaded by angels,
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  Speaker 1: illuminated by stars, and behold the wondrous splendor of God's
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  Speaker 1: provision often takes you away from normal places because where
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  Speaker 1: God is going to bless you may be outside of
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  Speaker 1: the box, outside of the system, away from the norm,
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  Speaker 1: In a place that you never thought a blessing could be.
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  Speaker 1: God may bless you in an unlikely place. Don't be
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  Speaker 1: afraid of the gifts God gives. Don't be afraid when
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  Speaker 1: he bypasses a hotel and takes you to the barn.
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  Speaker 1: Because God has a way of turning a barn into
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  Speaker 1: a penthouse suite. Don't be afraid of the gifts God gives.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's Christmas morning and you're excited and you're
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  Speaker 1: all dressed up and you're ready to hurry up and
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  Speaker 1: get home and open up gifts and eat turkeys. But
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  Speaker 1: touch three or four people and tell them God is
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  Speaker 1: up to something. Yes, God is up to something. In
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  Speaker 1: every barn, in every manger, with the mooing of every cow,
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  Speaker 1: the gathering of every lamb, in the midst of every
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  Speaker 1: gathering of hay and goats and sheep, God is up
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  Speaker 1: to something. Anytime God takes a holy thing and puts
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  Speaker 1: it in a mundane thing, God is up to something.
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  Speaker 1: Anytime God promised you a blessing and you see yourself
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  Speaker 1: going down instead of up, God is up to something.
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  Speaker 1: Anytime God takes you outside of the system, who am
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  Speaker 1: I preaching to?
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  Speaker 2: God! God is.
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  Speaker 1: He's up to something. Stop being afraid of change. Because
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  Speaker 1: whenever God is getting ready to rearrange your life, you've
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  Speaker 1: got to open up and say, change whatever needs to
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  Speaker 1: be changed. Move whatever needs to be moved. Shake whatever
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  Speaker 1: needs to be shaken. I'm available to you. I trust you.
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  Speaker 1: I opened this gift by faith. God is up to something.
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  Speaker 1: Take a look inside. Fear not, Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not. Calm down.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph, you're so troubled that you're worried in your sleep.
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  Speaker 1: And I had to speak to you in your dreams.
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  Speaker 1: Because when you're awake, you're so worried you're not listening
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  Speaker 1: to me. And so I invaded the only space left
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  Speaker 1: available to speak to you. When you finally give up
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  Speaker 1: on your thoughts long enough to hear my thoughts, I
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  Speaker 1: spoke to you in the night because you're not listening
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  Speaker 1: at me in the light. Fear not, Joseph. Hold somebody's
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  Speaker 1: hand and say, fear not. The Lord is with you.
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  Speaker 2: Here are a few.
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  Speaker 1: Testimonies points that I want you to get out of
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  Speaker 1: this text. He says, fear not Joseph, that that is
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  Speaker 1: within Mary has been conceived by the Holy Ghost. What
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  Speaker 1: he is saying, stop worrying about how things are going
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  Speaker 1: to turn out. Because whatever God starts... He will finish it. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I want you to get the beauty of this. See,
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  Speaker 1: that that is in Mary, Joseph, you didn't start it.
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  Speaker 1: And if you didn't start it, baby, to every person
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  Speaker 1: who's on a new adventure that's intimidating and terrifying and
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  Speaker 1: it's got you upset, as long as you didn't start it,
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about how to finish it.
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  Speaker 1: He that has began a good work in you.
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  Speaker 2: Shout. Oh, I feel like preaching. Shout.
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  Speaker 1: Shout. Oh, I feel like shouting. It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: all right. He's Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end.
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  Speaker 1: He's the first and the last. If God starts it.
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  Speaker 1: He'll finish it. Throw your hands up and say, finish it, Lord.
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  Speaker 1: But this second point is the one that mesmerized me.
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  Speaker 1: For in the text, it says that even after Joseph
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  Speaker 1: woke up, he walked on with Mary, his bride, for
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  Speaker 1: nine months, never consummating his marriage with her.
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  Speaker 2: Just walking beside.
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  Speaker 1: A woman that he loved, that he espoused, that he
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  Speaker 1: married but didn't touch. What is God trying to tell us?
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  Speaker 1: Don't touch things while God is working on them. I said, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand why he couldn't touch her because the
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  Speaker 1: baby is already conceived and developing.
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  Speaker 2: It wouldn't have done any damage.
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  Speaker 1: He said, that's the problem with my people. While I'm
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  Speaker 1: working on something, you have to be still and let
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  Speaker 1: God be God. And then he said, remember Uzzah? When
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  Speaker 1: David was bringing back the Ark of the Covenant and
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  Speaker 1: Uzzah reached out and touched it and the Bible said
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  Speaker 1: that Uzzah died, God said, tell my people, don't touch
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  Speaker 1: my stuff. When I'm working it out, don't call anybody,
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  Speaker 1: don't write anybody, be still. Oh my God, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what kind of Christmas message this is. Three people
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  Speaker 1: say don't touch it. Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
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  Speaker 2: Don't touch. Don't touch. Don't touch.
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  Speaker 1: Don't touch it. Don't touch it. God's not finished with it.
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  Speaker 1: Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
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  Speaker 2: God's not through with it yet.
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  Speaker 1: Don't touch it. It's still up under construction. Don't touch it.
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  Speaker 1: It's still up under development. Don't touch it.
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  Speaker 3: Still to come on The Potter's Touch.
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  Speaker 1: Fear not. The Lord is with you. That that is
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  Speaker 1: in you is conceived by the Holy Ghost. Take your
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  Speaker 1: hands off it. Let God handle it. He that has
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  Speaker 1: began a good work in you shall perform it unto
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  Speaker 1: the day of Jesus Christ. When you have it, wrap
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  Speaker 1: it up in the word. Because all those things that
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  Speaker 1: you put in the word, the enemy can never kill you.
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  Speaker 5: He has a place in mind.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody ought to thank God for shut doors.
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  Speaker 5: A peace in store.
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  Speaker 1: God can give you some things that your money cannot buy.
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  Speaker 5: And provision for your need.
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  Speaker 1: He already had the manger in place. While man was
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  Speaker 1: shutting doors.
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  Speaker 5: So don't be afraid of the gift God gives.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be afraid when he bypasses a hotel and takes
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  Speaker 1: you to the barn. Because God had the way of
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  Speaker 1: turning a barn into a penthouse suite. Don't be afraid
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  Speaker 1: of the gift God gives.
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  Speaker 5: For helping us reach others with your best gift.
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  Speaker 4: We would like to give you Don't Be Afraid of
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  Speaker 4: the Gift God Gives on CD, as well as a
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  Speaker 5: Our Blessed and Loved calendar, a Blessed and Loved.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus would remind us of this point again when he
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  Speaker 1: rose from the dead. And Mary in her excitement got
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  Speaker 1: ready to reach out and touch him. And he said,
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  Speaker 1: touch me not. For I have not yet ascended to
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  Speaker 1: my father. To everybody who's on their way up, look
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  Speaker 1: at somebody and say, touch me not. In other words,
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  Speaker 1: don't put your hands on me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm on my way up.
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  Speaker 1: I can feel a change and a breaking of day.
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  Speaker 1: Who am I preaching to?
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  Speaker 2: The third.
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  Speaker 1: Takeaway I want you to know is that God doesn't
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  Speaker 1: wait till people reject you to have a place prepared
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  Speaker 1: for you. He already had the manger in place while
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  Speaker 1: man was shutting doors. God already had a place set
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  Speaker 1: up for you. Your mission, should you accept it, is
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  Speaker 1: to find the place that God has for you. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible says that when he found the place and the
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  Speaker 1: Virgin Mary got ready to birth the child, They were
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  Speaker 1: looking for something to put the baby in. The horses
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  Speaker 1: had nothing. The sheep had nothing. The goat had nothing.
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  Speaker 1: But over by the cows where the women had been
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  Speaker 1: milking the cows, there were some rags, what you call
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  Speaker 1: swaddling clothes. Swaddling clothes are milk rags. They catch the milk.
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  Speaker 1: And so they took the milk rags and wrapped it
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  Speaker 1: around the baby Jesus. And it was appropriate that he
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  Speaker 1: should be dressed in milk rags because he is the
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  Speaker 1: milk of the word. And when they took the milk
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  Speaker 1: rags and they wrapped it around the milk of the word,
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  Speaker 1: all the animals stopped their lowing and the stars began
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  Speaker 1: to shine. And the heavens opened up and the wise
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  Speaker 1: men pulled up and said, this is the place. I
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  Speaker 1: want to tell somebody who's been wondering where to fit
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  Speaker 1: and who you fit in with and where you belong.
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  Speaker 1: I want to tell you. This is the place.
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  Speaker 2: This is the place.
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  Speaker 1: Where the magic and miracles happens. This is the place
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  Speaker 1: where God turns things around. And this is the place
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  Speaker 1: that no weapon formed against you shall be able to prosper.
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  Speaker 1: Outside of this place, they were trying to kill him.
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  Speaker 1: But inside of this place, I want to tell you
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  Speaker 1: that he that dwelleth in the secret place of the
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  Speaker 1: Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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  Speaker 1: I want to tell you the only reason that you
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  Speaker 1: are still here today is because you found the place
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  Speaker 1: where the wicked shall cease from troubling and the weary.
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  Speaker 2: Shall be at rest.
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  Speaker 1: And all the saints of the ages shall sit at
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  Speaker 1: his feet And be blessed. Every gift God ever gave me.
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  Speaker 1: Scared me to death. He called me to preach. It
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  Speaker 1: scared me to death. He called me to pastor. It
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  Speaker 1: scared me to death. He told me to leave West
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  Speaker 1: Virginia and come to Dallas. It scared me to death.
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  Speaker 1: Told me to walk away from a full time job.
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  Speaker 2: It scared me to death. I'm a living witness.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be afraid of the gifts God gives. They may
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  Speaker 1: scare you in their early stages. But if you keep
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  Speaker 1: on walking by faith, God has a way of working
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  Speaker 1: through the tight places. I come as a messenger. I
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  Speaker 1: come as an angel to bring a word to a
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  Speaker 1: worried generation.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not. The Lord is with you. That that is
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  Speaker 2: in you is conceived.
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  Speaker 1: By the Holy Ghost. Take your hands off it. Let
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  Speaker 1: God handle it. He that has began a good work
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  Speaker 1: in you shall perform it unto the day of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ when you have it wrap it up in the
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  Speaker 1: word because all those things that you put in the
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  Speaker 1: word the enemy can never kill.
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  Speaker 2: From the throne of God through the lips of man
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  Speaker 2: Merry Christmas to you. We'll be right back after this.
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  Speaker 5: He has a place in mind.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody ought to thank God for shut doors.
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  Speaker 5: A peace in store.
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  Speaker 1: God can give you some things that your money cannot buy.
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  Speaker 5: And provision for your need.
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  Speaker 2: He already had the manger ready. In place. While man
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  Speaker 2: was shutting doors.
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  Speaker 5: So don't be afraid of the gift God gives.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be afraid when he bypasses a hotel and takes
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  Speaker 1: you to the barn. Because God had the way of
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  Speaker 1: turning a barn into a penthouse suite. Don't be afraid
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  Speaker 1: of the gift God gives.
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  Speaker 5: For helping us reach others with your best gift.
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: We would like to give you Don't Be Afraid of
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: the Gift God Gives on CD, as well as a
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: bonus message, The Rainmaker, on DVD. And when your gift
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: is $ 150 or more, receive our Blessed and Loved calendar,
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: a Blessed and Loved journal for recording your experiences to
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: new heights, and our Blessed and Loved Inspiration Cup when
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: you visit our website or call 1-800-BISHOP-2 today.
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  Speaker 3: Just in time for the holidays, Bishop T.D. Jakes and
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  Speaker 3: Christmas classics like Silent Night, The Christmas Story, O Holy Night,
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  Speaker 1: I sense a strong call of God in this room.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's Christmas. I know we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: fun all day. But let's do something important. If you
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  Speaker 1: are in this room or anywhere under the sound of
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  Speaker 1: my voice and things are not right between you and God,
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  Speaker 1: whether that means you've never given your life to him
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  Speaker 1: or whether it means that you've given your life straight away,
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  Speaker 1: come on now. This isn't about reindeer. Why don't you
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  Speaker 1: make a decision to give your life to.
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  Speaker 2: Christ right now?
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  Speaker 1: The tree I'm talking about is the tree of life.
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  Speaker 1: And the gift that ought to be up under it
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  Speaker 1: is you. Why don't you bring your gift... up under
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  Speaker 1: the tree of life, and let it work for you.
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  Speaker 1: As we close today, I pray God's choices and blessings
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  Speaker 1: rest upon you in this season in particular as we
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  Speaker 1: begin to recognize that every gift God gives doesn't come
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  Speaker 1: in special situations, not in visions of grandeur, nor in
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  Speaker 1: opulence or comfort. Sometimes it comes born in a manger
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  Speaker 1: and wrapped in swaddling clothes. Irregardless of the wrapping, my
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  Speaker 1: challenge to you is don't you be afraid of God's
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  Speaker 1: gift in your life.
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  Speaker 2: Think about that today.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, have a blessed day.