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Speaker 1: Good morning family, Good morning God bless you. Welcome back
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Speaker 1: to the Morning Devo as you Bro Sam Lopez aka
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Speaker 1: we're back there too. So listen, let's go for it. Today.
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Speaker 1: It's Friday, so we change gears. We switch gears, we
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Speaker 1: get into authentic imitationology. This is episode one hundred and
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Speaker 1: thirty one. Can you believe it? One hundred and thirty
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Speaker 1: one times on a Friday, we got together trying our
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Speaker 1: very best to imitate the most successful person who has
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Speaker 1: ever lived on this planet Earth, the Lord Jesus himself
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Speaker 1: through his word by way of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Speaker 1: And because we have the promises, we have the word,
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Speaker 1: we have the authority of God's word. Amen, we could
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Speaker 1: do what God says we could do according to his
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Speaker 1: word and according to his scripture. Podcast promotion. Thank you
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Speaker 1: so much for allowing me to share this in your group.
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Speaker 1: So today we're talking about overcoming barriers, barriers that you
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Speaker 1: have and that I have when we're presenting the gospel.
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Speaker 1: Although every believer, let me read my notes and let
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Speaker 1: me check the volume first. There you go. Every believer
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Speaker 1: is called to share the gospel, right, and we know
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Speaker 1: that many struggle with fears, doubts, or excuses because a
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Speaker 1: lot of times we'll say, this is the reason why
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Speaker 1: I don't share the gospel in this area to this person,
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Speaker 1: to that person. Those reasons are actually excuses sometimes that
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Speaker 1: prevent us from speaking up. The good news is that
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Speaker 1: God provides the strength. He provides the wisdom and courage
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Speaker 1: to push past these barriers or those barriers or whatever
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Speaker 1: is hindering you or stopping you from sharing your faith
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Speaker 1: with somebody else. To be in Matthew Chapter ten, Versus
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Speaker 1: nineteen and twenty. Matthew Chapter ten, Versus nineteen and twenty.
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Speaker 1: Were got to check this out today in the morning, devil,
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Speaker 1: so that way we could be better at sharing our gospel,
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Speaker 1: the gospel of the Lord, God's gospel. Amen. We're gonna
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Speaker 1: be better at sharing what God wants us to share.
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Speaker 1: And sometimes we'll use words. Amen. A lot of times
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Speaker 1: we don't even have to use words. A lot of
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Speaker 1: times people are just watching. Once you say you're born again,
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Speaker 1: Christian people are watching. They want to know how you respond, react,
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Speaker 1: how you speak, how you talk. Are you including yourself
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Speaker 1: in crazy activities or not? Saying no sometimes gets into
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Speaker 1: a lonely space. I know, amen, so, but it's worth it.
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Speaker 1: Once you say you're born again and you start saying
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Speaker 1: no to sin, saying no to hanging out and drinking
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Speaker 1: and smoking and having premarital or external affairs. Once you
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Speaker 1: say no, you start seeing and start realizing the power
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Speaker 1: of God that lives within you, a man to give
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Speaker 1: you the ability to give you the power to say
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Speaker 1: no first and almost because if you're honest, you know
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Speaker 1: that before we were born again, before you got saved,
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Speaker 1: before you were transformed by the renewing of our hearts
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Speaker 1: and minds, we could not say no to anything that
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Speaker 1: was sinfle We will slave to those we are in bondage.
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Speaker 1: We were slaves to sin before the Savior change our
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Speaker 1: lives and set us free from the bondages of sin.
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Speaker 1: So today breaking and overcoming barriers Matthew ten nineteen and twenty.
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Speaker 1: If you have any questions, comments, concerns, prayer requests, or
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Speaker 1: anything along those lines. The Live chat is open. If
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Speaker 1: only do we have a live chat there, we have
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Speaker 1: an interactive Bible. We have a place where you could
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Speaker 1: say take notes, a place where you can subscribe to
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Speaker 1: welcome back. Let's go forward. We'll pray. After we pray,
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Speaker 1: we share this out for like sixty seconds, you know
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Speaker 1: the routine. If you've been following or you've been coming
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Speaker 1: to the morning DeVos, we share this out and then
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Speaker 1: when we come back, we'll get right into today's morning devo.
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Speaker 1: You ready, Father, I thank you in the name of
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Speaker 1: Jesus for this day, for this time, for this moment,
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Speaker 1: for this place, for this space, for this time that
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Speaker 1: we can devote time to your word to get together
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Speaker 1: with other believers and any people who don't believe that.
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Speaker 1: We rely on your Holy Spirit to move the hearts,
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Speaker 1: including my heart, of every single person who's willing to listen,
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Speaker 1: every single person is willing to understand, every single person
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Speaker 1: who is seeking truth, love, mercy, and grace. Thank you,
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Speaker 1: Log that you show up and our quest for truth,
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Speaker 1: That you show up in our need for mercy, That
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Speaker 1: you show up in our need of grace, that you
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Speaker 1: show up in our need for truth. Thank you, Lord God,
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Speaker 1: that you are here with us and you are loving God.
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Speaker 1: You are love, Lord God. So we thank you that
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Speaker 1: in you we have all things that lead to life,
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Speaker 1: and that we could overcome barriers. We could overcome fears,
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Speaker 1: we could overcome rejection, we could overcome excuses, we could
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Speaker 1: overcome doubts by knowing that You are in us and
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Speaker 1: working through us. So I speak life. I had your
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Speaker 1: protection over us right now in the physical, the mental,
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Speaker 1: and the spiritual. Thank you, Lord God for protecting God
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Speaker 1: in regarding my family, myself, my wife, our children, our grandchildren,
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Speaker 1: our family members from the very youngest and the very oldest,
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Speaker 1: and every single person in between, even our enemies. Bless them.
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Speaker 1: As well, that they would turn to you and not
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Speaker 1: be outside of what you have I have for them
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Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God. I pray that same prayer
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Speaker 1: over every single person on the other side of the
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Speaker 1: screen and on the other side of this mic. And
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Speaker 1: I say amen to these prayers because I know God
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Speaker 1: answers them according to every single individual situation that's going
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Speaker 1: on right now. And if you agree, we say amen
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Speaker 1: to the Amen. So let's go for it. Help me
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Speaker 1: share this out sixty seconds. We're gonna share this out.
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Speaker 1: When we come back, we're gonna get right into today's
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Speaker 1: morning Devo Overcoming Barriers on Friday's Authentic Imitationlogy. I'll be
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Speaker 1: right back about that. I put down the wrong volume here,
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Speaker 1: Hey man, thank you so much for hanging out and
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Speaker 1: sharing and helping me shut us out. Let's go for it,
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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. Let's go into the word for the
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Speaker 1: God's word is God is found and a man, and
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Speaker 1: that is his word, that is his will. That is
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Speaker 1: why he left us behind. Amen to show us his
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Speaker 1: will and purpose for all lives today. And I know
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Speaker 1: a lot of people don't like that, a lot of
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Speaker 1: people thinking there's no way that that guy's word. I
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Speaker 1: see debates all the time online and on YouTube, and
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Speaker 1: people always say, how do you know that the Bible
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Speaker 1: is true? How do you know that Christianity is the
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Speaker 1: only right religion? And how do you know this? How
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Speaker 1: do you know that? And unfortunately people are still thinking
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Speaker 1: it's an argument by saying by saying that man created
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Speaker 1: the Bible, man wrote the Bible. And I'm like, is
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Speaker 1: that an argument? Was that a statement? We know men
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Speaker 1: wrote down the Bible, but they were inspired men of God.
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Speaker 1: It's like taking a pen and writing a letter. Have
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Speaker 1: you ever took a pen and wrote a letter? Did
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Speaker 1: the pen write the letter or did you write the letter?
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Speaker 1: I mean, we know that books, manuscripts, scriptures, tablets, except
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Speaker 1: the Ten Commandments that was written by the finger of
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Speaker 1: God himself, But writings are written by human beings, and
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Speaker 1: we know that a man. That's really not an argument.
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Speaker 1: I think that's just an excuse of why people don't
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Speaker 1: go to God, or why people don't want to investigate
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Speaker 1: the claims of the Lord Jesus. It becomes excuses. So
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Speaker 1: when we're approaching somebody, we need to approach them in
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Speaker 1: love and understanding, and even though we might hear those
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Speaker 1: arguments that are so very weak. Amen, don't make fun
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Speaker 1: of nobody, don't disrespect Just listen because that's where they're at.
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Speaker 1: Listen right now, have respectful where they are spiritually, that's
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Speaker 1: where they are, and they walk. They come against the
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Speaker 1: Bible because it can't be true. Well, I ain't never
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Speaker 1: thought the Bible was true either, before Jesus saved my life.
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Speaker 1: What about you, Amen, So be respectful, be mindful of
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Speaker 1: people's stories. I can say that now right. But before
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Speaker 1: Christ changed my life, I was on the other side
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Speaker 1: of the fence saying, yeah, how do you know the
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Speaker 1: Bible is true? Or how do you know Christianity is
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Speaker 1: how do you know Jesus was really alive? I had
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Speaker 1: the same questions. So I don't point fingers. Amen. Everybody's
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Speaker 1: a different level of their spirituality and they walk. So
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Speaker 1: we have to be mindful and respectful. Amen. Even though
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Speaker 1: I would like to say something right away when somebody
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Speaker 1: says that about the Bible being written by men, but
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Speaker 1: I hold my tongue and I listen more intently and intentional, Amen,
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Speaker 1: to find out what's really behind that type of argument
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Speaker 1: in their lives. Matthew Chapter ten verses nineteen and twenty,
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Speaker 1: Jesus said, but when they hand you over, do not
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Speaker 1: worry about how or what you are to say or
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Speaker 1: what you are to say, will be given you within
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Speaker 1: that very hour, For it is not you speaking. But
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Speaker 1: this is beautiful. It's not you speaking, but the Spirit
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Speaker 1: of your Father speaking through you. You hear that this
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Speaker 1: is the Lord Jesus speaking telling us that when we
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Speaker 1: are handed over, in other words, when we're in front
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Speaker 1: of certain people, when we're in front of people, don't
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Speaker 1: be worried about what you're gonna say. And this happens
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Speaker 1: to me often, I'm like, oh, what am I gonna
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Speaker 1: say to these people, to this person in front of
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Speaker 1: me that they're challenging me, they're challenging the gospel, or
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Speaker 1: maybe they say, listen, I'm going through a hard time.
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Speaker 1: I need prayer. I don't know what to do sometimes
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Speaker 1: and I don't know what to say, but I totally
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Speaker 1: know where to go and who to rely on, Holy Spirit, God,
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Speaker 1: the Father, the Spirit of God speaking through me, and
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Speaker 1: he will do the same thing for you. You ever
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Speaker 1: been in a place where you don't know what to say?
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Speaker 1: Ever been in a spot where you don't know what
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Speaker 1: to do. Aymen, don't worry. The Bible says, don't worry.
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Speaker 1: That's why I tether people. You're gonna have me worrying. Man,
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Speaker 1: there's enough things to worry about. I'm not gonna be
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Speaker 1: worrying about tomorrow. I'm not gonna be run about today.
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Speaker 1: I M not gonna be running about what's gonna happen.
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Speaker 1: A man, I'm relying on the Holy Spirit, the Spirit
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Speaker 1: of the Father speaking through me, protecting me, guided me,
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Speaker 1: and guarded me. And you, my friend, can rely on
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Speaker 1: the same spirit that rose Jesus from the grave, is
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Speaker 1: the same spirit that lives in you if you gave
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Speaker 1: your life to the Lord and Savior, the Lord Jesus.
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Speaker 1: You can cross reference this with Mark chapter thirteen, verses
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Speaker 1: eleven to thirteen and Luke Chapter twenty one, verses twelve
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Speaker 1: to nineteen. It's in the scriptures, in the Gospels. A man, Matthew, Mark, Luke,
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Speaker 1: and John so overcoming barriers, and we're gonna do this. Man,
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Speaker 1: We're gonna overcome these barriers because the enemy is a liar.
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Speaker 1: He doesn't want us to open our mouths. He doesn't
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Speaker 1: want us to approach anyone with the gospel. He doesn't
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Speaker 1: want us to do anything a man. He just want
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Speaker 1: us to sit down, be being worried, and he doesn't
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Speaker 1: want us to say anything. He just wants us to
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Speaker 1: go away. Good morning, sister June. Good morning, God bless you.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the morning deep with my sister. Amen. Amen.
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Speaker 1: So that's where I'm at right now. My heart is
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Speaker 1: always that safe has always been to go and share
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Speaker 1: what I know to be true a man with somebody else,
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Speaker 1: sharing the Gospel. I was an evangelist at heart. God
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Speaker 1: knew I was going to be out here doing something
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Speaker 1: on concerning his name, something concerning his kingdom, something concerning
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Speaker 1: the gospel message. And when I knew, I was commissioned
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Speaker 1: and I was positioned to go out there and preach
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Speaker 1: the gospel, baptize people in the name of the Father's
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Speaker 1: Son and the Holy Spirit. God already knew that I
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Speaker 1: was all about that life. Amen. In the world, I
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Speaker 1: was trying to do things that will gather people together,
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Speaker 1: many people together. Amen. In a place now in Christ,
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Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God, I'm still trying to do
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Speaker 1: the gathering of people together, but now this time I
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Speaker 1: want them to have the eternal life that Jesus promised
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Speaker 1: all those who come to him for forgiveness. He will
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Speaker 1: forgive you, and he will place his Holy Spirit to
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Speaker 1: live within you in this side of so that way
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Speaker 1: he will lead you and guide you and guard you
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Speaker 1: and put you in a position of blessing, so that
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Speaker 1: way you could be a blessing to others as well.
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Speaker 1: It's an amazing exchange. Man. Don't gobble up the temporary
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Speaker 1: sin and call that a day, call it like, well,
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Speaker 1: that's all that I have. No, you're shortchanging your life
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Speaker 1: by rejecting the gospel message. By not following the Lord
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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. You are actually rejecting the very one that
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Speaker 1: can give you an abundant life, the everyone who promised
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Speaker 1: you eternal life, the everyone who is always saying the truth,
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Speaker 1: always speaking the truth, the very same one that's giving
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Speaker 1: you the grace the mercy. Don't reject your source of love.
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Speaker 1: Don't reject the truth, the way the life. Do not
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Speaker 1: reject the Lord Jesus Christ. Not another day. Don't let
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Speaker 1: this day go by and be like, you know what,
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Speaker 1: that's good for the church, and that's good for them
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Speaker 1: those religious people. That's not for me. I'm saying that
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Speaker 1: with conviction, because that's what I used to say before
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Speaker 1: the Lord changed my life. I used to always hear
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Speaker 1: about Jesus and say, well, that was for the Jewish people,
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Speaker 1: that was for those people in church, that was for
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Speaker 1: the Catholic priests. I have all these prejudgments who the
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Speaker 1: Gospel was for. I never included myself, and somebody right
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Speaker 1: now is in the same situation. You never include yourself
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Speaker 1: when it comes to Jesus dying for your sins. You
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Speaker 1: never include yourself when it comes to the church that's
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Speaker 1: on fire for God. You never include yourself when it
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Speaker 1: says that God will forgive you or your sins, and
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Speaker 1: he will separate your sins as far as east is
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Speaker 1: to west Man. Fear of rejection is one of the
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Speaker 1: biggest problems that people have when it comes to sharing
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Speaker 1: their faith. What to say. It's another excuse like I
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Speaker 1: don't know what to say. I don't want to be
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Speaker 1: rejected even when I say something. Those are barriers, and
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Speaker 1: because of those barriers, a lot of us are silent. Right,
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Speaker 1: Studies are out there. I don't know how they make
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Speaker 1: these studies, but they said it's a small percentage of
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Speaker 1: Christians even sharing with anybody since they got saved. I
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Speaker 1: don't know how they get those stats. Maybe they're asking
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Speaker 1: they must be calling people up and asking people taking surveys,
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Speaker 1: and now they have to rely on the validity of
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Speaker 1: those surveys. And those people who are taking the surveys,
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Speaker 1: are they really Christian? Are they really telling the truth?
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Speaker 1: Or they're just filling out questions? So, you know, I
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Speaker 1: don't really hold too hard to those stats that people
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Speaker 1: are putting out through surveys because a lot of people
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Speaker 1: are not honest, and a lot of people are not Christian.
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Speaker 1: I think that Christian just because they're in a society
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Speaker 1: that it's easy to say I'm a Christian, but I'm
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Speaker 1: doing X y Z. At the same time, I'm a Christian,
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Speaker 1: but in a lifestyle that's an abomination to God. I'm
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Speaker 1: a Christian, but I never go to church. I'm a Christian,
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Speaker 1: I never read the word. I'm a Christian, but I
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Speaker 1: don't follow Jesus like a lot of people are saying
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Speaker 1: they're Christian in the United States of America. Right, So
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Speaker 1: I don't really hold tight to those surveys and to
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Speaker 1: those stats. God promises to give us wisdom and courage, right,
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Speaker 1: We'll get the wisdom. Sometimes you show up, open your mouth,
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Speaker 1: rely on Holy Spirit to speak to the person or
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Speaker 1: to the people that are in front of you with respect, gentleness, kindness,
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Speaker 1: mercy and love, and see what God would do through
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Speaker 1: that moment. See what God will do to those hearts.
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Speaker 1: Will we get rejected, yes, Will we be hated yes,
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Speaker 1: Scripture says they hated Jesus first. The spirit of the
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Speaker 1: Antichrist is all up in here, so they're gonna hate
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Speaker 1: us too. But sometimes God has been working on somebody
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Speaker 1: or some people for so long that they've been He's
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Speaker 1: been sending people to witness to them, preach the gospel,
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Speaker 1: to share the gospels, to share their testimonies of how
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Speaker 1: God changed their lives. And you might be the person,
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Speaker 1: the blessed person to be right there at the time
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Speaker 1: that this person or those people in front of you
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Speaker 1: are finally going to give their lives to the Lord. Amen,
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Speaker 1: And you get to see a soul winning situation right
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Speaker 1: there in front of your eyes. And that is amazing. Amen.
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Speaker 1: Blessed is my sister friend, Celia, God bless you. Welcome
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Speaker 1: back to the morning Devo, my system and my friend.
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Speaker 1: So I'm telling you that it's exciting. When you share
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Speaker 1: who you know with somebody who doesn't know Jesus is
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Speaker 1: an amazing situation. You actually see Holy Spirit God moving
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Speaker 1: in that person's heart, in that person's life. And for me,
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Speaker 1: when I saw in my first conversion of something I
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Speaker 1: was involved with and I saw a soul saved come
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Speaker 1: to the altar give their life to the Lord, I
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Speaker 1: was sold out. From that point, I was like, there
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Speaker 1: it is. We see. We see what God's word and
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Speaker 1: his power could do to a life who was rejecting
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Speaker 1: him for many years. And now they're in Christ, and
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Speaker 1: to this very day, a lot of them are still
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Speaker 1: following the Lord from what I've known. Good morning, since
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Speaker 1: the joys, I see you, God, bless you. Thank you
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Speaker 1: for the blessings to the group in Jesus name. It's
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Speaker 1: good to see you, my system, my friend. Amen. So
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Speaker 1: evangelism is not about being perfect sharing the gospel and
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Speaker 1: sharing the testimony and doing things like I'm doing right
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Speaker 1: now in the podcast. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes
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Speaker 1: all the time or a lot of times. Amen. I
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Speaker 1: try not to. But this is not a script, this
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Speaker 1: is not rehearsed. I'm not editing videos and using AI
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Speaker 1: for xyz on the video or on the audio. I'm
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Speaker 1: here relying on Holy Spirit early in the morning to
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Speaker 1: give me the words to speak, because I know there
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Speaker 1: are people watching or listening right now that are in
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Speaker 1: desperate need of a move a God in their life.
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Speaker 1: They're in desperate need of a miracle. They're in a
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Speaker 1: desperate need of salvation. They're in of an abundant breakthrough
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Speaker 1: when it comes to relationships, when it comes to money, finances, health,
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Speaker 1: God will give you the courage, wisdom, and strength to
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Speaker 1: do what God wants you to do in your life today.
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Speaker 1: Evangelism is not about being perfect. It's about being willing.
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Speaker 1: It's about being available. It's about trusting and Holy Spirit
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Speaker 1: that lives and breathes in you and in me. If
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Speaker 1: you're born again, hey man, here's some examples. Praying with
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Speaker 1: a coworker who's struggling and gently pointing them to Christ.
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Speaker 1: That's evangelism, ladies and gentlemen. Because you're trusting in God,
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Speaker 1: so hear the prayer that you're praying for your coworker
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Speaker 1: while they're going through a struggling in life. They won't
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Speaker 1: never forget that they might not understand what you're doing
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Speaker 1: or what I do. They might not agree with who
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Speaker 1: we believe in, but they're going to sense the power
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Speaker 1: of God's Holy Spirit, the one who lives within us. Amen.
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Speaker 1: And when you lay hands, I always ask permission? Is
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Speaker 1: it okay? If I put my hand on his shoulder,
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Speaker 1: it's it okay? If I put my hand on your head?
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Speaker 1: Is it okay? That if I pray for you out loud? Permission?
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Speaker 1: Right now? They say no, I don't need your prayer
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Speaker 1: to want your prayer. Listen, you can still pray. Why
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Speaker 1: not be right there? Well, when you walk away, say
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Speaker 1: God bless you walk away? You could speak to the
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Speaker 1: Father Amen, on behalf of that person that's rejecting him.
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Speaker 1: God is good. Amen. Yes, it's the joys. Oh, I'm
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Speaker 1: trying to speak God's word, which is always good. Amen.
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your comment and your encouragement.
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Speaker 1: So here's another example. Posting scripture and personal testimonies online
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Speaker 1: in a genuine way, right, be genuine about the scriptures.
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Speaker 1: I know a lot of people put scriptures up and
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Speaker 1: try to weaponize scriptures and make their point and get
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Speaker 1: that point across, or to reject a certain part of society.
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Speaker 1: They'll put a scripture up and say ha ha. The
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Speaker 1: word says x Y. Now you have to deal with
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Speaker 1: it by that's not genuine. Listen, if God gave you,
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Speaker 1: if God gave you a word or scripture to share it, share,
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Speaker 1: go ahead, share it. Be intentional and be mindful that
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Speaker 1: God's watching over his word. To perform with the word
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Speaker 1: was intended to perform. People who weaponize the scriptures for
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Speaker 1: their own personal gain a man manipulate people. God's watching that,
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Speaker 1: and they're going to be held accountable for everything they
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Speaker 1: do as well as I'm going to be held accountable
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Speaker 1: for everything I've done with the gospel and where God's work,
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Speaker 1: and you're going to be hell accountable. Like no one escapes.
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Speaker 1: God is watching over all of us. He's that big
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Speaker 1: of a God. People think, oh, I could just slide
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Speaker 1: through here. God won't notice. God won't see I could
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Speaker 1: just do this to this person or manipulate that person
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Speaker 1: where God's work. God won't know. God knows all. He's
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Speaker 1: all knowing, all loving, all holy, all righteous, omnipresent God.
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Speaker 1: He knows it all, even before we do what we're
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Speaker 1: going to do. How about this offering to pray for
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Speaker 1: a stranger that you meet who shares a burden. Amen,
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Speaker 1: I've never been well. I have been termed now for
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Speaker 1: praying for some people. But it's like a low percentage.
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Speaker 1: Out of one hundred people that asked you, might have
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Speaker 1: I prayed for you, probably ninety nine said yes. On
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Speaker 1: the pony one said no. Amen, at least in my
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Speaker 1: experience and being out there sharing offering to pray for
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Speaker 1: a stranger. How about this inviting someone to church sounds
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Speaker 1: very old school, right, sounds old school. But a lot
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Speaker 1: of people outside of the churches, they don't go because
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Speaker 1: nobody's ever invited them, Right. That's why I wouldn't go
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Speaker 1: where I'm not invited either. Come on, like this is
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Speaker 1: common sense, Like why would I go someplace uninvited, especially
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Speaker 1: if it's a church community. The other day there was
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Speaker 1: a four Nights of Hope and I was in day one,
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Speaker 1: me and my daughter. I bought my ten year old
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Speaker 1: with me. I need her to see the Gospel being
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Speaker 1: witnessed to complete strangers. I need her to see the
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Speaker 1: preaching of the Word just there in neighborhoods that need
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Speaker 1: the Word every neighborhood needs. But you know what I mean,
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Speaker 1: I need her to see things in real life I
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Speaker 1: needed to see the power of God's Holy Spirit, the
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Speaker 1: miracles that can happen, the giving of gifts, and just
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Speaker 1: I need her to see that with her own eyes.
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Speaker 1: So I brought it with me. And the first night
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Speaker 1: they were preaching Amen, and they had a salvation call
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Speaker 1: like an altar call, say, who wants to give their
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Speaker 1: life to the Lord? If you feel God tugging on
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Speaker 1: your heart, it's few. And I saw a young lady
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Speaker 1: raise her hands. She had kids in front of her.
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Speaker 1: And then when it was time, and and the and
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Speaker 1: the preacher said, all right, come to the front. She
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Speaker 1: put her hand down and she was afraid. She was
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Speaker 1: afraid of that invitation. She probably didn't want her kids
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Speaker 1: to see or whatever. And she told I heard her
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Speaker 1: say to a friend, I can't stop crying. This is
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Speaker 1: this is amazing. God is speaking to me. So I
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Speaker 1: kindly and gently went up to her, and I said,
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Speaker 1: I'll go with you. I'll walk up with you. Amen,
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Speaker 1: and your family, don't miss this time. This is between
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Speaker 1: you and the Lord. Don't worry about anything. And I
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Speaker 1: grabbed an arm Amen, and I took her up and
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Speaker 1: I left. She did not know me from a hole
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Speaker 1: in the wall. I didn't even juice myself. Looked at
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Speaker 1: my daughter's step back down. My God was like looking.
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Speaker 1: I said, yeah, that's an important moment. Sometimes all you
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Speaker 1: have to do is help somebody up and help somebody
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Speaker 1: in right to the presence of God, and God would
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Speaker 1: take it from there. That's all it's not. You can't
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Speaker 1: overspiritualize it. Amen. Please don't. When somebody raises their hand
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Speaker 1: and puts their hand down when it comes to salvation,
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Speaker 1: when it comes to giving their life to the Lord,
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Speaker 1: and you see that, kindly go up to that person.
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Speaker 1: This is my suggestion. Kindly go up to that person
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Speaker 1: say listen. I know it might be a little nerve
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Speaker 1: wracking or embarrassing or but I'll go with you to
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Speaker 1: the altars. Amen, try not to miss that moment. It's
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Speaker 1: a beautiful moment and that woman's life will forever be changed.
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Speaker 1: And kids, young kids saw the change in real time,
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Speaker 1: so they could testify when they get older. Amen. I
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Speaker 1: love coming to Churchanne says, you know what I've been through.
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Speaker 1: I have COVID and not be do not want to
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Speaker 1: stress to comfort what happened to me. You know what
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Speaker 1: happened to me. I love walking through indoors and being
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Speaker 1: in there with a lot of people. Okay, I understand,
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Speaker 1: I understand totally, Amen, and Sister Joanne. Sometimes the building
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Speaker 1: is always good to gather with other believers, but maybe
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Speaker 1: you need things like this. But you know, connect, stay
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Speaker 1: connected to the community of Christ, your brothers and sisters
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Speaker 1: and the Lord. Stay connected to the Word of God.
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Speaker 1: Keep on doing your best to try to get an
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Speaker 1: environments in the communities. A man, if you can't get
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Speaker 1: to the church building, make sure your communities like this
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Speaker 1: that want inspire you, encourage you and pray for you.
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Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing and being honest. My sister, so
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Speaker 1: sharing your personal testimony. I'm a testimonial style speaker, Amen.
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Speaker 1: Lots of times I share my testimony and sometimes I don't.
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Speaker 1: It all depends on Holy Spirit. Your story of how
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Speaker 1: Jesus changed your life is a bridge to God and
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Speaker 1: to a way to share the gospel. There's a lot
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Speaker 1: of ways that are practical. Way is to share the gospel.
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Speaker 1: But I'm out of time. Listen, it's the start of
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Speaker 1: a weekend. I'm go have a busy weekend. Lord willing
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Speaker 1: I'll be able to provide some music for an international
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Speaker 1: Day to celebrate cultures around the world, Latino cultures tomorrow.
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Speaker 1: It's a cultural thing. Amen. And hopefully God will give
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Speaker 1: you the wisdom and the courage to do that tomorrow, Amen,
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Speaker 1: from the time of this recording, and that people will
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Speaker 1: be pleased by the music that think want to hear
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Speaker 1: from their countries, from their native countries. Amen. But God
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Speaker 1: bless you. I'll get into the word today. We were
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Speaker 1: in Matthew the number ten verses nineteen and twenty. I
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Speaker 1: suggest you read the whole chapter Matthew, Chapter ten to
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Speaker 1: get the full context of what Jesus was talking about
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Speaker 1: in those scriptures. Amen. Thank you so much for hanging
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Speaker 1: out with me for these morning DeVos. God bless you all.
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Speaker 1: God keep you all, and remember always that God is good. Peace.