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7/23/25 - The Power of Dependency on the Holy Spirit! · LOH Church Archive

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  (EXPLOSION)
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  (ROARING)
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  - GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. ARE YOU READY TO GIVE
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  ALL GLORY, ALL HONOR, AND ALL PRAISE TO THE ONE WHO IS
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  SEATED ON THE THRONE? HOW MANY KNOW THERE IS NO OTHER
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  NAME? THERE IS NO OTHER NAME THAN THE KING OF KINGS.
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  LET'S RAISE IT UP TONIGHT.
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  - COME ON, EVERYBODY. OH, COME ON, YOU CAN DO BETTER
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  THAN THAT. COME ON.
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  WHEN I CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS, WHEN I CALL ON
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  THE NAME OF JESUS, SEE HE HEARS YOU, HE HEARS
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  YOU WHEN YOU CALL. DON'T EVER DOUBT, HE ALWAYS HEARS YOU
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  WHEN YOU CALL. THE BIBLE SAYS, HE NEVER TURNS AWAY YOUR PRAYERS
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  NOR HIS MERCY FROM YOU. YOU GOTTA CALL, YOU GOTTA CALL, YOU
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  GOTTA CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS. SEE, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS
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  LIKE. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT
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  SOUNDS LIKE. OH, SOMEBODY GOTTA GET EXCITED UP IN HERE. COME ON
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  NOW. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE NAME OF JESUS. NOTHING LIKE THE
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  NAME OF JESUS. ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME
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  KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM
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  YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN
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  ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME KING OF ALL
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  KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR
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  MAGNIFICENT NAME KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN ALL
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  NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME KING OF ALL
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  KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR
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  MAGNIFICENT NAME KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN
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  ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME. KING OF ALL
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  KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN. ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR
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  MAGNIFICENT NAME. KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN.
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  ALL NATIONS PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME. KING OF
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  ALL KINGS AND FOREVER YOU REIGN. FOREVER YOU REIGN. ALL NATIONS
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  PROCLAIM YOUR MAGNIFICENT NAME. KING OF ALL KINGS AND FOREVER
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  YOU REIGN. YOU REIGN FOREVER. FOREVER YOU REIGN. LET EVERY
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  NAME FADE AWAY.
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  OH, HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT,
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  FATHER. YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME. WE EXALT YOU.
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  YOUR NAME IS HIGHER. YOUR NAME IS HIGHER. IT'S ABOVE. IT'S
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  ABOVE EVERYTHING. THERE'S NOTHING HIGHER THAN YOUR NAME.
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  AND TODAY WE GIVE YOU GLORY. TONIGHT WE GIVE YOU GLORY. WE
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  MAGNIFY YOUR NAME. WE'VE BEEN ADOPTED INTO YOUR FAMILY AND WE
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  CAN CRY ABBA FATHER. YOU'VE ADOPTED US IN. EVEN THOUGH WE
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  STARTED OUT AS SINNERS, WE BECAME RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF YOU
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  AND WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US. YOU'VE ADOPTED US INTO THE
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  FAMILY SO WE CAN STAND BEFORE YOU AND YOU SEE US AS RIGHTEOUS
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  BEFORE YOU. WE'RE CLEAN BEFORE YOU. OH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK
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  YOU, JESUS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL ON YOU AND RECEIVE YOUR
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  DIRECTION, YOUR WISDOM. THE WISDOM OF THE CREATOR DWELLS
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  WITHIN US. OH, HALLELUJAH. WE GIVE YOU GLORY, LORD. WE GIVE
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  YOU GLORY. THANK YOU, JESUS. JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS AND WORSHIP
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  HIM. JUST GIVE HIM ADORATION. HE DESERVES IT ALL. IF IT WASN'T
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  FOR HIM, WE'D ALL BE ON OUR WAY TO HELL WITH NO HOPE. BUT WE
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  HAVE A DESTINY. WE HAVE A FUTURE. THERE'S A GOOD PLAN FOR
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  US BECAUSE OF WHAT CHRIST JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'VE
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  RECEIVED. THANK YOU, JESUS. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
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  THANK YOU, JESUS. THERE'S A MAN WATCHING OUR BROADCAST, AND I
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  CAN SEE YOU, YOU'RE WEARING A BALL CAP. AND YOU'VE HAD SOME
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  HEALTH CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU'VE ALSO HAD FINANCIAL
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  CHALLENGES. AND THE TWO TOGETHER HAVE CREATED DISTRESS. AND SO
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  NOW THE LORD WANTS YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW TONIGHT THAT
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  THIS IS TURNING AROUND FOR GOOD. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO RIGHT WHERE
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  YOU'RE AT IS START DECLARING AND CONFESSING GOD'S WORD OVER YOUR
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  SITUATION AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THESE THINGS TURN. DON'T
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  TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH CHALLENGES, DON'T TALK ABOUT
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  YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, TALK ABOUT GOD'S BLESSING AND HIS
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  HAND OF GOODNESS TOWARDS YOU AND YOU'RE GONNA START TO SEE THIS
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  REVERSE COURSE AND YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE. HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU
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  TO DO. I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE PRAYER FOR THIS. IF CONTROL,
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  COULD YOU PUT UP THE PRAYER NUMBER FOR THE THE ONLINE
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  AUDIENCE TO SEE? I WANT THIS INDIVIDUAL TO CALL OUR PRAYER
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  LINE TONIGHT. WHENEVER YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, CALL THAT PRAYER
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  LINE. LET THEM KNOW YOU RECEIVED A WORD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND
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  YOU WANT THEM TO PRAY WITH YOU AND CONFIRM, BECAUSE THERE'S
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  POWER IN THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT. AND I WANT YOU TO
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  HAVE THAT CONTACT. SO YOU CAN EMAIL US, OR YOU CAN COMMENT
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  TO US IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE TIME
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  TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TONIGHT AND LET THE PRAYER COUNSELOR KNOW
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  WHAT'S HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE AND THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN
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  AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD OF THE LORD TONIGHT. IN JESUS'
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  NAME, AMEN. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. IS THERE
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  SOMEONE HERE, AND YOU HAVE JUST SAID TO THE LORD
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  WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR IN YOUR FUTURE? I THINK IT'S A
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  BUSINESS IS WHAT I'M BELIEVING, THAT THIS IS CONCERNING MAYBE A
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  BUSINESS IDEA THAT YOU HAVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOD'S GIVEN
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  YOU, HE'S DROPPED IT IN YOUR HEART, IT'S SOMETHING YOU PLAN
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  TO DO, YOU WANT TO DO, YOU'VE EVEN MADE SOME INITIAL STEPS
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  TOWARDS IT, BUT IT HASN'T MANIFESTED AS QUICKLY AS YOU
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  HAVE PLANNED OR THOUGHT IT WOULD. AND GOD WANTS TO CONFIRM
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  THAT TONIGHT, THAT YOU'RE ON TRACK. IS THAT SOMEONE HERE, AND
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  YOU SAY, "I'VE HAD SOME TIMES WHERE DOUBT HAS TRIED TO CREEP
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  IN "AND KEEP ME FROM MOVING FORWARD IN THAT AREA "THAT I
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  KNOW IS MY DESTINY." IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT? ANYONE
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  HERE IN THE CROWD? OKAY, COME UP HERE QUICKLY. HALLELUJAH, THANK
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  YOU, JESUS. I HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT THE LORD'S DROPPED INTO MY
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  HEART. I THINK IT'S PROVERBS 418, AND I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE.
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  LET ME LOOK THIS UP HERE. YEAH, OKAY, PROVERBS 418. HERE'S THE
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  WORD OF THE LORD FOR YOU GUYS. PROVERBS 418. WRITE THIS DOWN,
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  KEEP IT IN YOUR MEMORY, BECAUSE IT SAYS, MAYBE I'M JUST GONNA
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  READ IT. "THE PATH OF THE JUST IS LIKE THE SHINING SUN "THAT
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  SHINES EVER BRIGHTER INTO THE PERFECT DAY." NOW, HERE'S WHAT
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  THAT'S SAYING. YOU'VE HAD A PERIOD OF NIGHTTIME. SOMETIMES
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  IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF DARKNESS THAT YOU'VE HAD TO WALK
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  THROUGH. IT'S BEEN A PERIOD OF TIME. BUT WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO
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  COME UP, IT COMES GRADUALLY AT SUNRISE. YOU START TO SEE THAT
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  PEAK OF SUNSHINE COMING, AND THEN IT MOVES IN OVER TIME TO
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  THAT PERFECT DAY, WHICH MEANS FULL SUNSHINE. SO GOD'S WANTING
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  YOU TO GET THAT IMAGE TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE PAST THE NIGHT
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  SEASON, AND YOU'RE MOVING INTO THAT SUNSHINE BRIGHTNESS OF THE
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  PATH THAT HE HAS FOR YOU, AND HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU NEW
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  DIRECTION, NEW GUIDANCE, AND ASSURANCE THROUGH TONIGHT THAT
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  THIS THING IS TURNING AND IT'S GONNA OPEN UP HIS SUNSHINE,
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  WHICH IS LIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE HAVE GOD'S LIGHT IN
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  THIS SITUATION, THAT'S ALL WE NEED. WHEN HE GIVES US GUIDANCE,
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  WHEN HE GIVES US WISDOM, THEN THAT'S ALL YOU NEED, BECAUSE YOU
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  CAN JUST WALK THROUGH IT, AND YOU CAN DO IT CONFIDENTLY.
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  PASTOR KEITH, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO LAY HANDS ON THESE THREE
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  TONIGHT AND JUST BLESS THEM AND CONFIRM TO THEM THAT THEY'RE ON
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  THE RIGHT TRACK AND THE RIGHT PATH AND AGREE WITH THEM TONIGHT
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  THAT THEY'LL RECEIVE. AND I PRAY FOR SOMEONE WATCHING TONIGHT,
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  THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN YOU. GOD'S LIGHT, HIS BRIGHTNESS IS MOVING
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  TOWARDS YOU AND IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE
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  DIRECTION AND THE WISDOM THAT YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN
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  EVERYTHING THAT GOD'S CALLED YOU TO DO, AND IT'S GONNA COME TO
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  PASS. WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A DREAM OR A VISION OR A HOPE, HE WILL
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  WORK WITH YOU UNTIL IT COMES TO PASS. IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S SLOW
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  IN COMING, BUT THAT NIGHT TURNS TO THE DAWN OF DAY AND SUNSHINE,
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  AND IT WILL HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, WE AGREE
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  NOW. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, JESUS, PRAISE
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  GOD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. I'M JUST WAITING ON GOD
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  HERE. PASTOR KEITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR SPIRIT?
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  (SOFT MUSIC)
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  NOT RIGHT, OKAY. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. JUST
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  WAITING HERE FOR A MOMENT HERE. THANK YOU, JESUS. LET'S
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  JUST PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IS THERE
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  SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'VE HAD, HOW DO I WORD THIS? THIS IS WHAT I'M
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  FEELING, LIKE A DISAGREEMENT OR A FALLING OUT OR MAYBE EVEN,
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  EVEN YOU COULD CALL IT STRIFE. AND I'M SEEING IT BETWEEN A
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  PARENT AND A CHILD OR A CHILD AND A PARENT. MAYBE IT'S YOUR
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  PARENTS OR MAYBE IT'S YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU ARE BELIEVING
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  FOR THIS THING TO BE RESTORED AND PUT BACK TOGETHER. AND IT'S
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  LIKE THE COMMUNICATIONS BEEN CUT OFF. IS THAT SOMEONE HERE THAT
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  YOU NEED THAT COMMUNICATION RESTORED? DO I SEE ANY HANDS?
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  OKAY, COME UP HERE. THANK YOU, JESUS. HERE'S WHAT I'M HEARING
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  GOD SAY IN THIS SITUATION. THIS IS CONFIRMATION THAT, WELL,
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  FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. I MIGHT HAVE TOLD THIS
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  BEFORE. I MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT IT JUST
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  IT MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON ME. SOMEONE IN OUR CHURCH
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  FAMILY WAS DEALING WITH A LIFE
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  -THREATENING HEALTH CHALLENGE, AND THIS WAS A FEW WEEKS BEFORE
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  HE WENT ON TO HEAVEN, BUT HE WOKE UP THAT MORNING AND HE SAID
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  TO HIS WIFE, HE CAME KIND OF LIKE BOUNCING OUT OF, WHAT I
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  PICTURED WAS BOUNCING OUT OF HIS BEDROOM AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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  I KNOW THIS. I KNOW I HAVE NO OUGHT WITH ANY MAN. AND HE HAD
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  THE FREEDOM OF KNOWING THAT THERE WAS NO OUGHT IN HIS HEART.
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  NO OFFENSE CARRIED. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. JESUS TOLD US WE HAVE
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  TO FORGIVE SEVEN TIMES 70. AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANT WAS
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  THERE'S NO LIMIT TO HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO FORGIVE IF
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  WE'RE CARRYING SOMETHING. AND MAYBE YOU THREE, YOU'RE NOT,
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  YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, I'M NOT CARRYING ANY OFFENSE. MAYBE
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  YOU'RE NOT, BUT MAYBE THE OTHER PERSON FEELS THERE'S OFFENSE
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  THERE. AND SO THE HIGHER ROAD IS ALWAYS TO SAY, "I'M SORRY,
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  FORGIVE ME." THAT'S THE HIGH PATH. EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK
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  YOU WRONGED THAT PERSON, IF THERE'S A CHANCE OF IT, DON'T
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  LET ANY OUGHT STAND IN THE WAY. BECAUSE HERE'S MATTHEW 6,
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  CHAPTER 14, I BELIEVE IT'S 14 AND 15, EXPLAIN THIS WELL. IT
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  SAYS THAT IF, BECAUSE GOD'S FORGIVEN US, BUT IF WE DO NOT
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  FORGIVE OTHERS, HE WILL NOT FORGIVE US. THAT'S VERY STRONG.
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  THAT'S A STRONG WORD. I MEAN, THAT MAKES ME SHUDDER TO THINK
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  OF THAT. WE COULD WALK IN A PLACE OF NOT HAVING GOD FORGIVE
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  US IF WE CARRY OFFENSE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANTED
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  TO SAY TO YOU THREE AND ANYONE ELSE WATCHING OR ANYONE ELSE
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  HERE IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE FORGIVEN AND YOU'VE
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  COMMUNICATED THAT. AND THAT WILL OPEN THE DOOR, I BELIEVE, FOR
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  COMMUNICATION. IF YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF, THE BIBLE TALKS A LOT
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  ABOUT HUMILITY, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO. I UNDERSTAND
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  THAT. BUT HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE THE LORD AND BEFORE THAT PERSON
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  AND SAY, I'M SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR WHATEVER MY PART
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  WAS. AND THEN YOU GO ON FROM THERE AND OPEN THAT
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  COMMUNICATION UP. AND SO FATHER, I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME THAT THESE
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  THREE AND ANY OTHERS THAT THIS WOULD APPLY TO AND ANY WATCHING
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  ONLINE, THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DIRECTION ON HOW TO
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  APPROACH THIS SITUATION, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND
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  THAT COMMUNICATION IS RECEIVED BY THE OTHER PARTY, AND THERE IS
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  A REUNION, A REUNITING BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS, BECAUSE YOU
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  DESIRE NO OUGHT. AND LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT WOULD ALSO OPEN
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  OR PAVE THE WAY FOR A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU ON THE
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  PART OF THE OFFENDED PARTIES, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE. AND WE
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  THANK YOU FOR IT AND WE DECLARE IT SO NOW IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF
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  JESUS. AMEN, AMEN. YOU CAN BE SEATED. PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU,
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  JESUS. WE'LL DO THIS. TURN AROUND AND SHAKE HANDS
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  WITH A FEW PEOPLE TONIGHT AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE IN
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  THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AMEN.
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  (GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
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  - GLORY TO GOD, THANK YOU JESUS.
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  - IT IS OFFERING TIME HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND I'M GONNA
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  STEP RIGHT INTO IT THIS EVENING BECAUSE THEY CAN PUT THE
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  SCRIPTURES UP ON THE SCREEN. FIRST, I'M GONNA LOOK AT HEBREWS
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  13, FIVE AND SIX. WE HAVE THAT? OKAY. WELL, IT SAYS, "MAKE SURE
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  THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY, BEING CONTENT
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  WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID, 'I WILL NEVER
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  DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.'" (SOFT PIANO
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  MUSIC) SO THAT WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY, "THE LORD IS MY
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  HELPER. I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?" MY WIFE
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  WAS PRAYING OVER THIS SCRIPTURE RECENTLY IN A UNRELATED MATTER.
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  AND WHEN I HEARD HER READING IT ALOUD, IT JUST HIT MY SPIRIT AND
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  SURGED THROUGH MY ENTIRE BEING. SHE WAS READING IT IN THE
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  AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, AND THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "LET YOUR CHARACTER
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  OR MORAL DISPOSITION BE FREE FROM LOVE OF MONEY, INCLUDING
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  GREED, AVARICE, LUST, AND CRAVING FOR EARTHLY POSSESSIONS.
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  AND BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH
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  WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR HE, GOD HIMSELF, HAS SAID, I WILL NOT IN
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  ANY WAY FAIL YOU, NOR GIVE YOU UP, NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT
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  SUPPORT. I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE
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  YOU HELPLESS, NOR FORSAKE YOU, NOR LET YOU DOWN. RELAX MY HOLD
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  ON YOU. ASSUREDLY NOT. SO WE CAN TAKE COMFORT AND ARE ENCOURAGED
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  AND CONFIDENTLY AND BOLDLY SAY, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER. I WILL
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  NOT BE SEIZED WITH ALARM. I WILL NOT FEAR OR DREAD OR BE
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  TERRIFIED. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?" WELL, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING,
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  OR I'VE BEEN LOOKING, THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE BEEN UP
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  HERE, AT WHY PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO GIVE IN CHURCH. AND WE'VE
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  SEEN, I THINK, THAT ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE REASONS IS FEAR,
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  WHICH OF COURSE IS A LACK OF FAITH. AND IT'S BECAUSE THEIR
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  TRUST IS IN MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. IT'S IN PHYSICAL
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  WEALTH, RICHES, MAMMON, THAT WORLD SYSTEM THAT INFLUENCES
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  PEOPLE IN AN EVIL WAY AND DRIVES THEM TO THE LOVE OF MONEY,
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  GREED, COVETOUSNESS, THE LUST OF THE EYES, THE CRAVING MORE
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  POSSESSIONS. JUST AS THE WRITER OF HEBREWS IS TELLING US IN THIS
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  SCRIPTURE, THEIR TRUST IS NOT IN THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, THE
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  KING OF KINGS, THE LORD OF LORDS, AND HIS ABILITY AND
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  WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR NEEDS. THE BOOK OF
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  HEBREWS IN SUMMARY IS AN EXHORTATION TO REMAIN STEADFAST
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  IN THE FAITH IN SPITE OF TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS THAT ARE GOING
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  TO COME AND REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS ALL SUFFICIENT. HE'S SUPREME.
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  HE'S FULFILLED THE LAW. HE'S PROVIDED US A NEW COVENANT AND
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  THE WRITER HERE IS WARNING THE JEWISH CHRISTIANS OF THE DAY TO
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  NOT FALL AWAY FROM THE FAITH. HE REMINDS HIS AUDIENCE AND US AS
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  WE READ HERE THAT GOD HIMSELF HAS SAID, "I WILL NOT IN ANY WAY
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  FAIL YOU NOR GIVE YOU UP NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SUPPORT. I
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  WILL NOT." NOW WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE CAN GIVE WITHOUT FEAR
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  OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH. WE DON'T HAVE TO DREAD LACK OR
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  INSUFFICIENCY. HE SAYS, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER. I WILL NOT BE
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  SEIZED WITH ALARM. I WILL NOT FEAR OR DREAD OR BE TERRIFIED.
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  WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?" WELL, WHERE WE LEAVE THAT OFF IS KIND
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  OF AN INTERESTING QUESTION. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO US? SO I ASK
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  MYSELF, WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME? CAN HE TURN OFF MY ELECTRICITY?
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  CAN HE CANCEL MY CAR INSURANCE? CAN HE DECLINE MY CREDIT CARD
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  WHEN I'M AT THE GROCERY STORE? CAN HE SEND ME A MEDICAL BILL
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  FOR AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT THAT I CAN'T AFFORD? CAN HE TELL ME I
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  HAVE TO TAKE A SALARY CUT? CAN HE LAY ME OFF FROM WORK? CAN HE
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  REPOSSESS MY AUTOMOBILE? CAN HE EVICT ME FROM MY HOME? WELL, IN
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  THE NATURAL, THESE ARE VERY REAL THINGS THAT CAN TRY TO COME
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  AGAINST US, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK ANYONE IN HERE OR
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  ONLINE TO JUMP UP AND DOWN AND RAISE THEIR HANDS AND SAY,
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  "YEAH, I'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT
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  THERE." AND I'M GONNA BE PERFECTLY VULNERABLE HERE. I'M
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  GONNA BE TRANSPARENT. I'VE HAD TO FACE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
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  THOSE THAT I JUST LISTED, BUT GOD. HE SAYS THAT IF WE ARE
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  FAITHFUL AND WE DON'T DRAW BACK OUT OF FEAR OR DREAD, HE WILL BE
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  FAITHFUL TO PROVIDE. HE WILL NEVER FAIL US. HE WILL NEVER
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  LEAVE US HELPLESS, NEVER LEAVE US WITHOUT SUPPORT. HE IS
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  JEHOVAH JIREH, GOD OUR PROVIDER. WE CAN TRUST HIM AND HE WILL
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  SUPPORT US AND HELP US OUT IN WAYS THAT WE SIMPLY CAN'T EVEN
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  IMAGINE AHEAD OF TIME. NOW I SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT I HAD
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  FACED THIS WHOLE LITANY OF SITUATIONS DESIGNED BY THE
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  ENEMY TO INDUCE FEAR. AND I'M NOT UP HERE TO READ MY ENTIRE
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  BOOK OF TESTIMONIES TO EVERYONE, BUT I AM GOING
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  TO SHARE JUST ONE. BACK 20-SOME YEARS AGO, WE
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  WERE IN SOME DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS, BUT NO
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  MATTER WHAT, WE NEVER BACKED OFF FROM OUR REGULAR GIVING. AND ONE
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  MORNING WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO DEPART FOR WORK, A CONTRACTOR
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  PULLED UP OUTSIDE, SHUT OUR ELECTRICITY OFF. WELL, BACK IN
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  THE DAY, I WAS COMMUTING AN HOUR EACH WAY TO MY FULL
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  -TIME JOB. AND IF I JUST LEFT THAT SITUATION AS IT WAS, I'D BE
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  LEAVING MY WIFE AND MY SMALL SON WITH NO POWER ON A BLISTERING
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  HOT SUMMER DAY. SO I CHASED DOWN THE MAN FROM THE POWER COMPANY
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  AND I SAID, "HEY, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL?" I
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  APPEALED TO HIM, "IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL WE CAN DO TO
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  WORK SOMETHING OUT HERE?" WELL, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY WAY
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  THAT THE ELECTRICITY COULD BE TURNED BACK ON IS IF I WERE TO
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  GO TO THE LOCAL OFFICE, PAY THE PAST DUE BALANCE IN FULL, AND
• 34:54
  THEN THEY WOULD SCHEDULE SOMEBODY, PERHAPS WITHIN THE
• 34:56
  NEXT THREE DAYS, TO COME BACK AND RE
• 34:59
  -POWER EVERYTHING UP. WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY I NEEDED
• 35:02
  IN MY ACCOUNT. MY BALANCE WAS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE $20
• 35:05
  RANGE AT THAT POINT. AND I SURE COULDN'T LEAVE THINGS THAT WAY.
• 35:12
  I NEEDED THE POWER RESTORED RIGHT AWAY. I KNEW I HAD TO DO
• 35:14
  SOMETHING. DISCLAIMER HERE, VERY IMPORTANT ONE. I'M NOT TELLING
• 35:22
  ANYBODY TO DO WHAT I DID, OKAY? NO, DON'T WORRY, IT WASN'T
• 35:27
  CRIMINAL OR UNETHICAL. I'M JUST GONNA SAY, I'M NOT SAYING THIS
• 35:33
  TESTIMONY IS TRANSFERABLE TO ANYONE IN THIS ROOM OR ANYONE
• 35:38
  THERE ONLINE. SO, DON'T TRY TO MAKE THIS YOUR OWN TESTIMONY.
• 35:45
  JUST BASED ON WHAT I'M SAYING, BE LED OF GOD. I'M ONLY SHARING
• 35:50
  THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE AMAZING, UNEXPECTED, UNIQUE
• 35:53
  WAYS THAT GOD WILL ACT ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT ARE FAITHFUL TO
• 35:59
  HIM AND IN THEIR GIVING. SO, I NEEDED SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS
• 36:05
  THAT WAS NOT IN MY BANK ACCOUNT, AND I NEEDED IT RIGHT AWAY. GOD
• 36:10
  DIRECTED ME TO A LOCAL ATM, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT'S FUNNY."
• 36:13
  BUT I PULLED UP, I ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW, I INSERTED MY BANK
• 36:17
  CARD, AND THEN I POINTED AT THAT ATM MACHINE, AND I SAID, "GIVE
• 36:23
  ME X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THE NAME OF JESUS." AND THANKFULLY,
• 36:29
  THE ATM KINDLY OBLIGED. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) ONE HURDLE
• 36:35
  DOWN. SO NOW I'VE GOT CASH IN HAND, SO I NOW DRIVE TO THE
• 36:39
  ELECTRIC COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS, WHERE I ENCOUNTERED AN UNMANNED
• 36:43
  SECURITY GATE THAT TYPICALLY OPENS ONLY IF YOU ARE AN
• 36:47
  EMPLOYEE AND HAVE A REMOTE GATE OPENER. HOWEVER, IT WAS OPEN
• 36:51
  JUST ENOUGH FOR ME TO DRIVE THROUGH. SO I PROCEEDED TO THE
• 36:56
  OFFICE DOOR, WHICH AGAIN WAS SECURED, SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN
• 37:00
  ONLY BY EMPLOYEES WITH BADGE READERS, BUT I ENTERED. THERE
• 37:07
  WAS ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE IN THAT BUILDING. IT WAS AN HOUR BEFORE
• 37:10
  THEY OPENED. IT WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD COME IN AN HOUR EARLY JUST
• 37:13
  TO GET A LITTLE EXTRA WORK DONE. BOY, WASN'T SHE SHOCKED. SHE WAS
• 37:18
  PRETTY STARTLED BY MY PRESENCE AND RELUCTANT TO TALK TO ME AT
• 37:20
  ALL, OTHER THAN TO ASK, "HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU EVER GET IN
• 37:23
  HERE?" BEFORE SHE COULD CALL SECURITY, THOUGH, I QUICKLY
• 37:26
  EXPLAINED THAT GOD LED ME THERE BECAUSE I NEEDED MY POWER
• 37:31
  RESTORED RIGHT AWAY. WELL, SHE LOOKED AT ME QUIZZICALLY AND
• 37:35
  PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY NEVER PULL DRIVERS OFF THEIR
• 37:39
  ROUTES AND TURN THEM ABOUT TO GO BACK TO ANY OTHER PREVIOUS STOP.
• 37:44
  ONLY THE DISPATCHER COULD REDIRECT THE TRUCK TO DO SUCH A
• 37:47
  THING. SO NATURALLY, I'M IN THERE AND I SAID, "WELL, HOW DO
• 37:51
  I TALK TO THE DISPATCHER?" AND THEN SHE REVEALED TO ME THAT SHE
• 37:54
  WAS THE DISPATCHER. OKAY, SO NOW AT THIS POINT, I THOUGHT, "WELL,
• 38:00
  I'M MAKING PROGRESS HERE, BUT THERE'S STILL MORE HURDLES TO
• 38:02
  COME." SO I WAS HOLDING CASH THAT HAD BEEN DISPENSED FROM THE
• 38:07
  ATM. HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO ACCEPT CASH. FURTHER,
• 38:11
  THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO RECORD A TRANSACTION BECAUSE
• 38:13
  THEY'RE NOT OPEN YET FOR ANOTHER HOUR AND NONE OF THE SYSTEMS ARE
• 38:15
  UP. I SAID, "WELL, I CAN'T COME BACK IN AN HOUR. "IN AN HOUR, I
• 38:25
  GOTTA BE AT WORK IN ANOTHER STATE. "BUT I KNOW THAT THERE
• 38:31
  HAS TO BE A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS "BECAUSE GOD LED ME IN HERE
• 38:34
  TO TALK TO YOU." AND SHE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT AND THOUGHT ABOUT
• 38:38
  THAT. AND THEN SHE HAD TO AGREE JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT
• 38:43
  I WAS STANDING BEFORE HER, THAT I HAD GOTTEN IN THERE AND WE
• 38:46
  WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, "IT MUST BE THE LORD AT WORK IN
• 38:49
  THIS SITUATION." SO, SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THE CASH, GIVE ME A
• 38:55
  HANDWRITTEN RECEIPT, ENTER THE TRANSACTION IN THE SYSTEM LATER,
• 39:01
  AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AGAINST CORPORATE POLICY, SHE RADIOED
• 39:04
  THE DRIVER, INSTRUCTED HIM TO IMMEDIATELY TURN AROUND AND GO
• 39:08
  BACK TO MY ADDRESS. POWER WAS RESTORED IN 10 MINUTES. 10
• 39:14
  MINUTES, FOLKS. AND I WAS ULTIMATELY ABLE TO ARRIVE AT
• 39:19
  WORK THAT MORNING ON TIME. NOW THAT IS A GOD THAT WON'T DESERT
• 39:25
  YOU. HE WON'T ABANDON YOU. HE WON'T FAIL YOU. HE'LL SUPPORT
• 39:29
  YOU IN WAYS UNIMAGINABLE TO MOST PEOPLE. SO WE NEED NOT FEAR WHAT
• 39:34
  MAN CAN DO TO US, WHAT MAN IS GOING TO DO. WE ONLY NEED TO
• 39:40
  REMAIN FAITHFUL, TRUST IN GOD, AND BELIEVE IN MIRACLES WHEN WE
• 39:44
  NEED THEM. HE WILL NEVER LET US DOWN. HE WILL NOT, HE WILL NOT,
• 39:50
  HE WILL NOT, ASSUREDLY NOT, AS THE SCRIPTURE SAID. LET'S PUT
• 39:54
  THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREENS, PLEASE. THERE ARE
• 39:57
  MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE. YOU CAN GET YOUR ENVELOPES IN HERE FROM
• 40:00
  THESE KIND USHERS THIS EVENING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WAY,
• 40:04
  WE'VE GOT OUR WEBSITE, LOHCHURCH.ORG, THE MOBILE APP,
• 40:09
  MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, TEXT2GIVE. AND SCAN THE QR CODE IS ANOTHER
• 40:14
  METHOD. AND THERE'S A MAILING ADDRESS UP THERE, BECAUSE WE
• 40:17
  STILL ACCEPT CHECKS AND OTHER TYPES OF PAYMENT THROUGH THE
• 40:20
  MAIL. SO SEND THOSE, KEEP THOSE COMING. NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU
• 40:28
  USE, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO SOW BIG TONIGHT,
• 40:33
  TRUST IN GOD, AND BELIEVE FOR MIRACLES. AND SO IF EVERYONE IS
• 40:39
  READY, IF YOU'LL STAND, HOLD YOUR OFFERINGS, AND WE'LL PRAY.
• 40:48
  FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I SPEAK BLESSING OVER ALL THAT
• 40:53
  THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND ALL THOSE ONLINE ARE GIVING
• 40:56
  TONIGHT. EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SOWN INTO THIS MINISTRY TODAY.
• 41:00
  WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS, LORD.
• 41:04
  YOU'RE THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. AS THE
• 41:10
  PEOPLE GIVE GENEROUSLY IN FAITH TONIGHT, YOU WILL NEVER DESERT
• 41:14
  THEM. YOU WILL NEVER ABANDON THEM. YOU WILL NEVER LET THEM
• 41:17
  DOWN. YOU WILL ALWAYS PRESERVE THEM, HOLD THEM UP IN YOUR
• 41:21
  MIGHTY RIGHT HAND IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN EVERY TIME
• 41:25
  OF NEED. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS, FATHER GOD, IN THE MIGHTY
• 41:29
  NAME OF JESUS. AND ALL WHO AGREED SAID, AMEN. NOW LET'S
• 41:34
  WELCOME PASTOR DOUG BACK TO THE PULPIT.
• 41:37
  - AMEN. (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
• 41:38
  - GOOD JOB. THAT WAS GREAT. HEY, YOU CAN BE SEATED.
• 41:43
  THAT WAS A GOOD TESTIMONY. BUILDS OUR FAITH. YOU KNOW,
• 41:49
  AND PASTOR MARK HAD TO HEAR GOD FOR DIRECTION TO KNOW
• 41:56
  HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS, AND TO KNOW HOW TO PROCEED, AND WHAT
• 41:58
  TO DO. SO HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
• 42:02
  ABOUT, AND THE POWER OF THE DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 42:07
  AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ALONG THOSE LINES. AND SPEAKING OF
• 42:09
  HEARING, I WANTED TO SHARE A STORY WITH YOU. YOU'VE PROBABLY
• 42:12
  HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS A MAN WHO FELT HE
• 42:16
  COULD NO LONGER LIVE WITH HIS WIFE. HE WAS INCREDIBLY TIRED OF
• 42:21
  HEARING HER VOICE. IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET AWAY
• 42:26
  FROM HER VERBAL HARANGUES. SHE WAS ALWAYS SETTING HIM STRAIGHT,
• 42:31
  CONTINUOUSLY SETTING HIM STRAIGHT. AND FINALLY, HE GOT SO
• 42:35
  DESPERATE THAT HE DECIDED HE'D BE HAPPIER IN JAIL. SO HE
• 42:40
  THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, I'LL ROB A BANK, AND THEN I'LL GO TO JAIL,
• 42:44
  AND I'LL FINALLY HAVE SOME PEACE. WELL, HE ROBBED THE BANK.
• 42:50
  HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE POLICE. AND THE JUDGE GAVE HIM SIX
• 42:55
  MONTHS OF HOUSE ARREST. SO HE LEARNED A LESSON THERE. IT'S
• 43:02
  BETTER TO WORK AT GETTING ALONG WITH YOUR SPOUSE. BUT THERE ARE
• 43:10
  A LOT OF VOICES THAT SPEAK TODAY, AND IT'S MOST IMPORTANT
• 43:13
  THAT WE HEAR GOD'S VOICE. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE DISCUSSED THE
• 43:17
  VISION THAT ZACHARIAH HAD WHEN HE SPOKE TO ZERUBBABEL AND
• 43:22
  TALKED ABOUT THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND HE SAID IN
• 43:26
  ZECHARIAH 4, VERSE 6, "IT'S NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY
• 43:31
  SPIRIT," SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. AND WE LEARNED THAT ANY WORK
• 43:35
  ACCOMPLISHED THAT'S OF ETERNAL VALUE HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE
• 43:40
  SPIRIT OF GOD AND NOT BY MANKIND OR HUMAN EFFORTS OR RESOURCES OR
• 43:46
  STRENGTH. AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE WENT BACK TO SOME BASICS AND
• 43:50
  TALKED ABOUT THE THREE PARTS OF MAN, HOW WE WERE CREATED, BODY,
• 43:54
  SOUL, AND SPIRIT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SPIRIT
• 43:58
  MAN IS THE ETERNAL PART OF US, AND THE SPIRIT MAN COMES ALIVE
• 44:03
  WHEN WE BECOME BELIEVERS, WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD,
• 44:08
  THAT SPIRIT MAN WITHIN US IS MADE ALIVE. AND THEN WE TALKED
• 44:14
  ALSO ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SOUL, THE MIND, WILL, AND
• 44:17
  EMOTION PART OF US HAS TO BE RENEWED, AND THAT'S RENEWED BY
• 44:22
  THE WORD OF GOD. IN FACT, WE USED HEBREWS 4.12, AND WE'RE
• 44:26
  GOING TO USE IT AGAIN TONIGHT. IF YOU WOULD PUT THAT UP,
• 44:28
  HEBREWS 4.12 SAYS, "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND
• 44:33
  POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED
• 44:35
  SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND
• 44:39
  SPIRIT." LISTEN TO THAT, "DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND
• 44:42
  SPIRIT." THAT MEANS GOD'S WORD SEPARATES BETWEEN THE SOUL AND
• 44:47
  THE SPIRIT, THE MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS, AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN.
• 44:50
  AND IT'S THROUGH RECEIVING THE WORD OF GOD AND BEING RENEWED BY
• 44:54
  THE WORD OF GOD THAT WE CAN SEPARATE AND UNDERSTAND, "IS
• 44:57
  THAT GOD'S SPIRIT SPEAKING TO ME, OR IS IT JUST MY MIND, WILL,
• 45:01
  AND EMOTIONS SPEAKING TO ME?" AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
• 45:04
  DIFFERENCE. SO BIBLICAL REVELATION, OR THE WORD OF GOD,
• 45:09
  RIGHTLY DIVIDES OUR SOUL AND OUR SPIRIT MAN. BY RENEWING OUR
• 45:13
  MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD, WE CAN FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND
• 45:16
  I'M KIND OF JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE REVIEW IN CASE YOU
• 45:18
  WEREN'T HERE THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR NEEDED THAT. SO I WANTED TO
• 45:22
  TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A MOMENT. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA
• 45:25
  CONTINUE ON WITH HOW TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND HOW TO HEAR GOD'S
• 45:28
  VOICE IN MAYBE A LITTLE DEEPER WAY, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU
• 45:33
  HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE OR MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE REHEARSING
• 45:36
  THINGS THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD TOO,
• 45:39
  ISN'T IT, JANET? AMEN. SO GOD CREATED US TO BE DEPENDENT ON
• 45:44
  HIM. WE ARE DEPENDENT UPON GOD AND HE WANTS TO GUIDE US EVERY
• 45:48
  DAY. WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE, WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN
• 45:51
  DECISION. PASTOR MARK COULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
• 45:54
  FOOLISH TO GO SPEAK TO THAT ATM MACHINE. HE COULD HAVE JUST WENT
• 45:58
  BACK TO KATE AND SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET
• 46:02
  OUT OUR HAND FANS "HERE AND JUST FAN OURSELVES OR SOMETHING." HE
• 46:06
  COULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT HE STOOD ON FAITH AND WHAT HE
• 46:10
  BELIEVED HE HEARD. YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA GET IT RIGHT.
• 46:13
  SOMETIMES WE MISS IT. PASTOR MARK COULD TELL YOU THAT. HE'S
• 46:16
  PROBABLY MISSED IT BEFORE, BUT WE ALL HAVE. BUT IT STILL
• 46:20
  DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T STEP OUT IN OBEDIENCE WHEN YOU
• 46:23
  BELIEVE YOU HEAR, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET EXPERIENCE IN HEARING
• 46:26
  AND TRUSTING THE VOICE OF GOD. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A
• 46:29
  LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. BUT YOU DO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE AND
• 46:34
  MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS, AND SOME PEOPLE DO THAT ONLY, HOW DO
• 46:42
  I WANNA SAY THIS? THEY'LL HIT A WALL AND THEN THEY'LL DECIDE,
• 46:46
  OKAY, NOW I NEED TO TURN TO GOD. IT'S MUCH BETTER TO TURN TO GOD
• 46:50
  IN THE BEGINNING AND BE DEPENDENT UPON HEARING HIS
• 46:53
  VOICE. KING SOLOMON WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT AND I'M NOT
• 46:56
  GOING TO HAVE YOU TURN THERE TONIGHT OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO
• 46:58
  READ THE SCRIPTURE, BUT IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, YOU CAN JOT
• 47:01
  THIS DOWN. FIRST KINGS CHAPTER 3 VERSES 5 THROUGH 10 TELLS US THE
• 47:06
  STORY ABOUT WHEN GOD OFFERED TO GIVE SOLOMON ANYTHING HE WANTED,
• 47:11
  SOLOMON ASKED FOR WISDOM BECAUSE HE KNEW HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE
• 47:15
  ANSWERS. AND AT THIS TIME SOLOMON WAS THE MOST POWERFUL
• 47:20
  MAN IN THE KINGDOM AND YET HE ASKED GOD FOR WISDOM. HE
• 47:25
  ADMITTED, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT HE NEEDED GOD'S HELP. AND THAT
• 47:29
  HUMBLE REQUEST FOR WISDOM WAS SOMETHING THAT PLEASED GOD.
• 47:33
  ISAIAH 30, VERSE 21 SAYS, "WE'LL HEAR A VOICE SAYING, "'THIS IS
• 47:38
  THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT.'" THANK GOD FOR DIRECTION FROM THE HOLY
• 47:44
  SPIRIT. THAT'S AN AMAZING VERSE. WE'RE GONNA HEAR A, THAT'S ONE
• 47:49
  YOU CAN TAKE HOME WITH YOU TONIGHT. YOU'LL HEAR A VOICE
• 47:52
  SAYING, THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYING TO YOU, "THIS IS THE WAY,
• 47:56
  WALK YE IN IT." THAT'S DIRECTION FROM GOD. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW
• 48:00
  WHICH PATH TO GO, HE TELLS YOU IF YOU'RE LISTENING. I WANNA
• 48:07
  READ THAT VERSE TO YOU IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. IT SAYS,
• 48:10
  "YOUR OWN EARS WILL HEAR HIM. "RIGHT BEHIND YOU A VOICE WILL
• 48:15
  SAY, "THIS IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO, "WHETHER TO THE RIGHT OR TO
• 48:20
  THE LEFT." SO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO GOD'S GUIDANCE AND FOLLOW IT.
• 48:25
  GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH OF US AND HE WANTS TO LEAD US THROUGH
• 48:29
  THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, THE GOOD TIMES, EVERYTHING THAT WE
• 48:32
  GO THROUGH, HE WANTS TO BE THERE TO LEAD US. BY TRUSTING IN HIS
• 48:36
  GUIDANCE, WE CAN NAVIGATE LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND WITH WISDOM.
• 48:41
  JOHN 16, VERSE 13 SAYS, "WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE
• 48:47
  WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN,
• 48:52
  BUT HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT HE HAS HEARD. HE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT
• 48:56
  THE FUTURE. HIS WISDOM IS INFINITE. HE SEES BEYOND OUR
• 49:01
  LIMITATIONS. HE CAN SEE FURTHER THAN WE CAN SEE. AND HE PREPARES
• 49:06
  US FOR WHAT'S AHEAD." YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO KNOW
• 49:10
  WHAT'S COMING. AND GOD WILL SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU SEEK HIM AND
• 49:15
  LISTEN. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF HEARING GOD'S VOICE. THE HOLY
• 49:19
  SPIRIT'S HERE TO GUIDE US AND SHOW US WHAT'S AHEAD AND THEN
• 49:22
  PROVIDE THAT DIVINE DIRECTION TO US. NOW, IMAGINE WITH ME WHAT IT
• 49:26
  WOULD BE LIKE IF I PLACED A BLINDFOLD OVER YOUR EYES TONIGHT
• 49:30
  AND I ORDERED 200 BLINDFOLDS. I WAS GONNA PASS THEM OUT AND DO
• 49:35
  THIS, BUT THEN WHEN I TALKED TO PASTOR MARK, HE SAYS, "NO,
• 49:38
  THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WISE TO BLINDFOLD YOU "AND TELL YOU TO
• 49:41
  LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM. "YOU'D BE STUMBLING OVER EACH OTHER,
• 49:44
  "YOU'D FALL OVER FURNITURE, "AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT GET HURT." I
• 49:48
  DIDN'T REALLY DO THAT, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. BUT IMAGINE
• 49:52
  WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE PUT BLINDFOLDS OVER EACH OF YOU
• 49:56
  TONIGHT, AND THEN I ASKED YOU JUST TO GO AHEAD AND EXIT THE
• 49:59
  AUDITORIUM. IT COULD BE TOUGH TO DO. YOU MIGHT TRIP OVER
• 50:03
  SOMETHING AND STUMBLE AROUND. YOU MIGHT RUN INTO ANOTHER
• 50:07
  PERSON. IT'S A VIVID PICTURE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN WE DON'T
• 50:12
  HEAR GOD'S VOICE. SOME CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE A PERSON
• 50:16
  WALKING AROUND BLINDFOLDED. THEY'RE SAVED AND THEY LOVE GOD,
• 50:20
  BUT THEY STRUGGLE TO HEAR HIS VOICE. THEY GO THROUGH LIFE
• 50:24
  BUMPING INTO OBSTACLES, REACTING TO A CRISIS, OR MAKING DECISIONS
• 50:30
  BASED ON TRIAL AND ERROR RATHER THAN DIVINE INSIGHT. THE
• 50:35
  CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE A SERIES OF RANDOM MISTAKES AND
• 50:39
  CORRECTIONS. WE'RE NOT MEANT TO WANDER AIMLESSLY AND THEN JUST
• 50:43
  SEEK GOD'S HELP WHEN WE GET INTO A JAM. GOD WANTS US TO LISTEN TO
• 50:50
  HIM DAILY AS HE GUIDES US CLEARLY AND GENTLY. SO THE
• 50:55
  QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET BETTER AT LISTENING TO THE HOLY
• 50:59
  SPIRIT? WE ALL WANT TO IMPROVE THAT. AND THERE ARE A FEW
• 51:04
  PRACTICAL STEPS WE CAN TAKE THAT CAN KEEP US ON TRACK AND
• 51:06
  FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE FROM GOD THAT HE WANTS US TO HAVE. FIRST
• 51:10
  OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. THERE'S TWO SOURCES OF
• 51:12
  KNOWLEDGE. NUMBER ONE, THERE'S RATIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT'S
• 51:15
  RECEIVED IN OUR MIND. AND THEN THERE'S SECONDLY, REVELATION
• 51:20
  KNOWLEDGE THAT'S RECEIVED IN OUR SPIRIT. SO OUR SOUL, WHICH WE
• 51:26
  TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS HAS THE
• 51:28
  CAPACITY TO SEE AND HEAR AND KNOW INFORMATION THROUGH THE
• 51:33
  FIVE SENSES THAT GOD CREATED WITHIN US. AND LEARNING AND
• 51:37
  THINKING ARE A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. WE
• 51:40
  CAN TAKE IN DATA AND WE CAN PROCESS IT AND WE CAN DRAW
• 51:43
  CONCLUSIONS. WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. THAT'S OUR
• 51:47
  MIND KNOWLEDGE, OUR CARNAL KNOWLEDGE. OUR MIND WILL AND
• 51:52
  EMOTIONS RECEIVING THAT. THEN SECONDLY, REVELATION KNOWLEDGE
• 51:55
  IS RECEIVED BY OUR SPIRIT MAN. FIRST CORINTHIANS 2.14, PAUL
• 52:01
  TALKS ABOUT KNOWLEDGE THAT MUST BE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. LET'S
• 52:06
  PUT UP FIRST CORINTHIANS 2.14 IF YOU WOULD. BUT THE NATURAL MAN
• 52:10
  DOES NOT RECEIVE THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE
• 52:14
  FOOLISHNESS TO HIM, NOR CAN HE KNOW THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE
• 52:17
  SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. THE NATURAL MAN, IN OTHER WORDS,
• 52:21
  THAT MEANS AN UNBELIEVER CANNOT KNOW OR RECEIVE THE TRUTH THAT
• 52:25
  YOU CAN RECEIVE AS A BELIEVER. THAT'S BECAUSE NATURAL MEN ONLY
• 52:30
  RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THOSE FIVE SENSES. UNBELIEVERS COME
• 52:35
  ALIVE IN THEIR SPIRIT WHEN THEY RECEIVE CHRIST. AND YOU SAY,
• 52:39
  "PASTOR DOUG, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?" WELL, THE WORD TELLS US
• 52:41
  THAT. I'M GONNA PROVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. EPHESIANS 2, WE
• 52:43
  LOOKED AT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. EPHESIANS 2,
• 52:47
  VERSES ONE THROUGH TWO, I WANT TO READ IT IN THE AMPLIFIED, AND
• 52:49
  IT SAYS, "AND YOU, HE MADE ALIVE WHEN YOU WERE SPIRITUALLY DEAD
• 52:54
  "AND SEPARATED FROM HIM BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS AND SINS "IN
• 52:59
  WHICH YOU ONCE WALKED. "YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE WAYS OF THIS
• 53:02
  WORLD, "INFLUENCED BY THE PRESENT AGE IN ACCORDANCE "WITH
• 53:05
  THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, SATAN, "THE SPIRIT WHO IS
• 53:08
  NOW AT WORK IN THE DISOBEDIENT, THE UNBELIEVING, TO FIGHT
• 53:13
  AGAINST THE PURPOSES OF GOD." ONCE OUR SPIRIT MAN CAME ALIVE
• 53:20
  WITHIN US, GOD WAS ABLE TO REVEAL THINGS TO OUR SPIRIT THAT
• 53:24
  WE COULDN'T RECEIVE PREVIOUSLY IN OUR MINDS OR THROUGH OUR FIVE
• 53:28
  SENSES. NOW, MOST PENTECOSTAL INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXPERIENCED
• 53:35
  THIS PERSONALLY. YOU UNDERSTAND RECEIVING THROUGH THE SPIRIT.
• 53:39
  YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THAT ENOUGH. BUT WE WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
• 53:42
  HOW THAT WORKS IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR SOUL AND SPIRIT AND
• 53:45
  BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO IT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A CHRISTIAN
• 53:49
  CAN DO IN THE LIMITED TIME THAT WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH IS TO BE
• 53:53
  ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN GOD'S VOICE SPEAKING TO US SO
• 53:57
  THAT WE CAN LINE UP WITH HIS PLAN FOR OUR LIVES. SO THAT WE
• 54:01
  CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE WE MOVE ON. WE
• 54:07
  CAN DEVELOP OUR SPIRITUAL EARS THROUGH EXPERIENCE. WE CAN TUNE
• 54:12
  OUR EARS JUST LIKE A HORSE PRICKS UP HIS EARS TO LISTEN. WE
• 54:16
  NEED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON GOD'S VOICE. PROVERBS 4:20 SAYS,
• 54:23
  "MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS, INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY
• 54:28
  SAYINGS." THAT'S WHAT THAT HORSE DOES. HE PRICKS UP HIS EARS WHEN
• 54:35
  HE HEARS A SOUND. HE'S ATTENTIVE. WE NEED TO PRICK OUR
• 54:39
  EARS AND LISTEN TO GOD. WE NEED TO BE ATTENTIVE AND INTENTIONAL
• 54:44
  ABOUT HEARING GOD'S VOICE. MUSICIANS DEVELOP AN EAR FOR
• 54:48
  MUSIC AND THEY HAVE A SENSITIVITY TO DISTINGUISH ONE
• 54:52
  KEY FROM ANOTHER. THEIR ABILITY TO HEAR NOTES MORE PRECISELY IS
• 54:58
  DEVELOPED BY THE REASON OF USAGE. OF COURSE, THEY MIGHT BE
• 55:02
  GIFTED TO DO THAT. MOST ARE. BUT A GOOD MUSICIAN DEVELOPS HIS
• 55:08
  SENSITIVITY TO THE SOUNDS OF THE NOTES IN THE SAME WAY WE CAN
• 55:13
  DEVELOP OUR SENSITIVITY TO THE SOUND OF GOD'S VOICE IN OUR
• 55:17
  SPIRIT. THAT WAY WE CAN MORE PRECISELY DISTINGUISH THAT FROM
• 55:21
  OUR OWN THOUGHTS OR ANOTHER VOICE THAT WE MIGHT HEAR.
• 55:25
  SOMETIMES WE HEAR GOD IN OUR SPIRIT BUT WE DON'T TRUST OUR
• 55:28
  ABILITY TO HEAR ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT GOD IS ACTUALLY
• 55:32
  SAYING AND THAT ISSUE CAN ONLY BE ADDRESSED THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
• 55:38
  WHEN PASTOR MARK HAD THAT EXPERIENCE AND WALKED THROUGH
• 55:43
  WHAT HE DID AS GOD LED HIM STEP BY STEP THROUGH THOSE THINGS,
• 55:46
  THAT BUILT HIS FAITH SO THAT HE COULD LISTEN MORE KEENLY THE
• 55:51
  NEXT TIME. IF I FAIL TO ACT ON WHAT GOD IS REVEALING TO ME IN
• 55:57
  MY SPIRIT, THEN I'M DEPRIVING MYSELF OF NEEDED EXPERIENCE. HOW
• 56:03
  DID YOU LEARN TO RIDE A BICYCLE? YOU MIGHT HAVE WATCHED OTHERS DO
• 56:08
  IT. MAYBE YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR SIBLINGS GAVE YOU SOME
• 56:11
  INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DO IT. BUT TO DEVELOP THE BALANCE AND THE
• 56:15
  SKILL TO RIDE THAT BIKE, YOU HAD TO DO WHAT? YOU HAD TO RIDE IT
• 56:19
  YOURSELF. YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY GET ON THE BIKE. WATCHING
• 56:23
  SOMEONE ELSE DO IT DOESN'T TEACH YOU HOW TO RIDE A BIKE. WHEN YOU
• 56:28
  FIRST STARTED, YOU PROBABLY HAD SOME INITIAL FEAR OF FALLING OFF
• 56:32
  THAT BIKE OR FALLING OVER, BUT YOU DIDN'T LET THOSE FEARS STOP
• 56:36
  YOU FROM TRYING. THE MORE YOU TRIED, THE MORE SKILLED YOU
• 56:40
  BECAME IN DOING IT. SO BECOMING SEASONED IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS
• 56:44
  REQUIRES STEPPING OUT AND THE HUMILITY TO RISK A MISTAKE. WHEN
• 56:51
  THE LORD SPEAKS A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE IN MY SPIRIT,
• 56:53
  SOMETIMES I THINK OR QUESTION, "IS THAT JUST ME? IS THE VOICE
• 56:57
  THAT I HEARD IN MY SPIRIT TRULY THE HOLY SPIRIT?" I'M CONFRONTED
• 57:02
  WITH A DECISION AT THAT POINT. I CAN CHOOSE TO NOT ACT ON WHAT I
• 57:08
  BELIEVE I'M HEARING OR I CAN STEP OUT IN FAITH AND SHARE IT.
• 57:15
  IF IT'S CONFIRMED TO BE TRUE, THEN I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT
• 57:18
  WHAT A TRUE WORD FROM THE SPIRIT SOUNDS LIKE. BUT WHAT IF I MISS
• 57:24
  IT? THAT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S OKAY TO BE
• 57:28
  WRONG. IF WE RESPOND TO OUR MISTAKES IN HUMILITY, THAT'S
• 57:32
  OKAY. EVEN WHEN I MISS IT, I'VE INCREASED MY UNDERSTANDING OF
• 57:37
  HEARING GOD. I'LL KNOW BETTER THE NEXT TIME WHAT TO DO OR NOT
• 57:40
  TO DO. IF I NEVER STEP OUT AND TEST WHAT I'M HEARING IN MY
• 57:45
  SPIRIT, THEN I DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND HONE
• 57:51
  IN ON THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH GOD'S VOICE FROM MY VOICE OR
• 57:56
  WHAT I'M HEARING IN MY HEAD. HUMILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN
• 58:00
  WALKING IN THE SPIRIT. MEN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR
• 58:03
  WIVES. WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL ABILITY TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO
• 58:08
  GOD IN MANY CASES. THEY HAVE THAT EXTRA SENSITIVE ANTENNA TO
• 58:14
  HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. WHEN EILEEN TELLS ME THAT SHE SENSES
• 58:19
  SOMETHING OR HAS AN UNCTION OR DIRECTION THAT SHE BELIEVES IS
• 58:24
  FROM GOD, I HAVE LEARNED TO LISTEN. BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME
• 58:28
  WHEN I WAS A SLOW LEARNER AND I DIDN'T LISTEN, AND THEN I PAID
• 58:31
  THE PRICE. IT TOOK ME A WHILE. BUT MOST OFTEN, SHE WAS RIGHT.
• 58:41
  AND SHE COMMUNICATED IT WITH HUMILITY, AND HOPEFULLY I'M
• 58:45
  LEARNING MORE TO RECEIVE THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE
• 58:48
  HUSBANDS AND WIVES CAN WORK WELL TOGETHER IN THAT CASE. AND IT'S
• 58:54
  IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. AND WIVES, THERE'S TIMES YOU NEED TO LISTEN
• 58:59
  TO YOUR HUSBANDS TOO. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT ONLY GOES ONE
• 59:02
  WAY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT SEEMS THOUGH, AND I GUESS I
• 59:05
  CAN'T REALLY PROVE THIS FROM SCRIPTURE, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE
• 59:08
  WOMEN HAVE THAT SENSITIVITY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND HEAR
• 59:14
  THE VOICE OF GOD SOMETIMES EASIER THAN SOME MEN CAN FOR
• 59:18
  WHATEVER REASON. THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION, OKAY?
• 59:23
  DON'T SAY THAT'S NECESSARILY BIBLE. RICK'S LAUGHING AT ME.
• 59:30
  YEAH. EILEEN SAYS, "THAT'S BIBLE." I NEED A VERSE FOR THAT.
• 59:42
  AS WE HEAR GOD AND LEARN TO REACT IN OBEDIENCE, WE BECOME
• 59:45
  MORE ACCURATE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IN OUR ABILITY TO
• 59:49
  HEAR. BUT LET'S LOOK AT TWO TESTS TONIGHT THAT I BELIEVE
• 59:53
  WILL HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT GOD IS SAYING AND ALSO IDENTIFY IF
• 59:59
  IT'S FLESH THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO HEAR. TEST NUMBER ONE, DOES
• 1:00:04
  IT AGREE WITH SCRIPTURE? THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TEST. DOES IT
• 1:00:08
  AGREE WITH SCRIPTURE? AND THEN TEST NUMBER TWO WE'RE GONNA TALK
• 1:00:11
  ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF WHAT I'M HEARING? THE
• 1:00:17
  FIRST TEST, DOES IT AGREE WITH SCRIPTURE? HEARING IN OUR SPIRIT
• 1:00:21
  IS SUBJECTIVE AND WE ALWAYS TEST IT WITH THE REVEALED SCRIPTURE
• 1:00:27
  IN LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE. ISAIAH 820 SAYS, "LOOK TO GOD'S
• 1:00:31
  INSTRUCTIONS AND TEACHINGS. PEOPLE WHO CONTRADICT HIS WORD
• 1:00:36
  ARE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK." SO IF SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU
• 1:00:40
  SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SCRIPTURAL AND SAYS IT'S FROM GOD, YOU HAVE
• 1:00:45
  THE ANSWER FOR THAT IMMEDIATELY. IF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS NOT
• 1:00:50
  CONSISTENT WITH GOD'S WORD, WE'RE NOT HEARING THE HOLY
• 1:00:53
  SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THESE STORIES OF SO
• 1:00:58
  -CALLED MEN OF GOD THAT HAVE TOLD SOMEONE TO GO DIVORCE THEIR
• 1:01:00
  WIFE AND MARRY SOMEONE ELSE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL, WE KNOW
• 1:01:04
  THAT'S NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SCRIPTURAL.
• 1:01:10
  SO IF THERE'S A GOD-GIVEN PROTECTION FOR DISCERNING
• 1:01:15
  THE LEADINGS OF THE LORD, LET'S LOOK AT 2 PETER 1, 20
• 1:01:18
  AND 21, VERSE 20 AND 21. IT SAYS, "ABOVE ALL, YOU MUST
• 1:01:23
  REALIZE "THAT NO PROPHECY IN SCRIPTURE EVER CAME
• 1:01:26
  "FROM THE PROPHET'S OWN UNDERSTANDING." AND CONTINUE ON
• 1:01:31
  IF YOU WOULD. OKAY, I'LL LOOK AT MY NOTES. "OR FROM THE HUMAN
• 1:01:36
  INITIATIVE. "NO, THOSE PROPHETS WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 1:01:40
  "AND THEY SPOKE FROM GOD." YES, AMEN. "INCREASING OUR KNOWLEDGE
• 1:01:46
  OF THE SCRIPTURE "WILL HELP US DISCERN IF THE LEADING'S "FROM
• 1:01:49
  THE HOLY SPIRIT OR FLESH." AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I'M GONNA
• 1:01:54
  READ IT AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE.
• 1:01:58
  HEBREWS 4, 12, WE'LL PUT THAT UP AGAIN. "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS
• 1:02:02
  QUICK AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER "THAN ANY TWO
• 1:02:05
  -EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING "ASUNDER OF SOUL
• 1:02:08
  AND SPIRIT AND OF JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF
• 1:02:11
  THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART." SO BIBLICAL REVELATION,
• 1:02:15
  AGAIN, THE WORD OF GOD RIGHTLY DIVIDES OR SHOWS US WHAT IS SOUL
• 1:02:19
  AND WHAT IS SPIRIT. IF WE'RE NOT GROUNDED IN THE WORD OF GOD,
• 1:02:23
  IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOUL AND
• 1:02:27
  SPIRIT MANY TIMES. SO THE MORE YOU CAN STUDY THE WORD, THE MORE
• 1:02:31
  YOU CAN HEAR THE WORD, THE MORE YOU DECLARE THE WORD, THE MORE
• 1:02:34
  YOU'RE AROUND THE WORD, YOU'LL GET SHARPER IN YOUR HEARING.
• 1:02:40
  WHEN WE'RE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
• 1:02:42
  SEPARATE OUR SOUL FROM THE SPIRIT. AND BY RENEWING OUR
• 1:02:47
  MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD, WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW THE HOLY
• 1:02:49
  SPIRIT'S LEADING. ROMANS 12, 2, "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD,
• 1:02:54
  BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU
• 1:02:59
  MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD, ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT WILL OF
• 1:03:03
  GOD. YOU'LL WALK OUT THE WILL OF GOD AS YOU RENEW YOUR MIND WITH
• 1:03:07
  THE WORD. THERE AGAIN, YOUR SPIRIT MAN BECOMES ALIVE WHEN
• 1:03:12
  YOU GET SAVED. IT'S MADE NEW AND FRESH, COMMUNICATING WITH GOD.
• 1:03:19
  BUT THE MIND, THE WILL AND THE EMOTION HAS TO BE RENEWED.
• 1:03:23
  THAT'S THE SOUL PART OF MAN. IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT. IT'S DONE
• 1:03:27
  OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN SAVED FOR 50 YEARS,
• 1:03:31
  HOPEFULLY WOULD HAVE MORE OF A RENEWED MIND THAN SOMEONE THAT
• 1:03:35
  GOT SAVED SIX MONTHS AGO. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL WALKING AT
• 1:03:40
  DIFFERENT STAGES OF MATURITY AND WE HAVE TO HAVE GRACE AND MERCY
• 1:03:44
  WITH ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE AND MAY BE SITTING
• 1:03:50
  NEXT TO TONIGHT MAY NOT BE IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE SPIRITUALLY
• 1:03:53
  THAT YOU ARE. SO WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE WITH ONE ANOTHER
• 1:04:00
  AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MOVING THROUGH IN
• 1:04:02
  THIS LIFE. THE TRUTH THAT WE HAVE HIDDEN IN OUR HEARTS IS
• 1:04:06
  WHAT WE CAN USE TO PULL ON TO TEST OUR LEADINGS. YOU CAN PULL
• 1:04:11
  ON THAT KNOWLEDGE. THEN WE CAN MORE EASILY DETERMINE IF GOD'S
• 1:04:15
  SPEAKING TO OUR SPIRIT MAN. PSALM 119, VERSE 11. YOUR WORD
• 1:04:20
  HAVE I HIDDEN IN MY HEART THAT I MAY NOT SIN AGAINST YOU. THE
• 1:04:26
  MORE THE WORD'S HIDDEN IN OUR HEART, THE BETTER EQUIPPED WE
• 1:04:28
  ARE TO DISCERN THAT VOICE AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT. REMEMBER
• 1:04:31
  WHEN SATAN WAS TRYING TO MISLEAD JESUS. LUKE CHAPTER FOUR TALKS
• 1:04:36
  ABOUT THAT. SATAN ATTEMPTED TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE TO JESUS, BUT IT
• 1:04:40
  WAS THE WORD THAT WAS HIDDEN IN JESUS' HEART THAT WAS ABLE TO
• 1:04:46
  DEFEAT THE DECEIVER. LET'S LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE. LUKE FOUR,
• 1:04:50
  VERSES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. "THEN THE DEVIL, TAKING HIM, JESUS, UP
• 1:04:56
  ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN, "SHOWED JESUS ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE
• 1:04:59
  WORLD "IN A MOMENT OF TIME. AND THE DEVIL SAID TO JESUS, 'ALL
• 1:05:05
  THIS AUTHORITY I WILL GIVE YOU AND THEIR GLORY, FOR THIS HAS
• 1:05:10
  BEEN DELIVERED TO ME, AND I GIVE IT TO WHOMEVER I WISH.
• 1:05:15
  THEREFORE, IF YOU WILL WORSHIP ME, OR WORSHIP BEFORE ME, ALL
• 1:05:19
  WILL BE YOURS.' AND JESUS ANSWERED HIM AND SAID TO HIM,
• 1:05:23
  'GET BEHIND ME, SATAN, FOR IT IS WRITTEN, YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE
• 1:05:27
  LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE.' SO JESUS
• 1:05:32
  RESPONDED TO SATAN'S TWISTING OF SCRIPTURE WITH THE TRUTH OF
• 1:05:35
  SCRIPTURE. WHEN SATAN CLAIMED, 'IF YOU'LL JUST WORSHIP ME, ALL
• 1:05:40
  WILL BE YOURS,' JESUS RESPONDED FROM SCRIPTURE AND SAID, 'IT'S
• 1:05:44
  WRITTEN, YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY
• 1:05:47
  SHALL YOU SERVE.' JESUS' USE OF SCRIPTURE WAS CRUCIAL AT THAT
• 1:05:54
  POINT. HE HAD THE WORD IN HIS HEART AND HE USED IT TO EXPOSE
• 1:05:58
  THE MISUSE OF SCRIPTURE BY SATAN. JESUS USED IT AS A
• 1:06:02
  DEFENSE BUT IT ALSO WAS A MEANS OF HIM ALIGNING HIS OWN ACTIONS
• 1:06:07
  WITH THE WILL OF GOD AND GOD'S PURPOSES. SO TIME SPENT GETTING
• 1:06:11
  GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN A
• 1:06:14
  CRUCIAL TEST THAT YOU MIGHT ENTER INTO. IT'S CRITICAL FOR US
• 1:06:19
  TO BE ABLE TO DISCERN AND HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD IN OUR SPIRIT
• 1:06:22
  MAN. YOU MIGHT BE DRIVING SOMEDAY, HEADING SOMEWHERE,
• 1:06:28
  MAYBE TO WORK, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT AN ASSIGNMENT YOU'RE GOING TO,
• 1:06:32
  AND YOU HEAR THAT INWARD VOICE SAY, "TURN HERE." "BUT LORD,
• 1:06:36
  THAT'S NOT THE NORMAL ROUTE THAT I TAKE." WELL, YOU HAVE A
• 1:06:41
  DECISION TO MAKE AT THAT POINT. ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW THE HOLY
• 1:06:44
  GHOST AND TURN? MAYBE YOU'LL AVOID AN ACCIDENT JUST BY MAKING
• 1:06:52
  THAT TURN. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE AND
• 1:06:57
  LEARN TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. IF YOU'RE OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE
• 1:07:00
  SAYS AND YOU DO IT, THEN YOU CAN LEARN FROM THAT. BACK IN 2002, I
• 1:07:08
  WAS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT A CHURCH IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA, AND
• 1:07:13
  I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS ILLUSTRATION ANOTHER TIME,
• 1:07:16
  I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO EVEN IT WAS, BUT JUST FOR
• 1:07:20
  ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES, I'LL TELL IT AGAIN. IF YOU'VE HEARD IT
• 1:07:25
  BEFORE, FORGIVE ME. BUT THE SENIOR PASTORS AT THIS CHURCH
• 1:07:30
  HAD RECEIVED A SMALL INHERITANCE FROM THE PASSING OF ONE OF THE
• 1:07:36
  PASTOR'S PARENTS. AND IT WAS ABOUT A $10,000 AMOUNT OF MONEY
• 1:07:40
  THAT THEY HAD TO INVEST. AND THEY ASKED ME ABOUT INVESTING IT
• 1:07:43
  INTO SOME PRECIOUS METALS, SOME SILVER AND GOLD COINS. AND I
• 1:07:49
  HELPED THEM DO THAT. WE GOT THE COINS SECURED. AND AT THAT TIME,
• 1:07:53
  THE CHURCH HAD A LARGE SAFE IN THE CHURCH THAT WAS...
• 1:07:58
  IT WAS A HEAVY VAULT, KIND OF LIKE YOU'D SEE IN A BANK ALMOST.
• 1:08:03
  IT HAD A THICK DOOR ON IT. AND I MEAN, IT WAS HEAVY TO OPEN. AND
• 1:08:09
  WE JUST MARKED THAT AMOUNT OF PRECIOUS METALS IN A CONTAINER
• 1:08:14
  THAT IT WAS THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND WE WRAPPED IT UP
• 1:08:17
  GOOD, AND WE MARKED IT THAT IT WAS NOT THE CHURCH'S PROPERTY SO
• 1:08:21
  THAT WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE IDENTIFIABLE IF EVER NEEDED.
• 1:08:25
  - IF SOMEONE NEEDED TO KNOW WHOSE IT WAS. IT WAS MARKED. AND
• 1:08:30
  SO WE PUT THOSE COINS IN THAT SAFE. AND ABOUT A YEAR LATER, I
• 1:08:38
  WAS GETTING OUT OF MY CAR. I CAN SEE MYSELF DOING IT NOW. IT WAS
• 1:08:40
  ON THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT CHURCH. AND I
• 1:08:44
  PUT MY FOOT ON THE GRAVEL, AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE LORD SPOKE
• 1:08:48
  TO ME AND SAID, "GET PASTOR'S COINS OUT OF THAT SAFE." AND I
• 1:08:58
  THOUGHT, IT KIND OF TOOK ME BACK. IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE
• 1:09:00
  BECAUSE I HAD NO THOUGHT OF THAT. THAT I WAS COMING BACK
• 1:09:05
  FROM LUNCH THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I HAD TO DO THE REST
• 1:09:08
  OF THE DAY. AND WHEN GOD REVEALED THAT TO ME, I THOUGHT,
• 1:09:14
  "WHY? WHY AM I HEARING THIS?" AND THAT'S AN... I DON'T KNOW IF
• 1:09:20
  THIS WILL APPLY TO ANYONE ELSE, BUT IT HELPS ME. MANY TIMES WHEN
• 1:09:24
  GOD SPEAKS TO ME, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT AT ALL THINKING
• 1:09:30
  ABOUT IN MY NATURAL MIND. IT BOILS UP IN ME AND IT CAN ALMOST
• 1:09:35
  CATCH ME OFF GUARD. IF I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND
• 1:09:40
  TRYING TO RATIONALIZE IT IN MY MIND, MANY TIMES IT'S NOT GOD.
• 1:09:45
  BUT WHEN IT JUST COMES UP OUT OF NOWHERE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
• 1:09:49
  YEAH, THAT'S WHEN I A LOT OF TIMES KNOW THAT, OKAY, THAT'S
• 1:09:53
  GOD SPEAKING TO ME. SO I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE AT THAT POINT.
• 1:09:58
  DO I BOTHER THESE PASTORS, GIVE THEM A CALL AND TELL THEM THAT
• 1:10:03
  THEY NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET THESE COINS OUT OF THE SAFE?
• 1:10:08
  OR DO I NEED TO JUST WAIT ON THIS FOR A WHILE AND MAYBE IT'LL
• 1:10:12
  BE CONFIRMED? BUT I FELT AN URGENCY AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
• 1:10:15
  THEY MIGHT THINK I'M NUTS, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL
• 1:10:19
  THEM AND TELL THEM WHAT I HEARD. SO I MOVED FORWARD BELIEVING
• 1:10:23
  THAT I'D HEARD GOD. I CALLED THEM AND THEY WERE VERY
• 1:10:26
  RECEPTIVE TO THAT. THEY SAID, "OKAY." SO THE NEXT MORNING WE
• 1:10:30
  WENT TO THE LOCAL BANK. WE OPENED A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN
• 1:10:34
  THEIR NAME AND WE MOVED THOSE COINS OUT OF THAT CHURCH SAFE,
• 1:10:38
  GOT THEM SECURED. THEY HAD THE KEYS. WE WERE FINE. I DIDN'T
• 1:10:42
  THINK ANY MORE ABOUT IT. AND ABOUT A WEEK OR MAYBE IT WAS TWO
• 1:10:46
  WEEKS LATER, I GOT A CALL ON A SUNDAY MORNING. THE CHURCH HAD
• 1:10:50
  BEEN BROKEN INTO. THERE WAS A PERKINS RESTAURANT RIGHT ACROSS
• 1:10:55
  THE STREET FROM THIS CHURCH AND THE THIEVES HAD BROKEN INTO THAT
• 1:10:59
  PERKINS RESTAURANT THAT NIGHT AND THEY'D ALSO BROKEN INTO THIS
• 1:11:02
  CHURCH. WELL, THE INTERESTING THING WAS THEY KNOCKED DOWN THE
• 1:11:06
  DOOR, THE WOODEN DOOR THAT WAS THE OFFICE WHERE THE ACCOUNTING
• 1:11:10
  WAS AND WHERE THE SAFE WAS. THEY KNOCKED THAT DOOR DOWN, GOT
• 1:11:14
  THROUGH THERE, AND THEY USED EXPLOSIVES TO BREAK INTO THAT
• 1:11:18
  SAFE. THEY BLEW THE DOOR OFF THAT SAFE. WELL, EVIDENTLY,
• 1:11:25
  THESE THIEVES WERE NOT SAVED PROTESTANTS THAT WENT TO CHURCH
• 1:11:32
  BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT DOING THIS ON A
• 1:11:35
  SATURDAY NIGHT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OUR OFFERINGS ARE GONE
• 1:11:41
  AFTER SUNDAY. WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE'D PUT THE SUNDAY OFFERINGS
• 1:11:45
  IN THE SAFE AND THEN MONDAYS WE WOULD GET THEM SECURELY TO THE
• 1:11:49
  BANK. AND THAT SAFE JUST HELD THEM FROM SUNDAY NIGHT TILL
• 1:11:52
  MONDAY MORNING. OR SUNDAY, YEAH, SUNDAY NIGHT TILL MONDAY
• 1:11:55
  MORNING. THOSE THIEVES DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO THE ONLY THING IN
• 1:11:59
  THAT SAFE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PETTY CASH, WHICH I DON'T KNOW,
• 1:12:02
  A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS MAYBE, AND THEN A BUNCH OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS
• 1:12:06
  AND PAPERS. AND THERE WERE PAPERS STREWN ALL OVER THAT
• 1:12:10
  HALLWAY IN THAT AREA, 'CAUSE YOU COULD TELL THEY HAD JUST DUG
• 1:12:13
  THROUGH TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING THEY COULD FIND IN THAT SAFE.
• 1:12:16
  WELL, THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING EXCEPT A LITTLE BIT OF PETTY
• 1:12:19
  CASH, AND THEY MADE A MESS. AT THAT POINT, I WAS THINKING, "OH,
• 1:12:26
  I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I LISTENED TO THAT AND THAT PASTORS WERE
• 1:12:33
  WILLING TO GET THAT MOVED," BECAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SUM
• 1:12:37
  OF MONEY BACK THEN IN 2002. I MEAN, $10,000 IS STILL A GOOD
• 1:12:41
  SUM OF MONEY. BUT TODAY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE $25,000. SO OF
• 1:12:50
  COURSE, THE DESTRUCTION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THERE WAS COVERED
• 1:12:53
  BY INSURANCE. AND THERE WAS NO INSURANCE ON THE PRECIOUS
• 1:12:57
  METALS. THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO INSURE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
• 1:12:59
  SERIAL NUMBERED. THERE'S NO WAY TO TRACK THEM, REALLY. IT'S VERY
• 1:13:02
  DIFFICULT TO INSURE THOSE. SO THEY WOULD HAVE JUST SPENT OUT
• 1:13:05
  THAT MONEY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
• 1:13:10
  OBEY WHEN YOU HEAR. PROVERBS 3, VERSES 5 AND 6, I DON'T THINK WE
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  HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN TONIGHT, BUT IT'S A SCRIPTURE YOU'RE VERY
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  FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IT FITS. "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL
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  THINE HEART, AND LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL
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  THE WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. IF
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  WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIM CONTINUOUSLY, ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK, HE'LL DIRECT
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  YOUR PATHS. SO WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LEAN ON GOD'S WISDOM RATHER
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  THAN OUR OWN LIMITED PERSPECTIVES. TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
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  GOD'S VOICE, WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE TIME AND WAIT IN HIS
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  PRESENCE AND ALLOW HIM TO TALK TO US. AND IT'S WHEN WE'RE QUIET
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  BEFORE GOD THAT WE CAN HEAR HIM MOST CLEARLY. AND SOMETIMES
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  HE'LL JUST SPEAK TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE ON A MISSION, LIKE THAT
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  DAY THAT I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, I WAS ON A MISSION TO GO INSIDE
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  AND DO SOME WORK. I WASN'T SITTING THERE MEDITATING OR
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  TRYING TO LISTEN, IT JUST CAME. AND THANK GOD FOR THAT BECAUSE
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  SOMETIMES WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY DAY AND WE NEED DIRECTION
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  NOW. WE DON'T HAVE-- I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SIT AND PRAY ALL DAY
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  YOU CAN'T SIT AND LISTEN TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE ALL DAY.
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  YOU'D NEVER GET ANYTHING DONE OR ACCOMPLISHED IF
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  THAT'S ALL YOU DID. THAT'S NOT GOD EITHER BECAUSE
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  HE EXPECTS US TO WORK. HE EXPECTS US TO MOVE FORWARD
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  AND ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. SO THERE'S BALANCE IN OUR
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  LIVES. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT. YOU CAN PREACH ON THAT
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  ONE SOMEDAY, BOB. OKAY. HALLELUJAH. BUT WE CAN ASK HIM,
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  "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO ME NOW?" SCRIPTURE TELLS US HOW THE
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  PROPHET ELIJAH LEARNED TO HEAR THE VOICE OF THE LORD. IN 1
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  KINGS 19, 11 THROUGH 13, GOD TOLD ELIJAH TO STAND BEFORE HIM
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  ON THE MOUNTAIN, AND A GREAT WIND BEGAN TO BLOW. BUT THE
• 1:15:08
  LORD'S VOICE WAS NOT IN THE WIND. THEN AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK
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  THE MOUNTAIN, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT SPEAKING THROUGH THE
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  EARTHQUAKE. AND THEN A FIRE BEGAN TO BLAZE AND ROAR, BUT
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  GOD'S VOICE WAS NOT IN THE FIRE. AND AT LAST, ELIJAH HEARD A
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  STILL, SMALL VOICE. THE VOICE OF THE LORD WAS SPEAKING TO HIM.
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  IN OUR FAST-PACED WORLD, WE OFTEN DON'T GET QUIET ENOUGH
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  TO HEAR THAT STILL SMALL VOICE. WE DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME
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  COMMUNING WITH THE LORD TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
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  HIM SPEAK. IT'S EASY TO GET IMPATIENT IN OUR PRAYER TIMES
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  AND MAKE UP THE ANSWERS OURSELVES, AND THEN DECIDE
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  THAT THAT'S GOD'S ANSWER. WE HEAD IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION,
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  AND THEN WE WONDER WHY THINGS DON'T GO AS WELL
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  AS THEY COULD HAVE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SPEND TIME
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  EVERY DAY HEARING GOD'S VOICE, QUALITY TIME WITH HIM. TEST
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  NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE
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  HEARING? THAT'S THE SECOND TEST. DOES IT UPLIFT AND MINISTER
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  LIFE, OR DOES IT HAVE A HEAVY DEADENING EFFECT? WE APPLY THIS
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  TEST TO WHEN WE HEAR WORDS SPOKEN BY OTHERS, BUT WE ALSO
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  NEED TO APPLY IT TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR HEARTS. WE SAW IN
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  LUKE 4 THAT THE DEVIL CAN QUOTE THE WORD OF GOD, EVEN THOUGH IT
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  WAS TWISTED. HE TRIED TO QUOTE IT. HE WAS QUOTING TO JESUS
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  SOMETHING THAT WAS MISAPPLIED AND HAD TO BE COUNTERED BY
• 1:16:39
  ANOTHER PASSAGE THAT CORRECTED THE MISAPPLICATION. AND GOD'S
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  PLAN FOR US IS NOT DEFEAT. GOD'S WILL FOR US IS VICTORY IN JESUS.
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  WE'RE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US. AND WE
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  NEED TO DISCERN WHETHER THE BIBLICAL TRUTH THAT WE'RE
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  BELIEVING WE'RE HEARING IS BEING PROPERLY APPLIED IN THE LIGHT OF
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  SCRIPTURE AND WHAT THE IMPACT IT'S HAVING ON OUR INNER MAN.
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  AND I SAY INNER MAN BECAUSE SOMETIMES A TRUE WORD CAN BE
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  CORRECTIVE OR EMOTIONALLY TOUGH ON THE NATURAL MAN. IT DOESN'T
• 1:17:20
  MEAN THAT EVERYTHING YOU HEAR IS GOING TO BE FLUFF AND HOW
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  WONDERFUL YOU ARE. YOU MAY GET A CORRECTIVE WORD IN YOUR SPIRIT.
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  THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT STILL SHOULD LEAD YOU TO A PATH OF LIFE. A
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  TRUE WORD WILL NOT DEPLETE YOUR INNER SPIRIT. IT WON'T DRAIN
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  LIFE FROM YOUR SPIRIT. EDDIE, YOU CAN COME. WE'RE JUST ABOUT
• 1:17:47
  READY TO CLOSE TONIGHT. A TRUE WORD FROM GOD WILL STRENGTHEN
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  YOU WITHIN. IT'LL BRING LIFE AND VITALITY TO YOUR SPIRIT.
• 1:17:57
  JESUS SAID IN JOHN 6:63, "THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK TO YOU
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  ARE SPIRIT, THEY ARE LIFE." HIS WORDS ARE LIFE-GIVING
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  TO OUR SPIRITS. THEY STRENGTHEN OUR INNER MAN. SO MY
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  POINT IS THAT WE TEST WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR SPIRIT. THE
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  TESTING CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. JESUS' RESPONSE TO THE VOICE
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  THAT HE HEARD IN LUKE CHAPTER 4 PROBABLY HAPPENED WITHIN
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  SECONDS. HE DIDN'T SAY, WELL, NOW, SATAN, I NEED A LITTLE TIME
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  TO GO DO A BIBLE STUDY HERE. AND WHEN I FIGURE OUT GOD'S ANSWER
• 1:18:38
  TO THIS AND FIND SOME SCRIPTURE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE A
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  DISCUSSION. HE RESPONDED OUT OF GOD'S WORD THAT WAS WRITTEN IN
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  HIS HEART. AND IF WE APPLY THESE TESTS, WE CAN MORE ACCURATELY
• 1:18:52
  FILTER OUT DECEPTIVE THOUGHTS OR THOUGHTS THAT ORIGINATE IN OUR
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  OWN MINDS. AND AS WE DO THAT, WE'LL BUILD CONFIDENCE TO FOLLOW
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  THE PROMPTINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE HAVE TO OBEY THE
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  VOICE OF THE SPIRIT. IF WE BACK OFF FROM THAT OBEDIENCE AND
• 1:19:08
  SIMPLY DO WHAT OUR REASON AND EMOTIONS TELL US TO DO, THEN WE
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  WON'T GROW IN THAT THING THAT WE'RE CALLING WALKING IN THE
• 1:19:16
  SPIRIT. WE WANT TO GROW IN THAT. WE WANT TO GET MORE RECEPTIVE TO
• 1:19:21
  HEARING GOD'S VOICE. AND THAT'S WHY 1 THESSALONIANS 5, 19
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  THROUGH 21, INSTRUCTS US IN THIS WAY. IT SAYS, "DO NOT QUENCH,
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  SUBDUE, OR BE UNRESPONSIVE TO THE WORKING AND GUIDANCE OF THE
• 1:19:37
  HOLY SPIRIT. DO NOT SCORN OR REJECT GIFTS OF PROPHECY OR
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  PROPHECIES, SPOKEN REVELATIONS, WORDS OF INSTRUCTION, OR
• 1:19:46
  EXHORTATION, OR WARNING. BUT TEST ALL THINGS CAREFULLY SO
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  THAT YOU CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT IS GOOD. HOLD FIRMLY TO THAT WHICH
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  IS GOOD. SO HEARING GOD'S VOICE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WALKING
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  IN THE SPIRIT AND LIVING A FULFILLED CHRISTIAN LIFE AND
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  ACCOMPLISHING WHAT GOD HAS FOR US. IT DOES REQUIRE SOME
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  PATIENCE, PRACTICE, AND FAITH ON OUR PART. BUT AS YOU START TO
• 1:20:17
  HEAR GOD'S STILL SMALL VOICE, RESPOND TO THAT. BECAUSE YOU CAN
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  QUENCH THE SPIRIT ALSO, AND YOU CAN NOT RESPOND, NOT DO WHAT
• 1:20:30
  GOD'S TOLD YOU TO DO, AND MANY TIMES YOU WON'T RECEIVE
• 1:20:34
  ADDITIONAL DIRECTION AS QUICKLY WHEN YOU DO THAT. SO IF YOU'RE
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  STUCK, GO BACK TO THE LAST THING THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO DO AND
• 1:20:44
  FULFILL THAT. AND THEN YOU'LL OPEN UP THAT CHANNEL AGAIN FOR
• 1:20:49
  HIM TO CONTINUE SPEAKING. MAKE TIME EVERY DAY TO LISTEN TO THE
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  VOICE OF GOD. IT'LL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
• 1:21:03
  HERE TONIGHT OR YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING, YOU DESIRE TO PRESS IN
• 1:21:09
  MORE, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
• 1:21:12
  LISTEN TO GOD'S VOICE, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TIME, AND YOU'RE
• 1:21:15
  GOING TO BE GROUNDED IN THE WORD. AND AS YOU DO THAT, YOU
• 1:21:20
  CAN UNDERSTAND THERE'S A GRAVITY, A GRAVITY TO THIS ISSUE
• 1:21:28
  OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
• 1:21:35
  STATE IT ANY CLEARER THAN THAT. IF YOU DON'T LEARN TO HEAR THE
• 1:21:42
  VOICE OF GOD, YOU CAN STUMBLE THROUGH LIFE AND NOT ACCOMPLISH
• 1:21:48
  YOUR DESTINY. SO ONCE YOU BECOME A BELIEVER, YOU GET FILLED WITH
• 1:21:55
  THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN LEARNING TO
• 1:22:00
  HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. AND YOU CAN DO LIKE SOLOMON, WHO HAD
• 1:22:05
  EVERYTHING. HE HAD RICHES, HE HAD POWER. HE JUST SAID, "GOD, I
• 1:22:11
  NEED WISDOM." THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WISDOM
• 1:22:16
  OF GOD IN OUR LIVES, THE DIRECTION THAT HE'LL GIVE YOU,
• 1:22:20
  BECAUSE IT ANSWERS EVERYTHING. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH
• 1:22:25
  ME? LET'S DO THIS TONIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA PRAY. YOU JUST STAND
• 1:22:38
  THERE FOR A MOMENT AND RECEIVE FROM HIM. IN YOUR OWN WORDS,
• 1:22:43
  JUST ASK GOD TONIGHT. UNDER YOUR OWN BREATH, JUST ASK HIM, LORD,
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  GIVE ME THE DIRECTION THAT I NEED. HELP ME TO BE SENSITIVE TO
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  YOUR SPIRIT. HELP ME TO RECEIVE ALL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR ME.
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  AND THEN HELP ME TO BE OBEDIENT, LORD, IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE.
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  HELP ME TO BE OBEDIENT AND TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO WHAT YOU
• 1:23:10
  WOULD HAVE FOR ME. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THOSE WATCHING ONLINE
• 1:23:14
  AND THOSE HERE TONIGHT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD. I THANK
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  YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR WORD IS A SURE FOUNDATION. AND AS WE CLING
• 1:23:25
  TO YOU, YOUR WORD, WE BECOME MORE GROUNDED IN YOUR WORD, AND
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  YOU DIRECT US BY YOUR SPIRIT. I BELIEVE, LORD, THAT YOU'LL OPEN
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  OUR EARS TO HEAR YOUR VOICE IN A GREATER WAY THAN WE EVER HAVE
• 1:23:40
  BEFORE. TONIGHT WE COME TOGETHER IN FAITH, BELIEVING FOR THAT,
• 1:23:45
  THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE IMPARTATION, THE ANOINTING, AND
• 1:23:52
  THE GIFTINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT
• 1:23:55
  YOU'VE CALLED US TO DO. WE WILL REACT APPROPRIATELY AND WE'LL
• 1:23:59
  RESPOND TO THOSE SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT YOU
• 1:24:04
  WOULD HAVE SET BEFORE US, AND WE DO IT TO YOUR GLORY. IN THE
• 1:24:11
  MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING
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  TONIGHT. DON'T MISS SUNDAY BECAUSE PASTORS WILL BE BACK IN
• 1:24:20
  THE HOUSE. THEY HAD A GREAT VACATION, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA BE
• 1:24:24
  EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BACK, AND IT'LL BE ANOINTED. SUNDAY
• 1:24:30
  MORNING, 9 O'CLOCK, WITH A REPEAT BROADCAST AT 1130. AND OF
• 1:24:34
  COURSE, YOU THAT ARE HERE, BE HERE. BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU TO
• 1:24:38
  THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. LET'S FILL THIS PLACE UP, PACK IT OUT.
• 1:24:42
  THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU
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  SUNDAY MORNING. [APPLAUSE]