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Bold Steps with Dr. Mark Jobe - Breaking Through the Gloom -- Part 2 · The Well

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  S1: Are you tired of feeling down and gloomy, looking for
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  S1: real ways to actually change how you feel? Stay tuned
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  S1: for today's Bold Steps message.
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  S2: But let me tell you, when you jump start the
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  S2: sacrifice of praise, then your emotions catch up with your
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  S2: joyful noise. If you've entered in praise and thanksgiving, you
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  S2: can leave this place having your heart turned around because
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  S2: you've gotten into the presence of God and God has
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  S2: been able to speak to you.
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  S1: Welcome to Bold Steps with Mark Jobe. Mark is founding
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  S1: pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. I'm Wayne Shepherd.
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  S1: You know, when we look around the world today, most
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  S1: of what we see doesn't actually look so good. From
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  S1: corruption and politics to the growing division within our culture
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  S1: and even with other countries. There's no shortage of negative headlines.
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  S1: And with all the darkness and despair that we see,
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  S1: what can we do as followers of Christ to maintain
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  S1: our joy and shine to those around us? That's exactly
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  S1: what we're discussing on today's program. We'll be looking at
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  S1: Psalm 100. So if you have your Bible, go ahead
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  S1: and join us there. As Mark Jobe begins part two
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  S1: of a message titled breaking Through the Gloom.
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  S2: You can't change someone's attitude, but God can. You can't
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  S2: fix your cousin's marriage, but God can. You can't forgive sins,
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  S2: but God can. You don't know the future, but God does.
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  S2: You can't see into the future what's going on, but
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  S2: God does. You can't climb a mountain, but God can
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  S2: overcome any obstacle. God is able. So remember who God is.
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  S2: The psalmist says, be still and know that He is God.
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  S2: Some of us in the middle of our chaos and
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  S2: trouble were so busy and worried, running around. And sometimes
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  S2: you need to be still and remember who God is.
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  S2: And then he says, it is he who has made
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  S2: us and we are his. We are his people, the
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  S2: sheep of his pasture. When you stop and remember that
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  S2: He is God, and that God knows your story and
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  S2: that you are his, I want you to think about
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  S2: this for a second. God is not a distant character.
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  S2: This generic force in the universe that doesn't know your name,
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  S2: the God of Scripture is a God that knows your
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  S2: story and knows your name. And before you were born,
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  S2: he knew you. Before your parents even know knew you,
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  S2: he knew you. God has seen you when other people haven't.
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  S2: He knows your thoughts and your heart. He's tracked your story.
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  S2: He knows your middle name. Yeah. Even though you don't
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  S2: tell other people about it, he knows it. He knows
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  S2: the secrets of your heart. He knows the longings and
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  S2: the desires of your soul. Not only that, the Bible
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  S2: tells us that His Holy Spirit dwells inside of us.
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  S2: God Knows you. There's something powerful about knowing that God
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  S2: knows you. And even though he knows you, he loves you.
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  S2: Romans tells us. 828 says, and we know that for
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  S2: those who love God, all things. What things? All things
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  S2: work together for good for those who are called according
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  S2: to his purpose. Those that love God, all things work together.
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  S2: The bad, the good, the unexpected. They collude together by
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  S2: God's sovereignty, and they actually work together for the good
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  S2: of the people that love God. God can even take
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  S2: your bad circumstances and use them as stepping stones for
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  S2: good purposes. all things work together. This is not a
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  S2: world in which just random things happen without anybody being
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  S2: in control. This is not a world where chaos reigns
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  S2: and there is no rhyme or reason. We live in
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  S2: a world where there is a sovereign God. You may
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  S2: not understand why things happen. You may have difficulty, understand
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  S2: suffering in this world and injustice in this world. But
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  S2: I want you to understand that God is not confused,
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  S2: that God does have a plan. That God does allow
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  S2: bad to happen because of our choices. But in the end,
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  S2: the final chapter of this book is written and the
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  S2: end God wins and the end justice comes in the end.
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  S2: There is a future with a hope, a purpose, and
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  S2: a destiny as written in Scripture. Isaiah 41 verse ten says,
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  S2: fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed,
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  S2: for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I
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  S2: will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous
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  S2: right hand. Jeremiah 32 verse 27 says, behold, I am
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  S2: the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too
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  S2: hard for me? Once in a while, in the middle
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  S2: of your chaos, in the middle of your anxiety, in
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  S2: the middle of your inability to figure things out, you
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  S2: need to take a deep breath, slow down, and remember
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  S2: who God is. Yeah, you're on the throne, God. I
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  S2: remember it. You're still on the throne. Regardless of my circumstances.
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  S2: And I am yours and you are mine. It tells
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  S2: us in this verse. And we are his people and
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  S2: the sheep of his pasture. I kind of wonder why
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  S2: oftentimes the Bible compares us to sheep. I really don't
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  S2: like that comparison. I'd rather be a tiger. Black panther.
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  S2: A bear, but a sheep. I've been around sheep. And
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  S2: here's the thing about sheep. First of all, they're not
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  S2: that bright. Nah. I grew up in a village in
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  S2: northern Spain. Sheep were. My best friend was the son
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  S2: of a shepherd. They weren't bright. The other thing about
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  S2: sheep is they're extremely vulnerable. They don't have horns on
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  S2: their head. They can't camouflage themselves. I mean, they're just
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  S2: white right in the middle of everything. They have no teeth.
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  S2: They have no claws. They're extremely vulnerable. But one thing
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  S2: that sheep have in the biblical context is they have
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  S2: a shepherd. There are some of the most vulnerable animals
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  S2: on earth. Rabbits can run. Tigers can fight, bears can roar.
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  S2: Chameleons can hide sheep. But put a good shepherd around
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  S2: a sheep. And you don't want to mess with those sheep.
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  S2: Because there's a shepherd, guides them, cares for them, watches
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  S2: out for them, protects them. And I love the fact
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  S2: that God acknowledges our vulnerability in calling us sheep. Yet
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  S2: at the same time acknowledges that he is the shepherd.
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  S2: No matter how strong you may feel today or how
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  S2: invincible you may feel, I want to tell you. All
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  S2: of us human beings, we share a common characteristic. We
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  S2: are extremely vulnerable. Cancer can hit in a moment. A
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  S2: heart attack can leave you paralyzed. A car can hit
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  S2: you while you're crossing the street. Life can change immediately.
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  S2: We are extremely vulnerable in life, but thank God that
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  S2: in the midst of our vulnerability, we have the Shepherd,
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  S2: the Shepherd of our soul that watches, that cares, that
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  S2: knows us, that controls our destiny and our future. Number three,
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  S2: verse four. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts
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  S2: with praise. Give thanks to him. Bless his name. Number
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  S2: three thank your way in the door. Make some noise.
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  S2: Now you know who God is. Thank your way in
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  S2: the door. Enter his presence with the ticket of thanksgiving
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  S2: and praise. Notice what he says in verse four. He says,
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  S2: enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.
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  S2: Can I tell you something about thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the
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  S2: language of God. It's the language of the people of God.
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  S2: There are some people here today that you feel distant
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  S2: from God. You feel like God hasn't spoken to me
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  S2: in a long time. I don't know what it is,
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  S2: but I feel like I can't get really close to God.
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  S2: Can I tell you that one of the keys to
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  S2: entering into the presence of God in such a way
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  S2: that he can speak to us, is an attitude of gratitude.
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  S2: You see, you can't enter into the gates of the
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  S2: presence of God when you're full of criticism, negativity, complaint,
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  S2: and darkness. You. You're kept in the outer courts when
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  S2: you all. All you see is the bad in life.
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  S2: What you don't have in life, what should be and
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  S2: can't be. When you look at life, some of you
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  S2: wake up in the morning and you already predict a
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  S2: rotten day. Uh. This is going to be a terrible day.
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  S2: My back hurts. Traffic's going to be terrible. Where's my coffee?
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  S2: This is nasty. The job is terrible. I can't stand
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  S2: this day. It's Monday. And I just feel like God's distant. Well,
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  S2: maybe God feels distant because you're in the outer courts.
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  S2: And the ticket inside the gates of the presence of
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  S2: God is gratitude and thanksgiving. I wonder what would happen
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  S2: if you got out of bed tomorrow and you said,
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  S2: thank you, God, that I can walk. Bless you, that
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  S2: I have air in my lungs. And you say, well, pastor,
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  S2: I have enfisema. I have air in one lung at least.
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  S2: Thank God that I have air in one lung. Praise
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  S2: God that I. My mind is more or less still there.
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  S2: Thank God that I can drive a car and not
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  S2: walk to work. Thank God that I'm not sleeping in
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  S2: a cardboard box under Lower Wacker Drive. Praise God that
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  S2: I can eat some food. It may not be caviar
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  S2: or a New York steak, but it's carne asada maybe.
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  S2: You know, praise God that that that I have something
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  S2: in life. You need to find something to thank God
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  S2: for and start focusing on what you're going to thank
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  S2: God for. Because let me tell you, a spirit of
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  S2: ingratitude could be in a millionaire mansion and still complain.
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  S2: It's not about your circumstances. It's about the attitude that
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  S2: you have towards your circumstances. And when you look at life,
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  S2: do you whine about what you don't have? Do you
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  S2: complain about what's going wrong? Do you focus on what's missing?
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  S2: Do you find yourself spiraling down this complaining? Jealousy. Comparison. Competitive. Whole.
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  S2: So that you're always unhappy. Always discontent. Always fuming about something.
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  S2: Always critical of somebody. Or have you learned the power
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  S2: of thanksgiving? Where you wake up and you find something
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  S2: to thank God for.
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  S1: Well, don't go anywhere because Mark will be right back
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  S1: to continue this pivotal lesson in just a minute. You're
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  S1: listening to Bold Steps with Mark Jobe. A message about
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  S1: breaking through the gloom. And real quick, we just want
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  S1: to remind you that if you ever miss one of
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  S1: these daily teachings on the radio, or if you want
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  S1: to go back and revisit a message, you can do
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  S1: that anytime by visiting our website at bold steps.org or
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  S1: for easy listening straight from your phone, just open up
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  S1: your podcast app and subscribe to the Bold Steps podcast.
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  S1: You'll find us by searching for bold steps with doctor
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  S1: Mark job. And then Mark also has a one minute
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  S1: feature you can subscribe to called the Bold Steps Minute,
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  S1: where you'll find short segments of daily encouragement and biblical
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  S1: insight from Mark. To start listening today, just subscribe through
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  S1: your podcast app or visit bold steps.org. Now back to
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  S1: our message for today. It's titled Breaking Through the Gloom
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  S1: with Mark job here on Bold Steps.
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  S2: You see, you can't get close enough to hear God
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  S2: if you're criticizing and complaining. If you enter into his presence,
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  S2: the outer courts with thanksgiving, you enter in through the
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  S2: gates with thanksgiving, and then you enter into the courts.
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  S2: The temple courts had an outer gate and an inner
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  S2: court and an inner sanctum. I believe the outer gates
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  S2: are the are the attitude of thanksgiving. The courts are
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  S2: the place of praise. You see, thanksgiving and praise are different.
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  S2: Thanksgiving is gratitude for what is around us. Praise focuses
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  S2: on the character of God and thanking God for who
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  S2: he is and how he is. It's a heart of worship.
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  S2: And then in the inner sanctuary, there is adoration and worship. Listen,
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  S2: some of you haven't heard God because you're so full
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  S2: of complaining and criticism that you need to start coming
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  S2: into his courts with, enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
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  S2: and then enter into his courts with praise. You get
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  S2: close enough to God so he doesn't have to scream
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  S2: out to you. So you're close enough to God that
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  S2: you can hear his voice as he whispers to you. Pastor,
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  S2: I don't get anything out of the message. Well, maybe
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  S2: it's me. Could be. Maybe it's because you fought all
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  S2: your way into the parking lot. You came and stomping
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  S2: your feet, crossing your arms. You're in the outer courts.
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  S2: Even when God's trying to speak to you, you haven't
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  S2: opened up your ears with praise. You haven't softened your
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  S2: heart with thanksgiving. God hasn't let you into his presence
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  S2: because there's just complaining and negativity. So you're in the
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  S2: outer courts. What would happen if you came to church
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  S2: and when you woke up in the morning, you started
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  S2: thanking God. You did. You kept it 100. Yes. Psalm 100.
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  S2: What would happen if by the time you entered service,
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  S2: you weren't all concerned and worried about arguing with people,
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  S2: but when you walked in this place, you'd spent the
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  S2: morning worshiping and thanking God. What would happen if you
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  S2: came into this place of worship? And already it was like, hey,
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  S2: I don't need worship to warm me up. I'm already
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  S2: warmed up. I'm ready to hear God. I'm ready to listen.
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  S2: My heart's in the right place. I'm not fighting with anybody.
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  S2: I'm not arguing with anybody. I'm here to receive. And
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  S2: then God could. The moment the worship start, you would
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  S2: get much more out of this service. The moment the
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  S2: singing started, you wouldn't be thinking about the bass or
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  S2: the sound or the stage or the temperature. You'd be saying,
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  S2: here I am, God, I want to hear you. I'm
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  S2: hearing your voice. You're speaking to me. You're encouraging me.
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  S2: I'm getting a lot out of this because I've already
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  S2: entered his gates with Thanksgiving. I've stepped into his courts
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  S2: with praise, and now I can hear the voice of
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  S2: the living God speaking to my life. The Bible tells
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  S2: us that we have to give a sacrifice of praise.
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  S2: First Thessalonians chapter 518 says, give thanks in all circumstances.
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  S2: In what circumstances? All circumstances. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 15 says,
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  S2: through him, then let us continually offer up a sacrifice
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  S2: of praise that is the fruit of our lips that
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  S2: give thanks to his name. How many of you know
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  S2: that praise sometimes is a sacrifice? You know when it's
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  S2: the greatest sacrifice? When I don't feel like giving it.
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  S2: When things are going good, it's easy. It's not a sacrifice.
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  S2: When things are bad. Things are hard. It's hard to
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  S2: give stuff that doesn't come easy. The Bible says that
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  S2: sometimes we need to give a sacrifice of praise. That
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  S2: means I'm going to give you something that's not easy.
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  S2: Hard for me to give today. It could start slow.
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  S2: Don't worry about it. Thank you Lord. I don't feel
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  S2: like giving thanks, but thank you, Lord. I don't feel
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  S2: like praising you, but praise you, Lord. Come on. How
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  S2: many of you feel like that sometimes? You say, well, pastor,
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  S2: I don't want to be a hypocrite. Let me tell you,
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  S2: it's never been a hypocrite to thank God for what
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  S2: you know you should thank God for even when you
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  S2: don't feel like it. A hypocrite is someone who pretends
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  S2: to be something that they're not. When you sacrifice, that's
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  S2: not hypocrisy, that's obedience. When I thank God, when it's hard,
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  S2: that's obedience. When I praise God and my circumstances don't
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  S2: lend themselves. That's obedience. But let me tell you, when
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  S2: you jump start the sacrifice of praise, then your emotions
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  S2: catch up with your joyful noise. And by the time
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  S2: you leave this place, if you've entered in praise and thanksgiving,
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  S2: you can leave this place having your heart turned around
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  S2: because you've gotten into the presence of God and God
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  S2: has been able to speak to you. Ephesians 520 says,
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  S2: always giving thanks for all things in the name of
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  S2: the Lord Jesus Christ. God, even our father. Let me
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  S2: give you the last point in keeping it 100. You
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  S2: need to make a joyful noise. You need to know
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  S2: who God is. You need to thank your way in
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  S2: the door. And lastly, you Lastly, you need to lean
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  S2: on his goodness. God is faithful and good towards his people.
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  S2: Notice with verse five says the final verse. It says,
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  S2: for the Lord, oh man, for the Lord is good.
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  S2: That's a simple but profound statement. The Lord is good.
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  S2: Not only is the Lord good, but his love is steadfast.
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  S2: And not only is love steadfast, but his faithfulness is
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  S2: true from generation to generation. What does that mean? That
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  S2: means that God is not moody, that you don't wake
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  S2: up one day and say, does he love me? Does
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  S2: he love me not? Oh, I know you've had a
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  S2: boyfriend like that. That one day he loves you. The
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  S2: next day he wants to leave you. The other day
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  S2: he wants to marry you. The next day he wants
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  S2: to divorce you and you're not even married. I know
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  S2: you've had relationships like that, but let me tell you something.
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  S2: God is not that way. God loves you through your
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  S2: thick and thin. God loves you and your good and bad.
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  S2: God loves you and is faithful even when you're not faithful.
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  S2: God's love is true today, tomorrow, the day after. God
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  S2: is faithful. He's true. He's consistent. He doesn't change. The
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  S2: world can fall apart, but the love of God continues.
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  S2: Nothing can separate us from the love of God. The
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  S2: Bible says nothing can separate you from the love of God.
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  S2: I love that about God, that he is faithful and
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  S2: true and steadfast. 100% of the time. That means that
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  S2: when life isn't so good, you need to remember that
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  S2: God is good. And offer a sacrifice of praise. Some
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  S2: of you today need to break through the gloom that
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  S2: you've been living in. I'm talking to someone today that's
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  S2: been so down and out and dark that you've had
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  S2: thoughts of hurting yourself, ending it all. I'm talking to
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  S2: some today who you've self-medicated your sadness and depression. And
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  S2: so you've become addicted to something because you're sad over
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  S2: something else. I'm talking to some of you today that
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  S2: God is saying, you know, it's time to break out
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  S2: of that gloom you've been living with. You've allowed this
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  S2: world to brainwash you into depression, to blind you into despair,
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  S2: to take on the atmosphere of hopelessness. But I'm saying,
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  S2: go a little higher. Come on, break through the cloud.
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  S2: Go a little higher. Go a little higher. Break through
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  S2: the gloom. When you get on top, God is saying
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  S2: to some of you. Feel the shine of my love
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  S2: on you. Understand that I haven't changed. Remember that I
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  S2: am faithful and true. I am sovereign, still on the throne.
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  S2: I have a purpose and a plan for your life,
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  S2: and it is a good purpose and a good plan
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  S2: for your life. I love you, I've forgiven you. I'm there.
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  S2: My presence is powerful. I can turn you around, heal you,
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  S2: change you, reconstruct you, deliver. You do what it takes.
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  S2: That's what God is saying to some of you.
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  S3: Yeah. So I hope that this message has breathed fresh
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  S3: air in some of you that have felt like I'm
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  S3: living below the cloud line instead of above the cloud line. Um,
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  S3: I want to just take a moment just to pray
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  S3: for you right now. If you've been feeling like I've
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  S3: been living in gloom. Father, I pray in Jesus name
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  S3: off the gloom. But it just persists. They wake up
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  S3: in the morning feeling it. They go to bed at
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  S3: night feeling it. They've lost their joy. I thank you,
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  S3: Lord Jesus, that you're seeking to break them out of
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  S3: that place of gloom. And I pray, spirit of the
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  S3: living God, that even today, Holy Spirit, you would infuse
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  S3: would rekindle their joy, that they would begin to once
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  S3: again stand firm and confident in your sovereignty. And I
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  S3: pray this in Jesus name. Amen.
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