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The book of Jeremiah, episode 50 Jer 20:7–10 — “His Word Was in My Heart” · His Hop Radio Podcast

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  Speaker 3: we were in Jeremiah chapter 20. Verses one through six.
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  Speaker 3: And we saw Jeremiah straight get rejected by the high priest.
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  Speaker 3: going to see his heart. We're going to see how
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  Speaker 3: frustrated our prophet got. And we're going to learn. We're
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  Speaker 3: can come to us and say, you know what? This
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  Speaker 3: is God's word. This is God's will. We need to
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  Speaker 3: keep our hearts clean. Amen. And so that's what we
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  Speaker 3: oh God, for the anointing to go forth. We ask, Lord,
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  Speaker 3: the way through. Those, O God, that will submit to instruction, understanding,
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  Speaker 3: and to your word, O God. May your word, O God,
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  Speaker 3: All right, so we're picking up Jeremiah chapter 20. And
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  Speaker 3: we're starting in verse 7. We're only going to do
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  Speaker 3: a couple of verses today, but it's going to be powerful.
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  Speaker 3: As I said, we're going to look at Jeremiah's heart
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  Speaker 3: as his haters just keep coming after him. You know
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  Speaker 3: what I mean? And I can relate. I'll share my
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  Speaker 3: heart as we go through these scriptures. Amen. Of what
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  Speaker 3: I've experienced in ministry. But verse seven says, Oh Lord,
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  Speaker 3: you inclined me and I was persuaded. You are stronger
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  Speaker 3: than I, and I have you. You are stronger than
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  Speaker 3: I and have prevailed. I am in derision daily. Everyone
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  Speaker 3: mocks me. Amen. Now, I love the honesty of his heart, right? Now,
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  Speaker 3: another version depends on what version you're reading. It all says, Oh, Lord,
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  Speaker 3: thou has deceived me. Jeremiah feels that he has been
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  Speaker 3: deceived by the Lord God Almighty, right? He begins this
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  Speaker 3: section with some extremely honest words. He gets brutally honest
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  Speaker 3: before God. And you know what? That's what God wants us.
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  Speaker 3: He wants us to be honest. He wants us to
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  Speaker 3: come real before his throne. Oh Lord, thou has deceived
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  Speaker 3: me and I was deceived. Now that can sound like
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  Speaker 3: a shocking statement because we know that there is no
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  Speaker 3: deception that comes out of the lips of the Lord.
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  Speaker 3: The Bible says a liar will not tarry in my sight.
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  Speaker 3: We know that God is a holy God. We understand this,
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  Speaker 3: but this is how he feels, right? And this is
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  Speaker 3: how important it is to have an accountability partner Because
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  Speaker 3: our hearts can deceive us.
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  Speaker 5: Right?
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  Speaker 3: Our hearts can lead us astray. That's why the Bible says,
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  Speaker 3: guard your heart for out of it are the issues
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  Speaker 3: of life. Even in this book of Jeremiah, the people
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  Speaker 3: were in trouble because they followed the dictates of their
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  Speaker 3: very own hearts.
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  Speaker 5: Right?
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  Speaker 3: So here's his heart telling him, that God deceived him,
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  Speaker 3: but he was speaking from a place of frustration. Our
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  Speaker 3: emotions can have a huge part in our decisions, our outlook,
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  Speaker 3: our understanding. That's why we cannot be led by our feelings,
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  Speaker 3: our emotions, but we have to be led by the spirit,
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  Speaker 3: led by God's word. If we're going to have a
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  Speaker 3: clarity of who God is, have a clarity in the
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  Speaker 3: call of God in our lives, in the situations that
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  Speaker 3: we face on a daily basis. We cannot allow our
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  Speaker 3: emotions to get the best of us because he feels
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  Speaker 3: like he was persuaded into an assignment that brought him
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  Speaker 3: nothing but trouble and grief. And man, how many of
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  Speaker 3: us can relate? Those of us who have answered the
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  Speaker 3: call that God has placed on our lives, right? He was,
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  Speaker 3: he was a faithful preacher of God's word. He told
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  Speaker 3: the people exactly what God told him, right? He said
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  Speaker 3: what God told him to say. And instead of being celebrated,
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  Speaker 3: he was mocked, he was beaten, and he was rejected. Now,
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  Speaker 3: I want to share my personal experience with this. You
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  Speaker 3: would think that people would celebrate, especially people in a church,
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  Speaker 3: would celebrate the fact that I opened up a Christian
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  Speaker 3: club in the middle of Sin City. We were not
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  Speaker 3: too far from the strip. We were off of Patrick
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  Speaker 3: Lane in Antioquia. where it was at the cross streets, 5,000
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  Speaker 3: square foot warehouse. You would think that people of God
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  Speaker 3: would come and celebrate. You would think that we had
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  Speaker 3: a place for people to come minister, for people to
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  Speaker 3: come and express their gifts and talents, for people to
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  Speaker 3: come and preach the word. But no, it was the opposite.
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  Speaker 3: People were actually upset. Pastors were upset. People just came
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  Speaker 3: against me. Even the areas where it was true, where
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  Speaker 3: they would gossip against me and things like that, they
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  Speaker 3: didn't cover me in love. They exposed me. As a
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  Speaker 3: matter of fact, one artist... I was talking to him
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  Speaker 3: in my DMs, I believe. We were talking about an
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  Speaker 3: event or talking about a situation. And this artist, I
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  Speaker 3: guess he didn't like what I was saying or whatever.
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  Speaker 3: He took a screenshot of the conversation and put it
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  Speaker 3: out on social media, put me on blast for everyone
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  Speaker 3: to see. Now, how is that godly? How is that
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  Speaker 3: showing brotherly love? How is that celebrating God? the call
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  Speaker 3: of God in my life, you know, it was not
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  Speaker 3: about me. It was about reaching our community. And so
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  Speaker 3: I can relate. I mean, I wasn't beaten, thank God,
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  Speaker 3: but I was mocked. I was hated on. There's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of things that happened. And in my immaturity at
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  Speaker 3: the time, of course, you know, I wish I would
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  Speaker 3: have made better decisions. And trust me, I forgive. I'm
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  Speaker 3: just You know, I'm not speaking out of hatred. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not trying to put anyone on blast. I'm not calling
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  Speaker 3: out any names at all. But I'm just saying that
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  Speaker 3: just because you've decided to fulfill the call of God
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  Speaker 3: on your life, don't expect people to celebrate you, especially
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  Speaker 3: people from the church. That's where I got the most opposition.
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  Speaker 3: But God still has a faithful fruit, a faithful fruit.
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  Speaker 3: God still has a faithful few that will have your back.
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  Speaker 3: And they will pray for you. God has assigned to
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  Speaker 3: you to fulfill his work in this earth. Amen. But
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  Speaker 3: back to the scripture, Jeremiah is expressing the frustration of
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  Speaker 3: a man who is faithfully obedient to God's call. And
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  Speaker 3: now he's experiencing the painful consequences of his obedience. His
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  Speaker 3: words reveal that even God's servant can reach moments of
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  Speaker 3: discouragement and wonder why their calling has brought so much suffering.
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  Speaker 3: And I appreciate his honesty because sometimes we think that
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  Speaker 3: we're really walking with God, that we would never go
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  Speaker 3: through anything, right? We would never be frustrated if we
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  Speaker 3: were really walking with God. We would not go through
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  Speaker 3: suffering and pain, but that's not true. Jeremiah, he loved God.
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah was called by God himself. Jeremiah was doing what
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  Speaker 3: God told him to do. Sometimes that's just a struggle
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  Speaker 3: by itself, fasting and praying and hearing from God and
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  Speaker 3: knowing that this is God's will. And Jeremiah was still
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  Speaker 3: having a hard time. I can love God and still
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  Speaker 3: have a bad day. You know what I mean? I
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  Speaker 3: can trust God and still ask questions. I can be
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  Speaker 3: faithful and still get tired. Discouragement doesn't automatically mean you've
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  Speaker 3: lost your faith. Sometimes it simply means that you are
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  Speaker 3: a human being and you're going through stuff. And God
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  Speaker 3: understands that. And God still loves us. And we are
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  Speaker 3: still called. Amen. I can completely relate to our brother.
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  Speaker 3: Verse 8. For when I spoke, I cried out. I
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  Speaker 3: shouted violence and plunder because the word of the Lord
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  Speaker 3: was made to me a reproach and a derision daily. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: The word of the Lord was made a reproach. Now,
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah says that whenever he speaks, he's crying out and
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  Speaker 3: proclaiming violence and destruction. Because of that, the word of
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  Speaker 3: the Lord became the reproach and mockery to him on
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  Speaker 3: a constant continuous basis constantly right Jeremiah's message was not
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  Speaker 3: popular he wasn't delivering a message that people wanted to
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  Speaker 3: hear basically there's a lesson here for all of us
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  Speaker 3: who are called to the ministry today if you want
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  Speaker 3: your ministry to flourish to be faithful to what God
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  Speaker 3: has called you to do sometimes we have to understand
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  Speaker 3: that That God's word can be unpopular. But God's word
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  Speaker 3: isn't always going to tell us what we want to hear.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes it tells us to repent. Sometimes it tells us
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  Speaker 3: to forgive. Sometimes God's word will tell us to change
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  Speaker 3: our ways, change our attitude, our habits. Sometimes it tells
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  Speaker 3: us to let that relationship go. Sometimes it tells us
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  Speaker 3: to stop doing what you're doing. That's not always going
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  Speaker 3: to be something that people will applaud you for. Right.
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  Speaker 3: But our job isn't to make the word comfortable. Our
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  Speaker 3: job is to be faithful to the word of God. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Our job is to be faithful. to what God has
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  Speaker 3: called us to verse 9 then I said I will
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  Speaker 3: not make mention of him nor speak anymore in his
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  Speaker 3: name now this is a very popular passage of scripture
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  Speaker 3: but his word was in my heart like a burning
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  Speaker 3: fire shut up in my bones I was weary of
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  Speaker 3: holding it back And I could not. Amen. Now, his
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  Speaker 3: word was in my heart as a burning fire. Now,
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah says, but this word was a burning fire shut
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  Speaker 3: up in my bones. That's one of the most powerful
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  Speaker 3: statements in this passage right here. Now, look at Jeremiah.
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  Speaker 3: Look at our prophet. He wanted to stop. And sometimes
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  Speaker 3: in your ministry, if you're doing it right, you will
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  Speaker 3: probably get to this point as well. I know I have. Now,
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  Speaker 3: The only reason why the club isn't operating now is
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  Speaker 3: because of financial reasons. I had issues in my marriage. Well,
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  Speaker 3: I had issues in my marriage from day one, but
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  Speaker 3: that's a whole nother story, another testimony that I will
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  Speaker 3: share when I'm released to share it. So there were
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  Speaker 3: two things that were happening with me. The ministry and
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  Speaker 3: my family life was not right at the time. I
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  Speaker 3: had someone who stole money from me over 20 grand
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  Speaker 3: and that caused me to get in debt. I worked
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  Speaker 3: a lot of overtime that caused me to owe a
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  Speaker 3: lot in taxes. There was just a lot there that
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  Speaker 3: was going on. And because of my lack of fasting
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  Speaker 3: and praying, I didn't get direction from God. So I
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  Speaker 3: was just out just making decisions, trying to keep this
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  Speaker 3: ministry going. And so I got discouraged. And I stopped.
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 3: I stopped for some years. There's some things now that
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  Speaker 3: I'm not doing that I used to do. And I'm praying,
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  Speaker 3: you know, actually, I haven't produced music in a while.
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  Speaker 3: I got discouraged with that. You know, I believe it's
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  Speaker 3: I know it's warfare. And I know that there's areas
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  Speaker 3: and this Bible study is helping me. You know, Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: wanted to stop. But, you know, I could not stop
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  Speaker 3: getting the word out. That's why I'm still doing this podcast.
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  Speaker 3: That's why we still have the radio station and online community.
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  Speaker 3: That's why we're still going until we're able and God
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  Speaker 3: gives us a green light to reopen the club. This
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  Speaker 3: is my way of continuing the call, right? But Jeremiah,
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  Speaker 3: he wanted to stop. But God's word wouldn't let him
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  Speaker 3: stay silent at all. The message was burning inside of him. Now,
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  Speaker 3: he says he became weary with trying to hold it back. Now,
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  Speaker 3: ain't that Ain't that amazing? He became willing, weary. I
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  Speaker 3: pray that God's word will burn like that in us,
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  Speaker 3: that we will become weary in trying to hold it back.
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  Speaker 3: This is the compelling power of God's calling and the
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  Speaker 3: word in Jeremiah's life, right? Although Jeremiah became discouraged and
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  Speaker 3: wanted to stop, he found that he could not suppress
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  Speaker 3: the message of that God had placed within him. The
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  Speaker 3: word became like a fire inside him that commanded expression.
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  Speaker 3: He had to get the word out. Now, that is
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  Speaker 3: what happens sometimes when the word of God is truly
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  Speaker 3: inside of you. You see, we don't have to force it.
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  Speaker 5: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I remember there was a time where it was just
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  Speaker 3: so easy for me to witness, so easy for me
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  Speaker 3: just to talk about Jesus and just spread the word
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  Speaker 3: of the Lord. And people were touched. People got saved. Right.
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  Speaker 3: We cannot keep the word of God locked up forever.
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  Speaker 3: If God has genuinely placed a burden on our hearts, eventually.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to come out. Now, here's something that is
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  Speaker 3: very important. Your feelings can tell you to quit.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 3: We just talked about that. Our feelings, our hearts, our emotions,
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  Speaker 3: but your calling can tell you to keep going. Jeremiah's
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  Speaker 3: emotion said stop, but God's word inside him said keep going.
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  Speaker 3: And that can be a battle. That's the battle.
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  Speaker 6: Right?
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  Speaker 3: And I pray that God's word will win. Every time.
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  Speaker 3: Verse 10. For I heard many mocking. Fear on every side.
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  Speaker 3: Report they say. And we will report it. All my
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  Speaker 3: acquaintances watched. for my stumbling saying perhaps he can be
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  Speaker 3: included then we will prevail against him and we will
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  Speaker 3: take our revenge on him alright let's break down verse
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  Speaker 3: 10 fear on every side Jeremiah says he heard people
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  Speaker 3: whispering around him they were looking for an opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: accuse him. Now, doesn't that sound like our Messiah? Doesn't
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  Speaker 3: that sound like Jesus himself? When the scribes and the Pharisees,
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  Speaker 3: the lawyers, they were looking for words to trip him
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  Speaker 3: up on. Even his familiar friends were watching to see
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  Speaker 3: if he would fall. Now, remember, name Jeremiah had given
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  Speaker 3: Asher it was what was it it was a maker
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  Speaker 3: mashibi and his name was fear in every side we
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  Speaker 3: talked about that on the last podcast and that was
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  Speaker 3: actually the answer to our trivia question as well and
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  Speaker 3: yes once again zone three got it right as the
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  Speaker 3: trivia champ shout out to our brother zone but the
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  Speaker 3: name he gave him meant fear on every side now
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  Speaker 3: jeremiah is experiencing fear and opposition all around him now
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  Speaker 3: this is what makes the passage even more real jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: isn't pretending that he's fearless jeremiah is afraid He's surrounded
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  Speaker 3: by people who want to see him fall. And yet
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  Speaker 3: he's still standing. Now, courage isn't the absence of fear.
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  Speaker 3: Courage is continuing to do what God called you to
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  Speaker 3: do while you are still afraid. Amen. While you're facing
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  Speaker 3: this opposition. And I, like I said, I can relate.
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  Speaker 3: I know that I answered the call of God on
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  Speaker 3: my life. I know that the city was making impact.
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  Speaker 3: The thing that I struggled with the most when the
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  Speaker 3: club was open and operating was by you choosing not
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  Speaker 3: to support, by you choosing not to come, by you
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  Speaker 3: choosing not to bring your unsaved family member or friend.
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  Speaker 3: How many people went to hell? That could have been
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  Speaker 3: a divine appointment. That could have been the time that
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  Speaker 3: that person in your neighborhood, that person in your community,
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  Speaker 3: that could have been the only time, the only appointment
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  Speaker 3: that they had to meet the Lord and to accept
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  Speaker 3: the Lord. But because of us, for some reason, it
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  Speaker 3: could have been pride, arrogance, or jealousy. I can understand
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  Speaker 3: that jealousy could play a part in it I mean
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  Speaker 3: I had a warehouse that was turned into a club
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  Speaker 3: and it was nice you go in there there was
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  Speaker 3: a red carpet area we had a snack area we
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  Speaker 3: had a huge stage the lighting I mean it was
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  Speaker 3: all there but it wasn't for me it was for
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  Speaker 3: them it was for the community it was for the
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  Speaker 3: people who needed to to hear the gospel of Christ.
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  Speaker 3: And they may not have come to a church service
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  Speaker 3: to hear it, but they would have come to a concert,
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  Speaker 3: a rap concert or a rock concert. We had rock shows.
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  Speaker 3: We had plays. We had a lot of ways to
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  Speaker 3: share the gospel. And that's what's heartbreaking for me. concerning that.
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  Speaker 3: But also it's encouraging to know that just because you
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  Speaker 3: go through stuff does not mean God is not using you. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: So I hope that this passage encourages us more than
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  Speaker 3: anything else. And like I said, I'm good. I'm not venting.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not still frustrated. God has helped me to forgive
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  Speaker 3: and to love and to look at myself. There's ways
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  Speaker 3: that I could have, maybe I could have reached out
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  Speaker 3: to the people and brought reconciliation, just humbling myself. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not blaming everyone else. God was dealing with me as
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  Speaker 3: well And so I pray that the second go around
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  Speaker 3: will be even greater and better. And I'm asking for
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  Speaker 3: y'all to pray for this vision, this ministry. So the
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  Speaker 3: big lesson we're going to take away today is that
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  Speaker 3: we can be discouraged without being defeated. So Jeremiah chapter
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  Speaker 3: 27 through 10 teaches us. something that is powerful today.
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  Speaker 3: If we really tap into it, really pay attention, God's
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  Speaker 3: servant can become discouraged. Don't be ashamed to admit that
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  Speaker 3: you are struggling, right? And criticism can wear you down.
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  Speaker 3: Even strong believers can become tired of being criticized all
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  Speaker 3: the time. This constant criticism. Amen. I'm speaking my life
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  Speaker 3: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Huh?
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  Speaker 3: You can tell God how you feel as well. Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: didn't hide his emotions at all. As a matter of fact,
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  Speaker 3: God already knew. Just share, right? Your calling may be difficult.
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  Speaker 3: Obedience doesn't guarantee. an easy road. God's word can be
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  Speaker 3: a sustaining power in your life. Jeremiah couldn't permanently silence
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  Speaker 3: the word that God placed within him. He grew weary
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  Speaker 3: and hold it back. He wanted to stop speaking for
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  Speaker 3: the Lord.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: God came to him in a vision. God equipped him.
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  Speaker 3: The pastor didn't send him out. His parents didn't send
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  Speaker 3: him out. God himself called this man and he came
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  Speaker 3: to a point where he didn't want to speak for
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  Speaker 3: God no more. Think about that, beloved. Fear doesn't mean
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  Speaker 3: that you have to quit. You can be afraid and
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  Speaker 3: still be faithful. This man had people who literally wanted
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  Speaker 3: to kill him and whispering all around him looking for
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  Speaker 3: his demise and his downfall, which I can relate as
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  Speaker 3: well because when I did fall, it was made public.
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  Speaker 3: It's like the whole city knew what I was dealing
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  Speaker 3: with and what I was struggling with. And people were
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  Speaker 3: rejoicing over it. But God will always have the final say. Amen.
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  Speaker 3: All right, let's take a break.
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  Speaker 5: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: is the His Hop Radio Show.
• 31:20
  Speaker 4: You look above and smile, thinking it's peace that I
• 31:24
  Speaker 4: have found. In your mind I have ascended, but I
• 31:28
  Speaker 4: am hellward bound.
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  Speaker 6: A life of sin cloaked in pride, and.
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  Speaker 4: I refuse to change. So now I'm here, trapped in
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  Speaker 4: this fire, and I'm calling out your name.
• 31:43
  Speaker 6: The liquor that you pour for me will never quench
• 31:45
  Speaker 6: the flames. Throw that rosary away. It doesn't help me
• 31:48
  Speaker 6: when you pray. The candles you light won't help me see.
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  Speaker 3: In this darkness.
• 31:51
  Speaker 6: When your priest says I'm resting in peace, he's being dishonest.
• 31:54
  Speaker 6: I can't smell the flowers that you all leave at
• 31:57
  Speaker 6: my grave. When you stay to talk to me, I
• 31:59
  Speaker 6: cannot hear what you say. And no, I'm not your
• 32:01
  Speaker 6: guardian angel that's watching over you because I'm trapped below
• 32:04
  Speaker 6: my dude. I wish that you would know this truth.
• 32:07
  Speaker 6: I would mourn you, but I can't travel back to
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  Speaker 6: let people know about this hell because a chasm has
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  Speaker 6: been set between the living and dead. And this massive
• 32:14
  Speaker 6: gap prevents me from telling all my people about what
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  Speaker 6: happens after death.
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: I would tell you hell is real. I would tell
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  Speaker 3: you God is true. I would tell you turn.
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  Speaker 6: To Jesus Christ because Satan got us duped. I know
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  Speaker 6: you would like to believe that I'm at heaven's gates
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  Speaker 6: Looking down until we meet again But no, I am
• 32:30
  Speaker 6: not in a better.
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  Speaker 4: Place As your mourn tears flood the ground If only
• 32:34
  Speaker 4: one tear could reach Me below where I'm bound That
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  Speaker 4: single tear would quench this heat All of your thoughts
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: pray I'm safe But this place is void of grace
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  Speaker 4: And I fear for you all Because you all are.
• 32:51
  Speaker 6: Guilty of the same mistakes They say the homies that
• 32:56
  Speaker 6: die go be with God. That's an agronomist lie if
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: I could only describe. This eternal furnace reserved for us perverts.
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  Speaker 3: Lurking and murderers.
• 33:03
  Speaker 6: The liar, the thief, the hustler on the curb that's
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: serving drugs. First your reaction to this heat is gnashing
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: to your teeth. Cracking you will weep and you will
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: gasp because it reeks. The smell of decaying flesh cooking
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: to keep you nauseous. All you hear is blood curdling
• 33:17
  Speaker 6: screams from people tortured. The howls that echo through hell
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: are horrifying All this crying doesn't cease because forever we
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: all are frying It's unimaginable pain, your shackles and your
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: chains Surrounded by all your fears and that's where you
• 33:30
  Speaker 6: remain I got here and tried to use that I'm
• 33:32
  Speaker 6: a good person stuff Until I saw people I thought
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: were good and they were hurt because The gods that
• 33:37
  Speaker 6: they used to serve were dead and fake And like me,
• 33:40
  Speaker 6: they ignored Christ's call And now we are not in
• 33:42
  Speaker 6: a better place.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: Live not blind, my dear kin Please lead a righteous
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: way Turned from past, paved with grief. Please don't let
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  Speaker 2: darkness sway.
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  Speaker 3: Through the fire, hear my voice.
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  Speaker 2: Let my cries break your spell.
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  Speaker 3: Rise above.
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  Speaker 6: Seek God's love.
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  Speaker 4: I'm begging you, don't join this hell.
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: You are listening to The Light of Las Vegas. This
• 34:15
  Speaker 5: is the HizHop Radio Show.
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: All right, y'all, we are back from the break. That
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: was our brother Dayton. Yeah, that sound a little, had
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: a little like little Halloween flavor to it, didn't it?
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: That song there, you know what I mean? Like stay
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: away from this hell. I believe is his message he's
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: trying to get out. That's a good song to play
• 34:58
  Speaker 3: if you have a Halloween situation going there. You know,
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: you want to minister. But that was our brother Dayton
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: on the music break. I want to give a huge
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: shout out to our brother Zone 3 once again in
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: the live chat. Our brother Corinth for coming through. This
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: is his hop. Everybody who joins our online community, this
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: is a part of our discipleship. We disciple online. We
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: pray for each other, hold each other accountable. Also, I
• 35:32
  Speaker 3: want everyone to go over to the community now from
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: this part of the podcast so we can go over
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: our accountability partner segment, our trivia, also the question for today.
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: And also, I'm able to post our flyers online. post
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: videos in our community. There's things that we can do
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: we were not able to do in a live chat.
• 35:59
  Speaker 3: So you can actually share that flyer. There's a share
• 36:02
  Speaker 3: button right there. If you look like towards the right
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: and you can share it to your social media, you
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: can share the trivia challenge. You can share all of
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: our community activities. So I would like to ask everyone
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: to share, share, share, share everything. It'll bring them back
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: once they click the link. It'll bring them back to
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: our community. They just need to log in once and
• 36:26
  Speaker 3: it'll remember your login information. That's cool. Because I know
• 36:31
  Speaker 3: some people on the live chat, they will log in
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: and then they would be logged out and they would
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: forget their password and they would stop coming. But, you know,
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: I want to utilize both the live chat and our community.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: So share this And let's build this community up. Amen.
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: All right. So we give a challenge every day on
• 37:00
  Speaker 3: the podcast. We want you to contact your accountability partner,
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: your prayer partner, whoever that may be, your pastor, your mom,
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: your dad, your aunt, your uncle, a brother in the church,
• 37:12
  Speaker 3: a sister or a brother and ask them, what is
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: something God has called me? to do that I've been
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: tempted to quit because I am discouraged. Now that's a
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: good one to share that to social media. What is
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: something God has called me to do that I've been
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: tempted to quit because I have been discouraged, right? And
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: talk about it, talk it over. Oh yeah, I have
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: a lot to talk about on this one. Um, Don't
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: just say I'm tired, though. Get to the deeper question.
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: Why am I tired? Now, it can be criticism. It
• 38:05
  Speaker 3: can be fear. It can be lack of results. It
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: can be burnout or it can be disappointment. But ask
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: God to show you what is underneath the discouragement. Amen.
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: And when we get to the root of it, that's
• 38:22
  Speaker 3: where we can pray about it. We can repent. Sometimes
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: it's just a straight up attack of the enemy. You know,
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: sometimes I can look around and I look at the
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: numbers and I'm like, man, who is helping me? I
• 38:35
  Speaker 3: do have a faithful few that I'm really appreciative of.
• 38:39
  Speaker 3: But who are who's really going to like share our
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: community now that we can share? We can share the flyer.
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: We can share like who's really going to help build
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: this platform and yet again this could be God's appointed
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: time to meet with someone online this live chat could
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: be the same thing as a club but we get
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: so distracted we get so caught up and we get
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: so busy to where we won't even take a second
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: just to share this podcast share this segment share the
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: The question that little share could mean somebody is going
• 39:23
  Speaker 3: to miss hell and make Jesus their savior. You never know.
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: And beloved, this world is temporary. We can get caught
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: up in paying bills and going to work, all that stuff.
• 39:37
  Speaker 3: But one day, the only thing we do for Christ
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: is what's going to last. What did you do to
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: help build his kingdom? What did you do to help
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: his servants? advance the kingdom of God. You never know.
• 39:51
  Speaker 3: A small gesture can make a big impact in the kingdom.
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: Amen.
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: So that was a little bit of accountability for you.
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: I also want to let you know that His Hot
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: Radio is monitored in a reporting radio station. We can
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: do all the things the bigger stations can do. We
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: can chart Your music, you can become number one on
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: the His Hot Radio charts. We can give you spin data.
• 40:24
  Speaker 3: Let you know every time that your song is played
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: on the station and we pay royalties. We are licensed.
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: So if you'd like to submit your music, go to
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: our website, HisHotNation.com. Hit the submissions tab and check out
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: our promo packages. I'm encouraged because we have some people
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: who signed up for that. It helps us sustain this
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: platform and it'll help you get more exposure and rise
• 40:53
  Speaker 3: up on those charts. Amen. I still believe it's a
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: great witness of Christian hip hop takes over all the charts. Powerful. Amen.
• 41:09
  Speaker 5: Now it's time for.
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  Speaker 3: Our community shout out. Actually, no, it's not the community
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: shout out. It is the trivia.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: If you haven't yet already, head on over to the community.
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: That is where our trivia challenge is. And so this
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: is the question of. that we need you to answer
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: the first one to get the right answer is the
• 41:47
  Speaker 3: trivia champion for today what two different things did Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: say he would no longer do before he admitted that
• 41:59
  Speaker 3: God's word was like a burning fire within him amen
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  Speaker 3: share that to your social media after you answer it
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: though what two different things did Jeremiah say he would
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  Speaker 3: do no longer before he admitted that God's word was
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  Speaker 3: like a burning fire within him actually do a test
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: share that to social media and let's see who will
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: answer it you can share it to your Facebook there's
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: a link there there's your TikTok your Instagram let's see
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: let's open it up to they're not coming here we're
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: going to go there amen Let's see who the new
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: trivia champ is going to be. Shout out to our
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: brother Zone 3 for holding it down for so long. Man, brother,
• 42:54
  Speaker 3: you are growing in the word. All right, now it's
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: time for our community shout out. We had a great event.
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: I had a great time at the Resort World. We
• 43:09
  Speaker 3: had a luncheon. We had exhibitors. It was a business mixer.
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: we were able to record the podcast. Now, the podcast,
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: I was not the host of it because I was
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: on the DJ booth providing the sound, but it's on,
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: it's in our, actually, I believe our business mixer is
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: in our subscribers area on the website, hishopnation.com because there's
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: a lot of good, valuable information on there. And so
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: you can go and listen to all our episodes and
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: get connections and people are leaving their phone numbers and
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: emails their local business owners there might be the connection
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: you need and also it plays every Friday at 9 a.m.
• 43:59
  Speaker 3: on the Hisai radio station and if you notice we've
• 44:03
  Speaker 3: reprogrammed the radio station now there's more shows we have
• 44:08
  Speaker 3: shows that come on around 8 or 9 in the
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: morning and As well as my show that comes on
• 44:13
  Speaker 3: every day at 11. We have different podcasts through the
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: weekend that play. So check us out if you haven't
• 44:21
  Speaker 3: listened to us on a 24-7 basis. Check us out.
• 44:25
  Speaker 3: There's something for everybody, man. And so when is our
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: next event? Yeah, we got some stuff coming up in October.
• 44:37
  Speaker 3: We got some stuff coming up. Also, Doolittle will be
• 44:41
  Speaker 3: our next one. I need to get that fire out.
• 44:44
  Speaker 3: We got an event coming up at Doolittle. So let
• 44:48
  Speaker 3: me post it on the website today so you can
• 44:50
  Speaker 3: get the date and time and all that. Keep us
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: in prayer. We appreciate your support. Speaking of support, His
• 45:03
  Speaker 3: Hot Radio is a nonprofit organization. We are a 501c3.
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: We are a nonprofit organization. Every time that you give
• 45:14
  Speaker 3: is so into us. It is a tax write off
• 45:17
  Speaker 3: tax deductible for you. That could be the difference between
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: getting a return or owing taxes. You know, we need
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: those deductions. And this is good ground. We're making impact.
• 45:29
  Speaker 3: in our community, cleaning up crime, cleaning up poverty, cleaning
• 45:34
  Speaker 3: up all these things. We're here to turn our nation around,
• 45:38
  Speaker 3: but we do need your help. As I said before,
• 45:41
  Speaker 3: we opened up a Christian club in 2012. We were
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: able to operate for seven years and we're looking to
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: relaunch and reopen, but we do need your support. We
• 45:51
  Speaker 3: need monthly donors. We need supporters, annual donors, $ 5, $ 2,
• 45:55
  Speaker 3: $ 3 a month. is something. We also are looking for
• 46:02
  Speaker 3: grants and grant writers, those who can support us, those
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: who can volunteer and help us. It's your time to
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: stand up and let's keep this movement going. Amen. We're
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: going to go until the wheels fall off. Amen. Now,
• 46:30
  Speaker 3: Let's close it out, beloved. We only did a couple
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: of scriptures, but those scriptures were very powerful. Now, if
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: we look at our prophet, Jeremiah was frustrated. He was tired.
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: He was mocked. He was afraid. He wanted to quit.
• 46:50
  Speaker 3: And I think a lot of us can relate to that.
• 46:55
  Speaker 3: Sometimes you can doing everything you believe God has called
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: you to do and still wonder, Lord, why is this
• 47:04
  Speaker 3: so hard and difficult? Jeremiah didn't get an answer immediately,
• 47:12
  Speaker 3: but he discovered something. He couldn't let go of God's word. Hallelujah.
• 47:18
  Speaker 3: That's a good problem. And I pray that on everybody
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: listening to the podcast, right? Because God's word was burning
• 47:28
  Speaker 3: inside of him. That's what I want to remember today.
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: If you're discouraged, you don't necessarily need to quit. You
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: may need to reset. You may need to pray. You
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: may need to step back for a moment. You may
• 47:49
  Speaker 3: need to find people that will encourage you or encourage
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: yourself like David did. Encourage yourself in the Lord, but
• 47:59
  Speaker 3: do not make a permanent decision based on a temporary
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: season of discouragement. Don't throw your entire ministry away just
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: because of a season and don't let criticism make you
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: forget your calling. God's word was stronger than Jeremiah's frustrations.
• 48:24
  Speaker 3: In this situation. His calling. Was stronger than his desire
• 48:29
  Speaker 3: to quit. So if you're tired today. Take it to God.
• 48:36
  Speaker 3: If you're discouraged. Take it to God. If you're afraid.
• 48:42
  Speaker 3: Take it to God. But don't automatically assume. That because
• 48:48
  Speaker 3: it's difficult. God did not call you. Sometimes. The difficult
• 48:56
  Speaker 3: road is still the right road. So stay faithful. Stay
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: in his word. And let God's word burn brightly in
• 49:11
  Speaker 3: your heart. Remember, beloved, it's not about us. It's all
• 49:18
  Speaker 3: about the Christ in us. God bless.
• 49:33
  Speaker 5: You are listening to the light of Las Vegas. This
• 49:36
  Speaker 5: is the His Hop Radio Show.