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7/22/26 Pastor Keith Hair · LOH Church Archive

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  LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, THIS IS YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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  THAT THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED. HE'S STILL DEFEATED, AND HE WILL
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  CONTINUE TO BE DEFEATED. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE
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  IT UP TONIGHT IN VICTORY? LET'S GO.
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  COME ON, CHURCH.
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  COME ON, WE'RE GOING TO PROPHESY THIS AGAIN.
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  ONE MORE TIME, COME ON.
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  (MUSIC)
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  I FEEL THE SPIRIT OF GOD JUST POURING OUT OVER YOU RIGHT NOW.
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  JUST RAISE YOUR HANDS AND RECEIVE HIS LOVE. IF YOU HAVEN'T
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  DONE THIS IN A WHILE, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TELL THE LORD, "I
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  TRUST YOU. I SURRENDER TO YOU." LORD, THIS IS NO LONGER ABOUT
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  YOU BEING WHERE I AM, BUT GOD, I DESIRE TO BE WHERE YOU NEED ME.
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  STEP INTO ANOTHER LEVEL OF SURRENDER IN HIM TONIGHT. FOR
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  SOME OF YOU, THIS IS A DIVINE MOMENT WHERE THERE IS A SHIFTING
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  AND A BREAKING OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HELD YOU IN A PLACE OF
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  DELAY. NO MORE, SAYS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
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  CAUSE YOU RULE IN RAIN. YOU RULE IN RAIN.
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  (MUSIC)
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  YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE. AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN US BECAUSE WE
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  HAVE CHOSEN YOU. AND TODAY IS OUR DAY. MMM, LORD, LIKE NO
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  OTHER DAY, LET IT BE TODAY THAT MY HEART IS OPEN, MY HEART IS
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  OPEN TO YOUR WAYS, THAT I HEAR YOUR VOICE AND I RECEIVE A
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  FULLNESS OF YOUR PLAN FOR ME. TODAY, TODAY IS MY DAY. TODAY.
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  LET HIM BE GOD OVER YOU TODAY. LET HIM BE THE ONE WHO BLESSES
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  YOU WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN HEAVEN, THEY PLACE
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  US IN CHRIST JESUS. THIS MAY SEEM AND SOUND A LITTLE STRANGE,
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  BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, GOD JUST DOES WHAT HE
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  WANTS TO DO. AND TONIGHT HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU ESPECIALLY.
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  AND FOR SOME REASON HE HAS CHOSEN A PARTICULAR WAY FOR
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  PARTICULAR PEOPLE. SO IF YOU'RE WEARING BROWN TONIGHT, GET UP
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  HERE. IF YOU'RE WEARING GRAY TONIGHT, GET UP HERE. IF YOU'RE
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  WEARING TURQUOISE TONIGHT, GET UP HERE. SOMEONE SAYS, "I DON'T
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  UNDERSTAND THAT." I DON'T EITHER, 'CAUSE I'M HALF
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  COLORBLIND, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT YOU WAS WEARING. SHADES
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  OF COLOR MEAN VERY LITTLE TO ME. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY GOD DOES
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  IT SOMETIMES. SO I DIDN'T PICK YOU. GOD DID.
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  (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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  KNOW THAT GOD DID. WELL, WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO? I DON'T KNOW. I
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  DON'T KNOW. BUT MY JOB IS TO RELEASE THE EMPOWERMENT OF GOD
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  TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. YOUR JOB IS SIMPLY TO SAY, "I
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  RECEIVE." THAT'S IT. DON'T TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT. DON'T TRY AND
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  ANALYZE IT. DON'T TRY AND MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF IT. JUST
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  RECEIVE. SO TAKE A BREATH AND GET READY. PASTOR ANTHONY, I'M
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  GOING TO HAVE YOU COME OUT HERE. I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR THE
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  PEOPLE. THEY MIGHT BE OUT ONLINE. AND IF YOU'VE GOT THE
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  SAME COLORS, BELIEVE WITH IT. HE'S GOING TO DECLARE A BLESSING
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  OVER YOU, EVEN OUT ONLINE. AND YOU CAN RECEIVE IT AS THESE
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  PEOPLE RECEIVE IT RIGHT NOW. - RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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  HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT THIS IS THE SEASON OF
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  ABUNDANT HARVEST, FRUITFUL SEASONS. WHERE THERE HAS BEEN
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  LACK, WE SPEAK INCREASE. WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DROUGHT, WE SPEAK
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  FLOODING AND ABUNDANCE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF. AND WHERE
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  THERE HAS BEEN DRYNESS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DEPTHS AND THE
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  UNMEASURABLE RELEASE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD HIMSELF THAT
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  SHALL SHAKE AND SHAKE AND SHAKE ALL THAT CAN BE SHAKEN IN YOUR
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  LIFE UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OTHER THAN THE PERFECT WILL AND
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  PROMISE OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FRUITFUL SEASONS THAT GOD
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  HAS DECLARED SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. I DECLARE AND DEMAND
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  NOW SEVENFOLD FOR WHAT THE ENEMY HAS STOLEN PLUS INTEREST. I
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  DECREE AND DECLARE THAT THERE SHALL BE NOTHING MISSING,
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  NOTHING BROKEN, NOTHING WRONG, EVERYTHING RIGHT AND PERFECT
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  WHOLENESS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME.
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  GLORY TO GOD. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, SAY, "I RECEIVE." NOW
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  I'LL DECLARE THIS OVER EVERYBODY. FATHER GOD, BY THE
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  POWER INVESTED IN ME, IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH, I
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  RELEASE THE POWER OF YOUR PRESENCE TO RESTORE AND BRING
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  LIFE INTO EVERY HEART THAT WILL RECEIVE RIGHT NOW. AND EVERYBODY
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  SAID, "AMEN." AS PASTOR MARK COMES. GREET ONE ANOTHER.
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  WELL, GLORY TO GOD, IT IS OFFERING TIME HERE AT LOH ON A
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  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CAN WE SHOUT HALLELUJAH TO THE LORD GOD
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  ALMIGHTY WHO RULES AND REIGNS AND BLESSES THOSE WHO WEAR ANY
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  NUMBER OF COLORS. AMEN, AMEN. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, PROBABLY
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  MANY OF YOU DON'T, THAT A LOT OF MY BACKGROUND OUTSIDE OF THE
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  MINISTRY IS IN THE FIELD OF SALES. AND IN SALES, WE OFTEN
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  TALK A LOT ABOUT OBJECTIONS AND HOW TO HANDLE THOSE. AND MORE
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  OFTEN THAN NOT, AN OBJECTION IS JUST VERY SIMPLY A STATEMENT.
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  IT'S A QUESTION IN THE FORM OF A STATEMENT. AND IT'S SEEKING MORE
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  INFORMATION. IT'S LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. NOW TO EFFECTIVELY
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  OVERCOME THE OBJECTION, THE ANSWER SHOULD BE ONE THAT
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  EDUCATES, CONVINCES, AND FULLY PERSUADES. NOW IN THE MINISTRY,
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  WE OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE STATING VARIOUS REASONS IN DIFFERENT
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  FORMS FOR NOT GIVING AND FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS TIME RIGHT
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  HERE, THE OFFERING. AND THEY'RE STATING THEIR OBJECTIONS.
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  THEY'RE MAKING A STATEMENT, BUT THERE'S A QUESTION BURIED IN
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  THERE. AND IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMON
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  OBJECTIONS THAT WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT WHY PEOPLE AREN'T GIVING,
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  THE BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO HANDLE THEM IS SIMPLY TO ANSWER
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  THEM WITH SCRIPTURE. AFTER ALL, AS WE'RE TOLD IN PSALM 119:89,
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  GOD'S WORD IS FOREVER SETTLED IN THE HEAVENS, STANDING FIRM AND
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  UNCHANGEABLE. SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA QUICKLY LOOK AT FIVE
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  COMMON OBJECTIONS TO GIVING AND OFFER SCRIPTURAL RESPONSES TO
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  THEM, AMEN? NOW, THE FIRST OBJECTION WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT,
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  IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS, AND IT GOES SOMETHING
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  LIKE THIS. HEY, I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY, I EARN IT, IT'S MINE.
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  I'M NOT LOOKING TO SHARE IT, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GIVE
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  IT AWAY, I PLAN TO HOLD ON TO IT. NOW THE WORD CONTAINS
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  ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION OF HOW TO ACCUMULATE WEALTH AND DEALS
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  WITH THAT ISSUE OF SELF-CENTEREDNESS IN MANY
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  DIFFERENT SCRIPTURES. SO THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ANSWER HERE, BUT
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  ONE OF THEM IS IN PROVERBS 11:24, 25, AND 28. I'M GOING TO
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  READ THAT FROM THE AMPLIFIED, AND IT GOES LIKE THIS, "THERE IS
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  ONE WHO GENEROUSLY SCATTERS ABROAD AND YET INCREASES ALL THE
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  MORE. AND THERE IS THE ONE WHO WITHHOLDS WHAT IS JUSTLY DUE,
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  BUT IT RESULTS ONLY IN WANT AND POVERTY. THE GENEROUS MAN IS A
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  SOURCE OF BLESSING AND SHALL BE PROSPEROUS AND ENRICHED. AND HE
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  WHO WATERS WILL HIMSELF BE WATERED, REAPING THE GENEROSITY
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  HE HAS SOWN. HE WHO LEANS ON AND TRUSTS IN AND IS CONFIDENT IN
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  HIS RICHES WILL FALL, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WHO TRUST IN GOD'S
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  PROVISION WILL FLOURISH LIKE A GREEN LEAF. OBJECTION NUMBER TWO
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  WE HEAR A LOT. I CAN'T GIVE TO THE CHURCH. I LIKE MY TOYS TOO
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  MUCH. I'M TOO FOND OF MY POSSESSIONS. I NEED TO SUPPORT
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  MY HOBBIES AND MY ACTIVITIES OR SOME VARIANT THEREOF. WELL, ONE
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  RESPONSE TO THIS MIGHT COME IN HEBREWS 13:5. AND AGAIN, THIS IS
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  AN AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, BUT HE SAYS HERE, "LET YOUR CHARACTER
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  OR MORAL DISPOSITION BE FREE FROM LOVE OF MONEY, INCLUDING
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  GREED, AVARICE, LUST, AND CRAVING FOR EARTHLY POSSESSIONS.
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  AND BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH
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  WHAT YOU HAVE, FOR HE, GOD HIMSELF, HAS SAID, "I WILL NOT
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  IN ANY WAY FAIL YOU, NOR GIVE YOU UP, NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT
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  SUPPORT. I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE
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  YOU HELPLESS, NOR FORSAKE, NOR LET YOU DOWN, OR RELAX MY HOLD
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  ON YOU. ASSUREDLY NOT. ANOTHER VERY COMMON OBJECTION IS THIS, I
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  DON'T HAVE A LOT. IF I GIVE TO THE CHURCH, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
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  PAY MY BILLS, OR I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY
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  ADEQUATELY. MATTHEW 6:24-31 CAN HELP US ANSWER THIS QUESTION
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  THAT'S ROOTED IN FEAR. HE SAYS HERE, "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO
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  MASTERS, FOR YOU WILL HATE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER. YOU WILL BE
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  DEVOTED TO ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD
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  AND MONEY. THAT IS WHY I TELL YOU NOT TO WORRY ABOUT EVERYDAY
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  LIFE, WHETHER YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND DRINK OR ENOUGH CLOTHES
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  TO WEAR. ISN'T LIFE MORE THAN FOOD AND YOUR BODY MORE THAN
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  CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE BIRDS. THEY DON'T PLANT OR HARVEST OR
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  STORE FOOD IN BARNS, FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. AND
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  AREN'T YOU FAR MORE VALUABLE TO HIM THAN THEY ARE? CAN ALL YOUR
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  WORRIES ADD A SINGLE MOMENT TO YOUR LIFE? AND WHY WORRY ABOUT
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  YOUR CLOTHING? LOOK AT THE LILIES OF THE FIELD AND HOW THEY
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  GROW. THEY DON'T WORK OR MAKE THEIR CLOTHING. YET SOLOMON IN
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  ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT DRESSED AS BEAUTIFULLY AS THEY ARE. AND IF
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  GOD CARES SO WONDERFULLY FOR WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY
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  AND THROWN INTO THE FIRE TOMORROW, HE WILL CERTAINLY CARE
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  FOR YOU. WHY DO YOU HAVE SO LITTLE FAITH? SO DON'T WORRY
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  ABOUT THESE THINGS, SAYING, "WHAT WILL WE EAT? WHAT WILL WE
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  DRINK? WHAT WILL WE WEAR?" OKAY, THAT STUCK RIGHT THERE. "THESE
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  THINGS DOMINATE THE THOUGHTS OF UNBELIEVERS, BUT YOUR HEAVENLY
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  FATHER ALREADY KNOWS ALL YOUR NEEDS. SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD
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  ABOVE ALL ELSE AND LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY AND HE WILL GIVE YOU
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  EVERYTHING YOU NEED. NOW HERE'S ONE, NUMBER FOUR, IS ONE YOU'RE
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  PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR WITH. I DON'T LIKE FEELING PRESSURED TO
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  GIVE. IT FEELS LIKE THE CHURCH IS PUSHING ME AND ALWAYS ASKING
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  FOR MORE. YOU'VE HEARD THIS. WELL, WE'RE ON RESPONSE TO THIS
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  OBJECTION IN 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8. IT SAYS HERE, "NOW
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  REMEMBER THIS, HE WHO SOWS SPARINGLY WILL ALSO REAP
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  SPARINGLY, AND HE WHO SOWS GENEROUSLY THAT BLESSINGS MAY
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  COME TO OTHERS WILL ALSO REAP GENEROUSLY AND BE BLESSED. LET
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  EACH ONE GIVE THOUGHTFULLY WITH PURPOSE, JUST AS HE HAS DECIDED
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  IN HIS HEART, NOT GRUDGINGLY OR UNDER COMPULSION. "FOR GOD LOVES
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  A CHEERFUL GIVER AND DELIGHTS IN THE ONE WHOSE HEART IS IN HIS
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  GIFT. AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE, EVERY FAVOR AND
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  EARTHLY BLESSING COME IN ABUNDANCE TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY
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  ALWAYS, UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, REGARDLESS OF THE NEED, HAVE
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  COMPLETE SUFFICIENCY IN EVERYTHING, BEING COMPLETELY
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  SELF-SUFFICIENT IN HIM AND HAVE AN ABUNDANCE FOR EVERY GOOD WORK
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  AND ACT OF CHARITY. AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER FIVE, WE'RE GOING
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  TO DEAL WITH, IT'S THE OLD CLASSIC, "HEY, I'VE TRIED THAT
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  GIVING THING, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR ME." BUT GALATIANS 6,
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  VERSES 7 THROUGH 9 IS A SCRIPTURE THAT DEALS ADEQUATELY
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  WITH THIS. EXCUSE ME. IT SAYS, "DO NOT BE DECEIVED. GOD IS NOT
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  MOCKED. HE WILL NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE RIDICULED, NOR
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  TREATED WITH CONTEMPT, NOR ALLOW HIS PRECEPTS TO BE SCORNFULLY
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  SET ASIDE. FOR WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, THIS AND THIS ONLY IS WHAT
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  HE WILL REAP. FOR THE ONE WHO SOWS TO HIS FLESH, HIS SINFUL
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  CAPACITY, HIS WORLDLINESS, HIS DISGRACEFUL IMPULSES WILL REAP
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  FROM THE FLESH, RUIN AND DESTRUCTION. BUT THE ONE WHO
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  SOWS TO THE SPIRIT WILL FROM THE SPIRIT REAP ETERNAL LIFE. LET US
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  NOT GROW WEARY OR BECOME DISCOURAGED IN DOING GOOD, FOR
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  AT THE PROPER TIME WE WILL REAP IF WE DO NOT GIVE IN. I'LL JUST
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  FINISH WITH THIS. CURRENT SALES RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY
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  OF PEOPLE RAISE FOUR OBJECTIONS OR SAY NO FOUR TIMES BEFORE THEY
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  SAY YES. SO BY NOW, HAVING JUST HANDLED FIVE OBJECTIONS BY MY
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  COUNT, BY MY ESTIMATION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK EVERYONE
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  DOWN AS A YES WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING GENEROUSLY HERE TONIGHT.
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  AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GIVE GENEROUSLY THIS
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  EVENING, I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THIS SATURDAY, JULY
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  25TH, FROM 9 TO 12, 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M., RIGHT HERE AT LORD OF
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  HOSTS CHURCH, IS OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE.
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  WE'VE GOT OVER 1,000 BACKPACKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
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  WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIRE TRUCK AND A POLICE CRUISER AND KONA
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  ICE AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER COOL THINGS FOR THE KIDS THAT ATTEND.
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  BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH THIS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GIVE
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  GENEROUSLY THIS EVENING, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GIVE INTO THIS A
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  GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM TO BLESS THE CHILDREN. AND I HOPE THAT
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  YOU WILL DO THAT. AND IF THEY WILL PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION
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  UP ON THE SCREENS. IF YOU'RE GIVEN BY ENVELOPE, YOU OUT THERE
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  ONLINE, I'M SURE THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE GIVEN. AND WE WANT TO
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  TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LET YOU KNOW HOW
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  MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. WITHOUT YOU, WE COULD NOT DO
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  HALF OF WHAT WE DO HERE IN THIS MINISTRY. WE WANT TO ALWAYS
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  THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. YOU CAN GET
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  THROUGH THE WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, SCAN THE QR CODE.
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  IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY, WE CAN SET YOU UP WITH PASTOR
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  ANTHONY'S PERSONAL CELL PHONE AND HE'LL GET YOU. IF EVERYONE
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  IS READY, THE USHERS ARE ALL FINISHED SERVING EVERYBODY,
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  LET'S HOLD UP OUR OFFERINGS OR IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, HOLD UP YOUR
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  DEVICE WHERE YOU'VE TEXTED TO GIVE AND I'LL PRAY A BRIEF
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  BLESSING OVER ALL OF YOUR GIFTS. FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE
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  THANK YOU FOR THE GENEROSITY THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED BY
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  EVERYONE'S GIVING HERE TONIGHT AND I ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM AND
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  THEY'RE COMING AND THEN THEY'RE GOING AND THEY'RE WAKING AND
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  THEN THEY'RE LYING DOWN. KEEP THEM ALWAYS IN GOOD HEALTH AND
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  IN PERFECT PEACE. FATHER, RE PROSPER THEM IN EVERY WAY AND
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  MAKE THEM BENEFICIARIES OF THE ABUNDANT HARVEST TO COME IN THE
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  MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME BACK TO THE
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  PULPIT PASTOR KEITH. HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US EXACTLY HOW TO
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  BOLSTER THOSE FUTURE HARVESTS.
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  AMEN.
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  BEFORE I BEGIN, I HAVE THIS MESSAGE. I'M GOING TO SHARE A
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  WRITTEN AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. JUST A LITTLE TIDBIT OF
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  IT, BUT WELL. ANYWAY, LISTEN CAREFULLY. RALPH, WITH A BALL IN
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  HIS LEFT HAND, SWINGING THE BAT WITH THE OTHER, HEADED THROUGH
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  THE PART OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS, IN HIS MIND, THE JUNGLE. THIS
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  WAS PART OF THE HOUSE WHERE MOST OF MOM'S PLANTS WERE. THIS ROOM
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  WAS DANGEROUS. IT WAS ALSO THE PART OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE
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  WAS WALKING RIGHT NOW, SWINGING HIS BAT. HE ALWAYS FELT LIKE
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  RAMBO WHEN HE WENT THROUGH THIS PART OF THE HOUSE. AND NOW HE
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  RAISED HIS BAT LIKE A MACHINE GUN. AS IT CAME UP, IT HIT ONE
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  OF THE CHROMATIC POTS AND SHATTERED. HIS STOMACH FELL
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  SICK. HE KNEW HOW HIS MOM LOVED THESE PLANTS. RALPH, YEAH MOM?
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  WHAT WAS THAT NOISE? NOTHING? NO REPLY. SHE BOUGHT IT. SHE WAS
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  ALMOST DONE DOING THE DISHES AND HE KNEW WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO. HE
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  HAD TO WAIT FOR HER TO LEAVE THE KITCHEN, GRAB THE DUST BUSTER
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  AND ANOTHER CHROMATIC POT. NOW SHE WAS HEADED DOWNSTAIRS TO THE
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  LAUNDRY. RALPH GOT THE DUST BUSTER AND THE POT AND HE RAN
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  QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE BACK TO THE LIVING ROOM. HE PUT THE PLANT IN
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  THE POT AND THREW AS MUCH DIRT IN IT AS HE COULD PICK UP AND
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  THEN VACUUMED UP THE DIRT AROUND IT. HE RAN BACK TO THE KITCHEN
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  TO PUT THE DUSTBUSTER AWAY. HIS MOM, COMING UP THE STAIRS WITH
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  CLEAN CLOTHES, AND AS SHE PASSED HIM, SHE ASKED,
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  "DID YOU GET IT CLEANED UP?”
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  NOW, YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION, IF YOU ENJOYED THAT, TO TELL MY SON
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  THAT YOU APPRECIATED HIS FIRST ARTICLE. AND BUG HIM ABOUT IT
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  GOOD, BECAUSE A WHILE BACK HE TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY.
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  PAYBACK. SO WHAT DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TODAY'S MESSAGE?
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  WELL, NOTHING IN A WAY, BUT IT IS ABOUT PLANS. AND I WANTED TO
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  START TODAY BY LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF MARK, THE FOURTH
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  CHAPTER, THE 26TH VERSE. BECAUSE THIS VERSE AND THIS CHAPTER, I
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  MEAN THIS SECTION, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'VE
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  EVER HEARD ANYONE PREACH ON BEFORE. IT'S KIND OF ONE OF
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  THOSE OFF THE SIDE VERSES THAT JUST DOESN'T GET PREACHED ON
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  VERY OFTEN. AND I WANT TO START WITH IT AND EXPAND. VERSE 26,
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  "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AS IF A MAN SHOULD SCATTER SEED ON THE
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  GROUND AND SHOULD SLEEP BY NIGHT AND RISE UP IN THE DAY, AND THE
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  SEED SHOULD SPROUT AND GROW. HE HIMSELF DOES NOT KNOW HOW. FOR
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  THE EARTH YIELDS CROPS BY ITSELF. FIRST THE BLADE, THEN
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  THE HEAD, AND AFTER THAT THE FULL GRAIN IN THE YEAR. BUT WHEN
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  THE GRAIN RIPENS, IMMEDIATELY HE PUTS IN THE SICKLE BECAUSE THE
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  HARVEST HAS COME." SOUNDS PRETTY SIMPLE. YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE
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  KIDS WERE SMALL, AND I THINK MAYBE SOMEBODY STILL DOES THAT,
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  THEY TAKE THESE LITTLE CUPS AND THEY PUT A DOME FULL OF DIRT AND
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  THEY TAKE IT IN THERE AND TELL THE CHILD, PUT A SEED IN THERE,
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  WE'LL WATCH. THEY PUT THE SEED IN THAT LITTLE PILE OF DIRT AND
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  AFTER A LITTLE TIME, IT BEGINS TO SPROUT. AND IT SENDS OUT ITS
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  ROOT SYSTEM, AND IT SENDS OUT THE PLANT THAT BEGINS TO GROW,
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  AND THEY GET TO WATCH THIS MIRACLE OF LIFE. AND THAT SOUNDS
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  SO SIMPLE TO US. SEE, THAT'S WHY FARM FOLKS, WE UNDERSTAND THIS.
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  OKAY? WE UNDERSTAND SEED DONE. WE UNDERSTAND SOWING. WE
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  UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SEED DOES AND WHAT THE SEED IS. AND IT'S
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  PRETTY PLAIN. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY IN YOUR FACE. JESUS JUST
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  LAID IT OUT. YOU PUT IT IN THE GROUND. YOU DON'T EVEN
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  UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY ALL THE THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE AND HOW
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  IT HAPPENS AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN AND HOW IT DISSOLVES AND
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  HOW IT TURNS IT ON AND HOW IT TAKES NUTRIENTS OUT OF THIS AND
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  NUTRIENTS OUT OF THAT, AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL, YOU
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  DON'T SEE IT, BUT YOU KNOW THE PRINCIPLE OF HOW IT WORKS. AND
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  YOU PUT IT TO WORK. AND IT'S THAT SIMPLE, IT SEEMS TO BE. AND
• 40:21
  THINKING ABOUT THAT, THEN I ALSO READ A SCRIPTURE IN ROMANS
• 40:26
  CHAPTER 10. AND THIS SCRIPTURE IS KIND OF ALWAYS KIND OF, HMM,
• 40:36
  HOW? WHAT? SO FAITH COMES. SO FAITH COMES. FAITH COMES BY
• 40:57
  HEARING. HEARING COMES BY THE WORD. I THOUGHT THE WORD
• 41:18
  PRODUCED FAITH. NOT ACCORDING TO ROMANS CHAPTER 10:17. SO THEN I
• 41:34
  GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I GO BACK TO MARK CHAPTER
• 41:41
  4. AND IN MARK CHAPTER 4, JUST GOING BACK A FEW VERSES, IN
• 41:57
  VERSE 14, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE LIVING BIBLE,
• 42:06
  BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
• 42:10
  OF IT. THE FARMER I TALKED ABOUT IS IN ANY WAY BRINGS GOD'S
• 42:18
  MESSAGE TO OTHERS, TRYING TO PLANT GOD'S SEED WITHIN THEIR
• 42:23
  LIVES. THE HARD PATH WHERE SOME OF THE SEED FELL REPRESENTS THE
• 42:30
  HARD HEARTS OF SOME OF THOSE WHO HEAR GOD'S MESSAGE. SO WE KNOW
• 42:38
  AND RECOGNIZE THOSE. AND THEN HE GOES ON ABOUT SATAN COMING AND
• 42:43
  STEALING IT. AND THEN HE SAYS AGAIN, THE ROCKY SOIL REPRESENTS
• 42:48
  THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HEAR THE MESSAGE WITH JOY. WHO HEAR
• 43:00
  WHERE? IN THE HEART. THEN AGAIN, HE SAYS LATER ON IN THE 18TH
• 43:12
  VERSE, "THE THORNY GROUND REPRESENTS THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE
• 43:17
  WHO LISTENED TO THE GOOD NEWS AND RECEIVE IT." BUT IT QUICKLY
• 43:27
  IS DONE AWAY WITH AND WE KNOW THE STORY. WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF
• 43:32
  IT LATER, BUT GET MY POINT HERE. THE LAST ONE HE SAYS IN VERSE
• 43:37
  20, HE SAYS, "BUT THE GOOD SOIL REPRESENTS THE HEARTS. IT
• 43:43
  REPRESENTS THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO TRULY ACCEPT GOD'S MESSAGE
• 43:48
  AND PRODUCE." NOW, LET'S UNDERSTAND. JESUS USES A PARABLE
• 43:57
  TO GIVE US UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUAL REALITY, OF WHAT'S
• 44:03
  TAKING PLACE THROUGH AND IN US. AND SO IF WE UNDERSTAND THIS
• 44:13
  CONCEPT AS A FARMER, I CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, I GET IT. YOU
• 44:21
  SEE, A FARMER DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO WITH THE SEED. HE
• 44:29
  SIMPLY PICKS IT OUT, CHOOSES THE BEST PRODUCT HE CAN FIND FOR THE
• 44:36
  PRICE HE CAN PAY, AND TAKES THAT SEED, WHICH WILL DO WHAT IT'S
• 44:43
  DESIGNED TO DO. DO WHAT? PRODUCE A PLANT. WHICH WILL, IN THE
• 44:53
  PROCESS, THEN PRODUCE A FRUIT. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PLANT
• 45:00
  MIGHT BE. IN THIS COUNTRY, WE CAN JUST DRIVE AROUND AND SEE
• 45:06
  CORN, CORN, CORN. BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PLANTS.
• 45:16
  SOME PLANTS COME UP QUICKLY, SOME PLANTS COME SLOWLY, IT
• 45:20
  DOESN'T MATTER. BUT IT TAKES THE PLANT TO HAVE THE PRODUCT. AND
• 45:31
  QUITE FRANKLY, A FARMER CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THE SEED OTHER THAN
• 45:36
  PICK OUT THE SEED AND THEN PLANT IT. BUT THE FARMER HAS THE
• 45:45
  ABILITY TO AFFECT THE SOIL. HE KNOWS IF THE SOIL GETS HARD,
• 46:02
  THAT IT HAS TO BE SOFTENED. HE KNOWS IF THERE'S ROCKS OR PLACES
• 46:09
  LIKE THAT, THAT MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
• 46:14
  ROCKS OUT OF THEIR FIELD YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR TO GET THE
• 46:19
  SOIL SO THAT IT WILL COOPERATE, IT WILL WORK. HE KNOWS WHEN
• 46:25
  THERE'S WEEDS IN THE FIELD, HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
• 46:31
  I'VE BEEN THERE. BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WE DIDN'T USE
• 46:36
  CHEMICALS FOR EVERYTHING. WHEN THE WEEDS WERE THIS HIGH AND THE
• 46:46
  BEANS WERE THIS HIGH AND YOU WERE CUTTING THEM OFF. SO HE
• 46:57
  KNOWS THAT HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE SOIL BECAUSE
• 47:05
  HE CAN'T AFFECT THE END HARVEST BY GOING JUST BY WHAT THE SEED
• 47:13
  WILL DO, BUT HE CAN AFFECT THE SOIL. NOW JESUS GIVES THIS
• 47:20
  EXAMPLE AND HE SAYS TO US, AND HE STARTS OUT GIVING US THE
• 47:25
  EXAMPLE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOWER SOWING THE WORD. AND HE
• 47:32
  LEAVES US WITH THIS CONCEPT. THE SEED DOES WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO
• 47:37
  DO. SO IT'S NEVER THE SEED'S PROBLEM. SO NEVER BLAME THE
• 47:46
  SEED. NEVER BLAME THE TRUTH. NEVER BLAME THE LIFE. NEVER
• 47:58
  BLAME THE DNA OF THE SEED. THE SEED WORKS. SO WHAT DO WE HAVE
• 48:07
  TO LOOK AT? THE SOIL. AND WHAT'S THE SOIL? THE HEART. A MAN HERE
• 48:22
  ALWAYS TELLS ME I TALK ABOUT THE HEART A LOT. NOW YOU KNOW WHY.
• 48:28
  THE HEART. BECAUSE THAT'S MY PART. I LITERALLY CAN'T DO
• 48:37
  ANYTHING ABOUT THE SEED, BUT JUST RECEIVE. AND I LITERALLY
• 48:45
  CAN'T MAKE THE SEED PRODUCE THE END RESULT, BUT I CAN AFFECT THE
• 48:54
  PLANT. I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HOW I AFFECT THE PLANT. AND
• 49:04
  THE PLANT IS THE PROCESS OF HEARING. HEARING. HEARING. AND
• 49:18
  YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU REALIZE IT'S NOT ABOUT
• 49:22
  WHAT GOES IN THIS YEAR AND COMES OUT THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT ABOUT
• 49:28
  THAT KIND OF HEARING. THAT'S JUST ON THE SURFACE. I LIKE IT,
• 49:39
  ANYBODY THAT'S RAISED TEENAGERS KNOWS, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,
• 49:48
  YOU HAVE SAID, "CLEAN THAT ROOM." AND SIX HOURS LATER, YOU
• 49:56
  HAVE SAID, "CLEAN THAT ROOM." AND TWO HOURS LATER, YOU'RE
• 50:01
  SAYING, "DID YOU HEAR ME?" YOU GET IT? IT'S NOT JUST WHAT GOES
• 50:14
  IN THE EAR, IT'S THE ACTIVITY OF THE RECEIVING HEART. BECAUSE THE
• 50:25
  WAY YOU HEAR IT IS THE WAY IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.
• 50:35
  YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOUR HEART IS GOING TO DO WITH THE PLANT, THE
• 50:44
  HEARING. JESUS SAID THERE'S SOME FOLKS, THEY'RE SO WORLDLY AND
• 50:52
  THEY'RE SO ALLOWING THE WORLD TO RUN OVER THEIR TERRITORY. THAT'S
• 50:56
  WHAT THE PATH WAS ALL ABOUT. THE WORLD JUST KEPT WALKING ON THEIR
• 51:01
  TERRITORY, WALKED OVER IT SO MANY TIMES THAT IT TRAMPLED IT
• 51:05
  DOWN. AND IT GOT SO HARD THAT IT COULDN'T ACCEPT THE SEED BECAUSE
• 51:14
  WORLD IDEOLOGY HAD WALKED ON IT SO MUCH. BECAUSE WHY? BECAUSE HE
• 51:22
  DIDN'T PROTECT IT. THEN YOU CAN TURN TO PROVERBS CHAPTER FOUR.
• 51:32
  IN PROVERBS CHAPTER FOUR, HE LAYS IT OUT. MY SON, GIVE
• 51:35
  ATTENTION TO MY WORDS AND CLIMB YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. DO NOT
• 51:42
  LET THEM DEPART BEFORE YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF
• 51:47
  YOUR HEART. FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM, AND HEALTH
• 51:56
  TO ALL THEIR FLESH. KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, FOR
• 52:06
  OUT OF IT SPRING THE ISSUES OF LIFE. LIFE COMES OUT OF THE
• 52:11
  HEART. THE AFFAIRS OF WHAT YOU DO COMES OUT OF YOUR HEART. WHAT
• 52:15
  YOU DO IS PROCESSED BY YOUR HEART. JESUS SAID, "SO OUT OF A
• 52:19
  GOOD MAN'S TREASURY, GOOD THINGS COME TO PASS. OUT OF AN EVIL
• 52:22
  MAN'S TREASURY, EVIL THINGS COME TO PASS. FOR IT'S OUT OF THE
• 52:27
  HEART THAT MAN RELEASES THE POWER." SO PROTECT YOUR HEART.
• 52:39
  KEEP YOUR HEART. PUT AWAY FROM YOU A DECEITFUL MOUTH AND
• 52:44
  PERVERSE LIPS FAR FROM YOU. THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT YOU
• 52:48
  CAN DO TO KEEP YOUR HEART. IT'S WHAT YOU HEAR, AND WHAT YOU HEAR
• 52:53
  IS NOT WHAT, IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE OUTSIDE
• 52:56
  SOURCES LIKE WE SAID, IT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO RECEIVE AND ACT
• 53:01
  UPON. FUNCTION. YOU PROVIDE THE FUNCTION, THE ACTION WHICH
• 53:14
  RECEIVES THE TRUTH OF THE WORD. WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU ALLOW TO
• 53:22
  CREATE AN IMAGE IN YOUR THINKING AND IN YOUR PROCESS OF ACTION
• 53:32
  BECAUSE AS ACTIONS COME ABOUT, YOU BEGIN TO SEE AND YOU BEGIN
• 53:36
  TO ENVISION THINGS OUT OF THE HEART AND IN THE HEART. AND
• 53:41
  THOSE THINGS PROGRESS TILL THEY TAKE YOU OVER. AND THEN HE SAID,
• 53:47
  "A DECEITFUL MOUTH DOESN'T LET YOUR MOUTH COOPERATE WITH THAT
• 53:52
  WHICH IS NOT OF GOD." BECAUSE THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH HAVE
• 54:00
  MORE STRENGTH IN YOUR HEART THAN ANYBODY'S WORDS. SO YOU ARE
• 54:09
  RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU SEE, HEAR, AND SAY INTO YOUR HEART.
• 54:17
  YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT IT, KEEP IT, HOLD TIGHT, BECAUSE
• 54:28
  OUT OF IT COME THE ISSUES. THE DECIDING FACTORS OF WHO YOU ARE.
• 54:39
  AND AS YOU DO THAT PROCESS, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT SEE, YOU'RE
• 54:47
  TAKING CARE OF THE SOIL. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE SOIL. YOU'RE
• 54:55
  RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. IF THERE'S STONES IN IT, YOU NEED TO GET
• 55:00
  THEM OUT. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT STONES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
• 55:06
  WELL, THE BOOK OF HEBREWS SAYS YOU CAN HAVE A HARD HEART OF
• 55:09
  UNBELIEF. SEE, I ADD TO JESUS, JESUS GIVES US THE BASIC, BUT
• 55:23
  YOU CAN ADD TO IT. BECAUSE THE BASICS ARE, IT'S THE STONES THAT
• 55:32
  CAUSE THE HEART NOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT IT NEEDS TO
• 55:40
  WITHSTAND THE STORMS, THE PROBLEMS, THE DIFFICULTIES, THE
• 55:44
  SITUATIONS. IT'S NOT THAT THE SITUATION IS STRONGER THAN THE
• 55:54
  WORD. IT'S THE HEART THAT HAS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT
• 56:03
  WITH. JESUS KNEW THAT ABOUT US BECAUSE HE LOOKED AT THE MAN WHO
• 56:11
  COME TO HIM AND SAYS, "MY SON, HE KEEPS FALLING INTO THE FIRE
• 56:18
  AND HE KEEPS HAVING THESE EPISODES." AND IT'S JUST
• 56:23
  CONTINUED SINCE HE'S BEEN A BOY. AND HE SAID, "NOW, IF YOU CAN DO
• 56:27
  ANYTHING." I LOVE, JESUS WAS TOUGH, YOU KNOW THAT? THAT MAN
• 56:41
  TURNED AROUND AND SAID, "IF YOU CAN BELIEVE." AND THE MAN HAD
• 56:51
  ENOUGH MOXIE TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, "OKAY, I'LL BELIEVE. OH,
• 56:58
  HELP MY UNBELIEF." AND JESUS DID. AND HE WILL YOU TOO. SO
• 57:08
  WHEN THERE'S DOUBT, UNBELIEF, WHEN THERE'S FEAR, WHEN THE
• 57:10
  STORM COMES, WHEN THE HEAT GETS TURNED UP, HELP MY UNBELIEF.
• 57:21
  SHOW ME HOW. GIVE ME THE TRUTH. BREAK UP THE ROCKS, REMOVE THE
• 57:30
  STONES. GET THOSE THINGS OUT OF MY LIFE. AND HE SAID, WHEN THE
• 57:42
  WEEDS GROW UP, WHAT DO WE DO? WE GO AFTER THEM, TAKING CAPTIVE
• 57:52
  EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF THE ANOINTING. BECAUSE THE
• 58:04
  WEEDS WILL TRY AND GET IN YOUR GARDEN. THEY JUST WILL. ALL OF
• 58:13
  US FARM BOYS KNOW THAT. WE'VE HAD TO HOE ENOUGH IN THE GARDEN,
• 58:18
  WE KNOW THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT A GARDEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
• 58:24
  HOE IN IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THE WEEDS OUT BECAUSE
• 58:28
  THEY'RE GOING TO COME. AND THERE ARE PATCHES THAT GET WORSE THAN
• 58:34
  OTHER PIT LACES. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK AT IT. OH,
• 58:41
  YOU MEAN I GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO? YES. YES. YOU SEE, THE
• 58:51
  SOIL IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. THE HEART IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I'M
• 58:57
  RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLANT. I THOUGHT GOD WOULD
• 59:07
  JUST DO IT. HE WILL. HE'S DOING IT. HE GAVE YOU THE SEED AND YOU
• 59:15
  DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT WORKS. ALL YOU GOTTA BE IS SMART ENOUGH
• 59:22
  TO PLANT IT AND KEEP IT AND TEND IT AND KEEP YOUR HEART OPEN.
• 59:35
  THAT'S ALL YOU GOTTA DO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE FAITH HAPPEN.
• 59:45
  YOU JUST HAVE TO PROTECT THE PLANT, THE HEARING. BECAUSE
• 59:51
  THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL'S AFTER. HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE
• 59:55
  FAITH. HE CAN'T STOP IT. HE'S GOT TO STOP THE PLANT. HE'S GOT
• 1:00:07
  TO STOP THE SEED FROM PRODUCING THE PLANT, AND THAT TAKES PLACE
• 1:00:12
  IN MAN'S HEART. AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIGHT IS. THAT'S WHERE THE
• 1:00:26
  BATTLE'S AT. THAT'S WHERE THE STRUGGLE IS. THAT'S WHAT WE
• 1:00:36
  FACE. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE HEART? EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY
• 1:00:48
  YOU'LL FIND A NEW TERRITORY IN YOUR HEART WHERE THE WORLD'S
• 1:00:52
  TRYING TO WALK ON IT. SEE, THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THAT PROCESS.
• 1:01:02
  HEAR WHAT HE SAYS, AND THIS IS OUT OF THE NEW KING JAMES
• 1:01:09
  VERSION, BUT WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THIS SEED THAT COMES UP AND THE
• 1:01:22
  GOOD SEED. "FOR THESE ARE THE ONES SOWN ON GOOD GROUND, THOSE
• 1:01:31
  WHO HEAR THE WORD AND ACCEPT IT." MY TRANSLATION PUTS A
• 1:01:39
  LITTLE "T" BY THAT AND SAYS "RECEIVE IT." SEE, REAL
• 1:01:50
  RECEIVING IS REAL ACCEPTING. YOU CAN'T SAY YOU RECEIVE IT WITHOUT
• 1:02:00
  TRULY ACCEPTING IT. AND ACCEPTING IT MEANS YOU OCCUPY
• 1:02:10
  IT, YOU APPLY IT, YOU USE IT, YOU PUT IT IN ON PURPOSE. THAT'S
• 1:02:19
  WHY WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, I BELIEVE, THEREFORE I SPEAK. I
• 1:02:26
  CHOOSE WHAT I BELIEVE IN MY HEART, AND I SPEAK IT, AND I
• 1:02:31
  SPEAK IT, AND I SPEAK IT, AND I SPEAK IT, AND I SPEAK IT, AND I
• 1:02:37
  SPEAK IT. WHAT I DO? I PROTECT THE WORD. I PROTECT IT, I KEEP
• 1:02:43
  IT. I KEEP IT, I RECEIVE IT, AND I ACCEPT IT. AND THEN IT BEARS
• 1:02:52
  FRUIT, IT PRODUCES. IT PRODUCES. BECAUSE OUT OF THE HEARING, AS
• 1:03:02
  HE EXPLAINED IN THE FIRST SCRIPTURES THAT WE READ, THE
• 1:03:09
  PLANT WILL NATURALLY PRODUCE WHAT IT'S MEANT TO PRODUCE. IT'S
• 1:03:15
  IN THE DNA. SO THE WORD OF GOD WILL NATURALLY PRODUCE FAITH. IT
• 1:03:25
  CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS THE WORD OF FAITH. SO DON'T EVER
• 1:03:32
  BLAME IT. DISCOVER ANY ISSUE THAT IS HAVING A PROBLEM,
• 1:03:41
  ANYTHING THAT'S-- IT'S IN THE HEART. IT'S IN THE HEART. IT'S A
• 1:03:48
  HEART ISSUE. THAT'S WHAT JESUS EXPLAINED. WHETHER IT'S WEEDS,
• 1:03:57
  WHETHER IT'S STONES, WHETHER IT'S THE WORLD, DOESN'T MAKE ANY
• 1:04:01
  DIFFERENCE. BUT THEN HE SAYS, THERE'S GOOD GROUND. THERE'S
• 1:04:05
  GOOD SOIL. BUT IT'S INTERESTING. I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT-- I THOUGHT
• 1:04:10
  ABOUT THIS. HE SAYS, BUT SOME OF IT PRODUCES 30. SOME OF IT
• 1:04:17
  PRODUCES 60. BUT SOME OF IT WILL PRODUCE 100. AND I THOUGHT ABOUT
• 1:04:25
  THAT, AND I'M THINKING, FARM BOY. FARM BOY THINKING KICKS IN.
• 1:04:33
  I'VE BEEN IN THOSE FIELDS. THE FIELDS HAS GOT ROCKS OVER THERE
• 1:04:38
  IN THAT CORNER, WEEDS OVER IN THAT PATCH, AND A PATH SOMEPLACE
• 1:04:48
  THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN. BUT THERE'S
• 1:04:55
  GOOD SPOTS. BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH GOOD AND
• 1:05:02
  THE SEED ONLY HITS ON 30% SO IT ONLY PRODUCES ABOUT 30%. THERE'S
• 1:05:08
  OTHER PLACES WHERE IT CAN PRODUCE 60% BECAUSE THERE'S THAT
• 1:05:12
  MUCH GOOD GROUND. BUT THEN THERE'S PLACES WHERE THE ROCKS
• 1:05:17
  ARE PICKED UP, THE WEEDS ARE CUT DOWN, THE PATH IS SOFTENED, AND
• 1:05:29
  GUESS WHAT? YOU GET 100. WHERE ARE YOU AT? HOW DO I GET THERE?
• 1:05:49
  KEEPING YOUR HEARTS SOFT. HOW DO I KEEP MY HEART SOFT? IT ALL
• 1:06:00
  BEGINS WITH THIS. WE'LL TURN TO THE BOOK OF JOHN, THE EIGHTH
• 1:06:06
  CHAPTER. JESUS WARNS THESE PEOPLE IN JOHN, THE EIGHTH
• 1:06:19
  CHAPTER, VERSES, VERSE 43. JESUS SAYS TO THE JEWS, "WHY DO YOU
• 1:06:33
  NOT UNDERSTAND MY SPEECH? BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
• 1:06:38
  LISTEN TO MY WORDS." IN VERSE 47, HE SAYS, "HE WHO IS OF GOD
• 1:06:50
  HEARS GOD'S WORDS. THEREFORE, YOU DO NOT HEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE
• 1:06:57
  NOT OF GOD." AND YOU CAN READ THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE WAY
• 1:07:02
  THROUGH CHAPTERS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT, AND NINE. BUT
• 1:07:08
  I WANT TO TURN TO CHAPTER SEVEN AND READ WHAT I THINK IS THE
• 1:07:18
  SYNOPSIS OF WHAT JESUS IS GETTING ACROSS. THE BEGINNING OF
• 1:07:27
  CHOOSING TO HEARING BEGINS WITH THIS. IN JOHN CHAPTER SEVEN,
• 1:07:34
  VERSE 16 AND 17, JESUS SAYS, "MY DOCTRINE IS NOT MINE, BUT HE WHO
• 1:07:42
  SENT ME. IF ANYONE WILLS TO DO HIS WILL, HE SHALL KNOW
• 1:07:54
  CONCERNING THE DOCTRINE, WHETHER IT IS FROM GOD OR WHETHER I
• 1:08:00
  SPEAK ON MY OWN AUTHORITY." IF YOU WANT TO KNOW AND KNOW HOW TO
• 1:08:04
  HEAR, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A DECISION. I WANT
• 1:08:09
  HIS WILL, NOT MINE. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO HEARING. YOU'LL
• 1:08:19
  NEVER HEAR, YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE,
• 1:08:22
  THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T UNDERSTAND. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND
• 1:08:24
  HEALING. YOU PROBABLY NEVER WILL, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T WALK
• 1:08:32
  IN IT. YOU WOULDN'T PRACTICE IT. YOU WOULDN'T LIVE BY IT. YOU
• 1:08:39
  WOULDN'T BE MOTIVATED TO STEP OUT TO DO IT. YOU DON'T
• 1:08:44
  UNDERSTAND IT. SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FINANCE. LIKE PASTOR
• 1:08:50
  MIKE SAID, THEY FIND A REASON AND EXCUSE. WHY? BECAUSE THEY
• 1:08:56
  WON'T HEAR IT. THEY CAN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE THEY WON'T DO IT. THE
• 1:09:05
  FIRST STEP, THE FIRST STEP IS I GOT TO BE WILLING. FOR A FARMER,
• 1:09:12
  THE FIRST STEP, I GOT TO PUT THAT SEED IN THE GROUND. I GOT
• 1:09:23
  TO PUT THAT SEED IN THE GROUND. I GOT TO BE WILLING TO PUT THAT
• 1:09:26
  SEED IN THE GROUND. IF IT'S GOING TO GROW, IF IT'S GOING TO
• 1:09:29
  PRODUCE, I GOT TO BE WILLING TO GO OUT THERE AND PUT IT IN THE
• 1:09:31
  GROUND. AND THE NATURAL STATEMENT FOR ME IS, IF I'M
• 1:09:37
  GOING TO HEAR THIS WORD AND BELIEVE THIS WORD AND RECEIVE
• 1:09:40
  THIS WORD AND RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THE PLANT THAT IT
• 1:09:44
  WILL PRODUCE, THE HEARING THAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH, I HAVE TO
• 1:09:47
  RECEIVE IT. AND I HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LET IT BE HIS WILL,
• 1:09:54
  HIS WAY. AND I HAVE TO CHANGE HOW I ACT, HOW I THINK, HOW I
• 1:09:58
  TALK, HOW I AM. I HAVE TO CHANGE ME. NOT IN THE SENSE OF MY DOING
• 1:10:05
  IT, BUT MY YIELDING TO IT. HE'LL PRODUCE THE RESULTS, BUT I GOT
• 1:10:14
  TO YIELD. I GOT TO RECEIVE. I GOT TO RECEIVE. I GOT TO KEEP
• 1:10:20
  RECEIVING. THAT'S WHY THE CONCEPT OF THE HEARING, AS IT
• 1:10:26
  TALKS ABOUT, FAITH COMES BY HEARING. HEARING BY THE WORD OF
• 1:10:30
  GOD IS A CONTINUAL WORD. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE PLANTS HAVE TO
• 1:10:34
  KEEP GROWING. THE PLANTS CAN NEVER STOP. WHEN THE PLANTS STOP
• 1:10:40
  PRODUCING, WHEN THE PLANTS AREN'T THERE, WHEN THERE ISN'T
• 1:10:44
  PLANTS GROWING, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY HARVEST. SO YOU GOT
• 1:10:52
  THAT, YOU'RE NOT DONE JUST 'CAUSE YOU'VE HEARD IT ONCE, OR
• 1:10:57
  YOU'VE HEARD IT TWICE, OR YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, OR YOU'VE HEARD
• 1:11:00
  IT, YOU GOTTA HEAR IT AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU GOTTA SEE THE PLANTS
• 1:11:04
  ARE STILL GROWING, THE SEEDS STILL PRODUCING, THE SEEDS GOTTA
• 1:11:07
  KEEP GOING, THE HEARING HAS TO CONTINUE, AND CONTINUE, AND GO
• 1:11:11
  ON, AND ON, AND ON. AND WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THIS
• 1:11:15
  COUNTRY, BECAUSE WE WATCH THE CORN COME UP EVERY YEAR, AND THE
• 1:11:19
  BEANS, AND WHATEVER ELSE IS PLANTED OUT THERE. AND WE EXPECT
• 1:11:23
  THE HARVEST. BUT SOME HARVESTS TAKE YEARS, SOME TAKE MONTHS,
• 1:11:33
  SOME TAKES WEEKS. AND IT'S THE SAME WITH THE WORDS OF GOD. IN
• 1:11:43
  SOME SITUATIONS IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAPPENS THAT FAST, IN SOME
• 1:11:47
  SITUATIONS IT TAKES LONGER. DON'T YOU, CAN'T YOU TELL ME
• 1:11:53
  WHY? NO. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE
• 1:12:04
  INGREDIENTS THAT IT TAKES FOR THE SEED TO GROW. ALL THE
• 1:12:10
  NUTRIENTS AND ALL THE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT AT ALL IT TAKES
• 1:12:14
  FOR IT TO WORK. I JUST KNOW IT WORKS. I JUST PUT THE SEED IN
• 1:12:24
  AND GO TO SLEEP, AND WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY EXPECTING THE SEED TO
• 1:12:32
  CONTINUE TO GROW. AND EVENTUALLY COMES THE PLANT, AND AS THE
• 1:12:37
  PLANT GROWS AND THE HEARING GROWS, AND THE UNDERSTANDING
• 1:12:41
  GROWS, AND THE POWER COMES, THEN IT EVENTUALLY, IT BEGINS TO
• 1:12:45
  PRODUCE, AND SUDDENLY, THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING HOPED
• 1:12:51
  FOR. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, SEE, HEARING PRODUCES HOPE.
• 1:13:00
  'CAUSE WHEN YOU TRULY HEAR, YOU BEGIN TO GET A VISION FOR WHAT'S
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  GOING TO BE. THAT'S WHAT THE FARMER SEES OUT THERE IN THE
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  FIELD, YOU KNOW. HE'S NOW LOOKING OUT THERE IN THAT FIELD
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  AND HE SEES HOPE. THE PLANTS ARE GROWING, THE PLANTS ARE TALL,
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  THE STOCKS ARE STRONG. HE SEES HOPE. HE SEES THE VISION.
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  THERE'S A HARVEST COMING. AND THEY'LL BE OUT THERE NOW GETTING
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  ALL THEIR MACHINERY READY FOR THE HARVEST. THAT'S HOPE. WHAT'S
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  YOUR EXPECTATION? YOUR EXPECTATION IS TIED TO YOUR
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  HOPE. YOUR HOPE IS TIED TO YOUR VISION. YOUR VISION IS TIED TO
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  HOW MUCH YOU HEAR. FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU MEASURE IT. THAT'S
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  HOW IT'S GOING TO COME. ARE YOU WILLING? ARE YOU FAITHFUL? WHAT
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  DO YOU MEAN FAITHFUL? FAITHFUL TO THE SOIL. FAITHFUL TO PLANT
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  THE SEED. FAITHFUL TO RECEIVE. FAITHFUL TO KEEP YOUR HEART
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  OPEN. KEEP YOUR HEART RECEPTIVE. KEEP YOUR HEART ACTIVELY DEALING
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  WITH THE CHALLENGES AND THE PROBLEMS AND THE SITUATIONS AND
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  THE CIRCUMSTANCES. ACTIVELY LETTING GOD BE GOD. IT'S YOUR
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  HEART. SEE, THIS IS WHAT THE DEVIL DON'T WANT. HE DON'T WANT
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  YOU TO KNOW. IT'S YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS UP TO GOD. NO, IT'S
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  ALREADY BEEN UP TO HIM. HE'S ALREADY GIVEN HIS WORD. HE'S
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  ALREADY DECLARED HIS TRUTH. HE'S ALREADY PLANTED THE SEED OF HIS
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  SON. AND HE'S ALREADY GIVEN US THE WORD OF EXPECTATION AND THE
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  WORD OF POWER. NOW IT'S UP TO THAT WORD TO DO ITS WORK IN US.
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  AND IT'S OUR POSITION HOW MUCH OF IT WE GET, HOW MUCH OF IT WE
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  DON'T. IT'S UP TO US. YOU MEAN GOD'S COUNTING ON ME? THAT'S
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  WHERE HE SET UP THE SYSTEM. HE GAVE YOU THE HEART. AND THE
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  HEART WILL PRODUCE THE SEED THAT IS IN IT. PLANT THE RIGHT SEED,
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  KEEP IT IN YOUR HEART, PROTECT IT, AND IT'LL PRODUCE LIFE.
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  IT'LL PRODUCE LIFE EVERY TIME. AND LIFE IS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO
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  FAITH. BECAUSE WITHOUT FAITH YOU CAN'T PLEASE HIM. AND IT'LL
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  PRODUCE THAT LIFE OF FAITH. FOR WE LIVE BY FAITH. I WANT YOU TO
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  REALIZE IT'S SIMPLE. BUT I'VE BEEN A FARM BOY, AND FARMING IS
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  NOT EASY. IT'S THE CHALLENGES OF DOING ALL THAT IT TAKES TO KEEP
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  THE SOIL, TO WORK THE SOIL, AND TO BELIEVE FOR THE SOIL. BUT
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  IT'S SIMPLE. PLANT A SEED FROM THE RIGHT SOURCE AND LET IT
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  GROW. IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND THAT HARD ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
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  FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE KEYS TO THE
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  KINGDOM, THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND THE REVELATION AND THE KNOWING
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  OF WHAT WE CAN BE AS WE COME TO YOU, THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER
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  OF OUR FAITH. I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT AS THESE WORDS GO
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  FORTH, THAT THEY WOULD BRING REVELATION AND UNDERSTANDING
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  INTO THE HEARTS OF THE HEARERS, THAT AS THEY ARE RECEIVED, THAT
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  YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR POWER WILL PLACE YOUR ANOINTING UPON
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  THEM. TO BRING A FRESH UNDERSTANDING AND A FRESH
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  REVELATION SO THAT THEY CAN WALK IN THE POWER, WE CAN WALK IN
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  THAT POWER OF POSITION, OF PRODUCING YOUR RESULTS, THE LIFE
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  THAT YOU HAVE FOR US, THE LIFE OF VICTORY, THE LIFE OF POWER,
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  THE LIFE OF GOOD. I ASK YOU, FATHER, BY THE SPIRIT OF
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  REVELATION AND WISDOM, OPEN OUR EYES. I ASK YOU, FATHER, INSTILL
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  IN US A DETERMINATION AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DEAL
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  WITH THE PARTS OF OUR HEART THAT WE'VE SOMETIMES JUST IGNORED,
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  ALLOWING DOUBTS OR FEARS OR UNCERTAINTIES OR WORRY OR
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  WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. REVEAL IT TO US, LORD,
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  SO THAT WE CAN BE CLEANSED AND WE CAN BE OPEN VESSELS FOR YOU.
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  THANK YOU LORD GOD THAT AS YOU TAKE THE TRUTH THAT YOU HAVE PUT
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  BEFORE US, THAT YOU CAN REVEAL THE LIFE AND THE LIGHT OF THAT
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  TRUTH INTO OUR LIVES SO WE CAN LIVE IT, NOT JUST BELIEVE IT AND
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  LET IT GO, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT IN THE SENSE OF DOING
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  IT, THAT WE WILL BE DOERS OF THE WORD AND NOT HEARERS ONLY. I
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  THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND
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  YOUR POWER AND YOUR PRESENCE. STAND UP WITH ME. DECLARE THIS
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  WITH ME. I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AND I
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  RECEIVE THAT POWER TO KNOW AND WALK IN HIS GOODNESS AND HIS
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  REVELATION FOR MY LIFE SO THAT I CAN SEE THE POWER OF HIS WORD
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  COME TO FRUITION, COMPLETING HIS GOOD
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  WORK THAT HE HAS BEGUN IN ME.
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  AND EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. BE BLESSED.
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  (APPLAUSE)