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Get Up And Run | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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Pastor Cammie and I both preached little bit
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I was in Petersburg and she was here and I I
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preached a little bit of a different message
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there and I preached out of Philippians chapter
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3 and if you weren't here last week and didn't
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get to hear that message go on our YouTube channel
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or go on Facebook listen to the word that pastor
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Cami brought about running after God and about
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the practical ways to to run after him amen And
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Paul had a passion to run after God with his
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whole heart. The week before that, I preached
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a message out of Habakkuk. I preached two points
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of that message, and today I want to preach the
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third point. And so I want you to go with me
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again to Habakkuk chapter 2 in the Old Testament,
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and we are going to pick up kind of where we
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left off. The title of my last message was, write
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it down. the prophet Habakkuk prophesying during
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a time when the Israelites were not being blessed
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by God but they were under they were under persecution
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and it seemed like the enemies of the kingdom
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of God were being blessed while the people of
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God were not being blessed and Habakkuk in chapter
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1 had a complaint and just said why is it like
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this God? And in chapter two, God began to speak
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to Habakkuk. And he says in verse two of Habakkuk
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two, then the Lord replied, write down the revelation
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and make it plain on tablets so that a herald
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may run with it. And so that's from the New International.
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Version write down the Revelation and make it
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plain on tablets so that a herald may run With
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it. I want to read that this morning from the
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New King James Version as well and so the New
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King James says write the vision Make it plain
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on tablets That he may run who reads it That
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he may run Who reads it? Thank you, Lord. And
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so the first two points that I talked about was
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paying about paying attention to what God says
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When God speaks we need to listen, right? So
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shake your neighbor and say, when God speaks,
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you better listen. Especially if it's your husband
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or wife. When God speaks, you better listen.
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We write it down. And so it's important when
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God speaks to remember what He said. How many
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of you even remember that I preached out of Habakkuk
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chapter 2? A couple of you. When I asked Cami,
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because I listened to about two -thirds of her
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message from last Sunday, I asked her, how did
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you end your sermon last week? And she said,
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I don't know. She said, I don't know. I'll have
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to look. I'm telling on her. She said she threw
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me under the bus last week. I'm throwing her
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under the bus this week. We have a tendency to
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forget things that are important, right? We have
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a tendency to forget and I'm not immune to that.
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My wife is laughing, she knows. I forget things.
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How many of you have experienced me forgetting
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things? Lift up your hand. That's true. That's
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true. Some of you have your hands up that I don't
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remember why. I'm just glancing around thinking,
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what is that one? I don't even know. I forgot.
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I forgot. But it is important when God speaks,
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right? And so he declared to Habakkuk, don't
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just listen to what I'm going to say, write it
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down. And then as you write it down, Habakkuk,
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make it plain. Aren't you glad that the message
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of the gospel is simple and it is plain? You
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do not have to have a doctorate to understand
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the gospel. In fact, a child can understand the
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message of the gospel. Jesus, the Son of God,
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came as a perfect sacrifice and gave himself
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on a cross in place so that we can be forgiven
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and free hallelujah it is plain and it is simple
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now that does not mean that the message of the
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gospel is easy but it is simple and he told Habakkuk
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make it plain make it plain So the vision that
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God gave to Habakkuk for the rest of the book
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was one of calling people to repentance and It
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was simple You've strayed from God You need to
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come back And that's the message of repentance
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have you ever been there in your life where you've
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strayed from God? Have you ever been there in
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your life where you have just kind of come to
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yourself spiritually thinking, you know what,
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I have not been doing the things I need to be
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doing. Am I alone in that this morning? Am I
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alone in the need to repent and to come back
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to God? There is a simple message that God gave
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in fact, it's all through the scriptures and
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it's simply this turn back to me and God is calling
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America right now God is calling out to young
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men in America right now. I Believe he's speaking
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to all of America, but I believe he's specifically
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speaking to young men calling young men to be
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wholehearted in their relationship with God.
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To be unashamed of what their friends think about
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them. To be unashamed to declare, you know what,
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I am a believer in Jesus Christ. That's what
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I love. I have listened this past week to hours
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of Charlie Kirk videos, debating, and you know
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the debating I can kind of get into because I
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like, you know, the clashing and this and that
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and I think, wow. But you know what? In those
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same campuses where he was debating politics
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or he was debating issues, he was also naming
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unashamedly the name of Jesus. And he was he
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was laying his life down saying I am a follower
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of Jesus Christ and I am not ashamed to talk
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about it. Hallelujah and friends God is calling
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out to America right now to not be ashamed. It
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doesn't mean that you have that you're perfect
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It doesn't mean you're declaring that you are
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inerrant and never make any mistakes and never
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never fail and never fall but you are a follower
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of Jesus Christ and you are not ashamed of it
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Hallelujah write it down Make it plain So that
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others Can run So that others can run Your life
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is not just for you Did you know that? God is
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going to speak to you things that enable others
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to run My study of this One commentary Jamison
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Fawcett Brown want to read this quote the true
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sense of this passage is this The true sense
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is make it so legible that whoever reads it May
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run to tell all whom he can the good news of
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that the foes have coming doom and Judah will
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be delivered Isn't that awesome I kind of translated
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that because that that commentary writes in King
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James language Make it so legible that whoever
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reads it may run to tell all they can the good
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news that our enemies are losing and that Judah
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will be delivered. That was what Jameson Fawcett
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Brown says the true sense of this passage is.
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You hear from God, you write it down, you make
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it plain so that people will understand their
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enemies have been defeated on the cross. Jesus
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is winning, hallelujah. He has won the victory
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and he has provided for your deliverance and
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your freedom in the name of Jesus. It was all
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about encouragement. And so keep your ear to
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the ground. Write down the things the Holy Spirit
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says because it will be useful to liberate people
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that before could not run, but now will be able
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to stand up on their own two feet. Now they will
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find strength to move forward in Jesus' name.
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What does it take for a church to stand up in
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a culture that is forgot about God? It takes
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one person to stand up It takes somebody else
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to stand to see them and say you know what I'm
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not gonna let them stand alone I'm gonna stand
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up to and then another one stands up and then
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they begin to run and then then they begin to
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move like God wants them to move For many years
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because of health conditions in my life, I have
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not been able to run. But this year, for the
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first time, I started running again. The beginning
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of me running, I was texting Doug because Doug
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likes to run and walk. He was accountability
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for me. He didn't know that, but that's what
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he was. It's a physical thing, but in my life
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running accomplishes something spiritual. Something
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spiritual happens inside of me when I am physically
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running. It's not a stretch for me to say that
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I feel connected with God in a unique way. Some
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of my prayer time happens when I am running.
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There's others that I share that with and they
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say, how does that happen? I just feel like death
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when I run. Chariots of Fire was a movie about
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Eric Little. Now, Eric Little was an amazing
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man of God that ran as an Olympian. It's a movie
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worth watching. The quote that they ascribed
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to him in chariots of fire was not a quote that
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he said it was specific to the movie but it shook
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me because it described how I feel and Eric little
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says in the movie he says I know that God has
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a plan for my life a purpose But he also made
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me fast And when I run, I feel His pleasure.
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When I heard that in the movie, it gripped my
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heart because that's how I feel. When I run,
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I feel the pleasure of the Lord. Recently, somebody
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well -meaning told me that I'm over 50 and therefore
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I should not run because it's detracting from
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my health. that it wasn't good for me and I have
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not studied the science of that to know and I
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thanked him for caring about me but when I run
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I Feel like I'm fulfilling something that God
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created me to do something that he planted in
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my life and Small percentage of you that are
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hearing me talk about this understand it You
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can connect with what I'm saying But in the spirit
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realm God created all of us to run When I was
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in my 20s I would watch the Rocky movies, which
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my daughter just blessed me with a new set of
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Rocky movies for Father's Day. Oh, hallelujah.
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You know? Never mind. Okay. And in my 20s when
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I would watch those movies... Oh yeah, here we
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go. I can tell who has watched Rocky and who
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hasn't. Scanning the audience. And at the end...
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of the movie, especially in Rocky IV, when he
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says, and if I can change, and if you can change,
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then the whole world can change. Well, in my
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20s, when I would watch that, I would get up
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off of my chair, and it didn't matter if it was
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10 o 'clock, 11 o 'clock at night, I would run
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five or six miles through the city, and... It
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was like that movie liberated something inside
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of me to run. And God said to Habakkuk, write
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it down, make it plain so that others can take
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the message that I give to you and run. Friends,
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this message of the kingdom, this message of
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the gospel is no ordinary message. It isn't meant
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to put people to sleep. It isn't meant to bore
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people. It isn't meant, the kingdom of God is
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not meant to just keep... people status quo and
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to form religion so that you just come to church
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on Sunday and do your little thing and then go
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back. No, the message of the kingdom is meant
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to instill life inside of you, to do something
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in your life, to impact you, to motivate you
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by God's Spirit, to change, to get up off of
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your feet and to say, I'm not gonna be satisfied
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anymore living in this place of weakness. I'm
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not gonna be satisfied. satisfied anymore living
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according to the status quo, just being sucked
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into all the conversation of my friends and addictions
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that I know are wrong. I am not going to be satisfied
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just coasting in life knowing that I'm missing
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God's purpose. No, the gospel message is supposed
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to touch you in such a way that it changes the
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course of your life, causes you to get up off
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of your spiritual laziness and begin to walk
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and begin to move and begin to run again hallelujah
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that's what the gospel does it changes lives
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it causes people to run but those who wait on
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the Lord she'll get bored Those who wait upon
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the Lord Shall wish they were with their friends
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Those who wait upon the Lord know what does it
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say They shall renew their strength. They shall
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mount up with wings like Eagles They shall run
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and not be weary they shall walk and not faint.
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Hallelujah. Oh, praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
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This is a gospel of running. Hallelujah. First
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Corinthians 9 24. Do you not know that those
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who run in a race all run, but only one receives
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the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain
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the prize. Hallelujah. everyone who competes
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for the prize is temperate in all things they
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do it to obtain a perishable crown but we for
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an imperishable crown glory to God And so your
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life friend is not just about the temporal, about
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what you can gain in this life. It's not about
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how much you can acquire. It's not about how
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nice you can make your home to be. It is about
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eternity. And we are running in such a way as
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to gain the prize of heaven. Hallelujah. Somebody
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excited about that? It is a kingdom of running.
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I want to I want to close this morning with Hebrews
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chapter 12 verse 1 Therefore we also since we
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are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
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Let us lay aside every weight I was running the
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other day at Kickapoo Park. I like to run the
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trails. The back trail behind that bridge is
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my favorite place in Kickapoo Park. There's a
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bunch of pine trees on the one side. It's gorgeous.
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I was running there and there was a gentleman
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also running. He was carrying his water bottle.
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His water bottle wasn't just like a little glass
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of water. It was this massive thing, and he had
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it in one hand. And I'm sure, you know, he was
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out there running. He needs to be commended for
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being out there, right? Because how many of us
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were out there besides me? Him. And as I passed
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by him, I was thinking of this verse. He was
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carrying a weight. How many of you have ever
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seen runners in the Olympics that carry dumbbells
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while they're running? You've never seen it because
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they don't do it. When you carry a weight, it
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hinders you. If you want to run an effective
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race, you have to lay down the weights. You think
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about your life right now and I I was tempted
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to write a list of things that are weights in
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our lives things that are stealing your ability
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to run for Jesus in the kingdom to live for him
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and I was tempted to write down lists of things
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that hinder us But you think about your life
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You already know because the Holy Spirit has
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revealed it to you The things that you have going
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on in your life the addictions that you're carrying
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But the things that you know well this this is
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a lot of fun But it's stealing my resources and
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my time and my money it's stealing from everything
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that I'm supposed to be giving myself to. You
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know what it's robbing? It's robbing your affection
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for Christ. Your affection that is supposed to
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be for God and is supposed to be for Jesus is
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going towards this thing. And nobody else might
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say, oh, that thing is wrong. But you know in
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your life it is a weight and it is hindering
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me You need to lay that thing down Child of God
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You need to say you know what I'm gonna forfeit
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this temporary thing So that I can run I'm gonna
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focus my eyes on the prize. The world has trinkets.
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The world has trinkets. They dangle in front
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of you. But the prize is our heavenward call
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in Christ. It's our prize. And then he goes on.
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He says, don't just lay things that are heavy,
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that get in the way, but the sin that so easily
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entangles, ensnares, and the sin which so easily
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ensnares us. If we're going to run this race
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with endurance to the end, we've got to lay down
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the weights, quit being distracted, and get rid
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of the sin in our life which entangles us and
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snares us. Why, pastor, is sin So bad Well, I
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said this was going to be the last verse that
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I read I'm gonna read one more Maybe this is
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the one that Dale should memorize before next
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Sunday. He could win the thousand dollar gift
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card to Walmart. Ephesians chapter 2 and verse
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1. alive Who were dead in trespasses and sins
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You see trespasses and sins is what kept you
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dead But when you came to Christ He made you
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alive That's what this baptism tank represents
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Did you know that you're looking here not just
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at a little spa that people use in their backyards
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but you are you were looking at a tomb and When
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our candidates go down into the water They are
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being buried in the same tomb that Jesus was
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buried in and they are dying to self When they
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come up out of the water, I've assured them I'm
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not going to hold them in there for three days.
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When they come up out of the water, they are
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rising again from the dead, hallelujah, just
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like Jesus did. I am not living in death any
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longer. I am not living for sin any longer, but
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I am walking in newness of life. I've been raised
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from the dead, just like Jesus was. And you,
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He made alive. That's what happened in your spirit
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who were dead in your trespasses and sins This
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is what sin does it leads to death and before
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you came to Christ it held you there In which
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you once walked verse 2 according to the course
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of this world according to the prince the power
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of the air the spirit who now works in the sons
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of disobedience Why is it so important that I
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obey God Pastor Cammie's message last week was
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on obedience Well here we see what happens when
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we walk in disobedience You have something that
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you know that God called you to do. You have
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an aspect of your life that God has brought conviction
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to. You've realized this is sin in my life. Your
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flesh will still crave it. Your flesh will always
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crave sin. It's why Jesus said, daily take up
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your cross. You've got to crucify it. You've
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got to crucify it. How often? Daily. Daily, daily,
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daily, you will never, Christian, you will never
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get to the point where your flesh does not want
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to sin. It is attracted to sin. Because you're
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on this side of eternity. And so you daily take
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up your cross and put your flesh back up on the
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cross. And you say, I am not gonna live for you.
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Hallelujah. but when that gnawing feeling from
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the Holy Spirit comes on you because you're caught
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and you're trapped in the wrong thing and you
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refuse to obey at first and You don't listen
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to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and you
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say no to God and You do it again and you do
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it again and you do it again Guess what that
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pattern of disobedience invites into your life
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It becomes an open door for the prince of the
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power of the air Which is Satan and his imps?
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To work in your life you sing the song in the
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mighty name of Jesus I'm free but you know what
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you're not free because singing the song isn't
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what makes you free but actually resisting the
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devil through obedience and surrender to God
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is what makes you free So this doesn't mean that
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every time you fail that the devil has complete
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authority in your life. That's not what I'm saying
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Because we're all in those places where we have
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to Repent, you know, we do something wrong and
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we repent I don't want people to leave here afraid
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that every time you do something wrong The devil
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is gonna have authority over your life. That's
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just not the truth But if you are carrying something
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friend where God has been convicting you and
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you have continually said no to God and You have
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set a pattern in your life of disobedience and
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You have said God you can't touch this area of
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my life. I Want you to know friend that you are
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playing with fire You are opening up the door
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to the enemy and God is trying to protect you
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from that. The spirit of the air works in the
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sons of disobedience. But the spirit of God works
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in those that have been liberated. God, I say
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yes to you. Hallelujah. the sin which so easily
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entangles That secret sin sir That nobody knows
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about That secret coveting ma 'am That you haven't
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shared with anybody The lust of the flesh Lust
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of the eyes the pride of life Tangle you and
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keep you from running How many here would say
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I want to fulfill God's purpose for my life I
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want I want to be one that in the spirit realm
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Runs I Want to sign up today to be to be in God's
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marathon and To say yes to him praise God I Want
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to ask every head here to bow and every eye closed
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in this place Because you might be here For the
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first time or for decades But you might say you
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know what pastor I have never surrendered my
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life to Jesus And many in this room have Been
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in your shoes right where you are including me
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Where there came a moment of decision? Where
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I had to say yes to Jesus And if you're here
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this morning and for the first time you are saying
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yes to Jesus You're receiving the sacrifice that
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he made for you and Turning your life around
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to become a follower of Christ If that is you
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I just want you to lift up your hand as I scan
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across this sanctuary Is there anybody here this
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morning that would say, yes, that's me. Thank
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you. Is there anybody else that would just in
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honesty say, yes, that's me. I want to surrender
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my life to Jesus and say yes to him. Church,
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we're going to pray right now. And I want the
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whole church to pray even for the sake of one.
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And others, perhaps I missed your hand up, but
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God saw. And you're gonna pray right now with
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sincerity. And make this your confession. Let's
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all pray together, pray this after me. Lord Jesus,
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thank you for the cross. Thank you for shedding
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your blood on Calvary for me. I receive your
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free gift. I turn away from my own living and
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I turn my heart towards you. You are my Lord.
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You're my Savior. I confess that in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Hallelujah, can we give the Lord praise
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right now? He is good. He is good. He is good
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and Secondly friend you're here, and you're you're
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a believer But you would freely confess I've
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been weighed down. I've been distracted I've
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had stuff in my life and Today I just want to
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shed that stuff And I want to I want to be able
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to run again after God If that's you Would you
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stand up all over this place right now and just
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say yes, that's me I want to run after him this
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takes some boldness, but Thank you. Come on.
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Come on. Come on around this place Come on. Don't
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be ashamed. Don't be afraid Just say yes, I've
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had weights in my life There are people standing
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that are brand new believers. There are people
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standing that have been serving God for a long
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time. But they're just in a place where they're
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recognizing this morning, I've got things to
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shed so that I can run after God. And so the
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rest of us, can you just stretch your hand? Yeah,
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you might need to stand while we're praying.
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God might be speaking to you. Come on, if you're
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wrestling with God, just stand up. Come on, just
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give in. Just make that confession hallelujah
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and right now I'm gonna ask Brianna to come and
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just play on the keyboard But right now what
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you need is a moment with God And so I just want
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to encourage you close your eyes The rest of
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it you you can stretch your hand towards somebody
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you can pray, but let's all participate Just
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talk to the Lord right now Confess that thing
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Just say God I just lay it down Right here Right
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now I Make room for you To move In my life Make
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room for you Lord right now you're setting people
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free Even when they stood up and they they just
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it was hard to stand up But when they did that
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act of standing up You saw that prayer And they
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said God I want to be free Want to be free And
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so right now even in their mind and in their
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heart they set you apart as Lord And I say God
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Have your way Have your way Have your way Set
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your people free from status quo and mediocrity
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In Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Go ahead, lead us in the song. Thank
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you, Father.