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A New Priesthood-Standing Between The Porch & Altar | Abigail Collins | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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Oh, God is good, no? He's so good. Many of you
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were here last night. For those who may not know,
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Dad already said it. And Abigail, we've been
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coming to the Midwest for over 30 years now.
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And we just love Jesus. We really love Jesus.
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That's why we come. That's why we came. That's
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why we come again. But we also love you guys,
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and we come, too, because we love you guys so
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much. It is a joy, joy to be with family. It
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is a joy. That's why I can tease Pastor Darren
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from the pulpit, because he's been teasing me
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since I was a wee little lass, so now I get to
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sit on the front row and tease him back and enjoy
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it, maybe a little too much. No, we're so, so
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grateful to be here. And I just, I love the way
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the Lord works, because the Lord had spoken this
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word to me a few weeks ago, but I just didn't
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feel, I felt like this contending in my spirit
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of what is the fullness. I felt like I could
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see it from afar off, but Lord, what is it you're
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wanting to speak fully here? He was speaking
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different scriptures to me and different things.
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And this morning, as I woke up at Dennis and
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Linda's, and the Lord was just speaking to me
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and speaking to me, and then again. in worship,
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it was just like, oh, it's just kind of like,
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you know, when gears click together, it's like,
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oh, this isn't me. This isn't in my head. The
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Lord is speaking this. It is just, it is rich
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in the atmosphere this morning. It is from the
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moment you shared about worship to the exhortations
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from Pastor Darren and the very song choices.
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I always love watching the way the Lord coordinates
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and aligns things. And he speaks. To his people.
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And if you're listening, you're going to find
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yourself. We go all over the world and you're
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going to find, oh, the Lord's been speaking the
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same thing to my brothers and sisters in Africa
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than he is here. But they have a different perspective
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because, you know, the body is, it's one body
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but many parts. And I get to see Jesus through
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the eyes of my brothers and sisters in other
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cultures. But it's the same Jesus and he's speaking
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the same things to his body, to his bride. So
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we're going to talk about stepping into the fullness
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of our priesthood, our place of priesthood with
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the Lord today. I want to talk about the call
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of the Lord, calling his body to stand in the
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gap between porch and altar, and how we have
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authority in that place because of our relationship
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with Jesus Christ and our intimacy with the Father.
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Amen? All right. So if you came here needing
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some encouragement, buckle up. I was... My father,
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many people have asked me over the years, so
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how would you describe your dad? It's a running
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joke in our family when people try to introduce
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him to speak. And Jeff is... Jeff's... Well,
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he's not a pastor, but Jeff's, and they struggle
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for words, so we laugh, but if you ask anyone
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who knows him closely, you'll know that first
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and foremost, my father is an evangelist. So
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I was born and raised in an environment of...
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the go of God. We're going to go to the nations.
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We are going to, you know, he came to seek and
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save what is lost, and he's passed that mandate
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on to us, the ministry of reconciliation. So
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I am also an evangelist at heart, and you're
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going to probably hear that a lot today. But
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where does that come from? You can't give what
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you don't have, right? And I don't want to save
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people into survival. I don't want to preach
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fear and fire and brimstone for them to come
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into a place of sitting on a church pew, living
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a life of settling and compromise. So when we
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stand in that place of intercession in the gap,
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when we stand in that place of and live out of
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that place of evangelism, of reaching the lost,
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what are we offering them? What are we inviting
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them into? You can't give what you don't have.
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So I want to remind you today who you are and
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what Christ paid for you to walk in. Amen? Okay.
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I want to start in Joel chapter, sorry. If at
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any point you can't hear me well enough, just
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go like this really good and I'll try and use
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my big girl voice. All right, Joel chapter two,
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verse 17. I'm gonna start with this mandate from
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the Lord that I feel him speaking over this region.
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I love this region, and I know you do too. Let
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the priest, say I'm a priest. I'm a priest. Who
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minister to the Lord. This is always our first
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goal, is vertical. Can't go horizontal, at least
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not in a healthy way before you've gone vertical.
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Let the priests who minister to the Lord weep
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between the porch and the altar. Let them say,
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spare your people, O Lord, and do not give your
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heritage to reproach, that the nations should
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rule over them. Then the Lord will be zealous
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for his land and pity his people. The Lord will
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answer and say to his people, behold, I will
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send you grain and new wine and oil, and you
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will be satisfied by them. I will no longer make
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you a reproach. I'm going to skip down. To verse
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23. Be glad then, you children of Zion. Be glad,
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O Illinois, and rejoice in the Lord your God.
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For he has given you the former rain faithfully.
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And he will give you the rain to come down for
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you. The former rain and the latter day in the
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first month. The threshing floor shall be full
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of wheat. And the vats shall overflow with new
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wine and oil. And hear this prophetically in
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the spirit. Verse 25. So I will restore to you
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the years that the swarming locust has eaten.
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Verse 26. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied
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and praise the name of the Lord your God who
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has dealt wondrously with you. And my people
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shall never be put to shame. Then you shall know
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that I am in the midst of Israel. I am in the
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midst of central Illinois. I am the Lord your
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God and there is no other. My people shall never
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be put to shame. I have so much here to share,
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but I'm going to read this next part because
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it's too good not to. Please don't hear this
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numb to the fact that you've heard it 30 times.
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Hear it as a now word in the spirit. And it shall
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come to pass afterward, after we've stood in
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the gap, after he has released his provision.
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that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.
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Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.
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Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men
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shall see visions. And also on my men servants
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and on my maid servants, I will pour out my spirit
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in those days. In these days, y 'all. In these
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days. Look at your neighbor and say, in these
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days. In these days. I don't want to take too
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long, but I just want to underscore. I want to
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highlight, if it were. If you could see my Bible,
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you'd see a whole lot of that. But I want to
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underscore some things from this passage today.
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I want to highlight them for you for today and
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just in the spirit. So we are priests. And we
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minister to the Lord. What is the significance
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of weeping between porch and altar? I love the
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word, but for the sake of time, I might reference
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some. But if you go back through chapters and
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chapters and chapters of the Old Covenant, the
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Old Testament, there is... Just line upon line,
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so many instructions and details the Lord gave.
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And I don't believe they're supposed to just
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be relegated to the past. I think he was very
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intentional. The porch was where only the priest
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could go. I mean, the altar was where only the
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priest could go to offer sacrifice. The porch
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was where the assembly would gather. And when
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we see the priest, weeping between porch and
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altar. They were crying out for mercy. They had
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tasted the goodness of God, the mercy seat. They
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had been in the presence of the Lord, which we
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now have free access to. If you are a believer
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in Jesus Christ, saved by grace, you have access
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to his presence 24 -7. But I want you to feel
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the significance of how... revelatory this was
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when the prophet Joel spoke these words. We are
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now kings and priests and the altar of God, and
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we're standing in the gap for those that have
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yet to come in, have yet to have access to that
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presence that we live by as our daily bread every
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day. Is this making sense? So, if not us, who
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else? Who's going to call them into that place
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of presence? Who's going to weep and grieve over?
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Did we forget how to grieve over the state of
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our neighbor's souls? Have we forgotten what
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a privilege it is to walk in this grace in which
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we now stand? Never, ever, ever, ever let yourself
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grow dull to the wonder of salvation. Never let
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yourself grow complacent for the salvation of
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others. All right, I'm going to move forward.
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When it says in verse 18 that then the Lord will
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be zealous for his land, it's not that he wasn't
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already zealous. It is a mysterious, beautiful
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co -laboring that we get to do. We have the privilege
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of doing with Jesus that we get to partner with
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him. He is so longing to pour out glory, salvation,
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revival, to call in the lost. But what does it
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say? Who will go for us? And it just takes someone
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willing to say, Here am I, God. Send me. Here
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am I. Use me. Use me to be a conduit. We're like
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Holy Ghost lightning rods. We can see and know,
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oh, we've tasted, and we get to pull it down
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to earth and release it. He's just waiting for
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those to stand in the gap. Now, I love that we
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are in, Even Pastor Cammie had a word last night
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just about the harvest being plentiful. I love
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driving through the fields when I'm here. When
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he says that latter rain and that former rain,
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that wasn't natural. He was speaking to a people
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of the land, of farmers. They know that's not
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normal. He said, I have more than enough. I've
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just been waiting to pour it out. Are you hearing
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me? There's the latter rain and the former. There's
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all, anything we've ever seen, every testimony
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we've ever seen him do, that former rain, the
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glory, the miracles I've seen, the miracles I've
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received, I've walked in, it's all that and it's
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more, and he's just waiting to pour it out. I
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don't know. Maybe I have to be excited enough
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for all of us today. He's waiting to pour it
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out. Can you feel it in the atmosphere? I could
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be blind. Thank God I'm not. I love seeing the
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beauty of creation, but I could be blind and
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walk outside and tell you if a thunderstorm was
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coming because you can feel the humidity, the
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weight in the atmosphere. You can smell the scent
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of rain. As people of God, we should know how
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to be like the sons of Issachar and know the
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times in which we live and feel. Oh, Lord, I
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feel the heavens are pregnant for what you're
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wanting to birth in this region. Here am I, God.
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Use me to bring it. Here am I, God. Use me to
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bring it. All right. And if you're not convinced,
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I'm going to take you over. into First Pier and
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just remind you what the Lord says about you
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today. Because I'm going to be relentless and
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if there is any excuse in your mind, if you walk
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out with it today, it's not my fault. I just
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want to say it is not my fault and it is not
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for lack of trying. Okay, I told you I get a
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little feisty sometimes. 1 Peter 2. I'm going
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to jump down quickly to verse 9. Let's start
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in verse 9. But you are a chosen generation.
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Look at your neighbors. Say, you are a chosen
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generation. And I'm just going to come across
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a real obvious one real fast, come against a
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real obvious one, age. I could spend the rest
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of this sermon taking you to scripture after
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scripture. Don't disqualify yourself because
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you're too young. God's not done with you because
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you're too old. I'm in the middle. I haven't
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arrived yet. I have to come into my own. I have
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to go to Bible school three more years. No. Okay,
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if I had like a list from Pastor Cameron, okay,
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we're going to X that one off. Excuse number
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one, bye. Age is not a disqualifier. Never has
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been, never will be. In the kingdom, God is eternal.
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We are an eternal people of God. He is the God
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of three generations walking in unity. The healthiest
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churches I've ever found on this earth are walking
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in unity. In spiritual unity, racial unity, and
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generational unity. That's the healthiest, most
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book of Acts, Christ -like, form of church you'll
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ever see, in my opinion, and in my reading of
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the word. You are a chosen generation, a royal,
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what's that word? Oh, priesthood. You are priesthood,
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a holy nation, his own special people, that you
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may proclaim the praise of him who called you
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out of darkness into his marvelous light. Anyone
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else just feel the power of God hit when Pastor
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Darren started to sing about the light coming
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out of darkness and exhort about coming out of
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darkness into the light and remember what God
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brought you out of? We can't forget. We can't
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ever forget. We can't grow comfortable in the
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darkness either. It is for freedom he sets you
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free. Do not be enslaved again. Hear me in the
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spirit. Do not be enslaved again to those works
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of darkness. I feel that so in the spirit. There's
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a call against compromise. Because God's nitpicky
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because he's looking for an excuse to judge us?
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No. Because he knows those things numb us to
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our purpose and bind us from our calling. He
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called you out of darkness into his marvelous
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light. I love what it says back in verse 3. It
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says, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord
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is gracious. If there's anyone in this room today
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that has not yet tasted that graciousness, you
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came on a good day. Any day of the week is a
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good day to taste the graciousness of God. But
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today is like a buffet. We have people that will
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pray for you. People that can tell you how good
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this graciousness is. So I challenge you, if
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anyone here has not experienced the saving grace
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of Jesus Christ, we're going to have you come
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forward after this service, and we're going to
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pray with you, and we're going to welcome you
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to the most beautiful family you'll ever be a
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part of. Still working out a few dysfunctional
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kinks, but beautiful family. I love the body
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of Christ. I do, I do, I do. Someone thinks I'm
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funny, praise the Lord. All right. I'm just going
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to do one more little death blow to an excuse
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here in Revelation. Revelation chapter 1. We're
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going to start in the latter part of verse 4.
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Grace to you. This is my heart for you today.
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Grace to you and peace from him who is and who
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was and who is to come. He's the God of the present
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and the past and the future. But he's first and
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foremost naming himself the God of the present.
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who is and who was and who is to come, and from
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the seven spirits who were before his throne,
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,
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the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of
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the kings of the earth, to him who loved us.
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Oh, how he loves us. Who loved us and washed
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us from our sins in his own blood. May we never
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forget, Lord. May we never forget that you loved
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us first and you washed us with that. costly
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price of your precious blood. And that nothing,
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nothing can stand against or conquer that blood.
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There is no greater word than the blood of Jesus.
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There's no greater power than the blood of Jesus.
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And there is no greater love than he who laid
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down his life for us, who he now calls friends.
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He has made us kings and priests to his God and
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Father. To him be glory and dominion forever
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and ever. Amen. We give you glory, glory. Why?
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Because he loved us. Every song today, I was
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like, just stirring in my spirit, because yes,
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he loved us and he paid for us. Is our life reflecting
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that value with how we walk it out? Are we living
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a life worthy of the calling with which we were
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called? All right. So, you can't tell me you're
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not a priest. King and a priest. You can tell
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me, but I won't listen. I'll say it that way.
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I want to go to Ezekiel quickly. Ezekiel chapter
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22. Because some of you have known me since I
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was about eight years old, or any time between
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now and then, about the last 30 years. Some of
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you don't know me from Adam, so I want to make
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sure you hear my heart. I am not here to, I'm
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here to encourage, not to bring condemnation.
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So when I get stirred up in the spirit and I
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make statements and quote scriptures like, are
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you living a life worthy of the calling with
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which you're called? It's to point you and remind
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you of the value of your calling. Not to point
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out any shortcomings. Do you hear me? Please,
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please, please hear my heart today. In Ezekiel
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22, chapter 22, verse 30, it says, it's the Lord.
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And I've gone back to the Old Testament, but
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I feel like he's still crying this. He's still
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seeking the same thing, still crying out. So
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I sought for a man among them who would make
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a wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf
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of the land that I should not destroy it. At
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the close of the service last night, Pastor Cammie
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gave a powerful, powerful prophetic word. I wish
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she were here. You're going to have to remind
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me the name of those in the fields, the ditches
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she was speaking about, waterways. She had seen
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this prophetic picture in worship of how the
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harvest is ripe, but we are called to be like
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waterways. And she was repenting before the Lord
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for how we have failed to stand in the gap as
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waterways. to simultaneously, correct me if I'm
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wrong here, what she shared, but she was saying,
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we're to stand in the gap so that it's not destructive
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and it doesn't destroy the crop, but it also
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nourishes it and waters it. We're saying, God
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have mercy, bring favor, bring your rain, but
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God have mercy. And it was such a powerful picture.
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She had no idea what I was planning to share
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this morning, but the Lord is calling. for intercessors
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and evangelists to stand in the gap, for breakthrough
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in the heavens and on the earth here in Illinois,
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here in this nation. He's looking for people
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to stand in their identity, confident in their
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calling, only by grace. I can't emphasize that
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enough. Insecurity is no substitute for humility,
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but confidence is no substitute for anointing.
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I'm going to say that again. Insecurity is no
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substitute for humility. We have to walk humbly
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before our God. It's only in humility that we
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can become confident. Any confidence of our own
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strength, no comparison for his anointing. Moses.
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led a nation. He talked with a stutter. How many
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prophets, people, apostles we've seen battle
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insecurity in the word. But when they chose to,
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even in the midst of their fears, walk in obedience,
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nations were delivered. Are you hearing me? I'll
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use myself as an example. You can see me up here
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preaching and loving it now. Less than an hour
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away. Oh, I can't believe I'm going to say this
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out loud and it's being recorded. Oh, my Lord.
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All right. I'm going to get real with y 'all,
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okay? I was the little girl who spoke with a
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lisp, who was terrified of strangers. And when
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you live as a traveling evangelist family, a
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new place each week, pretty much everyone's a
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stranger. I was the one, you know, the little
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kid holding mommy, clinging to daddy's hand.
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I was the one that, can you say that again, honey?
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Because I was so nervous. Or so excited. I was
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the one. Oh, I keep going to be saying it, and
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I'm like, oh, God, help me. I'm going to say
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this on the microphone. Dad, we need a little
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laughter break. Dad called us all up as a family.
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I'm one of four children, and we were at the
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church over in Groveland, and he wanted to introduce
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his family to the congregation. So sweet. That
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meant I had to get up in front of people. I was
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about seven years old. I was so nervous. Let's
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just say mom had to do laundry later that night.
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So I was so nervous. I was so nervous. I had
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to run out the back doors to the restroom because
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I was just terrified. I was so terrified. Okay?
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Now that was supposed to be a laugh break, I
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guess. That was probably TMI. Uh -oh. All right,
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come back, come back, Holy Spirit. Why am I sharing
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that? Why would I say that? It's not because
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it's something I just thought, oh, this is something
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they need to know. I want to tell you how God
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can take someone terrified and trembling, never
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wanting the microphone. My sweet Papa, he took
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years, decades of my life. And before I preach,
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I'm going to have my daughter, Abigail, come
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pray for me. Jesus, bless Daddy. Help him share
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a good work. In Jesus' name, amen. To get me
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used to speaking from the microphone, because
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he and my mom, they saw my calling. They knew
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my heart, that I wanted to serve the Lord. They
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also saw their nervous, sweet little girl. But
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they wouldn't let me shrink back. So if I sound
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a little, any way, I don't know, not aggressive,
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but if I seem impassioned and just like, come
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on, step into your calling today. I want to encourage
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you the same way I was encouraged. Did that help
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anyone? Because I'm feeling a little like, oh
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my goodness, I just shared that. Is anyone hearing
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me? I told you. I told you. If you walk out of
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here with a single excuse in your mind, it is
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not my fault. If that does not purge me, I do
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not know what will. I tried my hardest, y 'all.
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This is bigger than us. This is more important
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than my fear, than my doubts, than my compromise,
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than my thinking, my choice of, well, God's going
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to move. He'll do it. He's sovereign. I'll just
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stay in the shadows. Can I tell you like Mordecai
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told Esther today? Surely, he's going to have
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his way. He will work deliverance. But what a
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privilege. Who would want to miss out on the
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privilege of partnering with him? That he's for
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such a time as this called us. For such a time
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as this, he's called us. Are you hungry to be
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used by God today? Because there is no doubt
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that he's moving. There is no doubt that he wants
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to pour things out. So, Lord, we pray that you
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would find a company of volunteers. It says your
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people will be volunteers. We don't have to be
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voluntold. That we would be volunteers in the
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day of his power. Lord, when you look across
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Illinois, would you find a company of willing
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volunteers? Willing volunteers. I'm going to
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close out in Isaiah 61. And I want you to put
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yourself, as you hear this, put yourself in the
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me. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because
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the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings
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to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
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to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening
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of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim
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the acceptable year of the Lord. It's been a
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rough few years, y 'all. But I just proclaim
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this is the acceptable year of the Lord. The
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day of vengeance of our God to comfort all who
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mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to
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give them beauty for ashes and the oil of joy
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for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit
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of heaviness. that they may be called trees of
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righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that
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he may be glorified. There are people in the
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room that are mourning today, and there's joy
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on offer for you. to close with this and if you
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were here last night this dies into the word
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there also but they shall rebuild the old ruins
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and they shall raise up the former desolations
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and they shall repair the ruined cities the desolations
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of many generations verse 6 but you shall be
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named the priest of the Lord and they shall call
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you the servants of our God When we partner with
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him, there's transformation for us as well. As
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we pour out his vessels, we are ourselves filled
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in the process. I just, I want to give a call.
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If you want to say, Lord, here am I, send me.
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Put me in whatever gap. You want filled. If you
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want to come and say, God, speak to me. Tell
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me how you see me. Tell me who I am in you. If
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you need to hear fresh words of calling and promise,
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the altar is open. The Lord is ready. releasing
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identity on his people today. And there's commissions,
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there's holy commissions like mantles hovering
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in the atmosphere waiting to be picked up and
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run with. If you want to say, Lord, here am I.
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Use me. We're going to invite you to come down.
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Lord, right now, we just want to follow up with
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this. He's the God that sees you. He's the God
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that knows you. He's the God that loves you.
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Here's the faintest cry. You were born to release
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the kingdom of God. You were made, crafted by
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the hand of the Father to give yourself to love
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and good. works but right now we ask you for
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sons and daughters to come back home Missions,
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mandates, and movements that are awaiting for
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someone to say, I don't want to just live like
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this where I am. I want to get up. I want to
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see. I want to have a break. however you want
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to do it you want to stretch your hands you Holy
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Spirit, just get on you, get near you, get over
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you. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father. God
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of breakthroughs, we pray for greater breakthroughs,
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God. Open up the gates. kingdom of God. Can we
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just begin to pray out as you would? If you want
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to come, you can come. Here's my life, Lord.
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Here's my heart, Lord. Any of those things that
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naysayers have spoken against you, let that thing
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be broken. This afternoon, thank you, Father.
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We thank you, Lord. We thank you for this church.
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Lord, just say, here I am, Lord. Take me, here
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I am. Go ahead. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.
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The Lord's been showing me some pictures, and
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I just want to release some prophetic words,
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if that's okay. And I don't want to embarrass
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you, but right here in the front row of the pond,
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I kept looking at you in worship because I kept
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seeing a vision over you. But I feel like there's
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more in the room. I'm going to share this with
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her. But if you feel this in your spirit, grab
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hold of it, okay? I saw you like standing against
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a wall in the shadows, right on the edge. And
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you were so, it was like you could see the Lord
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and his beauty and everything. And you were so
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drawn to it. It wasn't that you wanted to be
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in the darkness just for the darkness sake, but
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you were just. It's like I saw the Lord reach
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out and just pull you out of the shadows. And
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there's a calling on your life. And the Lord
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is calling you out of the shadows today. He's
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not going to let you hide in any, I don't know
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what, any insecurity, any lie, any thought that
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hinders you from stepping fully into who he's
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called you to be. He is calling you out today.
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He knows you by name and he is calling you. And
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I feel that there are nations in you. There's
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a calling to nations in you. You may not know
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it. But there's a call in your life bigger than
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what you understand or know yet. And it's because
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you love him. And it's because he loves you.
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As we were singing about light and darkness.
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and the Lord was speaking to me in worship, I
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saw this picture. And it's like so many people,
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they have, as believers particularly, we have
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this thought in mind of what darkness is. We
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think of the drug addict, of, you know, the drunk,
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abusive father, the crackhead. Darkness. Darkness
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can be fear. Darkness can be insecurity. Darkness
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can be anything that hinders you from stepping
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fully out. We are children of the light. I worked
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social work for a while, and do you know the
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percentage of criminals imprisoned and drug addicts?
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Do you know what the percentage is that they
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grew up without a father? See, we can look at
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things and label them darkness, but God wants
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to get to the root. And I feel there's people
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in the room today that the Lord is breaking an
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orphan spirit off of. That feeling of insignificance
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of I'm not worthy of, I don't belong. There's
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no place for me at the table. You are accepted
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in the beloved. You are accepted in the beloved.
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You are welcome at the king's table. He is the
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father like no other father. The lover like no
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other lover. If you, again, I'm not trying to
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put people on the spot, but if you have battled
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feelings of insignificance and unworthiness,
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I don't care what you've done. I don't care what
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has been done to you. I don't care. Because I
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know my God and he's bigger than anything. And
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the Lord wants to break that off of you today.
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So I encourage you, step out in boldness, come
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get prayer because there's freedom in the house
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today. Freedom isn't just raising our hands and
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singing. It's walking out changed. And there
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is... There is transformation available today.
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Don't let it pass you by. Don't be like a duck
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that's just like water off a duck's back. Don't
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come and sit in the presence of God, but have
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this thing on you that says, oh, God is good,
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but not for me. Come receive. Hallelujah, hallelujah.