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God Has A Plan | Joe Daniels | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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Well, isn't it good to be in God's house this
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morning? We came in for prayer meeting and it
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took me a little longer to get here than I thought
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it would, so I kinda snuck in the back. And what
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I heard was an awesome thing, pastor. I heard
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men and women of God prayed in the Holy Spirit
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interceding for what's gonna happen today. See,
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every revival that was ever birthed, it was birthed
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out of the spirit of prayer. We need revival.
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We need revival. We need an awakening in our
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cities. And so when you walk through the door
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and you hear men and women of God praying in
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the Holy Spirit, I was so excited. And I told
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pastor, I'm excited to be in a Pentecostal church
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this morning. Because let me tell you, I go almost
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every Sunday to a different assembly of God church.
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But this morning I was excited to be in a Pentecostal
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church. And I pray that we get back to our roots.
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I pray we get back to our roots. So what you
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have here is special, I want you to know that.
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What you have here is special, where the gifts
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are in operation. Where, let me tell you, I grew
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up in a Pentecostal church. And it's the Pentecostal
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church is when I had my bad days, I could go
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and I could find God, and my bad days can be
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turned into good days. It's the Pentecostal church
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is when I invited this A friend of mine that
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I used to work with, his name was Lee. And we
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called him Greasy at work. That's just what he
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looked like. He was Greasy. And as you can tell,
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I'm from the South. We might say things a little
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different and maybe be a little, we're kind of
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nice but mean at the same time. Y 'all know what
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I'm talking about. We had a dude named Greasy.
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Greasy, do smoke three, four packs a day. He'd
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get off work and he'd get them that natural light
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and the quart bottles and the brown bag and sometimes
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he'd go with me fishing. Sometimes our church
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had a lake and he'd sneak them quarts of beer
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and his cigarettes into the boat and we'd be
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out there fishing and he'd start drinking beer
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at the Pentecostal church. I'm like, man, what
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are you doing? But you know what I did? I got
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there on that lake with him. That's around that
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Pentecostal church and I just told him, this
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ain't got good. You see this sunset. I called
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him Lee, I didn't call him Greasy all the time.
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But you see this sunset? God knew that me and
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you would be fishing out here today. And he knew
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we'd need to see this sunset. God knew me and
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you were fishing out here today. He knew you
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need to catch that largemouth bass. And oh, you're
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gonna keep it? We usually throw them back, okay.
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You're gonna keep the eight pound bass and fillet
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it. Well, that's good for you, all right? But
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I took Lee, he finally made it after years. I'm
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talking about years. He made it inside that Pentecostal
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church And he knelt down at an altar and he gave
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his heart to Jesus Now it took years pastor years
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of taking on fishing. I didn't get offended by
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his beer drinking I didn't get offended by a
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cigarette smoking But I just loved old him and
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told him who Jesus was And then one day at work.
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He just said I can't do it no more and he handed
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me those cigarettes He said I need to get rid
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of these See, God did something and it was through
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the power of a Pentecostal church. And so I'm
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so thankful this morning to be at a Pentecostal
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church. And if you're in here and maybe your
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first time to church, or you're new to this place,
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I'm telling you, you are in the right place.
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God, the Holy Spirit, drew you to this place,
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and you are where you are supposed to be. And
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if you'll turn in your Bibles to Acts chapter
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three, we're gonna read verses one through 10,
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and I'm excited to read this. God put this on
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my heart about this story, this account, and
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it's been on my heart for a couple weeks, and
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so I'm excited to preach it. Now, can y 'all
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help me preach this morning? Y 'all can help
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me preach, because I am a southerner. This will
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be the first time this Florida boy has ever preached
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with the snow falling down outside. I don't know
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what that means, if it means anything at all,
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but I think it's pretty cool. But I like to hear
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an amen once in a while. I like to have a little
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help, because I'm just excited about what God's
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gonna do. I preached this last night in my living
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room. The power went out, so I had to light a
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candle just to see. I could barely even read
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my Bible, but I preached it last night. and I
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was excited about it. Why, because I believe
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the Holy Spirit wants to do something in this
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church. I don't believe the Holy Spirit wants
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to do something in your life today. Can somebody
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say amen? Now I might fall off this thing because
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I am energetic and I like to walk when I talk
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and I like to, and so this, I don't know how
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you do it, pastor, it's not a lot of room and
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I am a lot bigger than you, so if I fall off,
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just laugh at me and we'll just keep on going.
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Somebody say amen. Amen, so Acts three, verse
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one through 10. Now Peter and John went up together
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to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of
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prayer. Things happen when we pray, somebody
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say, praise God. A man lame from birth was being
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carried, whom people placed daily at the beautiful
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gate of the temple to ask alms for those who
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entered the temple. There's a lame man asking
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for money, needed something in his life. Seeing
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Peter and John about to go into the temple, he
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asked for alms. Peter gazing at him with John
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said, look at us. So we paid attention to them,
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expecting to receive something from them. Then
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Peter said, I have no silver and gold. Imagine
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there was a little disappointment right there
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in the moment he said, I have no silver and gold.
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But I give you what I have. Back in my youth
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pastor days, this one went out and said, look
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at your neighbor and say, I give you what I have.
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Oh, come on somebody, I give you what I have.
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In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise
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up and walk. He took them by the right hand and
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he raised them up. What I love right there. If
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we pause for a moment, he said, get up and walk,
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and he didn't walk away from him. No, Peter and
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John had some faith there. They put their hands
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on him. They grabbed him by the hand and said,
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no, you're gonna get up and walk in the name
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of Jesus. That's how much we believe right now
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the power of God is so real that the Holy Spirit
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can do a work in your life that I'm literally
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gonna pick you up by the hand and I'm gonna walk
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with you. I think so many times we want miracles,
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but we wanna see the miracle happen from the
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pew. And we don't get out with the people that
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actually need the miracle. We don't go lay hands
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on the people that are sick anymore. I don't
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know why we don't do that. We don't go to the
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hospitals and pray for those that are in hospitals
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and that are in those beds anymore. But Peter
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and John, they put their faith in action. They
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said, I'm gonna give you what I have. And not
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only, I'm not just gonna say a little prayer,
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and I've been guilty of it, too, just saying
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a little prayer and moving on. I'm not gonna
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say a little prayer and move on and not think
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about you anymore. No, I'm gonna grab you by
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the hand, and we're gonna see this thing through.
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Just imagine if you started grabbing people by
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the hand in your workplace. Pastor, just imagine
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if these students start going to their schools
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and they start grabbing people by the hand in
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the lunchroom. Just think what happens, maybe.
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God's called you to walk in the bar and start
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snatching people out of those bars and bringing
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them to this church where they can find deliverance.
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Come on somebody. I think it's time that we start
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going where the sinners are, that we start going
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and finding the people that are lost, that we
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start taking people and we raise them up by the
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hand. And after he raised them up, immediately
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his feet and ankles were strengthened. Jumping
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up he stood and he walked and he entered the
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temple with them walking and jumping and praising
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God. The doing went, he didn't have no strength.
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He was a beggar. He didn't have anything. His
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life was not very important. His life was pretty
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miserable. But when two men full of the Holy
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Ghost showed up. They were able to reach down
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and they were able to pick them up in the name
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of Jesus, the name above every other name. He
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was able to walk and they said he started jumping
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up and down. Oh, that second song, that old Hillsong,
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what was that? That second song, that old Hillsong
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song you started doing. God is great. I was about
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ready to do it. I wish I had brought my guitar
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this morning and I would have played it with
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you. I started singing that song and all my friends
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were like, man, he's going to turn crazy. My
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kids were like, what is going on? I was excited
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because I remember that song from my youth. I
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remember that song, God is great. When this praise
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fills the earth, it fills the heavens. And I
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sang that at the top of my lungs. You might have
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saw it for a minute. I kind of wanted to jump
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up and down a little bit. Why? Because I've just
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been in that spot, the same spot as that beggar.
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Where I was depressed. I was lonely. Instead
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they, the other people, they picked him up and
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just dropped him off at the gate. Just where
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he could have something. And you may be in here
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today and you make him physically walk, but spiritually
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you're dead. Spiritually, you don't have no strength
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inside of you to do anything else. But I pray
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that we have a Peter and John moment here in
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the next 20 minutes. That you can come down to
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this altar that, you know, physically his ankles
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wouldn't work. And you might have a physical
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problem. We'll pray for that and believe God
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to heal you. But spiritually, your spiritual
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ankles just might not work and they need some
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strength in them. And I pray that you have a
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Peter and John moment. I pray that you jump up
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and down a little bit, that you walk and praise
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God. And we'll keep going. All the people saw
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him walking and praising God. They knew that
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it was he who set for arms at the beautiful gate
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of the temple. Wouldn't it be wonderful to walk
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into your workplace tomorrow and people see a
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change in your life? Wouldn't it be awesome to
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walk into your workplace tomorrow and they see
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a miracle has happened in your life. And they
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were filled with wonder and amazement at what
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happened to him. See, when Jesus touches you,
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there's wonder and amazement. Let's pray. Dear
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Heavenly Father, we love you and we praise you.
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And we thank you for this day, we thank you for
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your word, and God, I pray right now. That is
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not just me speaking, God, but Holy Spirit speak
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through me. Well, God, I pray that every person's
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heart in here be open to your word, that our
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eyes be open to your word, that our ears be open,
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that we can hear your word today. And God, if
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we need a touch from you, we know that we can
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get it today. And God, I pray if there's anyone
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in here that they don't know you, if they're
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lost or they never called on your name, that
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today is the name that they call in the name
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of Jesus, God. I pray if there's anyone in here
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that they want to be empowered by your Holy Spirit,
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that today is the day that they're empowered.
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Today is the day they're filled with the Holy
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Spirit. God, I pray that today is a day that
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it starts a revival. God, I pray that today is
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the day that miracles happen. So Lord, anoint
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your word. Let it be used for your glory and
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may we leave this place changed in Jesus' name,
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amen. Amen. I believe we could go home after
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that. You can never beat the scriptures, can
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ya? You can never beat the word of God. We were
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talking earlier with pastor and some, he was
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sharing some stories about pastors and maybe
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like some people have like, I would call them
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bad, church growth strategies and things like
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that. And you can read book after book after
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church growth and you can get different ideas
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and systems and different things and we need,
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obviously we need systems and things in churches.
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But the most important thing we need is the Holy
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Spirit. And I think about book after book. that
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comes out sometimes, and how to grow your church.
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But when I see Peter and John, Peter was basically
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the first pastor, right? How did they grow the
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church? Well, they go find a man that can't walk.
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They go find the least of the least, and they
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pick him up. And they say, in the name of Jesus,
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rise up and walk. But so many times we're just
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worried about how things look or how things feel
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and we're not We're not dealing with the we're
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not going to work to those people that need Jesus
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the most See Peter said I give what I have What
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a way to live your life What a way to live your
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life I give what I have are we giving what we
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have when we go to Walmart Are we given what
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we have when we go to work tomorrow morning?
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Are we given what we have, young people, when
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we're going to school tomorrow? Are you given
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what you have? See, Peter and John didn't have
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what the beggar was begging for. I want us to
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pay attention for that for a moment. Peter and
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John did not have what this man was begging for.
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The man needed some money. And there's going
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to be times in your life people are going to
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come through this church and they're going to
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beg. We were at Carlinville at the district office
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and a lady come in begging. And I made a mistake,
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I shouldn't have opened the door. That was my
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fault. But I opened the door and I couldn't give
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her the financial things that she needed. But
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we can always pray with somebody. There's gonna
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be times, thank God you're giving food. Now you're
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giving food, what a wonderful thing. Hey, if
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the government can't get it right, let's hope
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the church can. I don't think y 'all heard me.
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I said if the government can't get it right.
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Well, maybe we can at least get it together in
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the church. Praise God, brother. It should come
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from the church to start with. God gives us the
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means and the abilities. If you read in the New
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Testament, Peter and John, those guys, they were
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coming together and they were selling what they
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had to make sure everybody else was taken care
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of. Let's take care of the single moms. Let's
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take care of the children that don't have no
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parents. Let's take care of the people that are
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hungry. We don't know why they're in that place.
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And so many times we wanna look and judge why
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they're in the situation they're in. Fill their
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belly up with some food and tell them about Jesus.
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Because if you fill them up with food and you
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fill them full of the Holy Spirit, guess what
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they're gonna wanna do? They're gonna wanna replicate
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that. And they're gonna be disciples that are
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made and they're gonna do the same things. See
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Peter and John didn't always have what the beggar
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was begging for, but they had what the beggar
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needed. They had what he needed. There might
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be alcoholics that start coming to this church
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because they hear something good is going on.
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They think they need alcohol. They think there
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might be drug addicts coming to this church and
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they think they need another fix. And you're
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not gonna have alcohol to give them, you're not
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gonna have drugs to give them, but you're gonna
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have Jesus to give them. And I know that sounds
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so simple, but it's so powerful. The beggar,
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he was just begging for, I need money, I need
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money, I need money. I can't do anything, my
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life is a wreck. I don't have money. I don't
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have the silver and gold, but I give you what
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I have. See, we have exactly what Lincoln needs.
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This church has exactly what Lincoln needs. I'm
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gonna say it again, I don't think y 'all are
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getting it. This church has exactly what Lincoln
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needs. Because like I told you earlier, when
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I walked in and I heard people praying in the
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Holy Spirit, I said, oh, this is something special.
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Why? This is what's going to change the community.
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There are people in this community that are dying
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and they're going to hell. Well, I pray that
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you're able to go into these communities, you're
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able to bring the alcoholics and the drug addicts
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in here, the lost people in here, and you give
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them what they need. See if we live our lives
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in such a manner of being close to the Holy Spirit
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and hearing his voice we can give people what
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they need And what happens and when you have
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what people need you're able to take authority
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over the situation See Peter takes authority
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over the situation See receiving alms receiving
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the money was just a band -aid to this guy's
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problem The guy had a problem he couldn't walk
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he couldn't work he wasn't able to receive any
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kind of Funds, right? He had a problem. Giving
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them a little money, it would help them for the
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day. But what Peter and John gave him, it helped
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them for the rest of his life. And not only that,
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when they did that, they were able to preach
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and they were able to teach and they were able
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to share what happened and who did it. Church
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basically went from 3 ,000 to 5 ,000 after they
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took a man by the hand and said, rise up and
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walk. See, I think God wants his people to push
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back the darkness. God wants his people to push
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back the darkness. That's the great thing about
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this church. I'm sure there's some dark stuff
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that goes on in this city. There's some dark
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stuff that goes on in this state. We already
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see the federal government, they can't get it
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together. The local government, sometimes they
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can't get it together. But guess what happens?
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When the church is the church. When the church
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finds the beggars, when the church finds the
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lowlies and says, they take them up by the hand
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and rise upon the wall, Jesus is glorified, Jesus
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is magnified, and the light is shined. See, what
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darkness can never penetrate the light. You can
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see it talks about that a lot. I'm gonna do it
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today. Because last night that power wind was
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blowing, it was crazy, I'd never seen anything
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like it. We have hurricanes, but we also have
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pine trees and stuff to block the wind. It's
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like all the corn's gone, so that wind's just
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flowing through Carlinville. And I don't know,
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I guess something blew on a power line, because
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about every 10 minutes it would flicker. Oh,
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we're gonna get power back in and it wouldn't
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come back on. So what did I do in a dark house
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with the power out? I went and got a lighter.
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And I found a candle, because my wife likes candles,
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right? She likes things to smell pretty. She
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doesn't do it for the light, but she likes things
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to smell pretty. I don't smell pretty, so we
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have to have candles. Hey, y 'all laughing at
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my jokes, this is gonna be a good day. But I
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got that candle. I got that candle out and I
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lit that wick of the candle. And that wick burned
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and that candle started to melt. And you know
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what I did? I grabbed it and I walked around
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the house with it. It lit my path. The moment
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that candle was lit, that darkness, it went away.
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And guess what I could do with that candle? I
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could light more candles. I could light candle
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after candle after candle. And if I wanted to
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with that candle, I could set the whole place
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on fire and everybody could see it. But just
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think if every one of us in here, if we let the
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Holy Spirit light that candle inside of us, and
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then we go to work and we light somebody else's
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candle. We go to we go to a family reunion and
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we like somebody else's candle we go to Walmart
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and instead of going through the self -checkout
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line We go through the line where there's the
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clerk and you can see on her face She's having
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a bad day and she doesn't want to check you out.
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She sees your book I'm gonna say buggy, but she
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sees your buggy full of groceries. You don't
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know what that is Okay, we're good in she sees
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your buggy full of groceries and she's like,
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oh, I don't wanna check you out, but by the end
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of it, when you've shared what Jesus has done
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in your life, when you shared about the goodness
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of God, may I pray that there's tears start going
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down her face, why? Because that woman needs
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a touch from the Lord, and so many times we're
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trying to avoid people, but God, and it's so
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easy to avoid the beggar, Peter and John could
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have avoided him, but they didn't avoid him,
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they picked him up by the hand and said, in the
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name of Jesus, it's time for you to get up. But
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are we doing it with the people that we know?
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Are we even doing it with our family members
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that we love? Are we telling them, get out of
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your pity party, get rid of the sin in your life,
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rise up and walk into who God has called you
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to be? See, signs and wonders will follow his
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believers. I love that one of y 'all said that
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this morning as we're ending prayer, that I pray
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this service ends with signs and wonders. Signs
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and wonders follows his believers. Miracles happen
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at the hands of obedience of Peter. Miracles
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can happen at the obedience of you right here
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in Lincoln. Sometimes it seems like Peter can
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be a larger than life character. But just a few
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months earlier, Peter felt like the biggest failure
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on the planet. That will speak to some of you.
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That speaks to me because sometimes I feel like
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a failure. Sometimes I feel like I let God down.
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Sometimes I feel like I don't do what he's called
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me to do. And just a few months earlier, before
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Peter was raising up a man, performing a miracle,
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he felt that way. Peter was someone that walked
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and he talked with Jesus. He was very close to
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Jesus and he loved Jesus very much. He loved
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Jesus so much that when Jesus was getting arrested,
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that he went and Peter grabbed the sword and
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he cut the dude's ear off. He's like, you ain't
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messing with Jesus. But Jesus told him, you know,
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in the last supper, in the last and final moments
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when they're together, he's like, Peter, you
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say you love me, but you're gonna deny me three
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times. And Peter's like, no, I'm not gonna deny
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you, not me. I can never deny you, Jesus. There's
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no way on earth that is gonna happen. And he
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was ready to fight. And in that one moment, he
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was ready to fight. He loses his purpose in the
21:55
next moment. When they say, hey, Peter, hey,
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I know you. You're the one that you walk with,
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Jesus. You run with that guy. That's who you
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run with. That's who you walk with. And Peter's
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like, that ain't me. Not me. I don't know that
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dude. That's not who I am. I'm not one of those
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guys. Three times he says it and Three times
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he said and the third time Jesus said well the
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rooster's gonna crow before the end of the night
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And can you imagine that in the same night? He
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pulls out a sword cuts off the guy's ear But
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then he turns around says I don't know him He
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lost his purpose And I think sometimes some of
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us we lose our purpose And I'm not here to give
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you some TED talk about purpose or some self
22:45
-help book I'm here to talk about your Holy Spirit,
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your purpose that is given to you by the divine,
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holy, and righteous God. We hear a lot about
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purpose. I was listening to a podcast this week,
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it was a comedian, and they're interviewing Tim
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Tebow, and I think it was something like, he
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was saying like, there's like three fifths of
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Americans right now, they feel like they don't
23:07
have a purpose in life. They don't have a purpose.
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You know why? It's because they don't have the
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gospel. The gospel gives you purpose. Your work
23:22
doesn't necessarily give you purpose, right?
23:24
Your truck or your car doesn't necessarily give
23:27
you purpose. Your house doesn't give you purpose.
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What gives you purpose? It's the gospel. See,
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Peter was the man, the Peter, the man we see
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performing a miracle in front of the same people
23:38
that... Excuse me, let me slow it down. Peter
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is performing a miracle right here and he's performing
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it in front of the same people that had Jesus
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crucified. But that God that was so powerful,
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so full of faith, so full of the Holy Spirit,
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he lost his purpose and was full of shame. Peter
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was a man that was called a God. Jesus called
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him and said, hey, come follow me. Jesus right
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now is saying to you, man and woman in here,
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young person here, God's saying, hey, come follow
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me. Jesus also called him to be a fisher of men.
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And then Jesus did something really spectacular
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in his life. He said, Peter, you're gonna be
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the rock. I'm gonna use you, Peter, to build
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this church, to establish the church. Peter knew
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the calling of God on his life. And some of you
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in here, you may know the calling of God on your
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life and you've been running from it. Or some
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of you in here, you know, you've felt the presence
24:37
of God, you've called on His name. But you've
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maybe denied Peter, I mean you denied Jesus like
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Peter has. And you might be going on your third
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time. But I believe God sent me here today to
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preach, maybe to wake you up a little bit. Maybe
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for the Holy Spirit to do something in your life,
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see. Peter got scared when he was called out
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for being a follower of Jesus. Peter knew that
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he was called of God, and despite all of that,
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he lost his purpose. Sometimes even as pastors
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and teachers and missionaries, sometimes we can
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lose our purpose. We can take our eyes off of
25:22
what God has called us to do. Sometimes it's
25:28
easier than it even should be. But thank God
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that our God is a God full of grace, that he's
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a redeeming God, and he doesn't just let you
25:42
sit in your self -pity. See, when Peter denied
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Jesus, they said he went and wept bitterly. He
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went from sore ready to weeping bitterly when
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he realized what he'd done. See in that moment,
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it didn't seem like Peter was the rock that God
25:59
had called him to be There's some of you in here
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I believe it like God has called you to do some
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things and you messed up or you haven't been
26:09
living right or you haven't been doing what God's
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called you and Peter at that moment wasn't doing
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what God had called him to do He didn't seem
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like the rock that he was supposed to be Peter
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had one of the worst nights a disciple of Jesus
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could have let's just be honest What a horrible
26:24
night But thank God a bad night doesn't define
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who you are in Christ. I'm gonna say that again.
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Thank God that a bad night does not define who
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you are in Christ. We're dealing that with people
26:36
in our leadership on the island, and I'm having
26:38
to tell me that bad night doesn't define you.
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Was it stupid? Yes. Was it wrong? Yes. But that
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doesn't change the call that God has placed on
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your heart. You have to repent, you have to move
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on from it, you have to hand it over to God and
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say, God, I shouldn't have done this, but it
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does not define who you are. And I think so many
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times we let one mistake define who we are when
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we literally serve a God that died on a cross
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for us to wipe that mistake away. See, we look
27:05
at our mistake and we don't look at the cross.
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If I can tell you, church, stop looking at your
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mistakes and start looking at the cross. I said,
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stop looking at your mistakes and start looking
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at the cross where the Son of Man came and He
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died and He bled for you. And He died on the
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cross for your sin and your shame. And they put
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Him in a grave. But what happened on the third
27:27
day? He rose again. So you don't have to look
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at your mistakes, but you get to look at a living
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God. I said, you don't have to look at your mistakes,
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but you get to look at a living God. And you
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can ask that living God to enter into your heart,
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to enter into your life, and say, I'm going to
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serve you with everything that I have. See, the
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guilt of what Peter done was probably unbearable.
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And you may be in here today and you lost your
27:54
purpose. And you feel like you haven't been as
27:58
close to God as you need to be. Or you feel like
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maybe you've wandered away and you haven't prayed
28:03
or read your Bible lately. Or you've been going
28:06
to the bars on the weekend instead of maybe coming
28:08
to church like you're supposed to. Maybe you've
28:11
become a denier. Maybe you're someone that's
28:14
living in shame. But Jesus didn't die on the
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cross for you to live in shame. Jesus died on
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the cross that you can live for his name. I think
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so many times we forget that. There's the purpose
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right here. If you don't take anything else from
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this service, you don't take anything else from
28:29
this message that you are called to live for
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his name. That's why God breathed life into you.
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And if you're breathing this air right now, If
28:38
your lungs still have air in them, God bring
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that life into you, and that's where you can
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pray, for you to praise him, for you to glorify
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him. Yours for to live, for the name of Jesus.
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And that's why we did this worship, and that's
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why I got a little excited to jump up and down
28:51
when you started playing that song. Why? Because
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God created me for something special. He created
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me to worship a holy and almighty God. Sometimes
29:02
I forget, but I don't realize, I get to worship
29:05
the creator of the universe. I get to worship
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a God that is holy and a God that loves and a
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God that saves. Sin is on this earth, it's present
29:18
on this earth, and sin, it does separate us from
29:21
God. But God said, even though that sin separates
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us, I'm still gonna send my son Jesus. See, we're
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called to live for his name. See, you may have
29:38
lost your purpose, but our God is a God of revival,
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pastor. You might have grew up going to Lake
29:49
Williamson, going to youth camp, and you might
29:50
have seen God is great, and his praise fills
29:53
the air. You might have jumped up and down a
29:54
little bit. You might remember that song when
29:57
you were at youth camp. But the last few years,
30:01
you've just been getting by. Sunday morning and
30:04
Wednesday night's just been a routine for you.
30:08
but God is a God of revival. I pray when you
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take those students to momentum, there's revival
30:14
stirred up in them. See our God is a God of revival.
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This week I started playing the song, The Wonderful
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Blood, I don't know if y 'all, if you might've
30:24
heard that song, y 'all might play it here. And
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as that song was playing, I just had to start
30:29
praying in the Holy Ghost. And I was praying
30:32
and I was praying, I was getting louder and louder,
30:33
the house was empty. And at one point I got to
30:36
praying so loud. It's like them college students
30:39
might hear me. Derek might run over from his
30:41
house. He'd probably join me, praise God. I love
30:43
that kid. What an anointing man of God he is.
30:49
And I'm so thankful for him. He would've helped
30:50
me pray. We're so excited. Hey, the church is
30:53
gonna be in good shape with people like him.
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The church ain't gonna die. We ain't gonna have
30:57
to close our doors because we have people like
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Derek and young men and young women answering
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the call of God. They're believing, they say,
31:03
hey, there is a God given purpose for my life.
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When I was praying, I prayed and I got to the
31:10
point I couldn't even stand up and pray anymore,
31:12
Pastor. I just laid on the floor praying in tongues.
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Why? Because I needed a God to touch my life.
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I just needed to be one with the Holy Spirit
31:21
before I preach this message. I needed to be
31:23
one with the Holy Spirit before I'm a father
31:24
to my kids, before I'm a husband to my wife.
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Sometimes I fell on that, but when I can get
31:32
in the Holy Spirit, when I can pray, His grace
31:34
is sufficient. He's a God of revival. I needed
31:39
revival in my life this week. Thank God I was
31:43
able to pray. Thank God the Holy Spirit was able
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to touch my life where I can come preach to you
31:48
this week. I don't want to be up here not full
31:51
of the Holy Spirit. See, God is a God of revival.
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So I pray that this church has revival, pastor.
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I pray that you people in these pews, that y
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'all have revival, and that the revival, that
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you're already in a spirit of revival, I can
32:12
sense it, I feel it, God's doing amazing things,
32:14
and I pray that that spirit of revival continues,
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where you can awaken that city out there. I pray
32:22
that the spirit of revival continues, that you
32:24
awaken that city, and that your young people
32:26
get it. that they go into their schools, that
32:29
the children's church, the kids there, they get
32:31
it and they go in their schools and they tell
32:32
their teachers about it. They tell their friends
32:34
about it. They invite them to church and they
32:36
say, hey, crazy things are happening at my church.
32:39
Miracles happen at my church. People that we've
32:42
never thought we would see walk in the halls
32:44
of a church. They're now in church and when the
32:47
pastor says, come up front, they're raising their
32:48
hands and worship. That's revival. I pray that
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there's a revival that awakens this city and
32:53
that it moves through this state. Because God,
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we need somebody to do it. And if y 'all don't
32:58
do it, who's gonna do it? So many times we, especially
33:05
growing up in the 90s, that was a little revival
33:07
time, and churches would go from, people would
33:08
go from one church to the other, and they were
33:10
a revival hop. And they would go from church
33:13
to church to church, because there was a spirit
33:14
of revival there. Quit running around to other
33:17
churches and bring revival to your church. Bring
33:19
revival to your community. There's people out
33:21
there that need it. But too many times we're
33:25
running around chasing things. When we don't
33:29
have to chase this, they're in the word of God.
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Let me tell you, you don't have to go anywhere
33:34
else. You don't have to try out another church.
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This is the church for you. Why? Because the
33:39
Holy Spirit's in this church, and your pastors
33:41
are annoyed, and that's all you need. You may
33:50
be in here today, and you're hearing about this
33:52
purpose. You're talking about a revival, but
33:56
you may have Never found your purpose. And today
34:02
can be a day of awakening for you. Today can
34:05
be a day of salvation for you. See, Peter probably
34:10
thought he was done, but God had great plans.
34:14
You could have walked in here today and you're
34:15
like, this might be the last time I come to church.
34:18
You could have came in here today and you're
34:20
driving in your car and you're like, I think
34:21
I might be done with my marriage. You can come
34:23
here today and you think, I don't know if I can
34:25
handle life anymore. Peter was in that same spot
34:30
and he was done, but God still had great plans
34:32
for his life. See, he was not finished with Peter,
34:37
but he was just actually getting started. Oh,
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God's just getting started here. I heard you
34:43
said you added more seats in, where I praise
34:45
God you're going to be adding more seats. Let's
34:47
just speak to it. I praise God that we're going
34:49
to be adding more seats. I hope one day you're
34:51
running two services. Why? Because people are
34:54
on fire for the things of God, that people can
34:56
come to this house, they can come to this place,
34:58
and they can find Jesus. They can find hope.
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They can find peace. They can find love. You
35:08
see, God has brought you to this place, church
35:10
members, to be a part of it. God has brought
35:14
you here because let me tell you something when
35:17
revival happens When people are coming off the
35:20
streets that are drug addicts and alcoholics
35:22
They need people to pray with them and they don't
35:24
need no little like Oh Lord, just bless them.
35:26
No, they need a woman that's full of the Holy
35:27
Ghost. I Remember y 'all remember the beehive
35:31
hair who remembers those days. I'm from the south.
35:33
It may have been a southern thing. I don't know.
35:36
Oh But it was something when she we say she got
35:39
the Holy Ghost and she prayed her hair down What
35:42
did that mean? That mean she interceded, and
35:45
she wasn't leaving that place till she heard
35:47
from God. She wasn't leaving that place till
35:49
she was touched. I'm not saying I'd grow beehive
35:53
hair back out, but I'm saying I wouldn't mind
35:55
some old lady full of the Holy Ghost praying
35:56
for me every once in a while. I don't mind some
36:00
old man full of the Holy Ghost praying for me
36:02
every once in a while. That's where life change
36:05
happens. See Peter was he thought he was done,
36:11
but he was just getting started Some of you might
36:13
have walked through those doors today. He said
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I'm done But if you'll listen to this preacher
36:17
for a moment that God's not through with you.
36:19
He's just getting started See, I hope that God
36:22
is just getting started for me. I was thinking
36:24
last night You know, I've been in the ministry
36:26
almost 20 years. I might not look it I know I
36:28
look kind of young but I have I remember it started
36:31
at 16 years old with World Rangers I gave me
36:34
my own class because nobody else to step up to
36:35
the plate. What a shame When I was 16 years old,
36:40
I had Roller Rangers by myself. And there were
36:43
about 10 boys in there. Sometimes it was chaos.
36:48
But we preached Jesus. 18 years old, I started
36:52
teaching Sunday school to the middle school boys
36:54
and girls. That was fun. That was when Harry
36:58
Potter was popular and everybody wanted to argue
37:00
about that. And I'm like, man, I don't care.
37:02
Let's just preach Jesus. Started preaching from
37:06
a pulpit at the age of 18, answered the call
37:08
to missions at the age of 20. We've seen young
37:13
people taking them to youth camp and fine arts.
37:16
Seen them baptizing the Holy Spirit, now we see
37:18
them serving in churches. We got to go to Curaçao
37:23
with the Southerners, many of y 'all know them,
37:24
we got to plant a church together. We've seen
37:29
12 people at a prayer meeting. One Sunday they
37:32
had over 200 people for a worship night. And
37:34
the numbers are good, but what's better than
37:36
the numbers, we also see people that would come
37:39
in our church and they would sit there for months.
37:41
I'm talking months. We had one lady, her kids
37:44
got saved, the second week they brought on, praise
37:46
God for that. Six months later, she came down
37:50
to the front and said, I'm ready to give my heart
37:51
to the Lord. Amen, yeah, we can praise God for
37:55
that. I think so many times we want this instant.
37:59
Success. We want our church to double overnight.
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It doesn't necessarily always happen that way.
38:06
But we didn't put no pressure on that lady. All
38:09
we did was love on her. We loved on her. We didn't
38:12
judge her. And guess what happened? She heard
38:14
the gospel preach for six months straight. And
38:18
she surrendered her heart to Jesus. A few months
38:21
ago, we baptized eight people in the Caribbean
38:23
Sea. Come on, God's doing something. God is doing
38:28
something, and we don't shy away from who we
38:30
are. We have liberal Presbyterians come to our
38:32
church. They're our number one evangelists. They
38:35
invite more people to our church than anybody
38:36
else. They don't agree with everything we do.
38:39
Do I back down from it? Absolutely not. But do
38:42
I love her? I absolutely do. Does she feel loved?
38:47
She absolutely does, or she wouldn't come. I
38:52
guess you can come on to play, that way y 'all
38:54
shut up. I pray God's just getting started with
38:59
your pastors. I know they've been here for a
39:02
little while, but man, the life that they have.
39:07
The vision, thank you pastor for just having
39:09
a vision. You wouldn't believe the churches we
39:10
go to, there's no vision, there's no man, the
39:12
mission's on the wall. Somebody say amen. It's
39:16
clear what your church is here to do. I love
39:19
what your priority is. It is people, come on.
39:23
That's what God has called us to do. See, he
39:29
was just getting started. Peter was called to
39:30
be the rock, and after Jesus descended into heaven,
39:34
there was around 120 believers that were gathered
39:37
together waiting for the promise to be empowered.
39:42
We are a Pentecostal church, come on somebody.
39:47
120 people stay together. See, God gave Peter
39:51
a purpose, and he was going to empower him to
39:55
accomplish that purpose. Whether you're the youngest
40:00
person in this room or the oldest person in this
40:03
room, God has given you a purpose and he wants
40:06
to empower you to accomplish it. God's not going
40:12
to send you to the workplace to be a witness
40:14
without empowering you to do it. He's not going
40:16
to call you to preach the word to the students
40:18
without empowering you to do it. God's not going
40:22
to call you to go on missions trips without empowering
40:25
you to do it. It's what God wants to do big and
40:29
scary sometimes. It absolutely is. But the good
40:32
thing about it is He's going to empower us to
40:34
do it. So if He's given you a big dream, He will
40:37
empower you. He will give you the means and the
40:39
resources for you to see that dream fulfilled.
40:44
I pray that God gives you big dreams. I pray
40:46
that God gives you big visions. God is going
40:53
to empower you to do His work. Peter was weak
40:56
in his own flesh. He's been weak here before.
40:59
You don't have to raise your hand, but you may
41:01
feel weak today. See, I'm weak when I try to
41:05
do it my own way. Let me tell you, I can't do
41:09
it my own way. When I do it my own way, that's
41:12
when everything seems to fall apart and it looks
41:13
like a disaster. But when Peter received power
41:17
from Almighty God, he was able to step up to
41:19
the plate. Peter was able to do what God had
41:23
always called him to do. Peter was able to be
41:26
that rock. Peter was able to be that pastor,
41:29
but it didn't happen until he received the power
41:31
from the Holy Spirit. They went and they waited.
41:39
There's 120 people after Jesus ascended. They
41:42
went and they waited and they prayed. Actually,
41:45
the ministry really didn't truly start till they
41:47
were empowered. And so many times we just want
41:50
to run out the door and go, no, no, no. We do
41:52
want to send you out those doors. We want to
41:54
send you out ready to take on hell with a water
41:56
pistol. But we don't want to do it until you're
41:58
empowered. So today is your day to be empowered.
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Look at your neighbor and say, today is my day
42:07
to be empowered. Those people were praying they
42:14
knew that God had a plan and a purpose for in
42:16
their life God told Jesus told him that as he
42:18
was going up to heaven. He gave him the Great
42:20
Commission And as they were praying the Holy
42:24
Spirit fell on Peter and the other believers
42:27
They said it was like a mighty wind and just
42:29
rushed through that building and the Holy Spirit
42:31
fell on them And they received the Holy Spirit
42:34
and they spoke in other tongues as the Holy Spirit
42:36
empowered them to do it And what I want to say
42:42
about that, while we speak in tongues, it isn't
42:44
just for us to feel good. And in Pentecostal,
42:49
I'm glad we're excited. Don't get me wrong. But
42:52
we're not looking for an emotional experience
42:54
here today. We're looking to be empowered. Why?
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Because there are people in Lincoln that will
43:00
die and go to hell unless you tell them about
43:02
them, unless you share the gospel. There are
43:05
young people in this church that need to be discipled.
43:07
And I know y 'all do a good job because I see
43:09
Derek every Tuesday night when he eats my food,
43:11
and he tells me, hey, I'm preaching the word
43:13
of God now. Come on, somebody. But we don't just
43:17
need one, Derek. We need 20 of them. I hope your
43:22
church is sending student after student after
43:24
student to that place to get discipled. See,
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the Holy Spirit empowered them. I can't imagine
43:33
what that sounded like. I can't imagine what
43:36
it was like when that wind swept through there.
43:39
But Peter just a few months earlier said, I don't
43:43
know Jesus. Second time, no, I don't know him.
43:47
The third time, he even cussed about it. It might
43:50
not even have been a PG word. It might have been
43:52
bad. He cussed about it. He said, I don't know
43:55
the man. And then he went and wept bitterly.
43:58
But when he was empowered by the Holy Ghost,
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He stood up and he preached like no one has ever
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preached before. Oh, I don't think you get it.
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I said he preached like no one ever preached
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before. See, you may be in here today and you
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think you're inadequate. You may be in here today
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and you don't think you have the abilities to
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be a witness. Peter was someone that was a denier,
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but the heater ran away and he was ashamed. But
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God showed up in his life and he did it one more
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time. If God did it for Peter, he can do it for
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you. See that Holy Spirit baptism was not just
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for the New Testament church. We are the New
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Testament church. And I don't know why we get
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that confused sometimes. We are the New Testament
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church and that promise to empower is for us.
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It's for you. So everyone stand up with me. Oh,
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I can't wait for revival to break out in Lincoln.
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I can't wait for revival to break out in Illinois.
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But it has to start somewhere. Oh, I hope it's
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with your students. I hope the night is a night
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just full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit,
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empower Peter. And 3 ,000 people were saved.
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You mean the man that denied Jesus that was a
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scaredy cat, that was a wuss? Someone that we
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lost respect for? Yes, God restored the man.
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And he was the rock that he called him to be.
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God doesn't break his promises. And his promise
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is to empower his people. So if you call on the
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name of Jesus, you can be baptized in the Holy
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Spirit. See, if we can believe the Holy Spirit
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can draw us to Jesus, why don't we believe Jesus
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can baptize us in the Holy Spirit? Three thousand
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were saved. He goes to the temple and he gives
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the man what he has. Took him by the hand and
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he walked. Did this miracle in front of the people
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that tried to kill that had Jesus killed Here's
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what's crazy thing to happen And we might need
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to get ready for this. I just don't know because
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the government is a little wack right now We
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might just need to be prepared for it When they
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healed the man they preached Jesus They gave
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him an opportunity to preach Jesus. You might
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not be a great preacher like pastor But I pray
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that you do have the ability to lay hands on
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somebody and they're healed. And you get to share
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the gospel. You get to share why they're healed.
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Peter and John, they shared what happened. They
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said, we do this in the name of Jesus, the guy
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that you had killed. And what did they do? They
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locked him up. Oh, I almost fell. I told you
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it was coming. They locked him up. They took
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Peter. They took John and locked him up. And
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it basically says, we don't know what to do with
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them. Oh man, I hope that one day the newspaper
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and the political leaders of this county and
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this city of Lincoln say, we don't know what
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to do with those guys. But we gotta send a traffic
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cop out here on Sunday mornings to make sure
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people can get in. Oh come on somebody, why not
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have a big faith? Why not have a big vision?
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I pray that school calls you one day, we don't
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know what to do, but your students are speaking
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some unknown language, and there's about 20 of
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them laying out on the floor. Oklahoma, why not
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dream that? All we know is that football player
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that his ACL was torn, that ninth grader prayed
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for him, and they started speaking his unknown
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language, and that guy got up and he was able
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to walk, and he said his ACL was repaired, and
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he's gonna go play football Friday night. Why
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not? He is capable of it. But it takes someone
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like Peter and John willing to take them by the
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hand and sink it up and walk. The Holy Ghost
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is in this place. He locked them up. You see,
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once Peter was empowered by the Holy Spirit,
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he was able to be the man that Jesus had called
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him to be. Are you ready to be? who Jesus has
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called you to be. Let's just close our eyes for
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a moment. If you're praying to the Holy Ghost,
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pray to the Holy Ghost. I think God's wanting
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to do something in this house. You want to ask
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the question again, are you ready to be who Jesus
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has called you to be? Young man, are you ready?
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Young man, are you ready to answer the call of
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God on your life and say I'm ready to preach
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the word at my school I'm ready to answer the
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call to be a pastor one day. I'm ready to answer
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the call to be a missionary one day I'm ready
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to answer the call to be a small group leader.
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Is that you young man young lady? Are you ready
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to answer the call to be on the worship team?
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Young lady, are you ready to answer the call
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to preach the gospel? You mean I can preach the
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gospel too? Yeah, because the Word of God says
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the daughter shall prophesy. That means to declare
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a message. Come on somebody. Young lady, are
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you ready to answer the call? Mom and dad, I
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got a question for you. Are you ready to be the
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mom and dad that God has called you to be? You
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might not have been the best mom and dad in recent
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years. Peter wasn't the best disciple either,
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but look what happened. Mom and dad, are you
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ready to answer the call? Grandma and grandpa,
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are you ready to answer the call? Are you ready
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to be who Jesus wants you to be? So I'm about
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to give two altar calls. The first one is, if
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you never called on the name Jesus, and you're
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ready to say, I'm ready to call on his name,
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I'm ready to find that purpose, This is not a
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revival moment. This is an awakening moment.
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This is a salvation moment We're about to have
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the revival moment But if you're in here you
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see I'm ready to call in the name of Jesus I'm
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ready to be saved because there's no other name
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that can save but the name of Jesus Is that you
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where you walk down right now? Yes in front of
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everybody because Jesus says if you deny him
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in front of his friends He'll deny you in front
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of the father. So this is not to embarrass anybody
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But this is to rejoice that a soul is being added
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into the kingdom of heaven. So we're gonna think
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about 10 seconds if that's you. You're ready
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to call on the name of Jesus. You're ready to
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say today's the day I wanna be saved. Today's
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the day I wanna give, surrender my life to Christ
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when you come forward. Dear Lord, I pray if there's
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anybody in here as I pray that they'll come forward.
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Oh may the day be the day of salvation. But we
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want to trust that everybody in here is saved.
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So this comes in the next part of this altar
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call. I know it's snowing outside and I think
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it's awesome. But I think I'm about ready for
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the fire to fall inside of this place. If you're
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in here today and you're ready for revival. And
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I'm not just talking about a church -wide thing
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where we all come up here and speak in tongues.
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No, I'm talking about something inside of your
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heart where you know that you have not been living
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right, or you know that you haven't been doing
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exactly what God has called you to do. If you're
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ready for revival, will you come down to this
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altar right now? If you're ready for revival,
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if you're ready to see your family, I pray that
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the wind blows through this place. Now when they
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were empowered by the Holy Spirit, they spoke
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in other tongues. If you're in it today and you've
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not received the Holy Spirit, today can be the
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day. And they spoke in other tongues as the Spirit
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gave utterance, as the Spirit empowered. So I
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want you guys to trust right now that the Holy
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Spirit is going to empower you. And I want you
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to pray out loud. And as the Holy Spirit gives
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you the words to pray, it's going to see foreign
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to you. But I want you to pray in other tongues.
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Can we do that? I believe God wants to do that
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in this place. Dear Heavenly Father, I will start
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singing right now, God, we seek you. Oh we seek
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you. Oh God we come to you in the mighty name
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of Jesus. We come to you in the name that is
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greater than any other name. In Jesus we know
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about this baptism, the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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And dear God in your word we know that Jesus
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is the baptizer. So God I pray right now that
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you baptize young ladies in the Holy Spirit.
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That you baptize young men in the Holy Spirit.
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And God that you will just put a spirit of revival
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on this church. That you'll put a spirit of revival
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in this house. Oh let's lift them up church.
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Let's start giving them praise. If you're ready
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for that revival. God I pray that the people
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in these pews that they find the purpose in their
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life. That God they might once been like a Peter.
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They may once be the nine. God I pray for the
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young man that's running away. That he surrenders
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his heart to you God. I pray for the young lady.
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I pray for the couple that married. is about
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to break. They're gonna pray that your healing
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and revival is in that marriage. Oh, let's pray
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in the Holy Spirit Church.