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Preparing for a Pandemic - Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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  Good evening to our U EC church family and to anybody else that
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  might be joining us on this live stream.
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  We trust that you are in the comfort of your homes and that
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  you are safe and well, in Jesus name, I'm standing where we
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  usually have our Friday night bible study, but with one big
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  difference. You're missing.
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  I'm standing in an empty room staring into a lens, and this is
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  quite an experience for myself so far.
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  And I want to emphasize that tonight, you are greatly missed.
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  There is an absence of the voices, of wholehearted
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  worshipers of God, who sing unto the Lord tonight.
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  There is missing the sound of the collective pages of Bibles
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  being flipped back and forth. And there will not be a time of
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  face-to-face Fellowship. Like we are used to even into
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  the late hours of the night. I don't say this to discourage
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  you, or to add sorrow to the situation.
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  I just want to be clear that although we are thankful for The
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  Graces that are offered via technology.
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  It will never replace the blessing that comes from
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  gathering together in the presence of the Lord seeing his
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  face together. We cherish the memories that
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  we've had in the sanctuary and we pray that we will be again
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  together sooner than later. If you were here last Sunday,
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  you remember that? We took a pause.
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  On our Series in the book of 1st Timothy, to talk about the
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  crisis that we are facing together.
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  Between that morning and this evening a lot has changed
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  restrictions have been set to a greater degree.
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  There is an uncertainty that has been heightened and quite
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  frankly. This pandemic has infiltrated
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  our lives in a way and at a rate that is almost unbelievable.
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  I want you to think about this for a moment, despite our
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  Advanced Technologies. And despite our achievements, in
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  modern science. What the coronavirus has done in
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  our day? Has almost made our generation
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  blush. A common phrase that I've heard
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  from believer and non-believer alike, and maybe you've heard
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  this and maybe you've said this. Something along the lines of I
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  can't believe this is actually happening in our day.
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  This virus has taken almost every aspect of life as a
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  hostage. Maybe that's how you feel
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  tonight. Maybe not physically, but
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  perhaps emotionally. And perhaps in your thoughts.
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  That's why I want to take the opportunity to pause.
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  Also on are studying the Book of Joshua to speak to at least
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  three different groups of people.
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  In this time. Number one.
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  I want to speak to those who are genuine followers of Jesus
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  Christ. You love him.
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  You serve him. You've given your life to him.
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  Secondly, I want to speak to those who make a profession of
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  faith and perhaps, at one point. You did have a Zeal for Christ.
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  But let's just be honest. You're lukewarm.
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  You're cold. You love the world.
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  You love the things of this world.
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  And there is no sense of desire to fellowship with God, to know
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  his word. There's something to be said for
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  you tonight as well. and lastly, I want to speak to those who
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  Frankly don't have any faith. And you maybe don't believe in
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  God. Maybe you believe in a different
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  God, but not the true God in the person of Jesus Christ.
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  I encourage you, if you're clicking here out of curiosity,
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  stick around, you're not going anywhere anyway.
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  Now, there's so many ways. To go about this subject.
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  There's so many angles to touch on.
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  But I would just want to speak from the heart and not my own
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  opinion or thoughts. I want to speak from God's word
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  and I wanted to reach your heart tonight.
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  And I'm sure you've learned a lot of things this past few
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  days, and I want to be transparent with you and maybe
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  just give you a little glimpse of my world in my mind, in my
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  heart and these past few days myself.
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  Here's one thing that came to my mind.
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  Just meditating on how things swiftly changed for me.
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  Personally, the thing that I've learned the most.
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  Out of many things, is this? You never know when you're going
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  to get a chance to preach again. Last Sunday morning, we were
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  hearing these pews were filled with people and this morning.
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  It's empty and I'm speaking to a camera.
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  I don't know what next week will bring.
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  And so, if you're hearing me tonight.
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  Hear my voice. Knowing that there is a heart
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  posture of maybe. This is the last time to preach.
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  I'm not saying that things are going to go south.
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  And in the sense that we don't know if we're going to meet
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  again. I'm not saying that at all.
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  I'm taking the principle that we've all adopted through this.
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  That things can change quickly. So don't take a moment for
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  granted and that's what this is about.
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  Now. Let's speak to the first group
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  of people tonight, the followers of Jesus Christ, those who are
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  truly blood-bought. Those who have put their faith
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  and trust in the gospel. I want to comfort you and then
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  offer a challenging word. I don't want to go through this
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  without first touching on encouragement.
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  There are some of you out there who might be unease by the
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  uncertainty of our future and your future, your job may be at
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  risk of being lost. You might fit the demographic
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  that is at most risk in relationship to this virus.
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  And there is a genuine fear. No matter what your situation
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  is. I want you to know that this
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  sense of The unknown is, in fact, something that's tangible
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  in the air. And what's may be more troubling
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  to all of us. Is that as we turn on our
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  televisions or go on our social media?
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  We are looking at people who should have answers and they're
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  not giving us answers. People that should be giving us
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  an idea of how long this should take and what the should produce
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  in the long term, but it's not coming to us, but here's the
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  encouragement. There is someone who has an
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  answer for your life. There is someone who has a
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  clear-cut understanding of every detail of this virus and its
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  impact in your life, and around the world, read with me, Isaiah
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  44, and if you can't turn their, listen to this very carefully
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  and Isaiah chapter 44, verse 7. God says, through the prophet.
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  Who is like me? Let him Proclaim it.
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  Let them declare and set it before me.
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  Since I appointed an ancient people now, paid chant, pay
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  attention. Let them declare.
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  What is to come? And what will happen?
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  Do you see what's happening here?
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  God is putting himself and comparison to every other
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  creature and he is highlighting an aspect of who he is.
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  That is incomparable. He is the only person that can
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  declare what is to come before it happens.
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  And it actually happening. We see that in biblical
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  prophecy. We see that in what is to come
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  concerning his return. We see it in the purse.
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  Jesus Christ. In his ministry being for told
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  hundreds of years before his time, but is not limited to that
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  it is. It is completely trustworthy in
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  every aspect of Our Lives as well.
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  I want you to know something very carefully that before the
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  world was even created. God knew about the Coronavirus.
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  God knew where it was going to come from.
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  God knew what nations? It would impact.
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  God knew the people it would kill.
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  God knows how long this thing will keep us in our homes.
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  God knows every detail. He's not unaware.
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  Nor is he surprised? But what's the point of that?
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  If you believe in God, you must believe in that concept.
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  You must believe in that understanding of who he is.
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  He is all-knowing, but it's not. It's not limited to that.
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  Although he is all knowing. We have to also understand that
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  he is at the same time all loving.
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  So when Isaiah tells us this about God and when God speaks
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  through Isaiah this way, it doesn't end there.
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  He presents this truth about God and then in verse 8 is the
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  application. So look at verse 8 of Isaiah 44,
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  you're not Fear not. Nor be afraid.
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  Have I not told you from of old and declared it.
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  And you are my Witnesses. Is there a god besides me?
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  There is no Rock. I know not any.
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  So you take the truth that he knows all things.
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  And then you rest in that truth. So, as much as he knows about
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  this disease and the impact it will have globally.
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  You are his child. You know what?
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  That means. It means that he knows how this
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  will impact your life. He knows what it will do to your
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  finances. He knows what it will do to your
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  health. He knows what it will do to your
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  future. And here's the thing.
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  He's all-knowing, but he's all loving and he's your father.
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  If you put your faith in him. Therefore, you must rest on the
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  Rock. And the only one that is stable.
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  And the only one that has a sure Foundation is him.
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  What a display that we've seen that, even our government and
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  authorities are shaken by this yet.
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  There is one on the throne. The only one upon the throne
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  that is unmoved, and he is the one who possesses a clear-cut
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  understanding, and you are in the palm of his hand.
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  You are his. You are not left outside of his
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  influence or his protection. I want you to be at rest
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  tonight. And for the rest of this whole
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  ordeal God is for you, and God is with you.
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  Be encouraged by that truth. Your family, your children, your
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  health. Your future is not dependent
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  upon a virus. Is dependent upon your
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  Sovereign, God and him alone. Rest in that truth.
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  We are praying for you as a church.
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  And as the leadership of this church, we are here for you
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  throughout all of this, no matter how it might affect you
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  be comforted tonight. Now, with that being said, I
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  want to present a challenge. To my fellow believers.
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  And I want to specifically preach to my generation.
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  Those that might fit my age bracket.
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  But it's not limited to that. If you have your bibles, if
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  you're sitting there with your Bible open, go to a well-known
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  verse in 2nd Timothy Chapter 2 Verse 3.
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  And here's what Paul tells Timothy, a young man who was a
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  pastor? He said, Sharon suffering, as a
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  good soldier of Christ, Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in
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  civilian Pursuits. Since his aim is to please the
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  one who enlisted him. If you're listening tonight, and
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  you're a Believer, I want you to be reminded of this that when
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  Jesus Christ saved you. He did he did not just save you
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  from something concerning hell and God's Wrath.
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  He saved you for something. God did not save you when you
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  Proclaim faith and unwrapped you to heaven.
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  God kept you in this broken world.
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  Because he has a purpose for your life.
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  And the description that we have here, is that of a soldier?
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  I want you to know. That your life is much more than
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  about you having a nice house. Your life is much more than
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  about you getting married. Life is bigger than about.
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  You being entertained and life is much larger than you, making
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  sure that you live comfortably throughout your existence.
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  You are not only a child of God. If you signed up to follow Jesus
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  Christ, you sign up to be in an army.
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  You are a soldier for the kingdom of God.
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  What describes a soldier? When you see a soldier or when
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  you think of the word Soldier, what comes to mind, surely the
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  word discipline? Surely the word Mission minded.
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  Surely strategic life, a Warfare mentality and above all a
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  soldier is one who lives under the commanding orders of his
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  enlisting officer. A soldier does not have the same
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  perspective as a civilian. He sees the world differently.
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  A soldier realizes that there is an enemy who is constantly
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  planning and lurking. Attempting to attack.
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  A soldier has written on his heart.
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  That he will live and die for the sake of the protection and
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  the advancement of his kingdom. That is how a soldier lives.
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  And that's important because no General would ever take it
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  lightly to see his troops undisciplined.
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  Unconcerned unmoved. Moved about the protection.
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  And the advancement of the Kingdom that they represent.
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  And yet the Bible. Commands us to live like
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  soldiers in the context of our faith.
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  Here is my fear and worry. That this generation of
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  Christians. Especially in the West.
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  Do not have this kind of mindset in relationship to their Walk
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  With Jesus Christ. They are too entangled.
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  With civilian affairs. Not that they do not
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  participate, not that they have to do practical things.
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  We are not talking about those things.
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  Nor are we talking about even enjoyment of physical things?
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  I'm talking about entanglement. The very thing that Paul warns
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  Timothy about, they're too wrapped up in it.
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  They're too consumed by it to the point.
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  Listen, very carefully that there is little to zero desire.
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  Of any contribution or concern about how their lives can be an
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  impact for the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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  That is a concerning thing. And I say, all of this might be
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  wondering, what does that have to do with what we're dealing
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  with? I say all of this to you that
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  you may view this pandemic. As a soldier.
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  This is not the time to fear, nor.
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  Is it the time to be passive? This is the time for you to
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  really take your faith. Seriously.
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  Listen, if the only thing that you're concerned about through
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  this whole thing is that you can't hang out with your friends
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  and that you can't go to your favorite restaurants.
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  You're missing the point. Look at the bigger picture here.
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  Christian, zoom out a little bit and see what this is implying.
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  We Are Soldiers for an eternal Kingdom that God will Usher in
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  one day and God has left you and me here to do something about
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  it. And I want to encourage you as
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  you sit in your homes for the next few weeks, as a soldier to
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  inquire, you're enlisting officer and to something along
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  the line. Say Lord.
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  The battlefield has shifted tremendously.
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  What do we do here? What do I do here?
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  What do I as a believer? Have to do.
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  In order for me to be effective For Your Glory in this time.
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  We are living in an age and we are seeing things unfold at a
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  rate. That is almost breathtaking.
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  Don't fear. But here's the challenge, don't
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  be passive and you might be sitting there thinking that's
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  easy for you to say. We can't go to church.
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  We can't even go to the streets that freely and in fact, you
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  might be even saying my Ministry has been Stripped Away From Me
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  temporarily. I was a Sunday school teacher.
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  I was involved in active evangelism.
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  I was a part of the youth ministry.
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  I could evangelize at work. And here I am.
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  I'm stripped of all of that. Think like a soldier now.
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  Don't give up and think and pray fully think what is at your
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  disposal? What is before you?
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  You might feel limited, but I want to present to you a case
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  where a man in the scriptures which was much more limited than
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  you and I could imagine. You feel stuck at your home with
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  your smartphone and that's one thing.
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  But there's a man in the scriptures that was taken from
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  his home taken from his family taken, from the temple taken
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  from his land and brought into a foreign Place surrounded by an
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  overwhelming number of pagan worshippers and stuck in a place
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  where he was being trained to worship these gods and represent
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  these gods. And from his teenagers all the
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  way to his elderly years. This man has been in that kind
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  of environment. And even at one point in his
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  life, there was a regulation set that is much more intense in the
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  regulations that you and I are facing.
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  Here's the regulation that this man face.
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  If you pray. If you pray.
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  To anyone else, except the emperor for the next 30 days.
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  It's the death penalty for you. I think about that kind of a law
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  being established. Think about that kind of a
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  limitation. And you're hearing this
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  description and you know, very well who I'm speaking about the
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  Prophet Daniel. And this man, Daniel when he
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  heard this news, it tells us in Daniel chapter 6, verse 10,
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  listen carefully. When Daniel knew that the
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  document has been signed, he went to his house where he had
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  windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem.
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  He got down on his knees, three times a day and prayed and gave
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  thanks before his God as he had done previously.
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  Every time I read about Daniel, my heart is always stirred at
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  this part of his story. It's stirred because when this
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  regulation, which was set, it was a temporary one.
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  It was for 30 days. There was no, there was no
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  legalizing of prayer to any other deity.
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  Except to the leader of their land.
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  You know what, Daniel could have done, just 30 days.
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  Can't wait. I can just do some other things.
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  God will understand. I'll have a better chance of
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  living and glorifying God longer, if I just keep it safe.
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  But that doesn't what? That's not what the text says.
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  As soon as he heard. You know, what he does, he goes.
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  And he prays. That's challenging because I
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  look at this man and I think to myself it's just 30 days.
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  You can wait a month without prayer but this posture that
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  Daniel takes this response of this, man tells us so much about
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  something that is at your disposal and mind something that
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  is available to you. And to me it is the power of
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  Prayer. So, powerful was prayer to
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  Daniel that he could not even give it up that for him.
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  It was better. To pray and die.
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  And to live without prayer. You know, when I was thinking
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  about how this world is literally being shut down.
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  This visual came to mind. Imagine yourself at a top of a
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  hill and you're looking out into the City and you see what you
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  usually see in a major city with the skyline and all the lights
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  and as you're standing there at the top of that Hill.
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  If you get to see lights, shut off.
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  You begin to see sports stadiums.
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  Shut off. You look over and you see the
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  airport. Shut down.
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  You look over to another place and movie theaters are being
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  closed. You look over again, and you see
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  restaurants closing their doors. And as you're looking out from
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  the top of that hill, all you're seeing is the city.
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  Get darker and darker, and darker and you keep looking.
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  Schools. Shut down.
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  Churches, shut down. And darkness seems to come over
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  the land. And as you look closely, you see
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  another light. It's a small light but it it's
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  there and it it stirs you to inquire.
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  So you run off that hill and you make your way towards Allah.
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  And as you approach that light, you begin to see that it's a
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  familiar place. And you realize in that moment
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  as you approach, that light coming from a specific place.
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  That nothing could ever shut this door.
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  Nothing could ever close this opportunity, not even app
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  endemic would shift the possibility of you entering into
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  this place. And it Dawns on you though,
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  everything else around, maybe shutting down.
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  There is one place that remains open and that's your prayer
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  closet. You look, horizontally, you look
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  to the left, right? Forward backward, you realize
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  that the world has turned off the lights, but may encourage
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  you tonight to look up and see that there's access to the
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  throne of grace. There is access into the
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  presence of God. There is an availability to you.
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  Like Daniel think about Daniel. He was taken from his Temple.
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  He was taken from the opportunity to celebrate the
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  feasts of Israel. He was taken from the
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  opportunity to sit down and hear from the Torah.
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  But Daniel knew something that even in Exile could not take
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  from him. His ability to get on his knees.
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  Seek God and be in his presence. And you read about Daniel's
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  life, and you know what? You see, you see, a man that his
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  posture himself in such a way that he received, great
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  Revelations from God. I want to tell you something
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  that when you, and I take prayer seriously, things begin to
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  happen in our lives as well. Things begin to open up to us
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  truths from the scripture truths about ourselves opportunities.
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  Wonderful things begin to unfold.
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  Believer. Bible-believing gospel,
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  saturated God-fearing disciple of Jesus Christ.
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  If there is any time to pray. It's now.
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  Take this as an invitation from your God.
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  To seek his face. To be in his presence.
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  To let them melt you and mold you and shape you.
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  So that by the end of this ordeal, you will come out with
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  greater faith in greater power. What would happen if the Church
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  of Jesus Christ in our generation?
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  With simply see what is happening and take it to the
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  heart and to collectively cry out to the Lord.
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  Listen. Cry out to the Lord in such a
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  way that he would send something from heaven.
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  And that we would not only say about what's happening.
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  I can't believe this is happening in our day.
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  We would Echo that statement, but in light of facing a move of
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  God, by the power of His, holy spirit, like we have never seen
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  before. As you're sitting there and
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  you're hearing me talk. Do you see the opportunity here?
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  Do you see the opportunity here? Look around you just for a
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  second. Just pause.
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  Put things away and just think for a moment.
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  Do you see what's available to us?
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  I believe it's time to pray and see God's face.
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  I encourage you. I challenge you specifically to
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  my generation. I'm challenging you to view this
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  as a soldier. And to think strategically and
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  to implement whatever you need to implement in order to please
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  you enlisting officer. Now, I want to speak to another
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  group of people. You might be watching tonight.
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  Maybe not out of a desire to hear from God's word, but
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  because you have nothing else to do.
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  You may be a Christian by name and perhaps.
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  At one point. You can even remember a segment
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  of your life for you. Loved God, not just in word, but
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  In Deed. But, if you're honest with
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  yourself, as you sitting there tonight.
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  Your heart is calloused. You don't remember.
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  You don't remember being stirred by the things of God.
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  You don't remember the last time you really saw his face.
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  In fact, if you're honest, you love this world.
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  And you love the things that would grieve the Holy Spirit.
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  I just have one question for you tonight.
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  In love. Does God have your attention
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  yet? There's a book in the Bible that
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  speaks about how God was trying to get the attention of his
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  people at one point. This is an interesting book
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  because it speaks of a time where Israel was not wholly
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  devoted to the Lord. And God, love them enough.
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  To get their attention again so that he can win their hearts
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  back to him and you would be amazed to know how God, how God
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  manifested his wooing to a people who have become
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  indifferent towards him and it's a book that's not very popular.
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  It's a book that's not reference to very much.
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  But oh how we can relate to this book tonight.
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  It's in the Book of Amos. The Book of Amos chapter 4, the
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  whole book of Amos is about a man who was a prophet.
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  And he was God's representative. To let Israel know.
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  That he wants them back. He wants them back.
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  And if they would not respond to that ultimately, there would be
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  a consequence. That would be severe to them.
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  I want you to hear these verses from The Book of Amos and
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  understand something very interesting concerning God's
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  dealings. Listen to this and Amos chapter
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  4 verse 6 down. God says, I gave you cleanness
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  of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread and all your
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  places it, you did not return to me declares the Lord.
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  I also withheld the rain from you.
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  When there are yet three months to the Harvest, I would send
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  rain on one city and send no rain on another city.
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  One field would have rain and the field on which it did not
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  rain would wither so two or three cities would wander to
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  another city to drink water and would not be satisfied yet.
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  You did not return to me declares the Lord.
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  I struck you with blight and mildew your many Gardens and
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  your Vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees, the Locust
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  devoured. Yeah, you did not return to me.
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  Declares the Lord. I sent among you a pestilence.
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  After the manner of Egypt. I killed your young men with the
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  sword and carried away your horses, and I made this stench
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  of your Camp, go up into your nostrils.
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  Yeah, you did not return to me declares the Lord.
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  What's going on? Here is very basic.
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  God is saying through the prophet.
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  Listen, I cut off all your supplies.
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  I specifically would make one area.
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  Fruitful. And I would make it very clear
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  that another area would not be touched by natural provision and
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  I would cause a disturbance so that you would have to travel
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  from one place to another so that you could survive, I
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  destroyed your fields. I made your Vineyards in your
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  Gardens rot outside of your control.
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  And I even went to the extent of sending a pestilence like I did
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  in Egypt. And you hear these things and
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  you wonder, well, what's God's motive?
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  Why was he? Why was he piling up one thing
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  after the other in the lives of his people and over and over?
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  You heard the repeated phrase yet.
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  You did not return to me. So what's the, what's the
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  purpose that he was trying to get their attention?
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  God in this context was squeezing his people.
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  Was bringing him almost to a corner, so they would give up
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  resisting him and that they would fall at his feet.
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  What you see here is a disturbance being caused by God
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  in the day-to-day Affairs of his people.
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  So that they could analyze and reflect on where they're at with
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  their God and begin to ask some serious questions.
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  They were literally stripped. From all angles until they
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  realize that they do not possess The Sovereign power over their
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  existence that belongs to God Alone.
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  And so everything about what you just heard in these verses comes
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  from a heart of throbbing love from a loving God.
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  I'm not here tonight to attempt to even, Convey, what I believe
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  God's mind is behind what is happening in our, in our day?
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  But I look at a text like this and I wonder and I'm sure you
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  wonder. That this could possibly be a
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  facet in light of a specific group of people.
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  Again, let me reiterate the fact that I'm sure you are equally as
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  amazed As I Am by seeing how literally everything around us
• 32:26
  has been put on pause. And there's only one place to
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  really look now. And that's to look up.
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  And if you read these verses carefully, you know what you
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  see. It's an amplification of
• 32:45
  intensity. God seems to in these verses,
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  take it up a notch more and more and more.
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  So that he can. He can prick the stubborn heart
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  of his own. You know, I wonder even in light
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  of all that we're experiencing today.
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  At this coronavirus might not be soul-shaking enough for you.
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  That you are unmoved, that you are just casually, you're not
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  even thinking about eternal things.
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  You're not even thinking about your relationship with God.
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  You're just concerned about you. And that's what happened with
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  Israel. So God says, let me turn it up a
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  notch. Let me turn it up a notch and
• 33:34
  you might be saying, okay. Listen, hold on.
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  You don't know me. I sing, I come to church.
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  I listen to sermons and let me impress you now.
• 33:43
  I actually give to the church from time to time.
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  Do you realize the audience? That Amos was speaking to.
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  We have this impression by reading this that they were
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  completely turned away from God and they were just full-fledged
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  worshipping false Idols. They were but look at chapter 5
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  and see description of the people and it gives us another
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  insight to who this audience is, look at chapter 5 verse 21.
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  Look What God Says to the same group that he spoke to
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  concerning sending things to get their attention.
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  He says, I hate I despise your feast.
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  And I take no Delight in your solemn assemblies, even though
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  you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings.
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  I will not accept them. And the peace offerings of your
• 34:36
  fan animals. I will not look upon them.
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  Take away from me, the noise of your songs to The Melody of your
• 34:43
  Harps. I will not listen.
• 34:46
  But let Justice roll down like Waters and righteousness like an
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  ever-flowing stream. Do you see?
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  The very same group that God was trying to get to see him.
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  Was a group of people that were coming to the temple.
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  And they were singing songs and they were worshipping and they
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  were giving sacrifices, they were honoring.
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  The feast, and God says, At this, I mean anything.
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  See, so many people soothe. Their religious conscience by
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  occupying their lies. With religious activities.
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  God is not after your attendance in church.
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  Nor is God after your money. Nor does God after your gift of
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  service to him. Make the connection between God,
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  wanting them to return to him in the midst of.
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  Not just their sin, but their religious activities.
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  God is not after that. He wants your heart.
• 35:59
  He wants your heart. He wants your love your
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  adoration. He wants your passion.
• 36:05
  He wants your devotion. He wants to have a relationship
• 36:08
  with you. I've used this illustration so
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  many times and it helps understand what God is after I
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  hope. None of you would want to be in
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  a relationship with somebody who just meets the standard of what
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  they should give as a spouse. None of you would want that.
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  None of you would want to come home to a wife that makes dinner
• 36:28
  and does a laundry. And looks at you in the eyes, as
• 36:30
  I did what you wanted me to do. I'll see you later.
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  None of you would want a husband who comes home and pays the
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  bills and never looks at you with adoration, never speaks to
• 36:40
  you and spends time with. Nobody will want that kind of a
• 36:42
  husband who fulfills duties of a husband, but has no sense of
• 36:46
  connection. Nobody would want that.
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  And let me tell you tonight. God doesn't want that from you.
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  Perhaps you're a little less distracted tonight.
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  So this will come a little louder and clearer.
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  If you're not walking full heartedly with the Lord.
• 37:02
  What are you waiting for? What are you looking for in
• 37:08
  life? The things that in a moment can
• 37:11
  be flicked off. The things that can be stripped
• 37:14
  from you in a moment. And if your joy and happiness is
• 37:22
  gone, in this moment that says something about where you're out
• 37:25
  with the Lord because it's dependent upon things and not
• 37:27
  dependent upon him. I'll never forget the day.
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  I one time. That I was at a youth
• 37:38
  conference. and on the first meeting, I looked around and I
• 37:45
  realized how distracted these young people are this.
• 37:48
  This was like early high school late Middle School, kind of
• 37:50
  group. And I looked around, I realized
• 37:54
  how distracted these people from from all aspects of the meeting.
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  And then the next day it was in earlier service.
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  It was in the morning, but when we conducted the service.
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  I'm telling you every single one of those kids.
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  Maybe with the exception of one was hanging on every single word
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  without moving an inch. And I was standing there,
• 38:25
  wondering what was going on. And so I look to the youth
• 38:29
  leader at the end of the meeting and I made that observation of
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  the contrast between the night before and the morning service.
• 38:37
  And I've made the observation of what he had done prior to that
• 38:40
  morning service, but I had asked him just to confirm and he
• 38:43
  looked at me with a smile on his face, and you know what?
• 38:45
  He said. Yeah, you know the difference, I
• 38:47
  said, what was the difference? He says, I took their phones
• 38:49
  away, and I put them all in the basket before the service
• 38:51
  started this month. This morning service.
• 38:54
  And I looked and I said, well that makes sense.
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  And take that little illustration and apply it to
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  your life. Now with distractions at least
• 39:04
  to a greater degree being stripped from your life.
• 39:08
  Most likely, temporarily. Examine yourself.
• 39:15
  Ask yourself some questions. Come before the Lord.
• 39:22
  He's not angry with you. He's not mad at you.
• 39:27
  Do you see that? Even when he was causing a
• 39:29
  ruckus and Israel's, they was all for one purpose that you
• 39:32
  would come back into my open arms.
• 39:35
  Man, if this whole thing is not stirring you even one bit.
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  Maybe it will in a week or two. But some of, you know, very well
• 39:43
  that you are not fully surrendered to the Lord.
• 39:48
  I want to let you know and I want to take this opportunity to
• 39:51
  challenge you in love. Look at how fickle life is.
• 39:59
  And live for what really matters.
• 40:04
  I have one more segment to speak to another group and my last
• 40:06
  group of people here. Spoke the Believers in.
• 40:10
  Jesus Christ spoke to those who might profess faith in Christ.
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  Or not fully walking with the Lord.
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  Lastly, I want to speak to those who maybe you're joining us
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  right now, or maybe you'll click on this link later on when it
• 40:25
  once it is uploaded, but you do not identify as a person of
• 40:29
  faith. And you might be traditionally a
• 40:32
  Christian, or you might be of some other belief system.
• 40:38
  Just wait for the next few minutes.
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  And here these truths for your life.
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  Earlier this week. I heard a term that the
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  president used to identify this coronavirus and I thought it was
• 40:49
  interesting. You've probably heard it too.
• 40:51
  And one of his briefings. He said that this virus is our
• 40:57
  invisible enemy. That was an interesting term.
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  Invisible. Because obviously it is
• 41:04
  invisible to the naked eye as a virus and invisible also,
• 41:08
  because it is known that. If you are a person who carries
• 41:12
  this virus, you do not necessarily show any symptoms.
• 41:17
  And so he repeated this term. We're dealing with an invisible
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  enemy. And without disrespecting the
• 41:23
  president. Without undermining the dangers
• 41:27
  of the coronavirus. I want to let you know that
• 41:29
  there is a greater invisible enemy that you and I are facing.
• 41:35
  This invisible enemy is much more unpredictable.
• 41:38
  He is deadlier and he is not at all.
• 41:43
  Merciful. To you or to me.
• 41:48
  The Bible identifies this invisible enemy as Satan.
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  The enemy of your soul. And he has a worldwide
• 41:57
  influence, by the way. Listen to First, John chapter 5
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  verse 19. We know that we are from God.
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  John says, we know that we are from God.
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  And the whole world. Lies in the power of the evil
• 42:18
  one. Do you know what that means?
• 42:23
  Let me tell you what it doesn't mean.
• 42:25
  It doesn't mean that God is all-powerful all-knowing, all
• 42:28
  present and Satan is an equal enemy with the same abilities
• 42:32
  and attributes. Absolutely not.
• 42:34
  He's a created being he is less. He is a supernatural Force.
• 42:39
  He is a spiritual person, but he is not on the same level of
• 42:44
  influence as our God, but what this verse does tell us, is this
• 42:48
  is that he has full Reign and he has the ability to influence.
• 42:52
  Every aspect of our world. And as much as you see in the
• 42:56
  physical sense, you better believe that it is paralleled
• 42:59
  with the spiritual world. And as much as all these things
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  are happening, please understand this, that there is a greater
• 43:07
  deal about all of this. Not just the virus, but about
• 43:11
  life itself. This world is a battlefield for
• 43:14
  your soul. Do you want to know the
• 43:19
  strategy? And do you want to know the
• 43:21
  deadly force of this invisible? Enemy?
• 43:24
  Here? It is.
• 43:25
  Here's his main goal. Here's his number one, purpose.
• 43:30
  To make sure. That you do not.
• 43:36
  Hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and more importantly respond to
• 43:40
  it by believing in it. He will distract you.
• 43:45
  He will present pleasure to you. He will give you your dreams,
• 43:48
  your desires. He will make sure that you will
• 43:53
  not make that decision that will affect your Eternal state.
• 44:00
  That is evil. Is it not?
• 44:03
  Maybe think about it this way. Imagine with me tonight that
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  there are some scientists out there who at this moment right
• 44:09
  now has discovered a cure for the coronavirus.
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  He found out a way that a person can inject some kind of a thing
• 44:16
  in them and that they can receive instant recovery from
• 44:19
  sickness and it can put this whole thing to rest once.
• 44:23
  And for all, can you imagine that somewhere somehow a
• 44:25
  scientist? Discovers that kind of a thing?
• 44:29
  But you also know that while this is a truth that is out
• 44:33
  there, the media and the government, which I do not
• 44:36
  believe they are doing. This is just an illustration,
• 44:39
  the media, and the government are doing everything to silence
• 44:43
  and to distract, and to keep your eyes and your ears away
• 44:47
  from that wonderful truth that there's a cure.
• 44:52
  You would be frustrated. And if you had enough boldness
• 44:56
  and you, not only would you be frustrated, you would do
• 44:59
  whatever you had in your power to make sure that there is
• 45:03
  deception going on. There's a cure out there and you
• 45:06
  want to make sure that people get the Cure.
• 45:11
  That's why I'm standing here tonight.
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  Because I want to let you know tonight that there is something
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  more dangerous than the coronavirus.
• 45:20
  There is a sickness that is much deadlier.
• 45:23
  It has implications that are much longer than your life on
• 45:27
  this Earth. It's called sin.
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  And every human is infected with this sickness.
• 45:36
  And it is very real. It finds ourselves.
• 45:39
  If finds itself in our hearts. It's a part of who we are.
• 45:42
  We were born in sin. We are wrapped up with flesh.
• 45:46
  That is in Rebellion against God, that doesn't want to serve
• 45:48
  God, that does not want to submit to his lordship.
• 45:53
  But I also want to let you know, as severe as this sickness may
• 45:55
  be and though it is a pandemic. Universally from the first
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  people that ever existed all the way to this point.
• 46:05
  It is something that no person has been able to escape.
• 46:07
  There is listen carefully. There is a cure, there is a
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  cure, and it is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
• 46:14
  What? I mean, I mean this That there
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  is a truth that is to be embraced and this truth has the
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  ability to save you from this sickness from its influence over
• 46:28
  your life. And listen from the punishment
• 46:30
  that is going to be Unleashed upon us for our sin.
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  Realize this. If you don't believe it here it
• 46:39
  and I trust that you'll believe it.
• 46:46
  One day Jesus Christ is coming back.
• 46:51
  And when Jesus returns, he has a goal of full Redemption that he
• 46:55
  wants to make all things new that there's going to be a new
• 46:59
  heavens and there's going to be a new Earth.
• 47:02
  And this new realm? That the person of Jesus Christ
• 47:07
  will Implement is going to be free from sickness.
• 47:11
  Free from disease, free from Pain, free from Death, all the
• 47:16
  things that are result of sin. Therefore also world.
• 47:19
  I will be free from sin. But if he's going to create a
• 47:25
  world that's going to be free from sin.
• 47:28
  He has to eliminate sin. The issue is sin, is wrapped up
• 47:33
  in you and me. So he's going to have to
• 47:35
  eliminate and eradicate us. As a consequence.
• 47:44
  That's the bad news. But here's the good news.
• 47:51
  That because he loves us. He made sure.
• 47:57
  That he himself, made the payment for sin that you and I
• 48:01
  could never pay. And in doing.
• 48:03
  So he offers you and me a chance to have this in our lives
• 48:10
  erased, and to have our position before God change, as though we
• 48:13
  have, never sinned. So that we can be a part of that
• 48:17
  full Redemption, that will come one day, and I, we can be in his
• 48:20
  presence forever and we can stand in glory for all eternity
• 48:24
  and Noah, joy, and ablis that you cannot even imagine.
• 48:29
  I want you to understand that everything in this world, the
• 48:32
  pain, it chaos, the confusion, the frustration, the selfishness
• 48:37
  that we're seeing. This is a sign and this is a
• 48:42
  manifestation of the Brokenness that you and I are a part of But
• 48:47
  here's the good news. There's a cure and it's
• 48:49
  available to you. If you would just receive it.
• 48:52
  And what you need to do is realize that you are indeed.
• 48:55
  A person has been infected by sin and that you yourself have
• 48:58
  sinned against God and now you want to be cured and you see
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  that Jesus Christ is the only answer for you.
• 49:06
  You can't find it in another religion.
• 49:08
  You can't find it in, Good Works.
• 49:09
  You can't find it. Another way.
• 49:14
  It's only him. And you don't need to come to
• 49:18
  church. You don't need to go to a
• 49:20
  priest. You can do what I'm asking you
• 49:24
  to do right there in your room and seek God's face.
• 49:29
  And acknowledge in your heart that God raised him from the
• 49:33
  dead and confess with your mouth, that he is.
• 49:36
  In fact, Lord. And he's in fact, the only
• 49:38
  Savior. And when you choose to do that,
• 49:41
  he will save you, he will save you.
• 49:45
  And I, you will indeed have hope not just in the next life, but
• 49:48
  in this life, I come to you tonight without an ounce of
• 49:52
  fear. In my heart.
• 49:54
  I don't say that to boast. I don't say that's my
• 49:56
  personality type. I don't say that.
• 49:57
  I have some kind of a knowledge of Going to come that you don't
• 50:00
  have. I have an anchoring truth.
• 50:05
  That Jesus Christ is my Lord and he's my savior.
• 50:08
  This is not my home. This isn't where it ends.
• 50:12
  Let me dive a disease. Let me die of persecution.
• 50:15
  This is not the end point. It might be for you though.
• 50:23
  In fact, it will only get worse from here.
• 50:26
  I cannot believe that a virus has put the world in such a pain
• 50:30
  in such a panic. I understand the reason why eyes
• 50:32
  and I understand that we need to take it seriously, but the fear
• 50:36
  of this. Says so much of the lack of
• 50:39
  assurance in people's hearts. It says something about where
• 50:43
  they put their trust. And I want to let you know.
• 50:51
  By God's grace. If you choose to receive Jesus
• 50:55
  Christ as Lord, not only, can you face Coronavirus?
• 51:00
  With a face, Like Flint. In the days of head of God,
• 51:05
  gives you a days from this time on, you'll be able to face every
• 51:09
  circumstance with certainty. That there is a God in heaven,
• 51:13
  who loves you, because he sent his son to die for you.
• 51:18
  So I encourage you in this moment.
• 51:20
  If you're going to think about anything, maybe your life was
• 51:23
  wrapped up in your job. Maybe your life was wrapped up
• 51:25
  in entertainment. Maybe your life was wrapped up
• 51:28
  in some future goal. Now, everything is put on pause.
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  Can I ask you as a friend? Can I ask you as a brother and
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  Humanity to consider where your Eternal destination will be?
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  And if you've realized and you're honest with yourself that
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  you are indeed a person. That if you stand before a, holy
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  God will be judged for all eternity know this.
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  There's a cure. And if you receive him, you will
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  be healed of your sickness. Meaning you'll be healed from
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  sin from what it will do when you stand before, God to its
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  influence in your life. God will give you the Holy
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  Spirit to live a life of victory over transgression.
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  Receive it today. It's a free gift.
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  I conclude with this leave. Her.
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  Don't fear. Don't worry.
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  God has your life in the palm of his hand, but also believer.
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  It's time to take up arms and be serious about our faith.
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  If not now then when let me say this, remark, the reason why we
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  are not meeting here tonight, pay close attention is because
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  the government has implemented regulations, so that the spread
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  of the virus would not continue, right?
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  That's why we're not here tonight.
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  Let me ask you this question. What will happen in a day when
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  the government institutes regulations.
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  Not because he doesn't want the virus to spread, but because he
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  doesn't want the message of Christianity spread.
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  Are you going to take your faith more?
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  Seriously, then I highly doubt it.
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  This is the time to realize that there are souls at stake.
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  Your left at this time in history.
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  And God has a plan and a purpose for you.
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  I can say with great encouragement of my heart, just
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  going through my social media feed, that people are taking
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  that seriously, not being overwhelming, not being unwise,
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  but just giving a flicker of Hope.
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  And I know that there are people around the world that are
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  praying seriously. And who knows?
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  What will come by the end of this?
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  Who knows the mission movement that Will Blast From America and
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  from different places, who knows what will happen to the local
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  church when people realize that their Ministries can be stripped
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  from them in a moment. I am so excited to see how God
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  is going to use this for his glory.
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  But here's my encouragement. Don't you want to be a part of
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  that? Don't miss out by standing on
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  the sidelines. Take this seriously and ask, God
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  sit at his feet and say, Lord. Use my life.
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  I see how it is, like a vapor. I see how on one weekend.
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  I was doing one thing and now I'm trapped in my home for
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  weeks. I see now that this is not a
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  light thing. Life is not a joke.
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  Life is not something that I have control over.
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  So Lord, use my day. Secondly, if you are not walking
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  with the Lord time to walk with the Lord.
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  He loves you. Let this be a sign of his
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  getting attention of you and let you embrace the message of Grace
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  that he has for you. And lastly.
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  If you're not a person that knows Christ.
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  Consider this livestream. Consider this video that you'll
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  see later on. As a manifestation of his Mercy
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  in your life, to sit you down in your home, the say to your
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  heart, receive my son. with all that being said, Would you bow
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  your head with me as we pray? When I pray for you?
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  We're going to collectively. Pray for this whole pandemic.
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  Let's bow, our hearts and our heads together.
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  Father, in Jesus name, we pray for the three different groups
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  of people that we address tonight.
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  And we ask Lord. That for those who are
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  Faithfully following you who are genuinely fearful of their
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  future. God let the truth of your
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  Sovereign power rest, upon them tonight, let husbands, and
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  fathers and mothers and wives be at peace to know that you are in
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  control. You have their future figured
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  out. Lord, for those.
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  Who don't see how they can be used by you?
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  For those who might not see the implications of this whole thing
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  concerning the kingdom of God. Let's something resurrect and
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  their lives. Even now, let there be a posture
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  of prayer, let there be a creative stirring by your
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  spirit. To know how to make the most of
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  this. Lord for those who have gone
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  cold in their hearts, they've been listening to this and maybe
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  they've been convicted. Let them know that all they need
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  to do is go back to where they used to find themselves and seek
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  your face in that. Everything can change from this
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  moment on that. They can know your will and
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  purpose for their lives. Again.
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  And lastly, we pray for the person who might watch this, who
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  doesn't know you, who is a false confidence of their Eternal
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  destination, who doesn't know Jesus Christ.
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  Personally, Lord, let your Holy Spirit fled their homes even now
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  and let them sense the pressing Finger of God until they
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  surrender in faith to you. Well, we pray for United
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  Evangelical Church. We asked our that you protect
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  this family from any sickness or disease.
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  Unnecessary evils. We pray.
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  Lord, that you would connect us in a way like we've never felt
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  we pray. Lord that you would amp up our
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  faith and you would amp up our Ministries.
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  And you would amp up our gifts for the glory of God.
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  We ask Lord as sooner than later.
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  We would be reunited again. Father, we pray, lastly, that
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  you would guide our government to know how to navigate this
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  situation. We pray that the enemy would not
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  take advantage of this to keep people in fear, or to keep
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  people in distraction so that they would not draw near to you
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  as a result. Lord.
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  We just pray that as a result of this Friday night message.
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  There would be a sharpening to our Eternal perspective and that
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  we would live more passionately in.
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  Joyfully for your kingdom and For Your Glory.
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  We pray these things in the mighty saving name of Jesus
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  Christ. Amen.
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  Thank you for joining us in this live stream.
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  We wish you were here. But until then, we will see you
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  this Sunday morning at 10 a.m. As we open up God's word
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  together. God bless you.
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  Thank you for joining us in this live stream.
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  We wish you were here. But until then, we will see you
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  this Sunday morning at 10 a.m. As we open up God's word
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  together. God bless you.