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God Is Not Done With You Yet | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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You can turn in your Bible with me to Joel chapter
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2, Joel chapter 2, and I'm going to believe this
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morning for some unique things to happen. And
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while you're turning there, we're going to switch
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gears. I meant to do this right after worship,
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that's why I forgot, but we are... We have the
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privilege this morning of receiving nine new
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people into membership. Amen? Isn't that awesome?
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Praise the Lord. And so I am going to call their
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names and ask them to come down here to the front
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this morning. Sam and Kathy Smith. Amen. Now,
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they turned in their application like months
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and months ago, and so this should have come
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a lot sooner for them, but here they are. Amen.
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Abigail Hill. Tim and Jesse Butler. Are they
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here? Oh, they're in Kids Church. That's why
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I meant to do it right after worship. So standing
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in for Tim and Jesse is Ben and Charlene Butler.
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Amen. And last but not least is Jack and Gina
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Piper. Amen. Did I get everybody? I think so.
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Okay, so Tim and Jesse, we actually, oh, one
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more. Yes, Logan, come up here. Now, the reason
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I miss Logan is because he was already a junior
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member, and he is transferring to become a full
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-fledged member. He turned 18, and we're excited
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about that. Praise God. Isn't this amazing? Jesus
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is building his church. Now, some of these are
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up here because they're part of our pastoral
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team. Jack and Gina are preparing to move to
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Petersburg. They're already ministering there
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regularly and will pastor that church. And we're
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excited about that. We're believing for their
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house to sell in Monmouth. When they're not here,
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they're in Petersburg, and they drive two hours
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either way. And we're thankful for their sacrifice.
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Amen. And then Ben and Charlene have joined us
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as youth pastors, and so they're part of our
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pastoral team. And so we're excited about what
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God is doing in the house. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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We believe that membership, you don't necessarily
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find membership in the Bible per se. In fact,
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there's not a lot of instruction on how every
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single local church should do everything. We
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find membership to be a step of covenant. And
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covenant is something that you do find in the
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Bible. And this is about one another. Amen? And
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so when a person has grown in their faith to
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the point where they are ready to covenant with
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the church, that's how we view membership. Membership
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is to the body at large, as we are all part of
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the kingdom of God no matter where we go, right?
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But this is commitment not just to the kingdom
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at large, but to the local family that is right
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here in Lincoln, Illinois, and in Petersburg,
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Illinois, Faith Church. And we're thankful for
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that. And so I just want to ask you some questions.
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And candidates, you can respond by just saying,
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I do or I will, whatever is appropriate. Will
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you purpose in your heart to walk in unity with
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your brothers and sisters as long as it depends
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on you? Live at peace with all men. Will you
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with the help of the Holy Spirit guard your testimony
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and live in a manner pleasing to the Lord? Will
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you as unto the Lord give as the Lord enables
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you to support the various works of the ministry?
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Will you give yourself to prayer and to the word
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as you grow in him? Will you come under and support
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the covering of this house as we pursue the vision
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that God gives to us? Will you offer the gifts
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that God has given to you, not only to bless
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the Lord, but to minister to others, both the
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believers already here and those that are lost?
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Finally, above all things, will you clothe yourself
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with love, encouraging and spurring one another
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on until the appearing of Jesus Christ? Praise
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the Lord. Amen. Glory to God. Glory to God. Just
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hold steady here a minute because I'm going to
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ask the church, those that are members here and
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those that are part of the church, all of us,
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will you receive this group of members into the
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family, spurring them on and encouraging them
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in their walk with the Lord and continue in unity
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so long as it depends upon you? Will you not
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only minister to them with your gifts, but will
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you receive ministry from them as the Lord has
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gifted them? And will you clothe yourself with
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love and freely give to them what you have freely
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received from the Lord? Hallelujah. And so, it
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is with an open heart. that we fully receive
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each of you today into membership of Faith Church.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'm going
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to ask the current elders that are here, and
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I'm going to ask Dennis and Linda as well. as
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our missions pastors to join us up here and lay
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hands on them as we commit them to the Lord and
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pray over them. I'm going to ask the rest of
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us. Oh, good thing Dennis and Linda are here.
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The DECOs are out celebrating their 50th anniversary.
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That's kind of important, don't you think? Yeah,
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I think so too. Church, stretch your hands towards
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these right now and just pray over them. Hallelujah.
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We thank you, Father. We thank you, Father. We
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just lay hands on these, God. We thank you for
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them joining to the house. We bless them in the
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name of Jesus. We thank you, Father, for your
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hand upon them, God. Lord, we just lay hands
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upon them. In Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. In
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Jesus' name. In Jesus' name. In Jesus' name.
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We thank you, Father. We thank you, Father. We
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give you glory, God. We give you glory, God.
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We thank you, Father. We thank you, Father. We
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give you praise, Lord. We give you praise. We
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magnify your name. Father, we... pray over these
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right now. We know that they walk through life
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just as we do. And we know that it's filled with
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victories. It's filled, Lord, with battles. It's
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filled with ups and it's filled with downs. And
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I ask God in Jesus' name that as they are united
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covenantally, they are united to this family,
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that your strength And that your favor, the favor
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that is on this house, would be on them in Jesus'
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name. And God, we thank you for using them in
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ministry, in works of righteousness. God, we
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thank you for helping them walk with you day
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by day in Jesus' name. Amen. Glory to God. Glory
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to God. Give Him praise. Give Him praise. Give
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him praise. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. Glory
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to Jesus. You can all be seated. We will have
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certificates for all of you, but our copier is
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acting up and not printing well. And so we want
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it to be acting right when we print those. And
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so we will have those for you. And we're thankful
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for God working in your lives. Glory to Jesus.
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Amen. Well, are you in Joel chapter 2? And so,
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if you are in Joel chapter 2, I want to read
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probably one of the most famous verses in the
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Pentecostal world, and it's the verse that Peter
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quoted in Acts chapter 2. I'm not going to read
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the whole thing, but I'm going to read part of
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it, and starting in verse 28. And it shall come
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to pass afterward that I will pour my Spirit
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on all flesh. Everybody say, all flesh. Your
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sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your
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old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall
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see visions. And also on my menservants and my
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maidservants, I will pour out my spirit in those
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days. And I will show wonders in the heavens
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and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars
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of smoke. And the sun shall be turned into darkness
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and the moon into blood before the coming of
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the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it
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shall come to pass that whoever calls on the
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name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount
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Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,
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as the Lord has said, among the remnant whom
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the Lord calls. Glory to God. Glory to God. Father,
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I thank you for your word. I ask God that you
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would just anoint this moment. And cause your
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word to go into our hearts. Lord, often as I'm
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reading it, it just goes into me and it just
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ministers to me. And I ask that that would happen
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today in Jesus' name. Amen. Now given the choice
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between seeing visions and dreaming dreams, after
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reading this, I want to see visions. I just want
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to say that. It's the young men that see the
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visions. I'm not ready to dream dreams yet. It's
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the old men that dream the dreams. I feel like
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in my life I'm hanging in the balance. My grandsons
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are here. Is Papa old or young? That's right.
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You seniors in the house, is Pastor young or
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old? Oh, hallelujah. Which crowd I like more?
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I'm in that in -between place. Anybody else in
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the in -between place? I see sons pointing at
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their mothers. I feel like I'm in the in -between
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place, and I am neither young nor old. Sometimes
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I feel really young, and sometimes I feel really
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old. That's the way that it is. I believe this
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morning, God wants to do something in your life.
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And it does not matter if you're young or old.
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It does not matter if you're male or female.
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And it does not matter what nationality you come
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from, what your culture is, what the culture
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of your family is. Every family culture is different.
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And God speaks the language of your family. Aren't
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you glad for that? And so God wants to do something
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in your life. He wants to unlock something in
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your life. Thank you, Lord. And so Joel came
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along and the timing of the prophet Joel as to
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when he prophesied this is very much in dispute
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because he doesn't mention anything in his letter
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that would connect it to a historical event.
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And so some scholars think that Joel was written
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long before Isaiah, which we're going to get
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to Isaiah in a little while in the message this
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morning. And some believe he was closer to Malachi
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than Isaiah was. And so there's about a 500 -year
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span of arguing over when this book was written.
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For our purposes this morning, it does not matter
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when it was written. Because the promises that
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are in it are yes and amen in Christ. How many
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of you believe that if somebody is looking for
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help, that they ought to be able to find it at
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a church? That if somebody needs food, that if
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they call the church and I answer the phone and
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they say, I need food, that it would be wrong
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for me to say, Sorry, we don't have any. Because
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the churches exist to provide. Amen? And to give.
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In fact, the calling to social ministry is very
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real. To take care of the poor. To feed the hungry.
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To clothe the naked. To visit people that are
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in prison. Amen? It is very simple. Sometimes
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the church is not very good at that. Sometimes
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the church is good at having services. I thank
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God for the Tuesday food distribution. You know,
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if nothing happens other than the fact that we
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give food away, that's a good thing. Amen? We're
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doing the work of the kingdom. We're doing the
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work of the kingdom. But God wants to do way
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more than meet your physical needs. God wants
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to touch you in your spirit. And Joel's prophecy
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here is an amazing prophecy. I'm not going to
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attempt to preach every point of this prophetic.
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I want to draw a few things that I believe that
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God wants to speak to us this morning. And the
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first one is this. When God pours His Spirit
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out, He pours it out in abundance. He is a liberal
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God. Some of you aren't too sure about that because
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your view of the word liberal is different. God
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is a liberal God. He gives liberally. There's
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perhaps some ways that we should take up that
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liberality and become like Him. He gives abundantly.
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I want to read from the pulpit Bible commentary.
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I don't often do this. But the word for God pouring
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out His Spirit is the word Shafak. It is a Hebrew
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word. And the word shafak, which is employed
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by the prophet to express the outpouring of the
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Spirit, implies the bestowal of the gift in great
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abundance. I don't even quote Calvin often, but
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listen to this. As Calvin clearly pointed out,
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For shafak, he says, does not mean to merely
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give in drops, but to pour out in great abundance.
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Hallelujah. But God did not pour out the Holy
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Spirit so abundantly or copiously under the law
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as He has since the manifestation of Christ.
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In the Old Testament, There are some awesome
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stories. Elijah standing before the prophet Baal
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and calling down fire. Hallelujah. It's an awesome
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story, isn't it? But the only one that experienced
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the fire was Elijah. In the Old Testament, it
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was here a little, there a little. Some awesome
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things happened to prove God's reality. But the
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abundance after the resurrection of Christ, of
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the outpouring of the Spirit, is for everybody.
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Glory to God. Hallelujah. The Spirit was indeed
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communicated in Old Testament times, but that
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communication was restricted in two ways, in
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quantity and in the number of recipients, the
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former comparatively scanty and the latter few.
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Whereas the word here applied to its communication
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implies a rich supply. like a copious rainfall.
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After the specification of the time and the mention
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of the blessing, with its implied plentifulness,
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comes its wide diffusion. God has not limited
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himself to the few. He has made himself available
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to the many. The term all flesh does not mean
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that every single person in the world is going
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to experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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The term all flesh means that all types of people,
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any type of person, can receive the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit. God's blessing for your life
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is very real. Amen? And it is abundant. And so
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the author, Joel, goes on and he describes some
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of that flesh. First of all, it is open to your
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sons and your daughters. Amen? Now can I say
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something? That in this society that Joel is
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preaching to, this is a radical statement. The
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Holy Spirit is not just for the men, but the
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Holy Spirit is for the women. The Holy Spirit
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is not limited. to anybody's life in this room.
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Paul said it like this. There is neither male
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nor female. But that the blessing and the abundance
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of God can be poured out on everybody. Glory
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to God. That's so good. Because you know what
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men do? Men try to draw lines. And they try to
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say, this is what makes you in. And this is what
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makes you out. God destroys all those lines.
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And he says the abundance of the Holy Spirit
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is for everybody, male and female. And he goes
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on, having said your sons and daughters, he says
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your old men shall dream dreams. I want to pause
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here a moment because I think that this is one
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of the primary things that God wants to speak
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to us. this morning. Your old men shall dream
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dreams. Why does he speak this out? Just meditating
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on this. These are people that have lived a while.
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We have young people in this room, and we have
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older people in this room. If you're not afraid
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to say how old you are, is there anybody in this
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room 75 or older? Wow. Is there anybody in this
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room 80 or older? Is there anybody in this room,
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I'll go up, 85 or older? 86 or older? 87 or older?
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88 or older? Nancy and Brother Bob, can we just
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honor them right now? In Jesus' name. When you
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get older, there's one thing that's inevitable.
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You suffer loss. You suffer loss. And it's not
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just in your family. It is in life. I was listening
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to the 100 -year interview of Dick Van Dyke.
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He said the hardest thing is that everybody that
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I've done life with is no longer here. And it's
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difficult. Do you know what he has suffered?
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Loss. Loss. Ways that you once cherished are
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not there anymore. And you wish that those old
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ways could come back. The things that you valued
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aren't valued by the generation of today. And
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that's true no matter which generation gets older.
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That's always forever true. But you suffer loss.
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And along with loss comes A biblical thing called
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mourning. Loss equates mourning. There was an
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ordained pastor that I was reading. and he was
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writing as an 81 -year -old retired pastor, and
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he was really remembering the outpouring of the
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Holy Spirit and the way that God used to move
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around the altars, and he was lamenting that
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it isn't that way anymore. And there were different
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ones responding, saying, well, you know, it's
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not the same, but it's still there, or it's a...
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You know, it's different. You need to change.
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And it hit me. This pastor is mourning. He is
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in mourning something that has been lost that
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he perceives is no longer there. Mourning. I
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want us to turn to Isaiah chapter 61. This is
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one of the foundational verses of faith church
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and the ministry of Jesus. Verse 2. To comfort
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all who mourn. Now, The power of this verse is
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that it is not just talking about those that
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have been widowed or are widowers in the family
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sense. The power of this verse is that it is
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talking about people that remembered Israel when
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it was free. And now it's not free. And they
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remembered Israel when it was walking right with
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God. And now it's not walking right with God.
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and so they are in mourning. How many of you,
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when you read the newspaper about America, sometimes
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your heart begins to grieve? All is not well
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in the United States of America. And for the
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Christian, it can move us to grieving, to mourning.
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And Isaiah was identifying with the people that
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were mourning over their nation. But the truth
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applies to any that have suffered loss. That
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God does not leave you in the state of your mourning.
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And that's important. Now, there's a progression
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here. And at the end of verse 2, it says, to
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comfort all who mourn. And if you are in a fresh
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place of suffering loss, then you are supposed
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to be in the place of mourning. Don't let people
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move you out of that place too quickly. That
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is God doing a work inside of you. And the first
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thing that God does when we are mourning is He
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comes alongside of us and He comforts us. He
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comforts all who mourn. He is not saying, come
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on, buck up and get over it. He's not saying
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that. Jesus said, come to me all who are weary
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and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. And
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you shall find rest for your souls. What is the
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work of the Holy Spirit that Jesus said? It is
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the work of comforting. And if you have suffered
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loss and you are grieving, perhaps you got fired
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from a job you love, or perhaps a business that
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you started has Come to the place where it can
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no longer go on. Guess what you are probably
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going to feel? You're going to feel a measure
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of mourning. Even when Elijah mourned, God didn't
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at first come alongside and call him to change.
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He first came alongside of him and comforted
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him. And I want to thank God for the comfort
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of the Holy Spirit. Amen. And if you're in that
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place this morning, I want you to know you are
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not alone and that there is a God that is coming
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alongside of you. And that work of mourning is
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the beginning of healing and opening up your
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soul to the Lord. And it is good to surrender
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to that mourning and just let that mourning happen
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before the Lord. It is a good thing. But mourning,
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can go on for too long. And when mourning goes
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on for too long, the work of the Holy Spirit
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begins to shift. And then the next thing that
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happens is that consolation comes. The King James
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word here is appointed. To appoint those who
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mourn in Zion. And what that word embodies is
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the beginning of a turning point. That you are
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no longer in the place of mourning, but now you
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are in a place of preparation. Because you've
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lost something, but God is not done with you.
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Amen? You've lost something, but God is not done
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with you. Because if he was done with you, you
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would not be here anymore. I'm telling you what,
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as long as there is breath in these lungs, there
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is purpose for this life. And you need to declare
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that over yourself. That as long as there's breath
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in my lungs, I have a reason to live. As long
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as there's breath in my lungs, I have purpose
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in my life. And so that season of mourning comes
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to an end and God begins to turn you around and
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say it is time to engage in life again. Oh, hallelujah.
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There's no time frame. There's no specific time
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frame. Sometimes I wish that it were more like
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in the Old Testament where you could just shut
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everything down. In the Old Testament, when it
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came time to mourn for 30 or 60 days, they would
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shut everything down, and those were the days
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to weep. And those were the days to just pour
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your heart out. And then those days would come
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to an end. But in today's culture, we don't have
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that. We have a few days where maybe a celebration
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of life, and then you're on your own, and you're
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supposed to just muddle through life and just
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get over it. And sometimes I think it takes a
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little bit longer than that. And some people
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that I talk to say that those initial stages
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of mourning can be a year and sometimes longer.
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But there comes a moment when the mourning is
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over and the equipping begins. And a person begins
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to say, so what now, Lord? What now? What now?
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And the first thing that God does is he equips
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you. Is he sweeps away the ashes. And he gives
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you beauty. That's a good day, isn't it? That's
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a good day. When the ashes are gone, that was
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what... burned up yesterday the ashes that you
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hang on to by looking in the past all the time
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the ashes were yesterday's sacrifice and that
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was a good moment but it is over and it is no
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longer gone and you clear the ashes away so that
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that which is new can come hallelujah Oh, glory
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to God. I want to speak over somebody whose children
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no longer live with you, and since they've moved
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out, you have been in a state of mourning. And
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they're not gone, but it's not the same. And
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you are in a state of mourning, and in fact,
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you don't even know what to do. But I'm telling
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you, God has new purpose for your life. Hallelujah.
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Things, in fact, that you thought were not a
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blessing are going to become a blessing because
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things are opening up in your life. God has not
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called you to just meander wishing the ashes
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would reform and become what they once were.
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They will not. But God has new beauty for your
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life. And he has a new plan. Oh, hallelujah.
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The other thing he does is that he replaces that
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spirit of mourning that has been on your life,
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that once had a place for your life, but now
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it is no longer supposed to be there. Now he
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wants to give you the oil of joy. Hallelujah.
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Oh, my God, my God, my God. And some people think,
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well, this should not be. If I really loved the
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thing that I lost, or if I really... love the
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one that I lost, then I've got to keep myself
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in the place where I am not happy anymore. Because
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if I'm not happy anymore, that somehow expresses
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that I still am having love for the person in
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the past. And can I tell you, that is a lie of
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the enemy that wants to keep you from healing.
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what you will find is that you have room enough
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in your heart to love the people that God gave
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to you in the past and walk in the joy of the
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Lord and walk in the joy of the Holy Spirit.
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And I just right now, there might be somebody
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here this morning that would say, it's been a
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long time since I really laughed. It's been a
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long time. In fact, since that diagnosis, five,
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six, seven years ago, I've not really had joy.
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God wants to begin to pour the oil of joy over
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you again. What is this? I'm beginning to dream
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again. What is this? God is putting something
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in my heart again. Can you feel the Holy Spirit
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in this room right now? What is this? Something
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is being awakened inside of me that has been
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dormant. It's the oil of joy. It's the garment
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of praise. He wants to make you dance again.
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Maybe physically dancing now means I'm just rocking
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back and forth like this. But it's on the inside.
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I feel the joy of the Lord in this house. Come
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on. Your old men shall dream dreams. And God
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doesn't want it to just stop there. He doesn't
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want just the spirit of heaviness to be gone.
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He doesn't want you to just have feelings of
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joy again. He is going to call you. once again
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with a renewed purpose and renewed vision for
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your life. He is going to plant you in a field.
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You are going to be called the planting of the
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Lord. Hallelujah. Why? So that God might be glorified.
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So that God might be glorified. Anybody that
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you know that has suffered loss, do you know
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what the end of that loss is if they will submit
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and surrender to God? that He might be glorified.
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Hallelujah. If we can see the end from the beginning,
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we feel like nothing is ever going to heal. We
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feel like nothing is ever going to get to the
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place. But when we come before the Lord and we
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say, God, pour Your Spirit out upon me. I know
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it's for me. He begins to renew you. And He begins
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to do things in your life that you never thought
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were possible. And He plants you. He plants you.
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to grow anew and you begin to have like 2 .0
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happening in your life and God is glorified in
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a way that you never thought possible. And they
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shall rebuild the old ruins. And so As I was
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preparing this message, I found that thread again,
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the Assemblies of God minister page of this 81
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-year -old man. And I said, I wrote to him, and
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I said, you're grieving for the moving of the
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Holy Spirit. But your grieving is going to turn
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to joy. And God is going to give you a dream
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again. And it's going to move you. They shall
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rebuild the old ruins. Now, they're not going
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to look exactly the same as they did. But they're
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going to be there. And they're going to be filled
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with life. And the wells that were once stopped
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up are going to flow with water again. Why? Because
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you got a dream. You've got to dream. They shall
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repair the ruined cities. The desolations of
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many generations. These are the mourners. These
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are the people that have suffered loss. And now
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strangers are going to feed their flocks. Sons
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of the foreigner shall plow. And vine dressers.
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And you, the mourners, the ones that have suffered
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loss, shall be priests of the Lord Most High.
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You know where the fulfillment of this is? Right
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now. Right now. Everyone in this room is a priest
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standing between God and man. With responsibility
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and authority and purpose. There is nobody in
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this room that the church can do without. There
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is nobody in this room that doesn't have an assignment
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from heaven. The old men shall dream dreams.
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I know I've lost a lot. I know the way that things
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used to be that I really liked. But my eyes are
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set, not in the rear view mirror, but on the
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future. And like Caleb, they stand up and say,
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God, give me this mountain. just translating
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that here. God, the outpouring of the Spirit
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that I once knew. That faith church, faith church
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is experiencing a little bit of it, but I've
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dreamed a dream. And I've seen this place full.
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Hallelujah. And I'm asking God to give us the
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mountain of revival. And I'm asking God to give
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us the mountain of souls coming into the kingdom.
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of lives transforming in the name of Jesus. I've
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asked God that in my time that I have left, as
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I keep sowing and I keep sowing and I keep sowing,
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that God is going to move like He said He would
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because God has given me a dream. Hallelujah.
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How many of you could do with a new dream in
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your life? I'm not asking you if you're old or
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not. How many of you could do with a new dream
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in your life? Come on. You could do with something
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of substance from God. And I'm not talking about
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you just coming up with something to fill your
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time that you enjoy doing. I'm talking about
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something of substance that's going to make a
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difference in the kingdom of God. Driving back
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the kingdom of darkness. seeing the kingdom of
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God come forth in Jesus' name. Who would like
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that kind of a dream in your heart and in your
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life? Hands are up all over this room. Hallelujah.
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Glory to God. Glory to God. And so Isaiah ends
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chapter 61, and he says, I will greatly rejoice
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in the Lord. My soul shall be joyful in my God,
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for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
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covered me with the robe of righteousness as
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a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments and
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as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Hallelujah.
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These are people that were in mourning. And in
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a spiritual sense, church, I want to call you
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out of mourning in the name of the Lord. When
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you remember what God has done in the past, in
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revivals, I want to remind you that the best
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is yet to come. That we're not looking at the
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past just to say how great it was. The best is
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yet to come. Hallelujah. We're not just remembering
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the past just so that we can just cherish it
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and just say, well, I'm glad that was a part
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of my life. No, God, we are hungry for you to
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move now. In Jesus' name. God, do it again. God,
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do it again. God, do it again. Thank you, Father.
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Thank you, Father. Your young men shall see visions.
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Some of you younger people, it's not either generation
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is not lesser or greater. It's this. Some of
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you young people have never experienced the move
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of God in much capacity. You've not seen yet
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what it looks like when God pours His Spirit
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out on a city or in a region. And God is not
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saying that you are lesser because of that. In
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fact, He's going to give you a special gift.
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And it is the gift of vision. And He's going
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to cause you to see things that people in your
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generation are not seeing. He's going to cause
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you to know things about God and about what God
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is going to do that people in your generation
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do not know and do not see. He's going to give
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you a vision for what is going to be fulfilled
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in your life. Your young people shall see visions.
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Your older people shall dream dreams. And the
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two of them working together will see God do
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incredible things in our time and in our day.
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Amen. Praise God. You young people, when you
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hear about what God has done, I hope that...
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two things will happen. One, you'll say, wow,
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that is amazing. Our God is amazing. But the
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other thing I hope that will rise up within you
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is a hunger that says, but God, I want to see
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it in my lifetime. I want to see it in my generation.
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I want to see it in my school, in my junior high,
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in my high school, in my time. I want to see
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the reality of who you are happen in my day.
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In Jesus' name. Your young men shall see visions.
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And God does a new thing. Pour out my spirit
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on all flesh. There's a whole lot of reasons
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why God pours out his spirit. I want to close
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right now. And I want to just ask you to present
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yourself before the Lord and say, God, I want
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you to do it in me. And if you could, just posture
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yourself for the abundance of the Holy Spirit.
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In fact, just right now, just bow your heads
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around this room. And just begin to talk to the
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Lord. And just begin to say, God, I need the
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infilling of your presence in my life. I need
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the infilling of your spirit in my life. Hallelujah.