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The Conference Opening to Pastors and Leaders 2013 - The Potter’s House of Dallas (64k) · Healing the Strong Ones: Faith & Purpose

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the 2013 International Pastors in Leadership Conference.
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  Speaker 1: On behalf of Bishop and First Lady Sarita Jakes, we
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  Speaker 1: are so pleased that you chose to join us. I
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  Speaker 1: want to ask you to stay with us as we
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  Speaker 1: give you all access to this conference. As you can see,
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  Speaker 1: we're at the Dallas Convention Center where thousands of pastors
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  Speaker 1: and leaders from around the world are taking part at
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  Speaker 1: this year's conference. And again, we're glad to have you
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  Speaker 1: with us.
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  Speaker 2: My name is Isaac Marrero, and I am from Puerto Rico.
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  Speaker 2: This is my wife, Tammy Marrero, and we are pastors
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  Speaker 2: of Christ Tabernacle in Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
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  Speaker 1: We're Heartline Ministries Worship Center. We're from Dallas, Texas, and
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  Speaker 1: our church will not be left behind. I'm Pastor Irvin
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  Speaker 1: from Columbia, Mississippi.
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  Speaker 2: The name of the church is Disciples of Christ Christian Ministries.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Jason Jordan, and this is my wife, Annette.
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  Speaker 2: We are the senior pastors of Love of Christ Fellowship
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  Speaker 2: Center and the Virgin Islands, St.
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Virgin Islands. I'm Pastor Marvin Richardson from Freedom Tabernacle
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  Speaker 1: in Somerville, Georgia, and our church will not be left behind.
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  Speaker 1: We told you that you would get the opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: see some things that you don't ordinarily get to see.
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  Speaker 1: Right now we're in the main ballroom before thousands of
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  Speaker 1: pastors and leaders will gather in this room to receive
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  Speaker 1: the general message from Bishop T.D. Jakes. As you can
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  Speaker 1: see behind me, the PMTs are getting ready to get
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  Speaker 1: set up. Let's go and try and talk to them
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. Let's see if we can actually catch
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  Speaker 1: some of these guys. The musicians are warming up. The
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  Speaker 1: stage is already set. Everything will get underway here in just.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit.
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  Speaker 1: PMTs, can you all say hello to All Access? Hello,
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  Speaker 1: All Access! As you can see, they're excited.
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  Speaker 2: They're fired up.
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  Speaker 1: They're ready to go. It's going to be an awesome conference.
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  Speaker 1: As you can see, I'm an honorary member of the
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  Speaker 1: praise team today. They're going to allow me to... Can
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  Speaker 1: I sing with you all today?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Is it okay? Where should I stand? Is it right
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  Speaker 1: here okay? Right here. No. Now, what are we singing? Starting.
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  Speaker 1: How does it go? He is. You guys have got that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you all handle that. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Now you can see we've had the opportunity to actually
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  Speaker 1: get behind the stage. We're right now going to try
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  Speaker 1: and see if we can grab John Murray real quick.
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  Speaker 1: John Murray, you guys, of course, get warmed up here.
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  Speaker 1: All Access, we're live right now. Talk a little bit
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  Speaker 1: about how you guys are preparing for this, to worship,
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  Speaker 1: praise and worship for this conference.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've been doing a lot of praying, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fasting, and a lot of standing before the Lord
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  Speaker 2: to see what he would say at this time. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do a lot of songs from the
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  Speaker 2: Warming Our Loose live at Lakewood that we recorded in 2011.
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  Speaker 2: And we have, this year we're joined by the North
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  Speaker 2: Dallas Praise Team. They'll be coming in to do some
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  Speaker 2: of the sessions. And so we're really happy. Like the
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  Speaker 2: whole Patasau family is here. And we're just going to
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  Speaker 2: celebrate the Lord together. Maurice will be coming in as well.
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  Speaker 1: Maurice Brown.
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  Speaker 2: Maurice Brown will be in.
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  Speaker 1: John Murray, thank you so much. I know you guys
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  Speaker 1: are getting busy because things are getting underway here in
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  Speaker 1: just a little bit. Again, we'll be bringing you more
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  Speaker 1: of Backstage Access. Stay with us. And Bishop Conley, the
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  Speaker 1: theme of this year's conference is No Church Left Behind.
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  Speaker 1: Has there ever been a moment in your life where
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  Speaker 1: you felt left behind in an area?
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: There's been plenty of times when I felt like I've
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  Speaker 1: been left behind. But once this conference came up, No
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  Speaker 1: Church Left Behind, I wanted to make sure that my
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  Speaker 1: church was in line with what Bishop Jakes had in
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  Speaker 1: mind for all the church's worldwide so that's why we're
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  Speaker 1: here we won't be left behind