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The Power Of Thanksgiving · the new Jerusalem

• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: This beautiful morning, I'm getting straight into it, and I want to tell you that uh today is a beautiful day, and I have a wonderful word this morning for you, aligned with God's plan for you today.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm gonna get straight into it, and I'm sharing with you from the book of Psalms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, the book of Psalms, the 107 chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm as I said, I'm getting straight into it this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, you know, 107 uh Psalms 107:1 says, Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loving kindness is everlasting.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another version says, Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah, hallelujah.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Praise God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want to start with actually today giving thanks to God, and I'll tell you that um, you know, take some time and sit back if you like, and you know, shut your eyes and take some time to look around you, your surroundings, the people you have around you today, your homes, your friends, your colleagues, people who God has lined up in your life, on various aspects of life, the material things you have, your family, your support system, the car you drive.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: If you don't have a car, the home you live in, the things in your refrigerator, the clothes you wear, the money you have in your bank account, the way you are made, every single thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give thanks to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want to tell you that I want to give thanks to the Lord this beautiful morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have so many reasons to give thanks to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if I just look back, I don't normally like to look back, but if I do look back, and if I want to go down that road, I want to go down that road to a time maybe when I didn't know Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if I just even think about that period, that was such a different time and such a different life.
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  SPEAKER_00: But anyway, I'm not here to take you back in time, I'm here to give you good news and to show you wonderful things that God has in store for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as I said, I want to give thanks this morning, and as I said also, that when you take some time and think about the things you have around you, you'll have a lot of reasons to give thanks to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there might be certain things that have gone out of your life too.
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  SPEAKER_00: But believe me, in the larger picture, that too will be a reason for you to give thanks to God because you don't see it now.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Bible says, now you know in part, then you will know in full, which means there is a time when you will understand why something has probably gone out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe you didn't want that, but as I said, I'm here to give thanks to the Lord, and that's the day that has been aligned for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today I want to give you a strong foundation about your walk with God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's very important for uh everyone over here to understand this.
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  SPEAKER_00: A strong foundation followed by a little secret, a key that in fact opens a secret door in the kingdom of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I said, I want to start with a strong foundation and then take you to a place where I give you a little key to the secret, uh, a little key to secrets in the kingdom of the most high.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'll start with the foundation first, and pay attention this morning, stick with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm reading to you from the book of Philippians, Philippians, the fourth chapter, the sixth verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Philippians 4, 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it says, Do not be anxious about anything.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another version says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, another version says, by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: So basically, the Bible is telling you and me in the book of Philippians that you need to be anxious about nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: But in everything, and it says everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go to God with prayer and supplication.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've said this before, I'll say it again for those of you who don't know what supplication is.
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  SPEAKER_00: Supplication is a deep request.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, you have those times where you, you know, you get down on your knees or you sit on your sofa and you put your head between your legs because you're you're in a you're in a very different place and you need help.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's that it's that deep call out to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what supplication is.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this morning, this passage of scripture is telling you and me, and this day, this passage of scripture is telling you and me that don't be anxious, but in everything, with prayer and supplication, make your requests known to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's beautiful.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you, I'm gonna give you a foundation, and then I'm gonna give you a key to a secret door to the kingdom of the most high.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm starting with the foundation, and the foundation says, with everything, in everything, with prayer and supplication, let your requests be known to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know the beauty about the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've said it so many times, I'll say it again, is it's beautifully clear.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are no words that are misplaced.
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  SPEAKER_00: The message is super clear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this morning you'll say, I don't know how to pray to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to tell you, there's no definition on how to pray to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You praying to God is you talking to God, and how you talk to people around you is how you should talk to God because He has made you and He will understand you the way you want to communicate with Him.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, in everything, excuse me, with prayer and supplication and thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah! And then listen to what it says after that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But wait, I'm not going there yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: When it says everything, I'm talking about everything: your highs, your lows, your ups, your downs, your seesaw moments, your perfect moments, your your amazing times, your moments where things have shifted to the left or shifted to the right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your moment where you feel you've never been in this moment before, and it's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The moments, even when you feel you're not in this position before, and it's it's a really difficult position, no matter what, the Bible is telling you this morning in everything, give thanks and go to God with prayer and supplication.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what will happen?
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  SPEAKER_00: If excuse me, if I decide to do this this morning, what will happen?
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  SPEAKER_00: The very next verse tells you what will happen.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds to Christ Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, and the reason why it says it so beautifully, that surpasses all understanding is the knowledge and wisdom that we have is of this planet.
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  SPEAKER_00: And any form of understanding that we might have about things here, God is far beyond that, and his peace will guard your hearts and your minds, the Bible says.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which means, in other words, God will take you under his wings.
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  SPEAKER_00: In other words, in his wings, under his wings you will take refuge.
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  SPEAKER_00: His peace will be your shield, he will guard your heart and your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's it's a it's a beautiful thing to understand that the word of God is telling you and me this morning that God, that Jesus will guard your heart and mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's the foundation I told you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to lay down with you, uh, lay down uh in front of you this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: That be anxious about nothing, no matter what is happening right now, no matter what is ongoing, no matter what you foresee is coming at the end of that tunnel, no matter what, you be anxious about nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is the word of God for you and me this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: But in everything, in every situation, with prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be known to God, and He will guard your heart and your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm going straight into the second aspect this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I told you, I'm going to give you a secret key to a door that will change your life in the kingdom of God once you understand it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Philippians 4, now you have understood is the foundation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here comes the next part.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'd like to share with you from uh the Old Testament this morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: It comes from the life of a man whose name is Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a lovely friend whose name is Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Bible talks about this man whose name is Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it says that you know, Jonah was a son of Amitai.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says that the word of God came to Jonah, which means God wanted him to do something.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you have to listen to this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pay attention to the story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of you might know it, some of you don't.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, take it as a refresher if you know it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't, understand the story.
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  SPEAKER_00: So God tells him to do something.
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  SPEAKER_00: This man, Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Bible says the word of God came to Jonah and asked him to do something.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it basically says that he needs to go to a place called Nineveh.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God, in fact, commands him to go to a place of Nineveh to spread the word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you have to listen to this.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I don't, I won't exactly blame him or I won't judge him for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I will tell you what happens.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonah decides that instead of going to Nineveh, he'll go to a place called Tarshish, which is in the opposite direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let me tell you, wait for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He thought he would flee from the presence of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what the Bible says.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Jonah had to go to Nineveh, and for whatever reason, he decides not to do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: He decides that instead I will go to a place called Tarshish, where I might be able to flee from the presence of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think he was a deadly guy.
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  SPEAKER_00: But as I said, I'm not judging to each his own.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he decides he goes to his place, you know, there's this port over there called Joppa, and he goes there and he finds a ship that's going to Tashish.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he pays the uh the Bible, in fact, says he pays the fare.
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  SPEAKER_00: That clear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he gets into the ship.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know it's a very long story, but I'm gonna cut it really short for you so you get the crux of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Lord sends a storm upon the sea.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now he's at sea in that ship, heading to Tashish, the opposite direction of Nineveh that God asked him to go to.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now there's pandemonium on the ship.
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  SPEAKER_00: And anyway, the people on the ship who are, you know, it was a port, so you know, everyone was probably a trader or selling something.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they're all from different parts, and they all start calling out to their own respective gods.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I said, to cut a long story short, they decide that Jonah is the reason why this has happened because he says it himself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he tells them, you know what, throw me off board, and maybe you'll be saved.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they take him and they throw him into the sea on his own suggestion.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'll tell you something: the moment they do that, the Bible says the sea ceased from raging.
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  SPEAKER_00: So now the sea is calm, Jonah's in the sea, he's no longer on the ship, and the word of God says in the book of Jonah, now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says he was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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  SPEAKER_00: So can you see the events and how they're panning out?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, Jonah decided that he's gonna run to a place where he thinks he'll flee from the presence of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a wonderful thought process.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know what he was thinking, but nevertheless, he was human.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he goes onto a ship, he gets thrown off the ship, the storm stops raging, and now God has prepared, the Bible says, has prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now he's in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now that's a long time, and you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think anyone would give up in that kind of situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Bible says that Jonah, in this entire period that he's in the belly of the fish, he cries out to God and he prays to God, and he says a lot of things, but I want to tell you there's no response from God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the reason why I'm sharing the story with you is you know, sometimes you could have been in that position where you're talking to God and there's nothing happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe that's because in this particular case, and I think in multiple cases, in our cases, too, that you're not in the plan of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's very easy to it's very difficult to digest that fact, but it's the truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you'll ask and you'll ask.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Bible even says, when you ask, I'll give.
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  SPEAKER_00: But nevertheless, you ask, and just like Jonah, he's praying to God, and the Bible, uh the Bible even says he's remorseful.
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  SPEAKER_00: He speaks to God with remorse, that he's sorry about what he's done, but still nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then there's a change of events.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm reading to you from the book of Jonah, the second chapter, the ninth and tenth verse onwards.
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  SPEAKER_00: A change of events.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonah 2, 9 and 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now he's spoken to God for three days and three nights, and he's remorseful, but nothing has happened.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then he says, But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah! I will pay what I have vowed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Salvation is of the Lord, and the Bible says, So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving, and I will pay what I have vowed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Salvation is the Lord's.
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  SPEAKER_00: He prayed to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no response.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then he decides, I'm gonna make a thanksgiving sacrifice to God, and immediately God speaks to the fish and it vomits Jonah out on dry land.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not something I'm giving you, it's something from the Word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't take it that I'm giving this to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you, I'm gonna give you a foundation and I'm gonna give you a key.
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  SPEAKER_00: What you do with the key is up to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can give you the key and I can show you where the door is.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't make you do anything else.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here it is, the secret.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you it's a secret.
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  SPEAKER_00: And something happens in the spirituals when you give an offering of thanksgiving to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Something happens in the spirituals when you give a thanksgiving offering to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the reason why I've given you Jonah's example today is everything that happened is all spiritual.
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  SPEAKER_00: God wants him to go to Nineveh, he decides to go somewhere else.
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  SPEAKER_00: God decides he's gonna put a storm in the sea.
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  SPEAKER_00: He decides the moment he's thrown off the boat, the storm goes away.
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  SPEAKER_00: God decides that he's going to swallow him up with a fish, buy a fish, and he's in the belly of fish, of the big fish, for three days and three nights.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he's crying out to God with remorse and he's praying to him, but there's no response.
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  SPEAKER_00: And suddenly he decides to tell God that I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will give you what I have vowed to give you.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, he uses the word pay, and suddenly God speaks to the fish, and the fish spits him out on dry land.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will give you a sacrifice with the voice of thanksgiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 50 23.
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  SPEAKER_00: And listen to this and mark it down.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, the Bible says.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to him who sets his way properly, I will show the salvation of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jonah speaks about giving a thanksgiving offering to God, and he says, the salvation is of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Psalm 5023 is telling you this morning, he who offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving honors God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God will show you his salvation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you in the Bible, everything is interlinked.
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  SPEAKER_00: You just have to know which scriptures where.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it'll, as I said, it's each piece is the piece of the puzzle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And when you put it together, it's uh it's the key to the spiritual dimension.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: For our life on this planet, because after that you won't be here, you will be there.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to him who orders his way aright is the NASB version.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to him who sets his way properly, how do you set your way properly?
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  SPEAKER_00: Hear it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to him who sets his way properly, you want to set your way properly?
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  SPEAKER_00: Give an offering to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you it's not me, it's difficult to digest, it's not me, it's the word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the word of God for you and me is saying, consider a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and God considers it as honor unto him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you, don't ask me why.
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  SPEAKER_00: I didn't make the rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't make the rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: The rules have always been set.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you it's deep, but it needs to, you need to understand it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And again, what you do with the key is completely up to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And for those of you who don't know, there's a there's a book of wisdom in the Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the book of Proverbs, is the book of wisdom.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today I want to leave you with the wisdom of the Most High from the book of Proverbs 3, 9, and 10, which says, Honor again the word honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruit of all your produce.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it says, So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Honor the Lord with your wealth, and from the first Of all your produce, and another version says, and then your buns will be filled with plenty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah! Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've told you the Bible is nothing but a book of secrets and beautiful treasures.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a treasure that's been released to you this morning through the word of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need to honor the Lord with your wealth.
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  SPEAKER_00: You'll say, God doesn't need your wealth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, there's a passage in the script.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a passage of scripture in the Bible where God says, I don't need anything you have to give me.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it's his rule.
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  SPEAKER_00: I told you it's not my rule.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's his.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, there's a passage of scripture that says, What do you think?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, in olden days they used to sacrifice animals to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in fact, there's a passage of scripture in the Bible that says, What do you think?
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  SPEAKER_00: I need that animal.
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  SPEAKER_00: The cattle is mine.
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  SPEAKER_00: The cattle on the thousand hill are all mine.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't need that sacrifice.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But yet he tells his people, you need to give to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is this beautiful morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no other form of thanksgiving to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because he sees it as a form of honor unto him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I said, I've not made the rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might not like it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm not the one who's made the rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you need to honor the Lord with your wealth from the first fruit of all your produce.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: And then the Bible says, and then, and if you've ever been in a position of lack, I'm telling you, this is the key, this is the solution for you to change that for the future.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_00: He's the creator of heaven and earth.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_00: There's another passage of scripture that even says, test me now in this.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_00: There's no other version in the Bible that ever God allows you to test him.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_00: But this is the one time he says, Test me now in this.
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_00: I won't get into it today.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: Because today is a very different version of this.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_00: It's about honor and thanksgiving.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: And as I said, take a few seconds to sit back and look at your life.
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_00: Today, when I look at my life, I'm just smiling from one side to the other.
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_00: Because everything is taken care of by God.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_00: Every little thing is taken care of by God.
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: Honor the Lord with your wealth.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_00: And for someone this morning, this scripture has been aligned for those who have been faithful.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: I told you, I've it's a beautiful word this morning, and as I said, it's a foundation and it's a secret.
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_00: And the foundation is be anxious about nothing and in everything.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_00: Go to God, shut that door, talk to Him, talk to your father.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: He's your father.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: You think he needs flowery language?
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_00: You think he needs you to speak in Hebrew or Roman?
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_00: Uh you know, any other language that you think is right or wrong.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_00: He has made you.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: You can speak to him in the language you want, you can speak to him in the words that you wish.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_00: And let him know about what you want.
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_00: He says, Let me know about your wants.
• 25:01
  SPEAKER_00: How much more clear can it be than that?
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_00: But yet be anxious about nothing because I, the father, saying to you and me this morning, I will protect your heart and your mind, your heart and your mind.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_00: Heart and mind.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_00: If you look at any reason why people on this planet are stressed or lose their life, is either because of something to do with the mind or something to do with the heart.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_00: There you go.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: It's not even in my notes.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_00: And then he goes on to say that come and give me a thanksgiving offering, honor me, and your barns will be filled, and your vats will overflow.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_00: And for those of you who have been honoring God since the day you know him, and this is for you.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: But for you who fear my name, I'm going to read it out to you first.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_00: The sun of righteousness will rise with healing on its wings, amen.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_00: And you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_00: You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing for you, says the Lord of hosts.
• 26:25
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, hallelujah.
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_00: Some of you can feel a tremendous presence with God, and I want to tell you that's because you have honored him, and for honoring him.
• 26:35
  SPEAKER_00: This is the word of God from Malachi 4:2.
• 26:39
  SPEAKER_00: But for you who fears my name, the Son of Righteousness will rise with healing on its wings, and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_00: You will tread down the wicked, and they will be ashes under the soles of your feet.
• 26:59
  SPEAKER_00: On the day which I am preparing, says the Lord of hosts.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 27:06
  SPEAKER_00: You honor him, and he will honor you.
• 27:09
  SPEAKER_00: And for those of you who have honored him for years, you have kept his word, you have listened to him, you have even given him sacrificial offerings with thanksgiving.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_00: You've let known to him your prayers and supplications.
• 27:23
  SPEAKER_00: You have gone to him with everything.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_00: And for you, this beautiful morning from Malachi 4:2, this is his promise.
• 27:33
  SPEAKER_00: The Lord watch is watching over his word to perform it.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_00: And it's a beautiful day to give thanks.
• 27:42
  SPEAKER_00: I have so many things to give thanks to.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_00: When I close my eyes, even for a few seconds, there are so many things that flash in my mind that I'm so thankful to God for.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_00: Go to God with a thankful heart.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_00: Go to God with a sacrificial offering.
• 27:57
  SPEAKER_00: This beautiful morning.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_00: I want to tell you, He looks at it as honor unto him, and he will honor you.
• 28:04
  SPEAKER_00: He will protect your heart.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_00: He will protect your mind.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_00: Spill over with new wine.
• 28:15
  SPEAKER_00: There will not be room enough to contain it according to his word.
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to pray.
• 28:19
  SPEAKER_00: Dear Lord, I thank you for this beautiful word, your double-edged sword that does not go back until it has achieved what it has been set out for.
• 28:29
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Jesus, that you are watching over your word to perform it.
• 28:32
  SPEAKER_00: And today, as we give to you, Lord, you will give back a line to your word, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing will be poured into our lap.
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_00: I thank you, Jesus, and a line to your word from Malachi.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm quoting it directly from the Word of God.
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_00: The Son of Righteousness will rise with healing on its wings and swoop into our lives, Lord.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_00: And we will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.
• 29:04
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 29:05
  SPEAKER_00: We will tread down the wicked, for there will be ashes under the soles of our feet for the day that you are preparing for us, which is today.
• 29:14
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 29:15
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for this beautiful day.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord, that you gave up your life on a cross for us.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord, that all your blessings in the Bible are yea and amen unto you, for anyone who puts their faith in you.
• 29:36
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Jesus, for your beautiful presence that people can feel.
• 29:39
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Jesus, for the change of heart that people have understood your word this morning.
• 29:47
  SPEAKER_00: We come to you yet again this beautiful morning with our prayer and supplication.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_00: And we thank you, Lord, for everything that you have done, from where you have brought us to leaving the 99 and coming after us, the one that was always chosen by you.
• 30:08
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Jesus, for this beautiful time.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for this, for your beautiful presence, and I thank you, Lord.
• 30:16
  SPEAKER_00: That in our lives you've given us new storages, new vats.
• 30:27
  SPEAKER_00: They will brim over with new wine, new beginnings have begun people's lives.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_00: New avenues have opened up, new doors have opened, new streams.
• 30:40
  SPEAKER_00: I can see the river has new tribute tributaries.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_00: Hallelujah.
• 30:47
  SPEAKER_00: And even more so, hallelujah.
• 30:50
  SPEAKER_00: New storages getting filled, brand new, shiny ones.
• 30:59
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for this beautiful time, Lord.
• 31:01
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for your wisdom that you have shed upon us this beautiful morning.
• 31:05
  SPEAKER_00: And I pray, and I thank you that your word bears fruit a hundredfold this beautiful day.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord.
• 31:14
  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name I pray.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.