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I'm so grateful to the Lord that I could be with
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you this morning. This morning when I got up
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and I was praying, one of the songs that went
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through my heart, yes, Jesus loves me. I know
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it's a kid's song. I know children sing it at
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Sunday school. But I thought of the cost that
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he paid because he loved me. Sometimes we just
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sing it for the sake of singing. And we forget
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how much cost he had to pay. I pray that you
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will never forget the cost that Jesus paid for
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us. Even if you have kids and you sing with them,
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yes, Jesus loves me. Just think, a filthy sinner
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like me was saved by his grace. Because he was
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willing to pay the cost for me. I didn't deserve
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it, but he was kind. How many people tell the
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Lord, I love you, Lord? That should be coming
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all the time from the bottom of our heart. God,
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I love you. You are everything to me. I'm willing
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to give up everything. Pastors, thank you for
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having us. It's always a joy to be here with
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you. There are some people you can say are friends.
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I have learned in 28 years of my ministry life,
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you have very limited friends. You have friends,
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but you don't have covenant friends. And thank
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you. Thank you to this church for being part
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of our lives. I'm your own missionary. I know
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you got other missionaries. You can forget them
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all, but do remember me in your prayers. I need
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your prayers. But I want to say thank you. Thank
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you. Came to know Dennis and Linda 24 years ago
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in Poland, and they connected us here. And it's
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a blessing. So thank you for the friendship.
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Thank you for the love. This morning before I
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preach, can we just sing that song, Yes, Jesus
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Loves Me? I know, I just feel like a kid. I just
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feel like a kid. Jesus said, you know, be like
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a child. Be like a child. Some of my favorite
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songs have started to change. One of the songs
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I sing wherever I go around the world. God is
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so good. I have seen the goodness of God. When
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you have been in the prison. When you have been
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shot. When you are away from your family. You
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still taste the goodness of God. So I just want
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you to stand up on your feet. Knowing that he
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loves you. You are precious to him. I just want
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you to worship the Lord. And tell him I love
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you. And let the worship come from within. How
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many of you know the Bible says living sacrifice?
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Yeah. Living sacrifice. There's a difference.
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You can worship from your mouth or you can worship
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from your heart. A living sacrifice is what comes
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out of your heart. So let this morning, let it
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be a worship unto the Lord. It was amazing. Pastor,
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this is what I want to say. As you were worshiping,
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I was sitting over there and the Lord started
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to say to me, there's been a shift in this ministry.
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There has been changes. But the Lord says your
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season is shifting for something different. It's
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like stepping up. And the Lord would say to you
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very clearly, son, I raised you for this time,
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for such a time as this, to do great and mighty
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things. You both are called and appointed of
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the Lord. And you're raising up a generation.
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The Lord says you're not only looking for older
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folks. The Lord says you're even looking for
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the next generation. And you will impart into
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them the spirit that has been laid upon you.
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And the Lord says he will use you mightily in
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the coming days. Both of you will be a vessel
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of honor, the Lord says. The devil will try to
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disturb, but the Lord says, no, my covering shall
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be. Upon you. And I will carry you forward. The
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presence of the Lord will fill this place. Many
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times. You will know. Tangible presence will
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be here. And the Lord would say to you. And I
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will start to do mighty things. A season has
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shifted. And the Lord would say. It's a season
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of seeing signs and wonders. In this house. The
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Lord would say. Your signs and wonders will not
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be just limited in this house. It will go out.
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Touch and change lives. Father, we give our life
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into your hands. Do your work in this place.
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Let your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name. Yes,
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Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible
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tells me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, I love you,
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Lord. I love you. Yes, Jesus loves me. Oh, yes,
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he loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Lord, thank
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you for loving us. Thank you for choosing us.
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Thank you for appointing us. And I thank you,
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Lord, for all the good things you have done in
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our life. Lord, people have walked away, but
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you promised you will never leave us nor forsake
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us. We thank you for that great love. I bless
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your saints. Speak to us today. Lord, I pray
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our time will not be wasted in your presence.
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May your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name I
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pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Thank you
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once again. Thank you. I really appreciate what
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you're doing for the Lord. I believe it's a new
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season. I had prepared a message and I had come.
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The problem with God is he messes it up. Yeah.
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I thought I had everything in order. And when
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I got up this morning at 4 .30 to pray and seek
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the Lord, God started to say to me something.
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And when the songs were being sung, I do not
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know most of the songs. I'm still, I'm not that
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old. But I still like the old songs. I like the
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hymns. There's something in me. You know, when
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you sing that song, old rugged cross. When you
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sing, then sings my soul. You're commanding your
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soul. I know your soul doesn't want to sing.
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How many of you had that this morning? You didn't
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want to come to church. Some of you have been
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watching soccer. Actually, it's not soccer. It's
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called football. Let me just correct you over
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there because something you play with foot is
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called football. I love you and I know you guys
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love me so you won't beat me up. It's a joy to
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be here. Open your Bible to the book of Exodus.
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We are celebrating 250 years of freedom. We cannot
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take it lightly. I was just sitting over there
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and I thought there must be something about this
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250. A year of Jubilee is after how many years?
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50 years. Multiplied by five times. 250. Five
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is the number of grace. So God would say to you,
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This year onwards is a year of seeing his grace
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with power in your life. To walk in freedom and
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liberty. Those who are bound are called to be
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set free. We are going to see God's glory in
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this nation. As I have been praying for this
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nation. The Lord has put burden in our heart.
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Me and my family. I know my family is watching.
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I love you guys. I still have the same wife.
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We've been married for 23 years. You know, I
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just love her. She's a blessing. She's a backbone
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for my ministry, for my life. She stood with
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me. My kids paid the cost. There were days when
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kids have cried. Daddy will be back. But God
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is good. So what I'm going to speak today to
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you is related to your independence. Your freedom.
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In Exodus 3 onwards, if you study very carefully,
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I started to wear glasses from two days ago.
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And all the people who complain or make fun of
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us, the people who wear glasses, You got to realize
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one thing. We pay more money to see you clearly.
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So don't do that. Chapter 3, verse 1 onwards.
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Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his
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father -in -law, the priest of the Midian. And
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he led the flock to a far aside of the wilderness
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and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There
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the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flame
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of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that through
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the bush. There was a fire and it did not burn
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up. So Moses thought, I will go over and see
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the strange sight. Why the bush does not burn.
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When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,
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God called to him from within the bush, Moses,
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Moses. And Moses said, here I am. Verse five,
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do not come any closer. God said, take off your
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sandals for the place where you are standing
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is holy ground. Verse six. Then he said, I am
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the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the
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God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. At this,
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Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look
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at God. Now we know the story of Moses. He was
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called to take the people of God into freedom.
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If you ask me to, Put a title for this sermon.
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Let me put it like this. God has a plan and a
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purpose for your life. And if you put him first,
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your priorities are right. You will see the fulfillment
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of his kingdom being established. Where you will
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bring people into freedom to worship the Lord
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in freedom. That was a statement Moses made to
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Pharaoh. Let my people go for worship. We are
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called to see freedom in the life of others who
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do not know Jesus as their Savior. If you study
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the life of Moses carefully, I do not know how
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many of you know what was Moses' life. Like,
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in Exodus chapter 2, it says he was born in a
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Levite family. So he's from a priestly line.
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His parents had to hide him for some time, keep
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him aside, because they knew there was something
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different. Turn to your neighbor and say, there's
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something different about you. Yeah. God uses
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some crazy people. I know that from my own life.
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You're different because God wants to use you
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differently. Otherwise, he would have made us
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all look alike. Just look around carefully. You
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don't look like a photocopy. Of the person near
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you. Even if you have been married. Or you got
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kids. There may be some resemblance. Somebody
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came and said to me. Oh your son looks like you.
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I said thank God. Uh huh. Then they said. Oh
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he has the other side. He looks like your wife.
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I said thank God for that too. We know now for
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sure. So that's why the book of 2 Chronicles
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chapter 7 verse 14 says, If my people who are
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called by my name will humble themselves, seek
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my face, turn from the wicked ways. Let me explain
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that in a better way. I thought, God, we got
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to seek your face and then turn from the wicked
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ways. I thought we have to turn from the wicked
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ways and seek your face. But God never writes
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anything wrong. If my people who are called by
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my name, my father's name is Virgis. That's why
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I carry that name, Virgis. The family name. Because
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I'm born in that family. If you are part of the
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family of God, you will carry his name. And the
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Bible says, humble yourself, seek my face, turn
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from the wicked ways. That means, when you start,
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let me explain in my way. I'm married, like I
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said, 23 years. I come home, my wife looks at
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me and says, what do you want, coffee or tea?
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I've been married 23 years. And you still haven't
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got it, whether I like coffee or tea. Hang on.
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So if you seek his face, you will know what he
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likes and what he doesn't like. That's why he
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says, if you seek my face, you will turn from
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the wicked ways because you will know what he
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likes and what he doesn't like. In our mind,
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we think we need to become holy and then, no,
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no, no, no. He's saying, just come to me, love
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me. And as you love me more and more, you will
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start to see what I like and what I don't like.
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And you will avoid. So Moses is born in this
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house. And I don't know how many of you understand
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his life was not an easy life. As he's growing,
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he can't be kept quiet. How many of you know
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kids? They're difficult. I have realized one
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thing in my life. If there are kids who are two
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years old, the best gift... I don't want anybody
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doing, thank God my kids have grown up now. But
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if I find anybody having a kid and has a two
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-year -old kid, I'll make sure I'll buy them
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drums. Oh, hallelujah. I would love to see. I
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told my kids, if you don't behave, then your
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kids are born. And they come to visit me. I will
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feed them chocolate. I will give them sugar right
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before they come back to your house. That is
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my way of revenge. Moses could not be kept quiet,
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so the mother made a basket. And she put it in
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the Nile River. I looked at that word basket
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because it fascinated me. Because I thought,
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you're putting a basket with a baby in Nile River
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that's full of crocodiles. So how can a baby
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survive in that river? So I thought there must
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be something to that basket. And when I looked
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at that word basket, the Hebrew word is tebah.
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T -E -B -A -H. That means ark. The ark of protection.
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She just didn't put him in a basket. She put
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him in a... ark. And I want you to get one thing.
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Once you get into the ark of God, you will be
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protected. See, the devil has a lot of plans
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about this nation. The devil may have a lot of
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plans about your life, but when you are covered
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by the blood of the Lamb, let me say, America
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does not belong to the devil. We have come to
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declare openly that we are going to see a revival.
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We are going to see the move of God because we
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are covered by the blood of the Lamb. The devil
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is going to have a nightmare. Because America
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is going to see the glory of God. It may be a
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Nile River. It may have crocodiles. But we got
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God on our side. We got God covering us. So we
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don't have to worry. The terrorists can plot
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whatever they want. I'll tell you right now.
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God will spoil all their plans in Jesus name.
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This nation belongs to God. It was started with
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a statement, in God we trust. And we as believers
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who have been washed by the blood of the Lamb
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still believe in God. And we are going to see
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God's glory. So he's floating in Nile River,
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in Theba. As he's floating, his sister, how many
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of you have heard about his sister? She had a
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job, a simple job to watch. Let me challenge
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you as brothers and sisters in the Lord. Watch
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for your brothers and sisters that they will
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not fall. Now, I know some of us want to know
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what is going on in people's life. Because We
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think we are hired by the CNN. So we need to
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know so we can share it with others. No. Your
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job or your calling is to watch over your brothers
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and sisters that they will not fall. There are
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crocodiles. There are demonic forces that will
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come against them. There may be a believer or
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a brother or sister in the Lord who has a weakness
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in their life. Let me give you a free advice.
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Knowing the weakness of your life is the strength
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of your life. Can I say that again? And this
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time I promise I won't take an offering. Knowing
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the weakness of your life is the strength of
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your life. And if you know your weakness, find
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a man of God. Or go to your man of God and say,
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I struggle in that area and I promise they will
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help you because accountability will help you
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rise above that weakness. So he's floating, the
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sister is watching. So let's watch out for our
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brothers. Let me ask you, do you know each other?
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In this house, do we know? How are you doing?
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Put your arms around them. Are you okay? Yeah,
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I'm okay. No, no, no, no. Are you really okay?
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Maybe you can take them for a coffee. We have
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a shop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can just, I'm not
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advertising, okay? Just to let you know. But
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just sit down. How much do we care? That's what
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people want to know. Do you really care? And
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I'll say like this, in this community, we are
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going to see God's glory in a greater measure.
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Because this church cares. Thank you for your
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amen. I did not know you were so excited about
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it. And I'll tell you the truth because I know
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where your church is going. I can see in the
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spirit realm. That's why I'm saying that. We
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are going to see God's glory in a greater measure.
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And the baby is floating. And the Pharaoh's daughter
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picks up. Bought out of the water. Moses. His
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name Moses bought out of the water. In a way
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symbolizing baptism too. Bought out. See, that's
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why we don't leave you underwater. Matthew 3
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says, and Jesus came up from the water. There
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was a pastor. In India, when we baptize, at the
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end, when we finish baptism, we ask openly and
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loudly, is there anybody else to be baptized?
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The pastor is here, the water is here. And if
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you're ready to be baptized, just walk in. So
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there was a pastor who did that. And he saw a
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drunk man sitting on the other end. And he started
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to shout loudly, is there anybody else? The drunk
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man kept on looking at him. He's looking at the...
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The pastor is looking at the drunk man and he's
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calling again. The third time the drunk man thought,
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okay, let me go. And he just goes in. The pastor
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says, I baptize you in the name. He didn't even
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ask him whether he was saved or not. Dipped him.
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Pulled him out and he says, did you find Jesus?
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He said, no. He dipped him again. Extra 30 seconds
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underwater. And he pulled him up and he says,
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did you find him? He said, no. He thought, let
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me dip him again. Last time was 30 seconds. We're
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going to make it a minute. He pulls him up and
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he says, did you find Jesus? Now the drunk man
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is confused. Already he's drunk and he's been
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going underwater. When he comes out, he's shaking
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his head and he says to the pastor. Because the
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pastor asked, did you find Jesus? He said, are
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you sure he was lost here? That's why we want
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you to be saved before we baptize you. He was
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pulled out of the water. And the mother is brought
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back into the scene to take care. But then after
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some time, he's back in the palace. He's growing
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in the palace. Now you have to think of his.
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Because I know many people will say, you know,
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pastor, I've gone through so much. I'm not trying
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to downplay you. But I want you to think of his
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life. Put in front of crocodiles. Abandoned in
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a way. Picked up by somebody else. Adopted by
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somebody else. When he was at home, Aaron and
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Miriam. See, Miriam had a bit of a problem. Because
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you can see with his wife, he had a bit of an
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issue. They must have said, who does he think
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he is? Yeah, royal treatment he gets. Some of
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you may have gone through things in your life,
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but I want you to understand your purpose is
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greater. So don't sit in your pain. This nation,
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this church has a purpose. We may have gone through
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things in our life, but don't let it stop us
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from fulfilling the call of God. Because it's
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a holy call from heaven above. And he's being
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raised, and one day he kills an Egyptian. Next
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day he's trying to sort out between two Hebrew
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brothers and then he has to run because the Pharaoh
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is going to kill him now. He runs off. Think
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of it. One day in the palace, now in the wilderness.
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Hang on. I was abandoned by my mother first.
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Now I'm running from where I was being raised.
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I'm losing everything in my life. He in the wilderness
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is hungry. Thirsty. And he helps a family. The
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family takes him in. He marries the daughter,
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Zephora. Watch carefully. The secret of greatness
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in your life is in gratefulness. I hope you will
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remember that. The secret of greatness in your
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life Is gratefulness. It's easy to complain.
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That's why we say don't live in the complaining
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street. Live in the thanksgiving street. Some
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of us complain because there was no meat. It
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was only broccoli. As kids we always said one
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thing. God doesn't like vegetables. I hope there
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are no kids here. Because he refused to take
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Cain's offering. He doesn't like vegetables,
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we used to say to our dad. We can complain about
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everything. I have seen it. We have all that.
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It's time to get out. Now he's watching chapter
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3 verse 1. Now I want to get into my message
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to understand. to make you understand the power
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of the call on your life. Because God's plan
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and purpose is greater so that you can see the
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manifestation of his glory. So knowing the background,
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chapter 3 verse 1, it says, Now Moses was tending
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the flock of Jethro. Now, I started to think
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of this. He was taking care of not his own sheep,
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but his father -in -law's sheep. This church
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is not your pastor's church or the leader's church.
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This is God's house. We are only called to take
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care of it. This nation, let me ask you. Many
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of us, our parents came from different parts
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of the world. Europe. Settle down here. We are
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just called to be stewards. The freedom that
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has been given to us 250 years ago, if we don't
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take care of it, we will lose our freedom. If
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we don't take care of this house, we will lose
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the house. And I'll say like this, we are not
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going to shut down any more churches in the name
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of Jesus. And Moses is taking care of Jethro's
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sheep, even though it is not his sheep. And I
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found it very fascinating that he's very attentive.
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He's not like, putting his hand through his nose
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and checking out what is there. He was very careful.
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He knew wild animals are around. This is why
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I said to you, what has been given in your hands,
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you got to be a good steward. He's picked up
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a rod and he's sitting over there and watching
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and taking care of sheep. And I thought for this
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for a long time. As he's attentive, he sees a
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fire. Hang on. If you are a good steward, I hope
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you can remember this. If you are a good steward,
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of the things that God has given in your life,
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you will see God's glory in a greater measure.
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Sometimes it can be tiring. I'm just taking care
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of the sheep. No. Because I start to understand
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when I looked at the 250, I don't know, how many
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of you have looked at that word 250 in your Bible?
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Because Korah turned up one day with 250 people
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in Numbers chapter 16, verse 2. He turned up
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with 250 people. But in verse 30, at the end
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it says 32, 33, it says 250 got dealt, God dealt
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with them. They were gone. If you're not a good
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steward of what God has given, you'll be taken
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off. How old is this church, Pastor? 1932, before
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I was born. Now my question is, it has been passed
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down. How are we going to finish the race? Are
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we going to drop the baton? Are we going to become
32:08
rebels? I have a sermon called, Nine Spirits
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That Destroy a Church. One of them is Korah.
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One of them is Miriam. They'll challenge leaderships.
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One of them is Absalom. The sons will rise up
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against the fathers. Then you have a spirit of
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Ahab. Then you have a spirit of Jezebel. You
32:35
know what is the difference? Ahab will never
32:38
stand up. Jezebel will never sit down. Ahab will
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never speak up. Jezebel will never shut up. They
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are spirits. And we need to know. That's why
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we are called to watch over. See most of you
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when you pray. You pray with both your eyes closed.
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I don't pray with both my eyes closed. I keep
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one eye open. Because the Bible says watch and
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pray. That's why if any man comes near my wife.
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Watch and pray. You need to watch out because
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this has been given in your hands. This is precious
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because this is a house of God. This nation was
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given in your hands. You got to watch out for
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it and take care and be a good steward. And he's
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walking up. Now, I don't know how many of you
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have thought of the walk that he had to walk.
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It was not, he saw there, ah, all plain. No,
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no, no, no, no, no. He had to climb mountains.
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He had to climb. And when he's climbing, think
33:50
how difficult. How many of you have climbed mountains?
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Your pastor loves all this outdoor stuff. God
33:58
bless him. My wife tells me, if you need to go
34:04
for a walk, you can. But because I love her,
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I go for a walk once in a while. You know, it's
34:16
not easy climbing a mountain. Because when you
34:19
start to climb a mountain, think of Abraham,
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an old man climbing with his son, Isaac. We who
34:27
are young, I'm only 50 now. But we'll still...
34:31
We're breathing hard. Let's go for a run, one
34:38
mile. I learned because of... all the beatings
34:45
I got. My physiotherapist has told me one thing.
34:48
Blessing, your mind is so powerful. Even if you
34:52
can imagine that you're exercising, your body
34:55
starts to think it's exercising. I thought, wow.
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Now I know what to do. So every time your pastor
35:07
goes out, I see the Facebook picture. I imagine
35:11
myself too. And my exercise is done. Now, here's
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the thing. He's climbing up with a stick and
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a rod in his hand. He comes in front of the fire.
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Now, it says, I like that verse. It says, verse
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3. So Moses thought, I will go over and see.
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It's a strange fire. It's a strange fire, but
35:41
he has a desire. Let me say, the things of God
35:43
will be strange. But do you have a desire to
35:48
go deep and see what is going on? Deep only calls
35:52
to the deep. Somebody asked me, pastor, your
35:57
prophetic gifts, you know, are you happy? No,
35:59
no, no, no, there's more. There's more. We are
36:04
happy with what we have. No, no, no, you can't
36:06
be. You need to desire, God, there's more. You
36:10
need to push yourself. What is push? P -U -S
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-H. Pray until something happens. You need to
36:19
start pushing and say, God, I need to push into
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the things of God. I need to know you. Like Paul
36:24
says, that I may know him. Paul never walked
36:27
with Jesus. Peter did. John did. But Paul says
36:32
that I may know him. He's spending three years
36:34
in Arabia. Galatians says he spent three years
36:37
in Arabia that he may know him. That's why he
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was able to write two -third of the New Testament.
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Your relationship will create revelations in
36:52
your life. Let me say in another word. Your sacrifice
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will create revelation. Many people are not ready
37:01
to give up. Many people ask me, Pastor, do you
37:05
fast? Because they usually look at my stomach.
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But I let them know I do fast. And every time
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I fast, one thing I have realized, I see the
37:13
same vision every time I fast. 28 years of my
37:17
ministry, I've seen the same vision the first
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three days whenever I fast. It's a big chicken
37:22
flying saying, eat me. But you say no to it.
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So let me give you a definition of sacrifice.
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Write it down. I promise it'll help you. Sacrifice
37:35
is something that pains your body when separated
37:38
from your body. This is my own definition. I
37:43
have a copyright over it. And the word copyright
37:46
for an Indian or a Chinese means the right to
37:49
copy. Okay? So you can copy it. Sacrifice is
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something that pains your body when separated
37:55
from your body. So he's willing to sacrifice.
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Willing to let go of the sheep to go and see
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the fire. Hang on. He was attentive, but now
38:04
he's willing because there's something strange.
38:06
That's weird. Are you willing to give up your
38:09
food? Wednesday night prayers. Uh -oh. Pastor
38:16
should have made the announcement after I had
38:18
preached. But pastor just said it. You know,
38:22
7 .30, 8 .30 is my sleeping time. Really? If
38:27
there's something important going on. For parties.
38:35
We'll keep a match sticking between our eyelids.
38:39
To stay awake. I was driving. A few years ago
38:45
I was driving from Lincoln. To Chicago. And I
38:49
started to get tired. As I was coming closer.
38:53
And I was like. God give me the strength. And
38:57
my daughter is sitting next to me. She's sleeping.
38:59
She's feeling the anointing. That's why the eyelids
39:03
went down. And so she's, and I'm like, what do
39:06
I do? What do I do? And I stopped for a coffee.
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And I can't drink coffee and stay awake because
39:15
if I drink coffee, I'll go to sleep. Because
39:19
when I was young, I drank so much of coffee,
39:22
the effect is gone. I used to drink close to
39:26
14 cups a day. So I went and got a coffee from
39:33
the gas station and my daughter wakes up and
39:36
she said, Dad, are you okay? I said, yeah. I
39:37
said, I'm feeling sleepy. So she said, you're
39:39
going to drink coffee? I said, no. Then she was
39:43
like, what are you going to do? And I put my
39:46
finger into the hot coffee. I was awake the whole
39:48
journey because it was burning. How much are
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you willing to give up to see God's glory? Are
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you willing to give up one time meal? Let me
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challenge this church because I still remember
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when I came the first time, I was sitting over
40:10
there and the Lord reminded me the first time
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when I came into this house, the Lord told me
40:14
very clearly, this house shall be called a house
40:16
of prayer. That was the word I gave to this house.
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So I'm going to challenge you. If you, it may
40:25
not be Wednesday, it may be Monday, but can you
40:27
take 30 minutes, 15 minutes just to pray that
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God's glory will be revealed? And it says like
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this, he came up and then verse four, when the
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Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called
40:43
him from within the bush. What did God call him?
40:49
Come on. What does it say in your Bible? He called
40:53
him Moses, Moses. Does it say that in your Bible?
40:58
Okay, just checking. Why does God call him twice?
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God calls Abraham, Abraham, Abraham. Jesus is
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verily, verily. Why does God say twice? Go to
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Psalm 62, 11. Psalm 62, 11. He has spoken once,
41:24
but I heard it twice. Let's see. Does it say
41:30
that in your Bible? Psalm 62, 11. Verse 11. He
41:37
has spoken once, I heard it twice. What God speaks
41:43
in heaven. It's not only heard in the heavenly
41:48
realms, it's even on the earthly realms because
41:51
there's an echo of the sound from heaven. That's
41:54
why you hear it twice. Oh, you won't get this
41:58
in a Bible school, I promise you, or on your
42:00
bookstore. Are we hearing the voice of God? Hmm.
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Romans 8, 16. It says, my spirit shall bear witness
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with your spirit. How sensitive are we to hear
42:21
the voice of God? He's standing over there and
42:25
God is calling him. See, God is calling us in
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this time, in this season. Faith Church, let
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me declare boldly that God is calling your church
42:39
in this land. There's going to be a move of the
42:46
Holy Spirit. There's going to be a shift in this
42:50
church for something great and mighty. So the
42:54
Holy Spirit would say, be attentive to my voice.
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Listen to what I'm speaking to you. Don't miss
43:01
the call that I have for your life because I'm
43:05
going to spread you. The Lord says to this house,
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I'm going to spread you to the east, west, north.
43:12
and south. You are going to become an example
43:15
for many. Many young people will come and get
43:17
trained in this place to see the glory of God.
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So the Lord would say, prepare yourself for what
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I'm about to do through this house. He's standing
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in the presence of the fire and God calls him.
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And the next verse says, verse 5, do not come
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any closer. Take off your sandal. I had to ask
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the Lord, why are you saying take off the sandal?
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He came looking for you. He desires for you.
43:51
You called him by name, but now you're telling
43:54
him take off your sandal. Because the place that
43:57
you stand on is holy ground. Now, I want you
44:01
to understand there was a statement. I don't
44:04
know who made it. I don't know if pastor made
44:07
it before. The place that you're standing on,
44:12
if that was still holy, we all should be going
44:15
there to worship. It is not about the place,
44:20
it's about the position that we are in. So I
44:22
don't know who said that this morning about the
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position. But I believe many of us need to understand
44:29
the position that we are in. And God is saying,
44:33
take off the sandal. I thought, why take off
44:35
the sandal? Sandals were made out of dead animal
44:41
skin. So God says, when you come into my presence,
44:44
don't come with something dead. Many people,
44:49
see that was a problem with Cain's offering.
44:52
He had to cut it, it was dead. But Abel's offering,
44:57
he would come at the altar and then cut it. Many
45:04
of us give to the Lord our giving. Recently,
45:09
somebody asked me, Pastor, we have a lot of debt.
45:12
I said to them, write down the word debt. And
45:15
they wrote the word debt, D -E -B -T. I said,
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let me give you a full form of it. Doing everything
45:21
but tithing. Good morning to all of you. It may
45:31
have hit you like a lightning. That's okay. Because
45:35
God doesn't want you to live in sickness. God
45:37
doesn't want you to live in debt. God wants you
45:38
to live in freedom. So the dead things have to
45:41
go when you come into his presence. He says,
45:47
take of the sandals. For the ground that you're
45:50
standing on is holy ground. The position that
45:53
you have, do you take God for granted? Isaiah
45:59
6 says about the fear of the Lord. I was preaching
46:04
in a church in London. After preaching, I walked
46:10
out of the church. And I'm a simple guy. I don't
46:13
have bodyguards, by the way. I know some preachers
46:15
need it because they don't believe in Jesus,
46:16
so they need bodyguards. No, I don't need one.
46:22
I've been shot, so I don't care. And here's the
46:28
thing. God bless them all. They can have. My
46:32
choice is to be a normal person, go to people,
46:34
shake hands with people, talk to people. That's
46:36
how I am because God called me for people. So
46:40
I just was like walking down the church and going
46:43
because my wife was pregnant and she asked me
46:45
to get one of the dish, Indian dish where we
46:47
lived. We didn't have any Indians over there.
46:50
So she wanted that one because she was pregnant.
46:51
And you know, when women become pregnant, they
46:54
have some demands. To have happiness in your
47:00
life, I have learned, happy wife, happy life.
47:05
Sad wife, miserable life. So I thought, let's
47:10
keep her happy. So as I'm walking out of the
47:12
church, I turn around, and I see one of the members.
47:15
In Indian culture, we show a lot of respect to
47:18
our pastors. Indian culture teaches you respect.
47:22
So as soon as I turned, he looked at me. Every
47:30
time an Indian will greet another pastor, this
47:33
is how they say, praise the Lord, pastor. So
47:36
he folded his hands behind and he said, praise
47:38
the Lord, pastor. And I said, praise the Lord.
47:41
And I started to talk to him. As I was talking
47:45
to him, I realized one thing. That smoke started
47:51
to come from the backside. Now. That's the time
48:00
I realized why he put his hands behind. And I
48:05
say funny things. So I just turned around and
48:09
said to him, I have seen people smoke from the
48:11
front, never from the backside. And I thought
48:18
he had a fear of pastor, but he had no fear of
48:21
God. I want you to have the fear of the Lord
48:30
in your life. Because this nation, like I said,
48:33
belongs to God. You people, you saints belong
48:35
to God. You're his child. Walk in the fear of
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the Lord. The present generation will not understand.
48:43
The older generation will understand. When your
48:47
father spoke to you and you mumbled back at him,
48:51
they believed the scriptures. When a believer
48:57
shall lay hands on the sick, they shall recover.
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They not only laid hands, they laid holy belt.
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They laid shoes and every demon came out of us.
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Yeah. Whenever I said something, I would walk
49:13
back to my room. But I will be very careful to
49:16
hear if I hear footsteps following me. Because
49:20
I knew if he was following, I'm in trouble. By
49:25
the way, when I was a pastor, I became a pastor
49:28
of the church. My parents were attending the
49:29
church. And I answered back when my mother asked
49:35
me something. I just told her something back.
49:38
I shouldn't have done. She didn't say anything.
49:41
She went to the kitchen. Came out with the kettle
49:44
electric wire. And I was lying in bed. And I
49:50
felt happening something down south. I just felt,
49:53
shh. And you could feel the pain. I didn't speak
49:59
in tongues, I promise you that time. And your
50:03
mother is standing in front so you can't even
50:04
say other words. And I'm already past by then.
50:09
And I got more mad and I said, here's a car key,
50:12
you do what you want. She gave me one more. I
50:16
picked up the car keys and said, what vegetables
50:17
do you want me to buy? It changed me very fast.
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Some of us have escaped that. All parents, those
50:30
who are struggling with your kids, send them
50:31
with me to India. We will take care of them.
50:37
And we promise we will do everything in the name
50:40
of Jesus. So he's standing over there and God
50:46
is talking to him. And God says, I want to use
50:51
you, son. See, this is what, when you're in the
50:54
presence of the fire, when you're in the presence
50:56
of God, God will give you a mission. Remember
50:58
that. God always gives a mission when you are
51:02
in his presence. The mission may be to reach
51:05
your neighbor. The mission, it's not just India.
51:09
It's not just Afghanistan. It's not just Iran.
51:12
It's not just these nations. See, God uses us
51:15
in these nations. But some of you, God wants
51:18
to use you here in Jerusalem. It starts from
51:24
here. So God says, I have a mission for you.
51:30
And he says, you know, God, you picked up the
51:33
wrong guy. How many of you felt that God picked
51:35
up the wrong guy? Yeah, I felt that too. Because
51:40
I have dyslexia. I'm not highly qualified. In
51:47
my family, everybody has a PhD. PhD does not
51:51
stand for permanent head damage. But they have
51:54
a doctorate degree. I used to say before, PhD
51:59
stands for permanent head damage for this. Because
52:03
they always look down on you in an Asian culture
52:05
when you don't have much education. I just had
52:09
a bachelor's degree, bachelor's in business administration.
52:12
Worked in accounting for airlines. So they never
52:17
thought you're worth anything. Listen to me.
52:23
You were worth it. That is why he shed his blood
52:26
for you. I want you to hug yourself and say,
52:31
I'm precious to the Lord. Yeah. You are precious.
52:37
Maybe you heard the words, you're hopeless. Maybe
52:40
you heard the word, you're useless. Maybe you
52:42
heard the word, you will never make it in life.
52:44
I want you to know, you're not hopeless. You
52:46
just had less hope and Jesus is the hope giver.
52:50
And he tells you, you can make it in Jesus' name.
52:54
Let me prove it to you. The book of Romans 8
52:57
says you are more than a conqueror. Now some
53:01
of you, how many of you have heard the word you
53:04
are a failure? Anybody? Nobody? Maybe one person.
53:09
Thank you for being truthful. Yeah, we have heard
53:14
all these negative words. But when he says you're
53:18
more than a conqueror, I started to look at it
53:20
and understood. If Mike Tyson and Holly Field
53:23
had a fight for $10 million and a championship
53:27
belt, they're punching each other. At the end,
53:30
Holly Field wins it. Mike Tyson is on the floor.
53:33
He picks up the belt. He's a champion. He's a
53:36
conqueror. Takes the $10 million, walks home.
53:38
His wife is waiting at the door. She takes the
53:42
$10 million without giving a single punch. She's
53:44
more than a conqueror. Jesus fought the battle
53:50
for you. And he gives it to you. And he calls
53:54
you more than a conqueror. So Moses, you were
54:02
a failure. You had a lonely life. You were betrayed.
54:06
But now, I'm changing your destiny because you're
54:09
in the presence of the fire. When you're in the
54:12
presence of God's fire, I promise you, Your life
54:16
will be changed completely. This fire is an unusual
54:21
fire. It burns, but it does not burn. What kind
54:27
of fire is that? It's a fire that will consume
54:32
what is not right. But it will set alight what
54:37
is right by God. So God is trying to put things
54:42
right in his life. That's why the fire is not.
54:44
finishing off the whole tree, the bush. So God
54:47
is talking to him over there. And he says, God,
54:49
I'm not ready. How many of you know that Moses
54:52
made an excuse at the end? I'm a man who stutters.
54:57
I asked the Lord, was he really a stutterer?
55:01
Did he stutter? No, he did not. Go to Acts chapter
55:08
7, verse 22. I want you to look over there. What
55:11
does it say? Somebody can read it for me. Acts
55:13
7. 22. Let me give you the mic. You have a good
55:17
voice. Because people won't believe if I said
55:20
something. Moses was educated in all the wisdom
55:26
of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and
55:29
action. You have heard all your life he was a
55:35
stutterer. He was a powerful. Some other versions
55:40
will say he was eloquent in speech. So how come
55:46
he become a stutterer? Have you ever thought
55:48
of that? Because somewhere along the way, he
55:53
lost the gift that he had. He's taking care of
56:01
the sheep. He's talking to the sheep. And the
56:05
sheep are talking back to him. Moses is going
56:11
on for years. He's losing his ability because
56:15
all he's communicating is with an animal. Be
56:20
careful where you communicate. Be careful you
56:25
will talk to people who will set you on fire,
56:26
not take the fire out of you. So here you can
56:33
see, he is a person who's going to complain later,
56:36
but God says to him, I want to use you. He says,
56:39
use me? God says, yep. He says, how can you use
56:43
me? He says, what is in your hand? God is always
56:47
looking for what's in your hand. Now, Moses says,
56:52
God, I have a rod that I picked up. It was on
56:55
the side. I picked it up. I carved it, cut it,
56:59
made it a good rod that I can walk like a shepherd.
57:03
So he had made it a good rod so it won't poke
57:06
into his hands or anything. He took care of it.
57:09
And God says, Put it to the ground. Whatever
57:16
giftings you have. Listen to me very carefully.
57:20
Whatever talents you have. You may have done
57:24
it in your own strength. But the moment you lay
57:29
it in the presence of God. You will see the glory
57:34
of God. That rod turned into a serpent. And the
57:39
Bible says Moses jumped. Because he knew that's
57:45
not the right thing. Yeah. How many of you will?
57:50
I went to a house to preach in New York many
57:54
years ago. And they said, oh, we have a pet snake.
58:00
I just looked around and I said, if it comes
58:04
out, it's dead. Because I know in the Garden
58:09
of Eden, where Adam and Madam lived, they got
58:13
into trouble because of the snake. So Moses looks
58:17
at this and he thinks, uh -uh, that created problem
58:20
over there. And then God says to him, hold the
58:24
snake by the tail. Hang on. Have you any time
58:28
asked God why to hold the snake by the tail?
58:32
You don't hold the snake by the tail. You have
58:34
to hold it by the head. Why is God saying, to
58:40
hold it by the tail. Because it was in the presence
58:47
of the fire. In the presence of the fire, everything
58:55
that's deadly, anything that is not right, will
59:02
lose its power. Let me explain it to you in a
59:08
different way. Moses got kicked out of Egypt.
59:12
The crown that the Pharaoh is wearing on the
59:16
crowned as a serpent. That was their God. So
59:21
God was saying, son, in the presence of the fire,
59:24
I'm giving you new authority. Even if you hold
59:29
it by the tail, it will not be able to strike
59:31
you and kill you. Because it has been in the
59:33
presence of the fire. You have been in my presence.
59:36
That's why the Bible says, no doubt. Deadly poison.
59:40
No snakes. You shall trample upon snakes and
59:44
scorpions. So don't worry. Some of us believers,
59:50
we are very good in worrying. We Indians believe,
59:57
don't worry, eat curry. So let me ask you a question.
1:00:06
How much time have you spent in the presence
1:00:08
of God that you understand the authority that
1:00:11
God has given you over demonic forces? The demonic
1:00:15
forces don't have authority over you. The Pharaoh
1:00:19
may say, hang on, I rule. I am the one. The God
1:00:23
of this world may say, I rule. I have authority.
1:00:26
But when you have been in the presence of God,
1:00:28
God will say, pick it up. Don't be scared. He
1:00:36
is still not sure. He is like God. Thank you
1:00:41
very much. God says take your hand. Put it. Under
1:00:46
your armpit. Take it out. Leprosy. He says put
1:00:51
it back. Healed. Let me explain it. What you
1:00:55
have lost. What has become like leprosy in your
1:00:58
life. God says I will restore it back. Because
1:01:02
you have been in the presence of the fire. I
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am going to send you back. to Egypt. The one
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that sent you out that looked like a problem
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in your life and I'm going to send you back.
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Last time you came by yourself but this time
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you're not coming alone. You're coming with a
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bunch of people whom you're going to take them
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into freedom and liberty to worship the living
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God. Whatever you have lost in your life, whatever
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is speaking to you that you will not make it,
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I want you to know one thing in your life, that
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God is restoring that power to go back and take
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the blessing of the Lord and bring people into
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freedom. God is giving us authority. Some of
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us need to learn how to dance. See, the problem
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is many of us have become chosen, frozen Christians.
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You need to learn how to rejoice. Rejoice, and
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again I say, rejoice. The joy of the Lord is
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mine. See, if you don't have strength, you can't
1:02:08
fight battles. That's why you need the joy of
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the Lord. That's why you need to learn how to
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rejoice. That's why after I preach on Mondays,
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I sit and watch Tom and Jerry. I watch Charlie
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Chaplin. And suddenly I'll get a reminder from
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my wife. There's a prayer meeting going on on
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Facebook. Your pastor gets up and I'm just sitting
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and watching. But she'll let me know. I have
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text from her. Hey, pastor is online. See, your
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authority comes only in the presence. The joy
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of the Lord comes in the presence of the Lord.
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Let me go a bit fast and finish it. It says like
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this, God is saying to him, go back. Now see,
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when you have been in the presence of God, God
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will send you back. What you lost, what the canker
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worms ate, what has destroyed, the locusts has
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eaten, God wants to restore it. But God wants
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you to go back, to take it back. We used to sing
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the song in the olden days called, I went to
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the enemy's camp and I took back what he stole
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from me. The problem is he comes and steals from
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us and then we go and steal from him. Then he
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comes back and steals from us and we go back
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and steal. So we go to another conference and
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we get recharged and we go back and steal back
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from him. And he comes back after three months
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and steals from us. Hang on. Until you don't
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tie the strong man. You need to get in and make
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sure he's finished. Pharaoh and his chariots
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and all his men were drowned in the water. We
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need to make sure that this time when we go,
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we are coming back as an army. It may look like
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dry bones, but we are coming back as an army.
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Because God has a promise for this land. God
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has a promise for this church. God is not done
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with this house. God says there are certain things.
1:04:15
The Shekinah glory is going to rise up in this
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house in a greater way. And you're going to see
1:04:21
the glory of God in a greater way, the Lord would
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say. So he says, go back. And they turned back.
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Now, he must be scared of his own life. Think
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of this. Moses going back to Pharaoh's palace.
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But when you have been in the presence of God,
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you'll have boldness. You're not a sissy. Lion
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of Judah rolls through you. I'm going to challenge
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you. Be bold. Don't be ashamed of the gospel
1:04:54
of Jesus Christ. My son, who's a young man, started
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to preach. And a few months ago, he said, listen,
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can I do a YouTube show? And you know what? He
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started to preach on YouTube and started to share
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with all his schoolmates. His sermons. Okay,
1:05:16
he gets booked on Sunday mornings in some places,
1:05:19
sometime. But his friends who do not know Jesus,
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I asked him, recently I asked him, I said, hey,
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does anybody bully you because of the gospel
1:05:28
you share? He said, no. Huh. The fear in us will
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tell us what is fear. F -E -A -R, false evidence
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appearing real. Even though I walk through the
1:05:45
valley of shadow of death, it's a shadow of death,
1:05:48
not reality. He goes around like a roaring lion,
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like, not a real lion. But you need to have faith.
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Your church is called faith. Let me give you
1:05:59
a definition. I have a copyright over it. Faith
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is father all in thy hands. F -A -I -T -H. Have
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faith. The one who has called you is faithful.
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He will not abandon you. See, God does not take
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you to the Pharaoh's palace and runs away. How
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many of you had friends who ring the bell and
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they run off and you're stuck at the door? Did
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you do that as a kid? We did it. We knocked.
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We didn't have bells that time. We knocked. And
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suddenly your friends run. God does not do that.
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He said, I will never leave you. Nor will I.
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Having that assurance, let there be boldness
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in you. Let me say like this, Lincoln should
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see the glory of God. I pray when I come back
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next time, I pray that we will have double service.
1:06:52
I pray that we will grow and become bigger in
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the name of Jesus because God has called us to
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be fruitful and to multiply. Going to the enemy's
1:07:02
camp, don't be scared. I'm going to challenge
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you. Those who feel ashamed, every Sunday after
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you hear the sermon, go back and send your friends
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the link and say, hear it. It'll help your life.
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Don't be ashamed. What will they think? Their
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opinion don't matter. God's opinion matters.
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So be bold. And it says like this. He turned
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up in front of the Pharaoh and they turned. He
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says, let my people go. And suddenly, there's
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a rod on the ground and there's a serpent over
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there. Now my question to you is, Aaron went
1:07:47
with Moses to the palace. Whose rod was thrown
1:07:52
to the ground? I know most of you are thinking
1:07:59
Moses' rod. But in Exodus chapter 7, Verse 8
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and 9, it says, and it was Aaron's rod. Huh.
1:08:10
Have you ever thought Moses had the experience,
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but it's Aaron's rod being thrown in front of
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the Pharaoh? Does that say in your Bible the
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same? Does it say? Just see. Same? Okay. Just
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checking. Because I don't want you to think I'm
1:08:27
making up stories. Some of us have watched too
1:08:32
much of movies. That's why we think it's the
1:08:36
apple in the Garden of Eden. No, it doesn't say
1:08:41
it was an apple. It can be a banana too. It just
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says fruit. So here's the thing. How come Aaron's
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rod is being used when it was Moses' rod? In
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the presence of God. Let me explain it to you.
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Who you walk with. That anointing will transfer
1:09:07
on your life. Anointing is transferable. Moses.
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And Aaron walked together. And in that process
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of walking together. There was a transfer. of
1:09:24
the anointing. The Lord told me recently, son,
1:09:27
I want you to come into the fatherhood ministry
1:09:29
and teach churches, teach leaders, speak into
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their life, be a father figure. And I said, okay.
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And God took me to the life of Elijah and Elisha.
1:09:41
Every prophet in 1 Kings chapter 2, it says,
1:09:44
every prophet said to Elisha, Your master is
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going to be taken. Hang on, hang on. The prophet
1:09:50
said, the ones who were being trained by Elijah
1:09:52
are speaking to Elisha. How come they not say
1:09:56
our master? Huh. They're saying your master is
1:10:00
going to be taken up. But when the time of being
1:10:03
taken up comes, Elisha never says, my master.
1:10:06
He says, my father. Anointing is always transferred.
1:10:13
That's why the last miracle of Elijah was parting
1:10:17
of the Jordan River. The first miracle of Elisha
1:10:20
is parting of the Jordan River. Where the father
1:10:23
leaves is where the son picks up. So if you walk
1:10:27
with the man of God, the anointing will be transferred
1:10:29
into your life. Who are you walking with? Psalm
1:10:35
1 says, Blessed is the man who walks not in the
1:10:37
counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way
1:10:39
of the sinner, nor sits in the... That means
1:10:41
your fellowship. What is fellowship? Two fellows
1:10:46
in one ship going in the same direction. How
1:10:51
many of you know one doesn't go this way, one
1:10:53
doesn't go that way? I was flying recently and
1:10:56
one lady asked me in the plane, where are you
1:10:58
going? I just looked at her. I thought, both
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our seats go to the same destination. Huh. Where
1:11:13
are we going? Are we walking with the man of
1:11:16
God? Are you connected with the spirit of this
1:11:19
house? So that the anointing can be transferred.
1:11:23
Because here you cannot have your own agendas.
1:11:29
Because God gives a vision and a mission for
1:11:32
the house and we need to connect with that. So
1:11:35
we can become effective. Aaron walked and he
1:11:38
became effective. You know he became the high
1:11:43
priest. There's a reward for the price that you
1:11:48
pay. There's a reward when you walk with the
1:11:52
man of God. I worked as a driver in my father's
1:11:56
ministry. Even now, I still drive people. Recently,
1:12:01
a man of God came. I drove him around. He was
1:12:04
like, you must be tired. I said, don't worry.
1:12:07
I said, as long as you're comfortable. Six hours.
1:12:11
I'm not preaching. Driving. Two weeks ago. Why
1:12:17
do you do that? Because I know when I walk with
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a man of God, when I sit with a man of God, when
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I talk to a man of God, the anointing that is
1:12:24
upon them will be given. When I'm discouraged,
1:12:30
these voices are the voices that speak to me
1:12:32
still. And it says like this, he brought people
1:12:39
into freedom. But at that fireplace is where
1:12:43
the snake, I thought in the New Testament, is
1:12:48
there a snake anywhere else? In Acts 28, you
1:12:53
see the life of Paul in the island of Malta.
1:12:58
Now, he brings some stick, puts fire, hang on,
1:13:02
wherever there is fire, if it is a real one,
1:13:07
where God is showing his manifested glory, nothing
1:13:12
will happen. But when it's not a real, The fire
1:13:17
will make it jump out. Your prayer life has the
1:13:20
power to bring every demonic force out of your
1:13:23
life. The curses that has held your family, you
1:13:27
have the power because of prayer life to bring
1:13:30
it out. You don't need to live with your generational
1:13:34
curse. The devil and his mother -in -law both
1:13:38
are liars. Don't ask me if he has a mother -in
1:13:40
-law or not, but it just sounds good. you to
1:13:45
know, you need to break that in prayer life.
1:13:48
When your prayer gets into that hot moment, it
1:13:54
gets heated up. Every snake is going to come
1:13:56
out. It comes out and bites him. Hang on. What
1:14:02
has spent time in the presence of the fire cannot
1:14:05
kill you. It bites. The whole village is excited.
1:14:07
Now, hang on. He's going to die. He's going to
1:14:09
die. They're waiting for him to die. But he has
1:14:12
been in the presence of God. It's not going to
1:14:14
kill him. Because of his testimony, the whole
1:14:18
island gets saved. Now, I thought of this. Acts
1:14:24
stops in Acts 28 with a snake. Now, my question
1:14:33
to you is, can you become Acts 29? That the fire
1:14:39
of God will burn every snake out of Lincoln you
1:14:43
will chase out in the name of Jesus. Every witch
1:14:45
doctor you will chase out. Every hex will be
1:14:49
destroyed. Every generational curse. Listen to
1:14:52
me, God, hang on, Abraham Lincoln, where was
1:14:56
he born? Kentucky. But where did he live? Now
1:15:08
my question to you is, for you, you had the freedom
1:15:12
because of some great men. Who paid the cost.
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Now will you carry that fire. That will burn
1:15:20
and destroy every demonic force. Because demonic
1:15:23
forces are rising up. But they have no authority
1:15:27
over us. So become Acts 29 where the fire burns.
1:15:32
And whatever rises up. And it may try to strike
1:15:34
you. But it cannot destroy you. It cannot destroy
1:15:38
you. So this question arises to you. This morning.
1:15:44
As we celebrate 250 years of God's goodness in
1:15:49
this land. And I'll say this. God's goodness.
1:15:55
The land of the free. And the home of the brave.
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We are the soldiers of Jesus Christ. And we are
1:16:03
brave. And we will bring people into freedom.
1:16:07
That they can live in this land in freedom. So
1:16:11
let's become Acts 29, where the fire of the Holy
1:16:14
Spirit will burn through us. Where the glory
1:16:17
of God will be revealed. This day I'm going to
1:16:19
challenge you. Don't give up. Don't shut up.
1:16:21
Don't sit down. But get into the presence of
1:16:24
God. And say God more of you. I need. It may
1:16:26
look strange to other people. It may look weird
1:16:29
to other people. But I want my flesh to be dead.
1:16:32
Watch carefully. In Genesis 22. I'm going to
1:16:35
finish with this. Just two minutes. It says like
1:16:38
this. And Abraham and Isaac are on the mountain.
1:16:41
Isaac is laid on the wood. I can't go into the
1:16:44
whole explanation. It's a beautiful. message
1:16:46
I have on that Abraham's life. It says like this,
1:16:49
he picked up the knife to kill him before the
1:16:52
fire fell. The body had to die. If your flesh
1:16:57
can die, if your agendas can die, God can put
1:16:59
his fire upon you that he can use you greatly
1:17:02
in this nation. I'm going to challenge all of
1:17:04
you right now that fire of God may fall. Every
1:17:06
eye closed. Let's get into the presence of God
1:17:09
and ask God to touch you. Ask God to touch you.
1:17:12
Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your life. Say,
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Lord, my agendas are dead. My fleshly desires
1:17:17
are dead. Lord, it's all about you, Lord. It's
1:17:20
all about you, Lord. More of you in my life,
1:17:22
oh Lord. I'm not happy. where I am. I need more
1:17:25
of you, Lord. I need that power to flow. That
1:17:28
power that Moses experienced. The power that
1:17:31
Paul flowed in, oh Lord. Do you know Paul was
1:17:33
one of the most boring preachers? His preacher
1:17:37
was so bad that man fell asleep and then he fell
1:17:40
down and died. But he had so much of power to
1:17:44
raise the man from the dead. You may be boring,
1:17:48
you may not be eloquent in your speech, but if
1:17:50
you have the power of God, That'll do great things.
1:17:55
This day, surrender yourself in the hands of
1:17:58
the Lord. All to Jesus, I surrender. Take me,
1:18:06
use me the way you want. Father, I pray for my
1:18:12
brothers and sisters. I thank you for this house,
1:18:16
your house. I thank you for the leadership. Pastor
1:18:22
Darren and Pastor Cammie and the other leaders,
1:18:24
oh Lord. I thank you for the branch church. I
1:18:29
thank you for what you're going to do more coming
1:18:31
up. I thank you for your faithfulness. But I
1:18:37
pray each and everyone in this house may experience
1:18:41
the tangible presence of the Lord. Lord, if they're
1:18:46
sick in their body, I rebuke that sickness. And
1:18:49
I say, get out in the name of Jesus. Right now,
1:18:52
I take authority from heaven above. And I speak
1:18:55
healing and deliverance. In the mighty name of
1:18:58
Jesus, may God be glorified. Do your work in
1:19:02
them. Let their life become a testimony in the
1:19:06
name of Jesus. Lord, let Lincoln be saved through
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this church. As they call themselves, Faith Church.
1:19:14
Let faith be revealed through them. that signs
1:19:17
and wonders will happen in this house use everyone
1:19:20
use everyone Use everyone. I thank you for what
1:19:25
you're going to do. I thank you for what you're
1:19:27
going to do. I thank you for your faithfulness.
1:19:29
I thank you for your goodness. I thank you for
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your power that will flow. The call of God is
1:19:41
so strong on your life. The call of God is so
1:19:44
strong on your life. The Lord says, you can't
1:19:47
run anywhere. I'll hold you and I will use you
1:19:50
because I have called you with a plan and purpose
1:19:52
the lord says i will use you in such a way young
1:19:55
people's lives will be changed through you the
1:19:58
lord says i will do great and mighty things through
1:20:00
your life for my hand shall rest upon you i have
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not given upon you the lord says i'm taking you
1:20:06
into a greater glory and i'm taking you into
1:20:08
greater things the lord would say to you for
1:20:10
the lord says i will use you in an unusual way
1:20:13
come holy spirit come holy spirit take over