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Thank you for listening to this message from

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Lifehouse Church. I read this story, and it's

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kind of always stuck with me. And it's a story

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about Henry Ford, who was the founder of the

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Ford Motor Company. And I think this story is

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going to kind of set the stage for where I want

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to go in the Word of God today. And this story

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goes along that it seems that Mr. Ford had a

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man working for him in the area of production

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of the Model T car. And his name was William

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Knudsen. And William Knudsen became convinced

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that the Model T, which had been in production

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for about four years to this point, needed some

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updating. It needed some change. Now, the problem

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was that Mr. Ford would not even consider the

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idea. Henry Ford was like, no. He loved his creation

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of the Model T, and he was opposed to any changes

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taking place in any way. So while Henry Ford

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was on vacation in Europe, William Knudsen decided

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to go ahead and maybe make a design to show Henry

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Ford what he was talking about. So while he was

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on vacation, he decided to build a prototype

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of the new car with the changes he was talking

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about. Some changes to the chassis, some changes

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in color. And the story goes that once... Mr.

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Henry Ford got back from his European vacation

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that he went to Highland Park Garage in Michigan,

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and he saw the new creation that Knudsen came

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up with, this prototype car that he built. And

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they say that the car had four doors, and the

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top was down, and it was painted a gleaming red

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color. They got to understand, up until this

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point, the Model T came in one color and one

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color only. It just came in black. And Mr. Knudsen,

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he built this on a low version, framed from the

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Model T, and had all the changes implemented

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that he wanted to show Henry Ford. And eyewitnesses

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talk about what happened when he walked into

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that garage. When Mr. Ford walked in, they say

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he looped around the car about three or four

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times, and they said he opened one of the doors

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on this four -door. He grabbed the door and ripped

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the door straight off of the car. True story.

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They said they don't even know how he did it.

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He tore the door off. He got inside the car.

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He smashed the roof in. He kicked another door

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out. He pushed the windshield out on this car,

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and he proceeded to beat the daylights out of

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this car. William Knudsen left the Ford Corporation

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and went back and went to work for General Motors

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following this incident. Henry Ford nursed along

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the Model T for some more years, but the design

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changes and the competitors' models made it old

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-fashioned because it was. A competition eventually

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forced Henry Ford to change. He grudgingly produced

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the Model A. If you're a car enthusiast, you

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know what that is, right? But his heart was never

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in it. Henry Ford was one of the most creative,

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ingenious men of his age. Changed history. Yet

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he would not succumb to the obvious need of change.

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And I think a lot of us are like Henry Ford.

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How many would say and admit we resist change?

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Amen. Come on. You don't have to raise your hand.

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Statistically, it's 7 out of 10 of you hate change.

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9 out of 10 of you resist. Maybe not as violently

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as Henry Ford. But in our heads, in our hearts,

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in our minds, we duck change, right? We dismiss

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it. We vocalize our displeasure for it. And sometimes

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we just simply refuse to change. But I'm here

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to come and tell you this morning that if we're

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going to talk about rock life, if we're going

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to talk about what life is like in Jesus Christ,

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we have to talk about change. We've got to talk

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about transformation. Anything that is alive

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is changing. Anything. Anything that is growing

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is in a constant state of change, a constant

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state of flux. Anything that is not changing

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is typically dying or on its way to death. It's

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true. Now, Dixie and I, Dixie's sitting here

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in the front. We've been married 36 years, and

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we have never been accused in those 36 years

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of having a green thumb. Hasn't happened yet.

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More than once we've planted something or somebody's

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given us a plant. And when you do that, just

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so you know, it's got a 50 -50 shot of making

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it, okay? We're running about 50%. We've made

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it through with a few, right? But too many times

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the only change that we've seen with a plant

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was a wilting and then all of a sudden brown

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and it just stayed brown. That was it, no change.

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Sometimes we've missed where the roots go down

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and the stem begins to come up and push out of

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the dirt. We've missed the change that takes

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place when the stem grows and the branches begin

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to go out and the leaves begin to appear and

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that thing begins to change day after day or

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month after month and seeds appear or blossoms

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appear or fruit comes out on those branches.

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Anything healthy, a plant, a bush, a tree, undergoes

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a massive amount of change every single year

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of its life. It changes. And if you're going

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to stay in a state of spiritual health while

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on the rock, Jesus Christ, it will mean change.

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I didn't get one amen. God change. It means that

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God's going to shake things different in your

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life on the regular for Jesus. And it is your

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response to God change that makes all the difference

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in the spiritual level of health that we experience

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as we go along. Shake your neighbor right now.

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Tell him it's about to change up. Go ahead. Give

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him a good shake. Tell him it's about to change

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up. It's about to change up. Come on. Shake him

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hard. It's about to change up. If you got your

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Bibles this morning, I want you to turn to 1

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Kings chapter 19. We're going in the Old Testament.

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1 Kings chapter 19. chapter 19 and verse 19 as

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well. And as you turn, I'm going to pray. I'm

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going to pray over our ears, our hearts, and

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the invitations that are represented by these

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green balls because we're looking for change

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in their lives. Father, we come before you today.

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We thank you for the opportunity to be in your

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house. I thank you, Lord, for your word, God,

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that is a lamp to our feet, a light to our path.

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God, it shows us the way. And Lord, I pray that

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the word of God will fall in our ears. God, that

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it will lodge in our hearts. You'll write it

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on these hearts of flesh. And God, as we pray,

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that way. We ask for change in the lives of these

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individuals who are represented by these green

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balls. These are invitations. We're believing,

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we're believing Holy Spirit that you're going

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to go ahead and you're going to touch hearts

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and lives and change is going to take place with

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every single person that's been invited into

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the kingdom, invited to church, God invited to

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know you in a deeper way. And we just give you

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praise. Everybody said together, amen, amen.

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We are going to go to 1 Kings 19, 19, but before

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I start to read, because this is a short passage,

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I want to give you the two main characters in

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this particular passage. One is Elijah. Say Elijah.

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Elijah. Elijah serves as a prophet of God in

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the Word of God in the Old Testament. Prophets

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were spokesmen for God. Prophets were in charge

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of bringing a now word from God. Many times it

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was a warning. Sometimes it was exhortation.

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Sometimes it was encouragement. Sometimes it

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was direction. But they were a mouthpiece for

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God. And Elijah was a prophet who not only was

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a mouthpiece for God, But he had the power of

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God in his life. You can read in 1 Kings 18,

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38, Elijah calls fire down out of heaven and

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it consumes the sacrifice. In 2 Kings 1 and 10,

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he calls fire from heaven again and it consumes

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two companies of 50 soldiers as well as the captains

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that are leading them. In 1 Kings 17, 4, the

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Word of God says that ravens came and fed him.

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Birds came and fed him out of the air. In 1 Kings

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17, 14, he causes a widow's jar to continually

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produce oil in supply during a famine at Zarephath.

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And in 2 Kings 2, 8, he strikes the Jordan River

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with his cloak, and it splits in two, and he

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walks across on dry land. And even at the end

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of Elijah's life, this prophet, something amazing

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happens. die like everybody else. He doesn't

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take his last breath and go into the grave. As

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a matter of fact, the Word of God says that a

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heavenly chariot that was a fiery heavenly chariot

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comes in a whirlwind and picks him up. He gets

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a heavenly, fiery Uber, picks him up, scoops

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him up, and takes him to heaven. I want it. Sign

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me up. That sounds a lot better than just dying

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to me. It's amazing, right? It's Elijah. He's

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one of the people in this. Second person in this

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passage is a young man named Elisha. Say Elisha.

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Elisha is the son of Shaphat, who is a wealthy

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landowner. And Elijah, the prophet, decides to

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pick Elisha, God's direction, to be his replacement,

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to teach him, to train him. It's a healthy thing

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to train the person that's going to replace you.

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It's a good thing to raise someone up that's

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going to carry the torch when you're done carrying

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the torch. When you're finished with the work

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that you're doing. You want to hand that off

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to others. Always have somebody around you that

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you're pouring into that may pick up and take

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the torch. And that's exactly what Elijah is

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going to do in this passage. God directs him

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to go pick somebody to mentor, somebody that

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is going to rise up. And when Elijah is gone,

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when he's caught away in that chariot of fire,

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it'll be the person who takes over and is the

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prophet that will replace him. And it's Elijah.

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This is where we pick up in 1 Kings 19, verse

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19. It says this. So he, when he says here, it's

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Elijah, departed from there, and he found Elisha,

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the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with 12 yoke

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of oxen before him, and he was with the 12th.

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Then Elijah passed by and threw his mantle on

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him, his cloak. Picture this. I want you to picture

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Elisha. Out in the field, a young man. He's out

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plowing in his father's fields. Wealthy landowner.

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He's out there with 12 yoke of oxen. He's using

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the 12th yoke of oxen. And he's plowing his field.

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And Elijah, the prophet, comes by. And he throws

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his mantle. It's kind of like throwing your coat

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on top of somebody. He throws his mantle on Elisha.

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And Elisha knows what this means. He knows what

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the indication of this is. This is Elijah calling

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Elisha. out. It's him saying, hey, I want you

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to come follow me. I want you to leave what you're

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doing. I want you to leave the business you're

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in right now, that family business, and I want

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you to follow me. This wasn't an invitation to

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lunch. This wasn't like, hey, let's go grab a

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coffee and talk about spiritual things, right,

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and then go our way. This was about massive life

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change that was going to come to Elijah if he

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accepted. This is what I call a big old God change.

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Big God change, right? Verse 20 says this, and

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he left the oxen and he ran after Elijah and

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said, please let me kiss my father and my mother,

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then I will follow you. And he said to him, go

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back again for what have I done to you? So Elijah

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turned back from him and he took a yoke of oxen

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and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh using

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the oxen's equipment and gave it to the people

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and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah

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and became his servant. Elijah walks up to Elijah,

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throws a mantle on him. Elijah immediately responds

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to the call to change. He knows that this call

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means that he's going to leave everything he's

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always known behind. He knows that this means

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becoming Elijah's servant and trainee. And this

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is his reply. He says, please let me kiss my

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father and my mother. He basically wants to kiss

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them goodbye, and then I'll follow you. Elijah's

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all in. I accept. I accept this challenge. I

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accept this change. And one of the things that

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I want you to do, Elijah, is just let me go back

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and kiss my father and mother goodbye. Let me

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leave the fields where I'm plowing and go tell

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them goodbye. And I think we see something here.

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When God brings big change into our lives, there's

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some things to learn out of this passage. There's

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some things that we can grab a hold of that helps

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us walk through. And one of it is, one of those

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things is when big change comes, when it's God

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change that comes into our life, sometimes you're

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going to have to kiss something or someone goodbye.

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When God change comes, you may have to kiss something

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or someone goodbye. Goodbye. When he brings the

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change, when the shift happens, and we know this

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is healthy, right? Because everything healthy

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changes, it grows. When it comes, it means that

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you're going to have to kiss something or someone

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goodbye. Elijah knew. Elisha knew that Elijah

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was calling him out. He knew that he was going

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to have to leave his family. He was going to

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have to leave his dad, his mom. He knew that

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no longer would he have the security of their

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wealth to back him up. He knew that his income

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was about to change. He knew that he would not

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have the daily support. He knew that he would

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just follow this prophet wherever this prophet

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went, that they would go by faith wherever they

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were going. He knew this was change. He knew

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this was big. And he asked us to go back and

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kiss his father and his mother goodbye. The moment

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he embraced the mantle, he embraced the change.

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And if you're going to embrace God's blessing,

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if you're going to embrace God's call to change,

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if it's a God thing that he has, that God wants

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to work out in your life, you will have to let

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go of something. You're going to have to kiss

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something or someone goodbye. You want to make

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a change to your body? You're going to have to

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kiss your daily donut goodbye. Amen? Come on.

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Amen. I got one amen. It's true. You want to

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buy a new car? You got to kiss your old car goodbye.

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You can probably kiss your wallet goodbye too.

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Those things are expensive, right? Single ladies,

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if you're dating a guy named Joe, and Pete comes

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along, and Pete looks like a better catch. He

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loves Jesus, right? And he looks like the deal.

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Guess what? You're going to have to kiss goodbye.

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You got to kiss Pete goodbye. I hope there's

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not a Pete in here anywhere, right? You got to

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kiss him goodbye. God changes always a company

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by kissing something or someone goodbye. And

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more times than not, not always, but more times

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than not, something will precede the God change

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that is coming. Something will precede the moment

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when you have to kiss something goodbye. And

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I call this thing a holy discontent. I've talked

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about this multiple times. It's my label on something.

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But when change is coming many times, God will

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start to orchestrate a holy discontent within

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you. Something that happens right before the

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change comes is there's this discontentment that

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comes up inside of us. And it's not a discontentment.

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There's a fleshly discontentment, and I'll talk

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about that in a second. But there's a discontentment

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that's organized by God himself. It's a discontentment

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that is designed to move you from where you are

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to grow you into the next thing that God's changing

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in your life. Now, it looks very different than

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fleshly discontent, because fleshly discontent

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can be a whole bunch of things. Fleshly discontent

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can become as a result of lust. It can be greed.

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It could be covetousness. It could be old desires

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of some kind, something different, right? Human

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nature, sinful nature rising up. I don't want

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you to mix these two up, because discontentment

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is not always God, but it can be. God discontentment

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moves you towards God. It moves you towards holiness.

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And a holy discontentment often precedes change

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in your life. The moment you're going to have

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to kiss something goodbye. The moment when it's

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going to be necessary to walk away from something

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or someone. I tell people all the time, I can

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get you to change pretty quickly. In this house,

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I really could. If I turned the temperature up

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about 30 degrees, how many of you know, some

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of you just get up and walk outside? Yeah, right?

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If I turned it down 30 degrees, some of you would

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change, and you would get up and go outside.

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You'd get into a different temperature. That's

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what happens sometimes. Sometimes a discontentment

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comes, and God brings the discontentment so he

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can get you to move to the next thing. He'll

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do whatever he's done. He's far more worried

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about your health than he is your contentment

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in the moment of time. And there's going to come

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a time that you're going to have to kiss something

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goodbye. It could be stability. It could be predictability.

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It could be security. It could be a toxic relationship,

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a wrong relationship. You might have to let go

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of something. This is really hard. Sometimes

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you're going to have to let go of good to get

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to God's great. You know that? It's not always

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going to be a bad thing. Sometimes you're going

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to have to kiss the good goodbye so you can get

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over here to the great that God has out ahead

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of you along the way. It could be a thousand

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different things. or different people. But sometimes

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when God's bringing change, you got to be willing,

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you got to be ready, and you got to do just like

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Elijah did. Man, let me just go back and kiss

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dad and mom goodbye. Because if you don't, if

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you don't, you're going to get into a tug of

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war with the Lord. How many of you, that's one

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you're probably going to lose? I've been here

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a couple of times, right? You'll probably end

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up losing that one. Elijah kisses his family

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goodbye, but he does way more than that. In this

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short piece of Scripture, the Word of God tells

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us that he takes the yoke. A yoke was used many

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times to plow with oxen. There'd be two oxen.

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They'd put a yoke across their back, and they

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would hook a plow onto it. And he takes the yoke,

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which many times was made out of wood. Most times

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back then, it was all built out of wood. He takes

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the yoke. off of the oxen, and the Word of God

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says that he cuts up the wood that makes up these

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farm tools, right, this plow and this yoke, and

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he builds a fire, and he slaughters the oxen,

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and he makes a feast for the people around him.

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All right, okay, God, what's the lesson here,

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right? What's the lesson here? Sometimes God

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change will mean more than just kissing someone

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goodbye. Sometimes God changes is going to mean

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that you're going to have to burn the plow. Elisha

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wants to kiss his family goodbye, but he burns

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the plow as well. He chops it up. He burns it

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up, and he slaughters the animals, and he cooks

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them. In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando

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Cortes decided that he wanted to seize the treasure

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that the Aztecs had been hoarding. He took 500

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soldiers, 100 sailors, and landed 11 ships on

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the shores of the Yucatan. Despite the large

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army under his command, he was vastly outnumbered

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by the huge, powerful empire that had been around

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for 600 -plus years. Some of the men that were

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with him were unconvinced of his success and

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were loyal to Cuba, and they tried to seize some

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of the ships to escape. Cortes got wind of this

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plot and captured the ringleaders. He wanted

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to make sure that the remainder of his men were

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completely committed to the mission and quest

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for riches. So he did something that seemed inconceivable.

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Cortez gave the order to burn the ships, all

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11 of them. Burn the ships. The men resisted.

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His men resisted, wondering, how in the world

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will we get home? And they asked him this. And

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he said, if we're going home, we're going to

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do it on their ships. They burned the ships.

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When God calls or introduces you to a change

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in life, there's going to be a moment in time

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that you come that you're going to have to embrace

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the holy change. You've got to be willing to

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kiss whatever it is, goodbye, right, for this

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holy change, and you're going to have to burn

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the ship that got you to where you currently

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are. You're going to have to walk away from it.

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Sometimes God change means not conjuring up plan

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B, plan C, plan D. All the planners in the house,

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raise your hand. Come on. Right? Plan F, right?

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They're going right down the line. Just in case,

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you know, the just in case plan things don't

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work out with God, I got to have the backup plan,

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right? Just in case the holy thing doesn't seem

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to be so holy, up the line a little bit, I got

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to come up with another plan. Just in case rock

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life, you know, following Jesus gets a little

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too uncomfortable in all this change, you know,

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for my taste, then I got to have plan B. Just

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in case my faith in God begins to wane a little

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bit, gets a little, you know, I don't know, a

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little, I'm just going to have an escape boat

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ready to go. just in case. Sometimes God changed,

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holy change will come, and you're going to have

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to burn the plow. You can't look back, right?

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You can't go back to what you were. I haven't

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always been in ministry. I haven't always been

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a pastor. And many, many years ago, When I was

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younger, I got certified in a field of the career

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that I was in. And I had multiple certifications.

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It made it to a pretty high level in those certifications.

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And I remember, you know, even as I went into

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ministry and as I really kind of stepped through

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planting church, planting LifeHouse, Dixie and

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I and the family, I remember keeping my certifications

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up. And that was helpful at times because I was

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bivocational for a while. I had to work while

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we were doing ministry. But I remember a point

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in time when God came to me and he said, you're

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done. He said, you're done. You got to burn the

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ships. And I'm like, well, can't I just keep

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my certifications up? You know, just in case

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things don't work out with this whole church

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planting thing, you know? And he's like, no.

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And I had to let the certifications lapse. I

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had to let him go. I didn't pay the fee. I didn't

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go do the retraining. I didn't do anything. Sometimes

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you'll want to hit a place in God change. If

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it's God change, if it's holy change, where you're

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going to have to burn the ship behind you. You

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can't go back. You're not going to go back. There's

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no plan B. There's no plan C. And there's no

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plan D. You got to move forward in him. Amen?

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Because anything healthy is growing. Anything

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healthy is changing. Now, I was super tempted

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when I got to this part of the message to start

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talking about Lot and his wife. I don't got time

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to preach that. You can go back into the Old

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Testament and read that if you want to. It's

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in Genesis 19. But Lot and his wife, they were

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sent out of Sodom and Gomorrah and God was gonna

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destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. And one command that

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God gave was don't look back. And the word of

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God says that Lot's wife, turned around, looked

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back at the cities, and the word of God says

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she crystallized immediately in the moment. It

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says a pillar of salt. We don't know exactly

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how that happened, but it's not a good idea.

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When God says don't go back, don't look back,

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don't head back in any kind of way, Elisha burned

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the yoke. It was symbolic of I'm not coming back

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to this. I'm not going to be back here plowing

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these fields. I don't have a plan B. I don't

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have a plan C. and I don't have a plan D. Worship

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team, if you'd come. I'm going to give you one

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last thing. As they come, they make their way

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to the front. What God change might involve with

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you. God change may involve you killing the ox.

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That's what the Word of God says. Elisha killed

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the ox. He used the implements to cook the meat.

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And the word of God says he gave it to the people.

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Let me read it. So Elijah turned back from him

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and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them

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and boiled their flesh using the oxen's equipment.

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And he gave it to the people and they ate. Then

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he arose and followed Elijah and became his servant.

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Now there are multiple angles you could look

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at this from the word of God. This could have

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been a sacrificial commitment to Yahweh. to God

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the Father. Slaughtering an ox and consecrating

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it in the word of God, actually the Levitical

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law was a type of peace offering found. And it

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was actually done amongst community and it signified

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a peace offering to God. It was fellowship with

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God and neighbors. That's one angle that you

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could take with this. But this was also a public

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declaration. He didn't just slip away with Elijah.

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chops up the wooden equipment. He boils the meat,

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right? He cooks up this meat and he kind of has

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a going away party. He invites people and they

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come and they know that he's leaving. They know

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that this wealthy family and this probably, you

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know, generational people who farmed and own

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all this land and loaned all these oxen. And,

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you know, he publicly declaring, that we're going

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to leave. I'm leaving. I kissed dad and mom goodbye.

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I burned the plow. I burned the yoke. I cooked

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up the oxen, and we're going to have a party.

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And every one of you, everybody that attended

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that party knew, right? Everybody that attended

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that meal that he provided for everybody, all

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of them were witness to Elisha leaving. He's

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going to leave. He's going to go with Elijah.

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This wasn't Elijah sneaking away for a little

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bit, right? Elijah could have said, you know

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what? I'm going to follow this prophet. I'm not

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going to say anything, but I'm going to follow

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this prophet. And let's see how this all works

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out with the God call, right? To be a prophet.

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Let me see what this looks like. You know, and

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if this God thing doesn't work out, I'll just

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slide back. Everybody just think I was on vacation

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or something for a little while. That's not what

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he does. He kisses dad and mom goodbye. He burns

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the wood, right? He burns the plow and he kills

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the oxen. And he tells everybody, I'm leaving.

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I'm out of here. I've got to go follow God. And

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I'm here today to say that some of you, God's

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got some kind of big changes he's had in front

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of you for a period of time. I believe this with

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all my heart. He's got some kind of big change,

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some rock life change. I'm not talking about

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discontent from the world. I'm talking about

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a holy discontent that's within you. and he's

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moving you to something, and some of you are

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going to need to kiss some things goodbye. You're

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going to have to let it go. Some of you are going

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to have to burn the plow. Some of you are going

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to have to announce it. You're going to have

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to tell somebody, and it might not be everybody,

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but you're going to have to tell somebody. How

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many don't want you to verbalize something? You

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kind of make a commitment to do that thing? Somebody

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hold you accountable for that thing that you

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said that you're going to go do? I remember announcing

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that for the first time when I got called into

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ministry. It was the weirdest thing coming out

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of my mouth. I'm like, I'm going to go be a minister.

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And everybody's like, you know, you're going

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to do what? You know, and it was the strangest

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thing. But once it's out of your mouth, you know,

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then you're accountable for what you're going

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to do. I'm going to ask you to stand this morning

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and if you guys would just play softly. I want

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you to bow your heads all over the house. I'm

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going to give you a moment of reflection, then

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we're going to get in some circles and pray together.

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Some of you, you need to kiss somebody or something

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goodbye, whatever that is, for the God change.

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Not for your own discontent, but you're going

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to have to do this. Some of you need to burn

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the plow. You got to burn the plow. You can't

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go back to what you were. You can't go back to,

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what got you to where you are will not get you

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to the next place that God wants you to grow.

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You may have took root, and the stem's pushing

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out of the ground, but if you're going to bear

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fruit, you got to hear what God's saying. You

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got to dive in. And others, you're going to have

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to announce it. You're going to have to say it.

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You're going to boil the ox. You're going to

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have a party, and you're going to tell everybody,

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this is what's going to happen. Hold me to it.

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Hold me to it. No plan B, no plan C, no plan

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D. See, when we make a plan B and plan C and

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plan D, sometimes we're telling God, I don't

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got enough faith in your plan. I got to have

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my own. Faith in God. You know who you are? You

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know who this message is? This message is for

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multiple people here. I'm convinced this morning.

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Convinced. Father, we come before you in the

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matchless name of Jesus. Lord, you know who's

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here. God, you know each person. Lord, you know

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the person, God, who needs to kiss something

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goodbye. You know the person, God, that needs

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to burn the plow. They can't go back to what

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they were. They can't go back and do what they

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did. And you know the one who needs to announce.

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They need to tell somebody, this is where I'm

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going. This is the God change. Not just a change

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for change's sake, but God change that has to

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happen in my life. They're going to partner with

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somebody to pray with them about the God change

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that's taking place in their life. Lord, I pray

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that each person contemplates, understands. Here's

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the Holy Spirit. Speak. In Jesus' name and amen.

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I want you to look up at me. Here's what we're

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going to do. I want you to get in a circle and

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pray. You can say something in that circle if

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you want, or you can just get in a circle, a

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group of people, and just pray together. But

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if you need to announce something that God's

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changing in your life, great spot to do it, right?

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Two, three, four people in your circle. If you

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just need prayer for change, God changes what's

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going on in your life. Great place to pray. Have

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some prayer support. I felt like we need to do

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this. We need to walk this out. So right now,

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just go ahead. Go find a few people. Thank you

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for tuning in to this message from Lifehouse

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Church. Pray that you were impacted powerfully

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by this message. If you have been personally

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affected by our ministry and you would like to

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partner with us as we love God, love people every

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day,