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I am going to invite you at this time, if you

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could be so kind to join me, I'm going to read

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one verse that God has laid upon my heart, found

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a very familiar verse in Isaiah chapter 40 and

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verse 31. Isaiah chapter 40, verse 31. Amen.

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If you don't have it on your Bible or your Bible

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app, you can... Read this very familiar passage

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with me on the screen. It says this way, but

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those who wait on the Lord shall renew their

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strength. They shall mount up with wings like

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eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They

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shall walk and not faint. Somebody say amen.

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I said somebody say amen. Going to speak for

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a few moments today on the thought soaring, running,

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walking. Soaring, running, walking. We're going

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to go into prayer right now. We're going to ask

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God to speak to us. The Lord has laid some things

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in my heart. I want to hopefully take my time

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to break some things down. i believe there is

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a kernel of truth there is a principle of growth

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that god wants us to see today from his word

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why don't we pray father we thank you we love

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you today god for your presence that abides in

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this house of worship this house of prayer and

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we're asking god that that as we transition god

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to the hearing of your word that that same anointing

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god that has permeated the sounds, the music,

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the worship, God, would increase upon the hearing

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of your word. Anoint our understanding, God,

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so that he who has an ear would hear what the

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Spirit is saying to the church. Anoint my lips

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of clay so that every word that comes out of

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my mouth, God, would be edifying and glorifying

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to your name. We give you the glory, give you

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the thanks. We declare this right now, God. Strengthen

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somebody today, Lord. Lift somebody up from where

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they are, God, and help them, God, along that

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journey. We ask this in Jesus' mighty name, we

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pray, amen, amen. You can be seated in the presence

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of God. Isaiah 40 and 31 is one of the most beloved

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verses in all the Bible. We quote it. We share

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it. We see it printed all over the place, right?

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Magnets on our refrigerators at home or calendars,

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posters, coffee mugs. It's one of those types

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of verses that we cling to. We love to repeat.

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And there's something quite unusual about the

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structure of the verse that. I've noticed, but

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I've never really dug into, paid attention until

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the Holy Spirit brought it to my attention recently.

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And I want you to notice the order of the verse.

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It talks about flying or soaring, running, and

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walking. Now, if you think about it, friend,

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church, brother, sister, think about it. doesn't

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follow the natural progression. Human logic expects

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progression to build up to a climax. In fact,

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we will say sometimes to someone hoping to achieve

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something greater in their life, maybe a promotion

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at the job or some area of success that they're

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striving for physically, sometimes we'll tell

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them, you know, hey, You got to crawl before

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you walk, right? How many of you ever heard that

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before? Or we might say, you know, you got to

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walk before you run, right? And we say that because

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that's the natural progression of things. And

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it's very true. Crawling before walking, walking

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before running, and certainly running before

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flying. And if I was to write this verse, which

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I didn't, that probably would have been my perspective.

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You start slow, and then you gradually build

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up to something much higher. I think that's what

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the advice most of us would give to anybody trying

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to do anything in life, no matter if it's a spiritual

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thing, a private. personal thing. That's the

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general advice. That's just generally good advice.

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Amen? Start slow and you work your way up. You

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progress. But here Isaiah flips it around. And

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instead, he writes the reverse order. And I want

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to ask the question why. It's not because...

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He's describing or he's not describing natural

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progression as we have come to know it. He's

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describing spiritual maturity. And I want you

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to know that God today, I might preach today,

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but I also just might teach this thing because

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there are some really good things I want to get

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to. Somebody say that's all right. Amen. God

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isn't just concerned with how high you can fly.

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He isn't just preparing you for mountaintop moments.

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He's training you instead for a daily walk. A

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daily walk. I know that doesn't sound very exciting,

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but just bear with me for a moment. Isaiah's

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verse isn't the first time that God does things

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in reverse. God is a paradoxical God in many

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ways. Don't forget, he's the same God who shrunk

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Gideon's army before going into battle with the

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Midianites. He did the opposite of what Gideon

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wanted. He wanted a bigger army. And God shrunk

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it down. He's the same God who chose David over

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his stronger, older, bigger brothers to be anointed

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the next king of Israel. He is the God who said

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things such as, the last shall be first. And

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the first. shall be last. Who said, whoever loses

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his life for my sake will find it. The same God

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who said, humble yourself and God will exalt

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you. You see, this goes against everything that

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the natural world or life, natural life, is telling

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us. But over and over again, Scripture shows

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us that God's power flows in the opposite direction

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of human logic. So just when you think you've

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got God figured out, he does something in reverse

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that says, wait a minute, this wasn't in that

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best -selling self -help success book that I

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read. This wasn't in that course that I took.

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This wasn't what my neighbor told me or what

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my friend said or my loved one. Why is God putting

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things in reverse when I'm trying to get ahead?

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He is the God who chose the foolish to confound

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the wise, the weak to confound the mighty. See,

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God doesn't work like we do. Somebody say amen.

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He doesn't work like we do. He doesn't think

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like we think. He doesn't operate the way we

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do. He chooses the underdog. He goes for the

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least likely. He does things in reverse. And

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so when Isaiah writes about how God will renew

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our strength to those that wait on him and...

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He begins to draw this picture for us about soaring

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and then running and walking. He's actually revealing

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a heavenly pattern to us. He's showing us how

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God works in our lives. And if you're not careful,

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you can make the mistake of misreading, misunderstanding

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what God is actually doing and waste your time.

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Getting angry, upset, either with God or with

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man over whatever perceived lack of progress

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you're seeing in your life. Whether it's a physical

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thing, a spiritual thing, whatever that thing

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might be. And so, Isaiah reveals to us, once

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again, like others in Scripture, that God works

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in the reverse order. But the message is clear

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to us today. And this is what I hope to encourage

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you with. And direct you with today is that God,

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no matter what level we're at, no matter what

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season, God gives us strength for every season.

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Why don't we clap our hands and let's just thank

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God for that. Amen, somebody. Gives us strength

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for every season. It isn't that the eagle's wings

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are better than... The walking legs or the running

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legs or vice versa, it isn't that one has a higher

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virtue than the other. It's just that God works

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in our lives through different seasons, and strength

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is needed for different dimensions of life. And

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so why don't we begin today with that first dimension

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of strength that we need, and that's soaring

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strength. And soaring strength is needed so that

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we can be courageous. Someone say courageous.

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We need soaring strength to be courageous. They

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shall mount up with wings like eagles. This is

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the strength. He's describing the strength to

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rise. This is when God lifts you out of something.

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When he gives you supernatural power and perspective.

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When he carries you beyond what you can do on

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your own. This type of strength you will undoubtedly

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need. At some point in your life. Maybe not every

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day. Maybe not today. Brothers, sisters, maybe

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not even tomorrow or this week. But I guarantee

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that if you keep living, you're going to need

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this kind of strength at some point. You're going

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to need it when you get that diagnosis that there's

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no cure. You're going to need it when they hand

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you that. That pink slip terminating, laying

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you off at your job. You're going to need it

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when you get news from a loved one or a family

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member that doesn't sit well. It kind of goes

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against what you, but you're going to need it

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for a lot of situations in life that presents

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an impossibility for man. These are those eagle

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moments, and I thank God for them. Hallelujah.

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Where that supernatural strength invigorates

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us, lifts us from where we are, and takes us

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to places in the spirit, in life, that we could

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have never arrived to on our own. Let me tell

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you a little bit about eagles today. Hallelujah.

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I could preach a whole message on eagles. But

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eagles are like no other bird in the animal kingdom.

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You know that they don't flap their wings. like

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pigeons and sparrows. You never see an eagle

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getting ready to fly and start fluttering his

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wings all crazy, like, I'm getting ready to fly,

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you know? Want me to see you do that again? No,

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hallelujah. You don't see them doing that, brother

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or sister. They don't flap their wings. In fact,

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there's no other bird created by God in this

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world that flies quite like an eagle because

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what an eagle does, It will find a place at the

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cliff, at the edge of the rock, or its nest,

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and all the eagle will do was spread its wings.

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Amen. It spreads its wings, and then it waits

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for the current to rise. And when the current

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rise, with its wings spread, it simply lets the

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wind do the lifting. Hallelujah. It lets the

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wind catch underneath its wings, and it waits

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for the wind. It dare not just jump off the cliff.

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You say, well, I'm an eagle after all. I know

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how to do this and just jump off and take a nosedive.

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No, the eagle is smart enough to wait for the

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wind to begin to blow. And when that wind blows,

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it recognizes, it's time to spread my wings.

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Because what's about to happen next has got nothing

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to do with how strong I am. How gifted I am.

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How knowledgeable I am. Everything that happens

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next is about how powerful. The wind is underneath

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my wing. I've come to tell you that's a picture

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of what happens in the Holy Ghost. When you need

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a miracle from God, when you need a divine breakthrough

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from God, it's not going to be medicine. It's

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not going to be your lawyer. It's not going to

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be your neighbor. It's not going to be anybody

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else. It's going to be you responding to the

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wind that God is blowing in your life. And if

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you are spiritually wise enough, you won't let

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the wind pass you by. My God, somebody ought

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to give the Lord some praise today. You will

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spread your wings and begin to worship and thank

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God for what he's going to do. Why don't you

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give God some praise this afternoon? This is

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what the Hebrews experienced when God brought

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them out of Egypt. They didn't come out of Egypt

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on their own strength. They would have been stuck

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there if God never moved. But the Lord told them

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this in Exodus 19, 4. You have seen what I did

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to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagle's

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wings. And I brought you to myself. God said,

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what I did, you had nothing to do with. I'm the

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one that sent the ten plagues. I'm the one that

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defeated Pharaoh's magicians. I'm the one that

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parted the Red Sea so that you can walk across

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dry ground and see Pharaoh's armies drown underneath

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all that water. I'm the one that did that. Don't

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you ever forget that it wasn't you. It wasn't

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your good looks. It wasn't the school you graduated

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from. It wasn't the family that you were born

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into. It was none of those things. It was the

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fact that I put you on my wings and I miraculously

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brought you out. I don't know. There might be

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somebody here. day that needs soaring strength

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in your life you might need the courage to believe

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that God's going to do the impossible and I've

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come to tell you just keep waiting on the Lord

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and if you wait on the Lord how many of you are

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waiting on a miracle I'm waiting on God if you

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will wait on the Lord he will give you soaring

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strength and he'll do the impossible so God gives

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us Those eagle moments. I don't know about you,

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but I love those eagle moments. The disciples

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of Christ, three of them, they loved the eagle

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moments so much when they went up with Jesus

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on the Mount of Transfiguration. They told the

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Lord, do we have to leave? Why don't we just

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build the temple right here? I don't want to

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go back down the mountain. And Jesus said, no,

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we got work to do. We got to go back down the

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mountain. I don't know about you, but when I'm

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on the eagle's wings, man, I don't want to come

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down. I want to stay there. And we want to stay

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there. But that's not reality. That's not spiritual

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growth. Spiritual growth is not running from

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one miracle to the next, my friend. God's a good

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God and he will bless and he will do miraculous

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things. But that's not spiritual growth. There's

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another level. There's another dimension of strength

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that will help us because soaring doesn't last

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forever. That is. Running strength. Someone say

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running strength. And we need running strength.

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Why? So that we'll maintain godly passion to

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do what God has called us to do. They shall run,

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Isaiah says, and not be weary. That word weary

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is significant. It doesn't mean tired. Like the

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way we think physically. There's a different

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type of, you know, fatigue. He's not talking

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about physical tiredness. He's talking about

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weariness of the soul and the heart. Spiritual

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maturity takes us from the eagle's heights. It

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takes us from soaring levels to running levels.

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Why? Because like I said a moment ago, you cannot

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live off. high moments alone. You cannot fulfill

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your purpose and destiny just going from one

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high to the next. And those that try to do that

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ultimately crash and burn. Their highs are real

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highs and their lows are real lows. And you got

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to scrape us off the floor. to get back up there

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because they haven't discovered running strength.

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The whole point of high points is to inspire

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us not to stay there because we can't stay there,

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but to motivate and inspire us to run vigorously

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with everything that we have towards God's call

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in our life. There may be somebody here today,

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hear me in the Holy Ghost, your frustration is

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not, Anything other than you waiting on God to

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do something he's already done. Your progress,

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your growth is not because of God. Not because

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of anybody else. It's the simple fact that you're

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spreading your wings at a time where you ought

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to be running. Woo, my God. Waiting for the wind

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to blow at a time where you ought to be running.

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Running with what? Running with purpose. Running

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with passion. Running to do something. You see,

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when God calls you, he expects you to run. Amen,

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somebody. When he calls you, he expects you to

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run. Hallelujah. Not to fly. Not to catch an

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Uber. Amen. But to run. Amen. With everything.

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You see, in the Bible, running correlates with

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fulfilling a divine assignment. Often when you

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see a runner, it's because they've got a divine

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purpose. In Habakkuk, the Lord said these words

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in chapter 2, verse 2. Write the vision and make

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it plain on tablets that he may run who reads

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it. The word of the Lord was, I've got a vision.

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I've got a mission. I've got an assignment. But

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I can't give this to a walker or a flyer. I need

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a runner. I need somebody who's determined. I

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need somebody who's got their mind made up. I

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need somebody who is laser focused. I need somebody

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who's got their eye on the prize. I need somebody

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who's undistracted by the affairs and the emotions

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and the inner personalities of life. I need somebody

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whose sole objective is to get to where exactly

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I'm calling them to go. Woo, my God. Let me tell

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you, not everybody's a runner. Not everybody

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is a runner. And the reason they're not a runner,

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well, I'll get to that in a moment, but things

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can weigh us down. But here's the point. Running

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is the act of passion. It's what we need to get

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the job done. The Bible, you know, the Bible's

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got some famous runners. Got some famous runners,

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notable runners. Like, how about when Elijah,

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there's a story when Elijah, Bible says he outran

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a chariot. I don't know if he was wearing Nikes

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or Adidas, but that boy was running. And he was

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running so fast, he outran a chariot. It was

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like outrunning a car. How do you do that? Supernatural

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strength. God will give you the strength. To

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run. And you know what you're going to do? Man,

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I could preach on that too. You will outrun.

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Hallelujah. You will outrun, outperform, not

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because of you, but because of the strength,

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the blessing, the favor that God has given you

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to those things that are more qualified than

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you. What's faster, a human runner or a chariot

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with a horse? Chariot with a horse. That's what

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on the outside should be faster. But God, when

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he strengthens you to run the race that he's

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called you to run, you will be able to do things

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that man cannot explain. My God, I'm getting

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excited now. You'll be able to outrun things

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you have no business outrunning. How about David?

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He ran towards Goliath. He said, give me a shot

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at this guy. Everybody is crying and sad. and

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miserable. He ran towards Goliath. That's what

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you do when you've got purpose. Oh, hallelujah.

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The prodigal's father, when he was coming home,

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the Bible said he ran out to meet his son out

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in the field. Why did the father run? Because

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he was on a mission. He said, I got to meet my

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son where he is, and that's what running will

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do. You've got a purpose. You've got a mission

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you've got to fulfill. Philip, he ran. to the

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chariot and was able to witness to that Ethiopian

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eunuch and convert him to Christianity. He ran.

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Let me tell you, you can't fly to these places.

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There are certain things in God you can't be

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carried there. You've got to run. But again,

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as I said a moment ago prematurely, but I said

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there are many that cannot run or they want to

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run, but they can't. Why? Because they allow

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things to weigh them down. And the Bible tells

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us in Hebrews 12, 1, it tells us lay aside. Let

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us lay aside. Someone say lay aside. Come on,

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say, say lay aside. Let us lay aside every weight

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and the sin which so easily ensnares us and let

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us run. Our race, let us run with endurance or

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patience, the race that is set before us. And

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he is telling us, Paul or the writer of Hebrews

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is painting a picture of a runner. He said, don't

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be like those runners that get weighed down with

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the affairs of life, that get weighed down with

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issues and burdens and cares and also with sin

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and disobedience. He said, don't be weighed down

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because you've got a race to run. cannot let

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the... I feel today that somebody has got to

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take off those things that have been weighing

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you down. Another translation says, strip yourself.

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In the Amplified Bible, strip off those things

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and throw aside every encumbrance. I've come

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to preach to somebody here today, whether it's

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a person, a passion, a thing, a material thing,

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a spiritual thing, whatever it is, if it's getting

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in the way of you running your race, God is...

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Calling you to strip it off of your life so that

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you can run vigorously for the Lord. Hallelujah.

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Strip it off. Don't blame the devil for things

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you haven't stripped off your life. Don't blame

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anybody. Don't blame your neighbor. Don't blame

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the church. Don't blame anybody. Don't blame

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anybody for the things that you haven't stripped

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off your life and old mindsets and old attitudes

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and old emotions and old things and sin and disobedience

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and addictions and bad habits. These are things

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today that God is saying, I'm going to give you

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strength to strip those things off of your life.

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Why? So that you can run your race with endurance.

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Oh, the Bible says that he who endures to the

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end, amen, and Mark, he who endures to the end

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shall be saved. I don't want to just start my,

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a lot of people start the race and they don't

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finish strong, brother. You know this? They don't

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finish strong. They're sprinters. God's not looking

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for sprinters. He's looking for marathon runners.

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Hallelujah. Amen. He's looking for long distance

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runner. You know, people with stamina, people

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that can keep on running. I've been running.

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going to reach my destination. Hallelujah. I'm

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going to... what God has called me to do. I've

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got a vision to carry. How many of you, God has

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given you a vision for your life? Amen. If you

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don't have a vision, God wants to put a vision

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in your heart for your life. I've got a vision

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to raise a godly family. I've got a vision to

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have a healthy marriage. I've got a vision to

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build the kingdom of God. I've got a vision to

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build a career that is Christ -centered. I've

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got a vision to do these things for the Lord,

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and I've got to run. with everything that I have.

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And I can't let nothing get in the way. Am I

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talking to some runners today? Hallelujah. Somebody

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give the Lord some praise. Am I talking to some

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runners that I've got to run this race? So Isaiah,

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in his reverse order, which makes sense in heaven,

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starts with flying. In the middle, he gets to

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running. And then finally, He brings us to the

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third dimension of strength. He talks about walking.

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I want to just for, if you will allow, give me

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a few more moments, please, to talk about walking

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strength. And you need walking strength. Why?

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Not necessarily to be courageous or to be passionate

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like the others, but to be faithful. Amen. Somebody

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say faithful. He said, they shall walk and not

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faint. Notice he didn't use the word that he

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used for running, not be weary, but not faint.

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There's something to that. Isaiah's reverse order

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culminates. It ends in a way that, I'll be honest,

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if this were a movie, it would be like anticlimactic.

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It would be like, that's not how it's supposed

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to end. We're supposed to end, you know, with

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the trophy, you know, parading around the football

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field, you know, those sports movies. I mean,

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we're supposed to end on cloud nine. But here,

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he ends with the act that many of us would just

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consider boring. Walking. After you have soared,

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after you have ran, walking just doesn't feel

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right. quite as exciting. Let's be honest today,

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amen. Not as exciting as flying like an eagle.

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Not very glamorous. But let me tell you that

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the real test, and this is what God marked in

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my spirit to present, to teach, preach here today.

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The real test of maturity is not how high you

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can fly. nor how fast you can run, but how faithfully

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you can walk. Everybody wants to fly. Some people

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want to run. But it's hard to find people who

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want to walk. It's not glamorous, not flashy.

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Wouldn't want to post it on Instagram, hashtag

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walking. It's not very attractive. We'd rather

00:31:08.789 --> 00:31:13.509
post hashtag soaring, soaring for Jesus. Wow,

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brother, I want to be like you. But in my world,

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I don't know about your world, walking is the

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best measurement of how I'm doing spiritually.

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Not flying. Not even running. But walking. No

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one claps for it. But let me tell you today.

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Amen. Walking in the spirit. I don't just mean

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:44.059
walking in general. While it's good for our health.

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But walking in the spirit over a lifetime. Not

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in spurts. Not in just seasons. But over a lifetime

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is the most faithful movement. Of all. Oh, hallelujah.

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Man, I feel like I brought a few of you down

00:32:05.089 --> 00:32:07.210
right now. But I'm going to lift you back up

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in the Holy Ghost. Hey, as I get ready to close,

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amen. I've seen people, been in church my whole

00:32:20.170 --> 00:32:21.950
life, and I thank the Lord for that, ministry

00:32:21.950 --> 00:32:27.680
almost 25 years. Not perfect. Made mistakes just

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.819
like everyone else. And I've seen others make

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:33.859
mistakes. And I've seen a lot. And I'll tell

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:38.420
you this. I've seen people fly. I've seen people

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:40.259
fly. And I'm talking about spiritually. I've

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seen people fly who never learned to walk. I've

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:52.059
even seen people run. I mean, man. Like Elijah

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:55.700
did. Put on the burners, you know. I'm like,

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:59.380
man, we both started at the same, and they're

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.940
way over there, and I'm still back here. It's

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:07.140
like the tortoise and the hare. They're strong

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runners in the Lord, but never learned to walk.

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People who can fly high. People who can run to

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and fro. Busy, busy, busy, busy, busy. Wow. But

00:33:26.849 --> 00:33:34.390
lack spiritual disciplines. Are you all still

00:33:34.390 --> 00:33:41.029
with me today? I said, are you with me? Soaring.

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Soaring. I came to preach about all three, but

00:33:45.509 --> 00:33:49.809
the emphasis here is in walking. Soaring takes

00:33:49.809 --> 00:33:55.710
courage. Running takes passion, but walking takes

00:33:55.710 --> 00:34:04.509
faith. Paul said, we walk for we walk by faith,

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not by sight. You know, it takes faith to keep

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walking day after day. my Lord. It takes faith

00:34:25.530 --> 00:34:31.849
to keep walking. I didn't come here to preach

00:34:31.849 --> 00:34:36.289
you. If you need a miracle, God can give you

00:34:36.289 --> 00:34:40.710
one. But we got people who get their miracles

00:34:40.710 --> 00:34:45.429
and they never get faithful. Got people who run,

00:34:45.590 --> 00:34:48.969
but when they stop running, they're not faithful

00:34:48.969 --> 00:34:50.730
in the little things that God calls them to do.

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We're not here to downplay those things at all.

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But God is trying to get all of us, myself included,

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:07.920
everybody, to walking strength. You need walking

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:10.820
strength today. Why? You need to learn how to

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.780
walk, brother and sister, when things don't go

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:20.460
your way. Amen. You need to learn how to walk.

00:35:20.829 --> 00:35:23.389
Keep doing your spiritual disciplines, prayer,

00:35:23.710 --> 00:35:27.570
fasting, reading your Bible, living holy, maintaining

00:35:27.570 --> 00:35:30.030
your standards, all of these things when life

00:35:30.030 --> 00:35:35.510
doesn't go your way. It's not glamorous. It's

00:35:35.510 --> 00:35:39.989
not flashy. No one's going to, you know, throw

00:35:39.989 --> 00:35:43.809
you a party over it. But you know who notices?

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Someone say who. He notices. You know, there

00:35:51.829 --> 00:35:58.869
was a man in the Bible named Enoch. This man

00:35:58.869 --> 00:36:03.489
made it in the Bible. Bible doesn't record any,

00:36:03.570 --> 00:36:07.389
he never, there are no soaring moments recorded

00:36:07.389 --> 00:36:10.289
in the Bible. He never called fire down from

00:36:10.289 --> 00:36:16.510
heaven, never performed a miracle. There's not

00:36:16.510 --> 00:36:19.469
even any running moments in this man's life.

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We don't see him building any temples or carrying

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out some important task. All the Bible says about

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this man is that he walked. And Enoch walked

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with God. That's it. You can live a successful

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Christian life. Even if you never soar to the

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highest mountains, even if you never run with

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the best of them, but if you just walk, oh, my

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God, with God, day after day after day, when

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it's in season and when it's out of season, when

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it's trending and when it's not trending, when

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it's fashionable, when it's not fashionable.

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If you just keep walking with him, you know who's

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going to notice? Would you stand with me today?

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God's going to notice. He's going to notice.

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Put the scripture back up. He's going to notice.

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And Enoch walked with God. And you know what

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God did? He took him straight to glory. God said,

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I am so impressed. With how you walk. You just,

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you're faithful. You just keep doing the normal

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stuff you're supposed to do as a believer. And

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because you keep doing that, I am so impressed

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with your walk. You could have given up. You

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could have fainted a long time ago. Don't you

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think Enoch had problems in his life? Sickness,

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disease. He lived in the same broken world that

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you and I live in. He didn't get a pass for those

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things. He didn't live in a bubble. He had to

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deal with the same issues of life. And God was

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so impressed. You keep showing up Sunday after

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Sunday. You keep praying every morning. You don't

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give up. You just keep walking. And God was so

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impressed. He said, you know what? I can't wait

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till you die. I'm going to take you right now.

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And so he's the only man in the Old Testament

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that just escaped death altogether. He was raptured.

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That's the power of a walk. And if you keep walking,

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you know what's going to happen? David said,

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yea, though I walk. Through the valley of the

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shadow of death, I will fear no. He didn't say,

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I fly. He didn't say, I run. He said, I'm just

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walking through it right now. Some of you are

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in a valley today. Oh, hallelujah. Would you

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begin to press right now into the spirit? Would

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you begin to open up your heart to another level

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in God's spirit today that he wants to work in

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your life? You're in a valley, some of you. Some

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of your valleys right now, they're lower than

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your neighbors or they're darker than your friends

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or everybody. got their own, but you're walking

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through a valley and you feel like almost like

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you almost want to faint. Like you just like

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how many? I don't know if I could take it another

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day. I don't know if I can keep smiling the way

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I have. I don't know if I can keep worshiping

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the way I have. I don't know if I can keep giving

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the way I have now, especially since they cut

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back my hours at work. And, you know, they're

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talking layoff. and economy and all that. You

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know, I'm about to be replaced by AI and all

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this stuff. I don't know. And I'm kind of nervous.

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Should I keep tithing? And you just keep, you

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know, they've got all these thoughts coming to

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you. I don't know if I can do it or not. I'm

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just about at the end of how far I can go. I've

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taken all I can take. You know, I'm getting tired.

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I'm not sure. I'm starting to get weary. But

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my Bible says that if you will wait on the Lord,

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he will. If there's a runner, if there's a flyer

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here today, that says I need God. If you need

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more of God's strength, I want you to begin to

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close your eyes. And this altar will be open

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right now. If there's anybody today that wants

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to come because God wants to give you new strength

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this afternoon. Oh, he wants to give you new

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strength. He wants to give it. Baby, you need

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a maybe you need eagle's wings. He said, Pastor,

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I've been walking, but today I need to get on

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the eagle's wings. God. wants to lift you up

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to a whole other level. Why don't you spread

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your wings and let the wind do the work? Hallelujah.

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Oh, somebody here, you need to get your run back.

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Oh, God wants to strengthen your legs in the

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spirit so that you can run. Come on, pick up

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your calling again. Pick up your purpose again.

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Pick up your gift that you laid down. Pick up

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your ministry that you put aside. Pick this thing

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up and let's run for the Lord. Let's run for

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Jesus. Oh, I feel like I'm talking to somebody

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right now. And if you want to walk like you've

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never walked, you're saying, Pastor, I have flown

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and I have ran, but I am struggling in my daily

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walk. God is calling you right now. Be strengthened

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in the Lord. Be strengthened in the Lord. Be

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strengthened in your convictions. Be strengthened

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in your spirit. Be strengthened. your disciplines

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be strengthened with your walk be strengthened

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with your talk be strengthened today