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Sister Gwen got up and said, the Lord is here

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and he wants to touch you all the way that you

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need it. Close your eyes and just bask in the

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glory. So I closed my eyes and I was in heaven

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in the presence of Jesus. Now I came with a wounded

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heart and he welcomed me in and he just. danced

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with me and held me and just healed my heart

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at that time because I felt so rejected and abandoned.

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And I walked out of that convention with a heart

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that was healed. God promises in Joel 2 .28 to

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pour out his spirit on all humanity. Welcome

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to global outpouring. Are we content for that

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promised outpouring? Will you quit for that outpouring

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so that we may engage? and that very outpouring

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i'm philip bus and i'm sharon bus welcome to

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the podcast today we have with us a dear friend

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of many years valerie melroy she's been with

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us before and you can go back and listen to the

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previous episode we did with her but today we're

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going to talk about the things that are happening

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at Global Outpouring and how we're moving forward.

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And she's part of our board, so she has an interest

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in that in particular. And she's also going to

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share with us testimonies of things that God

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did with her in her experiences at the convention.

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So we want to excite you about coming to this

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convention because your anointing is needed in

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the body of Christ. Thanks so much for joining

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us today. We're just delighted that you're with

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us. And we want to encourage you, if you haven't

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already done so, to go to our website, globaloutpouring

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.net, and be sure that you've joined our email

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lists, that you've subscribed. and that we can

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stay in touch with you. And there's also a feedback

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form there, or you can give us feedback by sending

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us an email, feedback at globaloutpouring .org.

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Or if you're watching on YouTube or Spotify,

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you can leave us a comment there. And we just

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love to hear from people and just engage. We

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want to build community here because... We want

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to help equip you for the thing that God has

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for you to do in this outpouring that has already

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started. So it's really important that we stay

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connected. And if you're feeling that connection

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in your heart that like... this is something

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I've been looking for. You also need to consider

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coming to Convention 2026, May 21st through 24th,

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in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Hilton St. Louis

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Airport. It's right by the airport, and it's

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right by the interstate. It's so easy to get

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to, whether you're flying or driving. It's centrally

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located in the United States, and we just encourage

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you to come. We're going to have glorious worship,

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and the speakers are out of this world. Well,

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Some of them have been out of this world anyway.

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And it's just a place where you can develop new

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relationships and find a space where you belong.

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That's what this is all about, is building community.

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And you're going to have an amazing time in the

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presence of the Lord. The speakers are wonderful.

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The worship is wonderful. But your anointing

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is important. So try and be there if you possibly

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can. So let's talk with Valerie now. Well, Valerie,

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it's a delight to have you with us again. We'll

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put a link in the show notes as to our last podcast

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that we did with you that'll give a little more

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idea of your history and things that God has

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been doing in your life. But we've been so delighted

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to have you on our board of directors in, has

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it been a year, two years? Yeah. So you've been

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such a help to us and such a bolstering of the

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calling and the strategies that God has for us.

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So we just want to welcome you to this episode.

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Thank you. I'm so happy to be here. My favorite

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people, you and Philip. I remember way back when

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we stayed at your house in the 80s and did a

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recording in the... Did our first garage recording.

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Oh, wow. It was a long time. Yes, we've been

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friends a very long time. Very, very long. Very

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long. It's been great. And good. All good. All

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the time. I don't think we ever had a falling

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out. That's a good thing, too. Not that you can't

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stay friends even if you have a falling out.

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You know, it's best to get those things repaired.

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So anyway, we recently did. Well, actually, it's

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been about a year that we've been working on

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this, that we got together with Joanna Drexel

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Blevins, who does this for a living, and she

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helped us to develop a strategic plan. And it

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was you that had the idea to do it. And so I

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just want to turn you loose and let's just talk

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about it. Let's talk about what that was about,

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how it came about and what we concluded. Okay.

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I love that. You know, as part of the board and

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also growing up in the ministry, basically, I

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met Sister Gwen when I was 16, over 50 years

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ago, I'll just say that. So basically going up

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in the ministry and she was one of my spiritual

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moms and all. And then, you know, she appointed

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you and anointed you as her successor and you

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as the president, Philip as the vice president,

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and then coming on the board for me. And looking

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at what you were doing now, the name changed,

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which was a great name. I really know that God

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gave that name, Global Outpouring. And then just

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thinking, because I was in business for 30 years.

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and recognize how important a strategic plan

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was to think about where are we now? Where are

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we going? Where do we want to go? What's our

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vision? So that we could all, as a new board

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member, with the board members that were already

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there, get on the same page. So Joanna came in

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and we really took a parabolic approach, which

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is a story. What's the story of global outpouring?

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And, you know, I love that because... Jesus gave

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stories all the time. And people could get that

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story and then understand his intent behind it.

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And, you know, what was really important. And

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although some people didn't get it right, some

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people that were religious or whatever may not

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have gotten it. But she really took us through

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very good steps around what's our mandate, what's

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our vision, what's our mission. our core values

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and our purpose. And we went through, and it

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wasn't just the board. You invited other people

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in, remember, from the nations and also some

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young people. Various ages. Yes, various ages.

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And we met pretty much every week for a while

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and every other week for three months, really,

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to look at all those different aspects. So I

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love the mandate. It never changed the mandate,

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Joel 228, right? Exactly, exactly. I think in

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our early days, the word that was given to Sister

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Gwen, our founder, was, you are raised up of

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God to call out the end time handmaidens. And

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that came from Joel 2 .29. where, you know, you

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have to have 28. The Lord says, I will pour out

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my spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your

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daughters will prophesy, and your young men shall

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see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.

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And then the next verse is, and on my servants

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and on my handmaidens, I will pour out of my

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spirit and they shall prophesy. So it really

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goes back to the initiation of the move of God

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is that he pours out his spirit. So that's the

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part that's in Joel 2 .28. And of course, it's

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repeated on the day of Pentecost. You know, Peter

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says, this is that that was spoken of by the

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prophet Joel. So as we were trying to get a new

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name, when the Lord gave us the word, you need

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a new name, it's time to change your name. It

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was just go back to the outpouring. It's about

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the outpouring. And in the outpouring, we are

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seeing that this is our time to encounter Jesus.

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And as we have an encounter with Jesus, we're

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going to engage people and help them to get an

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encounter with Jesus so that everybody can learn

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how much our Father loves them. It's about our

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Father's love. You know, so many people trip

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up on the Old Testament because they see there's

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an angry God. Well, he's only angry every 400

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years or so. You know, when there's been several,

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several generations have gone by and they pretty

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much stick with the same sins. That's when he

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says, OK, that's enough. You know, let's wipe

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this out and start over. And he keeps giving

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another chance and he keeps giving another chance

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because ultimately, ultimately, Joel 2 .28 is

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about him pouring out his spirit on all flesh.

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Our mandate has to do with the outpouring of

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the Holy Spirit on the nations. We love the nations.

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And it's not just geographic nations. It's the

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people groups. It's the ethnos. It's the ethnic

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groups. So, you know, you can have one nation

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that has. 35 ethnic groups or 100 ethnic groups.

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Like in India, there's all these different language

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groups, you know, and every village is almost

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its own ethnicity. And so, you know, there's

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many, many, many that God tailors his encounter

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with them based on who they are individually,

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because he made every single person unique. He

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made every single person unique to work with

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him. And that's been so much the problem of the

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church as we think of it, the church as it has

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kind of grown into an institution, rather than

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a gathering or a body of believers who each have

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their own experience with him. And I'm reminded

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of what it says in Jeremiah 31, starting with

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verse 31 through 34. It's the description of...

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the new covenant. And, you know, when Jesus gave

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the Holy Communion, he said, this cup is the

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new covenant in my blood. So partaking of the

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cup of communion is a part of establishing ourselves

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in connection with him as an individual. And

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the things that he promised include, you're going

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to be forgiven of your sins. I'll be your God.

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You be my people. I'll write my words in your

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hearts and in your minds. And the other one is,

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and you will know me. Amen. That's what they

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never accomplished. They never did really know

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God. Yeah. And it wasn't an individual thing

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back in the Old Testament where, you know, when

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the children of Israel came out of Egypt, God

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said right there at Mount Sinai, he said, I want

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you to be a kingdom of priests to me. Well, a

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priest. has a direct connection with God and

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a connection with the people. So he's there in

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the middle, kind of like an intercessor in between

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the two. So he's looking for us to be that kingdom

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of priests, to be kings and priests. So that

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has to do with this encounter that we need to

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experience individually, and then we engage people.

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And then we help them to see the love of the

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Father so that it spreads out over the whole

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earth. Amen. That goes back to Joel 2 .28 because

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your sons and daughters will prophesy. So he's

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really talking, when you're talking about engaging

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Jesus, experiencing the love of the Father, which

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is our heart as well, is that our sons and our

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daughters, and we're them too, right? Right.

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We'll prophesy. You know, we'll dream dreams.

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see visions and so we're expecting to see a lot

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more of that hear a lot more dreams and visions

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and and also hear about the encounters as you

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said that people have and it's not going to look

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like something we may think It's an individual,

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like you said, because every tribe and tongue,

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the Lord created tribes and tongues. And so it's

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so exciting for him to have the difference. I

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remember one time I was asked to speak at a big

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candlelight ceremony for mental health. And I

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said, what do you want me to say, Lord? And he

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said, what if everybody looked like Tom Cruise

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and Nicole Kidman? And what if the only color

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on the earth was green? And what if? And I'm

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like, oh, my gosh, it'd be so boring. And you

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wouldn't get to know each other. I mean, you

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would just look at somebody that looked like

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you and you wouldn't be different. You wouldn't

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be unique. And then he gave me this whole, I

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only have five minutes to speak. So he talked

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about colors and about people and about tribes

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and tongues and uniqueness and how everything,

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everyone he creates, what he has created brings

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him such pleasure. And he wants us to find pleasure

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in it too. And so when we had those encounters,

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it's around. a pleasurable experience with the

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Father for us and for him. Yes. So individual,

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you know. Yeah. You know, the Olympics, Winter

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Olympics are going on, and I forget the name

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of the ice skater, Lucy Liu or something. She

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has this raccoon -looking hair. I mean, that

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really sets her apart. Yes. And we are each individual

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unto God as an individual. You know, we all have

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our different personalities and even all kindreds,

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tribes and nations, how everything is so different.

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Cultures are so different. But being all one

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in Christ Jesus, because when the Holy Spirit

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gets poured out. You know, none of that matters.

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It's just like you're on your face. You're worshiping

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God. And it doesn't matter what the person next

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to you looks like. Because God's just moving,

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which is what he's going to do. Amen. Amen. I

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thought I'd just throw that in there. That's

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good, Phillip. That's good. No, I love that.

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And when we talk about, you know, God pouring

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out as our vision. you know, his spirit on all

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humanity. Yes. Even though we're not looking

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at the person next to us. Oh, you know, they

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look different than me. The idea is that that's

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amazing that they don't look like me and they're

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not like, you know what I mean? Because in our

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uniqueness, then we become a body and it really

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brings glory to God because we aren't the same.

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We don't think the same. We may not look the

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same, but in the body and with Holy Spirit, we

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become one. You know, as Jesus said in his prayer,

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I am the father one and he prays for us to be

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one with him. And so I love the fact that because

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I used to say, I don't even see color. I don't

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even see ethnicity and all that. But it's not

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true. That's not honoring of the people because

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God created people to be a tribe and a tongue

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different than mine. And so I love that. But

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it's it's right, Philip. You know, that's when

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we're. kneeling down and and you're with me and

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i'm with you we're encountering jesus together

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and even it might be a different encounter we're

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still encountering the same jesus and same holy

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spirit and it's beautiful yeah that's what i

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love about our convention because we have all

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you know the nations come in and we have all

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all flavors if you want to put it that way yeah

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we're blessed of the lord and highly flavored

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you know Good one. So I talked with Dean recently,

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Dean Braxton, who had this experience in heaven.

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If you don't know who Dean Braxton is, tune in

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to some of our other podcasts where we have interviewed

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him. He had this experience where he died for

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an hour and 45 minutes and went to heaven to

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be with the Father and Jesus. And the thing that

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he says about the Father is that he looks like

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every one of his children. All of us look like

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him. So, in as much as we celebrate the ethnicities,

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we celebrate our differences, we celebrate our

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uniqueness, but we are all made in the image

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of our Father. And it has nothing to do with

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the shade of our skin. It has nothing to do with

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the food that we eat, even though ethnic food

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is going to be different from people group to

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people group. We look like our father. He's our

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father in heaven and hallowed be his name. So

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we're, you know, part of our heart in this ministry

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is participating in what Jesus said when he was

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teaching us the Lord's prayer is thy kingdom

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come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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So the more we learn about heaven, and I just

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love how God has been opening the heavens to

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us, especially through our brother Dean. that

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we're getting a better handle on how it is in

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heaven so that we can be doing it on earth and

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bringing his glory here, building his kingdom

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here. It's about his kingdom. He's the king.

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We've got to remember he's the king. And we are

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king's daughters and sons. We belong to him.

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He made us in his image. It's beautiful. Amen.

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It's very beautiful. You know, I was thinking

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about as we wrestled through, not wrestle, we

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came up with like, talking about engaging Jesus

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or encountering Jesus and then engaging people

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and also what are our values for our ministry.

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And, you know, I've been thinking a lot about

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the integrity that the global outpouring has

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carried. And, you know, we had like 20 things

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listed down there as far as our core values.

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And we're thinking, oh, you know, which are our

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top core values? The three that we landed on,

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do you have it there? I do. Truth, humility,

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and compassion. Yeah, truth. If we're all about

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the Holy Spirit, He is the Spirit of truth. Amen.

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If we're all about Jesus, He said, I'm the way,

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the truth, and the life. Amen. So, you know,

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that should be a huge core value when it's all

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about truth. You know, our Father doesn't lie.

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He's not a man that he should lie. So that means

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he's all about truth. So truth is huge, huge.

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You know, we can't even stretch it. We can't

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even bend it. We can't even exaggerate a little

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bit. You know, I find it interesting, the people

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that I know that correct themselves when they

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say something and they say, no, that's not right.

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And then they say it right again to make sure

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that they are telling the truth. I love that.

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I love that when you see that as a core value

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in people, that the truth is important to them

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and that, you know, that we're not going to be

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running around lying to each other. It's huge.

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I love that. And I love the fact that, you know,

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now that I'm on the board and when things, you

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know, we have a schedule, we may not make the

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schedule. You don't make an excuse. You just

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say, well, I didn't do it or I couldn't get,

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you know what I mean? It goes down to that basic

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truth. It's like, I know I can trust. you. I

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know I can trust Philip. I know I can trust the

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other members on the Global Outpouring Board

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because we're not going to pretend or make excuses

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or whatever. We're going to say, we didn't do

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that. It's never bad. You know, I mean, we just

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missed a deadline or whatever, but, you know,

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and we pick up and do it then. And so down to

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the very, like I said to the Lord one time, don't

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let me get away with even anything little. You

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know, make sure you go, oh, no, Valerie, like,

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don't let me. And I feel like we have that heart.

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Truth in all things, in all matters, finances

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and in ministry and in how we talk to each other

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and our relationships and that we can be very

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honest and accountable to each other with that

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truth. And I love that because it's integrity

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to me. And it's very, very important. You know,

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that reminds me of a time when the person who

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was keeping our books left and I was left with

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the job. And I had a terrible experience as a

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first grader with math. And so even though I

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could do it and and did OK all through school,

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I didn't like math because of that. trauma as

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a first grader. And so, you know, I was really

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a little freaked out that now here I am dealing

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with all these numbers in the accounting department.

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And I was just struggling about it. And then

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God sent a math teacher to help me with this

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department for a little while. And she said,

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Sharon, it's not about math. It's about accounting

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for where the money goes. And it was like a light

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bulb went off for me. And I thought, oh, it's

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not about math. It's about integrity. It's about

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truth. It's about telling the truth about where

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all of this money is going. And then it became

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a thing that I didn't fret about anymore because

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it was no longer math. Because integrity is so

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important to me. You know, I really just truth.

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Amen. Amen. There's a lot thrown around. That's

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kind of a buzzword nowadays. But, you know, running

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a business for 30 years, that's when people said,

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I trust you. I trust you. I mean, that was the

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big thing. Trust. Yes. And I, you know, and then

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they'd use that word. Then I know, okay, good.

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We're doing good. And, you know, that brings

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us to our next one, humility. And it's the fact

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that, you know, in that truth. we are humble

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before the Lord. Like, Ooh, you know, I used

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to sister Gwen, you have this too. I would be,

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you know, I've been again involved in the ministry

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for decades and people would get up and give

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these awesome testimonies about what the Lord

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did all over the world. And she would just go.

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wow, isn't the Lord good? She would never say,

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oh, yes, I was there in 19 blah, blah, blah,

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blah. She would just like, she's very humble.

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It was never taking any glory ever, ever, ever

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for herself. You're that way too. It's just like,

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you marvel at what the Lord does. And someone

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said, You know, the angels up there, every day

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they have a reason to say, every minute they

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have a reason to say holy and to cry out because

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everything is marveling at what God does. And

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I feel like in humility, that's what this ministry

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has as well. I remember Sister Gwen saying, don't

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ever put me on a pedestal because God will knock

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me off. Amen, that's true. She said that. So

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we always thought of that, you know. Yep. Even

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when we go to a church or something. It always

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comes to me, it's like you never take the highest

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seat in the synagogue or at a feast unless someone

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who's more worthy of you, and then you're asked

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to be moved. Right. So sit further back and then

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let them invite you up front. And even if they

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don't invite you up front, that you just say,

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okay, it's not my time. Yeah. You know, you just

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back off and let God do it because pride is our

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enemy. Yeah. Pride is what... Pride is the number

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one killer of... Of all revivals is pride. Yeah.

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Yeah. Revivals and ministries and people that

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God wants to use in other ways. But, you know,

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if we let pride take over, we're done. Just absolutely

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done. Arrogance and pride have to go. And, you

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know, it's so clear that God regards the humble.

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He pays attention when we're humble. And he doesn't

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like us. to be behaving with pride. I want to

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interject something. This morning in my devotion

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time, I was reading the Gospel of Mark in Hebrew.

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You know, it's been out now. The Hebrew Gospels.

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Hebrew Gospels have been translated into English.

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And in Mark, it's, you know, Jesus called himself

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once by the Son of the Virgin, not Son of God.

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Really? Yeah, Son of the Virgin. I thought, wow.

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But they did not translate that into the Greek,

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you know, whatever. Son of the Virgin. That's

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interesting. You know, that sounds a lot more

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humbling than the Son of God. Of course, that

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sounds more supernatural, too. Yeah. The freebie,

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I just throw that in there. No, that's good.

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That's good. Praise God. I love that humility.

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And I love the fact that. You know, God does

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the promotion, like when you said that. And he

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knows the timing and he knows the place and the

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people and how he wants to do that. So if we're

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not invited to sit up front, it's not our time,

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like you said. So praise God for that. And, you

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know, our final core value, compassion. I mean,

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what does that mean to you? How do we show that

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at Global Outpouring? Well, before I talk about

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how we show at Global Outpouring, I'm reminded

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of. when Jesus was moved by compassion, that's

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when people got healed. And I like to think of

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it in that term, that when we're being moved

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by compassion, okay, we're going to be moved

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by compassion when we see someone in need and

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we can do something for them physically. Don't

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just say, be warmed and be healed without doing

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anything for them. So we want to be moved with

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compassion. to pray for people in their need

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in particular. I mean, if there's some way that

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we can help physically, absolutely also. But

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so many of the issues that people have are a

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result of some kind of wounding that they had

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as a child, and it causes them to behave as a

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child when they get under stress. Those things

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need to be healed. And I really have a heart

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of compassion to see people set free from those

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things that have kept them in bondage. They've

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been kept in that prison to the experience that

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they had. you know, whether it was as a child

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or, you know, somewhere along in life, everybody's

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been wounded at some point. And I think that's

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one of the reasons why God gave me that book,

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Rich Wounds. I don't know why I don't promote

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it. I just, I wrote it and it's kind of like

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I've moved on, but it really reaches into people's

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woundings. to help them identify what God wants

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to do out of that. There's a purpose in everything

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that happens in our lives. And it's not like

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he caused it, but he knows how to heal it and

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turn it into something that's beautiful. He works

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all things together for good to them that love

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the Lord, to them that are called according to

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his purpose. And we're all called according to

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his purpose. Some people just haven't learned

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to love him yet. That's true. And I would advise

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everyone to get rich wounds. No, I think it really,

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it shows each part of the crucifixion of Christ

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and what he does and how it touches different

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areas of our life. And I think it's really important,

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like you said, the wounding. I've been in mental

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health for 50 years. You know that. So most of

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the people, everybody that I have met, you know,

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and me too, had to heal from things that were

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said or done. Sure. to me or around me that caused

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me to either perceive things in a wrong way or

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to perceive things in a right way. And I needed

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healing from that. But the rich wounds, I think

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it really brings up, I know for me, it brought

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a deeper revelation of what Christ did on the

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cross and who he is and who we are in him. So

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I certainly would advise it. Amen. And it's meant

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to be beautified. It's meant to be something

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that will be like a jewel. in in your heavenly

00:28:04.630 --> 00:28:07.009
presentation you know what what you will look

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like in heaven those places that that you let

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him heal are going to be like jewels in your

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not not just in your crown but in your whole

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being you know that's beautiful one of one of

00:28:18.170 --> 00:28:20.609
the stories that i put in the book I heard a

00:28:20.609 --> 00:28:23.410
YouTube video of Yonggi Cho talking about a pastor

00:28:23.410 --> 00:28:27.930
that he was married to, in his words, a very

00:28:27.930 --> 00:28:32.789
ugly woman. And she died. And then he died shortly

00:28:32.789 --> 00:28:35.630
thereafter, just days later. When he got there,

00:28:35.809 --> 00:28:39.250
he said, well, my wife just died recently, too.

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:42.500
whoever was welcoming him to heaven said, well,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:46.380
she's the one who asked for you to come so that

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:49.119
you can go back and tell the children that mommy's

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:54.140
okay. And as she was showing him around, he was

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:59.420
walking behind her and he saw like a diamond,

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:01.440
I think it was, some kind of a gemstone in the

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.220
back of her head. It was a diamond, yeah. It

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:05.039
was a diamond? Like a diamond, yeah. And what

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:07.180
had happened was when they were new believers,

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:12.559
they were working for this man's father and they

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.559
went to church and he didn't want them to leave

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.420
the fields at all. He expected them to be in

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:21.180
the rice fields that day. And when they got back

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:23.380
from church, he was so angry that he threw a

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:25.799
rock at her and hit her in the back of the head

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.680
and she had a scar all her life. But when she

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:33.779
got to heaven, that wound was a jewel. And by

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.960
the way, he said that she was the most beautiful

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.079
woman he had ever seen when she got to heaven.

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:44.839
So even our natural ugliness ain't there. Yay,

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:50.579
go God. Amen. Amen. That's beautiful. I love,

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:53.400
you know, you and Philip and I, and let's see,

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.059
there were nine other people that went to Tibet,

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:59.130
remember? And we could not, this was in 2000,

00:29:59.190 --> 00:30:02.589
we could not openly share the gospel. But the

00:30:02.589 --> 00:30:04.730
love and the compassion we had for the people,

00:30:04.829 --> 00:30:08.150
they felt it wherever we went. Yes. Like that

00:30:08.150 --> 00:30:11.230
compassion. I remember the one temple that we

00:30:11.230 --> 00:30:14.069
went into. This is just an aside story, really.

00:30:14.190 --> 00:30:15.869
Of course, I love stories. It doesn't necessarily

00:30:15.869 --> 00:30:18.569
have to do with, well, it does have to do with

00:30:18.569 --> 00:30:21.809
God's compassion. And so we were blowing the

00:30:21.809 --> 00:30:25.190
trumpet set we had, the shofars, and the monks

00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:29.170
were so happy they got their long silver trumpets

00:30:29.170 --> 00:30:31.130
out and they started blowing and not one sound

00:30:31.130 --> 00:30:34.769
would come out. Only our sound. Only the sound.

00:30:34.950 --> 00:30:38.890
And we blew it again. And ours were loud and

00:30:38.890 --> 00:30:42.970
clear and worship and just like, ooh, cut through.

00:30:43.130 --> 00:30:44.910
And then they'd put their trumpets up to their

00:30:44.910 --> 00:30:47.690
mouth and blow and no sound. They kept looking

00:30:47.690 --> 00:30:50.450
at it. And I thought, no, Lord. And actually,

00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:52.890
that trip, the first time I ever blew the shofar,

00:30:52.970 --> 00:30:54.769
I could never blow a shofar before. And we were

00:30:54.769 --> 00:30:56.910
up thousands of feet above sea level. And someone

00:30:56.910 --> 00:30:59.799
handed me a shofar. I'm like, oh, really? Then

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:03.059
I picked it up and I blew it. And so God, in

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:06.160
his love, and that night, one night I was there,

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.980
and I hadn't been on the mission field for a

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:10.440
while at this time, many years actually. And

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.779
I got up in the middle of the night and the Lord

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:16.519
showed me someone down. We were pretty high up

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:19.480
in the hotel, someone down on the sidewalk there.

00:31:20.529 --> 00:31:23.190
And all of a sudden I got this overwhelming compassion

00:31:23.190 --> 00:31:26.730
for him and I wept and I wept and I wept. And

00:31:26.730 --> 00:31:29.549
that moment shifted everything for me when I

00:31:29.549 --> 00:31:31.390
got up in the morning and we took communion.

00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:34.009
I was asked to take the second cup that day and

00:31:34.009 --> 00:31:36.890
I didn't particularly like the taste of what

00:31:36.890 --> 00:31:39.549
we were drinking. And every other day and I'm

00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:42.690
like, oh, the second cup, Lord. But you know

00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:45.269
what happened? That second cup was the sweetest.

00:31:46.089 --> 00:31:49.210
Most beautiful taste I ever had. And I believe

00:31:49.210 --> 00:31:52.009
because at 4 a .m. when I got up and I wept over

00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:55.750
the people and their salvation and their healing

00:31:55.750 --> 00:31:57.450
and the deliverance, and we had already been

00:31:57.450 --> 00:32:00.029
out there several days and just saw the people

00:32:00.029 --> 00:32:03.609
and their worship of Buddha, that my heart was

00:32:03.609 --> 00:32:05.650
just so broken. And when I took that communion

00:32:05.650 --> 00:32:07.829
for the people that day, I said, this is for

00:32:07.829 --> 00:32:11.890
the people. fragrance and the taste was the sweetest

00:32:11.890 --> 00:32:14.509
honey. It was just such a, I don't know, it was

00:32:14.509 --> 00:32:17.930
amazing, just amazing. And that was the Lord's

00:32:17.930 --> 00:32:22.049
compassion that even shifted my senses to see

00:32:22.049 --> 00:32:26.049
the need of the people. Yes. Yeah. There's things

00:32:26.049 --> 00:32:28.630
that are taking place in the spirit realm that

00:32:28.630 --> 00:32:31.450
are affecting our physical realm. And like you

00:32:31.450 --> 00:32:35.069
said, our senses, because our senses. in heaven

00:32:35.069 --> 00:32:37.769
are much more magnified. Once you get outside

00:32:37.769 --> 00:32:42.390
of your body, your senses are huge compared to

00:32:42.390 --> 00:32:45.250
what they are. It's like our senses are dumbed

00:32:45.250 --> 00:32:49.049
down in our flesh. And so because you got in

00:32:49.049 --> 00:32:54.289
the spirit, that's what changed your sense of

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:58.069
the taste. Yes, I believe it. And the real compassion

00:32:58.069 --> 00:33:00.660
to see the people the way that he saw. That was

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.900
the plan. You know, I didn't have expectations.

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:06.220
I didn't know what to expect. But I just to get

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:09.359
the heart of his heart will change our senses.

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.539
We'll change what we do. We'll change how we

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:14.299
I mean, compassion is prayer with an act. Right.

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:19.160
It's not just prayer. It's action. And so I really

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.839
believe as we in global outpouring the testimonies

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:25.420
that we have over decades of all of us. I mean.

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:28.880
Every convention, we have lots of people stand

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:30.859
up and give testimonies from all over the world.

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:34.859
True. And it just is the testimony of Jesus is

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:37.160
the spirit of prophecy. And it just really builds

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:42.700
faith. It builds encouragement. It's joy. Just

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:46.519
amazing. I do love that. I feel like at our conventions.

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:50.119
I know we are led by the Spirit, and I feel like

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:53.660
it's to charge people up to go out and do the

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.299
work of the Lord when they leave. Because sometimes

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:58.940
you come in there, you're not refreshed, or you

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:02.819
just need a big boost, you know, and yeah, and

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:05.380
we can get it there. And how many people get

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:08.900
their traveling orders while they're there, you

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:11.559
know, with all the flags of the nations that

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:14.440
are hanging. hanging everywhere, and then the

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:17.199
prayer time in the morning, and many people,

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:19.280
they get a burden for that nation while they're,

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:22.780
and end up going there too. It's true. We've

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:24.179
seen it happen over and over again. Over and

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:27.659
over again. It's powerful. Wow. Absolutely. Now

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:31.579
there's people that feel a burden for missions,

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:34.699
but they haven't gotten there yet, and they come

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:38.070
to this convention, and God... begins to open

00:34:38.070 --> 00:34:40.210
doors. And sometimes you have to get out of your

00:34:40.210 --> 00:34:43.590
environment for God to speak to you. True. You

00:34:43.590 --> 00:34:45.510
know, when you're just surrounded by so much

00:34:45.510 --> 00:34:48.969
stuff and, you know, work or just send anything

00:34:48.969 --> 00:34:52.150
else and then, and just getting into an atmosphere

00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:55.570
where the presence of God is and it just downloads

00:34:55.570 --> 00:34:59.670
into you. Wow. So Valerie, tell us some of your

00:34:59.670 --> 00:35:02.989
experiences at convention, because we want to

00:35:02.989 --> 00:35:05.309
encourage people to come to convention 2026.

00:35:06.250 --> 00:35:08.949
And if they watch this in other years, it could

00:35:08.949 --> 00:35:12.610
be the next year. Right, right. I really believe

00:35:12.610 --> 00:35:15.570
that it is a place to encounter Jesus because

00:35:15.570 --> 00:35:19.280
I've been there and I've done that. Yeah, many,

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:22.199
many, many times. There's some more memorable

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.960
times than others. And lots of times I would

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:29.539
pile my kids in the car and come. And there was

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:31.460
great children's ministry. There was great youth

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:33.860
ministry. So everybody got something. It was

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:37.369
really neat. But I think the thing that... that

00:35:37.369 --> 00:35:40.650
sticks out the most to me was in the early 2000s

00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:44.849
when I was married to a man that we were going

00:35:44.849 --> 00:35:47.309
to live forever together. You know, we had visions.

00:35:47.369 --> 00:35:50.769
We had so many prophecies over us and we had

00:35:50.769 --> 00:35:54.090
already served the Lord in the nations. And then

00:35:54.090 --> 00:35:59.210
some things became exposed in our marriage that

00:35:59.210 --> 00:36:01.820
were happening. And there were some you know,

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:05.239
infidelity and some drugs and alcohol and all

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:08.159
kinds of stuff. And so we were separated at the

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:11.019
time. And I'm just like, Lord, we had all those

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:13.019
prophetic words. What's happening? I don't understand.

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:16.019
And, you know, with the infidelity and all the

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:19.500
betrayal, I, you know, I just didn't know. But

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:22.780
we were sitting, all of us in a meeting, and

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:25.460
all of a sudden the worship team started playing

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:29.079
a song they never played before. and they were

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:34.219
all unified and it was so glorious and we found

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.699
out later they never played it before it was

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:39.059
just they just started flowing and sister gwen

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:41.940
got up at that time and said the lord is here

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:44.480
and he wants to touch you all in an individual

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:47.800
way the way that you need it close your eyes

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:51.320
and just you know bask in the glory so i closed

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:55.610
my eyes And within, I don't know, I can't tell

00:36:55.610 --> 00:36:57.949
seconds or minutes, I was in heaven in the presence

00:36:57.949 --> 00:37:02.329
of Jesus. Now, I came with a wounded heart. He

00:37:02.329 --> 00:37:06.469
welcomed me in, and he put a white bridal dress

00:37:06.469 --> 00:37:08.469
on me, but it wasn't fancy. It was literally

00:37:08.469 --> 00:37:11.010
a white robe, but it felt so glorious and fancy.

00:37:11.150 --> 00:37:13.250
But it really wasn't, and someone saw it in the

00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:16.690
natural. And then he put a flower wreath around

00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:20.929
my head, like a headdress. And he said to me,

00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:25.340
I... I love you. I'm married to you. I will never

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:27.440
divorce you. I will never leave you or forsake

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:32.619
you. And he just danced with me and held me and

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:35.460
just healed my heart at that time because I felt

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:39.300
so rejected and abandoned and not understanding.

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:43.920
And it was so beautiful. And, oh, I can feel

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:47.300
it now. And so as he held me and he said, Valerie,

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:49.500
I want you to meet someone. And he took me over

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:52.980
to the father and he said, He said, Father, this

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.559
is Valerie. And she just loves us so much. And

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:58.239
she loves the nations. She loves people. And

00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:00.239
he started saying these wonderful things about

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:03.039
me. Because I had heard in the midst of the divorce,

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.820
I'm ugly, I'm fat. This is why, you know, there's

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:07.900
been infidelity. I have all these things. I've

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:10.519
heard all these things, lies about me. And I

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:13.380
started to believe them. But when he introduced

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:17.900
me to the father, I went, oh, my Lord, is that

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:21.650
how you see me? You know, I'm just like. an unbelief

00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:24.409
in some way, but yet it was so loving and so

00:38:24.409 --> 00:38:29.349
kind and so amazing that those things started,

00:38:29.449 --> 00:38:32.369
I don't know, they started becoming me, you know

00:38:32.369 --> 00:38:35.690
what I mean, or I becoming them. And then I was

00:38:35.690 --> 00:38:37.309
standing there with the Father and Jesus and

00:38:37.309 --> 00:38:39.489
I'm like, Jesus, this is so wonderful and it's

00:38:39.489 --> 00:38:42.670
so glorious. I want to know Holy Spirit more.

00:38:42.730 --> 00:38:44.710
Where's Holy Spirit? And I'm looking around heaven

00:38:44.710 --> 00:38:48.130
and Jesus says, Valerie, Holy Spirit's not in

00:38:48.130 --> 00:38:51.630
heaven. He's in you. He's in you. He's in my

00:38:51.630 --> 00:38:55.210
people. He's on the earth in you. He's not sitting

00:38:55.210 --> 00:38:58.969
here. And the Lord impressed on me that if I

00:38:58.969 --> 00:39:01.170
allow Holy Spirit to be a peanut in my life,

00:39:01.269 --> 00:39:05.449
then I'll have that experience of like a peanut.

00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:07.409
You know what I mean? Like a little Holy Spirit.

00:39:07.889 --> 00:39:12.539
Yeah. But if I allow Holy Spirit to be and Jesus

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:16.940
to occupy every part of my life, then I would

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:19.420
be transformed. And in that moment when I said,

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:22.960
yes, Lord, it was like, I don't know if you've

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:26.199
seen the Beauty and the Beast movie, where the

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:28.780
beast is thrown up at the end and he transforms

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:34.880
into this beautiful prince. And that's what I

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.380
felt like. I saw myself being thrown up into

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:40.530
the air. And my arms were out, my legs were out,

00:39:40.550 --> 00:39:43.449
and I was, the Holy Spirit was like electrified

00:39:43.449 --> 00:39:49.050
in every area of my being. And it was so almost

00:39:49.050 --> 00:39:53.489
shocking and so overwhelming that I felt myself

00:39:53.489 --> 00:39:56.010
then come back into the chair. Now, I had never

00:39:56.010 --> 00:39:58.210
left the chair, but in the spirit, I had left

00:39:58.210 --> 00:40:03.030
the chair. And I was crying and crying and crying

00:40:03.030 --> 00:40:05.190
and crying. And I'll tell you what, I walked

00:40:05.190 --> 00:40:07.750
out of that convention with a heart that was

00:40:07.750 --> 00:40:11.769
healed. And with the deep wounding of betrayal

00:40:11.769 --> 00:40:17.070
and of lies that I began to believe, gone. Because

00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:21.989
Jesus spoke the truth. And I'll tell you what,

00:40:22.070 --> 00:40:24.230
that opened the door for me to believe that,

00:40:24.269 --> 00:40:27.190
you know, there's no barrier to go to heaven

00:40:27.190 --> 00:40:30.750
and see Jesus. And there's no barrier for him

00:40:30.750 --> 00:40:35.010
to come here. And, you know, so several other

00:40:35.010 --> 00:40:37.909
times, many other times when he has something

00:40:37.909 --> 00:40:40.989
for me, something special, I encounter him there

00:40:40.989 --> 00:40:43.690
and not necessarily here. And one time was at

00:40:43.690 --> 00:40:48.019
the House of Peace when I said to the Lord. yeah,

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:50.219
your house in Jerusalem. And I said to the Lord,

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:52.599
Lord, I just felt again, the present, we were

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.760
worshiping again, felt the presence of God. And

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:58.960
I said, Lord, I've seen you as friend. I've seen

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.760
you as lover. I've seen you as savior. I've seen

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.519
you as husband. I want to see you as the king

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:08.099
of kings. And all of a sudden I saw him in this

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.780
beautiful purple robe. I mean, just majesty.

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:13.900
I can't even explain the colors and all. But

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:17.300
within a matter of seconds, I saw a lamb that

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:20.079
was slain. And he said, now read Revelation.

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.820
And I read Revelation and I wept and I wept and

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:26.659
I wept. And I saw that he's king of kings because

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:29.559
he was a lamb that was slain. because he laid

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:33.300
his life down for us. But it was that convention,

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:37.539
and I'm going to say 2001, 2002, that opened

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:40.800
the door for me to encounter Jesus at a different

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:43.739
level, at a different place, and to believe that

00:41:43.739 --> 00:41:47.099
he is ever -present here and I can be ever -present

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:52.260
there. Amen. Amen. So your encounter was a healing

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:54.940
encounter, but it was also a door -opening encounter

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:59.559
that from that time on, it wasn't unusual for

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:02.219
you to make these trips to heaven. No, it wasn't

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:04.719
unusual at all. No. Wow. And it's not like you

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:07.019
go there at your own will, but God catches you

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:09.800
away, right? Yes. Yes. He catches me away and

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:12.539
share something or it's always biblical, of course,

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:16.559
but he'll share something or, I mean, I could

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:18.260
share a lot of them, but back to the convention,

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:22.460
what's really good about that then is that I

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:24.800
could go into the prayer room and pray with someone

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:27.449
about it. Or I could talk to someone and share

00:42:27.449 --> 00:42:28.989
with it. And they're not looking at me like,

00:42:29.090 --> 00:42:31.530
what? You know, you have mental illness or you

00:42:31.530 --> 00:42:34.750
have, you know, you have whatever. Because, you

00:42:34.750 --> 00:42:37.269
know, I look. That's why this is an aside to

00:42:37.269 --> 00:42:40.090
people that share with me that have been diagnosed.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:42.579
And they share visions with me. I believe it.

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.780
You know, other people might call them hallucinations

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:48.300
and delusions. And that does happen some. But

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:50.599
I do. Of course, that happens some. But I'm talking

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:53.039
about visions that the Lord really wants to be

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:55.820
with us and wants us to encounter him. And at

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.820
that convention, I could talk to people of what

00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:00.900
I experienced. I didn't run around and tell everybody.

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:03.099
Don't get me wrong. I think I shared one or two.

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:06.659
But people that I trust. That I know that would

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:10.860
just hug me and enjoy and celebrate with me,

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:14.780
not be jealous or whatever, but just have my

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:17.119
back on that, you know? But that was the first

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:18.719
time it ever happened to me. So I'm like, whoa,

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:22.199
whoa. But convention's a place where you meet

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:24.380
people, where you get the love for the nations,

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:27.239
where you share, where you pray together, where,

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:29.699
you know, you hear the testimonies, where you

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:32.820
believe, where you encounter Jesus at a deeper

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:35.880
level, at a level that. You know, I don't go

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:37.800
to a lot of conferences, not so much anymore,

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:40.980
but I used to. And the one that I love about

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:43.380
global praying is the worship, because it is

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:45.940
just a place where it's such corporate worship,

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:48.739
where we all enter, encounter Jesus together.

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:51.440
You don't find that many places. Yeah, when you

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:54.019
have an element of people that pray and fast,

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:57.750
I mean, the glory is just all the greater. It's

00:43:57.750 --> 00:44:00.690
true. Yeah. I remember hearing someone's comment

00:44:00.690 --> 00:44:03.469
once that I finally found my tribe. I found people

00:44:03.469 --> 00:44:07.989
that understand me. Yeah. Every place else you

00:44:07.989 --> 00:44:10.329
feel rejected. But, you know, when you have that

00:44:10.329 --> 00:44:13.210
hunger for God and especially the kind of hunger

00:44:13.210 --> 00:44:15.389
that will make you fast because you want to know

00:44:15.389 --> 00:44:18.070
him, you're hungry for him more than hungry for

00:44:18.070 --> 00:44:23.570
food. And you know that when people get together,

00:44:23.730 --> 00:44:26.289
when believers get together, there's a kind of

00:44:26.289 --> 00:44:29.519
a synergy. happens. There's a, you know, here's

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:32.000
my anointing, and here's your anointing, and

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:34.320
we come together, and it's bigger than the anointing

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:37.340
of the two of us. But when you fast, and particularly,

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:40.300
you know, the members of this ministry have fasted

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:42.800
at least 21 days, sometimes they've fasted longer,

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:47.760
and that fast takes you into a greater anointing.

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:50.619
There's something that happens in your life where,

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:54.119
because you have denied yourself, and you've

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:56.760
taken up your cross to follow him. And remember

00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:00.800
that the cross is a thing that is meant to kill

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:05.119
you. Siggy says that, Siggy Oblander. And she

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:07.619
says, you're carrying the thing that's going

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:10.619
to kill you. Learning to die to things, letting

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:14.300
things go so that we have more capacity for the

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:18.000
things of God. And so when you get people that

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:23.480
have a greater anointing, to get together with

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:25.820
people with a greater anointing. And you fill

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:28.739
the room with these people that have denied themselves

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:30.940
and they've come in with a greater anointing.

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:34.519
The corporate anointing is just bigger. It's

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:37.480
just more massive. And I don't say that in a

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:41.579
proud way. It's not about, oh, we're better than

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:43.739
anybody else. No, that's not what I'm saying.

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:46.519
What I'm saying is if you're hungry for God,

00:45:46.699 --> 00:45:50.570
if you've been hungry enough, to have an encounter

00:45:50.570 --> 00:45:53.590
with him in fasting. Come and bring your anointing.

00:45:54.030 --> 00:45:56.690
Bring your anointing into that corporate place

00:45:56.690 --> 00:46:00.630
so that your anointing will add and make it that

00:46:00.630 --> 00:46:04.190
much greater. And it becomes a place where God

00:46:04.190 --> 00:46:08.610
can inhabit in a greater way. Yeah. It's kind

00:46:08.610 --> 00:46:11.730
of like a choir. You can have a choir of 10 people.

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:15.000
But when you have a choir of 20 people, you'll

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:17.179
hear the difference. Yeah. And if you get a choir

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:21.739
of 200 people, oh, wow. There's something that

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:24.500
happens. Yeah. It's true. And it's authentic

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:28.760
worship. Authentic, yeah. Really taking the time

00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:34.679
and really knowing that we're the bride and that

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:38.559
we are worshiping our betrothed, our friend.

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:41.960
I call him my lover. And just because he's so...

00:46:42.409 --> 00:46:45.789
He's so full of love and, you know, and he's

00:46:45.789 --> 00:46:49.309
so intimate and it's scary sometimes. And sometimes

00:46:49.309 --> 00:46:52.170
I don't feel worthy. And I guess I'm never worthy

00:46:52.170 --> 00:46:54.250
except through his blood. But I'm just saying,

00:46:54.269 --> 00:46:55.750
you know what I mean? It's just so beautiful

00:46:55.750 --> 00:46:59.909
to know that he's so loving and so kind. And

00:46:59.909 --> 00:47:03.409
yeah, we spur one another. onto love and good

00:47:03.409 --> 00:47:05.909
deeds at the convention. You know, we can share

00:47:05.909 --> 00:47:08.210
about our mission trips and people get the hunger

00:47:08.210 --> 00:47:11.050
to go and people that were afraid, oh, I don't

00:47:11.050 --> 00:47:12.989
think I could ever go there. And then you share

00:47:12.989 --> 00:47:15.909
testimonies and all at lunch or, you know, while

00:47:15.909 --> 00:47:17.750
you're standing in the elevator and they're like,

00:47:17.849 --> 00:47:21.050
oh, I can do it. It's not about money. God always

00:47:21.050 --> 00:47:22.969
provides your way. God's will is God's bill.

00:47:23.610 --> 00:47:26.030
And, you know, we just, I've learned a lot of

00:47:26.030 --> 00:47:29.869
little keys at convention that has unlocked huge

00:47:29.869 --> 00:47:33.489
doors just from a small key. a sharing of a faith

00:47:33.489 --> 00:47:36.769
statement or testimony or the message for sure.

00:47:36.849 --> 00:47:39.269
Yeah. Yeah. It lights up something inside of

00:47:39.269 --> 00:47:42.449
you like, oh yeah, that'll work for me. I can

00:47:42.449 --> 00:47:46.449
use that. Amen. That's wonderful. Wow. It's like

00:47:46.449 --> 00:47:49.869
when you, you know, you sing a love song and

00:47:49.869 --> 00:47:53.650
I don't know, and every, and the angels are singing

00:47:53.650 --> 00:47:56.409
with you, you know, you just feel like there's

00:47:56.409 --> 00:47:58.929
more than. Even the people sitting next to you,

00:47:58.949 --> 00:48:02.030
it's like all heaven has joined in. And we've

00:48:02.030 --> 00:48:04.929
heard it sometimes. Actually, at some of the

00:48:04.929 --> 00:48:07.409
conventions, we've heard the angels come and

00:48:07.409 --> 00:48:11.889
sing along. And so it's amazing. It's making

00:48:11.889 --> 00:48:13.889
the fragrance of the Lord is there sometimes,

00:48:14.050 --> 00:48:17.829
the fragrance that you smell. And yeah, it's

00:48:17.829 --> 00:48:19.929
just amazing. You know, one of the things that

00:48:19.929 --> 00:48:24.610
Dean says is that in heaven, the main thought

00:48:24.610 --> 00:48:28.320
is serving. And so when you encounter someone,

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:31.780
you send a thought to them, how can I serve you?

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:35.059
And they send the same thing to you. How can

00:48:35.059 --> 00:48:38.000
I serve you? And what he says is that when he

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.559
was worshiping at the throne, that as a sound

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:44.940
would leave his mouth, that colors would come

00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:47.739
and atmospheres would come and things would come

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:56.699
to help his praise get to the Father. We're helping,

00:48:56.780 --> 00:49:00.579
we're serving really, we're helping the atmospheres

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:05.320
to worship. So that, you know, the physical air

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:08.139
that's around us, we're helping the air to worship

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:11.679
when we wave those flags. So, you know, you see

00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:14.800
in some conferences, you see the, you know, there'll

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:17.380
be maybe a couple of people on stage with their

00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:19.679
flags and they're flagging with all their hearts.

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:23.199
You come to this convention and, you know, there's

00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:26.260
30 or 40 people with their flags. Or more. And

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:29.400
they're everywhere. And they're flagging and

00:49:29.400 --> 00:49:32.199
they're, you know, they're waving banners and

00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:35.760
dancing. And, you know, there's a freedom to

00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:38.800
worship. It's a freedom to worship. Yeah. Like

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:42.360
you won't find. Hard to find anywhere else. And

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:44.380
there are some great places to worship. I'm not

00:49:44.380 --> 00:49:45.980
saying they're not. I'm not saying they're not.

00:49:46.159 --> 00:49:48.920
You know, we watch some things on YouTube of

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:50.739
people worshiping, and we just get along and

00:49:50.739 --> 00:49:52.880
worship with them, you know, all different places

00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:57.639
around the country. But being there present in

00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:01.679
the place, there's just something about being

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:06.320
present and coming with your anointing, bringing

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.380
your anointing to the place. I don't know that

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:11.539
when you're watching it online, I don't know

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:13.280
that you're able to add your anointing to it.

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:15.780
You're grabbing from what's coming through the

00:50:15.780 --> 00:50:19.559
camera or through your device, you know. But

00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:23.500
I don't know if your worship, you know, there's

00:50:23.500 --> 00:50:25.679
no distance in the spirit, I guess. Maybe it

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:28.960
does. But I just feel like there's something

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:32.980
about being in the room. And it's awfully hard

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:36.320
to lay hands on you if you're not there. You

00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:38.599
know, it's awful hard to get personal ministry

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:41.079
if you're not there. So I really encourage people

00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:44.719
to come and bring your children. As Valerie said,

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:47.699
we have things for the children. We have a nursery.

00:50:47.780 --> 00:50:51.219
We have something for the younger set and something

00:50:51.219 --> 00:50:55.940
for the teenagers. And it's all designed to help

00:50:55.940 --> 00:50:58.820
children learn. Tell a little bit more about

00:50:58.820 --> 00:51:01.099
what the kids were doing. You mentioned that

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:03.929
before we started recording. Yes. So I was. I

00:51:03.929 --> 00:51:07.849
had a, Hannah was eight or probably nine or 10

00:51:07.849 --> 00:51:11.329
at that time. And we would go into the person

00:51:11.329 --> 00:51:15.269
leading the children. It was very Holy Spirit

00:51:15.269 --> 00:51:19.230
focused and amazing actually, and really respect

00:51:19.230 --> 00:51:21.510
of Holy Spirit. So when the kids came in and

00:51:21.510 --> 00:51:23.849
they wanted to, you know, talk and they were

00:51:23.849 --> 00:51:25.610
allowed to fellowship, that wasn't the point.

00:51:25.610 --> 00:51:27.849
But when you got down to business, you respected

00:51:27.849 --> 00:51:30.960
Holy Spirit. So I signed up to help. every so

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:33.599
often you know and so i went in to help them

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:36.960
one day and she started playing the music and

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:39.760
the kids just started speaking and she's like

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:42.179
now walk around and they were walking around

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:44.380
and all of a sudden the kids just started falling

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:46.659
out nobody was touching them falling them out

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:49.440
falling out on the floor holy spirit and they

00:51:49.440 --> 00:51:51.650
were laying there and holy spirit was working

00:51:51.650 --> 00:51:54.050
in them. Nobody touched them. Nobody pushed them.

00:51:54.110 --> 00:51:57.630
Nobody said lay down and nothing. And adults

00:51:57.630 --> 00:51:59.829
would come in after the meeting and the kids

00:51:59.829 --> 00:52:02.489
would lay hands on them and they would get healed.

00:52:02.929 --> 00:52:05.929
Some of the kids would prophesy. It was just

00:52:05.929 --> 00:52:08.309
amazing. So I started to sign up to help a lot

00:52:08.309 --> 00:52:13.510
more in there. I was so blessed by seeing children

00:52:13.510 --> 00:52:15.909
and I did sign up once to help with the youth,

00:52:15.929 --> 00:52:20.559
but, and it's amazing in the youth too. To see

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:24.119
the little kids who, you know, kids can believe

00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:26.860
really quickly. I did children at my church for

00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:29.699
about a year. And I said to the pastor, can we

00:52:29.699 --> 00:52:31.440
do the whole service one Sunday? And he said,

00:52:31.500 --> 00:52:34.559
sure. And so we had the kids preaching. These

00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:37.019
were like 8 to 12 -year -olds or whatever. We

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:39.719
had them preaching and all. And so I took them

00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:42.960
out a couple times to. get them ready, you know,

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:44.679
go over the things. And we were in a restaurant

00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:47.900
and the woman that owned it, it was a pizza shop.

00:52:48.039 --> 00:52:49.980
She wasn't, you could tell she was sick. And

00:52:49.980 --> 00:52:52.579
I went over and I said, are you okay? She said,

00:52:52.659 --> 00:52:54.820
I'm not feeling well. I said, hey kids, let's

00:52:54.820 --> 00:52:57.519
come and pray for the, because I had seen this

00:52:57.519 --> 00:52:59.480
at the convention really. Although I believe

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:02.719
Holy Spirit is the same size in everybody, but

00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:05.340
I'd really seen the fruit of it at the convention.

00:53:05.900 --> 00:53:08.159
These kids came over, laid hands on this woman,

00:53:08.260 --> 00:53:11.630
just Lord heal her. We need to see her healed.

00:53:11.849 --> 00:53:13.730
She doesn't feel well. You can do it. Boom, it

00:53:13.730 --> 00:53:15.269
was done. And then the one kid said, can we have

00:53:15.269 --> 00:53:19.269
a gumball now? And it was that simple. And, you

00:53:19.269 --> 00:53:21.190
know, the next week we got back, she was well.

00:53:21.730 --> 00:53:23.550
And because we went back the following week.

00:53:23.650 --> 00:53:26.909
And so that's what I saw at convention. I saw

00:53:26.909 --> 00:53:30.610
kids that just because at that time it was Carol

00:53:30.610 --> 00:53:33.789
would say, this is who the Lord is. This is what

00:53:33.789 --> 00:53:36.889
he does. And there's no boundary to that. And

00:53:36.889 --> 00:53:38.710
there's no boundary in you to that. And boom,

00:53:38.750 --> 00:53:40.760
they just believed. And then it's like, can I

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:43.820
have a gumball? And so, you know, they were naturally

00:53:43.820 --> 00:53:48.059
supernatural in those meetings. And because again,

00:53:48.340 --> 00:53:50.400
okay, I believe you. I trusted you. You know,

00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:52.940
that trust that we have, we set up an atmosphere

00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:55.480
of trust and of safety. It's really safe and

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:58.139
important for kids to feel safe and adults too,

00:53:58.179 --> 00:54:00.820
absolutely. And to be safe. And to be safe, absolutely.

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:03.119
So everybody's vetted, you know, people aren't

00:54:03.119 --> 00:54:06.159
there that we don't trust. And the Lord really

00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:10.300
moves and the kids believe it. That's been a

00:54:10.300 --> 00:54:13.739
lot of fun, too. Absolutely. Wow. Absolutely.

00:54:14.179 --> 00:54:17.840
Wow. Well, Valerie, would you pray for the people

00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:20.719
that are watching and listening? Sure. I'd be

00:54:20.719 --> 00:54:26.340
happy to. Oh, Father. Father, we just thank you.

00:54:27.619 --> 00:54:29.880
We just thank you that you're so good, Lord.

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:34.179
Yes, Father. Lord, your loving kindness is better

00:54:34.179 --> 00:54:37.780
than life, Lord God. We just declare. your loving

00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:41.659
kindness over everyone listening, Lord God. Father,

00:54:41.780 --> 00:54:45.039
I pray that that encounter that I had in heaven

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:48.139
with your loving kindness, with your total, complete

00:54:48.139 --> 00:54:53.139
acceptance, with your healing, with your glory

00:54:53.139 --> 00:54:56.400
and your brilliance, Lord God, with the way that

00:54:56.400 --> 00:55:01.139
you look at us, Lord, and see us in the fullness

00:55:01.139 --> 00:55:05.949
of your glory, Lord, because of Christ. Because

00:55:05.949 --> 00:55:08.309
of what you did, Jesus. We just pray right now,

00:55:08.389 --> 00:55:11.010
Lord, that you would permeate through the body,

00:55:11.070 --> 00:55:16.210
soul, spirit, mind, heart, the senses of everyone

00:55:16.210 --> 00:55:19.150
listening, Lord Jesus. Lord, you know what they

00:55:19.150 --> 00:55:22.230
need. Holy Spirit, we just ask you right now,

00:55:22.289 --> 00:55:24.530
Lord, because you know what every single person

00:55:24.530 --> 00:55:28.320
needs, Lord. We just thank you, Lord. We thank

00:55:28.320 --> 00:55:30.760
you, Lord. As we declare, you said you will pour

00:55:30.760 --> 00:55:33.039
out your spirit on all flesh. And we're saying

00:55:33.039 --> 00:55:35.340
right now, Lord, those that are listening, pour

00:55:35.340 --> 00:55:38.820
out your spirit, Lord. Yes. Pour it out right

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:42.400
now, Lord Jesus. That would overflow, Lord God.

00:55:42.860 --> 00:55:45.820
Anyone who feels like a victim, Lord. Lord Jesus,

00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:48.780
when you rose from the dead, your scars were

00:55:48.780 --> 00:55:51.599
still there, but they weren't scars of victimization,

00:55:51.699 --> 00:55:54.280
Lord. They were victory. They were scars of victory.

00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:56.900
They were, they showed those wounds in your hands,

00:55:56.900 --> 00:55:59.179
Lord God, and feet when Thomas saw you. They

00:55:59.179 --> 00:56:02.679
were now victorious. They were not a victim scar,

00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:05.059
Lord Jesus. For anyone that's listening, Lord,

00:56:05.139 --> 00:56:07.699
that's had trauma. That's felt like a victim,

00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:09.980
felt like they're not good enough. Oh, I don't

00:56:09.980 --> 00:56:12.039
know if I, we know the devil lies and says, well,

00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:14.679
you don't have anything to offer or, you know,

00:56:14.699 --> 00:56:16.039
what do you think? Who do you think you are?

00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:18.679
We just dispel those lies in the name of Jesus.

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We pray that you would uproot them right now

00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:24.769
in Jesus' name. And again, Lord, draw them and

00:56:24.769 --> 00:56:27.610
call them into your bosom. And we'd love to see

00:56:27.610 --> 00:56:29.449
them at the convention and hear their stories

00:56:29.449 --> 00:56:32.070
of what you've done and who you are. And the

00:56:32.070 --> 00:56:34.250
expression of what you have been for them in

00:56:34.250 --> 00:56:37.030
every tribe, in every tongue, Lord Jesus. We

00:56:37.030 --> 00:56:39.929
thank you for the nations that come, Lord. We

00:56:39.929 --> 00:56:42.750
thank you, Lord God, that those that think, oh,

00:56:42.769 --> 00:56:44.650
I can't make it, I don't have the finances, that

00:56:44.650 --> 00:56:46.630
you will make a way, Lord, because you always

00:56:46.630 --> 00:56:50.150
do. And we thank you, Lord, that you are generous

00:56:50.150 --> 00:56:53.710
and kind. Jesus, we just thank you, Lord, that

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Father, I know, like we said about the cross

00:56:56.750 --> 00:57:00.409
being the place where we die. And Lord, the cross

00:57:00.409 --> 00:57:03.570
was Jesus' destiny and he got to fulfill it.

00:57:03.849 --> 00:57:06.630
And so, Lord, when we pick up our cross, Lord,

00:57:06.769 --> 00:57:09.590
it's our destiny. And so, Lord, we just thank

00:57:09.590 --> 00:57:11.590
you, Father, that many times at the convention,

00:57:11.849 --> 00:57:14.809
Lord, you strengthened my purpose, my destiny.

00:57:15.050 --> 00:57:18.590
You confirmed it. You drew me in to let me know

00:57:18.590 --> 00:57:22.599
we could do it together, Lord. I love that scripture

00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:24.440
about where you were going to go to heaven, but

00:57:24.440 --> 00:57:26.139
you were going to work with the disciples. And

00:57:26.139 --> 00:57:29.960
you do that, Lord. So, Father, again, we invite

00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:33.019
you into every nook and cranny, Lord. I invite

00:57:33.019 --> 00:57:35.780
you again into me, Holy Spirit. I mean, you're

00:57:35.780 --> 00:57:38.599
here. And I mean into every area again, Lord,

00:57:38.679 --> 00:57:41.579
that day that I felt that. I just pray, Father,

00:57:41.719 --> 00:57:45.739
that, Lord, as you outpour right now in whatever

00:57:45.739 --> 00:57:48.800
someone needs, Lord. You're there for them, Father.

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:52.599
Nothing's too small and nothing's too big. We

00:57:52.599 --> 00:57:55.739
speak healing. We speak deliverance. We speak

00:57:55.739 --> 00:57:59.480
salvation. We speak love. You promised you would

00:57:59.480 --> 00:58:03.659
never leave them or forsake them. And if someone

00:58:03.659 --> 00:58:06.039
found us, Lord, that doesn't know you, then,

00:58:06.099 --> 00:58:09.059
Lord, we ask right now that you show them your

00:58:09.059 --> 00:58:11.800
loving kindness and your goodness. Yes, Father.

00:58:12.170 --> 00:58:13.849
that you would reach into the very innermost

00:58:13.849 --> 00:58:16.250
parts of their being, Lord, those places that

00:58:16.250 --> 00:58:19.590
are too painful and are closed off, Lord, that

00:58:19.590 --> 00:58:23.469
you would open them up and pour in your loving

00:58:23.469 --> 00:58:26.690
kindness, Lord. We just thank you for that, Lord.

00:58:26.829 --> 00:58:30.190
You're so good. We bless you, Lord. We love you,

00:58:30.210 --> 00:58:33.019
Lord. Yes. We pray for all the speakers, Lord.

00:58:33.539 --> 00:58:35.440
Yes. Lord, those that are going to come, we just

00:58:35.440 --> 00:58:37.820
bless them, Lord. We know they're preparing something

00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:40.639
that you have a word for this season right now,

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:43.559
Lord. Right now. Yes. And we thank you, Lord.

00:58:43.659 --> 00:58:46.300
And that each person that's coming, Lord, they

00:58:46.300 --> 00:58:48.380
are coming to receive, but they're also coming

00:58:48.380 --> 00:58:51.280
to give. So we thank you, Lord, that there's

00:58:51.280 --> 00:58:53.280
a reason for them to be there because they're

00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:55.659
going to bless someone else. And most of all,

00:58:55.699 --> 00:58:58.039
Lord, we thank you that we're coming to bless

00:58:58.039 --> 00:59:02.650
you, to glorify you. to lift your name up corporately,

00:59:02.730 --> 00:59:06.070
Lord God, to hear the word of the hour for your

00:59:06.070 --> 00:59:09.769
bride, Lord, for your kids, your sons and daughters,

00:59:09.869 --> 00:59:13.909
Lord. We're here and we say, yes, Lord. I remember

00:59:13.909 --> 00:59:17.269
the time Lord Sister Gwen said in a private conversation,

00:59:17.510 --> 00:59:20.429
just surrender, surrender. And Lord, it was so

00:59:20.429 --> 00:59:22.309
good. It was the word I needed to hear at that

00:59:22.309 --> 00:59:25.329
moment. And Lord, I just say, I surrender now.

00:59:25.389 --> 00:59:28.179
I surrender all that song. Yes, Lord. and that

00:59:28.179 --> 00:59:30.360
lord when we come we come with the heart surrender

00:59:30.360 --> 00:59:34.579
to you yes in your goodness in your glory in

00:59:34.579 --> 00:59:38.940
humility to receive and in humility to give And

00:59:38.940 --> 00:59:40.960
we thank you in Jesus' name. And bless Sharon

00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:43.059
and Philip, Lord. We need help. We need people

00:59:43.059 --> 00:59:45.440
that will help us there. We need people that

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:48.059
will help us before we get there. So I pray that

00:59:48.059 --> 00:59:50.679
as some folks are listening, Lord, that you would

00:59:50.679 --> 00:59:53.780
put it on their hearts to go and help early or

00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:56.880
to help while they're there. And we thank you,

00:59:56.920 --> 00:59:59.719
Lord, because it is body ministry. And we all

00:59:59.719 --> 01:00:02.159
have a part. And so we bless you in that, Lord

01:00:02.159 --> 01:00:07.880
Jesus. In your name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank

01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:10.360
you, Valerie. It's been a pleasure to have you

01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:13.800
on today. And we just bless you and look forward

01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:16.679
to being with you at convention. And I think

01:00:16.679 --> 01:00:19.000
you're coming early to help us, right? I am coming

01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:22.739
early. That's why I can pray that prayer. You're

01:00:22.739 --> 01:00:26.000
part of the answer to the prayer. Yes, how about

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:28.630
that? Yeah. And we're grateful for your help

01:00:28.630 --> 01:00:30.969
and grateful for your praying for others to come

01:00:30.969 --> 01:00:33.570
and help us. So if anybody's interested in coming

01:00:33.570 --> 01:00:37.210
to help us, send us an email at feedback at globaloutpouring

01:00:37.210 --> 01:00:41.869
.org or go to globaloutpouring .net. And on that

01:00:41.869 --> 01:00:43.989
page, there's a feedback form and you can send

01:00:43.989 --> 01:00:45.789
that in and say, hey, I'd like to come and help.

01:00:45.849 --> 01:00:49.429
And we'll start a communication about it. Thank

01:00:49.429 --> 01:00:58.599
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01:01:27.269 --> 01:01:29.989
Philip Buss. God bless you with his overwhelming

01:01:29.989 --> 01:01:31.210
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