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I bring you greetings, family, friends, partners, brothers and sisters, and the Lord members

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of the Church of Jesus Christ.

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Today is a special day.

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This is not a normal scheduled podcast that I usually talk to, but my name is Joe Watson

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and you're listening to Choices We Believe special edition.

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I got up this morning thinking about the next episode I would record and the Lord put a

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fire in my heart.

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And I'm very excited today and I want to share with you the things that have been going on

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in my heart and what I feel like the Lord is telling us today.

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I've recently had several conversations with not just one person, but multiple people about

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the sad affair of the church in America.

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Now things are falling apart.

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Leaders are against each other.

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Things are happening, but I want to encourage you.

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Let me take this opportunity to inform you and encourage you and lift you up about what

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is happening in the United States and across the world because God is on the move.

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We are in the greatest awakening the world has ever seen.

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People are turning to Jesus Christ faster than in any history that's been recorded.

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It's time for the church to focus on what we have in common and not the differences.

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We need to focus on Jesus Christ, the gospel message that Paul preached.

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The enemy wants us to feel defeated.

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Yeah, he wants us to think all is lost and we just need to hold on for the rapture and

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get out of here.

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Leaders are closing, leaders are at odds with each other and it feels like nobody's telling

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the truth, which I totally understand.

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Certainly not on television news.

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You can't get the truth.

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But right now the Lord is saying now is the time to stand up and be counted.

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We are not on defense.

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We are on offense.

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Right now we are living in the greatest awakening that has ever been on earth.

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Leaders and ministries that preach the gospel that Paul preached is growing faster than ever.

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America is not hopeless nor too far gone.

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We are wounded and bleeding, but we are not dead.

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It's time to divest ourselves of those who don't hold to the true gospel or move out

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to take lost ground back from it by the grace of God.

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He's calling loudly and strongly.

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And I'll give you some biblical examples verses that he gave me to think on in Isaiah 61

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through 3.

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It says arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises on you.

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See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples.

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But the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

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Nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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Wow, what a fantastic scripture.

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It's so encouraging to know that God's word is truth and what he says to us through his

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word we can bank on.

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Psalm 2 says why did the heathen rage the people imagine a vain thing the kings of the earth

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set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his

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anointed guess what who's his anointed I know that's an old testament verse but who's

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his anointed are you born again that means you're anointed you've been sealed by the

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Holy Spirit you are his child you belong to him stand up get ready because here we go

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I want to tell you about some things that are happening some organizations and people

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that are pushing forward and not going backwards there's a group called decision point yeah

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you can go on the internet do a search for decision point and read some of this for yourself

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decision point is committed to equipping middle and high school students to reach their peers

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with the gospel this is actually happening today they helped hundreds of students start

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Bible clubs in their schools and hold out reaches where the gospel has been shared on

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public school campuses public school this is not charter this is not a Christian school

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this is not us for no more they're going out to public schools recruiting teen age years

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it's amazing and they're seeing others come to saving faith in Jesus Christ what a deal

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there's a guy out in California he's been doing this for a long time but he's ramping

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up moving out you ever heard of Mario Marillo maybe you have maybe you haven't his international

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ministry spends most of his time in California okay but Mario's voice has been heard by

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millions around the world bringing a message that zeros in on the hurts of society well

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he's got a lot to talk about right now doesn't he he presents Christ clearly intelligently

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and openly declares the power of Jesus to totally transform a life his simple declaration

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is this come and see Mario regularly preaches to thousands he has this tent that he's got

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and I think it seats like six thousand he sets up a tent holds a tent revival and it's

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always full with people standing outside you get a chance to catch up with Mario Marillo

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listen to him sometimes so he don't preach the way I believe he says something different

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he preaches the name of Jesus and lives are transformed the evidence of what he preaches

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comes in miracle signs and wonders it's in the Bible and guess what some people say those

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things quit with the apostles and when they're all dead but I don't think they're dead at

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all I think the end of the world is coming I think Christ is returning and he's stirring

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up his church he wants to bring those things into effect to bring the gospel somebody who

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never listens to Jesus you get him healed raise the dead do something fantastic in front

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of them and now you've got their attention they'll listen to you and you can say Jesus

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loves you won't you give your life to him somebody else there's a group in Arizona revival

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Arizona which has monthly meetings presenting the gospel of Jesus in outside stadium style

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meetings last October year ago on the 23rd at Arizona State University there was 3500

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in attendance 500 came to the altar and after that a hundred of them were baptized this

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year on October 21st they will have another event to a packed house or rather a root an

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arena they continue to see people especially students coming to Christ this is happening

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have you ever heard of the passion conferences passion 2024 you can go out on YouTube and

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find it and even if you don't care for the music you can turn the music down I want you

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to look at the crowds look at who is attending and the number of them this year the passion

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2024 was held Mercedes Benz Stadium and there was 55000 their ages 18 to 25000 and as you

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look at the audience during the music you will see some hands and faces raised to the

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heaven worshiping the Lord and you'll see some on their knees with their face to the

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ground worship the same God it's amazing I love to see this stuff now there's another

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group it's an international missionary sending agency in Jacksonville Florida called go to

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nations let's see what they're doing since 1981 over 2.1 million people have accepted

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Christ through the work of go to nations 8.2 million people have received intentional

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gospel ministry over the years a total of 27000 plus students have graduated from their

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Bible schools great commission workers actively engage eight of the least reached nations in

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the world go to nations has planted over 6000 churches and has ministered to more than 117

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nations as a matter of fact last Sunday at a church I was attending I got to hear Dr.

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Jerry Williamson the president of go to nations testify that these numbers are old and they

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have increased and my list goes on and on when Elijah thought he was the only one left

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in Israel what did God say we find that in first Kings 1918 and he says yet I will leave

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7000 in Israel all the knees that have not bowed to bail and every mouth that has not

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kissed him when Elijah thought he was the only one and they were going to kill him God

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says not so there are thousands 7000 that have not been the need to bail in the United

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States today there are thousands thousands and thousands of people who have already

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come to the Lord who have not bowed to the knee who are not woke who are not socially

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acceptable who are not buying all of the lies that you find on social media and TV they're

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standing strong in the great awakening of the 1700s it was successful because of a group

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called the black robe regiment that was the preachers of the time the pastors they were

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teaching out of the Bible they were teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ happened again

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in the 1800s when the clergy of the day preached the good news of the Bible and then in the

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1900s the recent past century we had the Jesus revolution where we went out to California

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and got a thousands of them baptized and believing in Jesus a bunch of hippies that at the time

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didn't amount to a whole lot because they were full of drugs and stuff they turned to

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Jesus Christ and they called themselves Jesus freaks but if Jesus is on the throne of your

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heart he won't leave you in the dump that you put yourself in the government is not

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where our hope is to be it's not our salvation my future and hope is in God and his plan

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while it is important who's in the White House it's more important who sits on the throne

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of my heart we're moving forward and I challenge you tell one person tell a friend a co-worker

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a student somebody that goes to church with you head up cheer up and in John chapter 16

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verse 33 Jesus Christ himself concludes his sermon to the 12 and he says these things

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I have told you ahead of time that in me you will find peace for in this world you will

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have tribulation but be a good cheer in other words take heart don't let it get to you

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and then he leans forward and slays with a smile but I have overcome the world if you're

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an overcomer Jesus is in you if Jesus is in you you're an overcomer do not despair about

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what's going on around you your circumstances or any of the things that come at you it is

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going to be okay because he takes all things to come to you who love the Lord and works

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them out to the good it's going to be a fantastic finale this is going to turn around you're

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going to see Jesus Christ once again in his proper place as head of the church and those

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who follow him will follow him wherever he leads deny yourself take up your cross daily

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and follow him that's all you got to do once you've learned that you're on your way and

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people around you will say hey what's going on in your life why should I be positive so

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I'm going to conclude with this, look up for your salvation draws near. Thank you my name

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is Joe Watson you're listening to the podcast choices we believe and I believe every word

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that I said