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A privilege of always being here is our honor,

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and my wife Sharon's with me this time. Well,

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she's been here before, not the last couple times,

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maybe even. Great, you know, you have such a

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great church, and so much going for you in this

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auditorium with the worship and the word and

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presence and great heart. I'm still amazed when

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I drive out here, where are the people? through

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all the wilderness to get here. And then there's

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this massive building church, you know. I congratulate

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Brad and Jen on their journey with the church.

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They're very gifted people. You know, when I

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emcee, I can't think of the last time I got to

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sing. I just have to, you know, teach. I have

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one talent. Brad, he can sing. He can prophesy.

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He can preach. He can teach. He can raise money.

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He can chop wood. Me, I just, boring word of

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God, you know. Brad, if it doesn't go that well,

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he just starts singing. And if that doesn't go

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well, he starts prophesying. Me? This is it.

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If this doesn't go well, there's nothing else.

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All right. We have a great God. Where's the brother

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from Uganda, the pastor? Where is he at? What's

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he doing in the back room? A phone call from

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Uganda. Okay, tell him he missed his prophecy.

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If he appears like Jesus in the rapture, I might.

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All right, that's what I want to do this morning.

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We have only so much time. No, no, no, I'm going

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to preach now. If I remember him, it'll be at

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the end. Bless him in Jesus' name. He gets that

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much. All right. It's 11 o 'clock. You're out

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of here at noon. Is that right? Okay. Are you

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out of here at noon? Does Brad ever go over?

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Yes, again. Okay. My disciple. I'm going to quote

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a scripture and then we're going to go into some

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teaching, some preaching and impartation. And

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hopefully I can do something that would affect

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you this morning that you took time to be in

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church. However you got here, if you're brand

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new or if you're not new to the building, but

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you're kind of new to the whole thing, you know,

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the Holy Spirit and presence and word and people's

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passion. And maybe you're putting your life together.

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You know, maybe it's spiritual, maybe it's physical,

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maybe it's mental, emotional, financial, relational.

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There's so many areas of life that we have to

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put things together. And you might be on that

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journey of just putting things together right

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now. And you just kind of put one step in front

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of the other and believe in that you can put

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your life together, believe in that you will

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be blessed because you see so many people here

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that are blessed. I'm talking to you. If you

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are a person that's been on a journey for a long

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time and... You have somehow got stuck. Somehow

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you got a little bit into a routine and a rut,

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and life is no longer fresh. It's not the life

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you expected. Or worse, you have disappointment,

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disillusionment, a little bit of cynicism, criticism,

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and reaction, resistance to life. It could be

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that you have... Physical limitations and other

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limitations that have come your way that you

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didn't expect. They're surprises. It could be

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that the marriage didn't work out and you thought

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for sure everything would work out and it didn't

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happen. It could be that your children aren't

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turning out the way you thought they would. And

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so now you're questioning your parenting and

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questioning your wisdom and your ability to even

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be a great parent. You live under some guilt

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and some strain and it's in your mind all the

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time. And there could be many, many things in

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this room. That would cause a person to think

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about life and think about where you are and

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think about what you can do about it. I'm going

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to go to John 10, and I'm just going to quote

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it and build a little bit there, and then we're

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going to go into the actual core of the message.

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But this is my message this morning, taking your

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life to the next level. How do you take your

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life to the next level? Now, whether you accept

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it or not, believe it or not, or know it or not,

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your life has a next level. And that next level

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is not a bad level. It's not a level that's going

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to beat you up, disappoint you, and you don't

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even want to go to the next level because the

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next level might be filled with more trial. You've

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already had enough trial. Can I just slip in

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the seed and the thought that the next level

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for you is a great level, a good level, a blessed

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level, a favored level, a level that God wants

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to put his hand in your life and take you to

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another level in your life. Can someone say a

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big amen? And so there's a next level. for every

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person in this room. In John chapter 10 and verse

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10, when Jesus was teaching people that really

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didn't understand life, and in Jesus' day, he

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had different groups of people that he addressed,

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and a lot of them had it wrong. The Pharisees

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had it wrong, the Sadducees had it wrong, and

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even the Jewish synagogue followers had it wrong.

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They had piled their whole life with... and other

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kinds of laws. They took the Ten Commandments,

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made 100 of them. They took the Daily Commandments

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and made 400 of them. They were living under

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a lot of... unnecessary bondage, unnecessary

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limitations, unnecessary guilt. There wasn't

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a supernatural realm for them at this point.

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There's no temple with a most holy place as in

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Tabernacle of the Most Old Testament with the

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presence, glory, and power, and voice, and all

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that. They didn't experience that. They've had

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400 years of deadness. The spiritual piece of

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the synagogue is dead. Everything about the religions

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is dead. All the Gentile religions, philosophical

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religions were dead. And so Jesus really did

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enter a wilderness, a wilderness of religion,

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a wilderness in the intellectual realm, the emotional

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realm, and healing. There was no healing, miracles,

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power, supernatural going on anywhere for hundreds

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of years. And so when Jesus comes on the scene,

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he's dealing with the people that have a very

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low -level view of life, a very low -level expectation

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that anything can change. If you got a disease

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in those days, it was your death warrant. If

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you had some kind of a crippleness or limitation,

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your life was ruined. If something happened to

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you, one of your eyes or one of your hands, and

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you couldn't work, your life was ruined. There

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was no hope for you to ever have a good life

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because there was nothing you could do about

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it. There was no other system you could follow.

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Even your family might put you out if you were

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that person because they couldn't afford you.

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What difficult for these people. Now, Jesus comes

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along. He's talking to these people. And he's

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talking about life. And you'll recognize the

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scripture where Jesus says, I've come to give

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you life. And I've come to give you life differently.

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I've come to give you more life, higher life,

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better life, overflow life. And anybody that

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comes in any other way but me, you're a thief

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and a robber. And you don't understand what I'm

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saying. But if you would come through me, there's

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only one way to get the life. If you would come

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through me, there's life for you. And I'm telling

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you right now, there's better life. Matter of

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fact, I'm telling you, there's more than better.

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There's overflow. There's abundant. There's a

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life that only you dreamt about. dream about

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life, but you put the dream out. But I'm telling

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you that I can make your dream come to pass.

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I can bring your life to a higher level. I can

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bless you no matter what anybody says. I can

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bless you no matter how you feel, no matter what

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you've gone through, no matter what the circumstance

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is, no matter what the limitation is. I'm the

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God who blesses. I am a good God. I'm a favorable

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God. And I've come to bring you good things into

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your life. Now that Is the truth. But they couldn't

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handle it. They couldn't grasp it. It's like

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someone walking up to you when you're suffering

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and everything's going wrong and they'd say,

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but the best is yet to come. Well, you know,

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how do I know if I'm going to believe in you?

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You know, even if he's a good prophet or whatever,

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you have so much hurt and so many things that

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have happened. But if Jesus says to you, the

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best is yet to come, you better lift your head

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and say, the best is yet to come. Because that's

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exactly what's going to come. It's not just the

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good, the best. And I want to prophesy over this

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congregational. over every person that is here

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in this meeting today. And I'm going to say to

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you, thus saith the Lord, the best is yet to

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come into your life. The best is yet to come

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into your life. The overflow, the good, the powerful,

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the supernatural, the life that you have dreamt

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about. The life that you have dreamt about. And

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you have put the dream away. I'm saying to you,

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recapture the dream. Because all things are possible

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with the living God. We don't serve a dead God.

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We serve a living God. We serve the God of impossibilities.

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And God comes and says, I have life for you.

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But we try to limit it. And God says, do not

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limit what I'm going to do. Because what I'm

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going to do is going to be mind -boggling. And

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it's going to be so good. People are going to

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stare at you and say, how did you get that? How

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did you go there? How did you get that? that

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blessing and you're going to smile and say, I

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have a God who only gives the best and the best

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is yet to come. And the best is yet to come for

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me and for you. Would you like the best in your

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life? It's that revelation of God that our society

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needs because we have a lot of messed up people.

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We have a lot of broken people. We have a lot

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of disillusioned people. We have a lot of people

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that have no trust in the scriptures or God himself.

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But I'm telling you right now, if you can believe

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with me the scriptures, that Jesus says, I come

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to bring you life. Come on, shout life. Life.

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And then say, overflowing. Overflowing. It's

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a life that God wants you to have. Now, this

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is the great news. If you don't like the life

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you have, You can change it. There's nobody in

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this room doomed to die the way you are right

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now. It doesn't matter how messed up you are.

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The people in Portland are more messed up than

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Harrisburg. It doesn't matter how messed up you

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are. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you've

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made. It doesn't matter how many bad decisions

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you're living out. It doesn't matter what everybody

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else says to you. I'm telling you right now,

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if you will believe my word for your life today

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that you can take it to the next level, you can

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change your life, you can make a decision, and

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you will look back on today and say, there was

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a day when I decided my life was not going to

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be the life I was going to live. I was going

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to change it for a better life, and so I reached

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out to a better door, better entrance and I reached

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into the future and lo and behold, it's been

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the best. God wants you to believe. Now here's

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my definition about taking life to your next

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level. Taking life to your next level requires

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a few things. First slide. Taking life to the

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next level requires a breaking out, a letting

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go, a stepping up, And allowing things to unfold.

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That's one of the hardest. At God's pace, that's

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truly difficult for me. Ways and timing. Now

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let's look at this. Let's think about it just

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for a second. This is my entry into the message

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as far as we can get today. But taking your life

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to the next level requires you're going to have

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to break out. And when you break out, you're

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going to have to let go. And when you let go,

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you're also going to have to step up. And when

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you step up, you're going to have to allow God

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to unfold. And when God unfolds, his timetable

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is so different than yours, you might try to

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put your grubby little hands in it and mess it

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up. And so you have to allow God to unfold. You

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have to allow God to pace and make the doors

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and make the ways and make the timing and make

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the supernatural things happen and so that your

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life moves to the next level. I'm not talking

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about you taking your life to the next level

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on your own smarts, your own decisions, your

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own plan, your own everything. I'm talking about

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you throwing your life into the mighty hands

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of God and letting God take you to the next level.

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There is a difference. Now. In Revelation chapter

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4, verse 1. Revelation chapter 4, verse 1. I'm

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a teacher. I understand this is written to the

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seven churches of Asia Minor, which were the

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seven churches that were key places in those

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geographical areas. And I understand John the

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Apostle is on the Isle of Patmos and he's...

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Writing Revelation. That his open heavens. And

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he's writing to the churches. And then he moves

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into the realm of prophecy. And he moves into

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the realm of the end times. And everything that

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should be fulfilled. And you have the seven vials.

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The seven trumpets. And all the sevens. And finally

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they come. I understand the book of Revelation

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is kind of a complicated book. And it's all about

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John and what he saw. But Revelation chapter

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4. I'm going to use this in a personal way. I'm

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going to apply it to you. And I'm going to talk

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about you being this verse for a moment. I want

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you to apply it. To your own life. I want you

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to look at it. And I want you to let me exegete

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it just a little bit. That is give a little bit

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of definition. Because this is your verse. Now

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if you're going to put a verse up in your house

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somewhere. In your office. Somewhere in your

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car. About this message. And you're going to

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remember that Frank DiMaggio talked about taking

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your life. And the life you dreamt of. And an

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overflowing life. And we can go to the next level.

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And we don't have to live in the past. This would

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be the scripture that you could maybe take and

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post somewhere. And remind you about what I'm

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saying. Everyone say after this. John has now

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gone through the encountering with Jesus and

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after those things, he now begins to give revelation

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and vision and begins to write things out. But

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the after this, I'm going to apply to your life

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and my life that a lot of things that come to

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us come after certain situations have happened

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in our life. The darkest times are the times

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where God speaks next. The things where you go

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through that are the hardest and the most disillusioned,

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after that, after the darkness, after the hardness,

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after the trial, after the fire, after the circumstance,

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after you go through brokenness, after you go

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through disloyalty and abuse, and after you go

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through your best friend walking out or whatever

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it might be, I want to say that every one of

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us have an after this, and after this, you can

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begin to expect something great to happen. And

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this is what John is saying. But this is interesting.

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When you look at the original language, not to

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bore you, but it's interesting that the original

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language is so much colorful than the English

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language, the Greek language. When he says after

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this, it could read like this. Pause. Stop. For

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as long as it takes. Because something new is

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about to unfold. So within the terminology used

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here in this language after this is also the

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language saying stop, pause, and expect. Because

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this is a break in your timetable. And after

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this, I'm drawing a line, and I want you to expect

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something new that's going to unfold. And I want

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you to begin, and what's the next words in the

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verse? I looked. Everyone say, I looked. And

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so if you will pause with me, and if you would

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kind of shake off stuff, and if you would kind

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of bring yourself up into a different realm in

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the Holy Spirit, and if you would kind of pause

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in the kingdom of God for your own life and take

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a deep breath and say, I don't understand all

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this stuff. back there I'm not sure I understand

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all the stuff down there but I am going to pause

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in the spirit I'm going to take a deep breath

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I'm going to let go of all the anxiety and the

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fear and the disappointment and the criticism

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and the resentment and maybe even the bitterness

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of what has happened in my life in the past or

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the littleness or the limitation or the problem

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and I'm going to take a pause I'm going to take

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a breath and then I'm going to say and I expect

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something good to start happening now And that's

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what John is saying. Now I turn and I looked.

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I began to focus and I saw a door. Everyone say

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a door. So John says, and I saw a door. Now,

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I want you, without me having to go through all

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the scriptures on this, I just want to say, and

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I hope you write it down, have your note taken.

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If not, listen to it again, audibly, whatever.

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Everybody in this room has a door in front of

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you. Every person. The door is significant in

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scripture as meaning there's an entry into something

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else coming. You have to go to the door to open

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that door. That door is an invisible door. It's

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a door in the heavenlies. It's a door that exists.

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But it's truly the metaphor that Paul used when

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he says, and I'm moving ahead and there's a great

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effectual door. Open to me, but there are many

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adversaries not letting me through the door.

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So I need you to pray because this door is so

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great. Come on, shout great. This door is so

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effectual. I need to go through it. But there's

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many adversaries. Now, that is your situation.

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That's my situation. There's a great door in

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front of me, and that door could mean a lot of

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things to everybody in this room, but everybody

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has a door in the invisible realm, and that door

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represents. Actually, in the original, it's not

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the word door. It's the word vault. He says,

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so there's a vault ready to open in the heavens

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that's filled with mysteries. And it's opening

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to you because you're going to move into a new

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area of life. And the vault has in it many things

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that you cannot even understand because they're

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mysteries. But in that vault are all my promises

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and prophecies and healing and miracles and words

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and everything I'm going to do in your life.

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That vault is... full of great things that I'm

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going to do with you. That vault is full of strength.

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It's full of blessing. It's full of favor. It's

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full of faith. It's full of vision. The vault

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is overflowing with stuff and your name is on

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it. So don't stand on this side of the door.

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I want you to push through the door and I want

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you to get into your vault and I want you to

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see that it's Christmas time for you. That there

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is so much. Behind that door. And you're expecting

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so little. The sin of most of us is not that

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we aim too high. We aim too low and hit it. It's

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not that we aim high. It's not that we expect

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much. We judge God's nature by our sin. We judge

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God's nature by our flaw. We get into life and

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we begin to judge ourselves. If we have a flaw,

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if we've made a mistake, then we have to limit

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our vision because we don't deserve it. It won't

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happen now. I don't have the resource. I don't

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have the money. I want to just say to you, if

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you let me just build faith into you, there's

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a door for you, and that door is not... standing

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there with angels by it saying, you can't come

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in. You're not good enough. You have too much

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baggage. You're an embarrassment to the kingdom

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of God. You're an embarrassment to heaven. All

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of heaven is talking about you right now. And

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you're not to go through the door because you

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just are a double -minded weak person. That is

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only what the devil says. You are not in Christ.

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You are whole in Christ. You are the person that's

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accepted. And God says, I want you to move through

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the door. And the adversaries begin to come with

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guilt and shame and knock you down. But you've

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got to to press through the door in the mighty

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name of Jesus Christ. You got to believe that

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the door is not based on your goodness. It is

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not based on your perfection. It's not based

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on everything you do right. It's based on the

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man, Jesus Christ. So when you get to the door

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and the adversary starts flooding, you just say,

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry about you guys wasting your

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time here. I'm going through the door and you

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have nothing to do with it. But you know, you're

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no good. You're right. And you know, you're nothing

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but a big fat liar. You're right. I am. And you

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have so many problems. I have more problems than

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even hell knows about. I have a lot of problems.

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Yes. And you know, you made that and made a lot

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of mistakes. And I want you just to take everything

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you're saying and go see my lawyer. His name

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is Jesus. And he'll talk with you about it. But

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I can't. I can't. I can't talk with you. It's

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not even legal for me to talk with you. Heaven

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told me not to talk with you. I knew this was

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coming, so you just have to go see him. And as

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far as me, I don't even understand how I get

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through this door. I don't even know why God

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would let me through the door. But I'm telling

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you right now, I'm going through the door. And

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behind that door are good things for me and my

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family and my family tree and my children and

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my children's children. And I'm going to start

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a whole new blessing that's going to trickle

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down all the way through all of my family trees

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because I am the beginning of a door -opening

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generation. So what you do is you take your right

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hand. And I want you to put it about right there.

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I want you to think that what I'm saying has

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spiritual significance. And that the door in

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scripture is a metaphor, it's a symbol, it's

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an analogy because we can understand God by natural

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things. Anthropomorphisms. Is it theology that

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you understand God because it says the hand of

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the Lord and the eyes of the Lord is upon you?

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Well, God has no hands and no eyes, but we understand

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it because he uses the natural to open up the

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spiritual so that we can grasp the truth. There's

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a door in front of you right now. I don't care

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what the devil says. I want you to put your hand

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on the handle right now. Just put your hand on

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it. You got your door? Say out loud, in Jesus'

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name. Today, my day, I'm moving through the door.

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And behind it is the best. I no longer will whine

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and make excuses. I'm moving forward. I'm opening

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the door. In Jesus' name. Now turn the knob and

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throw it open. And say out loud, Shandairama.

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Come on. I looked. And I saw a door. That opened.

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That opened. Then the voice. Remember, every

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door has a voice. Make sure you're listening

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to the right one. The voice that had spoken to

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me at first, which was the Holy Spirit, the trumpet,

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all that, chapter 1, 2, and 3, sounded like a

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trumpet said, and this is, I did everything I

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did so far just to get to this phrase. Come up

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here. And the voice, the trumpet said, Come up

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here. Where? Here. Well, where's here? Here is

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here. Well, I can't see here because I'm down

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here. I know, I want you to come up here. But

00:25:43.769 --> 00:25:46.230
if I come up here, what will I find? Just come

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up. You can't have what God has for you if you

00:25:52.450 --> 00:25:57.549
don't go up. You've got to come up, and I will

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show you. Translation I'm using. And I will show

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:04.180
you what must happen. Come on, shout the word

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:08.039
next. And I will show you what must happen. I

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:12.000
will show you what must happen. Because you're

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.720
going to come up. You're going to come up. Not.

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:23.160
But. Not. But. So you're going to go up. And

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in that realm, there's a place for you to put

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your feet. And when you get to that realm, I'm

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talking like Pilgrim's Progress, the book, if

00:26:36.769 --> 00:26:39.869
you've never read it, the idea of so many symbols

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and ideas that are in the spiritual realm, because

00:26:42.250 --> 00:26:44.670
you can't understand the spiritual realm unless

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you begin to use language that you can understand

00:26:47.130 --> 00:26:50.349
and apply it. I believe, and I know you believe,

00:26:50.490 --> 00:26:56.440
there is an invisible realm. I believe. In the

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:59.160
invisible realm, things are more real than the

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natural realm. And I believe in the invisible

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.500
realm, there's everything I need for my visible

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:16.660
realm. So I need to reach. Pull it down. And

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I will show you what must happen next. Accept

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what is, but don't stay there. Let go of what

00:27:35.190 --> 00:27:42.109
was and have faith for what's coming. So as you

00:27:42.109 --> 00:27:46.630
move to this realm, you're going to let go of

00:27:46.630 --> 00:27:49.880
us. limited expectations and experiences, and

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:52.440
you're going to let your faith move to this next

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:54.619
realm for your life. You're going to begin to

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:56.799
say things when people say, how are you? You're

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:59.779
not going to describe how you are. I have a limp.

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.160
I had cancer four years ago. I have a messed

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.279
up hip. I have a messed up leg. I don't have

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.680
a messed up heart. The cancer never touched my

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:10.390
heart. Hello. And so you can have limitation

00:28:10.390 --> 00:28:12.890
diseases and problems. And I hate what I went

00:28:12.890 --> 00:28:14.250
through and I hate what I'm going through now.

00:28:14.390 --> 00:28:17.049
And I don't like the physical limitation. But

00:28:17.049 --> 00:28:20.609
physical limitations are in this realm. I need

00:28:20.609 --> 00:28:22.990
to get to the other realm and pull down what

00:28:22.990 --> 00:28:26.470
I need for this realm. And this realm is in the

00:28:26.470 --> 00:28:29.430
physical. That realm is in the spiritual. I need

00:28:29.430 --> 00:28:33.930
to move there in faith. Don't let what you feel

00:28:33.930 --> 00:28:39.970
stop you from trying to go there. Don't let it.

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Every next level, write this down, every next

00:28:47.309 --> 00:28:52.750
level will demand a new you. Your old self can't

00:28:52.750 --> 00:28:56.029
go to the new level. So you're going to have

00:28:56.029 --> 00:29:00.289
to have a new you. And a new you means you're

00:29:00.289 --> 00:29:01.829
going to have to start making some confession.

00:29:02.049 --> 00:29:04.170
So when people ask me, how are you? I say to

00:29:04.170 --> 00:29:06.329
them, top of the game, living the dream, couldn't

00:29:06.329 --> 00:29:10.150
be better. And they always go, oh. You don't

00:29:10.150 --> 00:29:15.890
look that way. But I do it with everybody. Why?

00:29:16.089 --> 00:29:20.319
Because that's what I want. I'm not going to

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.740
say, I'm in pain, live in pain. I limp. I hate

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.920
my limp. I have a bad hip. I'm going to the doctors.

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:27.380
I'm doing more x -rays and stuff right now. And

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.099
it's really a mess. And I'm so discouraged because

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.980
life is so hard. It's not fair because I preached

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:33.359
the gospel for 40 years. And God, of all things,

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:35.440
of all people, of all people in the whole world,

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God should favor me because I'm his favorite.

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:39.980
And he should just heal me right now. And I shouldn't

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.559
have to suffer. Why should I have to suffer?

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.819
It's not fair for God to let me suffer because

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:47.440
the kingdom of God needs me. And so I could have

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:50.369
a... attitude about everything to explain how

00:29:50.369 --> 00:29:53.430
I see it, or I could simply say, I need to go

00:29:53.430 --> 00:29:59.569
higher. I need to go higher. And I'm in good

00:29:59.569 --> 00:30:05.730
company. Paul, he said, now listen, God, would

00:30:05.730 --> 00:30:13.430
you remove this thorn in my flesh? It's a limitation,

00:30:13.509 --> 00:30:18.450
it's a problem, and I don't like it. First time,

00:30:18.490 --> 00:30:22.549
God says, I'm not going to do that. Second time,

00:30:22.710 --> 00:30:28.569
oh God, I travel. I go on boats that sink. I

00:30:28.569 --> 00:30:32.309
get snake bitten. I float to islands and they

00:30:32.309 --> 00:30:35.890
try to kill me. I disciple people who leave me

00:30:35.890 --> 00:30:40.509
and my name is carved on a lot of jails. I've

00:30:40.509 --> 00:30:43.769
suffered enough. So would you just take this

00:30:43.769 --> 00:30:49.000
thorn? Second time, God says, No, I'm not going

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.279
to do that. Third time. This is in your Bible.

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:56.420
Three times. The third time. He says, okay, God,

00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:03.299
I have a different angle. And I really think

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.680
you should listen to my reasoning on this one.

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:10.859
And God says, Paul, listen. I'm not going to

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:15.079
take it away. I'm going to teach you how to go

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.779
higher. In grace and strength that's not your

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:24.339
own. So my grace is sufficient for you. And I

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:27.759
want you to throw yourself upon that grace. Because

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.960
it's in that grace that you're going to do many

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.220
more things. That's going to be in my strength.

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.859
But if you go in your strength. You will not

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:37.220
do the things I need you to do in my strength.

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:40.519
Because my strength demands that you stop and

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:46.200
get quiet. And write 14 epistles. Paul would

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:49.720
have never stopped. He would have been in every

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.759
country planting churches all the way through

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.539
his entire life. He would have never stopped.

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:58.119
Geez, I feel like I'm preaching to myself now.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:06.960
This is kind of a scary analogy going on here

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:10.460
now. Write more books. No, I'm not writing more

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:18.880
books. You want to bet? We would not have the

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:24.000
14 epistles if Paul didn't have jail time. Honestly,

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:29.859
for sure, that's the truth. And it's in those

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:36.519
places that Paul says, I rest in my circumstance

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:43.900
because of the grace of God. I'm at rest. Are

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:50.339
you still struggling? reasoning, arguing, whining,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:56.680
debating, drawing up your own house plans. And

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.240
God says, that's not the house I'm building for

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.259
you, but that's the house I need. Now, God, come

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:03.180
on. You need to understand, this is my life.

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:07.079
I need to marry that guy. No, you don't need

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.599
to marry that guy. Yes, I do. He's a perfect

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:15.099
match. No, he's a perfect pervert. You have no

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:20.079
idea what you're asking for. Oh, God, I do. He

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:24.799
is so good looking. God says he might be good

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:29.799
looking, but he's dark inside, baby. And I don't

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:32.180
want you going there. Sometimes we write out

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.700
what we see. I want that business. God says you're

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.980
not going to get that business. I want that business.

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:42.700
And if you don't watch it, you go up to the wrong

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:47.250
place. And you take what's not yours and then

00:33:47.250 --> 00:33:51.849
you pay for it for a long time. Relax. Back up

00:33:51.849 --> 00:33:56.769
a little bit. Take a deep breath. And say, God's

00:33:56.769 --> 00:34:02.930
grace is sufficient for me. And I will let my

00:34:02.930 --> 00:34:06.869
resting place be my launching place. Oh, you

00:34:06.869 --> 00:34:08.730
should write that down. That should be a bumper

00:34:08.730 --> 00:34:14.090
sticker right there. My resting place. should

00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:18.329
be my launching place. It's hard to launch somebody

00:34:18.329 --> 00:34:20.210
to the next level when they're filled with anxiety

00:34:20.210 --> 00:34:22.949
and they're moving so much. You've got to rest.

00:34:23.289 --> 00:34:26.829
You've got to stop. You've got to breathe. And

00:34:26.829 --> 00:34:30.130
expect great things. Believe that the best is

00:34:30.130 --> 00:34:34.110
going to come. But when you go to the next level,

00:34:34.230 --> 00:34:39.210
God changes you first. And this is the other

00:34:39.210 --> 00:34:42.869
thing, whether I get time to say it or not. You

00:34:42.869 --> 00:34:45.110
can't take everybody you want with you to the

00:34:45.110 --> 00:34:50.469
next level. Sometimes they can't go. And that's

00:34:50.469 --> 00:34:54.150
confusing. The next level is your level. It doesn't

00:34:54.150 --> 00:34:58.269
belong to everybody else. Okay, now, I want you

00:34:58.269 --> 00:35:01.610
to put down another scripture. We're into the

00:35:01.610 --> 00:35:10.269
second introduction scripture. 1 Kings 3 .5.

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:15.400
1 Kings 3, 5. That night, everyone say that night.

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:18.440
And again, let me just use a little bit of a

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:20.980
subjective interpretation here, but let me just

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:27.179
say that it's usually in the night of life that

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:32.659
the best words come. Adversity is a great backdrop

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:37.659
for God's paintings. He uses it. Why? Because

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:41.079
you... Get to the place where you will let him

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:45.900
do what he's going to do. So that night, now,

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:50.340
this is about King Solomon. We've had Saul with

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:52.820
the United Twelve Tribes. We had David, United

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:56.440
Twelve Tribes. Now David thought he was going

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.840
to build a temple, but he's not. And his son's

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.699
going to now take the kingship of the Twelve

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:04.340
Tribes. Solomon is young. Solomon is going to

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:06.159
do some great things, but he doesn't know what

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.920
to do. Solomon does not live in Gibeon. Solomon

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:11.199
goes to Gibeon because the tabernacle at that

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:13.619
point was at Gibeon, and Solomon needed a revelation

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:16.920
of God's voice and presence and impartation because

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:19.719
he didn't know what to do with where he was going

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:21.579
and how he was going to get there, and he was

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:24.500
scared. And so as a young man, he goes to Gibeon,

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.500
he camps out, and God comes to him in a dream.

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.980
And you have this scripture right here where

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.679
it says, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream.

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:34.099
And God said, the famous words, only used three

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.980
times in the Bible with three different people,

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:40.199
where God says, what can I give you? Only three

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:43.019
times in the scripture. What can I do for you?

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:47.880
Say it. No, no, no, I'm preaching. I didn't want

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:52.039
you to. You are so responsive. It's amazing.

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.760
I'm saying, Solomon, say it. Okay, never mind.

00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:01.900
So Solomon is this guy getting the dream, and

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:09.860
God says to him, what do you want? Ask. Now,

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:12.960
if a friend said that to you, that's one thing.

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.920
Even a rich man, rich woman, that's another thing.

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:21.219
But God, God, who has all power, all wealth,

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:28.199
everything, God says, what do you want? If that

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:33.480
happened to you right now, what would you write

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:37.980
down? Even off the cuff, what would you write

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:46.940
down? So Solomon says, I'll tell you exactly

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:51.260
what I want. God says, tell me. I want you to

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:55.260
give me wisdom that I may lead the people in

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:59.349
and out and protect them. That I might be a shepherd

00:37:59.349 --> 00:38:03.510
king for your people. That I might be able to

00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:07.349
bring them into the place you want them. But

00:38:07.349 --> 00:38:09.610
I don't know how to do it, and I need wisdom.

00:38:10.150 --> 00:38:13.389
And God says, now, this is an amazing request.

00:38:15.150 --> 00:38:18.269
You didn't ask, and this kind of puts us all

00:38:18.269 --> 00:38:21.150
in our place. God says, you didn't ask for wealth.

00:38:22.610 --> 00:38:27.389
You didn't ask for honor. You didn't ask for

00:38:27.389 --> 00:38:31.190
riches. You didn't ask for your enemy's heads.

00:38:31.969 --> 00:38:37.829
You asked for someone else. And that, Solomon,

00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:42.110
is why I will make you great. And I will give

00:38:42.110 --> 00:38:45.059
you wealth. riches, honor, and I'll take care

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.260
of your enemies because your heart is for my

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:51.280
people and my purposes, not yourself. And I can

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:53.820
trust you with my kingdom. Therefore, I'm going

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:57.039
to give you everything that you want. Even though

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:59.079
you're not going after what you want, you're

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:03.679
going after what I want. Now, when God says to

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:06.860
you, what do you want? Your answer should be,

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:12.869
I want to be a helper of others. What do you

00:39:12.869 --> 00:39:16.469
want? I want my dream. No, I want to be a helper

00:39:16.469 --> 00:39:19.670
of other people's dreams. What do you want? I

00:39:19.670 --> 00:39:22.909
want healing. No, I want to bring healing to

00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:26.130
other people's lives. What do you want? If you

00:39:26.130 --> 00:39:29.590
can somehow bring your asking and this next level

00:39:29.590 --> 00:39:32.469
thing that we need to go to as individuals, and

00:39:32.469 --> 00:39:36.349
if you can consider asking and pursuing things

00:39:36.349 --> 00:39:39.750
that bless other people, not just butter your

00:39:39.750 --> 00:39:45.860
bread. It's a good chance that you'll go to a

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:50.199
wide, massive next level because you have the

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:55.739
heart of Jesus. Amen, Frank. Such a wonderful

00:39:55.739 --> 00:40:01.480
point. Now, does that mean you don't get what

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:05.500
you want? No. Solomon's still God. All of it.

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.699
His first book he wrote was Proverbs, then Song

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:14.280
of Solomon. And then Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:21.639
is a horrible book. I taught it in college for

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:23.860
years and hated teaching it every time. I would

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:26.000
say to the students, I do believe in biblical

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:28.420
inspiration, but I think this one could be in

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:34.920
doubt. It was a joke. Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:37.780
because everything was vanity, vexation of spirit.

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:40.239
Everything under the sun was worthless. Life

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:42.800
was worthless. You live and you earn and you

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.219
gather, and then someone else takes it. All your

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:47.039
friends leave you. All your wives turn their

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:50.119
back on you. He had, of course, when you have

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:52.280
700 of them, there's a good chance a few will.

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:59.300
And so you have all of Solomon's. He just lets

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:04.780
it out. And it's horrible stuff about a man who

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:08.880
took the center that was God, And put himself.

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:15.119
That's Ecclesiastes. Proverbs. Is this scripture

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:17.099
right here. Where he said. Give me wisdom God.

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.860
And he wrote Proverbs. At the beginning of his

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:23.340
reign. And wow. What a man. What a book. What

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:25.579
a perspective. What. I mean we could live. If

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:27.380
we only had the book of Proverbs. We would live

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:29.940
a great life. But he didn't stay in Proverbs.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:34.570
He went to Ecclesiastes. My exhortation to you

00:41:34.570 --> 00:41:38.469
as we go to the next level, don't end up in Ecclesiastes.

00:41:40.010 --> 00:41:45.789
Don't end up cynical. Don't end up unbelieving.

00:41:46.609 --> 00:41:48.889
Don't end up not praying for the tick because,

00:41:49.010 --> 00:41:50.889
well, God hasn't healed the tick before. My spouse

00:41:50.889 --> 00:41:53.010
died. My kid died. My friend died. And, you know,

00:41:53.130 --> 00:41:55.070
I don't know. I'm not going to pray for the tick.

00:41:55.110 --> 00:41:56.929
And then you fold your arms. And then you see

00:41:56.929 --> 00:41:58.630
these young people up here worshiping. And you

00:41:58.630 --> 00:42:00.269
say to yourself, but wait until they hit real

00:42:00.269 --> 00:42:02.309
life. They won't be so happy camper up there.

00:42:02.550 --> 00:42:04.750
They'll have to go through stuff. And then they'll

00:42:04.750 --> 00:42:08.349
learn that life is not just what Brad says all

00:42:08.349 --> 00:42:10.030
the time. You know, expect good. Go for good.

00:42:10.090 --> 00:42:11.769
God will help you. Well, God didn't help me.

00:42:11.849 --> 00:42:13.769
Well, there's a reason God's not helping you

00:42:13.769 --> 00:42:15.369
right now. You're filled with unbelief. You're

00:42:15.369 --> 00:42:17.690
filled with sin. and you're a person that will

00:42:17.690 --> 00:42:20.230
not even expect anything good to happen. God

00:42:20.230 --> 00:42:23.469
cannot even attack you, tackle you, and pin you

00:42:23.469 --> 00:42:25.570
down and bless you. You would still fight with

00:42:25.570 --> 00:42:34.909
him. I would say give up. Trade in that Ecclesiastes

00:42:34.909 --> 00:42:40.110
mindset for a Proverbs mindset. Trade it in.

00:42:41.230 --> 00:42:44.989
Doesn't matter how old you are. Trade it in.

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:49.239
Go to the next level. Say, well, you know, I'm

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:55.199
in my 70s. How do I? Have you ever Googled? Someone

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:59.460
say yes. Have you ever Googled something like

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:06.340
this? What did famous people accomplish after

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:12.960
they were 70? It'll blow your mind. Then Google.

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:15.820
what did famous people accomplish after they

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:21.699
were 80? And you'll be shocked again to understand

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:24.780
that some of our most famous people didn't do

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.679
their famous stuff until they were in their 70s.

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:35.400
You're never too old to do great things. So please,

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:39.199
don't just kind of semi -retire and go chew red

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:43.880
tobacco somewhere. Is there such a thing as red

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.159
tobacco? There you go. Word of knowledge right

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:57.039
there. Don't. Don't live your life out doing

00:43:57.039 --> 00:44:06.739
nothing. Don't. Don't. Don't. If you have more

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:10.219
money than you need, don't keep saving it. You're

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:13.380
not going to live long enough to spend it. Give

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:17.800
it away. Go on a mission trip. Give it to the

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:31.920
Uganda pastor who missed his prophecy. Find some

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:35.159
young people and put them through school. Find

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:40.059
a single parent and help them. Don't just live

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:53.070
your life with... Go up. Go up. Next slide. Every

00:44:53.070 --> 00:44:58.489
time you say, okay, I'm going to go up. Remember,

00:44:58.550 --> 00:45:03.250
what I'm trying to say here is that you will

00:45:03.250 --> 00:45:08.010
have, next slide, is the slide that has seasons,

00:45:08.050 --> 00:45:11.690
levels. Yeah, go ahead and put them all up. Because

00:45:11.690 --> 00:45:17.369
I'm so far behind, it doesn't matter. Okay. Every

00:45:17.369 --> 00:45:22.269
category of errors in your life as you move has

00:45:22.269 --> 00:45:25.989
these four things. You have a season, and a season

00:45:25.989 --> 00:45:30.329
can be God's seasons and timetables are not like

00:45:30.329 --> 00:45:34.550
ours. So when God said to you, I want you to

00:45:34.550 --> 00:45:39.469
go visit your uncle over the mountain. His name

00:45:39.469 --> 00:45:44.239
is Laban. And you will be there a few days. And

00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:47.659
then you will return. Why? Because Jacob had

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:50.059
ticked off his brother Esau. And the one thing

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:52.420
you don't ever want to do is tick off a good

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:57.940
hunter. If you're going to tick off somebody,

00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:01.039
tick off a chess player, a checker player, you

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:05.719
know, a songwriter, a restaurant owner. But don't

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:09.679
tick off a hunter. Now Esau is the hunter of

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:14.420
all hunters. He can kill things, and he had proven

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:17.059
it. And Jacob knew, hey, I'm in trouble because

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:18.739
I stole the birthright. I stole it from him.

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:20.199
He's going to be ticked off. When he comes back,

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:22.099
he's going to kill me. His mother says, you are

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:25.059
absolutely right. He is a hunter, and he is going

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:27.800
to kill you. So this is what you do. I want you

00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:29.360
to go over the mountain. I want you to visit

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.400
my brother Laban, and he will keep you. And in

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:33.679
a few days, you will return, and we will solve

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:38.039
this thing with your brother. How long? Was he

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:44.159
at Laban's? Oh, 14 years. So when God says, in

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:49.139
a few days, I'm going to bring this about in

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:50.559
your life, you're thinking, hallelujah, it's

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:57.119
about time. God says, but it's my days. So a

00:46:57.119 --> 00:47:03.739
season can mean a week, a year, a decade. It's

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:06.239
not guaranteed it's going to be fast. Why? Because

00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:11.619
in the season, there's levels. And every level

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:16.780
you have to go to to achieve what needs to be

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:20.800
done in that season. And the kicker is you can't

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:24.860
skip a level. So if you skip a level, you start

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:27.980
over again. That's why some people are in the

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:32.159
same season for a long, long time. They don't

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:34.679
learn. achieve. They don't take it. They don't

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:37.500
change. They don't, and they go like Israel did

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:39.039
for 40 years around the mountain, around the

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:40.280
mountain, around the mountain, around the mountain,

00:47:40.280 --> 00:47:43.780
because they had never grasped what they had

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:47.159
to change. Be very careful. When God deals with

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:49.119
you about something, don't shrug it off. Take

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:52.639
care of it and move ahead. If he talks with you

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:54.780
about anything, take care of it and move ahead.

00:47:55.219 --> 00:47:59.340
If you had a little nudge and the Holy Spirit

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:01.539
said, write the letter, ask them to forgive you.

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:03.489
I'm not going to do that. I don't like them.

00:48:03.550 --> 00:48:05.489
I never did like them. It was their fault all

00:48:05.489 --> 00:48:08.110
this happened. They have always been really crummy

00:48:08.110 --> 00:48:10.570
people. And they took advantage of me. And I'm

00:48:10.570 --> 00:48:12.469
not writing them a letter. They should be writing

00:48:12.469 --> 00:48:14.489
me a letter all the time while you're worshiping.

00:48:14.489 --> 00:48:23.250
Oh, Jesus. No. Jesus. Going on in our spirit.

00:48:24.250 --> 00:48:27.309
If God deals with you to forgive, do it and move

00:48:27.309 --> 00:48:32.639
on. If God wants you to reconcile with someone,

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:38.699
do it and move on. Go to the next level. Every

00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:41.619
level has miracles. No, not next slide. There's

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:43.460
a difference between next level, next slide.

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:57.820
That's funny. I think that's funny. Whoever is

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:59.760
doing the slides, where are they? That's doing

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:09.179
the slides. They're out in the parking lot somewhere,

00:49:09.260 --> 00:49:14.579
aren't they? Well, bless you for doing my slides

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:17.380
and putting up with me. If you make another mistake,

00:49:17.559 --> 00:49:21.599
God will kill you right there. No, thank you

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:23.599
very much. You've been actually right on it.

00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:26.059
I'm kind of hard to follow because I play around

00:49:26.059 --> 00:49:31.880
so much, but I don't care. No apologies, you

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:37.380
know. All right, come on. Church, how many of

00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:40.880
you are getting something out of this? Okay,

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:44.079
read these four words, phrases with me. Everyone

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:47.780
say, next season. Next season. Next level. Next

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:51.579
level. Next miracle. Next miracle. Next door.

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:54.260
Next door. Every level has to have miracles.

00:49:54.909 --> 00:49:57.610
All the miracles open new doors. New doors put

00:49:57.610 --> 00:50:01.989
you into a new season. And you do this in a kind

00:50:01.989 --> 00:50:04.909
of a circular moving like the Zika wheel within

00:50:04.909 --> 00:50:07.909
the wheel. This is a moving with the core principles

00:50:07.909 --> 00:50:10.929
and the wheel begins to move. Something happens

00:50:10.929 --> 00:50:13.750
when you need a miracle. You know, you don't

00:50:13.750 --> 00:50:19.710
need miracles if you're not going anywhere. You

00:50:19.710 --> 00:50:25.409
need miracles when you're on the move. You need

00:50:25.409 --> 00:50:28.769
miracles like the apostles and Jesus. They were

00:50:28.769 --> 00:50:31.429
doing ministry. They were on the move. They were

00:50:31.429 --> 00:50:34.130
just out on the hill saying, okay, this is a

00:50:34.130 --> 00:50:36.230
good place for us just to stop right here because

00:50:36.230 --> 00:50:38.289
we're going to do a miracle here. What kind of

00:50:38.289 --> 00:50:40.030
a miracle? It's going to be a loaves and fishes

00:50:40.030 --> 00:50:41.989
miracle. We're just going to have to wait for

00:50:41.989 --> 00:50:43.989
it. It might take a while, but the people will

00:50:43.989 --> 00:50:46.030
come and we'll do a miracle. They didn't have

00:50:46.030 --> 00:50:48.989
any plan for the miracle. The circumstance demanded

00:50:48.989 --> 00:50:52.789
a miracle. And if you're into moving, you'll

00:50:52.789 --> 00:50:56.130
have circumstances where God will say, I'm going

00:50:56.130 --> 00:50:58.650
to supply for you to go to college. Oh, I don't

00:50:58.650 --> 00:51:00.570
have any money. And I don't have any grants.

00:51:00.650 --> 00:51:02.449
I don't have anything. But I want to be a doctor.

00:51:02.550 --> 00:51:04.710
And I want to move ahead. Well, you've got to

00:51:04.710 --> 00:51:06.309
move ahead. Come up here. What do I do? You've

00:51:06.309 --> 00:51:08.530
got to go forward. How do I go forward? I want

00:51:08.530 --> 00:51:11.349
you to go see the people in charge of the grants.

00:51:11.469 --> 00:51:13.230
Go knock on their door. But they won't see me.

00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:15.269
I don't even have an appointment. And I'm not

00:51:15.269 --> 00:51:18.489
even qualified. And so finally, you obey. Why?

00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:21.280
You want to go to the next season, next level,

00:51:21.320 --> 00:51:23.199
next door, but you need a miracle, but you don't

00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:24.659
think the miracle is going to come, and now you're

00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:26.860
discouraged. And you go there, and you say, I'm

00:51:26.860 --> 00:51:28.539
here to see so -and -so, but I don't have an

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:30.820
appointment. Well, it's okay. Just a second.

00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:32.599
Let me ask. Yeah, she'll see you. She'll see

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:35.139
me. Yeah. So you go in and say, you know, I'm

00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:37.380
just here because I can't even tell you why I'm

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:40.099
here, but I'm here, and I do need a grant. What

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:42.739
kind of a grant do you need? Well, I need a grant

00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:47.039
to pay my entire... Bill, I don't have any money

00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:48.559
at all. You don't have any money? You know, just

00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:53.800
a second. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I have

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:56.480
three grants that I have to give out by tomorrow.

00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:59.820
And all three of these have to go to people.

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:02.099
How much money does your parents make? They don't

00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:06.019
make very much money. Are they helping you? No.

00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:08.820
That's fantastic because if they were helping

00:52:08.820 --> 00:52:10.539
you, I couldn't give it to you. And do you have

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:12.719
anybody else helping you? No. All the things

00:52:12.719 --> 00:52:15.539
you were critical about and mad about and whining

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:18.340
about is now going to work for your good as God's

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:20.320
going to do a miracle for you that nobody else

00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:23.079
can do. And all of a sudden this person says

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:25.719
to you, so you have no help. And your parents

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:28.519
have no money, and nobody's doing anything, and

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:30.579
you're here, and you have no appointment, and

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:33.360
I have to use these up by tomorrow. Wow, it's

00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:36.820
amazing that you got to my door today, and you're

00:52:36.820 --> 00:52:40.500
thinking, that's because I'm a mighty faith person.

00:52:44.059 --> 00:52:47.559
I went through this door. And when you tell the

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:50.159
testimony, it will be, and God spoke to me, and

00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:52.800
I went. And I knew God was going to open that

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:54.920
door. And when I knocked on that door, I knocked

00:52:54.920 --> 00:52:57.519
hard on that door. And I looked her in the eye,

00:52:57.579 --> 00:52:59.940
and I said, God has sent me here. None of that

00:52:59.940 --> 00:53:08.420
happened, but you can say that. You don't get

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:14.139
a miracle staying where you are. Knock on doors.

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:21.960
Move forward. Press. Ask. Believe. Go. No miracle

00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:26.340
happens with stay. Go. You don't know what's

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:29.199
in that office. Go. You don't know what the bank

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:30.420
will say. Well, there's no reason the bank would

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:32.139
give me money for my business. You don't know

00:53:32.139 --> 00:53:34.059
that they have. Well, I got to give away. Two

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:36.159
business monies, and who are you? What business

00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:37.800
are you starting? Do you have any help? You have

00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:39.960
no money? And you have a bad track record? Yeah,

00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:43.780
I kind of, you know, I listened to my wife, and

00:53:43.780 --> 00:53:46.519
she made me spend some money. And, you know,

00:53:46.539 --> 00:53:48.619
we bought the wrong house, and you can blame

00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:50.320
whatever. But it could be, well, I've got to

00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:52.800
give two bank loans to people who made mistakes.

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:59.820
Oh, well, that's me. Yes, I made many mistakes,

00:53:59.960 --> 00:54:02.239
actually. Well, we only need two mistakes. Okay,

00:54:02.360 --> 00:54:07.559
I have two big ones. You have no idea what God

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:10.760
has in store for you if you never knock on the

00:54:10.760 --> 00:54:16.940
door. If you never knock on the door. I want

00:54:16.940 --> 00:54:18.260
to get married. I want to get married. I want

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:21.699
to get married. Well, then date somebody. No,

00:54:21.840 --> 00:54:25.659
I'm waiting for God to bring them. Put on some

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:33.900
lipstick and date them. Don't stay in the prayer

00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:42.329
room. Get out. Beautiful young woman. Just recently.

00:54:42.409 --> 00:54:45.610
She is in another church. She went to this different

00:54:45.610 --> 00:54:47.409
church. And she saw this guy lead in worship.

00:54:48.230 --> 00:54:52.670
And she liked him. And she's like 21. Beautiful.

00:54:53.789 --> 00:54:56.489
And didn't have any guys in her church that she

00:54:56.489 --> 00:55:02.170
felt were her match. So she said to her dad.

00:55:03.309 --> 00:55:05.679
Dad. You know the guy that led worship tonight?

00:55:05.940 --> 00:55:08.960
He says, no, I don't know him. She says, well,

00:55:09.039 --> 00:55:14.820
I want him to take me out. Dad says, what are

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:18.639
you talking about? I want to have a date with

00:55:18.639 --> 00:55:22.079
him. You don't even know him. She says, I know

00:55:22.079 --> 00:55:23.699
I don't know him. That's why I want to have a

00:55:23.699 --> 00:55:29.639
date. She ended up doing something unusual. And

00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:31.440
I'm not saying this is the will of God for you.

00:55:32.190 --> 00:55:35.590
But it is a person that says, I need a miracle.

00:55:35.670 --> 00:55:37.170
I'm going to knock on the door and move him forward.

00:55:37.230 --> 00:55:41.070
She emailed the guy. Said, I was in the service.

00:55:41.929 --> 00:55:44.710
You were leading worship. And I thought to myself,

00:55:44.869 --> 00:55:49.090
be great if we could have a cup of coffee. He

00:55:49.090 --> 00:55:52.389
got the email. I talked to him. Now, if I was

00:55:52.389 --> 00:55:55.989
him, I would have emailed back and said, can

00:55:55.989 --> 00:56:12.989
you attach a picture? She, smart girl, had already

00:56:12.989 --> 00:56:16.150
attached a picture. And she's a pretty little

00:56:16.150 --> 00:56:20.289
thing. And so he looks at the email, looks at

00:56:20.289 --> 00:56:23.769
the picture, as any prayed up, spirit -filled

00:56:23.769 --> 00:56:30.690
young man would do. Copy? What harm could copy

00:56:30.690 --> 00:56:35.550
do? Yeah. Yeah, I'd have a cup of coffee with

00:56:35.550 --> 00:56:37.769
you. Let's meet at the... you know, Starbucks

00:56:37.769 --> 00:56:41.190
place and they had a cup of coffee and now it's

00:56:41.190 --> 00:56:46.829
more cups. And actually, they'll probably get

00:56:46.829 --> 00:56:49.969
married. The relationship is moving along so

00:56:49.969 --> 00:56:53.429
wonderful. What I'm saying is, it's hard to steer

00:56:53.429 --> 00:57:02.949
a parked car. You've got to move. Whether it's

00:57:02.949 --> 00:57:05.610
starting a business. Or going to college? Or

00:57:05.610 --> 00:57:07.550
finding someone that you would like to have a

00:57:07.550 --> 00:57:08.969
relationship with? I don't mean you have to be

00:57:08.969 --> 00:57:11.409
weird and stalk the guy, you know? Come up and

00:57:11.409 --> 00:57:13.670
as he, you know, you're taking pictures everywhere,

00:57:13.849 --> 00:57:15.769
you show up at the store, you show up at his

00:57:15.769 --> 00:57:20.469
car. That would be weird, you know? So don't

00:57:20.469 --> 00:57:23.969
be a stalker. My wife got me that way, but don't

00:57:23.969 --> 00:57:41.369
do that. Jackie? I like you. I like you. Why

00:57:41.369 --> 00:57:45.969
are you on the platform now? Because I was asked

00:57:45.969 --> 00:57:48.289
to come. You're going to interrupt my sermon.

00:57:48.369 --> 00:57:56.030
I know it. I know it. Now, she is talented. And

00:57:56.030 --> 00:58:02.650
she's good looking. Anointed. God help Brad buy

00:58:02.650 --> 00:58:19.880
more guns. Okay, I didn't. I'd have to just say

00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:24.300
I got as far as I needed to go with you. I do

00:58:24.300 --> 00:58:31.380
have 12 points. Like I always do, you know. But

00:58:31.380 --> 00:58:34.699
I think our impartation today was to encourage

00:58:34.699 --> 00:58:41.219
you. Come on, say amen. It was to stretch you

00:58:41.219 --> 00:58:46.920
out of your place to say, I'm going up. I'm going

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:51.659
forward. I'm moving. Letting go and stepping

00:58:51.659 --> 00:58:54.679
up have to be one of the same steps. You've got

00:58:54.679 --> 00:58:57.800
to let go, but you've got to step up. Now step

00:58:57.800 --> 00:59:01.960
up. In every area of your life, God has better

00:59:01.960 --> 00:59:08.320
life for you. Step up. Step up. Okay, come. I'll

00:59:08.320 --> 00:59:14.989
give you your prophecy. What is your name? My

00:59:14.989 --> 00:59:19.530
name is Julius. From Uganda? Yes. What town?

00:59:20.050 --> 00:59:23.610
Masaka. Oh, sure. I know where that's at. I know

00:59:23.610 --> 00:59:27.590
where that's at. We have a church in Uganda.

00:59:28.789 --> 00:59:32.489
What city is ours in? Kampala. Kampala. You go

00:59:32.489 --> 00:59:34.750
to Kampala sometimes? Yes. Yeah. We have a great

00:59:34.750 --> 00:59:37.289
church there. All right. Brad, come help me.

00:59:37.849 --> 00:59:41.570
I'm going to... Seriously, I felt to pray for

00:59:41.570 --> 00:59:52.670
you. to you prophetically that those that are

00:59:52.670 --> 00:59:58.570
against you will not stop you that there's a

00:59:58.570 --> 01:00:03.190
huge amount of resistance that has mounted up

01:00:03.190 --> 01:00:07.409
like a mountain against you but the Lord says

01:00:07.409 --> 01:00:12.250
I am going to remove mountains I'm going to level

01:00:12.250 --> 01:00:17.309
your way and your path pathway it's going to

01:00:17.309 --> 01:00:21.150
have provisions that others would say he is exactly

01:00:21.150 --> 01:00:24.489
the man he said he was you're going to gather

01:00:24.489 --> 01:00:28.429
leaders and you're going to have a prophetic

01:00:28.429 --> 01:00:32.670
effect on pastors and there will be an outpouring

01:00:32.670 --> 01:00:36.789
from your spirit a vision and faith for their

01:00:36.789 --> 01:00:40.010
towns and their cities and God's going to increase

01:00:40.010 --> 01:00:43.480
you as a leader, and you in the fruitfulness

01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:47.139
of church growth and planting. You're not to

01:00:47.139 --> 01:00:49.980
worry about finance because God had some surprises

01:00:49.980 --> 01:00:53.500
coming your way. He's going to bring in the monies

01:00:53.500 --> 01:00:57.719
for buildings and lands, staff and peoples, and

01:00:57.719 --> 01:01:02.900
you're going to find an open heavens. There will

01:01:02.900 --> 01:01:08.179
be miracles in your place. God has only just

01:01:08.179 --> 01:01:12.449
begun. To move through you. You're a mighty man

01:01:12.449 --> 01:01:15.130
of God. There's mighty things going to happen.

01:01:15.949 --> 01:01:18.010
We bless you with the grace of God. We bless

01:01:18.010 --> 01:01:21.210
you with fresh oil. We bless you with fresh anointing.

01:01:22.150 --> 01:01:24.829
From the top of your head to the bottom of your

01:01:24.829 --> 01:01:27.760
feet. And a hedge around you to protect you from

01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:30.559
all demonic powers. And all the powers that come

01:01:30.559 --> 01:01:33.219
to resist you. That will be leveled. And you

01:01:33.219 --> 01:01:36.219
will be like a person that's catapulted forward.

01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:38.780
You will move forward like you're thinking now

01:01:38.780 --> 01:01:41.679
in one year. One year will be like one day. And

01:01:41.679 --> 01:01:44.659
five years will be like one month. You will move

01:01:44.659 --> 01:01:48.920
ahead. And God will make a way where there is

01:01:48.920 --> 01:02:02.889
no way. Surely, says the Spirit of the Lord,

01:02:03.010 --> 01:02:10.989
I'm going to increase your voice. I'm going to

01:02:10.989 --> 01:02:13.250
cause your voice to be lifted up like a trumpet.

01:02:14.010 --> 01:02:16.989
I'm going to cause even the words of your mouth

01:02:16.989 --> 01:02:20.070
to begin to break through places where it seemed

01:02:20.070 --> 01:02:24.679
like walls were built. Surely, says the Spirit

01:02:24.679 --> 01:02:27.760
of grace, I'm going to begin to move upon your

01:02:27.760 --> 01:02:31.280
spirit and words of grace and anointing are going

01:02:31.280 --> 01:02:33.659
to begin to flow out of your mouth. I'm going

01:02:33.659 --> 01:02:36.800
to begin to break the sound barrier, says the

01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:40.460
Spirit of the Lord. I'm coming to release a boom

01:02:40.460 --> 01:02:44.079
in the voice, says the Spirit of the Lord. And

01:02:44.079 --> 01:02:47.500
when you open your mouth, you will see and hear

01:02:47.500 --> 01:02:51.619
what I will do even now, says the Spirit of the

01:02:51.619 --> 01:02:55.420
Lord. There's a prophetic anointing coming to

01:02:55.420 --> 01:03:01.340
overflow even now. That which has been a small

01:03:01.340 --> 01:03:04.699
trickle will begin to go out another thousand

01:03:04.699 --> 01:03:07.840
cubits, says the Lord. I'm bringing a new level

01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:11.219
of the river and the anointing even now to your

01:03:11.219 --> 01:03:14.519
spirit. And I'm going to cause a new line of

01:03:14.519 --> 01:03:38.039
measure to go out from your life. Spirit of the

01:03:38.039 --> 01:03:42.039
Lord. I'm going to cause a fresh anointing to

01:03:42.039 --> 01:03:46.280
catch and to come alongside. The voice of the

01:03:46.280 --> 01:03:51.159
Lord thunders. The voice of the Lord causes new

01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:55.639
birth. The voice of the Lord brings in new destinies.

01:03:55.719 --> 01:04:00.059
Surely, says the Lord, this is your appointed

01:04:00.059 --> 01:04:03.679
time. Do not fear, but walk in the new mantle

01:04:03.679 --> 01:05:17.579
and the grace that I put upon you. to their feet

01:05:17.579 --> 01:05:22.920
heaven has risen up heaven has heard the worship

01:05:22.920 --> 01:06:15.019
from one man musicians God we need the singers

01:06:15.019 --> 01:06:18.820
God says I'm about to flood them to your door

01:06:18.820 --> 01:06:21.579
they're gonna come ready and there's gonna be

01:06:21.579 --> 01:06:25.099
an anointing and a DNA and the spirit of the

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living God that is in you that you have encountered

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on your face that heaven is gonna visit in the

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place of worship Be established where we say

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yes and amen. Let them come to pass quickly now

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in Jesus' name. Everybody said amen. Come on,

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tell Julius we're proud of him. Frank, what an

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amazing word. Appreciate the impartation. Hallelujah.

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Praise God. If we could have the prayer ministry

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healing team, just those that come and pray at

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the end of service. If you need a touch in your

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body when I dismiss this morning, you need prayer.

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For anything, body, soul. We want them just to

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begin moving now and come to my left. If you

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do that, I may receive this morning. That's so

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good. What a great teacher, preacher. Amazing.

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Father, we thank you today. Lord, we thank you

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for that grace gift that Paul said I... I desire

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to be with you that I might impart to you. Lord,

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today we receive an impartation. Today we receive

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a gift from heaven. Lord, that word encouraged

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to come up to the next level. Lord, we'd want

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to stay at the level where we've been. Move us

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forward. Move us up. Can we say that together?

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Move us up. One more time. Move us up. In Jesus'

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name. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Don't forget

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your children. Have a great... Be patient with

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one another. The parking lot's full out there.

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Thank you for being here. We'll see you. Come

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on. Wednesday night. Be a great time midweek.

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God bless. Or call us at 541 -995 -8282.