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in church. I'm going to read this out of the

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passion translation, Luke chapter 12, verse 51.

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And this is what it says. This is Jesus talking.

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He says, don't think for a moment that I came

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to grant peace and harmony to everyone. No. for

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my coming will change everything and create hostility

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among you. And when you first start reading this,

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you would think that, well, God don't want us

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to get together. He's coming to, Jesus is coming

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to set up hostilities and things are not gonna

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be harmonious. But as we read, we're going to

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look at why he is making this statement. He says,

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from now on, every family member will be divided

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over me. That's really important. He said they

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will be divided over me Not the stuff that we

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divide each other over not the things that we

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see that causes us to be pulled apart He said

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but people will be divided over me and choose

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sides against one another Fathers will be split

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off against sons and sons against fathers. Mothers

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will be against daughters and daughters against

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mothers. Mothers in -laws will be against brides

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and brides against mothers in -laws. He said,

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all because of me. Now what Jesus is speaking

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about, he's telling us that when you come into

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the kingdom of God, your thinking shifts. Your

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mind shifts as you began to look into the Word

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of God and understand what God is speaking to

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you, how God is telling us how we should look,

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what God has planned for our lives, what God

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has predestined for our lives. He said there

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will be a shift. from the norm, a shift from

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people who are not born again because now we

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have another idea, we have another look, we see

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things from God's perspective now, we have another

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perception of how life is supposed to be lived

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in general, we learn that the grace of God is

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available to us, we learn that the favor of God

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is available to us, so it changes how we look

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at things now because I'm looking at it through

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the lens of the word of God, I'm no longer looking

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through the lens of what the world thinks or

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what the majority thinks. It doesn't matter to

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me what the majority thinks because I am following

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the pattern of Jesus Christ. We talk about in

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the Word of God that we have the mind of Christ

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and we all know that Jesus had some people that...

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did not like him because of the things that he

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was saying, because of the words that he was

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speaking, because of how he interpreted scriptures,

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how he looked at his life. People naturally divided

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over those things. It talks about in the Bible

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a lot of accounts where Jesus was speaking. You'd

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have people that would follow and people who

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would not follow. He said, so there is a division

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that happens when you become born again. And

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he's talking about this vision being so obvious.

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He says that what will happen is another translation

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said there'll be a sword. He said, there is a

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severing of how you think and how I think now.

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how I do things and how you do things now. And

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he says that when we choose that, we got to understand

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that we've made a decision that the faith that

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we have in Jesus Christ is above earthly relationships.

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I'm not just going to hang out with you just

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to be with you. And as a matter of fact, more

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of people will depart from you. Have any of you

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had people when you got born again and decided

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you were going to get saved and I'm going to

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do it God's way that people kind of departed

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from you because you're thinking differently,

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you're speaking differently, you're acting differently.

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You just don't see it the way they see it anymore.

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And so they, you know, they like, so what happened

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to you? What happened to you, you know, why aren't

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you, you know in with the in crowd? Well, I'm

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in with another crowd now called the body of

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Christ and so I can remember when that happened

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to me and I'd gone to church as long as I could

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remember but then when I started to understand

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the Word of God when I start to look at the Word

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of God and then just accept you know, everything's

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going to be good by and by. And I started having

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faith in God, trusting Him to do what He said

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to do. My language changed. How I saw things

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change. I was interested in knowing how to understand

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the scriptures more than just showing up for

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church. And so as I began to gain knowledge in

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the Word of God, I can remember there's a divide

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that happened between me and my mom. because

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I'm understanding scriptures now and I'm not

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moved by all of the hype. I'm not moved by the

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preaching. I'm not moved by the feelings anymore,

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but I truly want to understand what God is saying

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and then having a knowledge that I could, that

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it was possible, that God wanted me to understand

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exactly what this word was saying to me. And

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so I can remember just talking to her and she

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asked me about a scripture and of course I...

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had studied it, so I knew what it meant. So I

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tell her what it means, and she says, oh, so

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you know everything now. I'm like, I don't know

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everything, but I do know what this scripture

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says. But then that became a division amongst

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us. Now, the division didn't cause me not to

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associate with my mom. A lot of people took it

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like that early on. They're like, I just can't

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talk to anybody who don't go to my church. I

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can't talk to anybody. And God wasn't saying

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to do that. But he was saying that the division

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comes because you now believe differently. You

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now understand what I'm saying in the Word of

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God. You now understand what grace is. You now

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understand what faith is, and you're not hoping

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and applying and climbing up rough sides of mountains.

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You're not, you know, begging God to do anything,

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but you have trust in what he has already done.

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And so my language changed. my posture changed,

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my attitude changed. I became confident in what

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God was saying to me, which caused a division

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amongst people who didn't believe the way I believed.

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My sister -in -law, when she first moved to Tampa,

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she's a hairstylist, so she was doing my hair,

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and she was constantly saying things that were

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so negative that I corrected her probably like

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every five minutes. And she said, why do you

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keep saying that? I said, because I don't believe

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what you're saying, and you wanted me to agree

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with something that I believe is a lie, and I

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can't do that, because I know more now. than

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I knew before. And sooner or later, she said,

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you know what? I want to talk like y 'all. I

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said, y 'all who? She said, the people at your

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church. I want to talk like you. And then once

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she started learning and studying the word, when

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she went back home to a family reunion, they

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looked at her and say, you different. Because

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when you get when you come in the body of Christ

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there is a transformation that takes place That

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is what Romans chapter 12 is all about He said

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you want to be transformed by the renewing of

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your mind And so as we renew our minds then different

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words start to come out of our mouths and we're

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speaking to some people a totally different language

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They they're like, you know, what is all of this

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and what they want to know is why are you so

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confident now? Why is it that you can you're

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speaking like you are speaking with authority

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now? And that's because they hadn't explored

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the scriptures that say that you have the mind

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of Christ Well, I have ability to think another

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thought. I don't have to go along with everybody

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else I don't have to go along with the majority.

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I don't care what the majority thing I only care

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what God has to say. I only care what God has

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in mind for me I only care about the plans that

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God has for me, which then at one time said you're

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a cult now Now y 'all in a cult because y 'all

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over there y 'all, you know talking funny y 'all

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declaring some stuff and so they started throwing

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out all kinds of name you'd blab it and grab

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it and you know confess it and what all whatever

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the things they were saying that were negative

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not knowing that these things were truths in

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the word of god and so it caused a divide in

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denomination they called the divide in households

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but god says or jesus said this is the thing

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that would happen he said but it's because of

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me And so therefore, all this other division

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God's not with, you know, you upset with the

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person on the other row because they sat in your

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seat. He says, no, that didn't cause a divide.

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It's what you're thinking. And we're going to

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get into how God wants us to think as a community,

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as a body of believers. But again, he says, yes,

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there will be a division and there will be distinguishing

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marks that show that I am not like you. The Bible

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tells us that we should not act like mere men.

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I found that to be very interesting. I'm like,

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what do you mean, God, don't act like mere men?

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He says, you don't talk like everybody, every

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other man, because you are a new man in Christ

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Jesus. Everything has become new. He tells us

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that you're now united with me. It's my thoughts

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that are going to start to infiltrate your thoughts.

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It's my thoughts that are going to cause you

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to start to operate it differently. But it's

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a good thing that we're doing so he says this

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divide is so strong that it will divide even

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Relationships family relationships because you

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think differently, but there's a good thing about

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us thinking differently Amen, and some of the

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things that we learn will save their lives When

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Jesus talks about healing he didn't say I'm just

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gonna heal the saved How many of you know that

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Jesus went about doing good and healing all those

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who were, you know, being terrorized? Another

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translation said they've been, and I like to

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use this, they said you're being terrorized by

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the devil. When anything is happening, not like

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God intends for it to be, he calls it tyranny.

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So, you got the ability, according to God, to

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pray for the sick and they be healed. So although

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they may not agree, They will agree with how

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you're starting to handle your life One day you

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may have to pray for them and they be healed

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and so they get the benefit of your being different

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But god wants us to know there's a community

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of believers that believe the same thing Aren't

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you happy you found a group of people that believe

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the same way you believe Believe the same way

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you believe glory to god because we're able to

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help each other. We're able to strengthen one

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another so god has a community the body of christ

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and he looks for things in the body of christ

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so we're going to look at some of those things

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the things that we need to reflect as a result

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of being born again so we'll start in ephesians

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ephesians chapter four and we'll start at verse

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one and this is paul speaking of course and he

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says i therefore the prisoner of the lord beseech

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you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith

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you are called. So Paul here is talking about

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I am a prisoner of God and I find that just so

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awesome. He means I am sold out. Nothing is changing

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my mind. And if you read about the life of Paul,

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you'll find out that people chased him down.

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They chased him from one city to another city

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to make him stop saying what he was saying. But

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he said, I'm a prisoner. He said, I'm captured

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by God. I can't do anything. I will not pull

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back. I will not draw back. I am going to save

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what God has said. I don't care what you do to

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me. I will not change my mind. I will not change

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my speech. I will not change the direction that

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I'm going in. I count myself as a prisoner of

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Christ. Therefore, I have been captured by Him.

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Glory to God. He says, I beseech you that you

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walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are

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called with all lowliness and meekness with long

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suffering for bearing one another in love, endeavoring

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to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of

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peace. There is one body. There is one Spirit,

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even as ye all are called in one hope of your

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calling. So he's letting us know there's a oneness

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amongst us. We're not supposed to be divided

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because there is only one Lord. There's only

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one God. There's one Holy Spirit. And I've talked

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to people sometimes, and when you come together

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on something, people are like... That's just

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what God was sharing with me. I can't believe

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that you're saying the same thing. I was just

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praying that this morning. You'll turn on some

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broadcast and be listening to a preacher, and

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he's saying the same thing God led you to. You

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were reading the same scripture. Why is that?

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Because we are one. There's one Holy Spirit.

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There's one God concerning our community as the

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body of Christ. We don't have many leaders. We

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have God. We have Jesus. We have the Holy Spirit.

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So he says, there is one body and one spirit

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even as you are called into one hope of your

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calling. We all have the same hope. We all have

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a confident expectation of good to come through

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our lives. No matter what we're challenged with,

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I have an expectation, and it's called hope.

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And hope is a confident expectation of good from

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God, regardless of the situation that I am in,

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because that's how our community think. That's

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how we roll. That's how we look at it. We see

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challenges coming in your life, but we also know

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what the Word of God has to say, and that's different

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than the world. He said, we have the ability

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to think heavenly thoughts. We are the people

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who say whatsoever is done in heaven, let it

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be done on earth in my life. I'm expecting to

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see what heaven has cooked up for me, not what

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the world is stirring up. He said, there is one

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body, there's one spirit, even as you are called

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into one hope of your calling. There's one Lord.

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We determined there is one Lord. There's one

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faith. One baptism, one God and father of all

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who is above all and through all and in you all."

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He said, this is how we believe. We don't believe

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in many gods. We don't believe in worship or

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anything higher than God. And what am I talking

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about? I put nothing in front of what God has

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said and what God has determined. I don't worship

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my situations and my problems. A lot of you say,

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I don't do that. Yes, you do. The more you give

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voice to it, that's a worship. The more you talk

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about it, that is praise and obedience to the

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thing. When you talk without a victory in your

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voice, you may be sharing it, but you need to

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share it with a victory in your voice. I have

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a pastor friend, he said, you might talk about

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the problem, but you better put a but at the

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end of it. And a lot of you say, but God. Sometimes

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you need to say, but God what? Because, you know,

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we call those things that be not as though they

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are. This may be happening. This is what I see

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with my eyes. This is what I sense with my senses,

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but God. Hallelujah. He said, that's how our

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community operates. We believe in one God and

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one Lord. In Ephesians chapter four and verse

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15, I want to read that to you out of the easy

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reading version, ESV. He tells us, as a body

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of believers. Speak the truth in love. Speak

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the truth in love so we can grow up to Him. Now

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look, believers don't have no business lying

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to each other. There is no cause. Isn't that

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interesting that he's telling believers don't

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lie? But that's what he's talking about. He's

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what he's speaking about. Speak the truth. Speak

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the truth because the Bible says, Jesus said,

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it's the truth that makes you free, the truth

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that sets you free. What truth are we talking

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about? We're talking about the truth about who

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we are. We're talking about the truth that we

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have favor. We're talking about the truth that

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we have grace upon our life. We're talking about

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the truth. concerning God he says that we don't

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need to be lying about it we need to tell the

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truth look at somebody say tell the truth you

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know i think they have uh they should tell the

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kids tell the truth shame the devil But we need

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to tell the truth, guys, concerning every situation.

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People may come to you in distress, but you tell

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the truth because the truth is the only thing

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that breaks that bond. That is what Jesus Christ

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says. And he said, it's the truth you keep saying.

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So you keep saying it. You keep saying it. When?

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Until you see it. You keep speaking it. Sometimes

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we don't understand the power of our words. But

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we have to understand that God says that you

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will have what you say What you keep saying you're

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going to see it there is power in agreement.

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Amen So that's what we're talking about community

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We're talking about you have to get amongst people

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who believe the same thing you believe who's

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going down the same road that you're going down

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And then in first corinthians chapter one and

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verse 10 Again, Paul is talking to us about what

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community is supposed to look like he says now

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I beseech you brethren by the name of our Lord

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Jesus Christ that you all speak the same thing

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and That there be no divisions amongst you But

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that you be perfectly joined together in the

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same mind and in the same Judgment he says there

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should not be any divisions amongst us. We should

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We should remain together in mindset. We should,

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and we're not talking about us all looking the

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same. We're not talking about all of us doing

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the same. We're not mechanical people, but he

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is talking about our minds. We're having the

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mind of Christ. We have the same thoughts. We

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have the same judgment. We all determine. what

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is good and what's acceptable by the Lord, or

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we accept everything that's good and acceptable

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by the Lord. So again, he is talking about us

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being single -minded, us all believing the same

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thing about what Jesus Christ has done for us,

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us all believing the same things concerning who

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we are in Christ Jesus. There was a point where

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it was written in the Word of God where it says

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that, I used to consider you by the flesh. He

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said, but I don't do that anymore because we

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consider Jesus by the flesh and we were wrong.

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We were very wrong. So God is telling us as believers

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when people come into the kingdom of God You

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accept them as one that who's born again We accept

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him as one who has the same privileges and the

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rights that we have We accept the fact that God

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can speak to them just like he speaks to us We

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accept the fact that they he they have favor.

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We accept the fact that God is don't have this

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this This thing where you escalate so high that

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you're so far above everybody else But god says

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every believer has the ability to hear from me

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As a matter of fact, he says my sheep hear my

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voice. That's a definite That's not they don't

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come to hear my voice after why when they work

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into it, they don't hear my voice But people

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sometimes think make you think that there's levels

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to getting to things that God has said There

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is no level it is as I receive it as I believe

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it because it's already true It's not coming

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true for you, but it's already true concerning

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you every promise is already true concerning

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you You don't have to earn it. You don't have

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to work for it. It's true for you And God is

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telling you just believe it and I thank God he

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is so good because how many of you know sometimes

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it's hard to believe some stuff that you read

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in the Bible it's just like you know what I want

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that to happen but I got a little you know something

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something going on my head I am so happy that

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we're teaching you which is very true that to

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every promise there is a path and the thing of

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it is if it's not working in your thought life

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you just need to talk to the Holy Spirit because

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guess what he is God said he was our helper Jesus

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said that he would help us. And I don't know

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why we limit the help. Because he said help.

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And to me, he didn't say help with this, this,

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this, and this. He said he is our helper. So

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I can't tell you how many things that you may

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think ain't spiritual that I ask God help with.

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I'm like, God, I want to believe this. But there's

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a lot. But negative stuff is speaking loud. Holy

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Spirit. Show me the path. Help me to get to this

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point of belief in what I know is true. See,

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because we know some things are true, but our

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belief is kind of off a little bit. Am I the

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only one? I didn't think so. That's why I said

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it. And that's why I'm talking to you now, because

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some of you are struggling with things that the

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Holy Spirit will clearly help you with. You trying

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to work it out in your own mind? You're trying

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to do all these things, and you got all these

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mental gymnastics going on in your head, and

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the Holy Spirit's sitting there like, anytime

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now. Anytime now. We can work through this. But

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again, he's telling us that we have the same

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thoughts, we have the same goal, we have the

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same perspective concerning the kingdom of God.

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Now, let's look in Hebrews chapter 10. Hebrews

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chapter 10. Again, we're talking about how uh,

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the bible is telling us our communities should

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look and that it is good and that uh, we get

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our Um, we can get our strength based upon us

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being in community with one another I want to

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read this to you out of the amplified. It is

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herews chapter 10 starting at verse 24 And it

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says and let us consider and give attentive continuous

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care to watching over one another. Let us consider

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and give attentive continuous care to watching

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over one another. Listen to this, studying how

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we may stir up, stimulate, and incite to love

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and helpful deeds and noble activities. He's

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talking about us intentionally considering one

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another. He's telling us to be watchful. He's

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telling us to be prayerful He said he want us

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to be able to stimulate one another to incite

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one another to do good works So you have to be

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paying attention to the person who are who's

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around you. It's not just me It's not just what

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I can get, but it's what I can deliver, what

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I can assist, what I can aid another brother,

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sister in Christ in. As a matter of fact, I quoted

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the scripture last service, but I want to read

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it to you out of Isaiah chapter 50 and verse

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four. And this is the King James version. Listen

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to this. The Lord had given me the tongue of

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the learned that I should know how to speak a

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word in season to him that is weary. He waketh

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morning by morning. He waketh mine ear to hear

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as to learn. So in this passage of scripture,

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God has said, I woke you up to teach you something.

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I didn't want that just for you. I woke you up

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so you can pass it on. I woke you up to give

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you a word so you can speak to a brother or sister

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in Christ and help them out. He says they may

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be weary you got the word for him. Look at somebody

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say you may have my word He said you got up and

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you started praying because you thought it was

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all about you and what's happening in your life

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You didn't realize the same thing is happening

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in another brother and sister's life and it's

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not just for you How many of you read something

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and you ran across somebody and that word wasn't

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just for you, but you realized God gave me that

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word, but it wasn't just for me, it was for you

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too. And so that's why he says you need to keep

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an eye open. You need to study. You need to study

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for yourself and you study for other people because

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that's how we come together. That's how we grow.

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That's how we stay strong. That's how we stay

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undivided because I'm looking after you. I'm

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not just looking at my own private situation,

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but somebody else must be going through the same

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situation that I am. I can't tell you how many

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times I prayed for marriages because mine was

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so horrible. I thought to myself, I can pray

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for you. I can really pray for you because I

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can connect with what's happening in your house.

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So I can pray a fervent prayer. I can pray a

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prayer that I'm like, God, I'm not just being

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cutesy here. And you know how sometimes the people

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say, pray for me. You go, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll

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pray for you. But you ain't really engaged. Y

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'all don't know. Pray for me. And then you go,

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OK, I'm going to pray for you in three days later.

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It's like, oh, that's right. I was supposed to

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pray for you. That's why a lot of times you say

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pray for me. Let's do it now Let's do it. Let's

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do it right. Let's do it right now But again

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He's saying you're studying not just for yourself,

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you got a body of believers, you got community,

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you got people that may be going through the

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same thing that you're going through, and you

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can pray a more fervent prayer than a person

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who cannot face this. I'm not saying that we

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can't pray for you and we can pray in faith,

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but another person can really get down with God

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concerning your situation because of what's happening

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with me. And God gave me a word, so I'm giving

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you a word. See that I just just crossed my mind.

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That's why I wrote that book help. I have children

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I'm not trying to tell people how to raise their

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kids because everybody's child is different But

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I do want you to keep your sanity while you're

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raising your key And so I wrote the book to you

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so you can be sane. I Mean I had four children

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they are not the same But work with one did not

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work with the other so It was like, hey, they

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kept me near the cross. And as a result of it,

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I became a stronger Christian. As a result of

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it, I'm able to share things that other people

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who don't have children share things. They can't

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share it like I can share it. As they say, they

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can't tell it like I can tell it. See, it's funny.

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I'm watching my children raise their children

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and they're like, I don't understand. I'm like,

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you did the same thing, singing like you would

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understand. What would you tell you? What would

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you tell you? Because obviously, I didn't know

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what to say, but you was. Y 'all know what I'm

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saying. How many people are experiencing their

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children raising children? It's funny. It's comical,

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isn't it? I don't understand. Let's see. I had

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one child to tell me, because their child is

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kind of in that place. of I kind of know everything,

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because they can do it on, as my mom would say,

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the World Wide Web. She had to say it all, the

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World Wide Web. I was like, oh yeah, I do recall

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talking to you one day and said, you don't know

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everything, you're still learning. You know what

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their response was? I may not know everything,

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but I know a little bit about everything. I said,

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hmm. And now that their child is saying it, I'm

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just like, hmm. It's amazing how things can come

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back to remind you, not bite you, but remind

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you. Philippians chapter two. Philippians chapter

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two, verse two. We're going to look at it in

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the NIV. And this is Jesus speaking and he says,

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again, truly I tell you that if to listen to

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this good news, again, truly I tell you. that

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if two of you on earth agree about anything,

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this is the power of community. He says, it's

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as little as two. You don't need to call all

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the prayer people in the world for everybody

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to be praying for you, although that's not a

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bad thing. He said, but if two, if two of you,

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as little as two of you, agree about anything.

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Now, I've heard people say this, let's touch

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and agree. I don't have to touch you to agree.

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He's talking about agreeing on the same thing.

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He's talking about being on the same page. He's

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talking about not one person thinking one thing

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and another thinking another. He said, but we

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are in agreement. We're coming to agreement concerning

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this promise of God. We're coming into agreement

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concerning the outcome. Jesus says here that

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if two will agree about anything they ask for,

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it will be done for them. Now you see why the

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enemy wants us to be divided. Now you see why

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that he wants us to be separated. Now you see

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why he wants to want us not to come together.

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Now you can see why it is that God says it's

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imperative that we get rid of all this senseless

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stuff that we do. You sat in my seat and that's

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my seat. Why don't you just sit beside him and

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agree on something? because some power is going

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to be happening because you are agreeing. Not

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just because you're touching, but we're agreeing

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concerning the same outcome. And Jesus makes

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the promise. He said, it will be done for them

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by my Father. It will. That's why we have to

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be cautious concerning our relationship. That's

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why we don't let anything just take us off. That's

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why we don't just fuss about stuff that don't

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move the needle. We don't get all upset about

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the things that the world gets upset about. I

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have the power to have another thought. I have

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the power to believe what God is saying. I have

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the power on the inside of me to think like Jesus

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think. And Jesus wasn't, he wasn't concerned

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about the petty. He wasn't concerned. Listen,

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this is just Deborah thinking. If it's not gonna

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take me to heaven or hell, I don't care. I'm

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not, you know, I'll voice my opinion about it.

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And I've said what I've said. Now I'm done. I

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am done. And then only thing I say is one of

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us is right. You or me. I don't know. We both

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may be wrong. But God, you settle it. But in

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the meantime, I'm not going to have any animosity

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concerning you because some power is going to

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be missing. I may need for you to agree concerning

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something. So I don't have time to be mad about

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you parked in my parking space. I don't have

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time to be upset. You all understand what I'm

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.660
saying? We get upset over the wrong things. Then

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the power of God, the way He wants it to operate

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in community, does not operate in community because

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we can't come together because of some senseless

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thing that we are thinking. And so that is why

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the enemy don't want us assembling together.

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That's why. Because He knows the power that we

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have. When we start speaking and we start talking

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because the Bible says you'll have what you say

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So that's why he tells us he says seek for peace

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if peace can be found seek for the peace Start

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weighing everything in light of eternity Start

00:32:53.589 --> 00:32:56.430
weighing in things in light of what you have

00:32:56.430 --> 00:32:58.750
the ability to do with that brother or sister

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in christ And I'm talking about the power that

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comes from it. And I like when God uses the word

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power because it means dunamis. It means like

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dynamite. You have no idea the damage you can

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:14.799
do in the kingdom with the devil if you will

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just agree. Listen, he talks about going to the

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elders of the church and praying, having them

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to pray for you, coming together, agreeing concerning

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:28.940
my healing. And I'm agreeing concerning my own

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healing. You're agreeing concerning my healing.

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And the Bible tells us that that person will

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be healed, not they might be healed. It said

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they will be healed. And then they get amongst

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believers who keep saying that to them. Won't

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allow them to go down a negative road. Won't

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:46.059
allow them to think anything differently because

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I am in agreement with what that person just

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prayed for you. Be in agreement with the Word

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of God because there is power. Look at somebody

00:33:53.380 --> 00:34:01.920
say power. It's power in agreement. You know

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:04.220
there's more power in agreement than submission.

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You can submit to something and not agree. Am

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:23.719
I right? So it's better to agree because the

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:28.449
power is now available. Every point I think about

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that in someone, you need to think about this.

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When someone asks you to pray for something and

00:34:34.469 --> 00:34:38.730
you agree on the outcome, you agree on the, sometimes

00:34:38.730 --> 00:34:40.510
you might even ask them, what are you standing

00:34:40.510 --> 00:34:43.449
on so I can agree with it? What script are you

00:34:43.449 --> 00:34:46.510
standing on so I can agree with it? I have told

00:34:46.510 --> 00:34:48.690
people that. What script are you standing on?

00:34:48.989 --> 00:34:51.349
Well, I'm like, ask the Holy Spirit what script

00:34:51.349 --> 00:34:53.949
do you need to stand on so I can agree. So now

00:34:53.949 --> 00:34:56.769
it's not just me and you. It's me, you, and the

00:34:56.769 --> 00:34:59.329
Holy Spirit agreeing, concerning the same thing.

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And when you think about it, that brother or

00:35:03.469 --> 00:35:05.469
sister in Christ come to you and say, let me

00:35:05.469 --> 00:35:08.750
pray for you, let me pray with you, you need

00:35:08.750 --> 00:35:12.110
to think power is about to take place. Power,

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ability, strength, might, victory, overcoming.

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:23.179
Those are the words should feel your thoughts,

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.679
not, I wonder if it's going to happen. No, brother,

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it's going to happen. Why? Because we say so.

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Because we have determined. Because we are declaring.

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Man, so much we miss out on because we want to

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:49.780
be an island. And God didn't call us to be an

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:52.860
island. He called us to be together. He calls

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:55.239
us to be a force that cannot be reckoned with.

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And you have to see those things. And you have

00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:00.900
to help your brothers and sisters in Christ who

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:03.179
may be failing a little bit in that area. You

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:06.679
bring them back to their true identity. I got

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.280
to remind you of who you are. I got to remind

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.900
you of everything that's at your disposal. I

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:15.760
got to remind you. I got to, what did I say?

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Stir one another up. That's what he says. Stir

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:22.000
one another up. He said, incite one another.

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You know, when I think about incite, I don't

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:30.260
think of whisper. You all understand. I don't,

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I'm here to incite you. I'm not up here going,

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.400
well, you know, if you would just, just pray

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:38.139
just a little bit more and then if we could just...

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I'm like, speak up. What thus saith the Lord,

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speak up. Because I know power is brewing. I

00:36:50.710 --> 00:36:53.789
know power is brewing. So many things come to

00:36:53.789 --> 00:36:55.510
my mind when I think about these things, because

00:36:55.510 --> 00:36:57.530
I love to get pictures in my mind concerning

00:36:57.530 --> 00:37:00.630
what God is doing. When I think about power brewing

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up, you know. uh when you read in genesis and

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.579
they're talking about god creating the heavens

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:07.699
and the earth and it talks about the holy spirit

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:09.960
was hovering over the water when I think about

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:16.559
hovering I think uh of um let me see your well

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:19.159
that's my favorite so I can't use my I think

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:22.099
about when it says hovering over the water waiting

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:25.159
for god to speak so he can move I'm thinking

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:28.039
about you know when you pull up I don't do this

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:31.780
when you pull up to a red light And there's a

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:35.280
muscle car on this side. And a muscle car on

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:38.039
that side. And you're revving your engines just

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:40.639
waiting for the light to say green so you can

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:44.280
go. So you can see who outruns the other. When

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:47.559
I think about power of God. When I think about

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:50.179
the Holy Spirit waiting for us to speak and to

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:52.840
talk, that's what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:56.719
he's just waiting for you to say something in

00:37:56.719 --> 00:38:00.000
agreement with the Word of God because he's already

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:08.000
revved up to move. And in community, all y 'all

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:11.360
got Harleys. I'm talking about the motorcycle

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:13.400
because I just love how it sounds. I mean, it

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.800
has a different... Okay, y 'all can't go with

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:19.679
me on that, maybe. Go ahead and listen to a Harley.

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:24.659
I'm just saying that the power that's available

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:32.860
to us when we walk as one is incredible. It's

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:41.039
supernatural. It moves mountains. It calls a

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:47.039
peace that will surpass all understanding. A

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:50.340
word spoken in season. Look at somebody say,

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:58.639
I probably have a word for you. Look at them

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:06.079
and say, I heard it during my prayer time. Praise

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:08.900
God. Heavenly Father, we just give you praise.

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:12.739
We give you honor. We thank you, Lord God, for

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:15.420
the abilities that you put on the inside of us.

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:18.679
Thank you, Lord God, that they are ignited when

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:22.179
we come together. I thank you, Heavenly Father,

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:33.110
for what you have put and made possible. through

00:39:33.110 --> 00:39:36.130
our symphony that comes up to you when we agree

00:39:36.130 --> 00:39:41.030
with one another. We thank you, Lord God, that

00:39:41.030 --> 00:39:44.130
your word is reliable and it has the power to

00:39:44.130 --> 00:39:47.929
change men and women lives. We thank you, Heavenly

00:39:47.929 --> 00:39:50.610
Father, for us understanding the importance of

00:39:50.610 --> 00:39:54.250
community and us coming together, speaking the

00:39:54.250 --> 00:39:57.530
same things, speaking the truth in love. We thank

00:39:57.530 --> 00:39:59.809
you, Heavenly Father, that as we... think about

00:39:59.809 --> 00:40:02.269
these things as we meet each other throughout

00:40:02.269 --> 00:40:09.130
the week. I thank you Father God that we'll see

00:40:09.130 --> 00:40:14.269
each other just like you see us as one. Believing

00:40:14.269 --> 00:40:19.329
truly, thinking truly, having the same hope and

00:40:19.329 --> 00:40:22.550
expectations. And we just give you the praise

00:40:22.550 --> 00:40:27.289
and the honor in the name of Jesus. Amen. If

00:40:27.289 --> 00:40:30.590
there's anyone here today, and you're not born

00:40:30.590 --> 00:40:37.650
again, oh, praise to God. Yes, amen. If you're

00:40:37.650 --> 00:40:40.750
not born again, this is an awesome opportunity.

00:40:40.969 --> 00:40:44.489
We'd love for you to join our community. And

00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:48.429
even at that, it's a body of believers. But then

00:40:48.429 --> 00:40:51.150
God has us to have community within community.

00:40:51.190 --> 00:40:57.170
And that is so powerful and so God. But if you're

00:40:57.170 --> 00:41:01.710
not born again But you want to know God. I'm

00:41:01.710 --> 00:41:04.329
so happy that he made it simple He said you don't

00:41:04.329 --> 00:41:07.030
have to fix yourself up. You don't have to do

00:41:07.030 --> 00:41:09.849
anything additional He says that only thing you

00:41:09.849 --> 00:41:12.030
have to do is accept the gift that I have offered

00:41:12.030 --> 00:41:14.429
you and that's the gift of forgiveness of all

00:41:14.429 --> 00:41:17.269
of your sins and that came through the death

00:41:17.269 --> 00:41:20.409
of Jesus Christ and he said if you believe that

00:41:20.409 --> 00:41:24.260
if you believe that He said, then you will be

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:26.860
saved. That means that a relationship is now

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:30.639
forged. It's an open door, open access to God.

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:35.380
And if that's you, if you'll raise your hands

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:37.280
wherever you are, and of course those who are

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.940
online, if you would just type in the chat, I

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:42.099
want to be born again, I want to be saved, want

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:44.619
to know God, want a relationship. All of those

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:48.659
words will cause us to give you, to contact you,

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:51.860
to help you to understand. the magnitude of the

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:54.840
decision that you have made, and just how much

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:57.920
God loves you. So if there's anyone in the sanctuary

00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.639
this morning, if you will raise your hands if

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:05.079
that's your designer. Amen. We see a hand in

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:09.420
the back. Praise God. Hallelujah. I just want

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:11.900
to be the first one to say welcome to the family.

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:14.840
So glad that you made that decision. And we're

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.900
going to have someone to speak with you as we

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:21.300
said. We're going to ask you to Uh, who we're

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:24.679
gonna meet? Miss Patricia, is it you? Okay. If

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:26.800
you will... He's on this side, so if you'll stand

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:28.920
up so he can see that wonderful... all these

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.679
wonderful colors that you're wearing so he won't

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:32.380
mistake you. Okay, you're gonna have to come

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:36.179
over this way, Miss Patricia. Keep walking, keep

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:39.159
walking, keep walking, keep walking. There it

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:41.219
is. The person who waved their hand in the back.

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:45.119
There she is. Okay. All righty, then. Oh. Are

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:52.059
we... Oh! Here? Yes! Amen! All right. Well, you've

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:54.599
already seen the wonderful dazzling colors that

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:57.159
Miss Patricia has on. First room to your left

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:59.920
as you exit. Amen. Praise God. Welcome to the

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:04.179
body of Christ. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Amen.

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:10.079
And again, it's important that you... get into,

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:12.639
if you're not already a member here, if you get

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:16.420
into a Bible teaching church. It's so important,

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:19.639
as I said before, that you walk with community.

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:22.920
So, Revealing Truth Ministries is a good place.

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:27.039
I, you know, if you ask me, I would say this

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:29.480
is a good place because we have all these wonderful

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:32.679
people in here who will welcome you. And I just

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:35.739
believe this, that if God laid it on your heart

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:38.699
to join... this church, that you have a gifting,

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:42.539
a talent, an anointing on your life, that's good

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:46.579
for this ministry. And not only that, then this

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:48.699
ministry is going to be good for you, help you

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:51.619
to make spiritual progress. We're all here in

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:54.280
community to make sure that you finish strong.

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:57.639
Amen. So again, if that's you, if you didn't

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:59.860
raise your hands, if you will meet us to... First

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:01.739
room to your left is your exit. There will be

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:04.619
people there to speak with you concerning being

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:06.460
a part of Revealing Truth Ministries. And for

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:08.599
those of you who are online, if you will type

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:11.739
that in the chat, we'll let you know how you

00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:15.559
connect with us. Even if you do not live in this

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.920
state or in this city, I just want you to all

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:22.599
understand that we do have members that are not

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:26.539
in this city, not even in this state. And they

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:29.500
are very active. in the vision of revealing truth

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:32.260
ministry so if God laid it upon your heart don't

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:36.139
consider distance just be obedient amen amen

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:41.880
amen so uh i believe there is i'm supposed to

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:45.019
turn this over to there she comes miss luana

00:44:45.019 --> 00:45:12.840
let's welcome miss luana thank you so much graduates

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:15.719
of class 2026. Can we give it up for them real

00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:20.960
quick? Yes. So today we celebrate a remarkable

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:23.739
group of students who have reached an important

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:26.559
milestone in their journey. Graduation marks

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:29.739
the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:32.599
And what a fitting celebration this is because

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:35.619
we're in a new life, new community, sermon series,

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:39.119
right? So because of new life, because new life

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:42.320
isn't just about starting over, it's about stepping

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:45.099
forward. It's about embracing the future God

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:48.480
has prepared, trusting Him with what lies ahead,

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:51.639
and believing that every new season carries new

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:54.920
opportunities, new purpose, and new possibilities.

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:58.719
Today we honor students who have worked hard,

00:45:58.900 --> 00:46:01.679
persevered through challenges, grown in character,

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.980
and reached a moment with celebrating. worth

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:07.539
celebrating, I'm sorry. Church family, would

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:10.559
you help me celebrate them one more time? Give

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:14.539
them a round of applause, right? So one of the

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:17.360
greatest, one of the greatest joys of having

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:20.519
a church family is watching our young people

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:24.280
grow and not only in knowledge, but in faith,

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:27.579
leadership and purpose. Today we will have the

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:29.960
privilege of hearing from one of our very own

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:34.719
students. She graduated last year. Right, girl,

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:38.480
Jasmine? Yes, yes. She graduated last year, so

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:42.219
she is now an alumni graduate. Let's go. So she's

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:44.260
going to come forth right now and share a few

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:46.420
thoughts for class of 2026. Let's give it up

00:46:46.420 --> 00:47:06.570
for Jasmine Jones. Congratulations to this year's

00:47:06.570 --> 00:47:10.670
high school graduates, class of 2026. You have

00:47:10.670 --> 00:47:13.150
successfully completed not only the last four

00:47:13.150 --> 00:47:16.829
years, but the last 13 years of continuous schooling,

00:47:17.690 --> 00:47:20.449
late nights, early mornings, extracurriculars,

00:47:20.869 --> 00:47:23.849
exam after exam. You've done it all and you've

00:47:23.849 --> 00:47:28.750
done it well. Your endurance does not go unnoticed.

00:47:28.849 --> 00:47:31.690
You've experienced such So much changed in the

00:47:31.690 --> 00:47:34.090
past years from friendship circles to becoming

00:47:34.090 --> 00:47:37.050
teenagers and learning who you are. With this

00:47:37.050 --> 00:47:39.530
completion comes great recognition and great

00:47:39.530 --> 00:47:42.190
responsibility as you embark on this next chapter.

00:47:42.590 --> 00:47:45.150
So here's some advice, whether you're going to

00:47:45.150 --> 00:47:48.230
college, the workforce, trade school or the military.

00:47:49.929 --> 00:47:52.469
I can speak from experience that who you call

00:47:52.469 --> 00:47:55.610
a friend really, really matters. Be mindful of

00:47:55.610 --> 00:47:58.130
the people you're always around and check for

00:47:58.130 --> 00:48:01.679
fruit. How do they talk? How do they spend their

00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:04.820
time? Who are they trying to be? Build that community.

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:07.699
Surround yourself with like -minded people. It

00:48:07.699 --> 00:48:11.280
makes a huge difference. Don't be afraid to meet

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:14.780
new people. That can be joining clubs, complimenting

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:18.219
someone new, all the things. Don't be afraid

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:21.380
to make the effort. Remember what you've been

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:24.820
taught both at school and at home. Trust people

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:27.329
can tell the difference between People who act

00:48:27.329 --> 00:48:29.429
like they've been trained versus the opposite.

00:48:30.030 --> 00:48:32.750
That discipline is a gift and it will work for

00:48:32.750 --> 00:48:37.110
you if you apply it. Try new things. Figure out

00:48:37.110 --> 00:48:39.429
what you like to do long -term and develop new

00:48:39.429 --> 00:48:42.570
hobbies. This is the perfect opportunity to explore

00:48:42.570 --> 00:48:46.969
and experiment within reason, of course. One

00:48:46.969 --> 00:48:49.090
of the quickest things I learned in young adulthood

00:48:49.090 --> 00:48:52.909
is that cringe is just a concept. There aren't

00:48:52.909 --> 00:48:55.650
people who are extremely invested in every move

00:48:55.650 --> 00:48:59.090
that you make, like it was in high school. Everyone

00:48:59.090 --> 00:49:01.329
is simply concerned with their own lives and

00:49:01.329 --> 00:49:03.829
moving on from your mistakes. So it's okay to

00:49:03.829 --> 00:49:07.670
make them without feeling judged. Also, keep

00:49:07.670 --> 00:49:10.289
learning. You may not be at a tiny desk with

00:49:10.289 --> 00:49:13.250
a little laptop this chapter, but keep learning

00:49:13.250 --> 00:49:15.929
new skills and principles that strengthen your

00:49:15.929 --> 00:49:19.110
mind, whether it's how you communicate or...

00:49:19.150 --> 00:49:21.949
simply baking a sweet treat, learn something

00:49:21.949 --> 00:49:26.349
new. Life will always find ways to get serious

00:49:26.349 --> 00:49:29.170
over and over again, so be sure to let the small

00:49:29.170 --> 00:49:32.110
things go because life goes on. This has helped

00:49:32.110 --> 00:49:35.090
me tremendously in the past year. It is important

00:49:35.090 --> 00:49:37.050
to discern which things are worth giving your

00:49:37.050 --> 00:49:40.969
time and energy to and which are not. A good

00:49:40.969 --> 00:49:43.170
rule of thumb is that if it won't matter the

00:49:43.170 --> 00:49:45.769
next day or the next week, it might be good to

00:49:45.769 --> 00:49:50.110
let it go and move forward. As always, remember

00:49:50.110 --> 00:49:52.449
who you are in Christ. You are the redeemed of

00:49:52.449 --> 00:49:54.989
the Lord. You are a new creation in Christ Jesus.

00:49:55.090 --> 00:49:57.349
You are the righteousness of God through Jesus.

00:49:57.449 --> 00:50:00.329
You are the head and not the tail. You are a

00:50:00.329 --> 00:50:03.690
chosen generation. Make it your mission and everything

00:50:03.690 --> 00:50:07.269
you do to know God a little more, love like Jesus

00:50:07.269 --> 00:50:09.829
a little deeper, and follow the Holy Spirit a

00:50:09.829 --> 00:50:13.269
little quicker. I am extremely proud of you graduates.

00:50:13.469 --> 00:50:16.349
And with that, congratulations. I celebrate you

00:50:16.349 --> 00:50:26.260
all. Thank you. Thank you, Jasmine. That was

00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:31.460
beautiful. So every graduate story begins somewhere.

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:37.079
Before diplomas and graduation caps, there were

00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:41.260
first steps, first classrooms, first friendships,

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:45.019
first lessons about God's love. So to share a

00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:48.480
few words about our graduates from infancy through

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:52.980
fifth grade. Please welcome Creative Kids Pastor

00:50:52.980 --> 00:51:02.280
O 'Neal Delva. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

00:51:02.739 --> 00:51:06.860
He didn't help me up the stairs. I feel some

00:51:06.860 --> 00:51:09.840
type of way I'm a little hurt. Just messing.

00:51:11.360 --> 00:51:14.469
All right, Revealing Truth Church, wow. today

00:51:14.469 --> 00:51:17.210
is a good day no it's a great day for a celebration

00:51:17.210 --> 00:51:20.070
as we once again celebrate and honor our 2026

00:51:20.070 --> 00:51:23.829
graduates let's hear for them once again all

00:51:23.829 --> 00:51:25.750
right now my name is pastor o 'neill for those

00:51:25.750 --> 00:51:27.150
of you who do not know as mentioned a moment

00:51:27.150 --> 00:51:30.250
ago i am over our creative kids uh children's

00:51:30.250 --> 00:51:33.070
ministry so i've had the great pleasure of seeing

00:51:33.070 --> 00:51:35.670
a lot of these amazing uh individuals grow up

00:51:35.670 --> 00:51:38.110
over the years i want to call them kids but they're

00:51:38.110 --> 00:51:40.210
not kids they're not children they're young adults

00:51:40.210 --> 00:51:42.980
so I've had a chance to see their journey as

00:51:42.980 --> 00:51:45.179
they've grown into the person who they are today,

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:47.199
and I'm excited about the person who they will

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:50.500
be in the near future. Now I will say, when they

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:52.099
asked me to speak, they said, you know, you got

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:54.559
three to five minutes, all right? Now for me,

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:55.920
I'm not gonna lie, it could be a little difficult.

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:58.179
For someone who talks a lot, who talks for a

00:51:58.179 --> 00:52:03.039
living, three to five minutes. What? I'm just

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:04.340
joking, but we'll get through this together,

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:07.230
we'll get through this together. Now, as I prepared

00:52:07.230 --> 00:52:08.909
for what I was going to say today, something

00:52:08.909 --> 00:52:11.269
just kind of stuck to me with me the entire week.

00:52:11.329 --> 00:52:13.349
It was really something that Pastor Brian said

00:52:13.349 --> 00:52:16.690
last week as he talked about adding your own

00:52:16.690 --> 00:52:20.030
seasoning, your own flavor to every situation.

00:52:20.989 --> 00:52:22.530
Now, when he was talking last week, he was talking

00:52:22.530 --> 00:52:24.530
about, you know, making turkey and stuff and

00:52:24.530 --> 00:52:27.150
how great of a cook he is and so on. But I'm

00:52:27.150 --> 00:52:28.769
not going to lie to you all. Revealing truth,

00:52:29.210 --> 00:52:33.480
that's not me. Eyes don't cook, okay? I'm what

00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:38.860
you would call a microwave chef, okay? Read the

00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:41.280
instructions on the back, beep, beep, start,

00:52:41.420 --> 00:52:45.039
three to five minutes, dinner is served. However,

00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:47.340
I do understand the importance of seasoning,

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:49.840
right, and how it can potentially just help to

00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:52.699
bring something new, changes the meal completely.

00:52:53.199 --> 00:52:55.280
So, you know, maybe add a little salt, a little

00:52:55.280 --> 00:52:57.659
pepper, make it your own. So I guess I can say

00:52:57.659 --> 00:53:00.519
I'm a chef, right? So I know how to do that much.

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:03.920
But now, but as of late, one of the things that

00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:06.539
I've been on, I've been loving is kind of this

00:53:06.539 --> 00:53:09.480
little bottle right here. It's hot honey, all

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:13.250
right? Hot honey, that's not seasoning. I know

00:53:13.250 --> 00:53:15.349
it's not seasoning, but hot honey, you can put

00:53:15.349 --> 00:53:17.409
on anything. You can put on pizza, you can put

00:53:17.409 --> 00:53:19.309
it on chicken wings, put it on biscuits, and

00:53:19.309 --> 00:53:21.730
so on. It brings a whole new different flavor,

00:53:22.369 --> 00:53:25.469
whole new different experience, all right? For

00:53:25.469 --> 00:53:27.349
graduates, earlier if I saw you, I gave you a

00:53:27.349 --> 00:53:29.849
little basket that has some goodies and so on,

00:53:29.869 --> 00:53:31.789
and I gave you your own little hot honey bottle.

00:53:32.489 --> 00:53:36.480
Now. Now you're probably wondering hot honey

00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:39.179
and seasoning what in the world does this have

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:41.820
to do with graduation? Come on pastor. Oh get

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:44.360
to the point right now actually has everything

00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:46.860
to do with graduation and where you are in your

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:51.440
journey Psalm 139 verse 14 reminds us that we

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:53.460
are fearfully and wonderfully made, and Ephesians

00:53:53.460 --> 00:53:57.780
2 and 10 reminds us that we are God's handiwork,

00:53:58.039 --> 00:54:00.039
creating Christ Jesus to do good. So really,

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:02.480
you've already been made unique. You have unique,

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:04.500
you're on the inside of you, right? You are unique,

00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:06.480
you have your gifts, you have your personalities,

00:54:06.699 --> 00:54:09.800
your experiences, your faith, your perspectives,

00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:14.280
all of those things. are your seasoning, right?

00:54:14.579 --> 00:54:16.980
So as you leave high school and you get ready

00:54:16.980 --> 00:54:19.760
to go into college or trade school, as mentioned

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:21.760
a little bit earlier, military, or even the workforce,

00:54:21.900 --> 00:54:23.219
because I know I've talked to some of you already,

00:54:24.179 --> 00:54:26.199
you'll be presented with a lot of opportunities

00:54:26.199 --> 00:54:28.760
to just blend in and be like everyone else, right?

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:31.260
People will tell you who you should be. Social

00:54:31.260 --> 00:54:33.719
media will tell you who you should be. Culture

00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:35.420
will tell you who you should be, right? But it's

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:37.820
important for you to remember that God has already

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:41.420
decided who you are, all right? Well, I'm looking

00:54:41.420 --> 00:54:44.219
to our seniors or our graduates online as well

00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:46.820
as over here. So for you all over here, I'm not

00:54:46.820 --> 00:54:48.579
ignoring you. They're just sitting over there.

00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:51.940
So I'm looking over there. All right. But it's

00:54:51.940 --> 00:54:54.400
important for us to remember that for you to

00:54:54.400 --> 00:54:56.840
not blend in with what's already there, for you

00:54:56.840 --> 00:54:58.980
to be original and be who God has created you

00:54:58.980 --> 00:55:00.820
to be, right? So the world really doesn't need

00:55:00.820 --> 00:55:05.000
another carbon copy of somebody else. It needs

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.159
you, you to be original, right? The version that

00:55:07.159 --> 00:55:10.389
God has created you to be. Jesus also reminds

00:55:10.389 --> 00:55:13.429
us that you're the light of this world, so light

00:55:13.429 --> 00:55:17.510
we know don't blend in, light stands out. So

00:55:17.510 --> 00:55:20.130
it's important for graduates as you encounter

00:55:20.130 --> 00:55:22.170
different situations and so on and so forth for

00:55:22.170 --> 00:55:24.969
you to just take a moment for you to be that

00:55:24.969 --> 00:55:27.050
light in the room, for you to bring your faith

00:55:27.050 --> 00:55:28.550
with you, for you to bring your kindness, for

00:55:28.550 --> 00:55:30.610
you to bring your integrity, your purpose, bring

00:55:30.610 --> 00:55:33.210
your seasoning into the room that you're in.

00:55:33.789 --> 00:55:36.429
The word also reminds us that we're in this world,

00:55:36.429 --> 00:55:39.579
but we're not of this world. So it's important

00:55:39.579 --> 00:55:42.159
for you to remember to be original and for you

00:55:42.159 --> 00:55:44.659
to be you, all right? Actually, graduates and

00:55:44.659 --> 00:55:46.019
congregations, let me get, look at your neighbor

00:55:46.019 --> 00:55:49.940
and just say, just be you. All right, so once

00:55:49.940 --> 00:55:53.260
again graduates, congratulations. We are proud

00:55:53.260 --> 00:55:54.760
of you. We're praying for you. Remember that

00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:56.860
you have a community of people who are excited

00:55:56.860 --> 00:55:58.500
about the things that's gonna take place next

00:55:58.500 --> 00:56:01.420
in your lives, and we're here to support you.

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:03.260
So before I turn over to the next speaker, back

00:56:03.260 --> 00:56:04.820
to Ms. LaWanda, let's hear it once again for

00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:08.199
our 2026 high school graduates. Whoop, whoop,

00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:14.380
whoop, yeah. Thank you, Pastor O 'Neill. Let's

00:56:14.380 --> 00:56:16.239
give it up for Pastor O 'Neill one more time.

00:56:17.610 --> 00:56:22.469
Oh, he didn't want the help that time, huh? So

00:56:22.469 --> 00:56:24.750
the middle school and high school years are filled

00:56:24.750 --> 00:56:28.550
with growth challenges and discoveries and opportunities

00:56:28.550 --> 00:56:32.210
to deepen faith. Throughout those years, our

00:56:32.210 --> 00:56:35.170
students have been encouraged, discipled, and

00:56:35.170 --> 00:56:37.969
supported by incredible leaders. So we would

00:56:37.969 --> 00:56:41.250
like for you all to please welcome one of our

00:56:41.250 --> 00:57:00.710
UR student minister leaders, Zamari Faison. Done

00:57:00.710 --> 00:57:07.010
got the stage all to myself now. Aw, man. So,

00:57:07.090 --> 00:57:09.449
for y 'all who don't know, Zamari, one of the

00:57:09.449 --> 00:57:11.570
youth leaders in Young Heart Big Dreams Envision

00:57:11.570 --> 00:57:14.269
U, and I have the privilege of teaching these

00:57:14.269 --> 00:57:18.500
young minds almost every Sunday now. I wanna

00:57:18.500 --> 00:57:25.059
start by saying, I'm only 23 years old. I grew

00:57:25.059 --> 00:57:27.880
up with most of these kids over here. From when

00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:30.380
they was little young babies running around the

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:33.880
church, running around the band room, doing whatever

00:57:33.880 --> 00:57:35.639
it is they was doing, just being themselves.

00:57:36.219 --> 00:57:39.820
And it has been an absolute privilege to grow

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:42.980
with them, to learn with them, to now teaching

00:57:42.980 --> 00:57:48.550
them what faith really is. And I don't take that

00:57:48.550 --> 00:57:53.210
lightly because they're not just my friends.

00:57:53.349 --> 00:57:57.070
These are now my students. These are now my peers.

00:57:57.530 --> 00:58:00.469
They hit that threshold to where, man, now I

00:58:00.469 --> 00:58:02.110
gotta start respecting them like they're me.

00:58:04.309 --> 00:58:11.590
But no, man, a staple that Pastor Bryan has been

00:58:11.590 --> 00:58:13.809
saying throughout this sermon series is that

00:58:13.809 --> 00:58:17.800
for every promise, there is a path. And I believe

00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:20.340
that the Lord has set a promise on each and every

00:58:20.340 --> 00:58:24.139
last one of y 'all. And one thing we know about

00:58:24.139 --> 00:58:26.619
a path is that in order for you to start that

00:58:26.619 --> 00:58:29.400
path, you gotta take a step. You gotta take that

00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:31.420
step. You don't get to the destination by standing

00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:35.340
still. You don't. That step may be hard. That

00:58:35.340 --> 00:58:37.480
step may be difficult. That step may be easy.

00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:39.400
Hey, you might even know what you're doing next.

00:58:39.860 --> 00:58:41.980
Sometimes you don't know what the heck God got

00:58:41.980 --> 00:58:45.340
going on in your life. But one thing you do know

00:58:45.340 --> 00:58:49.079
is that the man who built your path the man who

00:58:49.079 --> 00:58:52.039
gave you your destination has built this whole

00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:54.960
thing and he knows where you are he knows where

00:58:54.960 --> 00:59:03.239
you're gonna go man uh proverbs three and five

00:59:03.239 --> 00:59:05.760
says trust in the lord with all your heart and

00:59:05.760 --> 00:59:08.460
lean out on your own understanding and all your

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:11.980
ways know him and lean on him so in everything

00:59:11.980 --> 00:59:13.900
you do whether it's going to trade school whether

00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:16.679
it's going back college, whether it's you already

00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:19.500
going into the workforce, lean on God. Don't

00:59:19.500 --> 00:59:21.699
chase success. Chase the Father because he knows

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what you need. And I'm gonna just, I'm gonna

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end it right here. Look, I just want to tell

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y 'all, man, I love y 'all. I'm proud of y 'all.

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Y 'all church is proud of y 'all. Y 'all family

00:59:35.940 --> 00:59:38.320
is proud of y 'all. God sees you. He knows where

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you at. He knows where you're going. And congratulations,

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Class of 2026. Can we give it up one more time

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for Mrs. Zamari, Mr. Zamari Faison. And let's

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give it up for all of our leaders. Yes. Thank

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you. So at this time, I'm going to ask for our

01:00:05.530 --> 01:00:08.789
pastors to come up to the stage as well as we

01:00:08.789 --> 01:00:11.590
get ready to call each one of our graduates.

01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:28.900
onto the stage. So as they're coming, I wanna

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say thank you for investing so faithfully into

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the lives of our students. Church family, graduation

01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:38.679
is not the finish line, it's the launch point.

01:00:39.130 --> 01:00:41.929
As these graduates step into college careers,

01:00:42.250 --> 01:00:45.570
military services, trade schools, ministry, or

01:00:45.570 --> 01:00:47.909
whatever path God has prepared, we believe they

01:00:47.909 --> 01:00:50.449
are entering into a season of new life filled

01:00:50.449 --> 01:00:53.570
with purpose and possibilities. So as we are

01:00:53.570 --> 01:00:57.269
getting ready to call their names, just celebrate

01:00:57.269 --> 01:01:01.829
with them, okay? Awesome. So at this time, we

01:01:01.829 --> 01:01:13.679
welcome to the stage, Raphael Anderson. Next,

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we have Corey Phobbs. Honorable mention, we have

01:01:26.840 --> 01:01:31.619
Jarrett Fritz. He is not here at this time. Next,

01:01:31.659 --> 01:01:42.570
we have Teagan Gaffney. Next, we have Next we

01:01:42.570 --> 01:01:53.210
have Zoe Givens. Next we have Shannon Honors.

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Next we have Alana Mitchell. Bye, Mustapha. certificates

01:03:05.599 --> 01:03:08.920
for you I know you guys are heavily awarded today

01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:12.719
I've seen a lot of tassels a lot of you know

01:03:12.719 --> 01:03:15.980
what they represent y 'all want to shout out

01:03:15.980 --> 01:03:20.440
your high schools for the last time Cypress Creek

01:03:20.440 --> 01:03:28.639
South County Cambridge Christian Sumter High

01:03:28.639 --> 01:03:32.739
School summer something I thought I said it right

01:03:35.829 --> 01:03:42.369
Both yours says NHS. National, oh Jesus. I told

01:03:42.369 --> 01:03:46.489
y 'all I ain't getting no sashes. Boy, I almost

01:03:46.489 --> 01:03:48.590
caught myself. That's National Honor Society.

01:03:49.989 --> 01:03:51.630
Y 'all saw where I was. I said, man, what school

01:03:51.630 --> 01:03:57.429
you went to? I thought we was... Wharton High

01:03:57.429 --> 01:04:08.849
School. Academy of Holy Names. Patel High School.

01:04:10.130 --> 01:04:18.670
Armwood. Special Fed Academy. Specially Fit Academy.

01:04:18.969 --> 01:04:25.369
You look fit too. Proof is in the pudding. And

01:04:25.369 --> 01:04:29.030
so we are excited for what God has done, what

01:04:29.030 --> 01:04:32.590
he's going to do. And so we're just going to

01:04:32.590 --> 01:04:35.269
pray over you guys in the future that he has.

01:04:35.530 --> 01:04:37.730
And so we're just excited. So if y 'all could

01:04:37.730 --> 01:04:39.530
just stretch your hands towards the graduate.

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Father God, we thank you for every student represented

01:04:43.010 --> 01:04:46.289
here. We thank you for bringing them this far.

01:04:46.469 --> 01:04:49.670
We thank you for the grace that they've operated

01:04:49.670 --> 01:04:52.550
in. We pray that it is just maturing, that there's

01:04:52.550 --> 01:04:56.110
more and more grace in their future. Father God,

01:04:56.230 --> 01:04:59.030
we're praying that your hand be upon their next

01:04:59.030 --> 01:05:02.050
journey. We pray that they are surrounded by

01:05:02.050 --> 01:05:04.780
people who. Love who they are understand what

01:05:04.780 --> 01:05:07.699
God is doing and continue to cover them. What

01:05:07.699 --> 01:05:10.719
God is doing father God We pray that doors will

01:05:10.719 --> 01:05:14.239
be open and any door that is not where you want

01:05:14.239 --> 01:05:17.340
to go It is shut but we pray that they lean on

01:05:17.340 --> 01:05:19.840
you through this entire journey and we're just

01:05:19.840 --> 01:05:23.920
praying God for just a Testimony that is to be

01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:26.539
heard of what you are doing and going to do in

01:05:26.539 --> 01:05:29.380
their lives in your precious name. We pray a

01:05:29.380 --> 01:05:37.829
man a man And so we do, as a ministry, they have

01:05:37.829 --> 01:05:41.889
some gifts for you guys and a reception for you

01:05:41.889 --> 01:05:47.309
guys, but also we are going to sow a financial

01:05:47.309 --> 01:05:51.510
seed into each one of you guys and just pray

01:05:51.510 --> 01:05:54.650
that there is a harvest to come. And we just

01:05:54.650 --> 01:05:56.769
know, I'm looking at Greg because I'm thinking

01:05:56.769 --> 01:05:58.389
he always saying he ain't got no money, but he

01:05:58.389 --> 01:06:00.690
can pay. I think he can pay for dinner today

01:06:00.690 --> 01:06:09.019
is what I'm thinking. Also to the church, this

01:06:09.019 --> 01:06:10.880
is from the church, this is from everyone sitting

01:06:10.880 --> 01:06:15.800
here, we've sold into you, $250, right? And so

01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:19.659
you can pick up your check this week, just get,

01:06:19.760 --> 01:06:21.780
Ms. LaWanna will email you when they're available

01:06:21.780 --> 01:06:24.719
for you to pick up. Also, there is a campaign

01:06:24.719 --> 01:06:28.099
still going on. If you go to the app, all the

01:06:28.099 --> 01:06:31.119
graduates on stage, we are asking that you continue

01:06:31.119 --> 01:06:34.219
to sew, because in August, before they go to

01:06:34.219 --> 01:06:37.170
school, we'll be... Dividing that campaign whatever

01:06:37.170 --> 01:06:40.329
we raise will go and divide it into all 12 of

01:06:40.329 --> 01:06:42.829
them So please now that you got a chance to see

01:06:42.829 --> 01:06:45.869
who graduated Please continue to sew into the

01:06:45.869 --> 01:06:48.909
app and that'll go to wherever they're going

01:06:48.909 --> 01:06:51.510
their college their books or even Continuing

01:06:51.510 --> 01:06:58.489
their education. Amen. Amen It pays to do a God's

01:06:58.489 --> 01:07:01.710
way that's what we saying but a man and y 'all

01:07:01.710 --> 01:07:06.420
want to shout out what you're doing next Now's

01:07:06.420 --> 01:07:11.480
the time look I knew something listen I Will

01:07:11.480 --> 01:07:14.079
be going to Louisiana State University pursuing

01:07:14.079 --> 01:07:21.440
nursing I'll be going to the Midland University

01:07:21.440 --> 01:07:28.860
to play for football I'll be going to FAMU to

01:07:28.860 --> 01:07:39.019
study pre -med biology It's a lot of pressure,

01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:43.420
Gregor. I'm going to Polk State for pilot operations.

01:07:48.059 --> 01:07:52.199
No pressure? You want it? Okay. I'm going to

01:07:52.199 --> 01:08:00.579
trade school for barbering. You don't know where

01:08:00.579 --> 01:08:03.059
you're going yet? But the Lord will be with you.

01:08:03.300 --> 01:08:06.739
And the tassels. Just take them with you. Huh?

01:08:12.940 --> 01:08:16.659
So Ms. Luana has an announcement to make. Here

01:08:16.659 --> 01:08:19.899
we go. Well, just so you guys know that we did

01:08:19.899 --> 01:08:23.439
also present them with some cords as well. The

01:08:23.439 --> 01:08:25.060
blue cord that they have around the neck are

01:08:25.060 --> 01:08:27.300
for those that are here, members, our members,

01:08:27.420 --> 01:08:30.039
our very own children. And then the gold cord

01:08:30.039 --> 01:08:32.000
is for those who have graduated with honors.

01:08:32.279 --> 01:08:35.180
And then the life green cord is for those who

01:08:35.180 --> 01:08:37.539
served here in the ministry. So let's give it

01:08:37.539 --> 01:08:46.050
up for them, for servanthood. I think that's

01:08:46.050 --> 01:08:49.909
it, y 'all. Pictures. They wouldn't do a picture.

01:08:54.170 --> 01:09:01.449
He's taking it. That's his mama. We don't have

01:09:01.449 --> 01:09:04.369
a shout rule at the church. So this is the moment.

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You can shout all you want. I'm down, sis. All

01:09:55.319 --> 01:09:57.720
right, awesome. You guys can stand to your feet.

01:09:57.739 --> 01:10:03.300
We will be dismissed. Y 'all enjoy church today.

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But now unto him who is able to keep you from

01:10:12.800 --> 01:10:16.220
falling and to present you faultless before the

01:10:16.220 --> 01:10:20.460
presence of his glory with exceeding joy to the

01:10:20.460 --> 01:10:25.489
only wise God, our savior, be glory. majesty,

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dominion, and power both now and forever. Amen.