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We welcome you to the We Are 
Zion sermon podcast. 

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We are a church based out of 
Chennai, India. 

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We are thrilled that you tuned 
in today and hope that you will 

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be refreshed, revived, and 
energized by what you hear. 

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Our desire is that you will live
life with a renewed sense of 

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purpose that stems from a 
vibrant faith in Jesus. 

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Jesus is the giver of life and 
when we invite him into our 

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heart, he brings new life into 
every aspect of our life. 

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This Lent, we pray that you will
experience this new life in 

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amazing ways and carry its power
into the world so that all may 

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know the way, the truth, and the
life. 

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Hi Church, It's such a joy and a
privilege. 

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We will bring God's Word to you 
today even as we just watch the 

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bumper. 
For those of you who are 

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watching the church online, for 
those of you who are listening, 

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we've been going through this 
entire series called Inheriting 

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the Resurrection Life. 
And you might be wondering, 

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Yeshum, we've not even touched 
Eastern why we meditating on the

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resurrection life in Lent. 
The reason is Jesus died 2000 

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years back. 
He rose again and he's living. 

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And so today you and I get to 
participate in the resurrection 

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life through all of these last 
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And we're not called to live in 
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Yes, he died. 
We look back, we reflect back, 

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we we find ways where we can 
lament and repent and ask God, 

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God, what do you want me to do? 
But it comes when we stand in 

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that confidence that you're 
called to live in this 

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resurrection life. 
Over the last three weeks, we've

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been seeing three different 
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And I just want to quickly 
highlight what we've been seeing

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in Part 1. 
We were seeing that we are dead 

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to sin and we are alive in 
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We are no longer governed by the
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sin. 
Rather, we are alive in Christ 

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Jesus because he's won the 
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And what happens because of 
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The presence of open doors where
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doors are open in our lives, and
we close that in the name of 

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Jesus because we don't give in 
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visitation of the enemy. 
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submission to the wrong master. 
A lot of us in our sinful state 

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have submitted to wrongful 
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Jesus Christ through our 
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that we'll be able to see which 
of these masters we need to kill

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and annihilate in our lives. 
And the third one we saw is the 

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display of false fruit. 
A lot of times we have, 

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especially for those of us in 
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got these nuances all set right.
We've been, we've grown up with 

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certain things, yet we fail to 
live in the resurrection life 

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that God has promised to us. 
And So what we see happened here

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is this display of false fruits 
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reflecting and producing Jesus 
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And eventually what happens, we 
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In the second part when I was 
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the lines of what it is to daily
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As Christians, we need to daily 
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alive in and through us. 
So we put to death everything 

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that our sinful nature is so 
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We also daily disinherit. 
We disinherit the, the dreams 

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and the desires that the world 
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eyes of Jesus, the, the, the 
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the hope that we get to live in 
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And we start, you know, wanting 
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And so suddenly relationships 
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things that are of eternal value
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And then the third thing we saw 
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What are we declaring daily? 
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identity in Christ. 
And so we're called to walk in 

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that identity every day. 
Last week when Tina was 

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speaking, he would have been 
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online as audio on on the 
podcast form because we weren't 

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able to shoot. 
But even as she talked, she 

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talked of three kinds of 
different power that you're 

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called to walk in. 
You know, we've we've seen the 

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different facets of this power, 
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But there were three things that
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consideration as we walk in this
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The first thing is the power to 
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that we'll be able to endure 
because Christ has overcome the 

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world. 
The second thing is the power of

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overcoming. 
Because Christ has overcome the 

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world, we are able to overcome 
everything that the enemy puts 

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in front of us. 
Are those things hard? 

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Yes. 
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Because we say, Jesus, you are 
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And the third thing is power to 
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What does that mean? 
He's called us to reign over 

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things. 
A lot of times we forget that 

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the the mandate of our lives, 
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the ones that we have accepted 
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in the fullness is 1 of 
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And so no longer are we 
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clutches of sin. 
No, we are reigning over sin in 

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the name of Jesus and we are 
able to see victory over every 

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scheme that keeps coming. 
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into the 4th part, I wanted to 
talk currently here on this 

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earth, are we really living this
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Are we really living this 
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The series is titled Inherit. 
And so a couple of the things 

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when we look into the word 
inherit, you know, a lot of us 

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are living our lives now. 
You know, when our parents and 

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when they pass on, we get to 
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It's passed on to us. 
You know, some of us, we, we, we

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cannot change what we will 
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You know, some of us, especially
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growing up, we kind of like draw
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You know, I've inherited this 
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I've inherited this from my mom.
This nature's from my dad, this 

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nature's from my mom. 
And so those are things that 

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doesn't change. 
Rather, when we allow Jesus to 

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work in and through us, when we 
inherit this resurrection part, 

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because when we say Jesus Christ
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he is king over the earth, I 
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He's cleansed me of my sin, and 
I'm accepting him to be the Lord

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of my life. 
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inheriting Jesus into our lives 
and we are saying, Jesus, you 

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can work in and through me. 
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things in our earthly mindset, 
what does inheritance look like?

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Some of us when we inherit 
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form of material things. 
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certain things that they have 
treasured and they are passing 

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it down as heirlooms. 
Some get to inherit wealth which

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has been passed on. 
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is we either can value it or we 
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We either find as importance in 
it or we find a heart connection

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towards it, or we kind of like 
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matter. 
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and we, we, we take it, we take 
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And that's where God is 
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inherit this resurrection life 
through Jesus, it is one of high

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value. 
We just can't pass it by. 

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And a lot of times we also take 
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inherited. 
You know, when we look at some 

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of the things, some, some of us 
feel we have inherited certain 

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things like the colour of our 
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nose, the hair, the arms that we
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We feel we have inherited 
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earlier, certain gifts. 
You know, these are some certain

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giftings that were exhibited in 
our grandparents, in our 

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parents. 
Some of us feel we've inherited 

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even certain sicknesses. 
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We especially with doctors 
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Things like is this been present
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Did your grandparents have it? 
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Which side of the family? 
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things are inherited. 
Some of us inherit material 

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things, some of us inherit 
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And as I was preparing, I came 
across this phase which a lot of

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us have probably witnessed it, 
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we've heard stories of this is 
shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 

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three generations. 
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They, they put everything into 
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They were able to come up. 
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to enjoy the fruit of the labour
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diversifying and they started 
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did. 
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they squandered the wealth and 
they are back to square one of, 

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you know, of going back into 
work and they've lost 

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everything. 
And as I was reading, statistics

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says that around 79 to 81 
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inherited wealth goes through 
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they're back to square one. 
They are. 

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They are back to where they are 
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It reminds us something that's 
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But there are only few. 
And this is so true of our 

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Christian life. 
Some of us who are walking on 

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this Christian journey 3-4 
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granted. 
Certain things that were 

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instituted, certain things that 
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And today I want us to come to a
place where we are like, Lord, I

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want to take every aspect of 
this resurrected life which I 

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get to inherit from you because 
you've, you've risen from the 

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dead and you've given access to 
this resurrected life here on 

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this earth so that we'll be able
to fulfill everything and be 

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with you in eternity. 
And so when we inherit it, we 

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need to live in the 
understanding, knowing that I 

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need to put this to work. 
This is something which I don't 

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take it for granted. 
This is not something which I 

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think will automatically go. 
This is not something which I'll

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leave it, you know, Oh, it's a, 
it's one art piece that I'll 

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keep it in this side and I'll 
just showcase and I'll tell 

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everyone about it. 
No, this is something which we 

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allow him to take control of. 
That is the Holy Spirit. 

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We allow him to take. 
And when you say Jesus, I want 

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to partake of the resurrection 
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We're seeing God. 
You can take control, you know, 

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for a lot of us or inheriting is
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control. 
Rather we are allowing ourselves

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to be empowered by him. 
We are allowing ourselves to be 

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empowered by Him. 
You know, I want us to read one 

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verse from Galatians chapter 5 
and it says if he claimed to 

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live by the Holy Spirit, we must
also walk by the Spirit with 

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personal integrity, godly 
character and moral courage. 

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A conduct empowered by the Holy 
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Lot of us will know this verse. 
It says since we live by the 

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Spirit, let us keep in step with
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What does it say if we are 
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say that we are followers of 
Jesus and we say we have invited

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Jesus into our hearts, what 
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We make room for the Holy 
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And as we heard last week, we 
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the Holy Spirit. 
Don't listen to popular culture.

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Popular culture will tell you, 
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is. 
They have different names or 

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they are these Hallelujah 
people, or they are these people

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who are dancing. 
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We know the, the, the work of 
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And so let's not diminish that. 
And So what is it? 

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We are allowing ourselves to be 
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What is empowered by the Holy 
Spirit means it's we've been 

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given authority to do something.
We are given authority by the 

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Spirit to do something. 
What are you and I called to do?

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You and I are not called to just
be lame Christians or lame ducks

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here on this earth. 
No, we're called to be active 

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Christians who are being 
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What are you and I being 
empowered today? 

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Because when the resurrection 
life comes in, we should be the 

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same as what the early church 
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Not just few, not just a 10th or
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Because when the Holy Spirit 
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was filled. 
We just hear one or two who what

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they talked, what they did. 
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the way in which things started 
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different. 
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we are looking into the 4th 
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life in our mortal bodies. 
We are empowered with divine 

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life in our mortal bodies. 
You and I have the same body 

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what everyone else has. 
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Jesus is living inside of us. 
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said Lord, we want to allow the 
Holy Spirit in. 

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We are allowing him to take 
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He empowers us to do something 
that's divine, something that's 

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divine, something that's 
consecrated, something that that

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that does not carry the stench 
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And so the worst that we've 
taken today for our meditation 

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is from Romans 811. 
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raised Christ Jesus from the 
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raised Christ from the dead will
also give you life to your 

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mortal bodies because of his 
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What does it mean? 
It means that he wants us to 

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come alive. 
He wants to make us alive. 

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It is to revitalize, to give 
life, which means we allow the 

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Holy Spirit to take control of 
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us. 
You know, there's this a lot of 

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us who have breathing difficulty
when they give us this, the mask

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to wear where there's a 
supportive way in which more 

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oxygen goes in. 
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More oxygen. 
Because for those of us who are 

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unable to breathe better, we 
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Especially for those of us who 
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to sleep, what happens is we are
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That is, we wake up tired, 
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what happens is we suddenly are 
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suddenly our bodies are being 
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It comes alive. 
Yes, we are sleeping, but what 

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happens internally is every 
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is receiving life. 
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when we are empowered by the 
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He becomes a sustenance. 
We are taking more of him and 

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it's expelling everything. 
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and the world and whatever 
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saying, no, this is not, this is
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I am something different in 
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So what is that? 
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revitalize. 
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revitalize, what does vitality 
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The state of being strong and 
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When we allow the Holy Spirit in
the resurrected power who raised

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him from the dead, we are saying
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bodies. 
That is, he will allow us to 

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come alive again. 
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Because today, in March 2026, 
your future must be looking 

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completely different. 
You're, as we're coming in 

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India, we're coming closer, you 
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year, your businesses might be 
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Your, your, your spreadsheets 
are looking hopeless. 

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You're probably in a situation 
where your relationship is 

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completely shaken up. 
You're probably looking and 

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looking at failure and you're 
looking at God, what have I done

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this year? 
God, this another year is passed

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by. 
I'm, I'm struggling, but this is

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where he's saying I'm willing to
revitalize you again. 

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I'm willing to empower you 
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And today when you walk out of 
here, you're not walking out of 

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here in your mortal bodies with 
scars of discontent or 

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discouragement, of anger, grief,
sadness, of one, of being 

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overlooked. 
No, you're being walking out 

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here knowing that the one who's 
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the one who's in the world. 
So one of the things I wanted to

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talk specifically was when we 
feel empowered today, we've left

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empowered to all the social 
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We've had so many moments rise 
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We've had moments that we've got
inequality, discrimination, 

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status, caste systems, socio 
economic differences, all these 

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and we've had certain people who
are passionate about that rise 

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up. 
But when we are empowered by the

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Holy Spirit, what happens? 
We rise up against the enemy. 

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Anything that stands as a 
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is giving, we'll be standing 
against. 

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So no longer will we be standing
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No longer can we be passionate 
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No, we'll be passionate for his 
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We'll be passionate for working 
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And so suddenly you'll see the 
culmination of us gathering as a

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church. 
We'll be passionate followers 

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for something or the other. 
Someone might take on the whole 

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thing of bonded labor. 
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thing of, you know, women 
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families in low income places. 
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One will take on, you know, 
healthcare it this is where we 

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will feel ourselves empowered 
in. 

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And so today I want to ask you, 
which part of your mortal body 

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is dying that you need to invite
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Which part of your mortal body 
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A lot of times we don't realize 
if one part dies, the entire 

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part suffers, One part 
struggles, the entire part 

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struggles. 
And so I would ask you today, we

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are not living this 
compartmentalize. 

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We're not living this life where
you know what a Sunday life is 

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different by Monday to Saturday.
No, everything is interlinked. 

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If Jesus doesn't make sense to 
you on a Sunday, how will he 

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make sense to you on a Monday to
a Saturday? 

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If the Word of God doesn't make 
sense to you, you can read as 

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many stories and quotes you want
and watch everything, Retweet, 

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repost, share, do all that. 
It'll still the Word of God will

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not make any sense. 
And so to your mortal bodies. 

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Can we come to a place in God? 
I need entirely from head to 

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toe, my spirit, soul and body, 
Lord Jesus, every part of my 

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being, my physical being, my 
spiritual being, my emotional 

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being, all of that needs you. 
So today, what are we called to 

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do? 
We are overcomers of fear. 

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When we allow the Holy Spirit to
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We are starting to dispel 
anxiety because we are confident

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in the strength of the One who 
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We are not plagued by the 
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Rather we are pulling them down.
You and I will be in places 

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where the demonic will be in 
full effect, where you know, 

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people can put spells, people 
can do witchcraft, people can do

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everything because of the one 
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That is in you, because you're 
marked by the blood of Jesus, 

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because you have the Holy Spirit
who's alive in you. 

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When you walk, nothing will 
touch you. 

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When you walk, nothing will 
touch you. 

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That is what walking and being 
in this resurrection life looks 

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like. 
So today I don't know who I'm 

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talking to and who's wanting to 
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But if you're scared of the of 
the darts of the enemy, if 

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you're scared of the plagues 
that the enemy will offer, if 

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you're scared that you might 
have ill will by some people, 

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remember the God who's inside 
you, who's saying trust me, 

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listen to me, obey me is saying 
I'm greater than one who is in 

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the world. 
What happens when we started 

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going the same words in and 
through us. 

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We start living the life out of 
what John the Baptist called us 

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to live. 
He said beautifully when he saw 

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his cousin walking. 
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saw. 
He saw the son of man walking. 

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He was his life's mission was 
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He was sent to go prepare the 
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said he must increase, I must 
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And I want us to look at that 
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something which I have prepared.
Specifically to look at for this

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topic is John chapter 3, verses 
26 to 36. 

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I've taken it from the Passion 
translation, but I've 

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highlighted a few words which I 
wanted to read. 

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The first verse is verse 27. 
John answered them. 

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A person cannot receive even one
thing unless God bestows it. 

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You heard me tell you that I'm 
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am the messenger sent ahead of 
him. 

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Verse 29, He's the bridegroom, 
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I'm the friend of the bridegroom
who stands nearby and listens 

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with great joy to the 
Bridegroom's voice. 

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Because of his words, my joy is 
complete and overflows. 

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Verse 30 is so beautiful and I 
love it. 

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It says it's necessary for him 
to increase and for me to 

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decrease. 
For the one who is from the 

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earth, belongs to the earth and 
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But the one who comes from above
is above everything and speaks 

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of the highest realm of all. 
His message is about what he has

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seen and experienced. 
Even though people don't accept 

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it yet those who embrace His 
message know in their hearts 

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that is the truth. 
The one whom God has sent to 

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represent him will speak the 
words of God because God has 

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poured out upon Him to the 
fullness of Holy Spirit without 

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limitation. 
The Father loves His Son so much

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that He has given all things 
into His hand. 

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Those who trust in the Son 
possess eternal life. 

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Those who don't obey the Son 
will not see life and God's 

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anger will rise up against them.
What we see here is people are 

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coming and comparing Jesus to 
John, and John is saying that he

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must increase and I must 
decrease. 

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He's saying he was sent by God. 
And he also goes on to see a lot

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of them may not embrace his 
message, but the reality is they

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won't be able to embrace it 
because he's not of the natural 

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order. 
He's come from above. 

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And so today, if you and I are 
trying to understand the natural

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order, we will not be able to 
understand because the one who's

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living inside of us is not of 
the natural order. 

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He's from above. 
So I pray and ask. 

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Maybe not find, try to find 
relevance, maybe not try to find

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adaptability. 
We will be set apart. 

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We will be set apart, period. 
We can do as much as try to 

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camouflage and look like the 
earth. 

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But God saying, no, you're 
marked, You're marked, I'm 

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mocking you for this generation.
You will be my voice. 

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You'll be my hands, you'll be my
feet, you'll be my ears so that 

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you can prophetically say and do
what I'm calling you to do 

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today. 
And so today I would ask you, 

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Church, if you and I can carry 
this message. 

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If we want to live this 
resurrected life, if we want to 

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live this empowered divine life 
in our mortal bodies, He must 

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increase and I must decrease. 
He must increase. 

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I must decrease the very phrase 
that John uses. 

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It is necessary for him to 
increase and for me to decrease.

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I voluntary increase Jesus in my
distress, in my anxious moment, 

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in my struggles, in my joy, in 
my celebration, in my 

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sacrifices. 
Why? 

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Because he has a final say. 
Because he knows where we are 

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heading, because this direction 
of the narrow path is him, 

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because eternity is his place, 
so he knows how to lead me 

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there. 
So to balance this, that melodic

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music that we heard, melody is a
series of single notes which are

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timed together and played right.
When those single notes are not 

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played right, it's not melodic. 
And so we need to identify the 

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core of our melodic music 
because a lot of us are going 

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through life today, like 
especially with wars and you 

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know, with, with, with the whole
thing of uncertainty of jobs and

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all that. 
What is your music? 

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Because you can find a melodic 
music in anxiety. 

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You can find a melodic music in 
in in self loathing. 

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You can find a melodic music in 
your own body image issues. 

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You can find melodic music in 
your bulimic thing. 

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You can find a melodic music in 
your depressive state. 

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You can find a melodic music for
anything you're feeling here on 

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this earth. 
But when you allow the Holy 

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Spirit to work in and through 
you the resurrection life, He 

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hits you time and again with 
those single notes till you 

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start resounding His praise. 
Till you start realizing it's 

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that worship unto Him that pulls
down everything that's in front 

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of me. 
So you'll suddenly realize it's 

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not about my feelings, it's not 
about my timing, it's not about 

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my path and my surrounding, It's
everything about Him. 

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And so in my feelings I will 
sing His praise. 

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In my timings which are not 
happening according to me, I 

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know that I will wait well in 
the path with their struggle. 

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I choose to bless His name 
because blessed be His name. 

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00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,440
In John 3 verse 31, it says for 
the one who is from the world, 

454
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,800
belongs to the earth, and speaks
from the natural realm. 

455
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,480
What does that mean by the one 
who comes from above, is above 

456
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,000
everything, and speaks of the 
highest realm of all? 

457
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,520
You and I are not meant to 
communicate in a natural realm, 

458
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,720
which means geshum. 
Why you're saying geshum that I 

459
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,720
every say yes for everything? 
No, He'll give you discernment. 

460
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,440
He'll tell you when to hit 
pause. 

461
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,920
He'll tell you when to go, when 
not to go. 

462
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,640
He'll tell you when he just 
wants to sit and download on 

463
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,520
you. 
He'll tell you what to speak. 

464
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,160
He'll tell you when to listen. 
He'll tell you what to say. 

465
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,440
Everything will be guided by 
Him. 

466
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,280
And so when the Spirit becomes 
the core melody, we start 

467
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,480
operating in his timing. 
We start operating in His path. 

468
00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,120
We start operating in his 
surrounding. 

469
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,040
We start operating in his 
feeling. 

470
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,520
You suddenly will realize what 
I'm going through is far bigger.

471
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,640
What I'm going through, this 
feeling I have to overcome 

472
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,160
because the testimony that comes
out of my mouth is going to 

473
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:17,360
bless someone else. 
We suddenly are embodied in that

474
00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:21,320
and saying that I will not want 
a life that is substandard to 

475
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,760
the Holy Spirit which he's 
wanting to offer. 

476
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,280
So today I pray and ask that 
when we love this Holy Spirit to

477
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,400
work in and through us, this one
empowered Holy Spirit life to 

478
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,760
work, empowered life to work in 
and through us. 

479
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,000
What happens? 
We start living out knowing 

480
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:45,120
something is different, marked 
out for us, differently marked 

481
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:46,800
out for us. 
And one of the characters which 

482
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,720
as I was meditating on, I was 
turned to the book, to the 

483
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,600
character of Stephen, because 
yes, we know all the ones in the

484
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,240
New Testament in the early 
church are important, but 

485
00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,480
Stephen stood out because it's 
distinctively what which I 

486
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,840
wanted to leave with you all. 
Even as we talk about this 

487
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,320
empowered life, what does it 
mean to be empowered by the 

488
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,840
Spirit? 
The first thing that we see from

489
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:14,520
Stephen's life, he knew what 
saturation was by the Spirit. 

490
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,080
What is saturation? 
The degree of extent to which 

491
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,200
something is dissolved or 
absorbed, and so one of the 

492
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,240
things we see happen in 
Stephen's life was which was 

493
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,120
evident was he was filled with 
the Spirit. 

494
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,680
He was filled with the Spirit. 
Acts 6 verses one to four. 

495
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,880
In those days when the number of
disciples were increasing, the 

496
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,720
Hellenistic Jews among them 
complained against the Hebraic 

497
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,040
Jews because their widows were 
being overlooked in the daily 

498
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,720
distribution of food. 
So the 12 gathered all the 

499
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,000
disciples together and said it 
would not be right for us to 

500
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,440
neglect the ministry of the Word
of God in order to wait on 

501
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,520
tables. 
Brothers and sisters, choose 

502
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:57,720
seven men from among you who are
known to be full of the Spirit 

503
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,760
and wisdom. 
We will turn this responsibility

504
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:06,080
over to them, and we'll give our
attention to prayer and ministry

505
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,520
of the world. 
There was a clear call as to who

506
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,520
they were wanting to raise. 
It would be right for us. 

507
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,240
They didn't want to neglect the 
ministry of the Word. 

508
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:19,240
And so they were saying choose 
someone who's filled full of the

509
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,080
Holy Spirit and wisdom. 
There was definitely an 

510
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,080
outworking of what the Holy 
Spirit is already in someone. 

511
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,080
And that's what. 
So when you look at Stephen's 

512
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:33,640
life, we see that he was willing
to be saturated by the Holy 

513
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,880
Spirit. 
And so today, when we are 

514
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,040
empowered by the Holy Spirit in 
this resurrection life, are we 

515
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,920
undergoing saturation? 
Are we undergoing saturation? 

516
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,200
You know, the beautiful thing 
about saturation is the more 

517
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,840
it's soaked in, especially like 
when your dishwasher soap, when 

518
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,800
you soak that in entirely, the 
sponge is fully soaked in. 

519
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,440
What happens? 
There's no room for anything 

520
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,320
else to get in. 
When you saturate your meat in 

521
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:05,120
that spice and herbs and 
everything, the the longer you 

522
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:10,040
leave it, the more it takes in, 
the more it goes in, the more 

523
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,280
the taste just goes in. 
And suddenly what was just a 

524
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,520
piece of meat without any taste 
suddenly gets all this flavorful

525
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,800
taste. 
So today I want to ask you, are 

526
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,440
you willing to be saturated? 
Because if we don't do step one,

527
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,200
we can't go to Step 2, step 
three-step 4, the saturation of 

528
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,520
the whole. 
Because when Stephen was 

529
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,120
selected, it says full of the 
Holy Spirit and wisdom, which 

530
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:36,520
means even before he was chosen 
for something, he was operating 

531
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,000
in the saturation of the Holy 
Spirit. 

532
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,800
He allowed the Holy Spirit to 
work in and through everything 

533
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,240
that he did was one of wisdom. 
And 11 where the Holy Spirit was

534
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,520
involved. 
So truly can you be saturated? 

535
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,560
Because when you're saturated, 
what happens? 

536
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,240
Any situation you're squeezed 
out mine. 

537
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,960
Geshom's innate nature doesn't 
come out. 

538
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,520
Geshom's innate nature to 
saturate by the Holy Spirit 

539
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,720
starts coming out. 
So I pray and ask that Stephen 

540
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,200
embodied that you and I get to 
do that today. 

541
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,200
Stephen's life seems short 
lived, but it's one where we are

542
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,320
recounting 2000 years later. 
You and I have a life to live 

543
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,840
till whatever point God is 
assigned for us. 

544
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,560
But in that, can we be saturated
in Him? 

545
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,040
A lot of us are wanting to be 
saturated in so many things. 

546
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,680
We are wanting to learn so many 
things so that we'll be 

547
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,840
relevant, we'll be needed, we'll
be wanted with the Holy Spirit's

548
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,400
like I'm taking calling a 
generation which will be soaked 

549
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:40,320
in me, where you'll allow my 
wisdom to work in this logical 

550
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:45,440
head of ours and in this 
concrete heart which receives 

551
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,520
certain things but does not 
receive everything he's saying I

552
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,560
want to work, I want to 
saturate, I want to permeate 

553
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,480
into everything. 
That's why we stress and 

554
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,920
emphasize that we allow the word
of God to walk in and through 

555
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:03,400
US, walk in and through US. 2 
Corinthians 318 says and we all 

556
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,760
with unveiled face continually 
seeing as in a mirror the glory 

557
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:13,040
of the Lord are progressively 
being transformed into his image

558
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:18,360
from 1° of glory to even more 
glory which comes from the Lord 

559
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,960
who is the Spirit progressively 
being transformed. 

560
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,480
You and I are not transformed 
like this. 

561
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,760
We are progressively being 
transformed. 

562
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,360
So what happens today at 20? 
I've been progressively being 

563
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,440
transformed in my 30s as my kids
grow. 

564
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,120
I'm being progressively being 
transformed in my 40s in my 

565
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:43,160
releasing of my kids in in in 
allowing both me and my wife to 

566
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,760
find what God's calling us to 
do. 

567
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,880
We are progressively being 
transformed in our 50s. 

568
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,600
It looks different in our 60s. 
It'll look different, but it'll 

569
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,920
all stem from a place of how 
much of saturation I'm allowing.

570
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,120
We get to control this because 
if we're saying Holy Spirit, 

571
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,360
you're enough. 
He'll say he'll back off. 

572
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,360
What are you saying, Holy 
Spirit? 

573
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,440
I need you today. 
Holy Spirit, I need you 

574
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,880
everyday. 
Holy Spirit, you are my portion.

575
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,640
You're the one I will call on. 
No one else I can call on today.

576
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,160
Are you willing to be saturated 
just like Stephen? 

577
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,600
What are your saturation level 
looking like today? 

578
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,560
The second thing is when you are
saturated, you get the 

579
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,040
opportunity to serve. 
And So what does that look like?

580
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:30,200
When I'm empowered by the Holy 
Spirit, everything and anything 

581
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:35,200
I do is for Him. 
And I'm not doing it directly to

582
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,480
Him. 
I'm doing it to His body, His 

583
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,960
image bearers. 
And so you, it is an honor that 

584
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,360
I get to do this. 
It's an honor that I get to do 

585
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,840
this. 
And So what happens? 

586
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,840
The problem is we have elevated 
certain things as the important 

587
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,560
things, but God saying no 
Geshom, I want you to realize 

588
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:57,680
everything that you do because 
saturation happens in every 

589
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:03,160
level. 
My love, it saturates my pride. 

590
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,560
So suddenly you realize God, 
this is I get to do this for 

591
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,760
you. 
It's for your glory and I humble

592
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,920
myself. 
All glory from this goes to you.

593
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,080
You don't take anything, you 
don't alleviate yourself. 

594
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,240
You don't subdue others with the
authority God's given you. 

595
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,600
Let's continue reading from Acts
chapter 6, verse 5. 

596
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,000
This proposal pleased the whole 
group. 

597
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,240
They chose Stephen, manful of 
faith and of the Holy Spirit. 

598
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:34,600
Also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor,
Damon, Palmianus, and Nicholas 

599
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,760
from Antioch, a convert to 
Judaism. 

600
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:42,200
They presented these men to the 
apostles who prayed and laid 

601
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,920
their hands on them. 
So the Word of God spread. 

602
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,120
The number of disciples in 
Jerusalem increased rapidly, and

603
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:53,240
a large number of priests became
obedient to the faith. 

604
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,960
Now Stephen, a man full of God's
grace and power, performed great

605
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,120
wonders and science among the 
people. 

606
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:06,560
The one who was saturated was 
able to perform science and 

607
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,600
wonders. 
And a lot of times I think, God,

608
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:12,320
am I even ready? 
God choose. 

609
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,280
God allows us. 
But it comes down to me whether 

610
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,280
I go back into the altar room 
and I say, God, I want more of 

611
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,440
you Without you. 
I can't do this. 

612
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,600
Without you, I can't foresee 
this without because you are the

613
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,840
one who's going to grow this. 
You are the one who's going to 

614
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,480
see things happen. 
And So what we see here is the 

615
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:33,320
integral part of this entire 
operation is the Holy Spirit. 

616
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,280
And so the serving came to a 
place where it was entirely 

617
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,679
dependent on what the Holy 
Spirit was allowing and doing 

618
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,480
through each and everyone, which
Stephen signs, wonders and 

619
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,360
miracles came. 
Yes, they was serving. 

620
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:52,960
They were chosen specifically to
serve. 

621
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,719
But in the midst of that, there 
was healing. 

622
00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:59,840
Just imagine what churches will 
look like if they didn't have to

623
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,320
wait for the altar call. 
But the minute they entered and 

624
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,920
the person was welcoming them, 
they experienced healing right 

625
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,480
there, even before they got into
the room. 

626
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:15,000
The room was so doused with 
prayer that they could feel the 

627
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,960
presence of God. 
They didn't have to wait for the

628
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:22,000
worship set to start. 
We are so tuned to certain 

629
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,480
things that we're unwilling to 
allow the Holy Spirit to take 

630
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,880
reign over everything. 
So I pray that we will be able 

631
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,600
to allow Him to take reign over 
everything. 

632
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,680
Jeremiah chapter 17, verses 9 to
10 says the heart is deceitful 

633
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,120
about all things and beyond 
cure. 

634
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:44,440
Who can understand it? 
I, the Lord search the heart and

635
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,720
examine the mind to reward each 
person according to their 

636
00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:51,840
conduct, according to what their
deeds deserve. 

637
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,600
You know a lot of us today are 
self propagating what we are 

638
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,800
doing. 
You know a lot of times people 

639
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:03,200
tell me Geshom you're leading a 
church, but honestly it's God 

640
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,720
who's leading it. 
I just get to be part of the 

641
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:09,760
story for a time being, and 
that's the beautiful thing I get

642
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,040
to do about serving you. 
And I get to serve in different 

643
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,240
capacities today. 
I'm not stuck to just one thing.

644
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,640
It wouldn't take me a second to 
actually do something else, as 

645
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,000
in cleaning the hall or cleaning
the chair or serving someone. 

646
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,680
Those are all things that come 
easier for me because I know 

647
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,800
anything I'm doing is for God's 
glory. 

648
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,760
And I want to ask you, have you 
been waiting for just one 

649
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,080
opportunity to do it, or are you
taking every opportunity that 

650
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,360
comes your way? 
Remember that when we serve from

651
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,120
a place of saturation, you'll be
amazed at what God wants to do 

652
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,320
through you. 
A lot of us are walking into 

653
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:56,600
churches or going back. 
There are so many places God has

654
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:01,960
positioned us to serve. 
I pray we will walk in the 

655
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,440
saturation of the Holy Spirit in
those places. 

656
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,720
What does saturation look like 
when you walk into those places 

657
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,040
and serve? 
Even before you go into those 

658
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,560
places, you'll be dripping of 
the Holy Spirit that people will

659
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:18,520
be able to catch on to freedom, 
to strength, to love, to grace, 

660
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,600
to forgiveness, to restoration, 
to healing, to signs and 

661
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,400
wonders. 
It all happens because you're 

662
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:31,040
saturated in Him, so as you walk
into these places, you will be 

663
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:36,840
able to see Him being glorified.
The Holy Spirit helps us with 

664
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,960
humility where we're able to do 
anything and everything for His 

665
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,640
glory. 
A lot of us are so caught up 

666
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,880
many a times with what can 
happen. 

667
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:52,000
This and that sort allow God to 
work in the in the framework in 

668
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,480
what he's calling you to do. 
That's why it's it's it that 

669
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,280
revitalizing will happen only 
when we allow him into the 

670
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,920
framework. 
A lot of us want to create a 

671
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,840
framework for the Holy Spirit, 
but he's above the framework. 

672
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,760
He's like, let me create the 
framework for you. 

673
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,360
And when you see it, you'll see 
that you're just part of a 

674
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,720
bigger thing that God's doing 
and you suddenly realize you're 

675
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,720
just doing it in one part. 
But there are so many others who

676
00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:17,240
are doing it in different parts 
of the world. 

677
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,200
And as you keep doing it, you'll
realize God is bringing 

678
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,680
transformation not just to one 
part of society in a country, 

679
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,280
but to the entire world through 
different parts who are 

680
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:33,480
responding to the call. 
The third thing is what we see 

681
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,960
from Stephen's life. 
Because he was saturated, 

682
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,960
because he was willing to serve,
he was also willing to stand for

683
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,480
what he believed in. 
Standing. 

684
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,200
When I'm empowered by the 
Spirit, I'm able to stand in 

685
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,680
places where he asks me to 
stand. 

686
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:52,040
No longer will the gospel just 
be one of hands. 

687
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,200
You know, it'll be one of the 
mouth also, where I will testify

688
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,360
of what the Holy Spirit is 
putting on my lips. 

689
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,880
So today you and I will move to 
a place. 

690
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,800
Yes, a lot of us love doing it. 
We love being in the background.

691
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,320
No, but God will start using us 
to share what God's done in and 

692
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,960
through our lives. 
So the person who's next to us, 

693
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,480
who we are serving to the person
who's also wanting, who's who's,

694
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,440
who's asking us for a prayer, we
will be called to serve. 

695
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,560
And so when accusation comes, 
you'll be able to stand up for 

696
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,240
the truth because you're 
saturated. 

697
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,480
You're serving in the fullness 
that he's given you, and you're 

698
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,520
able to stand for the truth 
because today, let's face it, 

699
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:32,160
you and I are set apart. 
You and I are standing for what 

700
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:36,600
God wants us to stand. 
That is anything that's opposing

701
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,200
the enemy. 
Where there's injustice, we'll 

702
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,080
stand for justice. 
Where there's lies, we'll stand 

703
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,160
for the truth. 
Where there's discrimination, 

704
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,040
we'll stand for the image of 
God. 

705
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,120
Where there's false worship, 
we'll stand for true worship. 

706
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:53,440
Where there is isolation and 
demarcation, we will stand for 

707
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,600
oneness and unity. 
This is what God will call us to

708
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,960
stand. 
And so today, I don't want you 

709
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,080
to be in the opposite camp. 
Saying I'm empowered by the Holy

710
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,680
Spirit doesn't work. 
Find out what God is asking you 

711
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,080
to do. 
A lot of us have our motives 

712
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,080
wrong. 
Our selfish motives wrong are 

713
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:14,320
ideas of settling and being 
right. 

714
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,320
But God's like, I want to change
every narrative to realize that,

715
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,800
you know, I'm the one who 
created you. 

716
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:23,840
I know how this works, and I am 
wanting to stand against the 

717
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:29,960
enemy in the face of accusation.
He empowers us to stand tall and

718
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,600
be a testament. 
Acts 6 was 9 to 15. 

719
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,160
Opposition arose, however, for 
members of the Synagogue of the 

720
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:41,120
Freedmen, as it was called, Jews
of Sirene and Alexandria, as 

721
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,960
well as the provinces of Cecilia
and Asia, who began to argue 

722
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,040
with Stephen. 
But they could not stand up 

723
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:52,120
against the wisdom the Spirit 
gave him as he spoke. 

724
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,120
What happens when you're 
empowered by the Holy Spirit is 

725
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,840
that you allow the Holy Spirit 
to walk in and through you, that

726
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,880
you are starting to testify. 
Not just in one or two places. 

727
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,280
I'm sure even before he came 
here, he already was speaking in

728
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:11,800
so many other places. 
So today may we put our words to

729
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,960
practice in places with 
one-on-one people, conversations

730
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,200
wherever God's placing us, so 
that when time comes we'll be 

731
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,360
able to take a stand where it 
really matters. 

732
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,760
Let's move on to verse 11. 
It says then they secretly 

733
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,520
persuaded some of the men to 
say, we have heard Stephen speak

734
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,960
blasphemous words against Moses 
and against God. 

735
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,680
So they stirred up the people 
and the elders and the teachers 

736
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,760
of the law. 
They see Stephen, they brought 

737
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,200
him before the Sanhedrin. 
They produced false witnesses 

738
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,200
who testified. 
This fellow never stopped 

739
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,360
speaking against the holy place 
and against the law. 

740
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,760
For we have heard him say that 
Jesus of Nazareth will destroy 

741
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,880
this place and change the 
customs. 

742
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,920
Moses handed down to us all who 
are sitting in the sand and 

743
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,920
looked intently at Stephen, and 
they saw that his face was like 

744
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,280
the face of an Angel. 
What happens when you're 

745
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,280
saturated, when you've been 
serving and when you've been 

746
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,200
talking? 
Standing up for Jesus is the 

747
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,360
fact that you will reflect who 
you're saturated by. 

748
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,440
There was No Fear. 
There was no kind of doubt. 

749
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,320
He was confident in what he was 
speaking. 

750
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,000
So which means when I'm 
saturated. 

751
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,280
So today a lot of us are trying 
to operate out of that 5% 

752
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,400
saturation, 10% saturation, 15% 
saturation. 

753
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:31,280
I pray that we won't be content.
We'll move and say, Lord, I want

754
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,280
more of you so that when we come
back, we'll be able to witness 

755
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,160
boldly. 
We'll be able to witness boldly.

756
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,320
I pray and ask that wherever 
God's asking us. 

757
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,400
A lot of times today, God is 
wanting us. 

758
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,960
He has set us apart. 
I know a lot of you don't like 

759
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,400
that kind of a sermon, that kind
of a phrase. 

760
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,840
You are set apart. 
You want to be 1. 

761
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,280
No, but God is saying I have 
chosen you. 

762
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,720
The path marked out for Jesus 
one was one being set apart. 

763
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,720
You and I are called to be set 
apart. 

764
00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:06,400
And so when we stand for him, we
showcase Him. 

765
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:11,520
When we stand for Him, he is the
one who's seen. 

766
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,680
When we stand for Him, He will 
fight for us. 

767
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,840
He will fight for us. 
Galatians 51 says it was for 

768
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:21,360
freedom that Christ set us free,
completely liberating us. 

769
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,800
Therefore, keep standing firm 
and do not be subject again to a

770
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,400
yoke of slavery which you once 
removed. 

771
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:33,040
What does this talk about? 
A slavery could be anything but 

772
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,800
face head on. 
It requires you to stand, not to

773
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,760
sit. 
Be careful which table you're 

774
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,440
sitting at. 
A lot of times we're trying to 

775
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:46,040
be saturated in tables where the
conversations are of the world, 

776
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,240
and it'll take us away from the 
principles of what the Word of 

777
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:53,560
God asks us to take. 
Move to a place of sitting at 

778
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,920
the table where God is seated 
at, where the Holy Spirit is 

779
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,600
able to work in and through US, 
where you're in the company of 

780
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,520
others who are able to edify, 
where you're able to talk. 

781
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,000
Tina constantly reminds us, I 
want to be around people who are

782
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,640
overcomers because they have 
been through the fire and have 

783
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:12,280
come out on the other side. 
So I pray on us that you and I 

784
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,280
will be in that place. 
When we stand in the freedom, we

785
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,800
inherit it from Jesus. 
We are in the righteousness of 

786
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,200
God. 
You know, in one Peter 59, it 

787
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:26,960
says it calls every believer to 
resist the devil standing firm 

788
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,080
in their faith. 
Standing. 

789
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,720
The posture is one of stand. 
When you're standing, you're not

790
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:35,600
just standing, you're standing 
alert. 

791
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,560
When you're standing, everything
is awakened. 

792
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,120
It's difficult to stand and 
sleep. 

793
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,680
It's difficult to stand and be 
have your attention divided. 

794
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:48,560
You're standing, you're alert. 
That is what God is wanting us 

795
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,200
to be on. 
So today, when you're saturated 

796
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,640
and when you're serving, would 
you take a stand for what God's 

797
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,880
calling you to do? 
Because you will be amazed that 

798
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,960
those small steps that you're 
taking will eventually build up 

799
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:05,400
and there'll be deliverance for 
many who are coming alongside 

800
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:13,200
you. 
The 4th 1, the scene Stephen had

801
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,960
his eyes gaze fixed on heaven. 
You know the when you read 

802
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,840
through that entire Acts Chapter
7 where he talks, he gives the 

803
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:26,720
entire history of how they were 
set apart and they were going. 

804
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:33,120
And in all that, what we see is 
we see that they were not ready 

805
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,320
to accept the fact that they 
crucified the one who was 

806
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:41,480
appointed by God to save 
mankind, because the fear that 

807
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,200
they had is that kind of a 
message will make all of their 

808
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:50,720
jobs. 0 Any man made system is 
threatened. 

809
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,280
We can't keep our eyes on that. 
We'll have to keep our eyes on 

810
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,400
Jesus. 
Our focus has to be there. 

811
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:01,080
And when our focus is there, we 
are ready to go through what may

812
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,240
come. 
Might be like asking yeshum. 

813
00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:05,120
But Stephen went through 
something very hard. 

814
00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:10,040
He was stoned to death. 
The truth is everyone in the 

815
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,320
early church considered what 
they went through for Christ and

816
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,840
honor because what God did was 
far bigger than what they have 

817
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,280
gone through. 
And so today, whatever we are 

818
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:26,480
walking through, you know, I 
wish I had a message that was 

819
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,600
one where we won't go through 
hardship, no, but we will go 

820
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,440
through. 
But where our eyes are locked on

821
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,680
really matters. 
Where our eyes are locked on 

822
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,960
really matters. 
What are we seeing? 

823
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,240
A lot of times you're not seeing
it in the physical. 

824
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:41,360
We're seeing it in the 
spiritual. 

825
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,920
A lot of times you're not seeing
it for just this day. 

826
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,640
You know, we're seeing it. 
God, this what I'm going through

827
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,160
is so that your plan and 
purposes will come through in my

828
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:52,880
life. 
So I pray and ask. 

829
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:58,520
As we read, we see in that as 
Stephen was talking, this is 

830
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,400
what he says. 
However, the Most High does not 

831
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,400
live in houses made by human 
hands. 

832
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,960
As a prophet says, Heaven is my 
throne and the earth is my food 

833
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:09,760
stool. 
What kind of a house will you 

834
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:13,320
build for me, says the Lord, Or 
where will my resting place be? 

835
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:16,640
Has not my hand made all these 
things? 

836
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,000
When the members of the sand and
then heard this, they were 

837
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,320
furious and gnashed their teeth 
at him. 

838
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,840
But Stephen full of the Holy 
Spirit looked up to heaven and 

839
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:28,320
saw the glory of God and Jesus 
standing at the right hand of 

840
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,160
God. 
Look, he said, I see heaven open

841
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:35,040
and the Son of man standing at 
the right hand. 

842
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:40,320
For what he saw, the spiritual 
eyes was far bigger. 

843
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,600
And Jesus was proud of him 
saying, Son, you can come be 

844
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,440
with me. 
And so today I want to ask you, 

845
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:53,480
we will go through the stage in 
different places, different 

846
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:57,400
seasons of our life, but I pray 
that it will be in that same 

847
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:02,520
order where as thief and we will
be saturated as thief and we'll 

848
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:07,680
be willing to serve as thief and
we'll be continually standing as

849
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:11,600
thief and we'll be able to see 
through our spiritual eyes. 

850
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,080
In Philippians chapter 3, we 
read this, it says, join 

851
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:19,320
together in following my example
where Paul tells the Philippi 

852
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:23,520
Church, he says, brothers and 
sisters, and just as you have us

853
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:27,280
as a model, keep your eyes on 
those who live as we do. 

854
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:31,000
But as I've often told you 
before and now tell you again, 

855
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,200
even with tears, many live as 
enemies of the cross of Christ. 

856
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,320
Their destiny is destruction. 
The God is their stomach and the

857
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,960
glory is in their shame. 
Their mind is set on earthly 

858
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,880
things, but our citizenship is 
in heaven as we eagerly await a 

859
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,160
Savior. 
From there, the Lord Jesus 

860
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,440
Christ, who by the power that 
enables him to bring everything 

861
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:54,520
under His control, will 
transform our lowly bodies so 

862
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,760
that they'll be like his 
glorious body. 

863
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:02,840
We all, we all have to realize 
what we're seeing. 

864
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:05,880
What we're seeing is not for 
physical. 

865
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:08,360
What we're seeing is for the 
miraculous. 

866
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,600
What we're waiting for is for 
the miraculous. 

867
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,320
What we're waiting for is for 
that testimony in our mouth so 

868
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,000
that many others can see it, so 
that many others will experience

869
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,440
healing, so that many others 
will experience the favour of 

870
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:24,280
God on their lives. 
I'm reminded of the song that I 

871
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:29,040
heard of Torn Wells called 
Citizen of Heaven, and the verse

872
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,800
goes on to say this. 
It says getting caught up in 

873
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,680
here and now has a tendency to 
wear me down. 

874
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:41,040
Am I really free if I'm thinking
about only temporary things, The

875
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:45,320
world screaming so loud when I'm
locked to the middle of my 

876
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:49,920
doubt, when I'm lost in the 
rhythm of the crowd, I hear 

877
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:53,040
heaven calling me. 
We are a citizen of heaven. 

878
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,240
So if heaven is upward, if 
that's where God is, if that's 

879
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:59,680
where my eyes have to be, I 
would lock my eyes on heaven. 

880
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:04,640
Whatever I'm going through, I'll
go through it because I know God

881
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,000
is with me. 
It's not in the absence, but 

882
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:11,320
He's with me. 
Stephen's ending is a reminder 

883
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:14,200
that moments will come where we 
take a stand. 

884
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:19,040
It'll cost us things. 
It'll cost us, but it is one 

885
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,880
where we'll be able to testify 
and encourage others who are on 

886
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,840
that same journey. 
So I pray now that you and I 

887
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,840
will live this empowered lives. 
Empowered lives. 

888
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:34,320
I'm reminded of a story which I 
came of a missionary story is 

889
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:38,440
called Mary's Schleser, a 
Scottish missionary story called

890
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,840
Mary's Schleser. 
She will grew up in the slums of

891
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:46,800
Scotland, had an alcoholic dad 
and little hope of changing 

892
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:51,000
circumstances around. 
They lived in the slums of 

893
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,960
Scotland. 
But she got to hear the story of

894
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:59,520
David Livingston who had gone to
Africa and what happened was her

895
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:05,080
dad died early on, yet she 
didn't allow that to mark her. 

896
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,320
She started working and by the 
age of 16 she knew weaving 

897
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,280
really well. 
She was working 12 hours a day 

898
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:16,000
when David Livingstone passed 
away. 

899
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,080
When she got to hear that story,
she decided she would continue 

900
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:24,200
to go and do the work in Africa.
Mary's work began in Calaba and 

901
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she lived and worked in places 
where no European had ever gone.

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She faced life threatening 
illnesses and hardship, but they

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nicknamed her Mighty Mary. 
She did not once consider giving

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up. 
She lived in Obeyong, an ethic 

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for people, for 15 years. 
She lived in the same places 

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that she lived. 
She lived so that they will be. 

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She'll be able to learn their 
language. 

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She'll be able to do the work 
with them. 

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And one of the interesting 
things in that community is 

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whenever they had twins, they 
thought that was bad omen and 

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that they would kill those 
girls. 

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They'll put them in cisterns and
just leave them to die. 

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But she started rescuing them. 
She started rescuing them. 

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What happened is that as she 
lived there for the next 30 

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years, she was working 
tirelessly to educate and 

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overcome superstitions such as 
twin killing and women's rights.

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She earned their love and 
respect and as a result, was 

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able to spread the gospel to 
areas no missionary good. 

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Today, you and I, you don't have
a story like this, but we are 

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put in places where there's no 
hope, where we are put in places

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where people don't have the 
power, where we are put in 

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places where people don't have 
the the fullness of the gospel. 

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And that is where we are called 
to be. 

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What she overcame was from her 
circumstance. 

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Her mom was a Presbyterian lady 
who went to church. 

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Everything that was put into a 
deposited into a took fruit at 

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the right time. 
So I pray and ask that even as 

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we go through the series and as 
we come through all of this, the

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deposits in our life will make 
sense, that we won't give in to 

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fear. 
We won't give in to the lies of 

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the enemy. 
We won't give in to the things 

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that the enemy wants us to fail 
at, but rather we would give in 

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to what God is calling us to 
step into. 

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One of the things which I really
love about Stephen's story is 

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the fact that he knew what his 
assignment was. 

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And that comes because you're 
allowed the Holy Spirit to take 

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control of the framework of your
life. 

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So today I ask as you're 
empowered by the Holy Spirit, 

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saturation keeps happening every
day. 

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And out of that serving, let it 
be birthed out. 

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Whatever capacity, wherever He's
placing you, whatever He's 

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asking you do, you don't have to
fish for positions to serve. 

943
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See the need and serve. 
Take a stand for what is right. 

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You don't have to take a stand 
for people. 

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Take a stand for what the Word 
of God is asking you. 

946
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A lot of us are trying to fight 
other people's battles and 

947
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taking a stand for them. 
No, take a stand for what the 

948
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,280
Holy Spirit is asking you to 
take a stand for. 

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You'll automatically see 
redemption through that. 

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You'll automatically see His 
work through that. 

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00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:36,280
Let not the world dictate what 
you have to stand for and maybe 

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keep our eyes on Jesus because 
whatever we walk here on this 

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00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,280
earth because of our saturation 
levels, because of who we get to

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serve, the King of Kings and the
Lord of Lords. 

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00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:50,600
Because the stand that we take, 
our eyes cannot look here and 

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there rather should be locked on
Him because he will direct our 

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00:54:56,840 --> 00:55:00,000
paths. 
I believe the mirror will only 

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00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,160
reflect where we are seeing. 
So if you're looking up there, 

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his gaze, his light will shine, 
and that's what others would 

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see. 
So I want to pray and ask that 

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would you allow the Holy Spirit 
to work in and through your 

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life? 
If you've been resistant to the 

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Holy Spirit because of some 
experience that you've had in 

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your childhood or because of 
certain things your parents have

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00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,560
said or your family members or 
your relatives have talked 

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00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:28,040
about, or certain denominations 
you've been part of, I want to 

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ask you, God is real. 
Jesus our Savior is real, the 

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Holy Spirit is real, and the 
Trinity and the triune and the 

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way they function is real, and 
we need all of them. 

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And so the Holy Spirit will 
birth something. 

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Would you allow him? 
Would you be ready to be 

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revitalized so that you'll be 
able to be empowered to live 

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00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,320
this divine life here on this 
earth in our mortal bodies? 

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And I pray with your loving 
heavenly Father. 

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Lord, we thank you, Lord, for 
this time. 

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00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:03,760
Thank you, Lord, for all that 
you're doing, Lord, in and 

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through our lives. 
We are so grateful. 

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Lord, we believe you are Lord 
and King over our lives. 

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Lord, I pray in everything we 
give thanks to you, Lord Jesus, 

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as we heard, I pray, Lord, that 
we won't take a step back. 

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Lord Jesus, we thank you that 
Lord, as we read from Romans 8, 

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verse 11, Lord Jesus, these 
mortal bodies come alive in the 

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name of Jesus because of the 
Spirit of Jesus that is living 

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00:56:25,720 --> 00:56:28,080
in and through US. 
And I pray that you will shine 

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00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,040
your light so that all around 
we'll see that. 

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00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:34,280
I pray that, Lord, we'll be 
saturated in you, that whenever 

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we're squeezed little or more, 
we will have you in every place.

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We will leave a mark of you in 
every place. 

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00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,640
I pray, Lord, for those of us 
who've been struggling to serve,

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00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,120
that we will start putting our 
hands to the plow and we'll be 

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doing what you're calling us to 
do, Lord Jesus. 

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00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,880
I pray Lord, for those of us, 
Lord, who've been struggling to 

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00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:01,400
stand for you, Lord Jesus, we've
been so worried, Lord Jesus of 

994
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,840
us, will we be isolated? 
Will we be? 

995
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:06,440
Will we be treated bad? 
Will we look differently? 

996
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:09,680
I pray we will take comfort 
knowing that on the stand that 

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00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:13,040
you took, you were looked 
differently, yet you fulfilled 

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00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,960
the will of the Father that 
we'll be able to fulfill the 

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00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:19,840
will that you have for us, Lord.
And I pray that Lord, our eyes 

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00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:25,360
will be locked on you because 
where we see is what we reflect,

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00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:26,880
Lord. 
And I pray we'll reflect you in 

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every space that we go into. 
Lord, go before us, be with us. 

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I pray you'll bless each and 
everyone. 

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00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:35,360
Bless the work of our hands. 
I pray, Lord, for good health, 

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00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:38,080
strength and protection. 
Be with each and everyone's 

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00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:41,640
strength. 
Upon each and everyone, we ask 

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00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,800
that you'll be glorified, 
honored, and praised. 

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00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,400
In your most holy name we pray, 
Amen, Amen, Amen. 

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Pray that even as you step out 
this week, God will bless you 

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00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:57,240
and remember that as you go out,
God is with you in everything 

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00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,320
that you do. 
You can call on the Holy Spirit.

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Move into a time of reading His 
word, that even as you read and 

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meditate, His words will come 
alive in you and the Holy Spirit

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will be able to do His work. 
Have a blessed weekend. 

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Remember that whoever finds 
Jesus finds life. 

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