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Let's give the Lord a great 
praise. 

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Come on, He's worthy. 
He's worthy of our praise. 

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He's worthy of our worship. 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 

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Hallelujah. 
I read an article the other day.

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Now, the older I get, the other 
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weeks, three months, or three 
years ago. 

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So just take that for what it 
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I read an article the other day 
that Cornell University did a 

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research, a study, and they 
found that the average person 

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makes 35,000 decisions in a day.
Now, it's kind of hard to wrap 

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your head around that, but 
they're more smarter than I am. 

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And so I just decided that I 
would believe that statistic, if

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that and if that statistic is 
true, you're going to make 

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35,000 decisions today. 
The best decision you made all 

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day was coming to the House of 
God because there's no place 

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like the House of God. 
There's no place like the 

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presence of God. 
There's no place like the people

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of God. 
And I count this a tremendous 

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honor every time I get to come 
to this great church. 

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I give great honor tonight to 
Bishop and Sister McGee and to 

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my dear friends, Pastor and 
Sister McGee and their family 

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and the Masons. 
Man, what a what a team God's 

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put together. 
And all of you all thank you 

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singers and musicians for 
leading us and to the presence 

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of the Lord. 
We're so thankful for each and 

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every person that's gathered 
here today. 

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If you have your Bibles, turn 
with me to the book of Mark, 

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Mark the 5th, the 5th chapter. 
And Pastor, you asked, so I'll 

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just say or you, maybe you 
didn't really want an answer. 

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But October 2007, I left a youth
pastoring for brother Robert 

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Martin and I've been 
evangelizing ever since. 

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So 17 years this month. 
So it Marks and it doesn't look 

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like I'm going to change anytime
soon. 

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So maybe it will be to us. 
And then we'll be talking about 

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Mark the 5th chapter, verse 25 
very familiar story. 

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A certain woman which had an 
issue of blood for 12 years. 

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We all have issues tonight and 
had suffered many things that 

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many physicians and had spent 
all that she had and was nothing

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better but rather grew worse 
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Aren't you thankful you heard of
Jesus tonight? 

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She came in the press behind and
she touched his garment, for she

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said, if I may touch but his 
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I want to preach to you tonight 
on this thought when desire 

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becomes desperate. 
Would you set your Bible down? 

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Would you lift your hands? 
Would you lift your hearts? 

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Would you help me pray in this 
house right now? 

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Lord, we love you and we thank 
you for who you are. 

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We thank you for your presence. 
We thank you for your spirit, 

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your anointing, your word. 
God, anoint me tonight to preach

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it the way you want it preached.
God, anoint the hearer of the 

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Word tonight. 
God, that we would our minds and

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our souls would be fertile soil 
for the seed of your word to 

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fall on. 
God speak to us tonight. 

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God, let us leave here different
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give you praise for what you're 
going to do. 

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In the mighty, matchless name of
Jesus, we pray, Amen. 

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Why don't we clap our hands one 
more time? 

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And the Bible says not only the 
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Can we add a shout to our 
handclap? 

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Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 
Thank you Jesus, thank you for 

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standing. 
You may be seated this evening. 

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The word the word desire define 
is a wanting or a longing, a 

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strong wish. 
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means hopeless, not caring what 
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reckless because of despair, 
extreme or excessive. 

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A desperate person will do 
anything and everything to get 

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what they need. 
A person that is desperate for 

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money will rob a bank or even a 
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A person that is desperate for 
something to eat will eat out of

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a trash can or a dumpster. 
So there is a difference between

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having a desire and being 
desperate tonight. 

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But notice this certain woman of
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She had been sick and miserable 
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If her family and friends 
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with her, they were forbidden by
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The law said that she was 
unclean and that she must be 

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forced to live a life of 
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And I'm certain tonight that 
people would see her walking 

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down the street and they would 
crossover to the other side to 

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pass by her. 
She had spent every penny that 

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she had, but instead of getting 
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said she became worse. 
And no doubt this woman had a 

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desire to be healed of this 
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Imagine with me tonight, if you 
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doctor's office wondering if 
today would be the day that she 

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gets the good news that she is 
healed. 

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Awaiting the results of the 
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finally receive a good report. 
Watching her as she walks to the

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nearest pharmacy thinking that 
this new drug might be the 

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answer. 
Wondering if this wonder drug 

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would do the trick, Peek over 
her shoulder as she reviews her 

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latest bank statement, noticing 
that her money is vanishing, but

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her sickness grows more intense 
with each and every day. 

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She is sick and tired of being 
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She is broke financially and she
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And on this particular day, she 
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her city. 
But not just any man, but this 

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man, there is a reputation, a 
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reputation of being a great 
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And although her body is weak, 
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And it is there in this sharp 
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flesh that she begins to think. 
And she wonders to herself, and 

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she questions the validity of 
the rumors of the reputation of 

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this man named Jesus. 
What did she have to lose 

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anyway? 
She was tired of living alone in

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total and complete seclusion. 
She's tired of celebrating 

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holidays without family and 
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She's beyond being over at being
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community. 
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moment, her desire to be healed 
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desperation. 
She is desperate and she is 

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willing to do anything and try 
anything and everything to be 

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healed. 
She is desperate for a change in

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her life and in her situation. 
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She wasn't the only one there. 
The Bible says that there was a 

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press. 
That's not the. 

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We don't really use that word to
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anybody ever been Black Friday, 
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That's that's a good 
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people. 
Everyone was pressing Jesus. 

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Everyone was surrounding Jesus. 
Everyone was touching Jesus. 

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Everyone wanted something from 
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Everyone had a need that they 
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Some Jesus do this for me. 
Jesus do that. 

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We want a sign, we want a 
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But she was different. 
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She was a desperate person. 
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desperation that she believed 
that all she needed to do was to

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reach up and touch him. 
She didn't need a public display

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of healing. 
She didn't need anybody to touch

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her. 
She just needed to touch him. 

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She didn't need anybody to lay 
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She didn't need anybody to blow 
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She said if I can just just 
touch him, I shall be made 

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whole. 
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difference between desire faith 
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Desire faith says this might be 
my night. 

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This could be my night. 
Maybe I'll get the Holy Ghost 

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tonight. 
Maybe I'll get my healing 

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tonight. 
Maybe I'll get my breakthrough 

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tonight. 
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But when you let desire become 
desperate in your life and you 

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move into a level of 
desperation, faith, you say this

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isn't a maybe night. 
This isn't a could be night be 

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made whole. 
I shall get my healing. 

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I shall receive the Holy Ghost. 
I shall get my break. 

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Breakthrough. 
See, desire stops at the press, 

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but desperation says I shall be 
whole tonight. 

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And somebody might be here 
tonight and you might be like 

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the woman with the issue of 
blood, and you might be sick in 

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your body. 
Or maybe you might be sick 

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spiritually. 
Or maybe you're just tired of 

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never fitting in. 
You have tried everything that 

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this world has to offer, but 
nothing seems to be working. 

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Every day it grows worse and 
worse with no end inside. 

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But I've got good news for you 
on this Friday night, this 

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opening of such a great weekend.
You've come to the right place 

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at the right time. 
Because that St. 

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Jesus that I just read to you 
about, He is up and down these 

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aisles. 
He is in this service and he's 

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looking for the same thing that 
he was looking for 2000 years 

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ago. 
He's looking for somebody that 

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came here desperate. 
He's looking for somebody 

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that'll reach up with 
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stop him in this place. 
There may have been somebody 

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that brought a desire on this 
Friday night, but when your 

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desire becomes desperate, that 
is what's going to get his 

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attention and cause him to take 
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He is looking for the desperate 
tonight, the ones that don't 

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have anything left to put their 
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Look at the story in Genesis 32 
verse 24, and Jacob was left 

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alone there. 
He wrestled a man until the 

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breaking of the day when he saw 
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him. 
He touched the hollow of his 

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thigh and the hollow of Jacob 
style was out of joint as he 

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wrestled with him. 
And he said, let me go for the 

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Daybreak. 
I, I just kind of think to 

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myself that Jacob looks at this 
Angel maybe with a, a, a black 

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eye and a, a, a fat lip and a 
bloody nose and his clothes are 

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tattered and torn and he, he's 
been wallowing on the ground 

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and, and is that, is that a word
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Wallowing on the ground? 
And, and his and the dirt has 

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mixed with his sweat and it's 
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He's a bloody, muddy mess. 
But I think he looks at the 

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Angel and he says letting go has
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That's why I'm in the shape that
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I've always let go when the 
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I've always quit. 
I've always ran. 

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But Jacob said my desire is 
getting ready to turn to 

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desperation. 
And this time I cannot let go. 

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This time something has to be 
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And Jacob says, I will not let 
go until you bless me. 

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And the Angel says, what is your
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And he said, Jacob. 
Now you got to understand, he 

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didn't puff his chest out in 
pride. 

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He probably looked down at the 
ground, ashamed of his name 

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because Jacob might be a good 
name today, but it wasn't a good

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name. 
It meant deceiver. 

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It meant supplanter. 
It meant cheater when you, when 

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Jacob hugged your neck, you made
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your back pocket. 
You. 

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He wasn't. 
He wasn't trustworthy. 

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And he had, up to this point, he
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living up to his name. 
But the Angel and I think that 

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maybe this maybe that Jacob was 
getting ready to do what we all 

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do. 
He was getting ready to explain 

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his situation. 
Well, my name's Jacob, but it's 

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not my fault. 
My name's Jacob. 

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My Mama named me Jacob. 
It's not it's not my fault that 

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Esau gave me the birthright. 
I should have been born first. 

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It's not my fault that I tricked
Laban out of some livestock. 

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He tricked me and the Mary and 
the ugly sister first. 

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It's not my fault that I'm 
Jacob. 

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But it's almost like the Angel 
interrupts him and doesn't even 

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give him a moment to to even 
make an excuse. 

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And he says your name shall 
never be called Jacob ever 

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again. 
But from this moment forward, 

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you're going to be known as 
Israel, because as a Prince, 

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thou has power with God. 
Somebody might have came here 

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tonight. 
And just like Jacob, you have a 

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rotten past. 
You've messed up your life, and 

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there seems to be little or no 
hope. 

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Maybe you're here tonight with a
desire to change things for the 

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better. 
But if you become desperate, God

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is waiting for you at this 
altar. 

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It will not be easy. 
It will be a struggle. 

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But let me warn you, if you have
a desire to change, you'll leave

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this service tonight the same 
way. 

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But if you let your desire turn 
to desperation and you say I 

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want to change, you're going to 
leave this place different then 

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you walk in. 
You'll never walk the same 

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Jacob. 
You'll never talk the same 

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Jacob. 
You'll never do the same thing. 

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Jacob, you came here with a 
messed up life and a less than 

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desirable past, but you can 
leave here a brand new creature 

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in Christ. 
You can leave here with a brand 

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new name. 
See Desire, let's go. 

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But desperation says I won't let
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Desire keeps you the same, but 
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changed tonight Matthew the 15th
chapter verse 21 And behold, a 

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woman of Cana came out of the 
same coast and cried into him 

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saying, have mercy on me, O 
Lord, thou son of David, my 

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daughter is grievously vexed 
with the devil. 

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But notice verse 23. 
But he answered her not a word. 

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And we get our feelings hurt 
when pastor don't talk about us 

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from the pulpit. 
But he answered and he said, I 

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am not sent but unto the lost 
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So first he ignores her, and 
then he says, I'm not here for 

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you. 
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worshipped him. 
And she said, Lord help me. 

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You want to get God's attention 
tonight. 

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You want to worship him. 
But he answered and he said it 

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is not me to take the children's
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Now I know in 2024, you know, it
might be OK to call somebody a 

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dog. 
What's up, dog? 

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But in those times, it was a it 
was an insult to call somebody a

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dog. 
So he ignores her. 

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Then he says, I'm not here for 
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And now he's calling her a dog 
man. 

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I think for just a minute that 
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her mouth open and awe, her lip 
dragging the ground, having a 

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pity party. 
Well, he's not who everybody 

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said he was. 
He, he, I just thought he was 

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going to touch me. 
I, I thought he was going to 

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touch my daughter. 
He's not he, he, he ignored me. 

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He said he wasn't here for me. 
He, he called me a dog. 

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She turns and she says, truth, 
Lord. 

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But even the dogs, they eat the 
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Master's table. 
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woman, great is thy faith, be it
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And her daughter was made whole 
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See something you've got to 
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sometimes He will test us to see
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truly desperate for Him. 
It wasn't him being mean when he

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ignored her. 
It wasn't him being mean when he

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said I'm not there. 
It wasn't him being mean saying 

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y'all don't cast the bread to 
the dogs. 

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What he was doing, He was 
testing her to see if she just 

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had a desire, if she was just 
there for the motions, if she 

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was just there for the crowd. 
But whenever she let her desire 

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turn to desperation and she 
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bread, I'm just begging for 
crumbs. 

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God, I'm not asking you to bless
me like somebody else. 

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I just want you to touch me. 
I'm desperate for a touch from 

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heaven tonight. 
See, desire gets frustrated with

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the silence of God. 
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desperation eats the crumbs 
which fall from the masters. 

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Luke 17 and 12 And as he entered
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met him 10 men that were lepers,
which stood afar off. 

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And they lifted up their voice, 
and said, Jesus, Master, have 

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mercy on me. 
And when he saw them, he said 

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unto them, Go show yourselves 
unto the priest. 

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And it came to pass, as they 
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And one of them, when he saw 
that he was healed, turned back,

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and with a loud voice glorified 
God. 

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And he fell down on his face at 
his feet, giving him thanks. 

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And the Bible almost has an 
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Just a little throw in he was a 
Samaritan. 

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So on his way with the other 9 
on his way to the temple as 

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Jesus told him to do, this 
Samaritan realizes something. 

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I'm a Samaritan. 
I can't go to the temple. 

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I will forever be known as a 
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high priest and be pronounced 
clean by the by him. 

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So in an act of desperation, 
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was healed returns and he begins
to worship the one who just 

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healed him. 
And that's what happens tonight.

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Desperation turns your praise 
into worship and he couldn't go 

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to an earthly high priest, but 
he could worship a heavenly high

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priest and Jesus said where 
they're not ten cleanse and 

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where are the 9 and they are not
found that return to give glory 

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to God save this stranger. 
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other nine had a desire to be 
healed, but this man has a 

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desperation. 
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guess what desperation did for 
the one He said arise, go your 

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way, your faith. 
Faith had made you whole. 

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He wasn't just healed, He was 
made whole. 

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In other words, you're not ever 
going to be able to be 

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pronounced clean, but that's OK 
because there's not going to be 

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1 scar. 
There's not going to be 1 

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leftover of what leprosy did to 
you. 

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And see, his desire made him 
healed, but his desperation made

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him whole. 
You know who else is desperate 

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tonight? 
Isaiah tells us to. 

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Hell hath enlarged herself. 
She's opened her mouth without 

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measure. 
The writer of Proverbs tells us 

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that hell and destruction are 
never full. 

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So hell is desperate tonight. 
You know what they're desperate 

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for? 
They're desperate for souls and 

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and and and and held and they 
don't. 

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You know what? 
They're unified also. 

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Did you know that they don't 
care who gets the the main, the 

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main solo? 
They don't care who who gets the

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microphone. 
They don't care whose names in 

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the bright lights. 
Their main goal is to take as 

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many souls to hell with them as 
they can. 

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So hell is desperate for souls. 
You know what that tells me 

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tonight? 
That the church has to be 

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desperate for souls. 
What would happen in this 

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church? 
What would happen in this city? 

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What would happen in this 
community? 

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What would happen in this state?
What would happen in our 

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country? 
What would happen around the 

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globe tonight? 
If the church would become just 

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as desperate as soul about souls
that hell is desperate for souls

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about? 
The old saying is desperate 

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times call for desperate 
measure. 

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And if you can't tell by the 
news, we are living in desperate

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times and we better become a 
desperate church tonight. 

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Throughout the Bible, Jesus 
showed a compassion for people 

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that were desperate. 
There were many that desired 

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something from him, but they 
were never touched because he 

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has a weakness for those whose 
desire becomes desperate. 

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That's why Jesus said blessed 
are they who are hunger and 

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thirst have the righteousness. 
You know what he's saying. 

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He's basically saying blessed 
are those that are desperate. 

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You know why? 
For they shall be filled. 

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See, if you come here on this 
Friday night of this opening of 

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this great weekend, and you came
here with a desire, you'll 

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probably go home the same way 
you walked in. 

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But if you'll let your desire 
turn to desperation, blessed are

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they who hunger and thirst after
righteousness. 

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Blessed are they that are 
desperate tonight, for you shall

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be filled. 
You will not leave the same way 

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you walked in tonight. 
See, we, we say we're desperate,

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but really all we have are 
desires. 

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We, we, you know, we, we're 
desperate for food. 

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Well, there I can look in the 
mirror and tell that ain't the 

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truth. 
And there's restaurants 

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everywhere. 
We're desperate for money, but 

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there's credit cards and loaning
and loans and institutions. 

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We're, we're desperate for 
healing. 

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But we, there's doctors and, 
and, and pharmacies and we 

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probably bought Tylenol this 
past week and didn't even have a

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headache when we bought it. 
We say that we want lost souls. 

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We say that we want revival. 
We say we want to have a great 

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harvest. 
We say that we want to see 

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miracles, signs and wonders done
in the name of Jesus. 

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But sadly, the truth is that 
American church only has a 

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desire for those things. 
We are not truly desperate for 

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them. 
See, this message was birthed 

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many years ago out of a simple 
prayer. 

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I believe I was on my way to 
Indiana to preach and I was 

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driving down the road and as I 
often do, I was just when I'm 

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driving, I just started talking 
to the Lord and said, God, I 

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want to hear your voice today. 
I want to, I want to talk. 

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I want to, I want to, I want to 
talk to you. 

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And, and I felt like God would 
turn the radio off because I had

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the radio on. 
And so I reached up and turned 

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the radio to remove the 
distraction because that's why 

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we don't hear the voice of God 
off the time. 

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We've got too many distractions.
So I turned the radio off and I 

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said, God, I just started 
praying like I've prayed so many

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times and for God, I want more 
of you. 

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I want to see more of you, God. 
I want to see revival in America

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like we see and hear about it in
Africa and South America and all

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these other countries and 
continents got. 

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I want to see blodded eyes 
opened. 

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Anybody else want to see that? 
I want to see people come in in 

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wheelchairs and walk out. 
I want to see people throw their

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crutches down. 
I want to see dead people raised

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back a lot because I don't know 
if you know that or not. 

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That's happening and around the 
globe. 

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It's just not happening in 
America. 

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And if I've ever heard the voice
of God, I heard his voice that 

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day driving down the road. 
And he said America will never 

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see those things until America 
becomes desperate. 

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See, in Africa, South America, 
other continents and countries, 

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they walk miles and miles the 
church, and we complain when our

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air conditioner breaks. 
They don't have medicines and 

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doctors. 
They bring their sick people to 

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him. 
They carry their dead, lifeless 

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babies in their arms because 
they don't have 911. 

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They don't have an ambulance. 
And they bring them to the House

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of God and let a man of God pray
over their babies. 

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And God brings them back to 
life. 

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But you know why? 
Because they're desperate for 

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it. 
But you know what I want today, 

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what I want tonight. 
I don't want God to have to make

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me desperate. 
I I don't want God through 

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calamity or tragedy or some 
natural disaster. 

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I don't want him to make me 
desperate. 

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I want to choose desperation in 
the middle of being healthy, in 

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the middle of being blessed, in 
the middle of still living in 

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the greatest country in the 
world. 

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I want to say, God, you don't 
have to date, make something 

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happen in my life to make me 
want you. 

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I want to be desperate for you 
when everything is right in my 

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life, when everything is going 
good in my I choose desperation 

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tonight so you can desire 
something from God tonight. 

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Like I said, if you don't get 
it, you'll say I'll see you 

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tomorrow when we eat chill and 
you'll wait until Sunday morning

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and say, well, I hope. 
I hope Sunday morning to be 

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mine. 
And if not we got Sunday night. 

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And if not, I'll wait till 
Wednesday night when pastors 

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preaching, teaching again, I'll 
wait till National Youth 

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Convention. 
But if you're desperate, you're 

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going to stay and you're going 
to be like Jacob and you're 

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going to say I will not let you 
go until you bless me, no matter

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the cost, no matter the pain. 
Because I'm desperate for you, 

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God. 
I'm desperate for a change and 

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I'm desperate for a healing. 
I'm desperate for a move of God.

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I'm desperate for my lost loved 
ones to be saved. 

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I'm desperate for prodigals and 
backsliders to come home. 

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I'm desperate for miracles, 
signs, and wonders to happen. 

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I'm desperate for this whole 
community to be on fire with the

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Holy Ghost. 
I'm desperate for this entire 

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church to be filled to capacity.
But I want to be God. 

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I want I'm not leaving, Pastor, 
you can. 

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You can turn the lights out and 
lock the door, friends and 

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family, you can go to the 
restaurant. 

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But I'm not leaving until 
something changes in me. 

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I will not let go until you 
bless me. 

454
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,440
Well, I have a desire to see our
church grow, but I hear a voice 

455
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from heaven tonight saying, are 
you desperate? 

456
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,640
I have a desire to see my lost 
family say, but I hear a voice 

457
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,240
from heaven asking us, are you 
desperate? 

458
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,200
I have a desire to see the Holy 
Ghost poured out in this 

459
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,240
community, but God is asking us 
tonight, are you desperate? 

460
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,440
I have a desire to see miracles,
signs and wonders done in this 

461
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,760
church in this place, but Jesus 
is asking tonight, are you 

462
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:40,720
desperate for it? 
And you know something else I've

463
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:45,920
learned about desperate people? 
Desperate people don't need an 

464
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,520
altar call. 
Desperate people make altar 

465
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,920
calls. 
So I'm not calling for the 

466
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,520
musicians. 
I'm not calling for anybody 

467
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,240
else. 
I'm just going to set this 

468
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microphone down and I'm going to
walk away and we'll see what 

469
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desperation can happen in this 
house.