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Hello and welcome to the Arise 
Church Podcast. 

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We are so glad you're here and 
want to thank you for joining us

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today for the audio version of 
our Sunday morning message. 

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We want to invite you to join us
in person at our Sunday morning 

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celebration every Sunday at 10 
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We are located on Old Jenks Rd. 
in Apex, NC. 

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Amen. 
Amen. 

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Well, today is we have two kind 
of things on the same day, but 

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I'm actually going to bring them
together. 

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First of all, it is Memorial 
Day, Tomorrow's Memorial Day 

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here in the United States where 
we honor those who gave their 

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the ultimate sacrifice, their 
life for this country. 

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And what a gift that they've 
bestowed to us. 

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And I know some of you who have 
served in the military, you may 

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even have friends, some of you 
may have family that gave their 

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life for us that we could sit 
here with full freedom to 

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worship. 
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pause and to pray for our 
families of those who gave their

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life and to pray for our 
country. 

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So would you close your eyes? 
Father, we thank you for the men

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and women who have given their 
life so that we could live free 

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in this nation and that we would
have a prosperous nation. 

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And Lord, we pray for in all the
families of our servicemen and 

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women who lost their loved ones.
And Father, we pray that you 

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would comfort, comfort, comfort.
And Lord, may you benefit on 

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them. 
Just wonderful benefits of their

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sacrifice. 
I pray that you, just as your 

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scripture says that you're not 
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Whatever a man sews that he will
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So as these families literally 
sow the greatest sacrifice 

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imaginable, may they reap. 
Lord, may they be comforted. 

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May they be filled with your 
presence. 

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For those that don't know you, 
may they come to know you and 

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may they be filled with the Holy
Spirit. 

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Father, we pray for our Nation 
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war, we have conflicts in 
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We pray that you would bless the
United States of America, God 

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Bless America. 
Maybe just say it out of your 

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mouth, say God bless the United 
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We declare blessing on this 
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We declare blessing on our 
leadership. 

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We will bless. 
We will not curse in Jesus name.

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We pray that you would give 
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where they may in their own 
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their own ambitions, make arrant
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I pray what Scripture says that 
the heart of the king is in the 

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hand of the Lord, and like the 
rivers of water, he turns it. 

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And so Lord, I pray for our 
leaders that like the rivers of 

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water, you just turned their 
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towards your will, that even in 
their own flesh, they wouldn't 

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even be able to air because 
you've got them, you've got them

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captured. 
You got their heart in in your 

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hand. 
Lord, so we we declare blessing 

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over this nation in the name of 
Jesus, Amen, Amen. 

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Also, today is Pentecost Sunday 
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two things together and I really
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this because I really have never
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Memorial Day, which is of 
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holiday. 
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But Pentecost, because Pentecost
actually originally was the day 

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of remembrance and was the day 
of remembering the faithfulness 

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and the goodness of God. 
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going to catch some things that 
I've been catching from 

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Scripture about their, their 
origin of Pentecost, which 

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really in the Jewish holidays, 
which they still celebrate those

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who don't yet know Jesus as 
Messiah, they still keep the 

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holidays of the law. 
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called the Festival of Weeks, 
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And basically it says that fifty
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going to celebrate and you're 
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God. 
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to God, you're going to remember
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And so you give an offering at 
the beginning of those festivals

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or those weeks, and then you 
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of that which would be today. 
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Acts chapter 2 that they were 
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Pentecost, you have to remember 
these were Jews gathered 

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together. 
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God for some time. 
They had been waiting on God for

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a few days. 
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have to remember they were 
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God had done for them. 
So it was in an atmosphere of 

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Thanksgiving and remembrance 
that the Holy Spirit fell. 

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And I think this is a key 
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if you grew up in more of a 
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think we just call Holy Spirit 
come, Holy Spirit come, Holy 

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Spirit come. 
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now where the Holy Spirit comes.
He comes where people remember 

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God. 
He comes where people are 

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thankful and they remember all 
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That's what they were doing in 
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They weren't sitting around, 
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like they were not Buddhist, OK?
They were not Muslim. 

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These were New Testament 
believers and they were giving 

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thanks to God. 
They were remembering all that 

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he had done. 
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some description here that I 
pulled from the website Jews for

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Jesus to describe what this was 
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Once Israel was settled in the 
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sanctuary, an entire ritual 
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first fruits here with 
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instructed, we being the Jews, 
to take some of the first of our

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harvest. 
Place it in baskets. 

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We don't do baskets in church 
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relevant. 
Place it in baskets, take it to 

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the Tabernacle which was later 
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the priest as an act of worship 
and gratitude to God for the 

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land He gave us. 
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the beginning of the first of 
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It was a time to remember how 
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which was something not to be 
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Just as an individual might tell
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faith, so our ancestors 
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of the entire nation. 
This meant never forgetting 

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where they had come from in the 
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thankful in the present. 
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land was a gift from the Lord, 
and it was also an opportunity 

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to rejoice, to enjoy the fruit 
of the land, and yes, even to 

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party with family and with 
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So it's interesting to me that 
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So in the when you're 
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Pentecost, it's not just about a
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You know, let's just start 
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This is about giving thanks and 
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and they even brought an 
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What's interesting to me about 
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was a day they gave thanks for 
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from from their vantage point, 
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after Passover, 50 days after 
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out of Egypt. 
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the mountain. 
New Testament believers were in 

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the upper room and he was set 
apart and he's up there by 

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himself. 
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God showed up in fire. 
God showed up in thunderings, 

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and it was that fire that 
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So the Jews, they celebrate and 
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last day they celebrate that God
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on the mountain with Moses. 
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the book of Acts, on the day of 
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an upper place with what fire? 
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show open fire, but He inscribed
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Scripture prophesied. 
Scripture prophesied that there 

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would be a day where it would no
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tablets, but that His word would
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Or where did that happen? 
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So as more than just pray, pray,
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that was good. 
God was doing a work in there. 

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This is why those Christians who
skip the power and the the 

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anointing and the presence of 
the Holy Spirit, there is a gap 

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because there's a riding on you 
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There's a fire that has to come 
on you so that you're seared, so

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that you are changed so that 
something happens in you so that

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you now can take that that life 
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Are we all catching what I'm 
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So, so amazing that thousands of
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instances and yet God was 
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He was foreshadowing. 
He was foretelling with Moses, 

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but that wasn't the end game. 
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years ago with the early church,
that wasn't the end game either.

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And so I'm like catching these 
things and I'm like, Oh my 

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goodness. 
And I'm, I know other people's 

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other people have taught it. 
I've just never heard it. 

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And so I just, I felt like the 
Lord, before I even knew any of 

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this, had instructed me go over 
some of the testimony of Arise 

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Church today. 
And I was thinking in regards to

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Memorial Day. 
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let me look at the origins of 
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origins of Pentecost. 
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together, I'm like, Oh my gosh, 
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These are absolutely tied 
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So if you'll allow me, I feel 
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need to remember and give thanks
for what the Lord has done here.

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And then we're going to expect 
the Holy Spirit to fall again, 

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which empowers us for us to keep
going into what He has next and 

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what He has for us. 
So I brought a stool because I 

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thought, well, this is a little 
bit of story time and it'll help

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me stay focused and not preach 
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But you know, for some of you 
who are new, this is important 

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because you may not know how we 
got to where we are today in the

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life, in the, in the life flow 
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And so in the, in the Old 
Testament, God would command the

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older generation to tell the 
younger generation of all that 

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he had done. 
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Because they hadn't experienced 
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They weren't there when God 
delivered them out of Egypt. 

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They weren't there when the Red 
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They weren't there when Jericho,
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So he said, you got to remind 
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Because if you don't remind 
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They will forget. 
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serve other gods. 
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and the, the, the temptations 
will come and the other 

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opportunities will seem like 
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And he says those are the 
moments where you better 

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remember, remind to them. 
And so we're not unlike those 

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people. 
We need the same thing. 

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Have you ever noticed how it's 
easy to forget how good God's 

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been? 
In fact, as I was, as I've been 

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writing the book, I'm 
remembering testimonies and and 

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it's just been four years, so 
not mention my whole lifespan of

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ministry and walking with the 
Lord and all that he's done 

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there. 
So I'm like going through and 

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remembering. 
As I'm remembering, I get weepy.

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I get weepy because I'm like, 
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You have been so good to us and 
God forbid we ever become 

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entitled or or complaining or 
feeling like we did this 

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somehow. 
We did not do this. 

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I did not deliver me. 
He delivered me. 

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I did not save my own soul. 
He saved me. 

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I didn't heal anybody, He healed
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So I remember the story from 
Lily and I when it comes to this

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church actually started in 
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And I don't tell this story 
often, mainly because it's not 

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meant to to be a shame. 
It's meant to be a testimony 

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though. 
But in 2019, I was asked by the 

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district supervisor of that time
if I would consider moving from 

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our church in California to come
be senior pastor here of the 

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church that was at that time 
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Lily and I prayed and I felt the
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Go through the process. 
Go through the process. 

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That's all he said it wasn't 
it's all going to work out for 

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you. 
And he didn't give me indication

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of what was to come. 
All he said was go through the 

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process. 
So we went through the process 

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and it began to be very evident 
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hunt. 
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come check it out, check out the
church. 

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You know that we're going to get
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supervisor at the time, all of 
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So we told our family, Hey, this
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know, in, in our denomination, 
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unless it's probably going to 
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So we said, OK, so let's tell 
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We told our staff at we were at 
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the time. 
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We started to you know have our 
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this we were about to tell the 
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hours before the 1st service of 
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Sunday services. 
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night service, I'll never forget
where I was standing outside the

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sanctuary that church and the 
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said, hey, someone else has has 
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into the consideration. 
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need to allow that process to go
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And I was like, well, good to 
know because we're about to tell

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several thousand people, but you
know, the Lord immediately began

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to speak to me and said keep 
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know, your flesh gets involved. 
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mouth shut. 
And I remember the impression he

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didn't say this to me, but the 
impression was do not disqualify

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yourself because of your mouth. 
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going to keep our mouth shut. 
I told my parents that I said 

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we're going to keep our mouth 
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be disqualified. 
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going to happen over those next 
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They went with the other pastor.
OK, I knew the man and honestly,

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at that time, he had a great 
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So I'm like, makes sense to me. 
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so we just kind of thought, OK, 
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US knew that God was still 
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So an opportunity came up within
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into a role that brought us to 
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And we, we landed in Maryland 
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couple years. 
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pastor who was selected to come 
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rough time. 
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that's fine. 
And anyways, he had to go when I

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knew because I was working for 
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So I, I knew what was, what had 
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The Lord spoke very simply to me
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assignment. 
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mouths. 
We weren't mad at anybody here. 

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We weren't mad at anybody in the
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We hadn't said any words. 
We didn't curse anybody or cuss 

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anybody, nothing. 
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Yeah, you might want to relate 
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because this is this is church 
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But you can relate just to to 
work stuff too, because same God

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who's watching over all and he's
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And so sometimes you don't get 
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Kirsten and cussing and, you 
know, telling people what you 

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really think about it. 
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your qualification from 
potential promotion. 

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And so the Lord said, that's 
still your assignment. 

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So I restarted her supervisor. 
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person was not the the one who 
originally selected someone else

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here. 
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story and we went through the 
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knew. 
This time I knew. 

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And, and the Lord was gracious 
to me and Lilia. 

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He was gracious to this church. 
And we moved here four years 

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ago. 
And two weeks from now and two 

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weeks, it'll be 4 years since we
loaded up EU Haul and moved from

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Hagerstown, MD to Apex, NC. 
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call it Apex. 
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remembering some of these 
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It's been four years. 
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7, it says remember the days of 
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Consider the years of many 
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Ask your Father and he will show
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tell you when the Most High 
divided their inheritance to the

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nation's. 
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Adam, He set the boundaries of 
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number of the children of 
Israel, for the Lord's portion 

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is His people. 
Jacob is the place of his 

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inheritance. 
All of chapter 32 of Deuteronomy

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is the song of Moses. 
This is this is Moses singing 

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these things. 
But remember the days of old. 

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Remember the days of old. 
Now four years is not really the

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days of old. 
We can agree to that, but some 

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of you would just have no idea 
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had to go into place for us just
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to have the leadership that we 
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I also want to read out of 
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If you should say in your heart 
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I, how can I dispossessed them? 
You shall not be afraid of them,

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but you shall remember. 
But you shall remember well what

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the Lord your God did to Pharaoh
and to all Egypt, the great 

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trials which your eyes saw, the 
signs and the wonders, the 

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mighty hand in the outstretched 
arm by which the Lord your God 

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brought you out. 
So shall the Lord your God do to

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all the peoples of whom you are 
afraid. 

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Moreover, the Lord your God will
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Among them, oh, I love this. 
I I felt like the Lord said 

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include that one. 
Don't skip that one. 

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Moreover, the Lord will send the
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Listen until those who are left 
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you are destroyed. 
This is spiritual stuff, but you

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shall not be terrified of them 
for the Lord your God, the great

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and awesome God is among you. 
Glory to God. 

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I love the Scripture because 
it's saying when you're afraid 

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of people, remember who I am, 
when you're afraid of obstacles 

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you're facing, remember what 
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And so as we as a church keep 
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Lord says, look backwards. 
Remember his faithfulness, 

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remember what he's done. 
Remember how he's, how he has 

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prophesied, how he has provided 
all the things. 

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Remember well, that's not just 
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of us. 
What has the Lord done for you? 

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It might be good for you over 
the next day or two to as you 

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remember those who have given 
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this country and the same time 
remember the Lord and give 

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thanks to the Lord for he is 
good and the Bible says his 

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mercy endures forever. 
So he says when you're when you 

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when you do this, remember the 
great trials which your eyes saw

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the signs and the wonders, the 
mighty hand and the outstretched

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storm. 
I feel from the Lord like, and 

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this is this is part of an A 
correction and an instruction 

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correction is we don't remember 
enough. 

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We don't take time. 
See, God set festivals like the 

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Festival of weeks Pentecost so 
that they would multiple times 

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throughout the year remember 
him. 

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And he laid out the details of 
how to remember him, how to 

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bring an offering, how to give 
give back to him, how to honor 

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him, how to worship him. 
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Because he knew if you go too 
long, you will forget. 

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And in the time of forgetting 
you're going to slip and you're 

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going to do crazy stuff. 
And I felt from the Lord for us 

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like we need to have rhythms of 
remembrance, rhythms of where we

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come back and we say, look what 
the Lord has done. 

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In spite of our flaws, in spite 
of sometimes mistakes, in spite 

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of whatever, the Lord has been 
good, the Lord has been faithful

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to us. 
I remember in the early days of 

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our church, there was a lot of 
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pain. 
There was a lot of of things 

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that had to be overcome. 
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remember, though, is how God 
healed the soul of this church. 

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We sit in a very different 
sanctuary than the sanctuary I 

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started with four years ago. 
I remember our installation 

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service was was a dumpster fire 
because it was you weren't here,

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but it was. 
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stood up and she said, come on 
y'all, let's gather around them.

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Like we gathered around the last
pastor. 

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I'm like, I couldn't say it 
because I was the new guy, but 

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if, if I wanted to say no thank 
you, that didn't work. 

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But there was it was a lot going
on. 

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But you know what? 
I remember how God methodically 

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healed the soul of this church, 
healed its leaders, healed 

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their, their, the hurt places. 
How many of you can testify 

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because you were here, that God 
has healed the soul of this 

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church? 
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Keep your hand up. 
We say. 

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Thank you, Lord, for your work, 
for your spirit that's done this

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thing. 
We could not do it of ourselves.

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You did. 
We thank you for the servants 

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you sent, like Harriet and Bill 
Mauer who came and they sat with

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some of our team. 
I thank you for some of the 

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prayer times we had where we 
even came down here and we just 

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anointed things with oil and we 
said whatever's rooted down, 

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we're going to pluck it up. 
Thank you for it, Lord. 

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Thank you, Jesus. 
I thank you, Lord. 

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In fact, there were several 
particular leaders that were 

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healed, that were touched while 
they were here. 

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I'm going to be bold about even 
reminding us there was a service

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we got to have with Sydney and 
Peyton. 

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Stand up Sydney, so everybody 
sees you. 

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He's he's caring for his babies 
back there, but way better. 

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Everybody, this is Sydney. 
He's one of our assistant 

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pastors. 
And I remember they had been 

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wounded from what had happened 
and yet the Lord brought him 

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back here. 
And I remember just to there's 

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this lovely wife, Peyton with 
the stroller. 

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Awesome. 
They didn't have babies when I'm

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telling this story that the 
babies are new. 

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But I remember Sydney, I just 
felt like the Lord said, you 

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know, just give them 
opportunities and wanted to 

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bring them back through. 
And so I said, hey, Sydney, just

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for some extra cash, will you 
paint the offices? 

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Because we, we needed it, needed
some new paint colors. 

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I wasn't thinking spiritual. 
I wasn't thinking nothing except

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we needed things to be painted. 
And, you know, I thought it 

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would be good for him to be 
round and give him a little 

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extra cash. 
And, well, he told the story 

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about how just painting over was
like God started a minister. 

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And so he started crying as he's
painting the offices because it 

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was the new beginning. 
We have to remember those 

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things. 
And I want you all to remember 

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that, too. 
God's got a tremendous plan for 

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the two of you. 
Tremendous plan for you. 

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There are seeds in you that are 
greater than any of us know, but

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God knows and they're still 
there. 

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And you're doing exactly what 
you need to, both of you 

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nourishing and cherishing your 
precious family. 

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But we hadn't seen the last of 
y'all. 

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There's a lot of ministry down 
in there. 

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Thank you. 
You know, I remember the early 

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days. 
In fact, I went back to look and

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it was November of that first 
year, somebody in the church 

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approached me and said, you 
know, have you ever thought of 

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recovering and restriping the 
parking lot? 

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And I, and I said, you know, 
actually I just whispered to the

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Lord, I sometimes walk the 
property and pray. 

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At that time, I, I did it a lot 
because I felt like I need to 

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regain some spiritual things 
that needed to be addressed. 

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So, but one of the practical 
things I just kind of whispered 

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is like, Lord, I'd like to 
recover this and, and restripe 

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it and next year or two it might
need it again. 

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But at that time, I didn't know.
I didn't even know how much that

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kind of stuff costs. 
You know, you just, you don't 

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think about it. 
Well, somebody came and said, 

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have you considered? 
I said, yeah, you know, I just 

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actually prayed about it. 
He said, well, I'll take care of

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it. 
OK. 

450
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:18,600
So he did. 
He got a quote. 

451
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:24,240
It was about $22,000, and it was
covered and restriped and paid 

452
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:30,320
for it. 
Now, anybody who was around at 

453
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:36,080
that time knows that was a 
blessing because it wasn't going

454
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,120
to be something that I was going
to do within the first six 

455
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,200
months of being here. 
Like, you know what we ought to 

456
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,840
do. 
We ought to, you know, people 

457
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,640
would have probably they would 
have whipped me right out of 

458
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:50,560
this church, but the Lord knew 
it needed to be done and he 

459
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,760
found a faithful servant within 
our church that was obedient to 

460
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,360
say followed his own prompting 
of the Holy Spirit. 

461
00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,120
So I'm over here praying, 
they're over here hearing and 

462
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:03,280
God connected the dots. 
Well, that's the Lord. 

463
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,240
That's how this stuff works. 
That's why I'm testifying of it 

464
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,200
is because that's not a one and 
done instance. 

465
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:15,400
That has happened multiple times
here, multiple times, in fact. 

466
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,240
Within a short amount of time, 
different team members started 

467
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,840
to just make themselves known 
and available. 

468
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,120
Thank God for Dan and Diane 
Parker. 

469
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,840
Don't shake your head. 
They're so humble. 

470
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,240
But you know, Diane was the 
bookkeeper. 

471
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:41,400
Or actually she was. 
We had a bookkeeper, praise the 

472
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,600
Lord, but she worked with the 
bookkeeper. 

473
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,440
She did so much of the 
administration and she just saw 

474
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,080
us through all of that. 
When we need a consistency, 

475
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,840
Thank God she didn't peace out 
on me. 

476
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,120
She stuck right there. 
We met Dan. 

477
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,560
Dan knows more about this 
building than any human being. 

478
00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:03,080
Only God knows as much about 
this building as Dan knows. 

479
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,320
People will come and ask me what
about this? 

480
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:10,360
Then the other, I'll ask Dan, 
but thank God for that and thank

481
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,160
God they they that was God's 
provision, though that wasn't 

482
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,080
random. 
God provided people. 

483
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,480
I remember Beth Farrell came and
said, Hey, if whatever you need,

484
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,560
I'll, I can help you. 
I can help you assist you and 

485
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,360
and I said yes, please. 
And so God provided Beth Ferrell

486
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,960
in those early days to assist 
and she knew everybody. 

487
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,680
I didn't know anybody. 
So she was the face of the 

488
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,720
church when I was still building
trust and I was still building 

489
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,120
rapport with people. 
Thank God for her. 

490
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,680
I thank God for our church 
council at that time. 

491
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,480
Raise your hand if you're you've
been on the church council over 

492
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,960
the last four years, raise your 
hand real high. 

493
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,960
Come on, let's thank God for our
church council members. 

494
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:59,200
They made needful decisions 
throughout the four years and 

495
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,120
they did it with grace. 
They did it with care. 

496
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,920
They did it spirit LED. 
And I'm so thankful I've had the

497
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,920
best experience with our church 
council. 

498
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,720
I cannot speak higher of each 
person who has partnered with us

499
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,200
in that capacity. 
And so I just say thank God for 

500
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,120
them. 
But those folks were godsends. 

501
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,160
So it's important to remember 
this because otherwise 

502
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,240
entitlement will say, well, 
that's just the way it's, you 

503
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,040
know, it's just church. 
You know, entitlement is 

504
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,040
dismissive. 
It doesn't acknowledge 

505
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,040
sacrifice. 
It doesn't acknowledge what went

506
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,960
into thing for things to happen.
It just is like it's it's almost

507
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,880
like we deserved that. 
And I'm just going to tell you, 

508
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,880
I don't deserve any of it. 
I'm not that good. 

509
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,840
I'm not that good of a leader. 
I'm not that that anointed for 

510
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,440
that kind of favor. 
It's it's God's grace. 

511
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,360
Do you hear what I'm saying? 
Have we tried to be obedient? 

512
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,160
Yes, of course. 
Have we tried to be faithful? 

513
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,440
Absolutely. 
And I believe God does honor 

514
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,760
that. 
But at the end of the day, even 

515
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,520
the ability to do those things 
is His grace. 

516
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,200
Amen. 
Thank you, Lord. 

517
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,000
Thank you, Lord. 
You know, I, I just recall over 

518
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,680
the last few years, you know, 
just different families that 

519
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:18,920
have been reconciled. 
You know, I just thank the Lord 

520
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,040
that there's been family 
reconciliations. 

521
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,600
There's been moves of God among 
different families. 

522
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,520
So many of y'all are in this 
room and you've testified and 

523
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,600
you've told me God has done a 
work. 

524
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,360
Some of you are still standing. 
So it's good for you, for your 

525
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,680
family. 
So it's good for you to hear 

526
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,360
that God's done it for others 
and he'll do it for you. 

527
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,080
You may be new into this walk of
faith. 

528
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:44,160
And I, I can tell you there have
been works of reconciliation in 

529
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,840
this church among families. 
In fact, raise your hand if 

530
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,200
you've seen that work in your 
own family in the last few 

531
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,120
years. 
Raise it and wave it mine. 

532
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,560
I'm raising mine and waving it. 
And I thank you, Lord, because 

533
00:31:55,560 --> 00:32:00,160
you know how much prayer 
collectively we targeted our 

534
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,400
families with. 
And you know what? 

535
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,840
The Lord's still at work. 
He's still at work. 

536
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:11,120
You know, my, I, I part of what 
I recall to mind in the last 

537
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,360
four years is my brother-in-law 
has gotten radically born again.

538
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,320
He still lives in California. 
But this week, I mean, not only 

539
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,280
is he born again, he's full of 
the Holy Spirit. 

540
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,440
I know he is because this week 
he called me on a day I needed 

541
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,800
and he said, hey, brother, I 
just felt this morning like I 

542
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,320
needed to call you and tell you 
how much I love you and how 

543
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,960
proud I am of you and how I'm 
just so thankful to God for you.

544
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,440
And all of these things were 
just a few years ago. 

545
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,720
He was like, he was, he would 
ridicule and he would blast 

546
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,680
Christianity and he would make 
fun of my wife. 

547
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,880
He would do all of those things.
And now he is not only born 

548
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,400
again encouraging me, but also 
in the last few days he called 

549
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,400
and he, he and I are basically 
in coercion together to bring 

550
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,800
full reconciliation to the whole
family. 

551
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,920
So now we're in cahoots 
together, Holy Ghost cahoots to 

552
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,600
redeem and to restore and to 
heal wounds that have been he 

553
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:14,280
called generational. 
This is my atheist 

554
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,840
brother-in-law from just a few 
years ago is now born again Holy

555
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:27,950
Ghost generational cursor 
breaker in Jesus name. 

556
00:33:27,950 --> 00:33:30,550
Now I know how they got full of 
the Holy Ghost when they started

557
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:34,550
to remember what the Lord has 
done because that's the kind of 

558
00:33:34,550 --> 00:33:36,430
stuff that will make me run 
around this church. 

559
00:33:42,070 --> 00:33:46,320
I think the Lord that we've seen
different people walk through 

560
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:51,000
their health journeys and all 
the way to healing and recovery 

561
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,000
and to wholeness. 
In fact, raise your hand if 

562
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,120
you've received healing in the 
last three or four years, just 

563
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,400
raise your hand and wave it. 
Look at that, look at that, look

564
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,920
at unprompted. 
I'm not paying them after the 

565
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,480
service. 
Come on. 

566
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,880
Some of the nonsense you see 
online nowadays, like there's 

567
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,520
some sort of conspiratorial 
issue or we just coerce people. 

568
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,120
No, God healed me. 
Raise your hand again. 

569
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,639
We thank you, Lord, for healing 
our bodies. 

570
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:25,000
Thank you, Lord, that you are 
the one who heals our diseases. 

571
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:29,600
Every sickness, every kind of 
disease. 

572
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,400
I thank you for it, Lord, and I 
thank you that you've done it 

573
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,199
for one. 
You will do it for others, Lord,

574
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,159
that this is a House of healing.
We've declared it so and it will

575
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:44,280
continue to be so in Jesus name.
Thank you for the increase of 

576
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:49,360
anointing for healing Lord glory
to God. 

577
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:55,199
This I recall to mind and I am 
persuaded glory to God. 

578
00:34:55,639 --> 00:35:01,320
I love you Lord Thank you Lord. 
Thank you Lord thank you Lord. 

579
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,080
I, you know I celebrate some of 
the growth we've seen in our 

580
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:08,960
next Gen. ministries. 
I, if I'm not mistaken, a first 

581
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:13,440
Sunday Lily and I were here, 
there was 4 kids in the ministry

582
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:19,560
and three of them were ours and 
the other one was the worship 

583
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:24,480
pastor's kid. 
But you know, we start with four

584
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,280
kids now every Sunday we have 
between 25 and 30 kids back 

585
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:34,160
there while we're sitting here. 
That's that's zero years old to 

586
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:38,160
5th grade. 
We went from 4 to 25 to 30 and 

587
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,280
we're just getting started. 
Those I'm I bless the Lord for 

588
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:46,040
it because he who brought us 
from 4 to 30 will take us from 

589
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,720
30 to 300 right? 
Why? 

590
00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:53,840
Because there is a next 
generation that absolutely needs

591
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,840
the Lord. 
And my conviction has been is 

592
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,320
that the greatest key to this 
community is reach the next Gen.

593
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,920
reach the children and you'll 
reach the parents and the 

594
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,560
grandparents and the aunties and
the uncles and some of y'all are

595
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,120
here because your kids like to 
be here. 

596
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:13,480
And so you'll suffer through, 
you know, and then the Lord gets

597
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,200
you. 
I love the Lord. 

598
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,920
He's strategic. 
He knows the way to to hook you 

599
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:24,120
and pull you in like a big fish.
Glory to God, I thank the Lord 

600
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,560
because we've seen tremendous 
fruitfulness in our youth 

601
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,040
ministry, our youth ministry, 
and, and we have a wonderful 

602
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:37,720
youth pastor, Crystal Steinbeck.
She's back there in the booth 

603
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:43,480
playing double duty. 
But now every Sunday night at 

604
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,280
6:00 PM we've got a great group 
of youth, including two of my 

605
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,520
own, soon to be all three of 
mine here learning and loving on

606
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,000
the Lord. 
And in two months we're going to

607
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,040
send 19 minimum because that's 
how how many are signed up now. 

608
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,600
But there's still spots 
available 19 to youth camp. 

609
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,560
Let's make it 20 by the end of 
today. 

610
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:11,480
Amen. 
When we came, we started back up

611
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,680
young adults ministry and ever 
since then we've started to see 

612
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,120
more and more young adults 
coming. 

613
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,760
We've had different ones serve 
in the capacity of helping to 

614
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,720
lead the young adults and I'm so
thankful for them. 

615
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:31,160
And now every every Friday 
night, 6-7 PMI got to get my 

616
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,520
number straight. 7:00 PM. 
We have between 15 and 20 young 

617
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,000
adults and we sit around and we 
have Bible study and we have 

618
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,640
dinner together and we enjoy 
fellowship and worship together.

619
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,920
And we have a team now, a great 
team of people. 

620
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,400
And so let's thank the Lord for 
the growth. 

621
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,320
And next Gen. the Lord has done 
this. 

622
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,440
Not only has next Gen. grown, 
but I thank the Lord our adult 

623
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:01,760
services have grown. 
I've added chairs three times. 

624
00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:06,240
And so I keep adding chairs and 
I go around and I pray Lord fill

625
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:09,360
these chairs. 
And there's plenty of chairs to 

626
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,000
be filled still. 
And you know what I don't do? 

627
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,080
I don't look around and say, 
man, there's a lot of empty 

628
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:15,640
chairs. 
I said, oh, no, there's chairs 

629
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,040
to be filled, and they will be 
filled. 

630
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,760
I use my words to fill them, 
right? 

631
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,640
And I blessed them. 
But, you know, when we first 

632
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,720
came, it was about 60 people. 
That included everybody. 

633
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:32,560
And as Joe Ellen would do at the
local bar church, he adds dogs. 

634
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,520
I wanted to add dogs. 
I wanted to say, anybody got 

635
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,720
dogs here? 
Let's add them in anybody with 

636
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:42,640
child will will add them to, you
know, just add them all in. 

637
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,840
You know, you remember we came 
from a Church of thousands of 

638
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:47,440
people. 
And so it's like, all right, 

639
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,400
thank you, Lord, we got the 
remnant. 

640
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,960
We got the remnant. 
This this property, if you don't

641
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,640
know, it was built about 30 
years ago and it just under 30 

642
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,040
years ago. 
And it was built when a church 

643
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,640
for a Church of about 1000 
people. 

644
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,640
And just through a lot of 
different things, you know, it 

645
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,920
declined. 
But we're not declining anymore 

646
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,480
and we're going to keep 
increasing. 

647
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,320
Why? 
Because when I drive around this

648
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:21,200
neighborhoods and I see massive 
temples, it's in idols being 

649
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,760
built. 
I know our job is far from done 

650
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,120
and we're not giving up 
territory. 

651
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,800
We're going to take territory 
and we're going to, we're going 

652
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,920
to by love and by the power of 
the Holy Spirit, we're going to 

653
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:40,240
see many people saved and 
delivered and set free in Jesus 

654
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,160
name. 
That's a good place for an Amen.

655
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:47,160
There's work to be done, there's
work to be and, and by the grace

656
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,720
of God, we're well positioned. 
We're full of the Holy Spirit. 

657
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,040
We function in the gifts of the 
Spirit. 

658
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,720
We're discerning, we're healthy.
So when the unhealthy come in, 

659
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,520
we know what to do. 
We're not triggered, you know, 

660
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,760
like we're not. 
We don't freak out because 

661
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:09,520
somebody with their past and 
their own things going on, bring

662
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:10,960
it in. 
We're like, oh, no, no, this is 

663
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,720
the right place to be. 
You know, I think the Lord for a

664
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,800
young man named Skyler, and I 
don't see him, but there's a 

665
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,480
young man named Skyler who he 
came early on and the Lord's 

666
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,560
done a tremendous work in his 
life. 

667
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,600
And when he came in, we loved 
him and just everybody scooped 

668
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:29,200
him up. 
Why? 

669
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,480
Because if there's any place 
where someone needs healing and 

670
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,800
restoration, they should be 
right here and they should be 

671
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,560
comfortable to be here. 
Amen. 

672
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,680
There's many more scholars out 
there that the Lord wants. 

673
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,440
And all of these empty seats, 
seats to be set free in Jesus 

674
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,680
name. 
Thank you, Lord, Thank you Lord.

675
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,640
You know, I want to just 
acknowledge too, by the grace of

676
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,280
God, there's been multiple 
families that have moved to 

677
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,560
North Carolina, not for jobs, 
not because the economy is 

678
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:03,720
better, not because California 
is crazy, though it is or New 

679
00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:05,840
York is crazy. 
You know, there's, but there 

680
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,880
have been multiple families that
have moved here. 

681
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:16,320
First of all, I felt like I want
to honor my mom and dad, my mom 

682
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,720
and my dad. 
If you haven't met my mom, you 

683
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:24,440
will hear my mom in the service,
in the service of the Lord. 

684
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:30,040
She's the she's my Amen corner. 
But they were senior pastors in 

685
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,760
Greensboro and they resigned 
their church to come partner 

686
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,240
with me and Lilia. 
Now let's let me just be honest 

687
00:41:37,240 --> 00:41:41,560
with you. 
It was first the grandkids, then

688
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:47,280
it was y'all, but the Lord 
called them we. 

689
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,920
They could have moved to 
California, but there wasn't 

690
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,200
time. 
But they when when they knew we 

691
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,280
were going to pass their first 
up in Maryland and then down 

692
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:59,680
here, they resigned their senior
pastor to come and and serve 

693
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,120
under their son. 
That requires honor. 

694
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:11,080
So can we thank them again now? 
We literally all live together. 

695
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:17,600
So thank the Lord. 
And it was my dad's birthday a 

696
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,640
couple days ago. 
So happy birthday. 

697
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:28,800
I want to, I want to thank 
several other families like Ryan

698
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,800
and Francesca Philippi, because 
in Brooklyn, who's sitting by 

699
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:37,400
them, they were in California. 
They literally heard from 

700
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,840
someone else. 
We were being considered for a 

701
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,960
pastor in North Carolina. 
It wasn't even the ink hadn't 

702
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,400
even dried and they were here 
looking at properties, finding a

703
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,960
house and they were so in 
because God moved them. 

704
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:54,640
He prompted them come, come join
Ty and Lilia at this church. 

705
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,960
And so they got a rental before 
we got a rental. 

706
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,920
And that's faith. 
They moved by faith. 

707
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:07,040
And now Ryan has a great job 
over at the Apex Toyota and is 

708
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:12,120
killing it. 
So if you need a car, you know 

709
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,320
where to go. 
But that's favor the Arevalos 

710
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,840
tribe. 
This whole front row over here, 

711
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:26,760
Rob and Yoli and Nathan and Tori
and Michael, they sacrificed to 

712
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,240
be here. 
They gave up a lot. 

713
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:34,960
They they left other family 
members in California. 

714
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:36,760
Now they've got one in 
Tennessee. 

715
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,760
The Lord sees all that he is not
mocked. 

716
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,040
Whatever a man shows that he 
will also reap. 

717
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,520
And they've sowed into our 
church and they keep sowing into

718
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,960
our church, including, and I 
already said her, but including 

719
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,760
Tori and Michael. 
Tori was helping us lead worship

720
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,840
on her own for the first time 
for several months and just 

721
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:01,280
killed it and just blessed us 
for all those months. 

722
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,560
So we thank you, Tori. 
I mentioned them, but Crystal 

723
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:12,000
and Zack Steinbeck, they moved 
from the mountains of 

724
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,240
California. 
Crystal was helping us sort out 

725
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:17,160
our bookkeeping. 
And I was on a call with her one

726
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,640
day and I'd known her before and
had connected her, her husband 

727
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,360
just connected with what the 
Lord was doing in me. 

728
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:29,280
And so one day I asked her, I 
said, Crystal, have you guys 

729
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,840
like, what's next for you? 
Like, what are you guys thinking

730
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,280
about, you know, with the 
ministry? 

731
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,600
I said, would you pray about 
moving to North Carolina? 

732
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:40,000
And at first I just asked her to
pray about coming and serving 

733
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,280
this role, helping with 
services, Zach, helping with our

734
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:48,400
tech team and whatnot. 
And they they up and resigned 

735
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,680
their job at a Foursquare camp 
and started plowing full steam 

736
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,840
ahead to move here. 
It's now been two years. 

737
00:44:56,280 --> 00:45:00,280
It'll be two years next month. 
And, and then while they were 

738
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,440
planning on the move and 
everything was getting in order,

739
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:04,800
I said, Crystal, would you pray 
about being our youth pastor? 

740
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:06,840
Because that opportunity opened 
up. 

741
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,200
And I it was the godsend because
she had a lot of years of 

742
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,720
experience in youth pastoring. 
And so thank you, Lord. 

743
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:17,160
They came not again because of a
job, but now Zach works for NC 

744
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,400
State and has so much faith, 
faith there. 

745
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:25,120
And we forgive him that he's 
part of the Wolfpack, but he has

746
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:29,920
favor. 
But you know what, where we can 

747
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,200
agree is anybody but Duke. 
That's what we can agree on. 

748
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,040
We will find a place of 
agreement. 

749
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,320
I thank the Lord for the Silva's
who moved across country. 

750
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,400
Now, the Silva's literally, I 
don't recommend it, but this is 

751
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,080
what they did. 
They loaded up their car. 

752
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,360
They called us. 
Now, we knew they were praying 

753
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:52,840
about it. 
I didn't know the timing. 

754
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,160
And they called us and we're 
like, we're on our way. 

755
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,000
What do you mean you're on your 
way? 

756
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,800
Well, we're in the car and we're
headed out of California. 

757
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,680
Oh, where'd you get a place? 
We don't know yet. 

758
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,480
We don't know yet. 
OK, That's faith. 

759
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,080
That's Abraham faith. 
Like, go to the place. 

760
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,120
I will show you. 
I'll show you when you get to 

761
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,040
North Carolina, the place. 
But you know what they did? 

762
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,280
And now they have a beautiful 
home, Michael or not Michael. 

763
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:24,200
George has a wonderful job with 
Orkin. 

764
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,360
And now he's recruited several 
other men in our church to be at

765
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,520
the same company. 
And they're all being blessed. 

766
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,320
Hello. 
Just too many details for 

767
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,160
everybody. 
No, because I'm, I'm telling you

768
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,560
what God's at work doing, but we
don't, I don't even have time on

769
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,520
Sundays to tell you what's 
happening. 

770
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,360
I don't, I I'm trying to keep 
track with what the Lord's 

771
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,480
called me to, to minister and to
preach. 

772
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:50,680
That's relevant. 
But on today when I'm 

773
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:54,280
remembering, I remember. 
And then just this month, we 

774
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:59,040
have Tim and JJ Versalono. 
To. 

775
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,560
Now it's two months, now this 
week is 2 months and they 

776
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,640
resigned their senior pastor to 
be a part of our church. 

777
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,560
And I don't make a big deal of 
these things because we all 

778
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,800
sacrificed. 
But they sacrificed even 

779
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:18,080
financially, all kinds of stuff.
There's no big package here yet.

780
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,600
In fact, everybody, I think I've
asked them to come before we 

781
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:27,320
talk anything about money 
because I'm like I, I cannot be 

782
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,040
your provider, but God will be 
your provider. 

783
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:33,760
And I'll well as best as I can 
do right by God for you with our

784
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,200
church. 
And our church council helps me 

785
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:39,240
make those decisions as well. 
But there are many others whom 

786
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,600
you may not have come and 
originally for a rise church, 

787
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,240
but God has brought you here. 
In fact, raise your hand if 

788
00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:47,240
you've started attending here 
within the last four years, 

789
00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:52,080
raise your hand. 
Look at God, look at God. 

790
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:57,560
And we're so glad you're here. 
We're so glad you're here. 

791
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:00,840
We're so glad you're here. 
And as as integral as some of 

792
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:05,600
these folks are, so are you. 
We needed you and we still need 

793
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,240
you, and there are many more to 
come. 

794
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,120
May the Lord bring everybody He 
wants to be here. 

795
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,200
What he's doing is 
extraordinary. 

796
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,440
I'm thankful. 
And I remember over the last few

797
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:23,200
years that we've had clarity, a 
vision we have, we know what our

798
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:26,160
mission is, discipling 
generations to arise now. 

799
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:31,600
And the Lord has increased us in
multiple ways, including our 

800
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:35,400
finances. 
My first month, actually the 

801
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,880
prior to, before my first month,
I'll start with April 2022 

802
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,040
because that's what I was 
agreeing to enter into our month

803
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,000
income that month I looked was 
$16,700. 

804
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:50,120
Now I'll remind you our mortgage
was $9100. 

805
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,640
No one went, oh, come on, I wish
somebody would capture that. 

806
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:59,240
Total income for this whole 
place was $16,700. 

807
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,520
Ninety 100 of it was spoken for.
That's not the electricity, 

808
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:06,000
that's not the insurance, that's
not all the other things. 

809
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,600
That's what we said yes to by 
faith. 

810
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:14,040
By faith, I had people saying, 
oh, you're going to a great 

811
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,400
church in Apex. 
And you know what? 

812
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:19,480
By faith I knew it was a great 
church, but at the moment it was

813
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,400
a fallen knife. 
Financially it was. 

814
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:25,320
It was. 
But you know what? 

815
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:38,200
In March of 2026 our total 
income was $96,000 and in April 

816
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:43,000
2026 our total income was 
$894,000. 

817
00:49:51,870 --> 00:49:56,840
Only God can do stuff like this 
and we paid off our mortgage 

818
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:02,560
that when I first came the 
balance was $1.35 million and it

819
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:11,480
is now stands at 0 zero. 
Look at what the Lord has done. 

820
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:18,640
I would falter to recall to mind
all the Knights of worship we 

821
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:24,000
had, the Knights of healings 
we've had, the new marriages 

822
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:28,320
we've had Hallelujah, the new 
babies that have been born. 

823
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,480
How many of you have had a baby 
in the last four years? 

824
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:35,880
Raise your hand. 
Come on, somebody praise the 

825
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,200
Lord. 
There's you know what? 

826
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:41,720
I just saw a lot of middle-aged 
people go, no, I don't receive 

827
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:43,360
that. 
I'm not talking to y'all talk 

828
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,360
about the I'm talking about the 
baby Havers. 

829
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,160
We love. 
We love weddings and babies. 

830
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:56,480
Praise the Lord in that order. 
Weddings, then babies, but we've

831
00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,640
had many battles. 1 you know, 
second Timothy chapter one verse

832
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,720
5 says when I recall, when I 
call to remember, it's the 

833
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:07,200
genuine faith that is in you 
which dwelt first in your 

834
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,880
grandmother Lois and your mother
Eunice and I am persuaded as in 

835
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:14,160
you also. 
It's in you. 

836
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:19,480
Therefore I remind you to stir 
up the gift of God, which is in 

837
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:21,040
you through the laying on of my 
hands. 

838
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,920
For God has not given us the 
spirit of fear, but of power and

839
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:30,760
of love and a sound mind. 
Revelation chapter 12, verse 11.

840
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:34,160
And they overcame him, the 
adversary by the blood of the 

841
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,120
Lamb and the word of their 
testimony, and they did not love

842
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:41,640
their lives to the death, and in
Revelation 1910 says worship 

843
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,920
God. 
For the testimony of Jesus is 

844
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:48,240
the spirit of prophecy. 
So as I've been recalling to 

845
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:52,280
mind, as I've been reminding us 
of who God has been to this 

846
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:56,880
church, I sense the spirit of 
prophecy, of what is to come. 

847
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,720
This has just been Foundation 
Lane. 

848
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:04,120
And it's in this atmosphere of 
remembrance, of recalling to 

849
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,840
mind that I welcome God to fill 
this place. 

850
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:11,080
In fact, let's all stand to our 
feet and I've recalled to mind 

851
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,800
things just this church, but I 
hope you've remembered for you. 

852
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,720
What has the Lord done for you 
in just the last three or four 

853
00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:19,880
years? 
Maybe in the last three or four 

854
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:24,880
months, what you used to wipe 
the floor with in prayer has 

855
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:29,280
been answered. 
So now can you wipe the floor 

856
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:31,200
and praise now that he's 
answered it? 

857
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:33,920
Or are we entitled? 
I don't think so. 

858
00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:38,920
It is good to give thanks to the
Lord and to give praises to His 

859
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:44,080
name, for you are good and your 
mercy endorse forever. 

860
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:48,400
I bless your name, Lord, for all
of the work you have done here. 

861
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,840
Lord, I bless your name for all 
of the miracles. 

862
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:55,000
Lord, I bless your name for all 
of the provision. 

863
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,520
Lord, I bless your name for the 
weddings and the babies. 

864
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,640
I bless your name for the 
callings that have happened. 

865
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:05,120
I bless your name for the 
healings and the restorations 

866
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,880
that have happened. 
I bless your name for the family

867
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:09,640
reconciliations that have 
happened. 

868
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:13,960
I blessed your name that you 
have done a good work here and 

869
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,120
you're going to keep doing a 
good work here. 

870
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:21,000
I blessed your high name to Lord
today, Lord, glory to the name 

871
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,200
of Jesus. 
Glory to the name of the Lord 

872
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:27,040
Jesus. 
Come on, let praise just erupt 

873
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:30,920
out of this place today. 
Let praise just erupt out of 

874
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:33,600
this place. 
You have been good to me, Lord. 

875
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:38,720
You have been good to me, Lord. 
Oh, I blessed your name, Lord. 

876
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:44,320
I glorify your name, Lord. 
Oh, it is you who have done it. 

877
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:48,440
It is you who have performed it.
It is you who have done it, 

878
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,080
Lord. 
I blessed you, I blessed you. 

879
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:51,960
I blessed you. 
I blessed you, I blessed you, I 

880
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,280
bless you. 
Oh, I love your name, Lord. 

881
00:53:55,960 --> 00:54:00,400
Oh, I love your name, Lord. 
There is no one like you, Lord. 

882
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:07,400
No one like you, Lord. 
Rakando roto Locoho. 

883
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,120
I love you, Lord. 
I bless you, Lord. 

884
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,400
Oh, you've been so good to me, 
Lord. 

885
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,760
You've been so good to me, Lord.
You've been so good to me, Lord.

886
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:22,520
You've been so good to arise 
church, Lord, and I thank you 

887
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,400
for it. 
Lord, I pray for any and every 

888
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:29,640
person that's going through a. 
Great trial right now, a great 

889
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:35,240
sifting and testing, and I pray 
that as we've recalled and 

890
00:54:35,240 --> 00:54:39,960
recounted these testimonies, 
that faith would arise in their 

891
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:43,800
heart. 
That he who promised is faithful

892
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:46,440
and he is well able to perform 
it. 

893
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:53,960
I pray that wherever hope has 
felt like it slipped, I pray 

894
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:56,640
that it would be snatched back 
in Jesus name. 

895
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That hope would arise in our 
hearts. 

896
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,200
That faith would arise in our 
hearts. 

897
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:12,360
That the same God that turn this
church around is the same God 

898
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:15,720
that'll turn your family around.
I believe it in the name of 

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00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:18,600
Jesus. 
The same God who turned the 

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00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:22,440
finances of this church around 
is the same God that'll turn 

901
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:25,760
your personal finances around in
Jesus name. 

902
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:38,160
Oh yes, the same God that paid 
off this mortgage is the same. 

903
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:41,000
God, that'll pay off your 
mortgage. 

904
00:55:46,290 --> 00:55:48,050
Oh. 
Yes, yes, yes. 

905
00:55:49,090 --> 00:55:54,290
The same God who healed people 
all over this church is the same

906
00:55:54,290 --> 00:55:58,410
God who will heal your body and 
heal your diseases. 

907
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,280
The same God that set others 
free from addictions and 

908
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:08,360
patterns and habits and loose 
them from the bonds of sin is 

909
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:12,440
the same God that'll loose you 
and let you go. 

910
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:18,080
Glory to God. 
Thank you, Lord, thank. 

911
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,560
You, Lord, thank you. 
Lord, you know I made a 

912
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:23,040
profession earlier this week 
that I'm going to make to you 

913
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right now in front of God and 
everybody. 

914
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:29,000
We are not going back. 
We are not going back. 

915
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,160
We are not going back. 
We are not going back. 

916
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:34,520
We've taken ground by the grace 
of God, and we're not going 

917
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:35,760
back. 
We're going forward. 

918
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:39,240
We're going to take more ground.
And here's what I want to ask 

919
00:56:39,240 --> 00:56:40,840
you to wrap your faith around 
with me. 

920
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,960
I'm praying that an evangelistic
spirit hits this church. 

921
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,760
What do I mean that we're going 
to see more salvations. 

922
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,520
I love healings. 
I love all of that. 

923
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:58,280
I love being people being 
delivered, but what is all that 

924
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:00,720
for except that the soul be 
saved? 

925
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:05,200
So would you agree with me that 
part of what's ahead is souls 

926
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:08,200
being saved on a daily and 
weekly basis? 

927
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:12,000
Thank you, Lord, we agree for 
that, Lord, in the name of 

928
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,600
Jesus. 
I also want to acknowledge one 

929
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:19,080
of the testimonies is now we're 
not just here, but we've got 

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00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:23,040
house churches watching us here 
in North Carolina, in Tennessee,

931
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:26,160
and in Indiana. 
Come on, let's thank God for 

932
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:29,440
them. 
And I just declare over you what

933
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:33,520
I'm prophesying here is for you 
and everybody gathered in your 

934
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,720
home today in Jesus name and 
everyone watching online. 

935
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,680
So Father, we thank you for your
work at our Rice church. 

936
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:45,840
I thank you that these are just 
the beginning of days of a great

937
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:50,560
outpouring for this area. 
Help us to not miss it. 

938
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:54,040
Help us to be right under the 
spout where the glory comes out.

939
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,160
We pray in Jesus name. 
Would you say Amen and clap your

940
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:00,960
hands in agreement? 
Amen and Amen and Amen and Amen 

941
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:06,480
and Amen. 
Well, I kept you overtime today,

942
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,760
but I'm not sorry because it is 
good to give thanks to the Lord.

943
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,480
But before you leave, at least 
find a few people and just tell 

944
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:16,560
them I'm thankful for you too. 
Go and tell everybody around you

945
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:18,080
I'm thankful for you. 
God bless you. 

946
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:20,320
We love you. 
Have a great Sunday. 

947
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,720
We want to thank you again for 
joining us for the Arise Church 

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00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:28,840
podcast. 
We hope you were encouraged by 

949
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:30,640
what you heard today. 
You can find 

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00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:35,440
us.online@arisechurchn-c.com and
on Instagram at Arise Church NC.

951
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,840
If you need prayer or support or
are interested in learning more 

952
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:42,520
about Arise Church, we encourage
you to connect with us online or

953
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:44,560
in person at our Sunday morning 
service. 

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00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,120
Thank you and God bless.