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All right, my Bible in 365, 
brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the book of Numbers 
and this one has created a lot 

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of internal conflict for me 
because I think I'm going to 

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take a completely different 
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been taking for this book. 
And actually kind of a different

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route that I've been taking for 
all the other books, because the

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Book of Numbers represents a 
phenomenal lesson that we can 

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learn through tremendous 
tragedy. 

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And when I say tremendous 
tragedy, I mean terrible 

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tragedy. 
Now, I want to just explain this

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because it's important. 
You have to understand the 

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premise behind this book in 
order to be able to grasp the 

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lesson that the children of 
Israel had to learn so that you 

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don't have to learn it 
experientially. 

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And this one is a big deal. 
So let's do this. 

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Let's go over the sort of big 
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and then we'll start drilling 
down into so many of the 

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important lessons that we can 
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First and foremost, Numbers, 
literally you guys is the story 

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of people who were very close to
the Promised land but never 

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entered into it because of 
unbelief. 

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I think this is the story of our
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I think that our younger 
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they can't buy a home, they 
can't do these things, they 

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can't move to the next step 
because they're listening to the

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voices of liars. 
In reality, nothing has ever 

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been easier than it is today in 
this time for young people to do

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all of those things. 
But the enemy wants to poison 

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the minds of so many people 
through unbelief. 

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So the book captures literally 
what I believe to be one of the 

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greatest tragedies that you will
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Bible, quite frankly, maybe even
the whole Old Testament. 

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I can tell this right now. 
It's so important because we do 

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see some tragedies that are big 
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Testament. 
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Look, an entire generation stood
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but literally died in the 
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to trust in God. 
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record of a generation that 
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would not believe God's word. 
And that is so sad. 

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The lesson of the book is super 
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It is centered around the idea 
that seeing God's miracles 

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doesn't automatically produce 
faith if you don't know how to 

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translate it into the future. 
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important. 
So the central theme of numbers 

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can be summarized in one phrase.
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It is the tragedy of unbelief. 
God delivered the nation from 

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Israel. 
I just said from Israel. 

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God delivered the nation of 
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Man, can you tell it's been a 
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He brought them through the Red 
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He provided manna from heaven. 
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cloud by day and fire by night. 
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Yet they arrived at the border 
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refused to believe God and go 
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Literally 12 spies go to like 
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And only two of them said we 
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unbelief. 
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in the wilderness. 
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repetitive, but I feel the need 
to say it again and again and 

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again and again. 
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understand the Book of Numbers 
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about two different generations.
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which is the one that came out 
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And this was a generation that 
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miracles of the Exodus. 
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that refused to trust God at 
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And there's a story about that 
that is so remarkable that you 

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could learn so much from. 
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they died literally in the 
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What a tragedy. 
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generation. 
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that grew up during the 
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This is the generation of young 
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older generation was literally 
running around in the wilderness

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because they did not obey or 
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This generation was prepared to 
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the end of the book, the new 
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at the border of the land ready 
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So the Book of Numbers is really
the story of the death of one 

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generation, an unbelieving 
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of another. 
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understand numbers is to follow 
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nation. 
It's really easy when you do it 

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this way. 
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That's not a hard picture to be 
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If you think about Egypt and to 
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to the east, you are in the 
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about modern day Egypt today. 
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prepared for the journey, and 
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wilderness. 
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wilderness. 
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rebellion, complaining, and 
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And folks, I want to make myself
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through the wilderness in 
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they didn't do it. 
That's the tragedy, OK? 

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Because of their disobedience, 
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And then they end up in the 
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Now, the book ends here at the 
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the area that overseas the 
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generation is now prepared to 
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by Caleb and Yeshua, or more 
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Not more likely, more 
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Very, very important leaders and
the move movement of the whole 

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book is from Sinai through the 
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promised land. 
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frame all of all of numbers. 
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redundant, but I want you to 
feel the redundancy of what I'm 

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saying. 
I'm doing this on purpose. 

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I want you to feel the swirling 
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around and not moving anywhere 
because that is the core of the 

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spiritual lesson of the book. 
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there is a very powerful 
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The people repeatedly fail, but 
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The people complain, the people 
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believe. 
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He provides mana for them. 
He provides water for them. 

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He protects the nation. 
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And the book of Numbers 
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It reveals the contrast between 
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faithfulness, which is why I can
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that God is not done with Israel
as of yet, even in in the modern

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day. 
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that really captures the book, 
there is one passage that really

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summarizes the tragedy of 
Numbers very, very clearly. 

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It is found in Numbers chapter 
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It starts in verse 22, and I'm 
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verse 23. 
It says this because all those 

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men which have seen my glory and
my miracles which I did in Egypt

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and in the wilderness, and have 
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and have not hearken to my 
voice, surely they shall not see

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the land which I swore unto 
their fathers, neither shall any

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of them that provoked me see it.
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How sad is that? 
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This is the statement that 
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happened at Cadish Barnia, which
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And you can actually go through 
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of Numbers where I actually talk
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But it's really interesting 
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refusing to enter the land 
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They were scared of what the 
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And it goes a lot deeper than 
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And the story is a deeply 
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the consequence that happened, 
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respect to the consequence that 
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You think I'm a little tired? 
Look you guys, God declares that

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the generation that saw his 
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into the promised land because 
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him. 
Guys, look, numbers can be 

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pictured and this sounds 
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This sounds terrible, but 
numbers can be pictured as a 

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funeral March in the desert. 
Literally for 40 years, an 

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entire generation slowly dies in
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The people who left Egypt never 
enter the land, and by the end 

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of the book, a new generation is
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promised land again. 
And the story is tragic, but it 

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also prepares the way for the 
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history, led by a generation 
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the land but weren't because of 
the older generation who who 

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just refused to believe is a 
very powerful spiritual warning 

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here, and it's one that we all 
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And it's one of the most 
sobering lessons of the book. 

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You can be delivered from Egypt 
and still die in the wilderness 

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if you refuse to trust God. 
Let me say that again. 

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You can be delivered from Egypt 
and still die in the wilderness 

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if you refuse to trust in the 
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The people experience God's 
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they never entered the promises 
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in His word. 
Numbers therefore becomes a 

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warning about the danger of 
unbelief that was in your fault.

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But this is what I beg of you, 
Please don't fall in that 

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category. 
Please don't fall in the 

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category of unbelief. 
Please allow yourself to be 

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given to a place of complete and
total trust in the God of 

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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 
Why? 

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Because there's so much He wants
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He wants to take you through the
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Don't be wandering in the 
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listening to somebody who lives 
in their basement and says 

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there's nothing out there for 
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Don't listen, Don't listen men. 
Don't believe these cowards who 

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go online and tell you there are
no honorable women out there to 

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have. 
I say the same thing every time.

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Honorable women don't show up 
where these men are because 

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they're ungodly. 
God will bring the perfect bride

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to you. 
Seek what is admirable. 

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Grow in everything that God has 
for you. 

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Step out in faith. 
You can marry a beautiful woman.

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Men, women, you can marry a 
wonderful man. 

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You can actually experience all 
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You can raise up children. 
You can enter into the promised 

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land of experiencing that which 
is virtuous. 

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God has it for you. 
All you have to do is step out. 

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Listen, you were delivered from 
bondage in Egypt. 

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You were delivered from slavery.
You came into a saving 

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relationship with Christ because
you put your faith and trust in 

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Him now, trust Him for the 
things that He wants to do in 

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this day. 
That was the message that 

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Charlie preached. 
That was the message and still 

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continues to be the message that
Erica is trying to communicate, 

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especially those of us that are 
here at Bible in 365. 

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This is the tool that you use to
develop that trust in God that 

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you would experience everything 
that He has for you. 

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Walk into the promised land. 
It's there. 

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I experience it every day. 
I get to experience the wonders 

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of all that God has given me, 
the land flowing with milk and 

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honey. 
God has given that to me. 

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He's given it to my beautiful 
bride. 

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He's given it to my children. 
He's given it to the people 

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around me. 
Because when you can recognize 

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the fact that putting your 
simple faith and trust in God 

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gets put into forward motion, 
God shows up in ways you never 

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thought possible. 
One of the most incredible 

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things that I get to look at 
often times is my wedding ring. 

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And on the inside of my wedding 
ring, it hasn't my name, the 

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name of my beautiful bride. 
And it has a reference, a Bible 

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reference in it, Ephesians 320. 
And what Ephesians 320 says, 

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paraphrased basically, is that 
God is capable of providing for 

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me above and beyond anything 
that I could possibly imagine. 

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And boy, is that true in my 
beautiful bride. 

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Boy is that true in my children.
Boy, is that true in the life 

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that I live. 
Because we have a good God and 

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God has that for you. 
Don't wander in the wilderness. 

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Don't get to the plains of Moab 
and die. 

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Jump into what God has and put 
your faith and trust in Him. 

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It means everything, and He 
wants to do great things. 

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I love you guys. 
Keep on keeping on. 

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We've got AQ and A coming up. 
I'm looking forward to it. 

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I love you guys, keep fighting a
good fight.