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You're listening to the Anchor 
Faith Church message podcast, 

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enjoy the message. 
Did you have a good 

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Thanksgiving? 
Did you eat enough? 

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Did you eat too much? 
That's kind of where I want to 

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start out today. 
Talking about food, I want to go

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to first Thessalonians chapter 
5. 

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Kind of start off with a buffet 
that the Apostle Paul spoke to 

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this church at thessalonica. 
You know, that the Apostle Paul 

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was only there for a what they 
say, three Sabbath's or less. 

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In a month. 
At this particular City, this 

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Roman colony. 
And, you know, there's been 

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meetings of a moment that's had 
a lifetime of impact. 

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And so, this is a very short 
time that he physically spent 

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with them, but it had a lifetime
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So, right out of the gate today,
I wanted as Believers. 

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How many Believers? 
Spirit-filled blood bot? 

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Jesus, love and truth walking. 
Believers, do we have in the 

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room today? 
So, I'm just challenge you this 

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week, as you go out as you're in
the marketplace, whether you're 

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at the gas station, the grocery 
store the bank at your place of 

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employment. 
Wherever you go, you're a change

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agent and I will God wants you 
to see yourself that way because

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there's meetings of a moment 
that's having a lifetime of 

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impact and God will make Divine 
appointments for you this week 

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to be a What we call an 
ambassador and second 

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Corinthians chapter 5. 
The word says that you're an 

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ambassador of Christ. 
You have the ministry of 

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reconciliation whereby, you can 
tell love others, truth that 

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will completely transform their 
life, take them out of Darkness,

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bring them out into light, take 
them out of fear, bring them 

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into Faith, taking them out of 
hopelessness and bring him into 

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Destiny and hope, right? 
So you are a Believer Spirit 

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lead and God wants to use you 
this. 

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This week in 1st Thessalonians, 
chapter 5, though to at the last

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chapter of this book that the 
Apostle Paul wrote to this 

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church. 
He really gives a buffet type 

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approach and I'm going to read 
this starting in verse number 

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12. 
I know my Thanksgiving started a

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little bit early on Wednesday. 
We had the opportunity to 

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fellowship with some church 
friends after service on 

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Wednesday night. 
And in doing that, they brought 

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a couple different things with 
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One was mint chocolate chip ice 
cream. and the other was, if I 

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got though the right flavor, it 
was a chocolate Trinity and it 

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was divine And then we spill on 
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Get the opportunity to have 
Thanksgiving with some church 

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family and there was just a 
smorgasbord of different items 

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there. 
Hallelujah. 

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They had something I tried for 
the first time called lamb. 

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That was pretty good and they 
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They had a honey-baked ham. 
Hallelujah. 

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They had green bean casserole, 
they had some green beans. 

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I think they were kind of 
marinated in teary Aki sauce and

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I think it had bacon too and 
that was good. 

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I can talk to the a 30 crew like
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may not survive. 
You know, their stomachs may be 

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talking louder than their 
spirit. 

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But anyways, I'm getting to a 
point and then, you know, you 

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always leave a little bit of 
room for dessert, right? 

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And so, I went to the dessert 
table and you know how it is 

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when you're at a buffet, you go.
The first time, just to kind of 

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get a little bit of everything 
and then you kind of zero in on 

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what you actually want, right? 
So, I had a variety of desserts,

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you know, there was a vanilla 
wafer cookies with what a this, 

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this brown stuff is what my 
daughter called, it gray stuff, 

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but it was really just some kind
of chocolate But with Oreos 

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crush up in it that you dip the 
wafers in got the traditional 

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pumpkin pie but then one person 
have brought some cheesecake but

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pineapple cheesecake. 
I said, hmm, I don't have 

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pineapple cheesecake go together
but let me try this thing and I 

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tell you was so 
scrumdiddlyumptious that I went 

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back for seconds on that. 
Amen. 

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Are you with me Church? 
Anyways, the greatest Buffet 

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we're getting ready to take of 
right now. 

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Spiritually is in 1st. 
After five because Paul sort of 

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just lays out this great Buffet 
of spiritual truths and we're 

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going to launch out from here 
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So follow along with me and on 
your digital device or if you 

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have a hard copy Bible, either 
one, but follow along because 

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the word is, what sets us free. 
Hey man, I just want to 

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encourage you to we're taking a 
little pause because pastor of 

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Marcy are investing in the 
grandkids. 

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But boy, has he been on fire 
with his love series and what 

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great reville reville? 
Elation and Truth. 

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Is he being laid out? 
I feel like you know, there's 

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certain things that are being 
said, you know, in his day 

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Martin Luther had this 
Revelation that the just shall 

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live by faith and as pastors 
preaching on love, I'm thinking 

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the church at hold needs this 
across the world because love 

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has been misconstrued and missed
a fine in the church needs. 

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What's being sus pokin behind 
this Podium? 

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You know on Sundays we need this
Revelation on love, God's love, 

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just not The the world says 
about love, but what does the 

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word say about love? 
Amen. 

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So first Thessalonians chapter 
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Verse number 12, I'm reading 
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and it says, we urge, you 
Brethren to recognize those who 

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labor among you and are over you
in the Lord and admonish. 

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Ooh! 
Hallelujah! 

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You know, we could stop on each 
of these verses and just you 

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know just teach but we're going 
to just take this a big buffet 

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and then we're going to zero in 
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Amen. 
And it says to us esteem them 

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very highly in love for their 
work sake and then it says this 

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be at peace among yourselves. 
Now we exhort your brother and 

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warn those who are unruly that's
love, isn't it? 

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Warn those who are unruly 
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boy, man, there's a lot going 
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If you just watch the news, 
guess what you can get 

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faint-hearted. 
It says, Is to uphold the weak 

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glory to God. 
Be patient with some be patient 

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with all. 
See that no one renders evil for

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evil to anyone but always pursue
what is good both for yourselves

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and for all verse 16 Rejoice 
sometimes Rejoice, when the 

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circumstances are just right 
Rejoice always Rejoice rejoice. 

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It says pray without ceasing. 
One translation says, develop an

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attitude or cultivate an 
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everything. 
Give thanks for. 

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This is, the will of God in 
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For you, do not quench the 
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Do not quench the spirit. 
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But you realize you couldn't 
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spirit in your life. 
Do not despise. 

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Prophecies you ever been to one 
of those Services where you been

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praying for people to come? 
A relative, a friend a co-worker

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and then all of a sudden a 
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right? 
Usually happens when you invite 

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somebody that has never heard of
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Right? 
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prophecies that divide utterance
and inspiration of God for that 

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moment. 
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matter of fact. 
The Bible says to earnestly 

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desire the best gifts and 
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church if it's just routine, or 
are we really coming with an 

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expectation for the Holy Ghost 
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Is there an Earnest desire for 
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Because this isn't just words, 
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the spirit that take place, a 
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prophecies, listen to verse 21, 
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translation, says prove, all 
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He reminds me of one time that a
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a young man was holding his 
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And he said, what are you doing?
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that, which is good. 
That's not that scripture. 

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Amen. 
It says, abstain from every form

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of evil verse 23. 
Now may the God of Peace himself

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sanctify. 
You completely sanctify, you 

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completely. 
Now, may the very God of Peace 

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himself sanctify. 
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Now, this is Paul by inspiration
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the church. 
So sanctification, even though 

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we've been bought through the 
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the payment has been made. 
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There is an ongoing Fine work of
sanctification in our life, not 

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with your spirit, your spirits 
mid-may been. 

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I've been made brand new. 
The Bible says in second 

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Corinthians chapter 5, If any 
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things have become new old 
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All things have become new. 
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The, the spirit man that was 
separated from God, that was 

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born into the sin. 
Nature has been paid for you, 

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get a brand new spirit. 
You're a brand new person on the

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inside, but guess what? 
Your body and your Soul have not

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changed. 
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If you were bald headed before, 
you got born again, your 

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bald-headed after you get born 
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Just because you come to the 
Altar and receive the great 

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payment of what the Lord Jesus 
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the altar or the prayer, worker 
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just doesn't matter. 
The automatically mean that your

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soul realm otter automatically 
your mind, your soul is your 

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mind, your will, your emotions 
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All of a sudden, you have all 
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No, There's still a battle daily
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is what Galatians says, right? 
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So I've paid the price for you, 
spiritually, your brand new 

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creature, but listen, you need 
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This work of sanctification in 
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Amen. 
Well let's just pause right 

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there. 
Go to Romans chapter 12. 

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I want y'all to see this and 
we'll come back to this Buffet. 

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Romans chapter 12 verse number 1
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I'm getting there. 
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you Brethren by the mercies of 
God that you that you that, you 

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present, your bodies, a Living 
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Right. 
Holy acceptable, to God, which 

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is your reasonable service. 
So what do you do you present 

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your body, a Living Sacrifice 
holy acceptable to God, which is

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your reasonable service and do 
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but be transformed by the 
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That you may prove what is that 
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will of God. 
So God's tell you do something 

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with your body and with your 
mind This is the ongoing work of

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sanctification. 
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So going back to 1st 
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He said I pray that your whole 
body, right? 

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Be preserved, but sanctify be 
preserved blameless until the 

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coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And then I like what it says to 

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end this section that we're 
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He said in verse 24 he who calls
you is faithful. 

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He will also do it. 
Hey Min sohee that called you is

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faithful and Pastor has been 
hammering. 

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This home. 
Listen Church, salvation isn't 

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just about getting you to 
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It does include that but there 
is a calling, there's a destiny.

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There's a purpose for your life 
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That's why I said your change 
agents this week. 

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As you got in the community, 
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God has a destiny. 
Has a plan has the anointing has

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the grace upon your life, to go 
out and make a difference 

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through truth. 
Amen. 

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He that called you as faithful. 
So there's a Divine assignment. 

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Everybody say that there's a 
Divine assignment for me, let's 

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say it again. 
There's a Divine assignment for 

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me so doesn't matter if you're 
eight years old or 80 years old,

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There's still a work in the 
Earth for God to use you to 

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accomplish through you this 
week. 

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This month this year, he that 
called you is faithful and he 

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will do it. 
Now let's go over to Ephesians 

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chapter 6 verse number 18. 
Ephesians chapter 6 verse number

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18. 
And I want you to jot this down.

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If you're taking notes because 
you know, you got to have 

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takeaways from church, And you 
need to study the word of God, 

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okay? 
And so I'm going to give you a 

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lots of scripture today for you 
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discipline learner of Truth. 
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And so in Ephesians chapter 6, 
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John chapter 15 verse number 7 
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I want you to jot down and go 
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Amen. 
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verses 22 through. 24 are some 
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These are all. 
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That I'm giving you, okay? 
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number 18, John chapter 15 verse
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verses 22 through 24. 
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about prayer through these three
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There's others in the Bible, 
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successful prayer life off of 
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So, if you want to go further 
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with God. 
Odd. 

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If you just getting these three 
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good foundation for having a 
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fellowship with the Lord, John 
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word of God and the word of God 
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says, if you stay vitally 
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the message lives in your heart.
You shall ask what you will and 

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it shall be done. 
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are hindered or unanswered 
because we're not abiding in the

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word body means to be remain to 
be present. 

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It's really like roll call at 
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Your last name. 
Are you here? 

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Yes, nobody means I'm present. 
I'm there, I'm active in the 

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word of God and one of the 
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As a believer in your walk with 
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meditation. 
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constant state of abiding. 
You realize everybody's thinking

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about something. 
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right? 
You start to get a thought 

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process about something. 
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start to get a thought process 
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Everything external. 
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program what we think. 
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to abide in the word, there's no
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meditate, and if you're going to
think about something, you might

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as well think about the word. 
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Meditation means to revolve it 
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mind. 
I like going to multiple 

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translations and just looking at
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view. 
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in context or in principle, but 
it's just a little different 

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view of what's being said, 
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You know, I can do all things 
through Christ, I can sometimes 

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you just emphasize one word in 
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can or it might happen. 
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How through So abide in the 
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word, let the message live in 
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24, another great foundation for
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Ephesians chapter 6 verse number
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and I'm going to give this to 
you from a few different 

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translations. 
Hallelujah. 

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Aren't you thankful for the word
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Man, it is the power of God. 
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Ephesians 6:18 says, it's 
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Always with all prayer and 
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being watchful to this end with 
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supplication for all the saints.
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prayer and supplication in the 
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end with all perseverance and 
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Datian for all the saints. 
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with all manner of prayer, 
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praying with all kinds of 
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type of Prayer. we kind of get 
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sometimes I think that prayers 
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Right. 
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is my need. 
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prayer and supplication in the 
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believers because there is a 
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supplication. 
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desire, there's a, there's a 
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believers, right? 
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this love series. 
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name the name of Christ. 
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living up to standards are 
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should be. 
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the inside that you want to 
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That says, father, man, I want 
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Revelation, open up the eyes of 
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That they would know you the 
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this this fire Jeremiah said 
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bones and that's a supplication.
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the spirit in that recently. 
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with Pastor Earle, we were the 
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We were able to have fellowship 
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was talking about the founder of
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Kenneth Hagin who's gone on and 
be home with gone on to be home,

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with the gone on to be home with
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There we go. 
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prayer life, and he made a 
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That said, anytime I get a 
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whatever I'm doing and I'll 
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They had just ordered the food 
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he looked at the minister said, 
hey I need you to take me home 

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right now and The Minister's 
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We just got our food. 
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and on the way home in the car, 
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made a promise to the Lord. 
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burden of pray, I'll stop 
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minister and just about 50 
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Brother Hagin just start praying
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breakthrough. 
Her He's but he had a 

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supplication of Burden Earnest 
desire to pray and he prayed 

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until he got a breakthrough. 
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great lesson that day from him, 
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interceding for someone. 
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you supplicate for believers, 
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prayers, right? 
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God. 
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And that's not an accident. 
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It is seedtime and harvest It's 
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sent across their path. 
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friend, a co-worker, that's not 
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start praying according to the 
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pray for Laborers. 
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the the harvest is plentiful. 
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need truth out there but the 
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Pray to the Lord of the Harvest.
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Interesting that God just as an 
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into his Harvest he said you 
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You know why? 
Because we are supposed to rain 

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in this earth as kings. 
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field. 
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pressure. 
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that's what most of us, pray, 
the prayer of faith changes 

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things for you. 
Do you realize that you really 

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only have authority to pray the 
prayer of faith in your 

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household? 
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If somebody comes to me and they
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prayer of faith with me, that 
would actually combine the 

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prayer of agreement with them, 
but they have to be in faith 

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when we pray. 
If you give access to someone 

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else to agree with you, then 
they can join together with you 

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in the prayer of faith and see 
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But I can't pray, you know, this
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And I need you to you know, you 
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God. 
That's like the sons of thunder 

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call down fire from heaven. 
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what Spirit your of, right. 
So the prayer faith is really 

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for you individually and really,
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Even with spouses, you can't 
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faith for your spouse. 
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spouse, you get that. 
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them. 
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Okay, so there's a prayer Faith.
There's a prayer of agreement in

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Philippians chapter 4 
Hallelujah, we're getting to 

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that pineapple cheesecake, and 
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slices of that today, but right 
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Amen, in Philippians chapter 4 
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Philippians chapter 4 verse 
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So, there's different kinds of 
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that we're understand that and 
that we want. 

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Do you want your prayer life to 
be effective? 

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You know? 
Do you want to be successful? 

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Yes, you know Pastor. 
Oh, said this for years, we just

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don't. 
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that prayers where the church 
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We're not, you're surprised were
Church of gets answered prayers,

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right? 
And so you got to realize what 

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different types of prayers, 
there's different types of rules

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and just like with sports, you 
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and apply them to football. 
Alleluia, you can't take hockey 

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rules and apply them to soccer, 
right? 

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And that's how we are sometimes.
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things. 
We shake it together and hope 

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it's going to work. 
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Not by just hope, right? 
And faith is a conviction based 

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upon the word of God. 
So I'm telling your church. 

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If you want a successful prayer 
life, you need to understand. 

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There's a prayer supplication. 
There's a prayer of 

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intercession, there's a prayer 
of faith. 

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There's a prayer of agreement. 
There's United prayer, corporate

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prayer happens at 10:00. 
And man, the corporate anointing

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is strong. 
I would encourage you and 

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challenge you at 10:00 come from
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Come. 
To participate and man, there's 

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a United prayer that happens 
from 10 to 10:45 and an axe, 

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chapter 4, when they all got 
together. 

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Verse number 23, to in one place
in one location, the place shook

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Because there was a corporate 
anointing, there was a United 

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prayer that was taken place and 
corporate prayer is powerful in 

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Philippians 4, though. 
There's also a prayer of what we

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call commitment, or casting your
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So it says this in Philippians 
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Verse number 6, it says be 
anxious. 

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For some things, no, be anxious 
for what, nothing? 

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Be anxious for nothing, be 
anxious for nothing, but in 

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everything by prayer and 
supplication with with, with let

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your requests be made known to 
God. 

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And the peace of God, which 
surpasses all understanding will

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guard your hearts and your minds
through Christ. 

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Jesus. 
Think about that. 

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The peace of God. 
God's Peace Garden your heart 

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and your mind. 
I don't know about you, but this

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year has been radically 
different than years past. 

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There's been a lot going on in 
our nation and the world this 

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year, a lot of stuff that could 
disturb you agitate. 

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You get you anxious, fill you 
full of anxiety. 

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From the pandemic to the riots 
to the election. 

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Listen church, I got good news. 
No matter what happens with the 

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election. 
God will see you through. 

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You maintain your walk in your 
righteousness with him and he 

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will see you through Daniel went
into captivity about 17 years 

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old. 
He went into captivity, right? 

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He stayed right in captivity and
came out of captivity, right? 

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So you just maintain your 
righteousness. 

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Even in the midst of captivity, 
Daniel serving Heathen Kings. 

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And really it was a failure of 
the church. 

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It became a kingdom sanction 
because through idolatry and 

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living like the world. 
They were overthrown by the 

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enemy, but even in the midst of 
that, you can have great peace. 

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If you maintain righteousness in
your walk with God, and Daniel 

451
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,600
was able to do great exploits. 
Daniel, 11:32 says those that 

452
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,800
know their God shall be strong 
and do great exploits so it 

453
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,700
doesn't matter. 
Sometimes God will show himself 

454
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,300
strong through the Mists of 
great, persecution. 

455
00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:15,900
The lines in the fiery furnace, 
guess what? 

456
00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:20,900
God delivered him out of all. 
So there's been a lot going on 

457
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:25,900
this year and you don't need. 
You do not need worldly 

458
00:28:25,900 --> 00:28:29,400
medication to get peace in your 
life. 

459
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:33,500
I am telling the truth of the 
word will liberate you and set 

460
00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,400
you free. 
And give you the peace of God, 

461
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,400
but you have to do this prayer 
of commitment. 

462
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,400
Which means cast throw, I like 
in funds. 

463
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:48,800
Psalms 55:22, the message says 
this, it says, put your burdens 

464
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,000
on the lowered shoulders and He 
will carry them. 

465
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,700
So you don't have to carry the 
burden, the weight, the anxiety 

466
00:28:57,900 --> 00:29:00,400
of what's going on. 
You just need to be in alignment

467
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,700
with the king of kings and with 
the Lord of lords. 

468
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000
Hallelujah. 
And he will take care of you. 

469
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,200
And watch over you and sustain 
you, amen. 

470
00:29:11,700 --> 00:29:14,600
So another translation says 
this, this is the way 

471
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,900
translation. 
It says, let no anxieties fret 

472
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:21,100
you met in every matter. 
Let the things you would ask me 

473
00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:25,000
made known by means of Prayer by
definite request. 

474
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,400
Linked linked with Thanksgiving 
at God's Throne. 

475
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,300
The basic translation says it 
like this, have no cares, but in

476
00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:37,400
everything with prayer and 
praise put your request. 

477
00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:40,700
Before God, listen to what the 
message. 

478
00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:44,400
Translation says, the 
paraphrase, don't fret or worry 

479
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:52,400
instead of worrying, pray, let 
petitions and praises. 

480
00:29:53,500 --> 00:30:01,100
Let petitions and Praises shape 
your worries into prayers 

481
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,800
letting God know your concerns 
before you know it a sense of 

482
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,900
God's holiness everything coming
together for good will come and 

483
00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:13,600
settle you down. 
It's wonderful. 

484
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:20,000
What happens when Christ 
displaces worry at the center of

485
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:22,800
your life? 
Hallelujah. 

486
00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,100
Uh, so that's the prayer commit,
where we were just rolling 

487
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:29,400
concerns in any situation in 
life, whatever happens always 

488
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,900
ask yourself this question. 
What does the Bible say, if you 

489
00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,500
start to get anxious about work 
tomorrow, what does the Bible 

490
00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,200
say it Financial finance and 
start to worry you. 

491
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,300
What does the Bible say? 
If you need change in your life,

492
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,000
if you need healing, what does 
the Bible say, right? 

493
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,900
If you need strength in the 
marriage, covenant, What does 

494
00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:50,500
the Bible say? 
If you're depressed down 

495
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,800
discourage, what does the Bible 
say? 

496
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,600
Say, Amen. 
So this is the pineapple 

497
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,400
cheesecake. 
And it's this thing called 

498
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:05,500
Thanksgiving or praise. 
Thanksgiving her praise 

499
00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:07,600
Thanksgiving. 
Her praise. 

500
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,500
Go with me to chapter of Acts 
chapter 16. 

501
00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:21,600
Acts chapter 16. 
And let's start in verse. 

502
00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:27,300
Number 6. 
Hallelujah. 

503
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,500
You know what? 
Let's just go back to verse 

504
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:37,500
number 1. 
And let's just read a good 

505
00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:39,500
portion of scripture this 
morning, amen. 

506
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:46,100
So follow along with me. 
Verse number 1, then he came to 

507
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:48,800
derbe and lystra and be heard, 
they're the behold. 

508
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,400
There was a certain disciple was
there named Timothy. 

509
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:54,500
The son of a certain Jewish 
woman who believe, but his 

510
00:31:54,500 --> 00:31:57,500
father was Greek. 
One of the reasons I backed up 

511
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,500
and start in verse number 1 was 
because it's good to see in the 

512
00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:07,100
word, the daily activities of 
the disciples because you need 

513
00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:10,000
to see yourself in Daily 
activity with God. 

514
00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:13,600
So just think about it if you 
put yourself in their shoes 

515
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,100
their following God. 
And so Paul comes to do two 

516
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:18,800
different locations. 
And guess what? 

517
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:22,500
He meets a man named Timothy 
Right? 

518
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,600
And he was well spoken of by the
brother who are in lystra and 

519
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,600
Iconium Paul wanted to have him,
go on with him and took and he 

520
00:32:31,608 --> 00:32:34,900
took him in circumcise him 
because of the Jews who are in 

521
00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:37,000
that region for they all knew 
that his father was a Greek. 

522
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,500
So an instant mentorship takes 
place in the life of a Young Man

523
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:43,400
by The Apostle. 
Paul, what's God going to do 

524
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,100
with you this week? 
And as they went through the 

525
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:51,600
cities as they went through this
City's, they delivered to them 

526
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,500
the decrees to keep, which were 
determined by the apostles and 

527
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,800
Elders at Jerusalem. 
So, listen, the churches were 

528
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,400
strengthened in the faith and 
increased in number daily. 

529
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,500
Now, this next prayer is a 
prayer of what we would call 

530
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:10,500
dedication. 
And the prayer of dedication or 

531
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:14,300
submission to the will of God 
and that's just saying God, what

532
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:17,900
do you want me to do with my 
life, right? 

533
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,800
So we see the Apostle Paul verse
number 6. 

534
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:24,700
Now when they are gone through 
fit frigg phrygia and the region

535
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:28,800
of galatia they were forbidden 
by the Holy Spirit to preach the

536
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,800
word Neza. 
So the Holy Spirit actually said

537
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:35,100
don't go to this location. 
The Holy Spirit, restrain them 

538
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:39,200
from being at a certain place at
a certain time, but they were 

539
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,900
seeking God. 
And there were asking for a 

540
00:33:41,908 --> 00:33:45,700
direction right after that, come
to my Zia, they try to go to 

541
00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:47,900
Bethany about the spirit did not
permit them. 

542
00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:51,100
Second time the Holy Ghost 
restrain them from being in a 

543
00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:54,300
certain place, you know, God 
knows exactly where you need to 

544
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:58,200
be when you need to be there. 
And it's just not a shotgun 

545
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,700
approach with God. 
God is very accurate in his 

546
00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:04,800
dealings with humanity and with 
the Destiny for your life. 

547
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,500
So, so passing by Messiah, they 
came down to troas and a vision 

548
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:13,600
appeared to Paul in the night. 
So they're just seeking God with

549
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,600
all their heart asking. 
What direction do you want us to

550
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,199
go? 
Now after they had seen the 

551
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,000
vision? 
Well let's read the vision. 

552
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000
A man of Macedonia, this is the 
vision stood over and pleaded 

553
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,400
with Paul saying come over to 
me. 

554
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,100
Macedonian help us. 
So this is a vision that he had 

555
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,699
at night. 
Now, after seeing the vision 

556
00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:36,100
immediately, I like that 
immediately we sought to go to 

557
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:40,199
Macedonia concluding that the 
Lord had called us to preach the

558
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:43,900
gospel to them. 
Therefore so man, they made 

559
00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:47,199
every effort to be where God 
told them to be there for 

560
00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:50,000
sailing from Truro, as we ran a 
straight course. 

561
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:54,000
And the next day we came to 
neapolis and from there to 

562
00:34:54,000 --> 00:35:00,000
Philippi So they landed in 
Philippi which is the foremost 

563
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,900
city of that part of Macedonia. 
So because of a vision, they get

564
00:35:04,900 --> 00:35:11,200
to City the chief City Philippi 
in Macedonia, and they stayed in

565
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,400
that City for some days and on 
the Sabbath day. 

566
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,500
So they're just looking for 
opportunity. 

567
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:20,300
In this city to do, whatever God
wants them to do. 

568
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:23,800
And on the Sabbath day, we went 
out of the city to the 

569
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,100
Riverside, where prayer was 
customarily. 

570
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:29,800
Made and we sat down there and 
we spoke to the woman who met 

571
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,500
their now, they meet, they meet 
a female entrepreneur. 

572
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,900
Now, a certain woman named Lydia
heard us. 

573
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,500
She was a seller of purple from 
a certain city. 

574
00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:43,900
She worshipped God and the Lord 
opened her heart to he the 

575
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,800
things spoken by Paul. 
So the first encounter in 

576
00:35:46,808 --> 00:35:51,000
Philippi was with a lady of 
female lady, that's old clothes.

577
00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:57,900
And then it says, and when she 
and her household were baptized,

578
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:01,100
she begged us saying, if you 
have judged me to be faithful to

579
00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,200
the Lord, come to my house and 
stay. 

580
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,600
So she persuaded us. 
So one lady in her family starts

581
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,800
a church in Philippi. 
Now it happened verse 16 second 

582
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,200
encounter. 
Hallelujah, it happened is. 

583
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,800
We went to prayer that a certain
slave girl possessed with a 

584
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,200
spirit of divination met us, a 
fortune teller. 

585
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:26,500
A palm reader, right? 
This girl followed Paul and us, 

586
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,200
they cried out. 
And she cried out saying, these 

587
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,300
men are the Servants of the most
high, God, who proclaimed to us 

588
00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:36,400
the way of salvation. 
And this she did for many days. 

589
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:40,800
So can you imagine some of us 
went last five minutes. 

590
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,500
If somebody's following you 
around a fortune teller saying 

591
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,600
this is the servant of most high
God. 

592
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:51,500
It'll be annoying, right? 
But for many days, they didn't 

593
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:57,100
say anything. 
But then Paul it says he was 

594
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,700
greatly annoyed. 
Hallelujah. 

595
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,400
Turn and said to the spirit 
member, we don't wrestle against

596
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:11,000
flesh and blood but against 
principalities and Powers rulers

597
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:17,500
of wickedness in high places, he
turned to the spirit that was 

598
00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:20,900
motivating and driving this 
woman. 

599
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:29,400
And he said, I command you in 
the name of Jesus Christ, man. 

600
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,100
This week's going to be exciting
for you. 

601
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:38,300
Come out of her. 
And he came out that very hour. 

602
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,700
Whoo, so Deliverance. 
So you think things are going to

603
00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,900
get better. 
Let's read verse number 19. 

604
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,300
So we start with the lady. 
That was an entrepreneur. 

605
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:53,400
Her family gets born again, we 
get another demonically 

606
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,900
possessed, lady delivered. 
So we're seeing the church start

607
00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:59,900
to increase with a variety of 
people, right? 

608
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,800
It says, when her master's the 
palm reader, the fortune tellers

609
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:07,200
Masters, saw that their hope of 
profit was gone. 

610
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,500
They seized Paul and Silas. 
Silas. 

611
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,600
Right. 
And they drag them into the, to 

612
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,300
the marketplace, to the 
authorities. 

613
00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:20,400
They brought them to the 
magistrates and said, these men 

614
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,900
being Jews. 
They trouble our city, 

615
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,200
Hallelujah. 
And then a days ahead. 

616
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,500
We need to be ready. 
Church. 

617
00:38:28,700 --> 00:38:32,800
You know, America has had a 
great time of being having a 

618
00:38:32,808 --> 00:38:34,800
great amount of religious 
freedom. 

619
00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:38,800
But there are certain 
principalities and Powers 

620
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,000
working behind people that want 
to restrict that and even 

621
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:48,700
persecute that and prosecute 
that Are you with me? 

622
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,200
I'm telling you, there's certain
principalities and powers that 

623
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,200
one, a lock-up religious 
freedom, even meeting in a place

624
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,100
like this, being able to hear 
the word of God freely. 

625
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,600
They want to not just 
persecuted, but prosecute it put

626
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,400
a clamp down on what you can and
can't say such as the biblical 

627
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,900
definition of marriage. 
But we're of good. 

628
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:18,700
Share. 
We stay in the will of God, we 

629
00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,300
maintain our righteousness and 
God will take Take care of us. 

630
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:24,500
So because this lady got 
delivered, she quit doing what 

631
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,600
she was doing. 
There was repentance in her 

632
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,100
life, she turned from fortune 
telling and start to serve God 

633
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:32,800
and then the people that were 
her master's got mad because all

634
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,100
their money disappeared from the
palm reading. 

635
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:37,300
She's doing. 
So they take Paul and Silas, 

636
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,000
they said we're going to you're 
messing with our profit. 

637
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,500
We're going to mess with you. 
And so, listen, they, they went 

638
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:47,900
through before the city council 
and the magistrates tore their 

639
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:51,200
clothes, commanded them to be 
beaten with rods. 

640
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:54,000
And when they laid, many stripes
on them, they threw them into 

641
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,800
prison. 
Commanding in the commanding, 

642
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,600
the Jailer to keep them 
securely. 

643
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,500
Having received such a charge. 
He put them in the inner prison 

644
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:04,400
and fastened their feet in the 
stocks or in Chains. 

645
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:06,700
So man. 
Could you imagine they tried to 

646
00:40:06,708 --> 00:40:09,600
go to two different places? 
The Holy Spirit forbid them, 

647
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,800
they had a vision to go to fill 
a pie and mash Donia, they went 

648
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,000
and here. 
They find themselves in prison. 

649
00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,700
Some people thinking God, did I 
miss you? 

650
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:27,200
That wasn't a dream. 
That was a nightmare. but right 

651
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,200
in the midst of it, Right in the
midst of it, they knew their in 

652
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,500
the will of God, they knew 
there's a Grace there, there's 

653
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:38,300
the anointing, the Holy Ghost. 
And verse number 25, what they 

654
00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:39,800
do? 
They start to complain. 

655
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,700
Do they start to gripe? 
Do they start to grumble? 

656
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,800
Right. 
It says, at midnight, Paul and 

657
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:59,100
Silas were praying and singing 
they were praying and they were 

658
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:04,400
praying, and they were praying. 
And so there's a combination of 

659
00:41:04,408 --> 00:41:08,400
things going on, right? 
They were praying and singing, 

660
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:14,000
Now, this wasn't This Little 
Light of Mine, I'm gonna know 

661
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,900
that. 
Listen, they were singing hymns 

662
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:20,500
of God, the prisoners were 
listening, so they were vocal 

663
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:28,300
about it. 
They were allowed about it. and 

664
00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:32,700
listen, it says, suddenly Some 
people want suddenly is in their

665
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:36,600
life. 
Things to happen breakthrough. 

666
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,500
Are you lying in yourself up 
through faith, median, the 

667
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,900
god-given qualifications for a 
suddenly to happen. 

668
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,500
I guarantee you if they were 
grumbling, if there were 

669
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,400
complaining, if they were 
backbiting, if they were 

670
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,900
doubting, I guarantee you 
there's no. 

671
00:41:55,900 --> 00:42:01,000
Suddenly that takes place. 
The Bible says they were praying

672
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:08,400
and singing hymns to God and the
prisoners heard them. 

673
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:13,500
And then suddenly there was a 
great earthquake. 

674
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:19,200
So the foundations of the prison
were shaken and immediately all 

675
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,300
the doors were open and 
everyone's chains were loosed. 

676
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,900
The Keeper of the prison 
Awakening from sleep and seeing 

677
00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:31,800
the prison doors open. 
Supposing the prisoners had fled

678
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,200
drew, his sword is about to kill
himself. 

679
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,300
He knew that the prisoners 
escaped, it was on his life. 

680
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,900
But Paul called with a loud 
voice saying, do yourself no 

681
00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:47,100
harm for we all here and then he
called for a light. 

682
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:52,600
He ran in, he fell down 
trembling before Paul and Silas.

683
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,900
So he start at a by the 
riverbank with Lydia, we see a 

684
00:42:56,900 --> 00:43:01,700
demon girl, that was possessed, 
get delivered, we see her 

685
00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:04,600
master's get mad because their 
prophets God throws him into 

686
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,700
prison. 
Now, we see a Jailer, what a 

687
00:43:06,708 --> 00:43:10,700
great way to start a church. 
A jailer. 

688
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:16,300
Falling down before them and he 
said, sir, what must I do to be 

689
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:21,100
saved. 
So they said believe on the 

690
00:43:21,108 --> 00:43:25,000
Lord, Jesus Christ, you and you 
and you will be saved you and 

691
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,600
your household, then they spoke 
the word of the Lord to him and 

692
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,100
all who were with him in the 
house, he took in that same hour

693
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:35,500
the night and washed their 
stripes, man, it's amazing. 

694
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:40,000
What the love of God will do. 
They were beaten with rods but 

695
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,900
this same jailers cleaning the 
wounds man. 

696
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:48,900
Only the kingdom of God can cure
prejudiced. 

697
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,200
As many laws is America or any 
other Nation tries to put in 

698
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,200
place to get equality across the
board. 

699
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:02,500
It's the kingdom of God, that 
truly, truly, truly liberates 

700
00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:06,800
and brings people together. 
And unites I'm looking at a 

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00:44:06,808 --> 00:44:12,100
multi-ethnic church right now. 
Hallelujah of Believers that 

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00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:15,200
love one another. 
With the love of Christ, because

703
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,000
we abide by the love, the love 
and the law of God. 

704
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,900
Amen. 
And so says immediately hit his 

705
00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:25,400
family were baptized. 
Now when he had brought them 

706
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,600
into his house, he said food 
before them and he rejoiced, and

707
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,800
I had believed in a god with him
and all of us household, I like 

708
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,500
that because it's just not one 
person getting saved whole 

709
00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:36,900
households coming into the 
kingdom of God. 

710
00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:39,000
Now, let's go back to 
Philippians chapter 4. 

711
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,800
Because where was Paul at in 
Acts chapter 16 at Philippi. 

712
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:46,300
So we get a glimpse in his 
letter. 

713
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:51,100
Of things that he's experiencing
right while he was there. 

714
00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:54,200
So we go back to Philippians 
chapter 4. 

715
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,700
And verse number 6, it says be 
anxious for nothing, right? 

716
00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:05,300
But in everything by prayer and 
supplication with Thanksgiving, 

717
00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:07,300
let your requests be made known 
to God. 

718
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,300
Do you realize that Paul 
practice what he preached? 

719
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,100
So he was at midnight and then 
that can be symbolic in your 

720
00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:17,400
life of the darkest moment, or 
the most distressed, you're 

721
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:21,200
having or the most oppression, 
you're experiencing, or the most

722
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,400
impression that you're going 
through midnight. 

723
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:27,400
They literally wrap, midnight, 
singing, hymns and songs to God.

724
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:30,300
But at midnight in your life, A 
lot of us have experienced 

725
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,200
difficult times tribulations 
trials, but God's telling the 

726
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:38,000
church today there is a prayer 
of Thanksgiving that you need to

727
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,900
mix with your other prayers. 
If you want to get breakthrough 

728
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:44,600
in your life, it says with 
prayers and praise or with 

729
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,700
singing and praise and 
thanksgiving. 

730
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:49,500
Go hand-in-hand. 
So I'm asking your church hat. 

731
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:52,500
How's your prayer of 
Thanksgiving like your praise 

732
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,400
life. 
You're worshipping of God 

733
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,600
worship is just not slow music. 
Worship is an attitude of the 

734
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,600
heart. 
Where your over filled with 

735
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,300
gratitude for what Christ has 
done for you and your bowing 

736
00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:09,700
down on the inside and saying, 
my God, my God, my God, thank 

737
00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:12,600
you that you're for me. 
Thank you that you've redeemed 

738
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,200
me. 
You know, we have the gospel, 

739
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,900
the good news. 
Thank God, that he's saved us. 

740
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:19,200
We're going to heaven, but 
there's also a promise of 

741
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:24,000
healing man, if you've been 
through trouble as a child, if 

742
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,100
you've been abused, if you've 
been neglected, Jesus said, the 

743
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:28,800
spirit of the Lord is upon me to
heal the brokenhearted. 

744
00:46:28,900 --> 00:46:31,800
Broken hearted, man. 
That's a praiseworthy thing. 

745
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,400
When you say all the mess that 
I've been through, you've turned

746
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,100
it into a message. 
All of the tests that I've been 

747
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:39,800
through, you turned it into a 
testimony. 

748
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:44,500
I know this boy, this young man 
in 1993, after I graduate from 

749
00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:48,500
high, school had no idea what I 
wanted to do lost man without an

750
00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:51,800
anchor drifting in the ocean so 
to speak nothing. 

751
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:56,300
It had no idea what I wanted to 
do drinking party and lifting 

752
00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:02,400
but God But God, but God one of 
the friends I used to run with 

753
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,000
in high school that party with 
me that lifted with me. 

754
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,500
You know. 
He got born again. 

755
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,400
I didn't. 
Well I stayed away from him 

756
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,800
because he was always talking 
about the things of Jesus and I 

757
00:47:12,808 --> 00:47:15,700
didn't want to hear about it, 
but he was relentless what 

758
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:18,800
Relentless pursuit of Christ? 
Are you going to have this week 

759
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:23,600
in this community? 
And he would not give up on me 

760
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:26,600
and he kept on, calling me, 
finally, I just gave in to 

761
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,600
really get them to get off my 
back and went to a church 

762
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:35,200
conference and got born again. 
Hallelujah. 

763
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,100
Gave my life to the Lord in 
1997. 

764
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:40,300
And you know what? 
It's been the best adventure for

765
00:47:40,300 --> 00:47:44,400
the last 23 years. 
And I'm thankful to God Almighty

766
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:50,600
for all that he has done. 
All that is doing and man God is

767
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,100
faithful to plant me at Rhema. 
Christian Center in Columbus, 

768
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:56,300
Ohio faithful to get me out of 
there to go to Broken Arrow. 

769
00:47:56,300 --> 00:47:59,700
Oklahoma to go to Bible school 
and God just makes everything 

770
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:02,700
work out. 
Do your eyes or I'm thankful. 

771
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,300
That I connected with Pastor 
Earle Marcy. 

772
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:10,500
At that time, I mean we did jail
Ministry together, youth jail 

773
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:14,400
detention center Ministry with 
him for a season stay connected 

774
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,300
with him in 2004. 
When they said they were going 

775
00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:19,800
to start the church, we prayed 
about said we need to come. 

776
00:48:20,500 --> 00:48:23,900
I'm thankful to God Almighty for
his leading for his provision 

777
00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:27,800
but it's with prayer and 
Thanksgiving that things are 

778
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,400
going to be manifest in your 
life. 

779
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:33,900
You'd have you heard people say 
I prayed and I prayed and I 

780
00:48:33,900 --> 00:48:36,500
prayed and I prayed, but nothing
changed. 

781
00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:40,700
Have you heard that before? 
But have you ever heard? 

782
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:47,100
Anybody say I have praised and 
I've praised and I praised and 

783
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:50,600
nothing changed. 
No, you don't hear that. 

784
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,100
Because praise will get a 
breakthrough for you. 

785
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:58,000
Praise will bring down the walls
of Jericho when you lift up your

786
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:02,500
voice and say, oh my God, thank 
you for redeeming me. 

787
00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:05,600
Thank you for the holy spirit's 
activity in my life. 

788
00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:09,400
Listen, I want to close with 
this testimony and challenge you

789
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,700
this week. 
Man, if you want true 

790
00:49:12,700 --> 00:49:16,200
breakthrough, sustaining in your
life, no matter what the 

791
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:20,200
circumstances are learn, how to 
activate a life of Praise. 

792
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,200
Did you notice in Philippians 4,
it says make your requests known

793
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:28,800
to God with one translation had 
linked together with 

794
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,000
Thanksgiving. 
You know, as a parent, it's one 

795
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,800
thing when your kids come up to 
you and say, hey can I have some

796
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:39,700
money? 
You know, you want to bless your

797
00:49:39,700 --> 00:49:41,400
kids. 
It's nothing. 

798
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,900
Like when they say, hey, I took 
out the trash, I put up my 

799
00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:48,700
laundry. 
I appreciate you as a parent. 

800
00:49:49,700 --> 00:49:55,800
You're got you like well, let me
just give you some money, right?

801
00:49:55,900 --> 00:49:58,800
I'm not talking about flatly. 
I'm talking about a sincere 

802
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:03,600
authentic. 
Thanksgiving, how much more God 

803
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,100
sometimes? 
The Bible says in Psalms that 

804
00:50:06,100 --> 00:50:10,300
the the Melton the the mountains
will melt like wax in his 

805
00:50:10,300 --> 00:50:13,600
presence. 
So those things that seemed like

806
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,400
a mountain sometimes, if you 
just getting praise, you don't 

807
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,800
have to pray about the 
situation. 

808
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,000
God just says, let me give you 
some of this. 

809
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:25,800
We need to take some time before
the throne and thank him. 

810
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:30,100
So the testimony I want to share
with enclosing with you in this.

811
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,800
There was a Pentecostal 
missionary years and years ago 

812
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,700
that during the smallpox 
disease. 

813
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:40,900
It was going on in the nation in
the world, she contracted it. 

814
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:43,700
And so she came off the mission 
field. 

815
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:49,800
I went to the doctors and she 
was praying about God healing 

816
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:53,900
her during that time. 
And nothing was changing in her 

817
00:50:53,900 --> 00:50:56,300
body with that small pipe 
smallpox. 

818
00:50:57,100 --> 00:51:00,800
But she had a vision and God 
showed her scales. 

819
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:04,100
Do you remember the old balance 
scales? 

820
00:51:04,100 --> 00:51:08,200
It for weights where you put an 
item on one side of certain way 

821
00:51:08,500 --> 00:51:10,600
and it would go down. 
And then if you want to see if 

822
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:12,800
it was equal, you'd find 
something that was pretty 

823
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,200
similar in weight and put on the
other side and would balance out

824
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:19,400
the scales, right? 
Well, God told her, when your 

825
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:28,000
prayers and your praise Become 
equal, you're going to have 

826
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:34,000
breakthrough within 24 hours. 
She was healed of the smallpox 

827
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:44,700
without a vaccine. 
Coronavirus rious election and 

828
00:51:44,700 --> 00:51:46,900
the midst of everything that's 
going on this year or whatever 

829
00:51:46,900 --> 00:51:51,100
else is going on in your life, 
balance out your prayer life 

830
00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:58,000
with heartfelt, gratitude, 
that's active language daily to 

831
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:00,300
the king. 
Father, we thank you for your 

832
00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:05,100
word, it's incorruptible. 
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833
00:52:05,100 --> 00:52:07,500
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