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So tonight the the title of my 
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I'm going to talk to you about 
purpose because it's important 

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for us to hear from from the 
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How is what is God's overall 
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And then how do I personally fit
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See what we we have a problem in
the United States and we're not 

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even filming. 
So I get to how could you come 

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off the stage. 
We have a problem in the United 

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States that we've made this 
gospel of Jesus a personal 

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gospel where Jesus came just for
you, you only if he would have 

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died, you know, for for only 
you, he would have came and done

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it. 
But what we've done is removed 

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one of the most important parts 
of the Word of God, which is the

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corporate anointing or the 
corporate goal. 

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God has it. 
It is irrefutable. 

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God cares about you personally. 
However, He doesn't care about 

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you personally more than He 
cares about His corporate goal, 

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His corporate mission, His 
corporate plan. 

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You aren't His plan, but you fit
in His plan and a lot of people 

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will will will, you know, around
the world be ministering on. 

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Oh well, you know, it's your 
personal relationship with 

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Jesus. 
But tonight we're going to see 

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your personal purpose is always 
attached to God's corporate 

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purpose. 
But for us to really to to 

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understand where we fit in this,
we have to look at God's big 

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picture. 
I can't, I can't ever get up 

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here and not give you the full 
context of the Bible because the

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question that we ask in our 
hearts of where do I fit into 

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God's story that he's telling? 
He's the ultimate author. 

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There's never been a more epic, 
glorious story ever told than 

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the one that God has pinned with
his own words and he's written 

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us into it. 
But the problem is too much of 

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humanity doesn't know where they
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They think that they also have 
to pick up a pen and write 

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themselves into his notebook. 
And that's not the goal. 

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The goal is to find out what has
he pinned about you before you 

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were ever born. 
So the first thing I want to 

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look at is the 1st chapter, the 
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God answers a deep theological 
question that so many places are

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asking that every human heart is
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exist? 
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And in Genesis chapter one verse
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26 he says it says then God said
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He says let us make man in our 
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Who's he making man or mankind? 
He says and let them rule over 

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the birds of the of the fish of 
the sea, over the birds of the 

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sky over the cattle, over all 
the earth and every creeping 

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thing that creeps upon the 
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This verse sets the stage for 
the purpose of humanity. 

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He says the most powerful 3 
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beings and it's not I love you, 
it's let them rule. 

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That's the most powerful thing 
he's ever spoken to. 

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Your destiny that we were 
created for the Earth to rule 

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over this planet. 
Psalm 1/15/16 We've heard this 

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before, but it's worth repeating
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And I'll never get up in this 
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I see everybody actually doing 
it and believing it. 

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But Psalm 1/15/16 says the 
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the heavens of the Lord, but the
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of men. 
Who has he given the earth to? 

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So whenever we look, I'm going 
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much. 
But what we're going to go 

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through briefly, I'm going to 
paraphrase the story in Genesis 

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that happened in the garden. 
Because truly all of us are 

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haunted by Eden. 
We're haunted by what happened 

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in there. 
It shows for some reason the 

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Eden story of humanity shows up 
in every other tale ever told. 

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It shows up in every moment of 
your life where you have to make

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a decision. 
Eden shows up there somewhere. 

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What happened in that garden 
affects your decisions right 

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now. 
You're never free from that. 

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See, God said let us make man, 
and he gave him rulership and he

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gave him a Kingdom and said you 
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I rule heaven. 
And then the enemy came in and 

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wanted that rulership. 
He tricked Eve. 

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Then Eve gave to her husband. 
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Through disobeying God's way of 
doing things on the planet, they

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forfeited their dominion. 
So I want to you, if you're 

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taking notes tonight, I want you
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Ignorance of your assignment 
always results in abusing your 

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dominion. 
Ignorance of your assignment 

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always results in abusing your 
dominion. 

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Every time. 
If you don't know why something 

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exists, you don't know what 
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it for a purpose that was it was
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Eve was given a free will, and 
yet her ignorance of knowing why

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she was in the planet and what 
God's will truly was, and her 

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arguing back and forth trying to
determine what is God's will and

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having a theological debate with
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It was a theological debate. 
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Oh, that's not what the word 
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Is that not what? 
That's what happened. 

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The same thing that happened in 
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that happens now in people's 
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Oh, that's not what he said. 
That's not what he meant. 

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Can you imagine the serpent? 
He's like, listen, what are we 

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living in? 
We're living a day like 30. 

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That was 30 days ago. 
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He must have meant something 
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That was from the beginning. 
Don't eat that tree in the 

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beginning. 
But now we're we're deeper into 

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this. 
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See, mankind was designed and 
destined to hear the word of the

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King, obey the word of the king,
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dominate and rule their 
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So we can stay the rest of the 
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one passage, because really, if 
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you we can see the opposite take
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If mankind was designed to hear 
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word of the king, and then 
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That means if we go backwards, 
if mankind doesn't obey the word

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of the king, what do they 
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Their dominion, their overall 
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So tonight I want you to know in
starting out, people have asked 

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this question and they're going 
to it's it's a question that 

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everybody's going to have to ask
at some point in their walk with

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God. 
And that is what is my purpose? 

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But you will never walk in your 
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understand and walk in God's 
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You have to understand where 
your personal assignment fits 

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into the bigger picture because 
when we over personalize the 

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gospel, when we over personalize
the work of Jesus that he did 

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through his death, burial, 
resurrection, what we do is try 

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to find ourselves isolated with 
just us and God when God is not 

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just a you and him God. 
He's always been a corporate 

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God. 
He's always been a God that 

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overseas nations and has 
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multitudes of people. 
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back just for Brian. 
He comes back for his whole 

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church, which means I want to be
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be an individual. 
So we say, well, what's my 

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purpose? 
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We got a, we got two hours. 
Pastor Chase is in there. 

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And I was like, man, I'm going 
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as long as you want. 
We were like, yeah, fist bone 

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tonight. 
Let's look at Isaiah 96 kind of 

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reiterates and and sends this 
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Isaiah Chapter 9 verse 6 is the 
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Jesus coming and he says, 
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us, a son will be given and the 
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rest on his shoulders. 
So then if we Fast forward to 

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the New Testament and we know 
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Christ, where is the government 
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Resting on his shoulders, which 
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So we house the government of 
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So you have a part to play in 
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earth. 
But the reason the title of my 

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message starts out with dust is 
because when he formed Adam out 

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of the dust of the ground, where
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You can answer, you can. 
It's we're not even filming the 

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message. 
You can respond. 

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The dust came from the earth. 
Adam was made out of the place 

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that he was assigned. 
His assignment was part of his 

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DNA. 
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of the dust of the ground and 
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Which means Adam is made out of 
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But then where did God say was 
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It says and God placed him 
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In the garden? 
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So God's very best for humanity 
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who didn't know sin was that he 
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placed in the earth. 
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assignment to be the first 
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Think about it. 
He he told him, name all the 

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animals that's science. 
And he's like, tend all these 

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plants. 
He's a botanist as well. 

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So God gave him this assignment 
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he assigned him, which was 
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So was Adam's very best that he 
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will on this planet what he was 
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his best to just be in the 
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So we know that the that 
somewhere the gospel with finger

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quotes. 
That's for the recording because

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they don't see me. 
So I have to do this. 

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The gospel got off somewhere 
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God's very best was somewhere 
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No, God's very best for your 
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place. 
If it wasn't, then why did Jesus

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have to come and die if this 
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until one day we gets better 
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living somewhere else with him 
and everything will be all put 

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together. 
That's old covenant that did not

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require Jesus blood. 
Jesus's blood, his death, burial

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and resurrection came and 
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to what Adam lost. 
So your general purpose as human

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beings is to reign and dominate 
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planet. 
So the idea that I'll just hold 

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on until it gets better. 
No, no, no. 

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Jesus came so that you could 
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I need more Jesus. 
No, you don't. 

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You need more revelation and 
knowledge about what you already

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have. 
See, when you're ignorant of 

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your assignment, when you're 
ignorant, you begin to abuse 

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whatever it is you're ignorant 
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So every human being born that 
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the Kingdom begins to abuse 
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Abuse is simply just using 
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function that it was never 
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You know, there's a, there's a 
funny story and I, you know, I 

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kind of promised myself I 
wouldn't tell this story because

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I think it's dumb, but you know 
what? 

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I'm going to tell it anyway. 
There's this, this, this funny 

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story. 
When I, when I was a kid, I 

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heard this and this, this 
gentleman would chop down trees 

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for a living. 
He used axes, OK? 

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And he would go in and chop down
trees and somebody one day 

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brought him a chainsaw and he's 
like, wow. 

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They, they said this should make
your job 10 times faster. 

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So he takes that chainsaw out 
and comes back drenched in sweat

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the next day, gives it back to 
the man and throws the chainsaw 

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on the ground and goes, it took 
me all day to do 1 tree with 

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this stupid thing. 
The guy was like, sorry, I 

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thought this would help. 
He's like, he didn't help at 

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all. 
It's awful. 

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Guys like, well, let me see 
what's wrong with it. 

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And went and pulled the thing 
and the guy goes, whoa, what's 

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that? 
See, he didn't understand how it

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was supposed to function. 
He didn't realize you turn it on

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and it actually makes your life 
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All he was given was something 
that he didn't know how it 

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operated and then goes out and 
begins to abuse himself and his 

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time in the resource that he was
given because he just didn't 

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know how it was supposed to 
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All of us are born with God's 
word being available, but not 

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inside of us yet. 
We've got, we've got, you know, 

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a, a nation of people that are 
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depression, that are, that are 
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vacations to try to escape their
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that all they can ever give them
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maybe try to think positive 
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And nobody's going back to the 
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because the church is the one, 
the only ones that can help. 

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The church is the only source 
that you can go to to get the 

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actual user manual. 
If you don't know why you exist,

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you'll abuse your life. 
You'll end up doing things with 

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your time and your dominion that
actually are counterproductive 

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to your Kingdom assignment. 
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in assignment, I think we should
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5. 
This speaks to the heart of God 

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and he's talking to the prophet 
Jeremiah that we know, you know,

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lived in a in a difficult time, 
but had a direct communication 

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with God as a prophet. 
And he says before I formed you 

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in the womb, I knew you. 
Before I formed you in the womb,

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I knew you. 
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consecrated you. 
Consecrated is a very Bible word

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that just means I set you apart 
for something special. 

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But this doesn't go just for 
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Every human life born into this 
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set apart for a special unique 
assignment. 

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That's why abortion is such a 
tragedy. 

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Don't tell me it's a cluster of 
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Even if it is cells, it's cells 
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set apart special assignment. 
So every person with a beating 

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heart in this room, you were 
born for a reason. 

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See, let let's think about God 
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He says before you were in the 
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So before he ever even began to 
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does nothing reactively. 
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He's a creator. 
So if you're here listening to 

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my words right now, you were 
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you. 
You weren't born. 

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And then God said, what do we do
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Stephen didn't come out and God 
win. 

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Well, got to find something for 
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You know, Stephen came out 
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in the planet and I'm going to 
have him be born just to fulfill

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this need. 
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Miles Monroe has these these 
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often here at the church, but 
they just bear repeating for 

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tonight. 
He says the greatest tragedy in 

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life is not death. 
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It is somebody living and not 
fulfilling their purpose is 

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somebody living their whole life
and never even tapping into the 

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reason they were born and given 
life. 

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A lot of times we think when 
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grieves the heart of God more 
than when somebody lives their 

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life and doesn't actually follow
His instruction. 

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See, it's important for us to 
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things that deeply shaped who I 
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These are the things that I 
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teenager and as a as a young 
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following the Lord for myself 
because I realized nobody else 

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can do my assignment but me. 
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and this comes up, you know, I 
teach a class in 318I have for 

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the, you know, last however 
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It's been a while and everybody 
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whether they're taking a 
discipleship course at Anchor 

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Faith Church or whether they 
just come and sit and hear the 

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word of God. 
Everybody comes to this point 

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and ask the question, how do I 
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How do I find out what my 
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Because you can't read the Bible
and see that God orchestrates 

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your life and says before you 
were born, I knew you before you

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were born, I set you apart to do
something special. 

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Then all of a sudden you come to
this place and realize God 

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probably had a plan that I'm 
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It's an important question. 
So when we ask this question, we

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have to first say God 
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What are you doing in me? 
Am I operating in my dominion? 

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How do we have dominion? 
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we hear the Word of God and then
we believe and act on the word 

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of God, and we just do that in 
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That's our general purpose. 
Nobody's free of that. 

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God's not calling you to a 
special thing, and you were born

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to do a special thing without 
him. 

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But if God is the author of our 
purpose, that means our purpose 

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can only be found in Him. 
Look at Ephesians 1/4. 

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It says as He chose us in Him 
before the foundation of the 

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world, that we would be holy and
blameless before Him. 

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He chose us in Him. 
This isn't some kind of 

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predestination thing. 
This is God, the heart of God, 

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dealing with you personally. 
He chose you, not just as a 

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person, not all by yourself, but
He chose you in who you will 

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never ever truly find yourself 
outside of Him. 

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He chose you in him. 
See, This is why we have an 

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advantage. 
This is why I'm so thankful for 

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Anchor Faith Church, for the 
training that we have for the 

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pastoral staff that we have for 
the instruction, because the 

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world desperately needs this. 
The whole Pharmaceutical 

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industry would probably go 
bankrupt if if people just began

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to realize I was born for a 
purpose. 

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They found the author of the 
purpose. 

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They said I submit to your 
lordship and then just did it. 

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You know, we've had many friends
that have had had children. 

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You know what I would say at 
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depression just doesn't seem to 
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think we have a bunch of Mamas 
that know their purpose in the 

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Kingdom and that baby fits into 
their purpose and they keep 

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moving on with purpose. 
Same thing. 

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We've got men that show up and 
we in in, in the what the work 

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that we do at Anchor Faith 
Church in marriages is is 

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phenomenal. 
The work that we do in men's 

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lives through the 318 
discipleship through 

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relationships and men knowing 
each other. 

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It's phenomenal because what it 
does is broken men show up 

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because we pray a men Lord send 
broken men to this church, send 

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broken families, send broken 
marriages in because they can't 

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get fixed anywhere else. 
And then all of a sudden the 

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word of God begins to seep in 
and penetrate these men's hearts

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and these families hearts. 
And then God begins to put 

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things together because only in 
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found. 
The purpose of marriage can only

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really be found in him. 
If you don't know why God 

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designed marriage and you don't 
understand your role in the 

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marriage, you find yourself at a
Coldplay concert and you begin 

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to abuse your life and your 
family and you're abusing your 

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time and your energy and your 
resources and you're abusing 

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your dominion. 
My wife's shaking her head. 

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It's OK, but God has an 
individual purpose for each one 

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of us that fits into His 
corporate assignment for the 

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planet. 
If we look at Jeremiah 2911, 

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this begins to still speak to 
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whenever we start talking about 
your purpose, then you're 

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thinking, well, what if God 
asked what if? 

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What if I'm born to do something
that I'm not doing right now? 

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See, I see I've, there's people 
that have said, well, I've built

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this career. 
I've, I've, I've been at my job 

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for 20 years. 
I'm close to retirement. 

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But what, what if I ask God and 
then God tells me you were never

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created to do that. 
Well, it's called courage. 

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It's called having the guts to 
step out and obey what God says,

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no matter the cost. 
I, I remember sharing things 

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from my heart. 
I remember as a teenager, I 

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hated the, I hated hot weather. 
I still do. 

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And I grew up in Oklahoma and we
had all Four Seasons and I, I 

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told my parents many times, 
like, you know what, someday I'm

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going to move to Colorado 
because they have mountains and 

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snow and it's cold and like, I 
love it. 

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And then when God began to deal 
with me about purpose, I, my 

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purpose wasn't to do the family 
business. 

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It was to go into ministry. 
And he spoke that directly to my

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heart. 
I know that. 

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But I had this thought that I 
had shared with some of my 

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friends, like what if God calls 
me like be a missionary to some 

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hot place? 
That would be horrible. 

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And then here I am. 
What? 

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How hot was it today? 
These last couple weeks have 

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been brutal and I was reminded 
of that. 

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Lord, you called me to a hot 
place. 

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I don't know if you did that on 
purpose, but in the end you have

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to be willing to say, Lord, I 
want your lordship. 

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I want whatever you have for my 
life. 

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See, too many people have a big 
long list of things they don't 

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want to do for God and they're 
afraid to actually go to God and

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ask the question. 
So when somebody really asks me,

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oh, how do I find out my 
purpose? 

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The first thing that I want to 
say, and then I'll say right 

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here that I don't normally just 
say in person because it comes 

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off a little better from the 
platform, is you're going to 

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have to die to a lot of things. 
How do I find my purpose? 

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You get rid of a lot of other 
stuff that you're holding onto 

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because what if God is holding 
in his hands everything you ever

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dreamed of and everything you 
ever wanted or needed and 

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reaches out to hand it to you, 
but your hands are so full of 

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your own selfish choices that 
you can't actually accept it. 

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And I think that's the place 
most people are in who are truly

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discontented or frustrated or in
a season of their life where 

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they're like, I don't, I just 
feel like I'm not doing what I 

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was, what I was created to do. 
And, you know, I don't know how 

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to find that. 
Well, maybe it's because you 

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just refused to let go of you 
because I'm here to tell you 

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right now, I was born for this. 
I was born for it. 

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As sure as my heart beats in my 
chest, I was born to be here at 

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Anchor Faith Church right now, 
tonight, there, there's no doubt

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in my mind. 
There's no question. 

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There's no, there's no, there's 
no question marks zooming around

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my head about what I'm assigned 
to. 

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I am called to be here with you 
right now. 

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I'm in the right place at the 
right time for my destiny. 

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And that confidence comes from 
me first asking a question when 

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I was 18 years old in my Jeep in
a parking lot on 6th St. in 

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Tulsa, OK. 
When I said, God, I'm tired of 

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doing my own thing. 
I just want what you want from 

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me. 
What do you want me to do? 

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It wasn't a deep theological 
prayer. 

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It didn't rhyme. 
I didn't say you are great, you 

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are good. 
What's the destiny for this 

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dude? 
Like I didn't do that. 

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I just genuinely opened up and I
realized in that moment I didn't

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really know what was happening. 
But for the rest of my life, 

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there are markers that have been
through my life and calling that

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have pointed me towards where I 
am right now. 

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That moment is truly the moment 
I made him Lord of my life. 

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I prayed a prayer when I was a 
little kid. 

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I grew up in church. 
I grew up on a Pew. 

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I slept under my dad's desk at 
the church as he was an 

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associate pastor at the church I
grew up, slept under his desk 

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every Sunday. 
But that didn't get me any 

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closer to my destiny. 
That moment in my Jeep when I 

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said I'm done with me, I only 
want you for the rest of my life

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was a true heart commitment that
was made in here. 

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I didn't purchase a billboard on
the side of the road. 

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I didn't go call all of my 
friends and let them know. 

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In the end, it was something 
that happened deep within me and

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in from that point on, he became
Lord. 

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And it's important because when 
somebody's like, well, you know,

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how do I know my purpose? 
Well, it has to start with you 

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knowing God's will, God's 
overall purpose. 

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Then the next point would have 
to be Lordship, because why 

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would he tell you what you were 
born for if he knows you've not 

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committed to actually enter into
him? 

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See, he Jeremiah 2911 says, for 
I know the plans that I have for

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you. 
Who has the plans for me? 

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Who else has the plans for me? 
At one time in my life, other 

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people had plans for me. 
My family had plans, my friends 

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had plans. 
Some of the mentors in my life 

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had plans for me, gave me 
advice, thought what I should 

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do. 
But in the end, God has the 

450
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,280
plans. 
Why would I listen to anybody 

451
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,320
else? 
In the end, He's the one who's 

452
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,120
declared that for me and they're
good plans. 

453
00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:53,880
It's not for me to suffer and 
just be hot all the time. 

454
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,800
I know that I said that. 
But in the end, I love the life 

455
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,640
that I have here. 
I met my wife here. 

456
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,200
I've had my 4 awesome kids here.
I have so many relationships and

457
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,040
when people start complaining 
about how hard it is to make 

458
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,600
friends in your 30s or in your 
40s or 50s, it's hard to have 

459
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:07,880
friends. 
I don't know what they're 

460
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,800
talking about. 
God has called me to a place 

461
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,920
that I have such deep, rich 
relationships. 

462
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,680
I could not ask for anything 
better. 

463
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,600
I could not go anywhere else and
find better than what God's 

464
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,640
given me in the assignment that 
I said yes to. 

465
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,120
So the plans he asked for me, 
they're good, they're for good, 

466
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,080
They're not so that I would just
suffer, no. 

467
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,400
Has there been suffering along 
the way? 

468
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,280
Sure. 
But guess what? 

469
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:36,160
He's been with me in it. 
If I could give you another 

470
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,000
bullet point whenever God calls 
you to something, your purpose 

471
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:47,320
does not promise comfort, but it
is promised it a comforter your 

472
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,320
your personal assignment. 
When you begin to hear that from

473
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,520
on the inside and you receive 
that from God, comfort for your 

474
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,840
flesh goes out the door, but he 
sends you a comforter for the 

475
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,800
inside. 
So even when it's difficult on 

476
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,840
the outside, he's there with 
you. 

477
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,480
See, He says I'll never leave 
you or forsake you, but he's 

478
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,760
talking to those in covenant 
with him that have submitted to 

479
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,560
his lordship. 
And that should be noted because

480
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,360
a lot of times people think, 
well, if I just believe in God, 

481
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,840
he's with me, He'll never leave 
me or forsake me. 

482
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,880
Even Satan believes in God. 
He believes he exists. 

483
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,600
So believing he exists isn't 
what qualifies you. 

484
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,080
It's Romans 828 those he causes 
all things to work together for 

485
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,320
good for those that love him and
those that are called according 

486
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,000
to his purpose. 
Whose purpose? 

487
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,720
Your purpose? 
Not your purpose, not Chris's 

488
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,800
purpose. 
He doesn't work everything 

489
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,840
together for good just for 
Chris's purpose. 

490
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,120
He works everything together for
good for those that are called 

491
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:52,520
according to his purposes. 
And I know that we're kind of 

492
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,320
like saying your purpose. 
I'm not actually telling you 

493
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,240
here's what your purpose is, 
which I think some people are on

494
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,040
the edge of their seat 
wondering. 

495
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:58,080
He's going to tell me my 
purpose. 

496
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,440
I don't want to forecast too far
in advance, but I'm not going to

497
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,720
do that tonight. 
I'm not going to tell you what 

498
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,000
your purpose is. 
You know, Mr. Eric's sitting 

499
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,760
over here on the front row and 
you know what's not going to 

500
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,760
happen? 
And I'm just, this may be 

501
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,680
disappointing to you, but not 
tonight, not when another guest 

502
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,280
minister comes, not when a 
prophet of God shows up. 

503
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,800
They're not going to come and 
say you were born to do such and

504
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,440
such. 
It's not how that happens. 

505
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,000
It's on the inside. 
See, your personal assignment, 

506
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,720
your purpose, is so sacred, so 
intimate, that God has to speak 

507
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:41,680
it on the inside of you first. 
And I'll tell you why. 

508
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,080
Because at some point you'll 
begin to operate in your purpose

509
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,600
and adversity will come because 
the enemy doesn't want you doing

510
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,680
it. 
Difficult times will come. 

511
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,400
Even though you have peace and 
joy and a comforter available on

512
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,840
the inside of you, difficulty 
still shows up and you're going 

513
00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,600
to point to the person that 
called you. 

514
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,400
So God doesn't send his prophets
to come tell you your individual

515
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,640
purpose. 
Because then when it gets hard, 

516
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,160
you'll be, well, that man of God
prayed over me and he said this.

517
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:19,680
Then you're going to call him 
up, say, hey, jerk, you said 

518
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,240
that I would do this purpose and
it's really hard and it hurts. 

519
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,760
And they've that's not how he 
works. 

520
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,160
In fact, whenever I felt like 
God had called me to St. 

521
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,560
Augustine, FL, I called Pastor 
Earl at the time I was like, 

522
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,360
hey, I want to, you know, I feel
like God's telling me to move to

523
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,560
Florida. 
You know what I wanted to hear? 

524
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,640
We'd love to have you come on 
down. 

525
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:41,720
And he didn't say that that was 
disappointing at the time, but 

526
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,400
I'm so thankful for his 
God-given wisdom and his answer 

527
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,600
that he gave. 
He said, well, you better hear 

528
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,080
from God because when it gets 
tough, you got to remember He's 

529
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:57,360
the one that called you, not me.
You know what? 

530
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,960
Over the last 20 years, it's 
gotten tough. 

531
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,560
There's been times that I've 
said, Lord, Are you sure? 

532
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,120
Are you sure You know what he 
said every time? 

533
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,280
Yes. 
Stay the course. 

534
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,280
You know where he says that same
place that he called me? 

535
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,560
It's deep. 
It's deep inside of me. 

536
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,240
You know, often times this shows
up even in pop culture things. 

537
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:28,280
I'm going to give a Disney 
reference. 

538
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,920
Just bear with me. 
But there's sometimes that 

539
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,720
things echo in your heart that 
you watch because you realize 

540
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,280
this is just kind of an allegory
of something that God was doing 

541
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,120
in in me or in in his ultimate 
plan. 

542
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,320
And there's this movie, Moana. 
Has he ever seen Moana? 

543
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,520
I'm not, you know, putting my 
state for approval. 

544
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,360
Like you should go see it. 
I'm just saying I've seen it. 

545
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,400
And there's this moment where 
she's trying to find her 

546
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:54,400
destiny. 
And she says this statement that

547
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,560
in the movie theater, I sat 
there and I had this tear come 

548
00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,480
down and my daughter's like, 
what's wrong with you? 

549
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:05,160
This is like a girls movie. 
But she's saying that her, her 

550
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,840
destiny was calling to her. 
And she, she says this line, she

551
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,320
sings and says, but the call 
isn't out there at all. 

552
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:15,320
It's inside me. 
And it's just I find God, man. 

553
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,160
I find him wherever I'm at. 
But he sat there and he was 

554
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:23,120
like, yeah, it's not out there. 
You're not gonna go find the 

555
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,360
call out there. 
You're not gonna go find your 

556
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,120
peace out there. 
You're not gonna go find your 

557
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,160
comfort with your friends. 
It's inside right here. 

558
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,680
So if you're writing another 
thing down, if you want to know 

559
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,840
your purpose, you better get 
back good at prayer. 

560
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,640
You better get good at hearing 
the voice of the Holy Spirit and

561
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,120
obeying the voice of the Holy 
Spirit and letting him speak to 

562
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,520
your heart, because that's the 
only place he's going to reveal 

563
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,880
it first. 
No, I'm not saying that somebody

564
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,320
can't come down here and be 
praying and say, I see you in 

565
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,320
the future and you're, you're 
doing this thing. 

566
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,480
But you know what that is? 
That's them confirming something

567
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,080
that's already on the inside. 
Because if they say, I see you 

568
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,040
doing this because people have 
prayed over me before. 

569
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,280
I've been here a long time. 
And sometimes we get this idea 

570
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,720
in our heads. 
And I'm not saying this is any 

571
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,040
of you, but it is. 
And it's, it's that a guest 

572
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,720
minister will come and they 
start going, Lord, Oh my God, 

573
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,320
Oh, they come over. 
I just see right now. 

574
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,000
And then people in their chairs 
are like, I hope he hope he 

575
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,320
comes over here. 
What's he going to say to me? 

576
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,920
What if he comes over? 
Come on, come on, come here. 

577
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,040
And you're like, you're not 
doing it outside, but on the 

578
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,120
inside you're like, please come 
over here. 

579
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,760
Please come over here and tell 
me what it is. 

580
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,880
And even if they come over to 
you and say, I see you doing 

581
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,000
this thing, you better have it 
on the inside first. 

582
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,080
There's been times when 
somebody's prayed over me and 

583
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,240
they've confirmed something I 
already knew was deep inside. 

584
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,040
There's all been other times 
that somebody's come in that we 

585
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,920
were at some other conference or
some other place and somebody 

586
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,720
spoken something to me and I 
thought that was that made no 

587
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:43,920
sense to me. 
That wasn't for me. 

588
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,240
That was over here, but in this 
house, I'm not craving some word

589
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,360
from some prophet or somebody to
come over and lay hands on me to

590
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,400
get something started in my 
life. 

591
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,680
It's really just to confirm what
God's already done on the 

592
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,040
inside. 
Because if I'm, if I look at 

593
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,800
markers along my path, I was, 
you know, really kind of moved a

594
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,680
couple weeks ago when I started 
thinking, where did, when did I 

595
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,320
get called to ministry? 
When did that even really 

596
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,120
happen? 
And I realized it was at a kids 

597
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,040
camp and they were playing a 
song. 

598
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,080
Some of you may know this, some 
may not, but it was sung by 

599
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,040
Darlene. 
Check it was called the Potter's

600
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:21,840
hands and I remember I mean it's
like God can zoom me into that 

601
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,320
moment and I and and I'm 
standing there, I'm down there 

602
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,960
on my knees. 
I'm worshiping We're at a kids 

603
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,400
camp. 
They were just playing ACD. 

604
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:33,440
It wasn't live worship. 
And the song says take me, mold 

605
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,120
me, use me, film me and I 
remember as a child I wasn't 

606
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,960
crying. 
I probably look like a rude 

607
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,400
little kid, like I was probably,
you know, scratching and 

608
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,120
touching my friends and, and, 
and, you know, whatever. 

609
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,480
But in the end, as a child, I 
was, you know, probably Titus 

610
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,640
his age. 
And I'm sitting down there and I

611
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,600
remember God spoke in here 
instead. 

612
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,240
I've called you, I've set you 
apart. 

613
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,800
And I knew that meant ministry. 
God spoke to me in a way that I 

614
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,480
knew what that meant on the 
inside. 

615
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,840
And I remember that moment. 
So I went back and I listened 

616
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,720
that song and I just sat there 
and thought, God, thank you. 

617
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,560
It's dear to me. 
I mean, in my whole 38 years of 

618
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:17,120
living, that moment resounds the
God. 

619
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,280
God called me then. 
And then I can think of another 

620
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,400
time there was a a, a, a 
minister that came into the 

621
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,080
children's. 
He, he was a clown. 

622
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,280
It was literally he had makeup 
on. 

623
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,960
Listen, the 90s were wild. 
Most kids ministry people were 

624
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,920
clowns. 
Like I don't know why, but this 

625
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,679
guy came in and he was a Holy 
Ghost clown. 

626
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:39,159
I guess because he had, he had a
word, his name was Whiskers. 

627
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,440
Somebody's now listening to some
podcasts. 

628
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:47,440
I don't remember Whiskers, but 
this guy would go do children's 

629
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,000
ministry and he had puppet skits
and he'd do, he would do, you 

630
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,159
know, Bible memory verses and 
things. 

631
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:55,520
And it was a great time. 
But as a little child, you know,

632
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,960
under probably around the age of
10, I remember he looked down, 

633
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:03,080
he goes, is there anybody in 
here named Josh? 

634
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,840
Which that wasn't fair because 
there were eight of us. 

635
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,880
OK, most popular baby named 
1987, but he goes is anybody in 

636
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,000
your name, Josh and the kid in 
front of me was a good friend of

637
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:12,840
mine. 
His name was also Josh. 

638
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:14,840
He raised his hand. 
He pointed directly at him and I

639
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:15,800
was sitting in the chair behind 
him. 

640
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,520
He goes I feel strongly by the 
Lord God has called you to 

641
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,120
ministry. 
And I remember sitting there 

642
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,960
going think he missed me. 
And that was the genuine thought

643
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,840
that I had. 
I think he I don't think that 

644
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,000
was for him and I took that 
moment to heart. 

645
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:39,200
He pointed through him, the 
other Josh and that guy come to 

646
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,480
find out years later, I just 
found out like 3 or 4 years ago,

647
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,640
he just came back to the Lord, 
which I'm thankful for, but he 

648
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,520
ran, didn't have ministry in his
heart, did his own life for a 

649
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:52,120
while now. 
Remember, there were moments on 

650
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:56,280
the inside that God started 
planting seeds even from 

651
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,600
childhood of what I was created 
to do. 

652
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,120
Now, I'd like to say that I just
stuck with that forever. 

653
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,920
As a child went, I'm called a 
ministry and walked around like 

654
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,760
a robot and I was like told 
everybody I was, but I was 

655
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,600
trying to figure it all out as a
teenager, like anybody else was 

656
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,000
trying to find out what does God
have? 

657
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,560
But I realized through this, and
again, if you're going to write 

658
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:18,480
something down, I realized that 
God's purpose for you is never 

659
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,320
him dropping a title on you, but
it's Him enrolling you on a path

660
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,480
towards your purpose. 
See, too often I think 

661
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,480
everybody's like, I want to know
my purpose, God, what's my 

662
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:30,640
purpose? 
And they'll want him to say, 

663
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:36,360
you'll be a dentist and you go, 
OK, you will be a missionary. 

664
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,040
If you say God, I want to know 
my purpose. 

665
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,800
And he'll say, you know what? 
You should put in an application

666
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,120
at Treasure Harbor Preschool. 
God, I don't think you hear me. 

667
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,800
Like they say, I said, what's my
purpose? 

668
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,240
And he says, maybe you should 
put in an application at the 

669
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,120
preschool. 
It's kind of like when 

670
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:55,760
somebody's like, God, I need, I 
need finance. 

671
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,640
Lord bless me with finance. 
He's like, do you remember how 

672
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:02,560
you talked to your wife? 
God, I was specific in my 

673
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,240
question. 
I want you to be specific back. 

674
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,320
But God always knows the root of
what you need to get you where 

675
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,120
you need to go. 
If you can't be obedient to his 

676
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,200
spirit and his voice and 
whatever he's saying, then he's 

677
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,880
not going to give you the 
specifics that you're actually 

678
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,240
asking for Now. 
He says clearly if you seek you 

679
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:24,040
will find if you knock the door 
will be answered. 

680
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,080
He also says if anyone lacks 
wisdom, let Him ask. 

681
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,960
However, we have to ask 
according to His will and we 

682
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,280
have to ask Him the question 
that goes in line with His 

683
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,560
purpose. 
Because the journey for me to 

684
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:43,120
find my assignment, it was God 
speaking to me on the inside, 

685
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,760
but it was also me obeying the 
still small things in every 

686
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:56,200
given season. 
Every God-given assignment 

687
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,160
begins in the heart, but God 
calls each one of us by name 

688
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:05,440
into his greater purpose. 
So God's personal purpose for 

689
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,440
you is to fit into his corporate
mission. 

690
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,440
So his corporate mission comes 
first. 

691
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,400
So another thing that I've heard
people say, I was like, oh, you 

692
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,400
know, you know what God's called
me to do. 

693
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,520
I know what he's called me to 
do. 

694
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,560
And it doesn't involve people. 
I'm called to be a veterinarian.

695
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,000
You know, I just have this heart
and passion for animals. 

696
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,520
And, you know, I just, you know,
I don't deal with people. 

697
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,600
Well, who do you think is going 
to pay you to deal with the 

698
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,760
animal? 
We don't have the whole naked in

699
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:40,960
the garden thing anymore with 
the animals that went away 

700
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,840
because of sin. 
Now we got to deal with people. 

701
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,720
So I can promise you this. 
I can't tell you Brian, your, 

702
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,080
your, your, your purpose and the
reason you were born is this 

703
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,760
specific thing. 
But what I can tell you is that 

704
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,680
specifically your purpose is for
people. 

705
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,080
Every God-given personal 
assignment will affect the 

706
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,000
corporate assignment of his 
Kingdom. 

707
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,240
Every single call that God will 
put in your heart. 

708
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,600
If you're saying, well, mine 
doesn't involve people, go back 

709
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,760
and ask again, you're hearing 
something wrong. 

710
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,120
Well, I'm not good with people. 
Listen, you weren't good with 

711
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:16,520
righteousness when you were 
born. 

712
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,720
You weren't good with not 
sinning and being selfish when 

713
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,160
you were born. 
So I would hope to think that 

714
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,320
once you get in the Kingdom, 
you'll get better at what God's 

715
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,280
called you to be. 
Well, my personality, God 

716
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:32,440
redeemed your personality. 
Well, you know I've been hurt. 

717
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,200
He came to heal the hurts you 
don't know I've been through. 

718
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,960
God does, and He's here to fix 
that so you can operate your 

719
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,360
purpose. 
So maybe you don't know your 

720
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,560
purpose because you won't 
forgive what's in your past. 

721
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:53,300
Maybe. 
I know we're a little bit all 

722
00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:54,300
over the place, but this is 
good. 

723
00:39:54,300 --> 00:40:01,980
It didn't go the way that I 
thought, but I genuinely believe

724
00:40:01,980 --> 00:40:03,420
we need to hear this. 
I mean, there's, there's too 

725
00:40:03,420 --> 00:40:05,260
many relationships I have. 
There's too many people that God

726
00:40:05,260 --> 00:40:07,340
has called into Anchor Faith 
Church that haven't haven't 

727
00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:09,980
heard all the stuff that some of
you have that have been here for

728
00:40:09,980 --> 00:40:13,600
1015 years. 
I remember the first time I sat 

729
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,120
in the service and they read 
Jeremiah 1/5 and read Jeremiah 

730
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,240
2911 and it hit me like a ton of
bricks. 

731
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,640
God thought of me before I ever 
showed up. 

732
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,320
God thought of me. 
Even if my parents had neglected

733
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,400
me, you know who still thought 
of me? 

734
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,360
No, they didn't. 
But again, there's people that 

735
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,440
show up. 
They're like, I had terrible 

736
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,720
parents. 
They go, you don't know what my 

737
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,920
life was like growing up. 
I'm like, I know that you were 

738
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,600
held back from the one who loved
you and planned for you. 

739
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,680
Again, any story that's told or 
any any tale that that we read 

740
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,000
or book, that fiction book that 
we see or movies that we watch 

741
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,760
that resonates in us is really 
because somewhere Eden is still 

742
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,000
creeping in there and calling 
out to your heart. 

743
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:54,000
There's nobody watching the 
Tangled movie that doesn't 

744
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,840
identify that woman being the 
devil. 

745
00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:01,120
She's rough. 
You know what? 

746
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:05,040
She held that royal child back 
from her true loving parents 

747
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,160
that wanted her and lied to her 
so that she wouldn't find them 

748
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:14,160
until one day she saw the light.
But why does that story resonate

749
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,800
with you? 
I got a bunch of children under 

750
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:19,800
12. 
What do you want from me? 

751
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,480
But why do these stories 
resonate with Don't act like 

752
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:27,120
you're so holy you walk around. 
You only watch Chosen, you're 

753
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,400
reading books, you're watching 
you're you're with your kids. 

754
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,520
You got Bluey on. 
And you know that Bluey dad's a 

755
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:32,920
good dad and you want to be a 
good dad. 

756
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,640
Like you stop acting like you're
so sacred at home. 

757
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,240
You got Disney Plus, half of 
you. 

758
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:42,440
But when you watch that movie, 
you realize that's the story of 

759
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,640
humanity. 
That the enemy has come in and 

760
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,760
stole you out of your royal 
birthright, your right to rule 

761
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,720
and dominate the planet, and 
told you your daddy didn't love 

762
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,960
you and that you all alone and 
that you can't go anywhere. 

763
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,240
But all of a sudden, whenever 
you get the revelation or the 

764
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,240
light that shows up in your 
heart, you realize my father's a

765
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,280
king that wanted me to reign 
with him. 

766
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:04,960
And those things call and pull 
on your heart. 

767
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,680
But then all of a sudden you 
don't know where really to find 

768
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,080
it in scripture. 
And you're ignorant that you've 

769
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,800
got an individual assignment 
like that. 

770
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,080
I'm telling you, I've said in 
services just like this one 

771
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,000
where my heart literally was 
burning inside of me because I 

772
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,360
knew what was being said was 
true. 

773
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,840
I just didn't know how. 
How do I fit into that until I 

774
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:29,600
began to make Him first Lord of 
my life and then do the next 

775
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:34,840
thing, which is John 15. 
Look at John 15. 

776
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,520
This is Jesus speaking. 
And it's important to note Jesus

777
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,400
is the Word in this same, in 
this same book in John 11, it 

778
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:48,520
says in the beginning was the 
Word. 

779
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,880
The Word was with God. 
The Word and God are the same. 

780
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,920
Then in verse 14 the Word became
flesh. 

781
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,440
That's Jesus. 
So he says I am, which should be

782
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:02,160
noted. 
The Word is saying I am the vine

783
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,040
and my Father is the vine 
dresser. 

784
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,720
Every branch in me that does not
bear fruit He takes away, and 

785
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,560
every branch that bears fruit He
prunes it so it may bear more 

786
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:15,240
fruit. 
You are already clean because of

787
00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:16,920
the Word which I have spoken to 
you. 

788
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,800
Abide in me. 
Who's saying this? 

789
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:25,880
So who is Jesus? 
So he says, Abide in me. 

790
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:29,680
Let the Word abide in the Word, 
and let the Word abide in you. 

791
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,880
And as a branch cannot bear any 
fruit of itself unless it abides

792
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:36,600
in the vine, so neither can you.
Unless you abide in the Word. 

793
00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:40,280
You will never enter your 
individual purpose. 

794
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,680
You will never even have a hint 
going into this purpose until 

795
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,240
you have established in His 
Lordship that I'm abiding in His

796
00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:49,280
word. 
His principles, His precepts, 

797
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,560
they, they dictate what I think,
say, and do. 

798
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,480
He says you abide in the Word, 
the word will abide in you. 

799
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,680
And that's when you can actually
be productive in your 

800
00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:59,960
assignment. 
Because when we go back to 

801
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:02,200
Doctor Miles Monroe and his 
other quotes, the final quote 

802
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,520
that he has in the four quotes 
is he says the greatest failure 

803
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,400
in life is to be successful in 
the wrong assignment. 

804
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,920
You can have all the world's 
success, but if you don't know 

805
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,520
why you were born, you'll use 
your dominion to succeed in 

806
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:22,680
something that abuses your life.
You were designed to abide in 

807
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:24,160
him. 
So this next verse, verse 5 says

808
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,640
I am the vine and you are the 
branches. 

809
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,520
I love how Jesus has to get so 
specific and really break it 

810
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,720
down for us. 
He's like metaphor. 

811
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:33,760
He's speaking in metaphor and 
all of a sudden he says listen, 

812
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:38,080
listen, listen, listen. 
I'm the vine, you're the branch.

813
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:45,800
He who abides in me and I in 
Him, He bears much fruit, for 

814
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,160
apart from me you can do 
nothing. 

815
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,600
So the only fruitfulness, the 
only true purpose that can show 

816
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,720
up in your life is if you're 
abiding in Him. 

817
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,200
I know I didn't give you like, 
you know, the phenomenal job 

818
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,200
that Pastor Mike does was saying
points 1234. 

819
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:01,920
But I'm going to, I'm going to 
break it down for you and give 

820
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,360
you some point #1 to enter into 
your purpose. 

821
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,800
You got to have. 
He's got to be Lord #2 you've 

822
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,320
got to abide. 
You've got to abide in His word.

823
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,320
You've got to let His word 
richly dwell within you. 

824
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,080
You've got to every day do what 
David did say Your principles, 

825
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,280
Your precepts, Your commands. 
I cherish them. 

826
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,720
They're like water to my soul. 
They're like breath in my lungs.

827
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:24,200
Your word is everything to me. 
Until that moment happens, Don't

828
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,120
go to prayer and ask Him What's 
my ultimate assignment? 

829
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,720
What is my title going to be one
day when I enter into Your 

830
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,760
purpose for me? 
Stop wasting time and 

831
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:41,540
frustrating yourself. 
You were designed to abide in 

832
00:45:41,540 --> 00:45:49,600
Him. 
Psalm chapter 37, Psalm 3723 

833
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,240
says the steps, the steps of a 
man are established by the Lord,

834
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:59,280
and he delights in his way. 
There's another verse, I believe

835
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:03,320
it's Psalm 119105. 
I don't know if he has this, but

836
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,560
I'll give him time because all 
through Scripture we can also 

837
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:08,920
see that God's not about giving 
you just a moment. 

838
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,560
The only moment you get is 
salvation. 

839
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,240
Everything else is a process and
a journey. 

840
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,000
Everything else, everything 
about your purpose, everything 

841
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,960
about your assignment, 
everything about season after 

842
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,400
season will be a journey and a 
process for you. 

843
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,520
The moment you get is whenever 
he takes out that old Stony 

844
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,600
heart and that old spirit man, 
let's it die, be buried, and 

845
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,720
then puts a brand new spirit 
inside of you. 

846
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,800
That's a that happens in a 
moment at salvation, but the 

847
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,240
rest of your life will be you 
walking with God through the 

848
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:44,840
process. 
He says your word is a lamp to 

849
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:49,440
my what feet and a light unto my
path. 

850
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,520
So why am I going to God asking 
what's at the end of the road? 

851
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,440
I'm telling you right now you 
can't handle what's at the end 

852
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,960
of the road right now, today, 
August 6th, 2025, you can't 

853
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,240
handle what's at the end of your
Rd. 

854
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:06,000
If God dropped it right now and 
told you what it was, you'd pass

855
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,000
out or you would do what Moses 
did. 

856
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,480
So let's look at let's, let's, 
let's paraphrase. 

857
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:15,360
If we go to Exodus, we're going 
to paraphrase what happened with

858
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:16,920
Moses and Exodus, OK, He shows 
up. 

859
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,280
He was born. 
I mean, he was set apart, 

860
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,640
consecrated for a purpose to 
deliver Israel. 

861
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,720
We know this from his birth. 
His mother saw him as like this 

862
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,800
is a beautiful child, not 
meaning like he's a good looking

863
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:27,480
baby. 
We don't know. 

864
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,200
He may have looked a little bit 
like an alien. 

865
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:32,080
You know, he's born what 
sometimes babies, you know, they

866
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:33,160
look a little rough for a few 
days. 

867
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,160
But she looked at him and knew, 
saw his purpose. 

868
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,240
Then his purpose was so potent 
that all of a sudden the Pharaoh

869
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:41,640
comes up and wants to kill every
other child to make sure he 

870
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,800
wipes this one out. 
But he's protected, has divine 

871
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:47,080
protection. 
Then he shows up and is raised 

872
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,240
in the the household of Pharaoh.
He's raised as a Prince in this 

873
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:51,520
place. 
It's phenomenal story. 

874
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,120
I love it. 
It's one of the greatest stories

875
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:54,560
ever told and it's real and it's
history. 

876
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,600
And God wrote it. 
The same God that wrote your 

877
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,600
story, wrote that story. 
The same God that knew you 

878
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,760
before you were born, knew 
Moses, and still chose you to 

879
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,320
live right Now think of that. 
Every Bible story you've ever 

880
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,440
read, every historical account 
of something powerful that's 

881
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,000
happened. 
The same God that saw David in 

882
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,320
the field with sheep, saw you 
working in the children's 

883
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,160
ministry that night that the 
guest minister was there. 

884
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:20,280
Same God. 
When I say I was born for this, 

885
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,960
you understand, I, I don't wish 
I was born at some other time. 

886
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:27,600
God saw all of eternity. 
He's the author and finisher of 

887
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,440
the beginning and the end. 
He saw all of it and said, in 

888
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,680
this time, I want Joshua Clay to
be on the planet because there's

889
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,320
something that needs to happen 
through him and he only he can 

890
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,600
accomplish it. 
And that same God is not a he's 

891
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:45,240
not a, what is it respecter of 
persons, which means he also saw

892
00:48:45,240 --> 00:48:47,760
Efron. 
He also saw Dustin and he said I

893
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:55,480
want you born at the same time. 
People wishing their lives were 

894
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:57,680
different when in the end you 
want I just want my life to be 

895
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:03,560
in God. 
But Moses was had this special 

896
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,120
destiny. 
All of a sudden he goes out and 

897
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:07,720
we see we can Fast forward 
through his story and it would 

898
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,920
show up whenever he sees this 
burning Bush and he has what 

899
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,320
everybody is really kind of 
wishing they had where the God 

900
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,320
audibly tells them here's what 
you're going to do. 

901
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,360
The voice of God is telling him 
you're going to deliver my 

902
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,560
people. 
And Moses looks at him and goes,

903
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:26,320
OK, I hear you. 
It's a big task when forgetting 

904
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,240
you were born for this, but OK, 
He goes, what? 

905
00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:32,520
Who do I say? 
Sent me the fire Bush guy. 

906
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,920
God says no, you tell him I am. 
Boom, powerful moment. 

907
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:38,680
We got theological everything 
from this point on. 

908
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:40,160
He says I am. 
It's a powerful moment. 

909
00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:43,280
He's like, OK, OK, OK, what if 
he doesn't believe me? 

910
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,400
God says, OK, put your hand in 
your jacket, pull it out. 

911
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:51,240
Incurable disease that's got to 
do something puts it back. 

912
00:49:51,240 --> 00:49:54,120
He's healed. 
Moses is like, I don't know, is 

913
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:58,640
that enough? 
OK, God's like, take the stick, 

914
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:01,280
throw it on the ground, it 
becomes a living snake. 

915
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,200
It has bones and blood, venom, 
whatever. 

916
00:50:05,720 --> 00:50:07,720
And then he picks it back up and
it becomes a stick again. 

917
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:13,040
Miracle. 
Moses is like, OK, what? 

918
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:18,760
So, so you want me to do this 
and ask God multiple questions 

919
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:20,600
and God answers every question 
about his purpose. 

920
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,040
When God finally said I'm called
you to do this, he's like, OK 

921
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,640
and answers every question. 
Then Moses does the forbidden 

922
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:30,480
thing. 
Then Moses says, you know what? 

923
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:36,760
Send somebody else. 
And you know at that moment it 

924
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:39,720
says the anger of the Lord 
burned against him. 

925
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,560
God was not angry and walking 
through the process of his 

926
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,080
destiny. 
God was not angry with him when 

927
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:48,880
he said, I said, I've got 
questions, what should I do? 

928
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:50,360
Where should I go? 
How do I speak? 

929
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,880
How should I handle this? 
God was with him the whole time,

930
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,120
gave him miracles and power, but
all of a sudden when he said I 

931
00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:00,360
don't want to do it, pick 
somebody else, God said no, no, 

932
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,080
no, no, no, no, no, no. 
That's not an option. 

933
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,720
You're either in or you're out. 
He's like, I don't talk. 

934
00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:12,560
Well, God's like, obviously I've
been here the whole time. 

935
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:17,200
Sure, I've got your brother. 
He sent his brother to help him.

936
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,760
So when all of us are having 
this moment with God and God 

937
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,080
speak into our hearts, 
understand God has called you to

938
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,760
do something only you can do. 
You've got to find what that 

939
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,280
thing is. 
But once He tells you, you can't

940
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,040
shy away and go, whoa, that 
seems too big for just me, who 

941
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,400
am I? 
Don't do that. 

942
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:41,200
That's why we're going to be LED
like a size of Psalm, whatever 

943
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:46,320
that was. 
Psalm 10109, verse 5, 119105 

944
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:52,040
Kevin, come on, help me out. 
It's a lamp into your feet a lot

945
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:53,640
into your path. 
The way He's leading us in this 

946
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,880
new covenant is through His Holy
Spirit to lead us and guide us 

947
00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:00,600
on the path of our destiny. 
So don't try to leapfrog down 

948
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:02,280
the path. 
Don't try to jump to the end and

949
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:04,360
find out what's at the end. 
See some of y'all read books 

950
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,000
that way. 
Some of y'all open up a book and

951
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,440
you listen, great story and 
you're like man, I can't handle 

952
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,000
the pressure of what's happened 
to these characters. 

953
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,800
Let me read the end and just see
how it turns out so I can go 

954
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:12,840
back. 
You don't get to do that with 

955
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,200
your life. 
You don't get to read. 

956
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:19,440
The end at the very, very end 
says that God shows up and we're

957
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,440
redeemed. 
We've been delivered by the 

958
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,120
blood of the Lamb, by the word 
of our testimony. 

959
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:24,280
Then there's a new heaven and a 
new earth. 

960
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,040
So we know it's a good ending, 
but it doesn't say individually 

961
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,600
what happens along the way. 
You're walking through that with

962
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:33,200
God and it just so happens, like
Pastor Earl had mentioned on 

963
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:35,600
Sunday, we've got the Holy Ghost
that comes along and he's our 

964
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,120
spirit of truth. 
What I love about the Holy 

965
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:41,680
Spirit is that Jesus didn't say,
I'm introducing you to this guy.

966
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:45,240
He's the spirit of doctrine. 
He's coming and he will just 

967
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:46,960
talk to you about doctrine and 
theology only. 

968
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,480
He's the spirit of truth, which 
means he's going to reveal the 

969
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,560
doctrine and theology and truth 
of God's Word. 

970
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,640
But also he can come along and 
help guide and direct you in the

971
00:52:55,640 --> 00:53:02,280
truth of why you're here. 
But the truth of why you're here

972
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:06,800
will always line up with the 
corporate purpose of God, His 

973
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,120
Word. 
The Holy Ghost isn't going to 

974
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,600
give you again some special 
little assignment that no one 

975
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,360
else has ever had because it 
doesn't have anything to do with

976
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:15,680
God. 
No, your assignment is special 

977
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:19,800
and individual for you to be in 
God's big picture. 

978
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:22,880
And I have to reiterate that 
because sometimes we get 

979
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,200
ourselves on an island and we 
think, oh, it's just me and God.

980
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,120
It's never you and God. 
It's never just you and God. 

981
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:31,040
Because if it's you and God, 
God's never just with you. 

982
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:39,520
He's a corporate God. 
He's always with his church. 

983
00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:42,360
He's always with the nations 
that he's established. 

984
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,240
God is. 
He's never just said, you know 

985
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,040
what, I'm going to leave all 
this stuff behind. 

986
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,800
You and I are going to go off 
and be together. 

987
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:53,440
He ain't all open with you, but 
people do this in their own 

988
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,320
personal prayer time. 
They're like, oh, you know God 

989
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:57,240
and they, they act like it's 
just them too. 

990
00:53:57,640 --> 00:53:59,320
Listen, he's with you, He's for 
you. 

991
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,280
If you love him, you've got a 
call according to his purpose. 

992
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:05,560
But in the end, God loves his 
church more than just you as an 

993
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,880
individual. 
See, because we get this weird 

994
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,040
thing in our minds that all of a
sudden if I start to fail and I 

995
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,520
stand and I act selfishly, God's
love for me is so strong that 

996
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,480
He, he'll be OK with it because 
of our personal relationship. 

997
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:20,400
When his ultimate relationship 
is with His word and His mission

998
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:24,720
and His purpose, which is to re 
establish the Kingdom on this 

999
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:27,200
planet and to also come back for
a bribe. 

1000
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:29,760
That's without spot or wrinkle. 
He's not changed his mind about 

1001
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:30,960
that. 
He will not change his mind 

1002
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:32,920
about that. 
So he won't change that rule for

1003
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:37,400
your personal mistakes. 
There's provision for your 

1004
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,120
mistakes that you can go confess
them in first John 19 and it 

1005
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,200
says He's faithful and just to 
forgive you and cleanse you as 

1006
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,760
long as you admit there was 
wrongdoing. 

1007
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:49,440
But this has to be said because 
too often we start thinking 

1008
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:51,400
about what's my purpose? 
It's just me and God. 

1009
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,040
It's not just you and God. 
Your purpose is with others. 

1010
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,880
Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 tells
us the next step that obviously 

1011
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,360
if if we're wanting to walk in 
our individual purpose, we want 

1012
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:19,680
to find that so we can be part 
of God's grand purpose, then we 

1013
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,760
have to have him Lord of our 
lives. 

1014
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:23,560
He's got to be Lord. 
We also have to abide in his 

1015
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:24,680
word. 
But then from there we're going 

1016
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,120
to do what Jesus said. 
He said just continue to seek 

1017
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,480
the Kingdom. 
He doesn't say seek finance. 

1018
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:34,280
He doesn't say seek, you know, 
making sure your family is fed 

1019
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:38,040
and taken care of. 
He doesn't say make sure that 

1020
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:42,440
you seek a comfortable life for 
your American dream. 

1021
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:45,040
Now he says you pursue the 
Kingdom. 

1022
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,360
I'll take care of everything 
else that should be taken care 

1023
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:51,720
of. 
Jesus gives this whole 

1024
00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:54,920
illustration about there's birds
in the in the sky and God cares 

1025
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:56,440
for those birds. 
He gave them a purpose. 

1026
00:55:56,440 --> 00:56:00,040
I've never seen a bird die of 
anxiety. 

1027
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:03,400
I've never walked by a dead bird
on the street. 

1028
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,760
We were just downtown a month 
ago and we're walking down and 

1029
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:07,720
my son goes, Dad, look, he's 
holding a dead bird. 

1030
00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:13,040
Son put it down. 
It's gross. 

1031
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,920
He's like, well, but you know 
what? 

1032
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:20,080
That bird didn't die because of 
stress. 

1033
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,840
See, God said if I take care of 
the birds in such a way that 

1034
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,240
every day they wake up and they 
have everything that they need, 

1035
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,040
don't I care about you more than
I care about a bird? 

1036
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,000
In Matthew 6, the verse 25 on he
says, what about the lilies of 

1037
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,920
the field, the flowers that are 
in the field, I adorn them, I 

1038
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,240
give them clothes to wear that 
they look even better than 

1039
00:56:39,240 --> 00:56:40,760
Solomon ever looked in his fine 
silk. 

1040
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:43,240
But how much more do I care 
about you than flowers? 

1041
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:46,760
So when we're trying to find 
God, what do you want me to do? 

1042
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:49,240
And all of a sudden God shows up
and starts to lead us in a way 

1043
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:51,760
that makes us uncomfortable or 
leads us in a way that is away 

1044
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,720
from our our own flesh being 
satisfied. 

1045
00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:59,760
We have, we go, Oh, well, I 
don't know, maybe I should stay 

1046
00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:03,320
at this job a little longer just
to see how it works out. 

1047
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,320
You know what, what if, what if 
God calls me into a season where

1048
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:11,880
I don't, I don't have a job. 
And I'm not saying everybody go 

1049
00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:13,640
quit your jobs tonight. 
If you call, call me, call the 

1050
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:16,520
church office tomorrow and go 
Josh preached and he said quit 

1051
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:18,680
your job. 
That is not what I'm saying, but

1052
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,480
I am saying have enough guts 
within you, enough grit. 

1053
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:24,360
Like Pastor Apostle Josh Adams 
said, you know, a couple Sundays

1054
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:27,000
ago, have some grit about you 
that you say whatever God calls 

1055
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,800
me to do, I'll do that thing no 
matter what it costs me. 

1056
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:32,920
No matter if it seems crazy to 
my family, no matter if it seems

1057
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:35,240
crazy to my friends. 
In the end, God is obligated to 

1058
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:37,160
take care of you. 
I think that's where a lot of 

1059
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,240
men really miss it is because 
they think my job is to provide 

1060
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,200
for my family when that's not 
your job. 

1061
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:47,600
Your job is to put yourself in a
position that you're pursuing 

1062
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:50,200
the Kingdom in such a way that 
God is obligated to provide for 

1063
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:54,360
your family. 
It doesn't always look like just

1064
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:55,960
a paycheck. 
So some people say, well, my 

1065
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:57,240
paycheck has to be such and 
such. 

1066
00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,040
And you know, I, I've got to 
make sure I make this much a 

1067
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:01,400
month. 
Maybe God's telling you, hey, 

1068
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:04,320
I'm not capping your salary with
the place I'm assigning you. 

1069
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,240
Maybe they'll pay you this much 
and I'll take care of the rest. 

1070
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:11,920
This is why sometimes people shy
away from things because I 

1071
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,720
remember there there was a 
season whenever my wife Danny, 

1072
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:18,200
she's a she's a nationally 
certified interpreter and back 

1073
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:22,360
15-6, no 18 years ago, that was 
big money. 

1074
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:24,760
Now we didn't know how to 
budget. 

1075
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:26,800
We hadn't really met with Pastor
Mike and Angie and then help us 

1076
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:28,520
out with our lives. 
So we ate out all the time and 

1077
00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:31,760
wasted all of our money. 
But at the time she was making 

1078
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,240
quite a bit and she said, you 
know what God's called me Pastor

1079
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,680
Earl launched, he's launching a 
preschool at the church. 

1080
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:38,040
God's called me to work at the 
preschool. 

1081
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:40,520
It's going to be a pay cut. 
And I was like, praise God, 

1082
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:41,600
let's do it. 
We're gutsy. 

1083
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,160
Let's do whatever God says. 
So the first week she goes, 

1084
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:46,480
there's they said it's only part
time. 

1085
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,080
I'm like, part, I know how part 
time works. 

1086
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:50,120
No problem. 
So she said, all right, I start 

1087
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:52,320
next week Tuesday from 3:00 to 
4:00. 

1088
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:58,520
I said, OK, no, that's a 
fragment of time. 

1089
00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:00,480
That's not part time. 
I thought part time went up to 

1090
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:05,080
30 hours. 
I was like, oh, an hour. 

1091
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:06,600
She goes, yeah, there's a 
meeting we're having about 

1092
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:08,920
launching it and they'll pay me 
for that hour. 

1093
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:13,160
OK. 
The next week, praise God, it 

1094
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,840
only started increasing. 
She's like 3 hours. 

1095
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:20,840
Our budget had to had to 
manifest. 

1096
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:24,040
There was a time in US pursuing 
God where I was like, you're 

1097
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:25,480
making quite a bit of money. 
We're comfortable. 

1098
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:27,520
All of a sudden she said, God 
called me to work here, let's do

1099
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,440
this. 
And it just seemed like, well, 

1100
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:32,560
the cash isn't there. 
But you know what? 

1101
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:34,480
We never, ever went without a 
meal. 

1102
00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:39,200
We never missed a payment on 
anything. 

1103
00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:43,680
Now, did it come just through a 
paycheck that we had? 

1104
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:47,800
No, we had a church body that we
were part of that We weren't 

1105
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:49,320
telling everybody. 
We weren't going around saying, 

1106
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,800
hey, you know, we're struggling.
Oh my gosh, you know, Danny just

1107
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:53,280
took this job. 
We weren't sharing all that. 

1108
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:55,360
We were just believing God, 
saying God, you told us to do 

1109
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:56,480
this. 
We had complete joy in it. 

1110
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:57,920
There was never like a 
frustrating moment. 

1111
00:59:58,040 --> 00:59:59,720
We had total joy like God, you 
got to take care of us. 

1112
00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:01,120
We laughed. 
In fact, when she got the one 

1113
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:03,960
hour notification. 
I'm like, praise God. 

1114
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:06,800
You heard from him, right? 
All right, let's move on. 

1115
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:08,560
But you know what people sewed 
into US. 

1116
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,400
People blessed us. 
We didn't have to go and make a 

1117
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:13,560
GoFundMe for our monthly bills. 
That's tacky. 

1118
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:16,480
Don't do that. 
You know what that tells me? 

1119
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,440
Tell me you don't have friends 
without telling me you don't 

1120
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:22,320
have friends that you got to go 
out on the Internet and say I 

1121
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:23,440
need to make my mortgage 
payment. 

1122
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,040
No, we sewed into the church. 
We sewed into other people's 

1123
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:28,640
lives. 
It was it was an easy give and 

1124
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:29,840
take. 
In fact, I think with the times 

1125
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:32,560
that people have the most 
frustration in following God is 

1126
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,240
because they haven't sewed 
enough in anyway. 

1127
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:36,320
They've not sowed into other 
people's relationships. 

1128
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,120
So then they feel really weird 
to receive a blessing. 

1129
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,160
We can receive a blessing. 
You know why? 

1130
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:42,240
Because I know I've been a 
blessing. 

1131
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:44,120
I've got seed in the ground. 
So when something grows up and I

1132
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:46,920
can harvest it, it makes sense. 
But it's it is awkward whenever 

1133
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:49,400
you're like, I don't, I don't 
tithe. 

1134
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,560
I don't give to the church. 
I don't treat anybody to meals. 

1135
01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:53,800
I don't have any friends here. 
But now I don't know what to do 

1136
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:56,080
with my, with, you know, how do 
I pay my bills? 

1137
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,200
This wasn't necessarily in my 
notes, but this is good. 

1138
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,880
This is real life stuff. 
Have relationships. 

1139
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:08,760
Did God listen, you're in this 
room tonight. 

1140
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,560
Did God call you to Anchor Faith
Church? 

1141
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:15,200
Raise your hand. 
There's a reason that you're 

1142
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:19,520
here and that reason is God 
said, I've got a local body 

1143
01:01:19,520 --> 01:01:22,280
church that I want you to go get
connected to that's going to 

1144
01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:24,080
train you up. 
It's got all the five fold 

1145
01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:26,280
ministry gifts in it, all of 
them. 

1146
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,680
They're going to equip you for 
your purpose. 

1147
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:32,080
So a couple things that I want 
to define real fast words that 

1148
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,120
that I want to define. 
One is ministry. 

1149
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:35,600
It says the fivefold ministry 
gifts. 

1150
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:37,360
Pastor just preached A 
phenomenal sermon series. 

1151
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:40,760
You can go on YouTube or go on 
Spotify and it's called the 

1152
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:48,640
fivefold. 
I said that fivefold effect, and

1153
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:51,600
it outlines what the fivefold 
ministry gifts are for, but 

1154
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:54,640
they're there to equip you for 
your ministry. 

1155
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,680
Ministry sounds very churchy in 
Bible. 

1156
01:01:56,680 --> 01:02:01,120
All that means is you're serving
your work of service. 

1157
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:04,840
Because I'm going to tell you, 
if your purpose involves people,

1158
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:08,120
your purpose every time will 
involve serving those people, 

1159
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:11,640
you pouring out your life and 
giving of your life, your time, 

1160
01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:14,960
your energy, your sources. 
That is your ministry, whether 

1161
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:17,440
it's fivefold ministry that you 
can be called to, or it could be

1162
01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:19,800
business, or it could be that 
you're called to work with 

1163
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:23,040
children, or you could be called
to, you know, go evangelize the 

1164
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:23,760
way. 
It doesn't matter. 

1165
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,120
But whatever that calling is, 
that's for you to serve your 

1166
01:02:26,120 --> 01:02:29,360
gift to the world somehow. 
And it's always goes beyond your

1167
01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:31,440
own house. 
Because there's a lot of times 

1168
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:33,360
that I find people that are 
frustrated and they're like, 

1169
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:35,680
well, you know, my, my personal 
mission field is my home. 

1170
01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,240
No, no, no, that's your first 
mission field. 

1171
01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:42,560
Do not get that confused. 
Your house is not your total 

1172
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:44,000
assignment. 
That's where your assignment 

1173
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,840
begins. 
Like, well, God's just called me

1174
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:49,600
to raise my babies. 
OK, but one day they'll be 

1175
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:53,640
raised and you'll find yourself 
back here asking the question, 

1176
01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:58,160
what's my purpose? 
So you can't find your purpose 

1177
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:01,680
in your own house. 
Only it starts in your house. 

1178
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:04,360
But your purpose always goes 
beyond your own household. 

1179
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:08,360
See people sitting around 
praying, God bless me so that I 

1180
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:11,000
can pay my own bills. 
We're thinking too small. 

1181
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,800
If we've got business people 
that are only making money for 

1182
01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:16,640
their own house and their own 
business, we're thinking too 

1183
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:18,680
small. 
That's not God's purpose. 

1184
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:20,840
That's you trying to take care 
of yourself. 

1185
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:23,760
God's purpose always involves 
other people. 

1186
01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:26,080
It always involves you serving. 
So anytime you hear the word 

1187
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:28,200
ministry, it just means serving.
When we say a ministry of Anchor

1188
01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:30,080
Faith Church, it means a way 
that Anchor Faith Church is 

1189
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:32,800
serving. 
Pastor Angie is our community 

1190
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:34,240
pastor. 
So whenever we have these 

1191
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:36,480
outreaches, we're like, oh, 
we've got a ministry going here.

1192
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:38,520
We've got ministry happening at 
West Augustine. 

1193
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,520
We've got ministry. 
That means we're, it's a way for

1194
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:43,920
us to serve. 
So when we have a sign up that 

1195
01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:46,200
shows up on the on the screen, 
it says like W Augustine's 

1196
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:50,240
coming up, that's ministry. 
That's what day do you want to 

1197
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:52,680
minister? 
You're like, well, all I do is I

1198
01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:54,680
plug in the iPad and hit play on
the music. 

1199
01:03:55,880 --> 01:04:00,120
You're serving those people. 
That is a work of ministry, and 

1200
01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:03,240
the fivefold gifts are there to 
equip you to find out what is 

1201
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:06,840
your service for the world and 
how to do it effectively. 

1202
01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:16,400
Amen. 
I'll wrap up with these twelve 

1203
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:21,480
thoughts. 
In the end, we need to make sure

1204
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:23,360
that He's Lord of our life. 
If we want to enter into our 

1205
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:24,560
purpose, He's got to be Lord of 
our life. 

1206
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:26,960
We've got to abide in His word. 
It has to be what we live and 

1207
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:28,720
breathe every day. 
Then from there, we have to 

1208
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:33,920
recognize it's gonna be me, God 
and the community, me, God and 

1209
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:36,520
the corporate anointing and the 
corporate purpose. 

1210
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:39,840
God's called you to anchor faith
church, to participate in the 

1211
01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:41,840
body. 
He's not called you just to come

1212
01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:43,840
hear what's being said and leave
and dip out. 

1213
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:46,920
You can do that in Spotify and 
you can do that at any church. 

1214
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:50,000
But if God's called you here, 
he's called you to develop 

1215
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:53,000
relationships with people, He's 
called you to sow into the 

1216
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:54,120
ministry. 
There's, I can't tell. 

1217
01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,280
I tell you how many times people
say, oh, well, you know, I'm 

1218
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:58,880
struggling financially. 
I'm like, but are you, you're 

1219
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,080
personally struggling. 
So are you doing God's corporate

1220
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,600
plan for finance, which is tithe
and offering? 

1221
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:06,720
See, if you're not doing his 
corporate purpose for your 

1222
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:09,040
finances, then your personal 
purpose and finances is going to

1223
01:05:09,040 --> 01:05:12,160
struggle. 
So are you coming? 

1224
01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,000
Are you giving of your time, 
your energy, your resources to 

1225
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,480
the local house and investing in
relationships and investing 

1226
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:20,640
yourself in the vision? 
That's why God would call you 

1227
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,240
here. 
Well, I don't, you know, I'm not

1228
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:25,880
good at making friends. 
If somebody gives you a chance, 

1229
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:30,080
don't be weird. 
I can't give you any more 

1230
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:31,320
practical, real advice than 
that. 

1231
01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:36,360
If somebody reaches out to you 
and says, hey, good morning, how

1232
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:38,400
are you doing? 
Don't go blessed and highly 

1233
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:40,760
favored of the most high 
brother, you're not getting 

1234
01:05:40,760 --> 01:05:43,960
invited to lunch. 
It's not happening. 

1235
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:47,440
You're like, man, nobody want 
nobody wants to talk to me. 

1236
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:48,800
Do you stand in the back like 
this? 

1237
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:56,760
Is that what you're doing? 
Think, look at yourself. 

1238
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:00,840
But God's called you to not just
have an individual purpose 

1239
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:02,640
that's just you and him. 
And in the end, I just want to 

1240
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:03,960
hammer that away. 
If you're going to take anything

1241
01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:06,520
away tonight, just know you have
an individual assignment. 

1242
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:08,240
If you're asking a question, how
do I find my purpose? 

1243
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:09,920
First, just take the first 
steps. 

1244
01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:12,400
Let the word guide your first 
steps into saying where do you 

1245
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:14,760
want me in this season? 
What do you want me to do? 

1246
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:16,840
Where do you want me to serve? 
Who do you want me to spend time

1247
01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:20,680
with? 
Last thing I'll say is this we 

1248
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:23,680
need to stay in the course that 
we are set with the Lord. 

1249
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:30,080
Don't waver from it. 
Second Timothy chapter 4, we'll 

1250
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:31,440
look at this. 
This will be our last verse 

1251
01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:35,080
tonight doesn't end with people 
coming at museum like if you 

1252
01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:36,280
want to know your purpose, come 
down. 

1253
01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:39,760
It's not how that happens. 
I'm going to lay hands on you 

1254
01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:41,840
and pray the pray the purpose 
into you. 

1255
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:46,880
What you do is you go home and 
you have the conversation with 

1256
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:49,160
God. 
I said, what have you assigned 

1257
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:51,600
me in this season? 
And this goes for any age group.

1258
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:54,080
You're never too old to find 
your purpose. 

1259
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:55,600
Moses LED them into the promised
land. 

1260
01:06:55,600 --> 01:07:00,680
He's like 80 years old, but also
you're never too young. 

1261
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:03,600
God's speaking to me as a child.
That's why I'm thankful for 

1262
01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,280
Anchor Vey Church and we've got 
our children's ministry. 

1263
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:06,600
You know what? 
My son tonight came to me and 

1264
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:09,320
said you're preaching tonight. 
Papa said that you're preaching 

1265
01:07:09,320 --> 01:07:11,320
tonight and I want can I sit in 
service? 

1266
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:15,200
I said, no, he's like, we don't 
want to hear my dad preach. 

1267
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:16,880
And I said, let me, let me tell 
you something. 

1268
01:07:18,560 --> 01:07:23,400
Pastor Bradley is anointed to 
speak a word into your life at 

1269
01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:26,880
your age right now that I don't 
want you to miss out on because 

1270
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,560
I know what I'm going to say and
I know the audience. 

1271
01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:30,040
I have it. 
But I also know the anointing 

1272
01:07:30,040 --> 01:07:32,440
that's on his life to come and 
preach you a word that's going 

1273
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,160
to touch your heart where you're
at right now. 

1274
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:35,800
That's why we have children's 
ministry. 

1275
01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:37,680
It's not babysitting because 
they're annoying. 

1276
01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:42,520
Pastor Earl's even said 1000 
times, I don't care if your 

1277
01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:43,680
baby's screaming in the back, 
that's fine. 

1278
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:45,560
That's not what we don't have 
that because we don't want 

1279
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:47,600
screaming babies in the room. 
We have it because we know 

1280
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,320
there's an individual message 
that can Pierce to the heart of 

1281
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:52,240
a child. 
Just like when I was a kid and 

1282
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:54,920
I'm sitting there worshipping to
ACD track getting called in the 

1283
01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:56,720
ministry. 
That can happen to your child in

1284
01:07:56,720 --> 01:07:59,480
that class. 
Same thing with my daughter 

1285
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:01,120
Charlie. 
Pastors Chase and Alyssa are 

1286
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:05,440
phenomenal youth pastors. 
I don't know if y'all ever get 

1287
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:09,320
out much but you can't go to 
another church and find better, 

1288
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:13,480
not for your kids. 
Has God called you to Anchor 

1289
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:17,840
Faith Church Then everything 
that you, your children, your 

1290
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:21,120
spouse, your relationships, 
everything you need can be found

1291
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:22,600
here. 
But the last thing that I'll 

1292
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,240
leave you with is this. 
Whatever your individual purpose

1293
01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:30,920
is, once God reveals it, you'll 
realize everything in your heart

1294
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:33,080
that you were born to do can be 
done at Anchor Faith Church. 

1295
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:37,880
It's a stupid thought from the 
enemy to think well, what God's 

1296
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:41,000
called me to do, I've got to go 
somewhere else. 

1297
01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:49,640
Whatever's in your heart, God 
can utilize it here, but you 

1298
01:08:49,640 --> 01:08:53,520
just got to make sure is he 
Lord, you got to make sure am I 

1299
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:56,840
submitted to the the word in my 
life? 

1300
01:08:56,840 --> 01:09:00,319
Am I abiding in divine Am I 
abiding in the word and in this 

1301
01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:03,120
course that he sent me on it. 
The apostle Paul's telling 

1302
01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:05,200
Timothy, he says, listen, I'm 
already poured out as a drink 

1303
01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:06,960
offering. 
This guy has done his purpose, 

1304
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:10,080
he said. 
The time of my departure has 

1305
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:11,359
come. 
I have fought the good fight. 

1306
01:09:11,359 --> 01:09:14,240
I have finished the course. 
I have kept the faith. 

1307
01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:18,920
This is a man who is at the end 
of his Rd. that has poured out 

1308
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:22,720
his whole life and he said what 
I did was I kept the course. 

1309
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:27,760
Go back to that last verse, he 
said. 

1310
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:31,760
I finished the course. 
He didn't say I arrived at my 

1311
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:35,960
final assignment, so I just 
stepped into being an apostle. 

1312
01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:37,720
That's not what he said. 
He said I finished the course. 

1313
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:39,720
This whole thing was a journey. 
It was a path. 

1314
01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:42,200
It was a course that he was on 
and he finished strong. 

1315
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,600
So I would venture to say many 
of you really have things in 

1316
01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:49,160
your heart. 
You know God's tugging on you. 

1317
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:51,000
He's pulling on you whether 
you're in a service like this 

1318
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:53,120
and it's your heart's burning 
within you, or whether you're 

1319
01:09:53,120 --> 01:09:55,000
reading your Bible and God's 
echoing things, or whether 

1320
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:56,680
you're watching some Disney 
movie and all of a sudden 

1321
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:58,720
something's pulling on you on 
the inside. 

1322
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,680
God's trying to get to you any 
way He can, but you have to 

1323
01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:09,560
solidify in yourself. 
You have to commit. 

1324
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:12,240
He's Lord. 
I don't do my own thing. 

1325
01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:18,880
The life that I now live, I live
unto Him only wherever it takes 

1326
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:24,040
me. 
Stay the course.