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Thanks for checking out the 
anchor Faith. 

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Message podcast from st. 
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Now enjoyed this message. 
Pastor, all had asked me to 

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minister tonight while he was 
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It's always an honor to get to 
speak anywhere but it's just a 

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huge honor when you get asked to
speak. 

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At your home, right at where 
you're from at the vision you're

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connected to at the place you 
love. 

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So, you know, I want to thank 
Pastor Earl and Marci for the 

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opportunity to speak tonight. 
You know, I think it's kind of 

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great to how it works sometimes 
because I'm gonna be honest, a 

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couple weeks ago, I had a couple
little conversations with my 

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wife about some stuff and then, 
you know, mention it to Pastor 

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Earle. 
I'm just kind of like, you know,

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have been chewing on a thought 
and then, you know, I get asked 

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to speak and I was like, you 
know, I think this was for this 

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time, right? 
Pastor only asked me last week 

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we've got at something on my 
heart. 

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But before that. 
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about this word tonight and I'm 
going to take just a little bit 

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to set kind of a foundation 
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meat of what I'm wanting to get 
to so bear with me for a second 

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as I kind of jump through a 
couple different stories but 

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we're gonna tie this all 
together and it's going to make 

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a lot of sense here in a second.
Alright Genesis 12:1 Genesis 

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12:1. 
Alright Genesis 12:1 says now 

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the Lord said to Abraham go 
forth From your country and from

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your relatives and from your 
father's house to the land, 

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which I will show you and I will
make you a great nation. 

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And I will bless you and make 
your name great. 

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And so you shall be a blessing. 
And I will bless those who bless

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you and I will curse those who 
curse you and in all the 

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families of the earth will be 
blessed. 

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So Abram went forth as the Lord 
had spoken to him and lot went 

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with him now. 
Abram was 75 years old when he 

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Departed from the place. 
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verse 7, Exodus 37 says the Lord
said and this is this is Moses. 

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Obviously following, you know, 
the burning bush. 

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I didn't wasn't gonna take time 
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obviously, we know the story 
most walks out, there's a bush 

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burning, you know, calls him 
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takes off his sandals, walks up 
in the Lord says, I have surely 

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seen the Affliction of my people
who are in Egypt and I have 

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given heed to their cry because 
of their Masters for, I am aware

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of their sufferings. 
So I have come down to deliver 

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them from the power of the 
Egyptians and to bring them up 

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from that to a land, that is 
good and spacious to a land 

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flowing with milk and honey, to 
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the hit side, and the Amorite 
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Now, behold the Cry of the sons 
of Israel has come to me. 

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Furthermore, and I have seen the
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Egyptians are oppressing them. 
Therefore come now and I will 

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send you to Pharaoh so that you 
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Israel out of Egypt but Moses 
said to God, who am I? 

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That I should go to pharaoh and 
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Israel out of Egypt and he said 
certainly I will be with you and

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this shall be a sign to you that
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I who have sent you. 
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out of Egypt, you shall worship 
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Matthew for we're going to go to
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now as Jesus was walking by the 
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brothers Simon who he called 
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His brother, casting a net, into
the sea for they were fishermen 

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and he said to them, follow me. 
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Men immediately. 
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followed him going on from 
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He saw two other brothers, 
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John, his brother, and the boat 
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their Nets. 
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they left the boat and their 
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And I could continue to go on, 
you know, there's Esther, right?

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You know who was called in, you 
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Wasn't supposed to, and then 
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serve underneath King Saul, who 
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You know, you had Mary, who is 
called by God to obviously, give

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birth to Jesus Ryan. 
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There's one thing that I noticed
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There was a calling out of the 
comfortable place in which they 

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were in at the moment. 
Right there was a calling out of

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the comfort that they knew and 
had there was a calling out of 

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their comfort. 
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There's a calling out of all of 
the things which they loved and 

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were used to and had built up 
around them and then God showed 

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up and said, now, I need you to 
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I'm calling you to do. 
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And there's a long list of, you 
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and I could have spent the whole
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of people God called out of 
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To go do something great or to 
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But ultimately, you know, I want
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which was on my heart to talk 
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But obviously, when we talk 
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talking about is, those tangible
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our life, right? 
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that can be education, it can be
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anything you Put as like, this 
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This is something right because 
we all have something in our 

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mind was like, man, I need to 
take a break and this is what I 

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go do, right? 
We have we all have our own 

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little Comforts. 
Like I said, pastor in March 

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there on a vacation, they 
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I don't take vacations to go 
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That is not comfortable for me. 
Like right, I do not want to do 

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this. 
I do not find enjoyment that I 

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don't want to build my life 
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But we all have something that 
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Man, these are things, we don't 
need. 

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They Don't Really necessarily 
help us in any area, but they're

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really nice and they're really 
things that make us who we feel 

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like who we are and they make, 
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you know, my Persona or what I 
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myself it's those things that 
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I first got married, you know 
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Now 11 years ago, now 11 years 
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So when I first got married, my 
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ever she was like gonna be the 
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is and she was like you know 
what Chase his favorite meal is 

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country fried steak fried okra 
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right? 
I don't like that meal much 

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anymore but at the time it was 
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So what did my wife do? 
She learn how to make it and she

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made it really well. 
So well in fact that she made it

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like two to three times a week A
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You know, and so we're having 
country fried steak and I'll be 

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honest, I was loving every 
second of it, you know I'm 

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saying like this is my mail, it 
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She learned how to cook it. 
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This is my comfort food. 
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there. 
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this comfort that I had, you 
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have an effect on me. 
Because one day, I went to a 

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pool party. 
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say you're the person who takes 
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shame on you. 
Nobody wants to see pictures of 

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themselves, out of pool party. 
There's no place for cameras at 

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pool party, right? 
Just keep that one locked inside

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your heart and mind and move on.
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Right? 
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pool party and we're doing that,
you know, stupid thing that you 

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do in pools where one gets on 
and one shoulders and how high 

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of a tower. 
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Which is Even just the worst as 
you're all like, hunched over on

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someone's back. 
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I see a picture of myself and I 
realized, man, I have gotten too

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comfortable. 
This Comfort has gotten to me 

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and it is now very evident, 
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And so that Comfort crept up on 
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man, you know, I need to do 
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And how do we do something about
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You have to get a little 
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If start breaking out of what 
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Tell my wife look, I love you, 
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country fried steak. 
Learn another meal. 

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Like we gotta make something 
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And so, you know, that's why I 
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this is really kind of where I 
want to, you know, start honing 

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some stuff in here because you 
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and a lot of people talk about 
getting getting, you know, has 

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like two chapters and judges you
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about and obviously if you know 
the beginning of the story, the 

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Israelites did evil in the sight
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So God, let them fall into the 
hands of Midian they were 

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basically, you know, going 
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the god of bail, they got 
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They were in and let other 
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place, right? 
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they were, you know, having 
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Then finally, in chapter chapter
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the angel of the Lord came and 
set under the oak that was in 

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this place which belonged to a 
lot of names as Gideon was 

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beating out the wheat in the 
winepress in order to save it 

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from the midianites, the angel 
of the Lord appeared to him and 

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said, the Lord is with you. 
O Valiant Warrior, then Gideon 

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said to Oh my Lord. 
If the Lord is with us, why then

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has all this happened to us? 
And we're all his miracles which

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our fathers told us about 
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Not the Lord bring us from Egypt
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us and given us into the hand of
Midian the Lord looked at him 

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and said go in this your 
strength and deliver Israel from

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the hand of Midian have I not 
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how shall I deliver Israel 
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My family is the least and all 
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NASA. 
And I'm the youngest in my 

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father's house, but the Lord 
said, surely, I will be with you

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and you shall defeat Midian as 
one man. 

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Now, see, obviously a lot of 
times we talk about Gideon and 

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there's a lot of good stuff 
here, right calling, you know, 

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calling them out, you know, call
them a mighty warrior even 

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though he doesn't see himself, 
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He goes and picks. 
What is the least of all this 

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whole place and says, look, I'm 
gonna ride you up from somewhere

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so no matter where how low you 
feel like you are, God can do 

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something great with you. 
But what I also love about this 

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Story is he took someone who was
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Wheat and said, look, you're 
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But now I'm going to get you out
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going to make you a warrior. 
I'm gonna make you something 

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that you didn't see yourself as 
but I'm also going to make you 

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something. 
That is not easy to do. 

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Right? 
Because it's one thing to take a

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soldier and say, I'm going to 
make you a leader in your going 

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to do this thing. 
It's another thing that takes on

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him as no practical, knowledge 
of fighting Wars and just takes 

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care of wheat in and say, you're
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lead them. 
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And how many of us, right? 
We start looking at our gifts 

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and talents and what we're good 
at and try to place ourselves in

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a calling based upon what we 
think we can do probably like, 

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and I'm really good at this. 
So surely God wants me to use 

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this and this is how I'm going 
to do it. 

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And this is part of my calling 
this one I'm going and so we 

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start looking at all these 
things we can do and all these 

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things. 
We are able to accomplish and 

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start trying to fake God's 
calling and purpose of our life 

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into where our Sr. 
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When if we look at all of these 
stories listed, they all get 

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called out of those environments
and place somewhere they didn't 

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see themselves. 
And if we're not careful, then 

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we can let our comfort start 
limiting, our possibilities, or 

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we can let our comfort start to 
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I got a chain up here, it's 
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Sorry, Bradley right, we've got 
this chain up here. 

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Why? 
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will start building. 
Comforts. 

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That keep us locked in. 
Because as long as I'm connected

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to this chain, there is a 
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get from this poll. 
And I will never be able to do 

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anything outside of this circle.
As long as I have the Shane, and

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what we do, a lot of times as we
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use me, use me God's right there
saying. 

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Yeah, let me use you in like, 
no, man. 

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I gotta pee. 
God. 

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Use me. 
Come on, God. 

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Use me. 
I'm really good at doing this. 

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Use me, I'm really good at 
Photography. 

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Use my photography God. 
And guys, I don't care about 

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your photography. 
I want you to do this. 

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I want you to let go of those 
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comfortable, and come seek me 
out and get where I am, and 

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where your calling is. 
Right getting was called out 

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from harvesting wheat. 
To go battle something, right? 

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Because by Design faith gets you
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Faith is designed to get you out
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accomplished and start trusting 
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And this is why I love the 
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this, because we're going to 
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And we're going to see just how 
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Gideon in this calling, right? 
So obviously, you know, after 

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that getting is like, hey, you 
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gonna go tear down this thing 
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Still not really. 
Fully accepting this goes and 

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does it at Right then they're 
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dad, they're like, hey your son 
tore down the, the statue of 

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Baal burn it down, took it down 
like you need a bring him out 

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here so we can take care of it. 
Father wisdom here, Major Dad 

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points. 
He's like let bail defend 

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himself all right this is good 
dad dad of the year, right 

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there, saved his son. 
He's like let bail defend 

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himself and they're like, you 
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Sure. 
Yeah, we'll do that. 

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You know, we'll take, we'll let 
that happen, right? 

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So then Gideon throws the 
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And I'm Going to talk about this
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you know, I was chewing on this,
you know, and I was like, you 

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know, God, you know, I feel like
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then like God, throws a fleece 
and like gets all these signs 

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before he goes and does 
something right. 

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But just so, you know, the 
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Gideon's in a different 
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Gideon does not have the Holy 
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Gideon. 
Only knows this. 

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Right. 
So there's no unction from the 

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holy spirit that can lead him 
and guide him somewhere and I 

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know in our minds are like, 
yeah. 

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But how much easier is it? 
If I can throw out a fleece, 

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it's not easier. 
It's easier to just learn to 

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hear the Holy Spirit leading and
guiding you and come. 

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Because we have the advantage of
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operated and what he knew. 
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better. 
So we're not sitting here 

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looking for signs and looking to
throw fleeces and God if the 

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wind blows from the north at 1 
a.m. and a purple dust sprinkles

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me than I know. 
It's, you know, we have an 

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inward witness that will tell us
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And you can see that you know, 
in John 14:26 John 14:26 the 

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Amplified classic says but the 
comforter counselor healer 

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intercessor, Advocate 
strengthener, stand by the Holy 

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Spirit. 
Whom the father will send in my 

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name in my place to represent me
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He will teach you all things and
he will call us things. 

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He will cause you to recall and 
remind you or bring to her. 

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You'll remember it's everything 
I have told you. 

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That's the advantage we have 
over Gideon. 

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Right? 
So we're not trying to throw 

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fleeces. 
Here. 

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The fleece wasn't to get him out
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The fleece was, he's leading and
guiding It's all right, we're 

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looking for God's leading and 
guiding on the inside. 

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So let's jump down to judges, 
71, judges, 71. 

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I'm going to skip a lot of these
names just know it. 

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Then Jay who is Gideon and all 
the people who are with Him Rose

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early in Camp beside the spring 
of Herod, and the camp of median

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was that at the north side of 
them, by the hill of this place 

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in the valley. 
The Lord said to get in, the 

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people who you are with, sorry, 
the people who are with, you are

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too. 
Time for me to give median into 

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their hands. 
For Israel would become boastful

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saying my own power has 
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Proclaim in my hearing of that 
of the people saying whoever is 

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afraid and trembling let him 
return and apart from this from 

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Matt Gilead. 
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10,000 remain. 
Then the Lord said there are 

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still too many people. 
Bring them down to the water and

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test him there. 
Therefore it shall be that whom 

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I say to you this one shall go 
and this one shall go with you. 

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But everyone whom I say to you, 
this one shall not go with, you 

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shall not go. 
He brought people down to the 

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water and the Lord said to 
getting you shall separate 

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everyone who laughs the water 
with his tongue, as a dog, as 

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well as everyone who kneels to 
drink it. 

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Now the number of those who 
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their mouth was 300 men but all 
the rest in the old to drink 

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water the Lord said to get in I 
will deliver you with the 300 

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men who laughed and I Give the 
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So let all the other people go 
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So the 300 men took the people's
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and their hands and Gideon sent 
all the other men of Israel each

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to his tent but retain the 300, 
and the camp of Midian was below

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them in the valley. 
Right. 

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So we take a guy who's a farmer,
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them know, hey, you're gonna get
out of this wheat farm, you're 

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going to lead an army to set 
your people free from the 

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midianites you're going to leave
this thing and he's like this is

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an awesome not super excited. 
God makes your eye you know. 

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Like am I really hearing this 
right? 

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He takes care of some stuff 
putting manages to Rally roughly

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32,000 people which you're like,
hey man, get on you like there 

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you go you know that's gotta be 
something a lot of people would 

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That is a sign. 
I got 32,000 people with me. 

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God's doing this. 
Okay? 

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I'm gonna say it one more time. 
A lot of people would take that.

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As I got, 32,000 people with me,
there must be God here, because 

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there's so many people in this 
place there must be got here. 

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Now that's not what God Said. 
God said no 20, you know, 

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30-something thousand of them 
are completely useless to me and

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what I'm gonna do. 
I'm gonna do With the 300 who 

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are faithful and do what I need 
them to do. 

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Does not looking for numbers. 
He's looking for you to be 

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faithful. 
He's looking for you to show up.

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He's looking for you to answer 
the call. 

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Right. 
So God called these people out 

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and it would have been easy for 
getting to be like, oh man, like

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yeah, I got all these numbers, 
man, God's here. 

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He's moving like, clearly. 
Look at this, you know, I have 

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so much peace. 
Now, in this situation, I've got

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God's peace. 
You know, there's a lot of 

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people who are confusing, peace 
and comfort. 

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There's a lot of people who are 
getting who are hearing, oh, 

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I've got peace in this situation
when the Is you're comfortable 

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in the flesh with it? 
Because there's a difference 

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between peace and comfort 
because I can have peace. 

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When I don't see the answer, 
because Comfort keeps me here, 

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Comfort keeps me change, but P 
says, man, I feel just as strong

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here as I did over there, when I
don't have the finances for my 

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bills and Monday's coming. 
I feel peace in this situation 

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because I'm tired and I'm 
offering I'm giving to God and I

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know he's gonna be beside me 
when I don't have any answer, 

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but the situation is coming. 
I can have He's that God will be

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there and God will follow 
through, no matter how it looks 

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in my mind, no matter how it 
looks in the natural, I can have

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peace in those moments because 
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We like to strap the Holy Spirit
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like, oh, I got peace about it. 
You ain't got piece. 

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You're not chasing a calling, 
you're chasing your comfort. 

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Because what do we want the 
American dream or God's calling 

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on our life? 
Right? 

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I'm not looking to just build up
my comfort zone. 

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The more I read the Bible, the 
more I realized man, if I'm 

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doing God's calling, I should 
probably be a little 

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uncomfortable. 
I should probably be looking for

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situations that made my flesh. 
Go man, this makes no sense. 

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I don't see how these, you know 
points are gonna connect. 

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But I know because God is with 
me and God's leading me and god 

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in me, I ain't gotta see it to 
take the step. 

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I don't have to know what's 
next, right in any situation. 

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God's their, right? 
So, so getting gets down to 300 

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people. 
The 300. 

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A number. 
That seems so insignificant no 

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way these people could defeat 
this thing. 

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I mean you got to think not only
is Gideon, probably 

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uncomfortable. 
The other 300 are probably 

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uncomfortable as well. 
They're like man ithe I signed 

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up with the other 30-something 
thousand to come here. 

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You brought us all to this 
Valley and then you kick them 

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out for. 
There's a little bait-and-switch

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here, man. 
You know everything. 

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I'm real good on the travel but 
now it's like, man, this is 

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uncomfortable. 
I must have missed it. 

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I should go back. 
I'll say it one more time. 

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A lot of people can get 
comfortable. 

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I heard God, I'm going somewhere
then they get their gets hard 

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and they're like, oh well God 
obviously wasn't here. 

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I missed it, let me go back. 
Comfort is not the sign that God

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is with you. 
Faith by Design, get you out of 

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your comfort zone. 
And if we are to live Faith to 

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Faith, then that means we should
constantly be looking for 

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situations to be uncomfortable, 
but no, God will see it through.

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Giving this number doesn't make 
sense. 

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Working this much doesn't make 
sense. 

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You know, I'm going to be honest
when I when I when I first moved

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back here from Valdosta, you 
know, and I started working with

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a church and there was like a 
bunch of different things 

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happening and ultimately I 
started working a lot more and 

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we were going to have Scotty, 
our third daughter and I knew I 

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was gonna be real busy and I set
down my wife and I told my wife,

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I was like, look this season is 
gonna be crazy. 

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There's gonna be a lot of hours.
It's a lot of stuff going on and

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I'm going to have a newborn 
baby. 

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You know, this is like not the 
best timing but I know I'm in my

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fit, right? 
So I started praying that God 

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when I get, you know, 30 minutes
of time with Scotty. 

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Let It Be magnified or 
multiplied, so that one hour, 

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seems like four hours, you know?
So my two hours feels like eight

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hours. 
Let's get some Supernatural time

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here because even though I'm 
going to be a way more, I need 

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you to now show up in this 
place, that might be lacking. 

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And and if y'all know, my family
situation in my wife can attest 

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this and probably the majority 
of Staff anyone around me. 

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Scotland is the closest of all 
my kids to me of every kid we 

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had. 
Scotland has the closest 

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relationship to me, you know, 
whereas every other kid 

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obviously grew up in that, you 
know, they want Mommy, until you

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know, I got old enough to really
play with them and all that kind

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of stuff. 
Scotland at every Point, wanted 

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me. 
Why it wasn't because I was 

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spending more time with her. 
Because by all accounts, I had 

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significantly less time with her
during that time of development.

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But God meant that need because 
I was in his purpose. 

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And that relationship was 
strengthened and less amount of 

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time, right? 
So instead of saying, oh, man, I

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can't be working these hours, my
wife's got a newborn baby. 

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I'm not comfortable with all 
that. 

443
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,400
No, I asked God I said if you're
calling me to do this then 

444
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,300
you're going to have to make 
something up here. 

445
00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:56,500
That's putting trust in God, 
because in the natural that 

446
00:24:56,500 --> 00:25:02,000
makes no sense that my daughter 
would be the closest to me when 

447
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,400
I've spent the least amount of 
time with her in that season. 

448
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:10,300
But we have to put trust that if
we're going to come out of this 

449
00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:12,700
comfort zone and out of 
everything, that makes sense to 

450
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,000
us and where we fill the best in
life. 

451
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,900
Then everything we do out here, 
God's gonna make up for whatever

452
00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:23,800
we were missing. 
Good writing. 

453
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,800
So those three hundred men have 
the opportunity in their minds 

454
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,000
even even though we don't have 
it documented. 

455
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,300
You know, they could have 
thought all sort of things. 

456
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,400
I don't see how this is gonna 
work Gideon. 

457
00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:40,700
Anything could have came up, 
this doesn't make any sense. 

458
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:44,000
Right? 
But we have to ask ourselves. 

459
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,800
Are we chasing after God or are 
we chasing after comfort? 

460
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,000
Are we chasing after God? 
Or are we chasing out of 

461
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,500
comfort? 
Jump down to verse 16, judges 

462
00:25:56,500 --> 00:26:02,000
716, he says, he divided 300 men
into three companies and he put 

463
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,300
trumpets and empty pitch, 
pitchers into the hands of all 

464
00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:07,200
of them and torches inside the 
pictures. 

465
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,900
And he said to them, look at me 
and do likewise and behold, when

466
00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:17,300
I come to the outskirts of the 
camp do, as I do, when I and all

467
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,300
who are with me, blow the 
trumpet. 

468
00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:22,800
Then you also blew the trumpets,
all around the Camp and say for 

469
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,800
the Lord, and for Gideon. 
So get in and the hundred men 

470
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,800
who were with him came to the 
outskirts of the camp and began 

471
00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:34,700
in the beginning to up the 
middle watch, when they had just

472
00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:37,400
posted the watch and they blew 
the trumpets and smash the 

473
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,700
pictures that were in their 
hands. 

474
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,800
When the three companies blew 
the trumpets and broke the 

475
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,000
pictures, they held the Torches 
in their left hand and the 

476
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:48,600
trumpets and their right hands 
for blowing and cried a sword 

477
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,800
for the Lord. 
And for the hands. 

478
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,300
And the The trumpet in the right
hands for sorry, stored for the 

479
00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:58,500
Lord. 
And for Gideon each stood in his

480
00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:02,200
place around the camp and all 
the Army ran crying out as they 

481
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,700
fled, when they blew 300 
Trumpets. 

482
00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:08,700
The Lord said a sword of one 
against another even throughout 

483
00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:12,400
the whole Army, the Army fled, 
as far as, you know, these 

484
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,100
places from these other places, 
then the men of Israel were 

485
00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:20,200
summoned to this other place at 
the edge of the Hill, you know, 

486
00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:23,000
and Gideon sent Messengers. 
Got all the place come down 

487
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,100
against median and take the 
waters before them. 

488
00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:29,500
As far as you know, all these 
places are and they captured the

489
00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:33,400
two leaders of Minion, right? 
So with the 300 men, God set up 

490
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,700
a thing and this is what I love 
about this, right, God took a 

491
00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:42,000
wheat farmer. 
And said I'm going to make you 

492
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,000
the leader of an army Gideon's 
freaking out in his mind, I'm 

493
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,700
not a soldier, I don't have this
but all along God's like you're 

494
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:56,700
not even gonna fight. 
You're not even gonna fight. 

495
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,700
I told you lead an army 
naturally went somewhere. 

496
00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,700
And so many of us are like God's
call me here and so then we 

497
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:06,600
start naturally trying to 
connect all the dots. 

498
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,100
Oh God, call me this place. 
Will let me find a job. 

499
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,700
I've got to find a job. 
Obviously of God's called me 

500
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:11,000
here. 
No. 

501
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:16,400
God called you there. 
Unless God said, find a job then

502
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:22,700
go there then God just called 
you there right. 

503
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:26,400
He took a wheat farmer and said,
you're going to lead an army 

504
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,300
getting didn't run out and start
practicing. 

505
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,400
We need might have, I'm sure he 
probably didn't is 10. 

506
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:36,800
I bet she held a sword employee,
but, you know, gives a speech 

507
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,400
and goes into a sensor. 
Figure out how this thing works.

508
00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:44,200
Right. 
But ultimately, he took someone 

509
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,200
and then delivered them without 
them even having to actually 

510
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,100
fight you're gonna blow 
trumpets, you're gonna smash 

511
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,400
pots, they're gonna get confused
and scared, which is obviously 

512
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,500
the spirit, you know, God moving
because that makes no sense. 

513
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:02,100
They lower how loud noises, what
do we do? 

514
00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:07,800
Like what these are warriors? 
These guys are used to this. 

515
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,500
These are guys that are trained 
for these things and the loud 

516
00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:17,800
noise like, ah, I'm out of here 
in the ran very far apparently, 

517
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,400
you know, as far as those two 
places are from each other, 

518
00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:24,000
should have got a map so you 
could have seen it right? 

519
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,300
Well, the thing is, we will 
never reach our full potential. 

520
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:37,300
If we don't even try to obtain 
to it, And for some of us, our 

521
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:39,800
full potential is right over 
there. 

522
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,400
And we're staring at it and 
we're longing for it while I 

523
00:29:48,408 --> 00:29:51,800
God. 
Come on. 

524
00:29:52,700 --> 00:30:01,300
I'm so ready for this. 
Make it make sense. 

525
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,800
If you give me these answers 
then I can build my chain long 

526
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:17,900
enough to get here when Gods 
like I don't want you suck to 

527
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:21,200
something, I want you to trust 
in me. 

528
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,000
I want you to trust in me for 
your answers. 

529
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,300
Don't sacrifice your calling for
comfort. 

530
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,300
We don't want to sacrifice 
everything. 

531
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:39,600
God has in store for us to feel 
better for a short amount. 

532
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,800
You know, it's so funny and 
opportunities. 

533
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:46,000
I have to administer to youth 
because it's like, you know, and

534
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,200
everyone can relate this. 
When you're in high school, high

535
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,100
school just seems like it's the 
biggest deal in the world, like 

536
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:57,300
every decision matters, so much 
those for insignificant years in

537
00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:01,700
your life, just seemed like 
everything. 

538
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,500
And we make so many stupid 
decisions in those four years 

539
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,200
acting. 
Like it's really gonna, you 

540
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,800
know, do something for us, man. 
Like, we talk to me know, I've 

541
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,100
talked to, like, literally the 
two other people who graduated 

542
00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,400
with us that come to this 
church. 

543
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:24,100
But yeah, so many decisions were
made about like, when we get out

544
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,000
of high school, what are we all 
gonna do? 

545
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,200
Literally nothing. 
You're probably going to see 

546
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:36,300
next to none of them, right? 
But a so many times we make we 

547
00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,300
try to make such big decisions 
for such an instinct. 

548
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,400
You know, insignificant amount 
of time. 

549
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,800
Even our time on this planet. 
Compared to Eternity is so 

550
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:51,700
insignificant. 
So, why would I sacrifice my 

551
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:54,800
eternity to be comfortable right
now? 

552
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:04,400
I don't want to give up what 
could be just to feel like I've 

553
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:10,700
accomplished something now. 
All right, so how do we break 

554
00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:15,100
our train? 
How do we get ourselves out of 

555
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,400
just realizing what we have? 
Because Comfort comes in, in so 

556
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,500
many ways. 
And, like I said earlier, you 

557
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:23,300
know, with like the country 
fried steak, it's like, you 

558
00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:26,700
know, anything is sneaky man. 
It's like, you know, unless 

559
00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,900
you're like an actual Fitness 
person, which I wasn't at the 

560
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:33,500
time, I had no concept of 
calories in calories out, I know

561
00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:36,300
concept of like I need to 
actually burn some of this off. 

562
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,400
Riley's just all calories. 
And I was a skinny guy. 

563
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:44,100
When I got married, I wait, like
140 soaking wet fully dressed in

564
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:48,100
the winter, and I did nothing to
stay that way. 

565
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,400
I drank so many, I drink so many
Mountain Dew's, I ate so many 

566
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,600
fudge rounds, and I just stayed 
skinny. 

567
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,000
So when I got married, I 
obviously did not assume it was 

568
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,900
going to magically change my 
metabolism, just because I'm 

569
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:05,300
eating home-cooked food now. 
Right? 

570
00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:12,200
But it sneaks up on you little 
by little Until you get to and 

571
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,400
see, here's the thing. 
It would have probably been, 

572
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,200
okay? 
If I was working out to eat 

573
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,500
every once in a while. 
Some country fried steak, no big

574
00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,700
deal. 
I'm taking care of myself. 

575
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,200
I'm being healthy. 
I mean, Fitness, I can have 

576
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,800
this, it's fine. 
And two, if something starts to 

577
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,500
get off, it's easy to tweak, 
small changes. 

578
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,500
But if we let the Comfort set 
in, then we gotta get really 

579
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:39,000
uncomfortable to fix something 
and some of us have gotten so 

580
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,600
built in our comfort that in 
order for us to get out, it's 

581
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,100
going to take some really 
uncomfortable moments. 

582
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:53,300
It's going to take some time of 
trusting God and putting things 

583
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:57,100
out there that we don't see 
answers to to start building 

584
00:33:57,100 --> 00:33:59,200
those things up. 
So how do we break the chain? 

585
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:06,900
Obviously we gotta trust, God, 
Proverbs 3:5 and 6, Trust in the

586
00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,300
Lord, with all your heart and do
not lean on your own 

587
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:14,500
understanding, in all your ways 
acknowledge Him, and He will 

588
00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:20,100
make your path straight. 
Trust in the Lord, with all your

589
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:25,800
heart and do not lean on your 
own understanding, in all your 

590
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:30,199
ways acknowledge Him, right? 
There's so many verses and so 

591
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,199
many biblically, you know, 
biblical stories of historical 

592
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,500
accounts in the Bible that let 
us know that man. 

593
00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:41,300
If you just get out there and 
start following God, he's gonna 

594
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:46,100
show up. you know, I get the 
privilege to teach in our 

595
00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:49,300
kingdom Institute, you know, 
Bible study here and one of the 

596
00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:53,400
classes I teach is Authority and
in that class one of the one of 

597
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:59,200
the principles we pull out is we
have to understand that the word

598
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:06,900
works every time always And if 
we feel like it's not working, 

599
00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:09,900
it's never God. 
It's always us. 

600
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,000
And you have to become so 
firming your belief that the 

601
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,400
word Works always that we can 
then be real with ourselves when

602
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:23,800
something goes wrong and no, no 
God wanted have done this. 

603
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,700
I obviously need to change 
something to get where I need to

604
00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:30,400
be. 
So I David said, search my 

605
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,500
heart. 
Oh, Lord, let me know. 

606
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,500
When is the last time we really 
took time to say God, is there 

607
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:38,500
something else I should be 
doing? 

608
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,500
Because Comfort comes so 
quickly. 

609
00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,600
I mean, half of you looking out 
here, sit in the same spot every

610
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:50,300
time. 
Whether we need me to or not 

611
00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:56,000
what we get it, this is my seat.
This is where I sit as far as 

612
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,700
like, funny, you go to places 
like, in high school and they 

613
00:35:57,700 --> 00:35:59,400
had like a sign. 
Seems like you got a signs. 

614
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,700
He's after two classes. 
Everyone's gonna have a sign 

615
00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:05,600
themselves to see, right? 
And you do it all here, you 

616
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,300
like, I'm gonna sit in this spot
because I'm comfortable right 

617
00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,200
here. 
I know this chair, this is my 

618
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:17,900
chair. 
I'm used to this one, right. 

619
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:19,600
But then, it can also go 
farther. 

620
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:20,700
Somebody, you've been here so 
long. 

621
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:22,600
Maybe you've just got 
comfortable with the people 

622
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:31,600
speaking. do we still value all 
the word being taught, no matter

623
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:37,700
how long you've been here and 
how much, you know, No matter 

624
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:40,900
how many dinners you've had with
Pastor Mike and Angie or Pastor 

625
00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:43,400
Brandon or Pastor Earle or no 
matter how often you've come 

626
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,200
here and helped out or no matter
how much this is going on or 

627
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,900
what you've seen outside of 
things or what you've been 

628
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:51,700
involved in, do we still value 
this? 

629
00:36:51,700 --> 00:37:00,500
Speaking of the word that can 
change my life, Because if we're

630
00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:03,500
not comfortable, then it's just 
another message from Pastor 

631
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:07,100
Earl. 
Why would I come to a genome 

632
00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:08,900
browser, Revival? 
It's just another anchor for a 

633
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,700
church service is not like 
they're having a different 

634
00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:12,500
worship team. 
It's not they're going to have 

635
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:20,000
so I was Pastor Daryl again. we 
get comfortable and then we 

636
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,300
don't receive anything from it 
because we're not even trying to

637
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:29,800
we're just sitting in our see 
you show up to serve because I'm

638
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:36,200
scheduled I've been doing this 
position for a long time. 

639
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,500
I know how to do it, then a 
little change comes and it's 

640
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:43,400
like the end of the world. 
Let's never how it's been done. 

641
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,700
Moses was 75. 
He did a lot of things before he

642
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:50,000
was called out to go do 
something else. 

643
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,100
He's a God. 
You've never asked me to leave 

644
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:59,900
before. 
Are we willing to step out and 

645
00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:04,400
trust God Philippians 4:19 says 
and my God will supply all your 

646
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,500
needs according to his riches 
and glory in Christ Jesus, 

647
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:11,500
right? 
We trust in God and then all 

648
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,400
these other things are going to 
fall into place. 

649
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,800
How do we break chains? 
We have to trust. 

650
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,300
God, how do we break chains? 
We have to stay righteous. 

651
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:24,600
I noticed a righteous First 
Timothy 611 says, but flee from 

652
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,800
these things, you man of God and
pursue. 

653
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:32,500
Righteousness, Godless 
godliness, Faith, love 

654
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:38,800
perseverance and gentleness. 
Pursue righteousness. 

655
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,200
Matthew 6:33 says, so above. 
All, we know this constantly 

656
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,900
seek. 
This is the passion translation.

657
00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:49,700
Constantly seek God's kingdom. 
I like that constantly seek. 

658
00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:53,400
Are we constantly seeking or 
have? 

659
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,600
We gotten comfortable, Where We 
Are? 

660
00:38:58,400 --> 00:38:59,800
I guess it's one thing to show 
up. 

661
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,400
It's another thing to have in 
your mind set, God. 

662
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,000
What are you gonna say to me 
tonight? 

663
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:09,900
What do you have for me tonight?
What do you, what are you going 

664
00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:12,200
to bring tonight? 
You know, even if it's someone, 

665
00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:14,800
you know, dip if it's not 
pastoral, if it's not Pastor 

666
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:21,000
Mike, they're not my style. 
I just get more from this other 

667
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:28,300
person, open your ears, because 
if you've been called to get 

668
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:33,500
connected, then anyone who takes
this, this is got something for 

669
00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:40,300
you. 
Stay righteous, right? 

670
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:42,700
Don't let sin creep into your 
life. 

671
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:47,600
Don't let your guard get down. 
You know, this is always been 

672
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,000
crazy to me and this is 
something obviously, I think of 

673
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,200
a church you've been coming here
for a while. 

674
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,300
You definitely know about, 
right? 

675
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:55,100
We do a Bible reading plan. 
If you serve with us, you have 

676
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:56,700
to be doing the Bible reading 
plan, right? 

677
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:59,900
We do every single year, we put 
out a Bible reading plan and we 

678
00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:02,000
give it to people and encourage 
them to read the Bible every 

679
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,900
year because you'd be blown away
at how many churches Don't do 

680
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:12,600
that. 
And then things get exposed on 

681
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:17,700
documentaries. 
You like read the word every day

682
00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:24,500
because I can tell, when I 
haven't been in it, I know the 

683
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:27,600
difference when I've been two 
weeks removed from it. 

684
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:35,000
And it's because I value it. 
And I value what it can bring to

685
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,400
my life and to those around me. 
So you have to stay in it 

686
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:43,700
because when you get off that's 
when those things creep in when 

687
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:46,000
you get out of the word that's 
when things got a creeping. 

688
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,100
You want to break change? 
You gotta be righteous because 

689
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:51,500
if I'm not living righteous then
I'm no right to try to get God 

690
00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:56,300
to move in my life. 
I'm calling on God but I'm not. 

691
00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:59,600
I'm sitting on the side. 
God, why aren't you helping me 

692
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:00,900
guys? 
Like, why aren't you doing my 

693
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:04,300
word? 
And then it doesn't happen like 

694
00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:06,800
oh well you know obviously God 
didn't want me to do that. 

695
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,200
He wanted me to be here. 
No you didn't apply the word to 

696
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,000
get through that trial that 
came. 

697
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,700
Apply the word, right? 
We have to have faith. 

698
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:20,700
Hebrews 11:1 says. 
Now, Faith is the Assurance of 

699
00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:26,800
things, hoped for the conviction
of things not seen, right? 

700
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,100
We have to believe that no 
matter what's going on, God's 

701
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:35,100
word will work every time. 
Like we said, we go from Faith 

702
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:38,000
to Faith and by Design, it's to 
call me out, which means, man. 

703
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,200
I should be looking for 
opportunities to step out into 

704
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:45,100
the unknown. 
I should be looking for 

705
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:49,400
opportunities to step into an 
area that doesn't make sense to 

706
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,600
step somewhere that I didn't see
myself to step somewhere that, 

707
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:57,600
you know, maybe maybe I is the 
farthest from me, right? 

708
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,600
Moses is like, I don't talk. 
Well, I was like, finding your 

709
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,100
brother can help you but he 
still had to go talk. 

710
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:09,100
I mean, regardless, he still had
to show up in front of pharaoh. 

711
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:14,300
And he still had to do that 
thing. 

712
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,600
Right? 
We look for opportunities to 

713
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,300
step out in faith. 
That's how we grow in it. 

714
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:25,500
Because if all I've done is just
creating this environment of 

715
00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:27,300
comfort than how am I ever going
to grow? 

716
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:29,500
For those of you who do work 
out, you know, it's the stress 

717
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:31,100
of the muscle. 
It's the breaking down its 

718
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:33,900
trying to wait. 
It's the pain of being sore that

719
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:38,400
builds that thing up. 
That get you to that next level.

720
00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:41,800
It's the accomplishment that 
comes when you add a new plate, 

721
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,400
flight. 
Finally But out of those things,

722
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:48,300
come, they come by getting in 
there, but getting it done by 

723
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:51,300
doing something uncomfortable, 
either, you know, opportunity 

724
00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:54,400
wants a bunch of us guys, went 
up to Ohio, and we got to see 

725
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,100
some of these, like, strong men,
you know, just lift ridiculous 

726
00:42:58,100 --> 00:42:59,700
numbers. 
I don't remember what it was. 

727
00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:01,800
It was like, it was it a 
thousand pounds that he got 

728
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,400
under that day it was like 1,200
or something like that and 

729
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,500
everyone like gathered around 
the squat rack because he's like

730
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:09,700
at 12:00 is like I'm just 
getting under it. 

731
00:43:10,700 --> 00:43:14,300
I'm not going to squat because I
need to Feel the weight. 

732
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,200
Before I can do it. 
He's got to put the weight on 

733
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,500
his back and say no just to feel
that pressure. 

734
00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:25,600
So when he does it for the first
time, it's not some Shock of 

735
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,600
all, I never felt this before. 
No, I understand that. 

736
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:32,900
Wait now because I put myself 
out there Raisa. 

737
00:43:32,900 --> 00:43:35,300
We're looking for opportunities 
by faith and say God, where can 

738
00:43:35,300 --> 00:43:37,800
you stretch me? 
Where can you grow me? 

739
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,400
What's this next level I can get
to it, don't have to make sense,

740
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,600
just give me a word to go on and
I will stick to it because all I

741
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:49,000
need is one word, and I know 
you'll fill in everything else. 

742
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,900
So we can't be afraid and be 
fearful of failure. 

743
00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:56,900
Joshua 1:9 says, have I not 
commanded you be strong and 

744
00:43:56,900 --> 00:44:00,200
courageous do not tremble or be 
dismayed for the Lord. 

745
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,400
Your God is with you wherever 
you go. 

746
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:10,100
If we're too afraid to ever step
out then will never accomplish 

747
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:14,600
the things God set before us. 
Because like I said, when you go

748
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,900
through the Bible, you're gonna 
see, God isn't just gonna hand, 

749
00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:21,300
you your calling on a silver 
platter because it makes sense 

750
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:25,100
for you. 
Just like he did with Guinea 

751
00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:28,900
where said, no, you guys are too
comfortable with this number. 

752
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:31,600
If you win, you're going to 
think you did it with your own 

753
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,500
strength. 
And I need everyone to know that

754
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:37,000
it was because God was here that
this thing was done. 

755
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:44,000
And how many of us have capped 
are calling because we've done 

756
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:49,100
something, but not all the way 
because we got 32,000 people, 

757
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:52,300
and then we went in and fought 
our battle in one or like God 

758
00:44:52,300 --> 00:44:54,000
was here and gods. 
Like, no, that's not how I 

759
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,600
wanted it done. 
Because God, he's he said in the

760
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,100
verse he goes, you'll win and 
then you'll say it was by your 

761
00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:08,700
own might. 
And so, we can get to a place 

762
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:12,800
where we've done something. 
Well, I go look, God was here 

763
00:45:12,900 --> 00:45:15,300
and I was like, no I wanted so 
much more from you. 

764
00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:20,600
You kept yourself here because 
you will comfortable with doing 

765
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,700
it that way. 
And it achieves something, but 

766
00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:26,400
it ain't cheap, the fullness in 
which I wanted it to. 

767
00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:33,500
So I'm telling Hank if a church,
we gotta be willing to step out 

768
00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:35,700
like I've said so many times 
before always love, you know, 

769
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:38,400
and you know, bottom mama has, 
you know, you'll Peter stepped 

770
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,400
out. 
There's an account in the Bible,

771
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:46,900
you walked on water. 
Jesus Peter Noone else and I 

772
00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:50,100
want to focus on the wind and 
waves that sunk them but the 

773
00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:55,200
dude took steps on water and 
that account is to him. 

774
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,400
And you know why I think so many
people focus on the fact that he

775
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:02,400
failed in the water Rose because
we're not willing to get up the 

776
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:10,600
boat ourselves. 
But if I get out the boat, I'll 

777
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,500
sink. 
But what if you don't? 

778
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:22,000
But what if you don't? 
But what if you do? 

779
00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:27,400
Maybe you take one more step 
than Peter did and guess what? 

780
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:31,100
You have taken one more step. 
And that will be accounted to 

781
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:36,900
you. 
So uh, here's our challenge you 

782
00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:40,400
tonight. 
So start looking for areas in 

783
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,400
your life. 
That may be our only there 

784
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,700
because they're comfortable but 
they don't need to be there 

785
00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:50,300
anymore. 
Start looking banging, come up, 

786
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:56,000
start looking for areas. 
That you can say, man I want to 

787
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,700
make it to the next step. 
I want to excel still more. 

788
00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:00,800
I want to do greater, how do I 
do this? 

789
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:05,200
I've got to let this Comfort go 
and start stepping out into the 

790
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:10,800
unknown. and start trusting God 
to put all the rest of these 

791
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,600
pieces together and start 
trusting God to see everything 

792
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:19,600
else through Because like I 
said, we can sit back and look 

793
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,400
at other places and think 
they're going to do something 

794
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,100
great. 
Look, how many people they have 

795
00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:29,100
but God only wanted 300 Are you 
a part of the 300? 

796
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,700
Or will you find your place? 
Will you turn around? 

797
00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:39,700
And I challenge you tonight. 
So find yourself in the 300. 

798
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:45,800
To find yourself stepping out 
and doing something great for 

799
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:54,100
him by trusting him. 
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800
00:47:54,100 --> 00:47:56,600
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