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Hello and welcome to the Anchor.
Faith Message podcast enjoyed 

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this message. 
We're going to start in the back

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of the Bible all the way back at
Revelation and I was like ah man

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Chase pieces speaks and going 
revelations in times. 

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No, not really but we are going 
to go back there. 

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So Revelations 1714. 
Revelations 17:14 and it says 

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these will wage war against the 
lamb. 

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And the lamb will overcome them 
because he is the Lord of lords 

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and the king of kings and those 
who are with him are the called 

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and chosen, and faithful, and 
those who are with him, are the 

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called and chosen. 
And faithful today, we're going 

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to talk about called to chosen. 
Right. 

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We're going to talk about called
to chosen because I think it's 

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very important that when you 
look at this scripture, we 

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realize there's three 
categories, he gave here, he 

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said those who are with him, are
the called Chosen and faithful, 

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right? 
So we're going to look at what 

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it means to be called what it 
means to be chosen. 

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And then obviously what it means
to be faithful because if it was

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just one thing, we're all going 
to be, they probably want to 

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have separated into three 
different meanings but a very 

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specifically said those who are 
Are going to be with me. 

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Are the called The Chosen and 
the faithful, right? 

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So we're going to look. 
Look, look into this and dissect

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it a little bit. 
We're going to look at the word 

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called here. 
And according to the strongs, 

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it's, you know, it's a word. 
I can't pronounce. 

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We're not going to, but the 
definition of it means an 

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invitation, it's an invitation, 
and it's used particularly of 

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the Divine call to partake in 
the blessings of redemption. 

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And that's from The Vines 
dictionary. 

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But it says it's used 
particularly of a Divine call. 

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To partake in the blessing of 
redemption. 

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So when we look at the 
revelations, you can leave that 

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up there for a little bit 
longer. 

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Don't be, I'm gonna be on that 
one for a bit 1714, right? 

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It says, they're the called The 
Chosen and the faithful. 

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So if we know where called and 
we know that the calling is an 

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invitation then obviously, we 
want to know who's inviting us. 

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Right. 
Who's inviting us? 

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John 6:44 says no one comes to 
me unless the father who sent me

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draws him and I I will raise him
up on the last day, right? 

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So no one comes to me. 
Unless the father who sent me 

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draws me First Corinthians 1:9 
says, God is faithful through 

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him who you were called into 
fellowship with the son, Jesus 

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Christ Our Lord. 
So we know God is the one that's

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doing the calling, right? 
Because no man comes to the 

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father, except through him. 
So we understand that those are 

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who are going to be with them 
are going to be called of God to

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be with him, right? 
Those who are with him will be 

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called by him too. 
Be there, right? 

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And we've all been called, 
right? 

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What are we being called out? 
I, we've been called out of 

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Darkness Into His Marvelous 
Light, right? 

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We've all been called out of 
where we are right by God, but a

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calling is just that it's a 
calling and calling obviously 

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means that there has to be an 
answer to Right in order for our

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calling, to be complete. 
There must be an answer to that,

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which was called, right? 
So if we know we've been called 

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by God, we then have to answer 
that call, right? 

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We've got to put ourselves in a 
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And at one point in time, anyone
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themselves on the spot to answer
that calling, right? 

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If you're sitting here today and
you've been born again, you have

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answered the call, right? 
So right then great news, we're 

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going to be with them, right? 
Because we've been called Right.

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We've been called, we're going 
to be with them, there's a 

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thought I'd be a little bit more
exciting but that's fine. 

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I mean, whatever no big deal. 
I'm excited. 

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Right because I've got in right.
I've been called I've answered 

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the call. 
Therefore I'm at I qualify for 

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Revelation 17:14 which says 
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be called. 
Alright? 

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So we've been called if you've 
answered the call. 

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Now that you are officially one 
of the called ones, right? 

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But like I said, we're not just 
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you know, I didn't, I do my 
message called to chosen just to

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stay at called, right? 
We're Look at chosen now. 

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So let's go to Matthew 22. 
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We got a little bit of reading 
here, so we're going to do it. 

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Jesus spoke to them again in 
Parables saying, the Kingdom of 

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Heaven is like a king who held a
wedding Feast for his son and he

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sent his slaves to call those 
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wedding Feast. 
But they were unwilling to come 

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again. 
He sent out, other slaves 

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saying, tell those who have been
invited behold, I have prepared 

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my dinner. 
My, my oxygen and my fatty 

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fatten cattle. 
Cattle and all butchered and 

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everything is ready. 
Come to the wedding feasts but 

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they pay no attention and went 
their separate ways one to his 

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farm. 
Another to his business, and the

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rest seized his slaves, and 
treated them abuse abusively, 

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and then killed them. 
Now, the King was angry and he 

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sent out his armies and 
destroyed those who murdered and

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set the city on fire, and then 
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wedding Feast is ready, but 
those who were invited, we're 

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not worthy. 
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invite whomever, you find there 
to the wedding Feast those 

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slaves, went into the streets 
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they had found both bad and 
good, and the wedding hall was 

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filled with dinner guests. 
But when the king came in to 

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look over the dinner guests, he 
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dressed in wedding clothes and 
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How did you get in here without 
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And the man was speechless. 
Then the king said to his 

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servants, tie, his hands and 
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Him into the outer Darkness 
where there will be weeping and 

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gnashing of teeth in that place 
for many are called, but few are

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chosen. 
For many are what but few are 

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for many are but few are chosen 
called and chosen, there is the 

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exact same called and chosen 
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The exact same word. 
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I like the way the passion 
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The end. 
It says for everyone is invited 

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to enter in but few respond in 
excellence. 

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For everyone is invited to enter
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Excellence, Excellence. 
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called and chosen from 
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What we hear is, is he saying 
look, many are called, but few 

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are chosen. 
So we have a separation between 

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a calling and actually being 
chosen just because you've 

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accepted the call, does not make
you chosen. 

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Just because you accepted the 
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One of the chosen ones, it makes
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Right? 
And Revelations, I didn't come 

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back for the called The Chosen 
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Right. 
So there's there's the cold, 

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which we all automatically are 
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We got born again. 
We answered his call, we become 

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the call, but then there's the 
chosen that were chosen in 

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Revelations, and right here, 
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Right? 
So there's the cold, and then 

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there's the elect and the elite 
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Now, this chosen isn't just 
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This isn't just pastors or 
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This shows ain't just qualifies 
people who have set themselves 

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in a position to be the elect. 
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See, for those of you who know 
me and obviously I've been 

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around enough a church for a 
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So a lot of you have seen a lot 
of faces of my life, right? 

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A lot of you have grown up with 
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And seen me grow a lot as well. 
I am a very competitive person. 

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Some might say that I am a hyper
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Right. 
I like to win at all costs. 

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I'm not a cheater, but I will 
definitely read the rules and 

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make sure everything I'm doing. 
You know, might be, you know, a 

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gray area of the rules, right? 
You know, if I've got a win, I 

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want to know all the rules to 
the game, because I want to put 

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myself in the best possible 
position to win because If I can

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win, because I know a rule that 
you didn't know that just helps 

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me out, right? 
So when I read scriptures like 

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this and I realize there's 
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competitiveness inside me. 
Sparks up and says huh. 

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Well, how do I become chosen 
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Because that sounds like 
something to obtain to that 

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sounds like another level that I
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Right? 
And so I think it's important 

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for us to think, man, you know, 
I'm a member. 

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When I'm Pastor. 
Earle. 

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First wrote, the book Vision 
Beyond sight. 

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Zev, I read Vision Beyond sight,
man. 

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If you have not read pastorals 
book Vision Beyond sight, you 

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should flood guest relations 
after this thing and pick it up.

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It is a phenomenal book and it 
was a marker point for my life 

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personally where I made some 
decisions because the book is 

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about the life of Samson and how
it's the saddest thing, biblical

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historical account of someone's 
life because of wasted 

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potential. 
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Wasted potential. 
And it says, at the beginning of

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Samson's life, that God said I 
have called him to start a work,

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right? 
And Pastor breaks down, why he 

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didn't finish the work. 
And I remember reading that 

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because like I said, I'm a 
competitive person. 

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I thought in my life, what a 
horrible event to think that I 

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could live my whole life and get
to heaven and find out that 

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there was way more. 
I was supposed to accomplish 

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that I chose not to, Because the
bottom line is, God knew Samson 

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wasn't going to do it, but he 
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He had every intent of Samson 
being the one to do it, but he 

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knew ultimately, he's going to 
choose his own selfish life, 

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right? 
And so, when we look at being 

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called to chosen, right? 
I think, man, I don't want to, 

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you know, not that being called 
as bad because, hey, we're with 

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them. 
And in the end it says those who

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are called are going to be with 
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But like I said, when I see that
there's another level to obtain 

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two of chosen. 
Well, then why would I just 

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settle for called Why would I 
just stay at called when there's

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chosen? 
You know, because I want to not 

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just live life. 
I want to dominate life, I don't

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want to just live my purpose. 
I want to be as successful as 

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possible in my purpose. 
You know, I definitely get this 

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from from Pastor Earle, man. 
You know, I don't just like 

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seeing teams win. 
I want to win by like a lot, you

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know, you know, for some of you 
guys, you might not be video 

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game players from my video game 
players out there. 

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I love my PlayStation. 
You know, when I get time to 

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play, I'll play. 
And when I play sports games, I 

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don't just create my character. 
Dr. Perfect. 99, I create the 

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rest of the team, a perfect 99 
that way. 

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When I play, it's not just like 
well, that was a close match. 

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It was like, man, I destroyed 
that team, right? 

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And that's still feel good about
it and got no problem like when 

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I want a hundred and something 
to nothing, right? 

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Like, I mean, I'm fine with 
that, you know, you know, when I

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play my daughter and Mario Kart,
she beat me, got learn the hard 

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way, you want to win, you earn 
that thing. 

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All right, that way she knows 
when she beats me. 

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She got it right? 
You know, I love it. 

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We um we play we play with a 
Charlotte clay and you know, she

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came home, one day and told her 
parents she was like I gotta 

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start racing on on the harder 
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That way I can beat Uncle Chase,
right? 

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Because I was like, I'm not 
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Right? 
We're gonna we're gonna I'm 

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gonna raise a bunch of winners 
over here, right. 

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We're going to get it, right? 
So obviously I look at called a 

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chosen, I think, man, I want to 
be chosen. 

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I want to be the elect and 
Because I've accepted the call, 

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doesn't make me chosen. 
So let's look at verse 11 again,

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real quick. 
It says, but when the king came 

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to see the guests, he noticed 
there was a man there who was 

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not wearing wedding clothes and 
he asked him, how did you get 

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here without your wedding 
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The man was speechless and the 
King told the attendance, throw 

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him out weeping gnashing of 
teeth for many are called, but 

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few are chosen. 
See this man had the 

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responsibility to come prepared 
to be chosen, right? 

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God called him. 
But the E of being, chosen was 

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still placed on him, right. 
God's called us, but the 

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responsibility to get to chosen 
falls on us and he's given us 

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exactly how to do it. 
And we're gonna go there, and 

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we're going to see this. 
But ultimately before we can 

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even think about getting there, 
we have to be able to assess 

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what makes us called, and What 
Makes Us Chosen and where does 

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that difference there, right? 
Because if I know once I've 

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accepted the call, in order to 
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something, then, I'm obviously 
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to figure out what it is. 
I need to do to get there. 

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Right? 
Because like I said man I want 

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to set myself up the best I can 
I told you I like to read the 

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rules. 
Why? 

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Because I want to know every 
Avenue I have to win and if I 

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can see an Avenue someone else 
didn't see than I have the 

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advantage and just like that in 
in a board game or whatever it 

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is I'm playing man. 
If I want to have the advantage 

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in life that I'm gonna go to the
word to see every Avenue, I have

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to get every Advantage, I can so
that I can do the best I can 

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because just like, Pastor preach
Just a couple weeks ago, I'm not

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settling outside of his 
promises. 

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All right, I've put content in 
my heart that I'm going to live 

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my life out, so that when I get 
to heaven, one day, God doesn't 

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say, you know, you did good but 
ultimately, here's everything 

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else I could have had you 
accomplish. 

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No, I'm going all out right, 
right? 

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I'm going all out. 
So Colossians 3:12 Colossians 

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3:12 through 15. 
It says therefore as the elect 

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of God holy and beloved put on 
Tender Mercies kindness, 

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humility meekness long-suffering
bearing with one another 

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forgiving one. 
Another, if anyone has a 

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complaint against another even 
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So Let's also do. 
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on love which is the bond of 
perfection. 

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And let the peace of God rule in
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also called in one body and be 
thankful, right? 

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Leave this up. 
So we see here. 

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Here's the list of things. 
The elect are So quick 

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reflection. 
If I can already read this 

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scription realize I don't have 
some of these. 

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Guess what? 
I'm not there yet. 

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Right because it says the elect 
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kindness, humility meekness, 
long-suffering bearing with one.

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Another forgiving one another 
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Forgave you, right? 
They put on love which is the 

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bond of perfection and they let 
peace the peace of God rule in 

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their hearts, right? 
This is how the chosen live. 

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This is the standard at which we
must live in obtained. 

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Two, in order to be chosen. 
I like I said we might want to 

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read the rules today because I 
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If I want to be something then 
obviously there's a 

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pre-qualification. 
So what do I need to do to get 

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qualified to render myself, 
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All right, and that's what I 
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It's always there. 
In the end, you will not stand 

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before God and say, but I didn't
know. 

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Right. 
That is one thing. 

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I absolutely love about life and
purpose, and that is that it all

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falls on me. 
I know everybody's different, 

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but I'm an under the pressure. 
Kind of guy, I like being the 

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one with the ball at the last 
second. 

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Like I said competitive, which 
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we got one play left, I don't 
want my fate and someone else's 

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hand, I want to be in control. 
I want to make sure I'm the one 

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that gets to carry this thing 
through, because I trust myself 

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more than everyone else, right? 
Because I know that in the end, 

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if I lose Was because I lost and
it was me and I wasn't good 

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enough. 
Then that's what it is. 

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But if I lose because someone 
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that's just frustrating. 
You know like man, you should 

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pass me the ball. 
I can make that shot like come 

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on man. 
You know, I don't want my 

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Destiny's tied to someone else 
but God didn't do that. 

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God said, look, I've prepared 
you. 

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I've called you, I've placed you
anything I've called you to do, 

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you can do. 
And now I've given you the 

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instructions on how you can get 
there, which means in the end, 

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I'm going to look at you and I'm
going to say, you knew 

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everything you needed to 
accomplish your purpose and it's

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it was on you. 
It was there for you to reach 

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out to if you didn't obtain 
something, then it was your own 

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fault for not trying to obtain 
it. 

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Right. 
Then it was your fault for not 

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reaching out for it. 
It was your fault for not 

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getting there, right? 
So, it falls back on us, to make

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sure I'm living a life of the 
elect to make sure I'm living a 

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life that qualifies me for this 
title. 

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Right, I'm living a lie with 
enough passion and purpose to 

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get to this place. 
Russell. 

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Like I said, man, we want to go 
from cold to chosen, then we're 

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going to need to understand what
makes us called and What Makes 

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Us chosen. 
Well, we know here's a list of 

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things, right? 
That we qualify as chosen but we

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also want to be aware of things 
that might keep us called. 

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Well called people are Sunday 
and Wednesday attenders. 

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Call people are Sunday and 
Wednesday at tenders and what do

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I mean by that? 
They're the ones that show up on

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Sunday and Wednesday and they've
done God. 

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They sit in the seat. 
They hear a word. 

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I check my box. 
I love God. you will remain 

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called, if that is your Goal in 
life. 

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Now come on. 
Now we ain't gotta get quiet 

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because I mean I understand 
where it sets in ourselves. 

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But ultimately man where we can 
be a church of chosens, right? 

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We can be a church of the elect,
let every Church be called but 

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let anchor face shirts, be 
chosen, right? 

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So come on, you know, let's not 
get quiet on me, just because I 

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hit some things, but let's think
about it. 

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And let's take some, let's, 
let's be like David and say 

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search my heart. 
Oh Lord. 

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Right, search my heart. 
Let me know if there's something

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I can do so called people are 
Sunday and Wednesday. 

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Tenders were chosen, people seek
the extra. 

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Right? 
There's a Women's Conference 

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coming up. 
Chosen people are their chosen. 

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People don't let their week. 
Get in the way of attending. 

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Something else in the word, 
right? 

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Chosen people are the ones that 
just don't show up on Sundays 

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and Wednesdays, but they look 
for opportunities to serve, 

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right? 
Those are the chosen. 

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Those are the ones that step out
a little bit further. 

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And like I said, I'm not bagging
on being called, it's great. 

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You're called, you're in the 
end, you're going with God. 

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But ultimately, if we know 
there's another level to obtain 

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to why would we not want to try 
to get there, right? 

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So called people are your Sunday
and Wednesday attenders called 

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people will justify their lack 
of serving. 

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Call people will justify their 
lack of. 

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Well, I've had a long week, I've
done. 

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I've been, you know, it was a 
busy one for me at a lot of 

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things going on, you know, you 
know, you don't understand how 

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many hours I worked. 
You may, I mean, usually the my 

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job is this a, it's a, it's a 
physical job. 

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Right. 
Call people. 

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Right. 
All right, they'll justify their

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lack of serving. 
There's always a reason why they

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can't do the extra. 
There's always something keeping

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them from doing something more. 
Greatness is Never attained by 

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maintaining a status quo. 
Michael Jordan did not become 

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one of the best basketball 
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By simply showing up when it was
time to show up and leaving when

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it was time to leave. 
No, he put in the extra work, 

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Kobe Bryant, put an X, there's 
a, there's a thing I saw on 

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Instagram scrolling through. 
I got a friend up in Oklahoma, 

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who's a big Kobe Bryant fan. 
And he's posting stuff all the 

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time. 
I think it's someone's telling a

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story. 
They're like, man, I showed up 

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one day, you know, to practice 
before the game and Kobe Bryant 

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was there, and I was shooting 
shots. 

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I mean, I'd already in my mind 
said I'm going to shoot 400, you

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know, I'm going to make 400 
shots and I'll leave. 

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So, I was there for like, 200, 
22 hours or whatever, you know, 

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you know, I kind of start 
packing up. 

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Kobe was still there. 
Kobe was still there, still 

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trying was like, man, what's 
going on? 

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On. 
So I end up talking to him 

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Larry, I asked him. 
I said, what's going on in? 

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Kobe was like, no, I just saw 
you were there and so I figured 

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I'd keep shooting to make you 
feel like you weren't doing 

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enough. 
Well, I because there was a 

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level of greatness at which he 
wanted to attain to. 

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So he put in the extra work to 
get there, but yet when it comes

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to our spiritual lives, we just 
expect checking off our daily 

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Bible. 
Reading box to be enough to make

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me attain somewhere. 
And then I can justify it by 

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saying I've done other things 
that keep me out of it, man 

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called people clock in, and out 
called people clock in, and out 

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of God clock in Rhema Bible, 
clock out, do anything else? 

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Talk in Sunday morning sit in 
church. 

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Clock out. 
God's done. 

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I got to work. 
Come on now chosen people? 

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Right are always available for 
something. 

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The Chosen, all the one. 
I say, man, it doesn't matter 

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what I've done this week. 
I'm available for more. 

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Right. 
And I know it's easy sometimes 

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like, oh well you know, chase 
you work out the church man, I 

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worked outside the church. 
I moved to Valdosta really early

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in my marriage with my wife. 
And um, you know, we helped 

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anchor Faith, Austin, you know, 
in their early stages and I 

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served as a as a server at a 
restaurant. 

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I and I went into that 
restaurant and I told them I'd 

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like a job. 
I actually worked three 

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different jobs. 
They're multiple job because I 

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had to, you know, get into a 
good fit and I wasn't willing to

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let things get in the way of my 
purpose. 

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So, when I got On it shatters, I
told him, I said, I will not 

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work Sunday mornings or 
Wednesday night's period. 

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They said, well, everyone's got 
to work Sundays. 

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I'll say, well, then, okay, and 
the lady was like, man, that's 

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really strong. 
She goes, I've never hired 

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anyone before. 
I'm a new manager, you could be 

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my first hire. 
But, you know, I go to church. 

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And you seem really convicted 
about going, as I said, look, I 

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will not work on, you know, 
Sunday mornings, it won't happen

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because I would you work 
something I said, you know, I 

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could work with Sunday night. 
That's fine. 

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I got nothing. 
You know, the church wasn't 

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doing. 
Can you Miss Sue then? 

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I was like, I don't have 
anything going on. 

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I could work some Sunday nights,
you know, while everyone else 

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was waiting to figure out what 
their schedule was the day 

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before the week started. 
Mine was Is the same. 

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Why? 
Because I had favored, but I put

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my purpose before everything 
else, right? 

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So I work super late hours, you 
know, on Friday, Saturday, 

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Sunday and Monday, but I did 
everything. 

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I could to remain available to 
pursue the purpose that God had 

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placed inside me, right? 
So, you know, ultimately, we've 

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got to put ourselves and say, 
you know, it doesn't matter if 

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I'm working for the church and 
working outside the churches, 

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you know, we should all be doing
whatever, we've been called to 

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be doing ultimately. 
We shouldn't be at any job got 

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didn't Place us at Right. 
And not everyone has to work, 

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you know, for the church, right?
Some people have started their 

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own business, other people work 
for other businesses but you 

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know, the most successful ones 
are the ones that say, where is 

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the kingdom in what I'm doing. 
Right. 

447
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,500
Where is the kingdom in this? 
How does me being here? 

448
00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,000
Help. 
Advance the kingdom. 

449
00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,100
Right? 
Because once we're doing, you 

450
00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,800
know, our passion and purpose, 
right? 

451
00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:25,600
Because once we get involved in 
that, whether it's in this 

452
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,400
building, whether it's outside 
of this building, once we're 

453
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,900
connected to our passion and 
purpose, it'll change our 

454
00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:31,700
outlook on everything we do for 
it. 

455
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:36,100
Because once your purpose or 
passion, just becomes work, 

456
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:41,700
that's when you'll get burnout. 
Once you start just viewing what

457
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:45,500
you do, as a job, only rather 
than viewing it as the thing, 

458
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:49,700
God put me on this Earth to do. 
The reason I'm breathing is to 

459
00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:54,200
be where I am at this moment 
when you view your assignment 

460
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,800
like that, it's easy to want to 
do anything, it takes for it. 

461
00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,800
Right. 
It's easy to see that and I know

462
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,100
people in this building who have
started businesses and done 

463
00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:08,900
different things with the sole 
purpose of, how can I serve the 

464
00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:14,300
kingdom through this, right? 
And so whether you're called to 

465
00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:17,600
work a job outside, fine. 
But find what God wants you 

466
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,800
there for? 
How does this help? 

467
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,100
You can see to excel the kingdom
and ultimately once I'm there 

468
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,100
that I'm not just thinking about
it as my nine-to-five. 

469
00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:30,300
I'm thinking of, as the reason 
I'm breathing today and when I 

470
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:33,200
start to take that concept, Kept
in, right? 

471
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,500
Then all the little things that 
happen, you know. 

472
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:40,800
Begin to not matter anymore. 
Right. 

473
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:45,800
You know, it's easy for me, you 
know to you know I'm in a I do 

474
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,200
design I make videos. 
That's what I do here at the 

475
00:25:48,208 --> 00:25:48,900
church. 
On the service. 

476
00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:52,900
Producer are organized making 
sure that you know the flow of 

477
00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:54,800
the surface goes like we've set 
up, you know? 

478
00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:57,300
Ultimately it's, you know as 
Pirates of the Caribbean say 

479
00:25:57,300 --> 00:25:59,300
it's more like a guidelines than
rules. 

480
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,300
You know, we kind of set 
guidelines But ultimately where 

481
00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,000
the spirit wants to go, we're 
going to go but I kind of helped

482
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,800
facilitate the ultimate general,
you know, outline of what a 

483
00:26:05,808 --> 00:26:08,000
service might look like. 
But then I make videos and I do 

484
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,200
design I'm and through that, I 
put myself in some design groups

485
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,200
on Facebook is just some of the 
saddest stuff in the world. 

486
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,900
To see, like, I mean, some of 
these people that, you know, 

487
00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:18,000
work for churches are just some 
of the saddest people in the 

488
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,600
world, you know? 
And they're always looking, you 

489
00:26:21,608 --> 00:26:24,000
know, to figure out their 
emotional needs, you know, God, 

490
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:25,900
I'm just, you know, it's just 
it's so much you know. 

491
00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:27,300
And then all the advice is 
always well, you got. 

492
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:28,300
A-you got. 
Tell your pastor. 

493
00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:30,700
You got limits. 
You got to tell your pastor 

494
00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:32,400
that, you know, he can't run you
like that. 

495
00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,700
You know, me winning ways 5:00. 
I don't answer no work calls. 

496
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,200
Why? 
Because you're working a job. 

497
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:46,400
You're not serving a vision. 
Because when I'm serving a 

498
00:26:46,408 --> 00:26:52,100
vision, my time is not my own. 
Because when I serve a vision 

499
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:54,000
I'm available for whatever it 
needs. 

500
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,000
Right. 
I serve this vision and Pastor, 

501
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,200
oh, come to me for something. 
I don't even think about it 

502
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,100
because I've connected to this 
vision and if he asked me to do 

503
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:03,500
it, then I already knew when I 
connected this Vision, I'm going

504
00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:06,300
to be doing it says, hey we got 
to go this way so all right cool

505
00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:08,800
I'm gone. 
It's already on the calendar but

506
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,900
hey, I need you speak, no 
problem. 

507
00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:12,000
I got it. 
I don't have to already have had

508
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,300
a word. 
I didn't need the Holy Spirit to

509
00:27:13,308 --> 00:27:15,500
come tell me a week before. 
Pastor told me that I was going 

510
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,200
to be preaching. 
I don't need to sit there going 

511
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:18,700
to be honest. 
With most of you aren't even 

512
00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:22,100
fully have What I was going to 
speak until two days ago but 

513
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,700
ultimately I still say yeah, 
absolutely. 

514
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:25,200
Why, because I'm connected to 
this Vision. 

515
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,900
I know if God told you something
and I'm gonna be there to do it 

516
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,000
because I'm not clocking out at 
5:00, called people clock out, 

517
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,000
right? 
Do you think the disciples 

518
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,300
worked a nine-to-five? 
My God didn't walk up to the 

519
00:27:38,308 --> 00:27:41,100
disciples and say, Hey, you 
know, come with me. 

520
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,400
We're going to start the day at 
9:00, right? 

521
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,200
We'll have lunch every day. 
One hour, no problem. 

522
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,600
You taking care of right? 
You know, we do a lot of 

523
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,000
traveling that's time and a 
half. 

524
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000
You know, I'm going to preach it
places, but don't worry, 5:00, 

525
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,900
we shut down your home, your 
back. 

526
00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,400
We're staying at. 
Nice hotels know these people 

527
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:10,000
left everything at a word, not a
word. 

528
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,700
And I think there's a lot of us 
who sit there and think, man of 

529
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:13,100
Jesus asked me to come, I'll be 
there. 

530
00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:16,200
But really were like, man, 
Pastor asked me to be somewhere 

531
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:23,400
Saturday and I worked all week. 
You know, so I don't know if I 

532
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:28,000
can make that one. 
See called people will try to 

533
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,300
fit their purpose into their 
life, where chosen people will 

534
00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,100
wrap their life around their 
purpose. 

535
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,200
Cold people are always looking 
to try to see. 

536
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,500
I can do God here, I can do God 
here because I've got these 

537
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:45,100
things going on and these are 
the places I can fit God and 

538
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,200
we're chosen. 
People say no, this is my 

539
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,000
purpose. 
This is my passion and 

540
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,200
everything else I do is going to
evolve around out everything 

541
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,100
else. 
I do will be there. 

542
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:56,700
See me personally when I go to 
schedule vacation, right? 

543
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:59,400
I'm looking at the calendar and 
I'm seeing what the church has 

544
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,700
got going on. 
And I know I work here, but I'm 

545
00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:04,400
still thinking, man, if there's 
an event, I need to be at 

546
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,500
there's something I cannot miss 
then. 

547
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:09,500
Why would I miss it? 
Why would put why would I 

548
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:12,300
willfully playing something that
we would remove me from the 

549
00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:15,900
place. 
I'm attached to, why? 

550
00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:19,600
Because I'm always looking to 
serve my purpose in my passion. 

551
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,600
And I'm saying, man, if I don't 
have to miss it, then I'm not 

552
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,600
going to. 
And I'm going to be honest, man,

553
00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:30,300
I just love what I do. 
So, most time I have a hard time

554
00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:33,500
planning vacation because I've 
been here. 

555
00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:38,600
I like running the way I run, 
you know, and I get to travel 

556
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,900
with Pastor anyways, most of 
those times I taken him and I 

557
00:29:40,908 --> 00:29:43,900
was in Oklahoma, a couple weeks 
ago, a pastor for, you know, 

558
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,600
camp meeting, you know, and 
ultimately I was working The 

559
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,800
Book Table, I was talking to 
people, you know, I'm not 

560
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,600
necessarily considered the most 
extroverted person like the 

561
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:53,700
people person in the room, 
right? 

562
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,800
I don't, I don't go into the 
party and it was like this, 

563
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:56,900
Chase? 
No. 

564
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,700
You know, I'm totally fine being
on noticing in the back, right? 

565
00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,700
I film things behind a camera 
like I'm totally cool with 

566
00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:06,900
letting someone else. 
Talk 90% of the conversations 

567
00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:08,700
are new. 
People are M through my other 

568
00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:12,500
friends who come up and they saw
the conversation and I can jump 

569
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:15,500
in when I need to write. 
So I went to camp meeting, you 

570
00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:17,800
know? 
And it was me and Bradley and it

571
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,300
was Bradley's first time, which 
means it really fell on me the 

572
00:30:20,308 --> 00:30:21,900
most to do. 
Most of the talking I'm thinking

573
00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:24,400
man I texted my wife but halfway
through his arm is the most I've

574
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,900
worked in a long time. 
Man, I'm talking to so many 

575
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,500
people. 
My face hurts from smiling. 

576
00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:37,000
You know, I thought this would 
be much more relaxing but man, 

577
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,300
I'm putting in some work, right?
But ultimately I still felt like

578
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:42,300
I love being there. 
It was a vacation we had a good 

579
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:43,900
time when I got back in. 
It feel like man. 

580
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:45,700
I need rest. 
Not felt great. 

581
00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:47,500
I was like let's run what's 
next? 

582
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,900
Why? 
Because when I'm doing my 

583
00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:52,400
passion and purpose, it's going 
to fulfill me, it's Gonna Keep 

584
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,900
Me. 
It's Gonna, you know, keep me 

585
00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:56,300
going. 
Because do we not think that God

586
00:30:56,300 --> 00:31:02,300
will always honor our time. 
We sing about how God, you know,

587
00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,900
how how miraculously is how 
wonderful he is. 

588
00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:08,100
All the things he's doing, but 
then we had like if we do go 

589
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,700
serve in the church or do this 
extra event, it's going to put 

590
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:13,000
us away from family's, gonna put
us out and they say, no, I'm 

591
00:31:13,008 --> 00:31:16,700
going to be too tired. 
Do you not think God will honor 

592
00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:21,200
your time? 
You know, when I um, and when me

593
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,200
and my wife were having our 
third daughter Scotland, I was 

594
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,100
at a busier season in the church
for my life. 

595
00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,600
Personally, you know, there's 
just a lot going on. 

596
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:31,700
We had a lot of different 
projects. 

597
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:34,300
There's a lot of things 
happening, right? 

598
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,100
And so I knew that meant I 
wasn't as home as much not only 

599
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:40,200
for my wife, but also for our 
newborn Scotland. 

600
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,800
I just wasn't there as much, 
right? 

601
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,100
And I was reminded of something 
that was prayed over me. 

602
00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,900
When I was in high school, we 
went to a youth camp. 

603
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,100
Thank God for youth camps and 
with the worship leader called 

604
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:54,300
down everyone, who was who was 
involved in their youth worship 

605
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:56,900
team. 
And he prayed over me and he 

606
00:31:56,900 --> 00:31:58,000
said, you know, I don't know 
why. 

607
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,300
I said everyone else pay when he
prayed over me, he said, God, 

608
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:03,000
you're going to bless him and an
hour of practice will be like 

609
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,200
three hours. 
And that came back up into my 

610
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,400
spirit when I was going through 
this season. 

611
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,900
And so, I started praying over 
my family and I say, God, an 

612
00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:15,700
hour of time with my kids is 
going to be like 3 hours, 15 

613
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,800
minutes of time with my kids is 
going to be like 45 anytime. 

614
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,100
I can invest in this season, 
you're going to multiply it and 

615
00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:26,500
my wife can attest to this you 
know at such a young age. 

616
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:29,400
Scotland was the closest to me 
of any of my daughters. 

617
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,700
You know, most time when the 
moms feeding them on taking care

618
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,400
of him through the night and 
she's doing all of her stuff, 

619
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,200
right? 
You know, when the year 1 year 

620
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,100
2, they're mostly close to the 
mom, that's the relationship. 

621
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,800
They know that's the bond. 
They have writing that as a dad,

622
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,600
you just try to get in as much 
time as you can. 

623
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,700
But ultimately, you just can't 
beat the fact that I don't feed 

624
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,800
you right, you know. 
And so it's like you know your 

625
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,600
life source is somewhere else. 
I get it, you know. 

626
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,900
So obviously when I was you 
know, with Scotland even though 

627
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:56,800
I wasn't able to be there as 
much when she was two and 

628
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,200
started talking she said Dad at 
first when she was crying or 

629
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,200
sad, she would not want her mom 
but she would come to Me why it 

630
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,500
wasn't nothing to against Alyssa
but it has to do with the fact 

631
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:08,400
that man, I put in time in the 
spirit and God honored, the time

632
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:13,200
that I had with them super 
naturally because I wasn't out 

633
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,600
just doing things on my own. 
It's not like I was just gone 

634
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:20,600
doing things and staying busy of
my own will, I was serving a 

635
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,700
purpose, right? 
Because Paul said, man, we got a

636
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:26,000
beat down, our flesh, right? 
Called people are moved by their

637
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,500
flesh. 
Chosen people seek the spirit, 

638
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,400
right? 
When I had my kids, I made a 

639
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,800
shift in my workout routine. 
I went from going whenever I 

640
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,400
wanted to say, man, I'm gonna 
start going at 5:30 or 6:00 in 

641
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,100
the morning while all my kids 
are asleep. 

642
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,700
That way, I don't lose any 
family time because this is a 

643
00:33:40,708 --> 00:33:42,100
personal thing I want to keep 
going. 

644
00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:44,900
But ultimately, I don't want to 
miss being with my family and so

645
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:48,000
I rearranged my life to 
accommodate the purpose and the 

646
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,800
passions that God has placed 
there. 

647
00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:53,600
Right? 
And that's how we keep ourselves

648
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,000
stirred up, right? 
So called people will try to fit

649
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,300
their purpose into their 
lifestyle or chosen people will 

650
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:03,400
evolve their life around their 
purpose, right? 

651
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:08,000
If we look at Matthew 10 17, 
through 20 to, it says, as he 

652
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,300
was setting out on a journey, a 
man ran up to him and knelt 

653
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,199
before him and ask good teacher.
What shall I do? 

654
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:17,199
So that I may inherit eternal 
life, but Jesus said to him, why

655
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:18,900
do you call me good? 
No one is good. 

656
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,300
Except for God alone. 
You know the Commandments do 

657
00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:22,600
not. 
Not murder, do not commit 

658
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,500
adultery, do not steal, do not 
false, give false testimony do 

659
00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:29,000
not defraud, honor your father 
and mother and he said to him 

660
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:32,300
teacher I've kept all those 
since my youth then looking at 

661
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:34,500
him. 
Jesus showed him showed love to 

662
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,500
him and said to him. 
One thing, you lack go and sell 

663
00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,699
all your possessions and give it
to the pool, poor. 

664
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:43,699
And you will have treasure in 
heaven, and come and follow me. 

665
00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:49,500
But he was deeply dismayed by 
these words and he went away 

666
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:53,100
grieving for. 
He was one, Own much property. 

667
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,100
We literally have an account of 
someone who was called. 

668
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,500
And their their life decision 
moment of choosing to be chosen 

669
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:09,200
or to remain called. 
But ultimately this person 

670
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,100
picked their life and the things
they want to attain and the 

671
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:18,200
things they have over the elite 
elect status. 

672
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,400
They ultimately said, I want 
what I'm comfortable with, I 

673
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,700
want what I want, I want what 
I'm doing. 

674
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:28,800
I like where I am now. 
I like the things I have. 

675
00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:33,300
This is my seat on Sunday 
morning. 

676
00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:41,700
Right. 
This is where this is where I 

677
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:47,800
have at a mile serve on this day
but nothing else you get me once

678
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:53,900
a month. 
No, I don't got to be quiet 

679
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:57,500
because I this is a church of 
chosen, right? 

680
00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,900
Because Pastor a couple weeks 
ago, said most people who are 

681
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:02,900
called stay called because of 
self-preservation, I want to 

682
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:05,300
serve God on my terms and be 
happy about it. 

683
00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:08,200
Whereas, the chosen ones are the
ones who left everything behind 

684
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,900
and followed him. 
It's about two weeks ago and his

685
00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:13,700
message settled, it's a great 
setup for what I had today. 

686
00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,600
But I refuse to settle outside 
the promises of God. 

687
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,700
I refuse to just be someone who 
is called. 

688
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:27,400
I refuse to just live by my 
flesh and stay in my comfort 

689
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,000
zone. 
I refuse to to get to the end of

690
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,200
my my Road in life and to finish
my race, only to find out. 

691
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,800
I didn't actually finish my 
race. 

692
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:41,300
I finished the leg of it and I'm
not passing the Baton off to 

693
00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:46,300
someone else. 
Know what's mine to achieve? 

694
00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:49,200
I have Destiny in my heart. 
I will achieve it. 

695
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:54,600
Right? 
Because I'm not going to stay at

696
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,500
called status. 
I'm gonna get chosen. 

697
00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:00,700
I'm gonna be a part of the 
elect. 

698
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,800
I'm going to be a part of the 
elite. 

699
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:06,700
I'm gonna do what's required of 
me to be sitting somewhere else 

700
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,800
in the end to have been able to 
say man, well done everything I 

701
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,400
had for you. 
You got everything I have for 

702
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,600
you, I've got You know, like I 
said, I'm a video game person. 

703
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,800
Always makes you think about. 
I don't know if anyone else 

704
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,700
plays video games, this one Mike
might just right past you. 

705
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,500
But you know, if you play any 
sort of big scaled video games, 

706
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,800
you know, there's always these 
like side quests and little side

707
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:29,900
jobs. 
And there's people who, like, 

708
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:31,400
complete a game and they do the 
main mission. 

709
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,400
And then there's people who, 
like, spend the time to make 

710
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,300
sure they go through and do 
every possible. 

711
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,200
You know, you know thing they 
can on it as competitive as I 

712
00:37:39,208 --> 00:37:40,400
am. 
I don't have time for that so I 

713
00:37:40,408 --> 00:37:42,400
never do that but I am a 
stubborn person. 

714
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,700
So I was playing this one game. 
You know where you had to like, 

715
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:47,000
stack rocks? 
You know, I was funny because I 

716
00:37:47,008 --> 00:37:47,900
was telling my wife the other 
day. 

717
00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,100
She was sitting by me while I 
was playing. 

718
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,900
And it's just like all you do is
you go. 

719
00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:52,900
And there's like six rocks and 
got to stack them. 

720
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,500
I don't know. 
It's like a side quest thing so 

721
00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:56,300
stupid. 
But once I started like, I just,

722
00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:58,500
I couldn't stop until I got in 
and they kept falling and 

723
00:37:58,508 --> 00:38:01,100
there's like an hour and a half 
because that's all I was really 

724
00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:03,900
playing and then I realize I 
wasted all of my time on this 

725
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:08,600
awesome game, stacking rocks. 
I'm like but I couldn't stop and

726
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,200
so I had got it done and then it
was like then I got it but then 

727
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,100
I realized all I attained it by 
didn't use every rock that they 

728
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,100
gave me, I missed one. 
So, I technically accomplished 

729
00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:19,400
it, but I didn't know that man, 
so I was just reset it on my own

730
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,700
because I go down to the cow. 
I got use all of them, right? 

731
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,400
So just like, spent so much time
doing this little mundane thing 

732
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,800
that meant nothing. 
But ultimately why is? 

733
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,300
Because there was something 
there. 

734
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:30,600
Something about my personality 
is just man, I'm going to 

735
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,700
accomplish it. 
Like I'm going to get it done. 

736
00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:35,400
I'm not going to sit here and 
say that I failed at a stupid 

737
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,300
Little Rock game. 
I'm gonna be the one that 

738
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:39,000
actually successfully got this 
thing. 

739
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,500
Right? 
You know, II play Mario Kart 

740
00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:43,800
with my kids and, you know, 
sometimes I get frustrated 

741
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,100
because I restart it, right? 
I'm on. 

742
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:47,300
Like, the SEC really fast one, 
right? 

743
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:48,900
And so we're going. 
And so in order to get the three

744
00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:51,200
gold stars, you got to win first
place every race which means 

745
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,900
that the second race I lose for 
some reason, you know, mainly 

746
00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:56,000
because Alyssa is somewhere in 
like third place is right, 

747
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,300
shelling me like crazy the whole
time, right? 

748
00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:00,400
And so then someone like past me
like Tasha's restart the whole 

749
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,000
thing as I can't get 3 stars at 
this point. 

750
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,100
No point in finishing all the 
races, right? 

751
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,800
I might as well just restart and
try again like it's going like, 

752
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:07,800
right. 
Why? 

753
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,000
Because I'm just one of those 
people who likes to get 

754
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,300
something right and ultimately I
think inside of us, whether you 

755
00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:17,500
are a competitive person or Or 
not, there's still something 

756
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:20,800
about a calling inside of you 
with God, that wants you to 

757
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:26,400
obtain two more, right? 
And we shouldn't just be 

758
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,400
satisfied with knowing man. 
I got there on the bare minimum.

759
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:39,400
I made it, but just Right? 
I don't want to be a I just 

760
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,400
barely made it person. 
I want to be chosen. 

761
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,600
So as we look at Colossians 3:12
and we think to ourselves man am

762
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,700
I putting on Tender Mercies? 
I am I kind towards people. 

763
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:51,800
Do I have humility, do I have 
meekness? 

764
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,100
And obviously Pastor said this a
thousand times, humility and 

765
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,200
meekness does not just mean 
quiet and act like nothing right

766
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,700
because we know the most humble 
man in the world wrote that 

767
00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:03,600
about himself. 
Right. 

768
00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:05,500
And a lot of people think, oh, 
well, we gotta be humble. 

769
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:08,600
Humble does not mean I'm some 
like quiet little mouse. 

770
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,400
That's not what that means, 
right? 

771
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:13,700
So, you're not going to look at 
something on. 

772
00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:15,800
Like, I am very humble. 
He's saying a lot of things 

773
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,000
aren't very hungry. 
No, that's not what that was 

774
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,400
qualified as right. 
So we're going to be humble in 

775
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,300
the right aspect of it, right? 
We're going to be 

776
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:25,300
long-suffering, right? 
We're going to be people who can

777
00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:26,800
deal with a man and that is the 
one thing. 

778
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,700
I'm gonna be honest, man, you 
connected think of a church man.

779
00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:31,700
Your pastor is long-suffering 
and there's sometimes I go 

780
00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:34,300
through something, you know, and
then I've been upstairs me like 

781
00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:39,200
man you are long suffering 
because I'm working on that. 

782
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,900
Because I fall into the, you 
know, Remember the Titans just 

783
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:49,200
cut him loose. 
Can I like you, man? 

784
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,700
I would much rather just move on
this, but we're going to we're 

785
00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:54,600
sitting here, right? 
But ultimately, that's what we 

786
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,000
are. 
He's long-suffering, and so we 

787
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,600
become long-suffering, we become
people who are long-suffering. 

788
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,000
We say, man, I'm gonna get this 
right with our kids, where 

789
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,200
long-suffering, right, we can't 
be short-tempered, right? 

790
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,900
We have to give them time to get
things, you know? 

791
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:11,400
And for me, one thing from 
parenting, I learned, you know, 

792
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,900
real quick, on my second child, 
who was completely different on 

793
00:41:13,908 --> 00:41:15,700
my first shot as well, there is 
no one. 

794
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,900
Way to do this. 
Right? 

795
00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:22,500
Because the way London, axe is 
not how the next and the way 

796
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:24,500
Scotland acts, I've never seen 
another child act. 

797
00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:27,400
So you know, I can't even 
YouTube this one. 

798
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,000
I gotta just figure this thing 
out. 

799
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,200
Ryan. 
So you gotta, you do these 

800
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,300
personalities, long-suffering, 
man, you know, everyone's 

801
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:37,300
different, you know, the way I 
respond to things is different 

802
00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:39,200
than the way, when wife would 
respond to things sometimes, 

803
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,600
like, man, just go do it right, 
the age-old batter. 

804
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,900
Where do you want to eat? 
You know, like stinking Pig, uh,

805
00:41:44,908 --> 00:41:49,100
place You know. 
So, then she's like, well, you 

806
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:50,400
big final picture pulling. 
I hate you. 

807
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,100
Well, you know, I hate when I 
still pick the place. 

808
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:59,200
It's your turn again, right? 
But you like, man, I want to put

809
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,200
on long-suffering, right? 
We're bearing with one another. 

810
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,400
We're forgiving one another. 
All right, we're not holding on 

811
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,300
to grudges against people, 
right? 

812
00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:10,300
Just like Christ, forgave us. 
We forgive others because 

813
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,400
ultimate I'm not going to let 
holding on to unforgiveness 

814
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:14,800
disqualify me from my own 
purpose. 

815
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:20,300
But like I said, ultimately, I'm
the only one who can disqualify 

816
00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:22,000
myself from accomplishing. 
The thing, God want me to 

817
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,900
accomplish right now. 
Much really put myself down and 

818
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:30,000
say I'm sorry, and deal with it.
You know, I've always been one 

819
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,300
of those people. 
Anyways, that's just kind of 

820
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,100
like, man, you know, if I do 
something and it's wrong and 

821
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:35,700
I'm, you know, I'll take it like
it's wrong. 

822
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
You get in trouble, like, but 
I've always been like a, let's 

823
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,800
just go and do and then, 
ultimately, if there's 

824
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,400
correction, we get correction, 
you know, and I'm saying, you 

825
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,700
gotta, you gotta grow from the 
correction like I said, A lot of

826
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,400
you been in for a long time, 
you've seen me grow, right? 

827
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,200
You've seen things happen, you 
know? 

828
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,100
And so ultimate is, why? 
It's because man, we had a great

829
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:54,300
church, we have a great past, we
have great word, but we take the

830
00:42:54,308 --> 00:42:57,300
word inside, we apply it, we do 
things, some things take longer 

831
00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:00,600
to adjust than others, but man, 
it's that drive to want to be 

832
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,700
chosen rather than just being 
called that actually gets us 

833
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:06,200
somewhere, right? 
It's that drive to say, man, I 

834
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,400
want more than the bare minimum,
we let the peace of God rule in 

835
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,100
our hearts. 
How else do we get chosen? 

836
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,500
This is a great one. 
Everybody knows this one Matthew

837
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:17,700
6:33. 
Right says, but seek first, the 

838
00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:20,100
kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness, and all these 

839
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:24,300
things shall be added to you. 
The word first, there is in time

840
00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:28,500
or place Rancor influence. 
It obviously means, the very 

841
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:31,400
first thing means, the very 
first thing I'm seeking in my 

842
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:33,600
life is the kingdom of God. 
All right. 

843
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:38,000
The word seek there is an order.
It's a desire, a hunger thirst 

844
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,900
to Crave for it. 
It's something that man, we just

845
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:46,000
long for, man. 
We've got to have it on a pic on

846
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,400
my wife here for a second 
because it really fits in. 

847
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,000
If anyone knows Alyssa, you 
know, she has, you know, this 

848
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,400
thing about sauces, right? 
I'm telling you, like, we order 

849
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,400
food, she orders a sauce that 
Sauce better be there. 

850
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:01,100
I don't care. 
If it's 15 20 minutes away. 

851
00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:04,300
I'm driving to go get that sauce
because it's like get there like

852
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,200
can't eat this. 
There's no sauce. 

853
00:44:07,700 --> 00:44:08,900
Right. 
Because when she has her mind 

854
00:44:08,900 --> 00:44:12,300
set on that sauce, man, she 
wants that sauce and she will go

855
00:44:12,300 --> 00:44:13,900
through Leaps and Bounds. 
I'm gonna have to, you know, 

856
00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:16,300
we'll just doordash another meal
with the sauce and maybe they'll

857
00:44:16,300 --> 00:44:19,100
get it right this time. 
What about the other Moon? 

858
00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:22,100
Doesn't matter. 
I'll have the sauce, right? 

859
00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:23,800
But it's this crave. 
Assisted Zaire, man. 

860
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,000
We have to have a desire to seek
first. 

861
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,400
The things of God, we have to 
man, this is what's been put 

862
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,600
inside me, I long for this. 
This is my motivation is to find

863
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,600
the kingdom of God is to put 
this thing first. 

864
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,200
Write, the kingdom is his royal 
power, and his sovereignty is 

865
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,400
dominion. 
And then it says, but it doesn't

866
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,900
just say, say, Seek first. 
The kingdom of God, it says and 

867
00:44:40,900 --> 00:44:45,700
his righteousness. 
Right? 

868
00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:47,900
So, these are two things we're 
seeking first. 

869
00:44:47,900 --> 00:44:50,700
I'm not just seeking the Kina. 
I'm also seeking his 

870
00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:52,800
righteousness. 
And what is his righteousness, 

871
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,800
isn't it? 
It's a condition that is 

872
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:59,400
acceptable and pleasing to him. 
So I'm not just seeking first 

873
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,000
his kingdom. 
I'm also seeking first making 

874
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,100
sure I'm putting myself in a 
position of being pleasing to 

875
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:07,700
him. 
Meaning the meaning that I'm 

876
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:11,200
doing all of the things he's 
laid out that we are supposed to

877
00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:16,200
be doing, I'm leaving with that 
list right in Colossians, I'm 

878
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,800
living by that list. 
I'm staying righteous. 

879
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,300
I'm not just staying somewhere. 
I'm not just running off at the 

880
00:45:21,308 --> 00:45:23,300
mouth of not just in my flesh 
all the time. 

881
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:25,800
I'm not just doing things but 
man, I'm staying righteous. 

882
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,500
I'm seeking to be righteous, 
right? 

883
00:45:28,500 --> 00:45:31,400
And we also know just how fast 
you can get it right, right? 

884
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,900
You make a mistake, bam. 
You can get it right, why? 

885
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:36,200
That's seeking his 
righteousness. 

886
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,600
That's being able to say, man. 
I made a mistake here, but I 

887
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,400
want to get it right and get 
back where I'm supposed to be. 

888
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:43,900
I'm seeking his righteousness. 
I'm Desiring to never make a 

889
00:45:43,908 --> 00:45:47,400
mistake, but ultimately, I do. 
Quick to get it right, right 

890
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,900
because we can make a heart 
change that fast and we can be 

891
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,300
right there. 
I love the way the passion is 

892
00:45:52,308 --> 00:45:56,000
translation reads. 
This one, Matthew 6:33. 

893
00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:00,300
The passion translation says, so
above all consistently seek 

894
00:46:00,300 --> 00:46:02,800
God's kingdom and his 
righteousness. 

895
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:06,600
Then all these less important 
things will be given to you 

896
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,900
abundantly. 
I like the way this does is 

897
00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:12,100
because obviously Matthew 6:33 
and says in all these things we 

898
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:14,500
add and I love the way they say,
all these less important things 

899
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,500
because ultimately there's 
nothing as important as our 

900
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:19,900
purpose but God is still willing
to give you the things you 

901
00:46:19,908 --> 00:46:25,600
desire. he just say, man, seek 
me seek my righteousness and 

902
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,000
then all these less important 
things, what you're going to 

903
00:46:28,008 --> 00:46:31,000
eat, what you're gonna drink, 
what you're gonna wear, let are 

904
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,400
all less important than your 
purpose will be given to you and

905
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,600
abundant Alright, if you're 
seeking me for seeking my 

906
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:39,600
kingdom, if you're staying 
righteous, all these less 

907
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:43,400
important things, I'm still 
going to give to you, but yet 

908
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,900
called people seek the less 
important things. 

909
00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:49,100
Trying to get it in abundance on
their own. 

910
00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:56,400
Right? 
We want to be chosen. 

911
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,100
We want to seek first, the 
kingdom of God, because we're 

912
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:02,000
called to chosen, right? 
We're going to move out of just 

913
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,800
called status in a chosen 
status, right? 

914
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,200
Just like Pastor said and said, 
oh man, I'm not settling outside

915
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,000
of his promise, anchor. 
If a church is a church of 

916
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,700
chosen people and give a church,
is gonna get to the next level. 

917
00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:14,600
Why? 
Because all of us are going to 

918
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:20,100
rise up to the elect and be 
chosen of God. 

919
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:25,100
Right, so we gotta we gotta rise
up to that to that place, you 

920
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:30,100
know, Pastor Kenneth Hagin said,
in order in order to be the best

921
00:47:30,100 --> 00:47:36,400
you can be you must train. 
Which means there's gonna be 

922
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:40,700
some work involved. 
There's gonna be things we have 

923
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:43,400
to do. 
And like I said, it's amazing to

924
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,300
me sometime how much people are 
willing to put in work and 

925
00:47:46,300 --> 00:47:49,300
effort for random things but 
then when it comes to spiritual 

926
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:53,300
life, we don't You know, we love
to spend time at the gym. 

927
00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:55,200
We have no problem putting in 
all this work and effort into 

928
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,600
building up our body some way. 
But it when it comes to doing 

929
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:02,700
some extra Bible reading where 
we tap out, You my kids got a 

930
00:48:02,708 --> 00:48:04,600
science fair project. 
I'm gonna put, I'm gonna make 

931
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,400
sure my kids science. 
Fair project is the best one 

932
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,100
ever. 
And I mean, I'm there I'm 

933
00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:09,900
dedicating, we're checking 
everything out, we're getting it

934
00:48:09,900 --> 00:48:11,200
done. 
But ultimately, it's like, man 

935
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,300
when it comes time to pray a 
little extra or to show up a 

936
00:48:13,308 --> 00:48:18,700
little early to be at prayer. 
Tapping out. 

937
00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:21,600
Right? 
We have to understand if we're 

938
00:48:21,608 --> 00:48:24,300
going to grow spiritually, we're
gonna have to train to grow 

939
00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:26,900
spiritually. 
And if I have a hard time, 

940
00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:29,700
praying, 10 minutes, and the 
spirit, then I should probably 

941
00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:31,800
start praying in five minutes in
the spirit a lot. 

942
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:40,800
And grow from called to Chosen 
and start training to be 

943
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,200
something. 
There's a lot of people that 

944
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,700
were used in the Bible and 
there's a lot of people that 

945
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:48,600
could have been used. 
All right, David was chosen. 

946
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,800
But guess what? 
David had Brothers. 

947
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,100
But David did, what was 
necessary when he was out there 

948
00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:00,900
with the Sheep to put himself in
a to become qualified, to be 

949
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:05,900
chosen. 
A lot of other people could have

950
00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:08,700
rescued besides just Moses and 
Aaron, but Moses and Aaron would

951
00:49:08,700 --> 00:49:10,600
put in it. 
We're putting themselves in 

952
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:17,000
positions to be chosen, right? 
There were multiple spies sent 

953
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,500
out but Caleb and Josh said, I 
doesn't matter what it looks 

954
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:22,100
like. 
God said, we can do it, chosen 

955
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:26,600
mentality. 
Chosen mentality. 

956
00:49:27,900 --> 00:49:29,700
Say man, I'm going to do my 
don't care. 

957
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,700
The circumstances. 
God said, we can do it. 

958
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,400
He told us we can do it. 
We're going to get it because 

959
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:36,400
that's the great thing about 
God. 

960
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,800
God knows what you gonna go 
through in your life, right? 

961
00:49:39,900 --> 00:49:42,000
If God called you to something 
that needs given everything you 

962
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,600
need, he's giving you everything
you need to accomplish it. 

963
00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:47,900
And he knew what your life was 
going to be like, which means 

964
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:49,500
the circumstances you've gone 
through. 

965
00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:57,600
He's prepared you to handle and 
if he's prepared us to handle, 

966
00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:00,300
Then the only thing we have to 
do is get in his word. 

967
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,000
So that we can accept that 
thing. 

968
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,500
Right. 
Second, Peter 111. 

969
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:12,000
Second Peter 1, 1 1 through 11. 
Sorry, second Peter, 1, 1 

970
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:16,700
through 11 says, Simon Peter has
servant and Apostle of Jesus 

971
00:50:16,700 --> 00:50:19,800
Christ to those who through the 
righteousness, of God and 

972
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,000
Savior. 
Jesus Christ had received a 

973
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,900
faith as precious as ours, Grace
and peace. 

974
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:28,200
Be yours in abundance, through 
the knowledge of God and of 

975
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:31,700
Jesus, our lord, his divine 
power has given us everything we

976
00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:36,400
need for a Godly life. 
Through our knowledge of him who

977
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:40,700
called us by his own glory and 
goodness through these, he has 

978
00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:44,300
given us his very great and 
precious promises. 

979
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:48,400
So that through them, you may 
participate in the divine 

980
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,500
nature, having escaped the 
corruption in the world caused 

981
00:50:51,500 --> 00:50:58,100
by evil desires for this reason,
make every effort to add to your

982
00:50:58,100 --> 00:51:00,900
faith. 
Goodness and to goodness 

983
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,500
knowledge and to knowledge 
self-control. 

984
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,900
Roll and to self-control 
preservation. 

985
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,900
Whoo, perseverance and 
perseverance godliness and to 

986
00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:13,600
Godliness Mutual affection into 
mutual affection. 

987
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:18,600
Love for if you possess these 
qualities in increasing measure,

988
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:22,200
they will keep you from being 
ineffective and unproductive 

989
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,100
for. 
If you possess these qualities 

990
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:27,700
in a in increasing measure, they
will keep you from being 

991
00:51:27,700 --> 00:51:31,400
ineffective and unproductive in 
your knowledge of our Lord Jesus

992
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,600
Christ. 
But whoever does not Have them 

993
00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:38,300
is near sighted and blind 
forgetting that they have been 

994
00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:40,700
cleansed from their past sins. 
Therefore my brothers and 

995
00:51:40,700 --> 00:51:45,000
sisters, make every effort to 
confirm your calling and 

996
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,300
election. 
For if you do these things you 

997
00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:52,700
will never stumble. 
And you will receive a rich. 

998
00:51:52,700 --> 00:51:55,900
Welcome to the Eternal Kingdom 
of our Lord and Savior. 

999
00:51:55,900 --> 00:52:00,100
Jesus Christ. 
Man. 

1000
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,100
Road map. 
Right. 

1001
00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:07,700
Laid out for us. 
God's, amen. 

1002
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:09,700
This is how you go from called 
to chosen. 

1003
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:12,500
You start living with these 
things. 

1004
00:52:12,900 --> 00:52:17,600
You start living with the desire
for faith in goodness and 

1005
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,500
knowledge, and self control, and
perseverance and godliness and 

1006
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:23,500
mutual affection, and love. 
Then you will not be 

1007
00:52:23,500 --> 00:52:28,200
ineffective, you will not be 
unproductive, right? 

1008
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,100
You're not going to find 
yourself busy and effective. 

1009
00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:34,000
If you're doing your purpose and
passion busy and uneffective 

1010
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,600
comes from me, filling my time 
with things outside of my 

1011
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:42,500
purpose. 
Right, that feeling of being 

1012
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,300
super tired, all the time being 
busy all the time. 

1013
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:46,800
Comes for me, filling my life 
with things that aren't in my 

1014
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,200
purpose. 
It comes with me trying to 

1015
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:54,300
desire a life God never intended
for me to have, right? 

1016
00:52:54,300 --> 00:52:59,300
Because once I settle into my 
calling, And then I start 

1017
00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:04,500
building myself up with all of 
the things to be the elect man, 

1018
00:53:04,500 --> 00:53:08,000
you're going to run and it's 
going to be easy to run. 

1019
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:10,400
Right? 
And you're not going to be able 

1020
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,600
to see yourself doing anything 
else but run. 

1021
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:16,100
Why? 
Because once you settle inside 

1022
00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:18,800
yourself your passion and 
purpose, you're gonna do 

1023
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,500
whatever it takes to accomplish 
it. 

1024
00:53:23,900 --> 00:53:25,700
Right? 
And that's how we go from called

1025
00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:30,800
to chosen, Pastor Marcus Right? 
That's how we move from call to 

1026
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:34,700
chosen. 
We set ourselves apart from what

1027
00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:37,200
everyone else is doing. 
Because if I only do what 

1028
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,300
everyone else did I only have 
what everyone else has. 

1029
00:53:43,100 --> 00:53:46,000
If I only do the bare minimum, 
I'm only ever going to receive 

1030
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:50,000
the bare minimum. 
But once I start putting in the 

1031
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:55,000
effort for the extra man, I can 
start receiving the extra. 

1032
00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:58,600
I can start rising to new 
things, and don't don't think 

1033
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:00,100
that new levels. 
Don't bring new 

1034
00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:03,900
responsibilities, but with every
new level and every new 

1035
00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:06,500
responsibility comes a new call 
to achieve it. 

1036
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:10,800
Comes the ability to obtain it. 
Right? 

1037
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:12,700
So, I want to encourage you 
today, man. 

1038
00:54:12,700 --> 00:54:15,800
I you can move. 
If you feel like man, I'm just 

1039
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,700
living the life of a called 
person. 

1040
00:54:18,100 --> 00:54:20,200
You can move from called to 
chosen. 

1041
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,800
But it's not, it's not the it's 
not the way for many. 

1042
00:54:26,300 --> 00:54:28,400
Because many are called few are 
chosen. 

1043
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:33,900
Now, there's a lot of people in 
the world, so if all of us were 

1044
00:54:33,900 --> 00:54:35,500
chosen that would be considered 
few. 

1045
00:54:36,900 --> 00:54:39,000
Right. 
So just know like I said. 

1046
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,600
Anchor Faith Church can be a 
church of chosen. 

1047
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,000
We can all say, man. 
I'm not gonna just obtained for 

1048
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:49,200
bare minimum, I'm going to 
attain to The Chosen, saddest 

1049
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,500
the elite, the elect, which 
means I'm going to put. 

1050
00:54:51,500 --> 00:54:53,800
In the time, I'm going to put in
the effort. 

1051
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:57,100
I'm gonna do what's necessary? 
I'm gonna do what's required to 

1052
00:54:57,100 --> 00:55:01,700
go to the next level. 
I'm gonna do what's required to 

1053
00:55:01,900 --> 00:55:04,900
to obtain something more. 
That's great. 

1054
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,000
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1055
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,300
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1058
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1060
00:55:22,700 --> 00:55:26,000
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1070
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