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Augustine, FL. 

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Now enjoy this message. 
This is one of our Saints at 

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Anchor Faith Church always 
advancing. 

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So one of the sayings we have in
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always advancing. 
You know, God is a God of 

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increase. 
We serve a great God who wants 

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to do great things through his 
great people. 

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We serve a great God who desires
to do great things through his 

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great redeemed people. 
We serve a great, large, 

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magnificent God who wants to do 
great things or great works 

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through his great people. 
That's you. 

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Say, that's me. 
Say I'm a child of God. 

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Say I'm in the Kingdom and the 
Kingdom's in me and God wants to

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do great things through me. 
That's going to take increase 

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though, and advancement. 
And God, you know, God is not 

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stationary, He's not static. 
We serve a dynamic God with a 

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song we sung. 
He's always working, He's always

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moving, He's always advancing. 
We could say it that way. 

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Now, advancing means this. 
It means to accelerate, to make 

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progress, to grow, and to move 
forward and rise. 

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And when we say always, that 
means you're perpetually an 

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ongoing advancing. 
So advance means to accelerate, 

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make progress, to grow, to move 
forward, and to rise. 

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And this is the will of the 
Father in your life. 

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He wants to see acceleration in 
your life. 

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He wants to see progress in your
life. 

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He wants to see you grow. 
He wants to see you move 

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forward, and he wants to see you
rise. 

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This is the will of God for you 
is to always advance. 

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Now there is a hindrance to 
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Matter of fact, the greatest 
hindrance to advancement is a 

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thing called pride. 
The greatest hindrance to 

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advancement is pride. 
And I'll say this, don't take 

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credit for advancement. 
All the glory goes to God. 

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We never take credit for 
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It's God's will, but ultimately 
all the glory goes to God. 

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Deuteronomy chapter 8 is a 
delicious chapter. 

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I want to take one verse, but if
you read that one of the themes 

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in Deuteronomy 8 is don't 
forget, don't forget, don't 

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forget. 
We could say this way in the 

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positive, remember, recall, 
bring to mind what God has done 

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for you. 
I can, I can think back to when 

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my journey started in 1997 when 
I gave my life to the Lord of 

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many great things that God has 
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I can recall to remembrance a 
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Testimony is what God has done 
in my life, and we want to 

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remember those things. 
God has done some great things 

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in my life personally, but it's 
not me. 

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It's Him and His Word and His 
anointing working through me. 

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It's me working out the 
principles and the keys to the 

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Kingdom consistently that 
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But it's all the glory to God. 
And pride will keep you from 

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advancing. 
So the opposite of pride is 

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humility. 
Matter of fact, the Bible gives 

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a promise. 
It says if you humble yourself, 

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and there's two ways you can 
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One, you can humble yourself, or
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Either way you're going to be 
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But it says that before a fall 
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promotion or increase is 
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So we need to remain teachable. 
We need to remain teachable. 

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Isaiah the prophet said it this 
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He said that God is the Potter 
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unteachable person, and we are 
called to be disciples, which 

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means we need instruction. 
A disciple desires to be taught.

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And Isaiah said this. 
He's the Potter. 

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We're the clay, which means we 
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for God to shape us and instruct
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I'll say this way, you can't 
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And a proud person thinks they 
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can't shape or mold their life 
'cause there's no water, there's

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no humility in their life to be 
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Learning is a lifelong process. 
We are enrolled in the Kingdom 

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educational system. 
It didn't say you're going to be

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a disciple for one year, five 
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You were called to be a disciple
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So we're in a if you always want
to advance, then you always need

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to want to be taught. 
Matter of fact, the Holy Spirit 

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is called the one of his 
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teacher. 
He brings to remembrance the 

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word of God to us. 
And why 'cause God so loves you 

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that He's got a great life for 
you and wants great things for 

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you, but you have to follow His 
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If you don't follow his 
instructions in His plan, you're

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going to have an unblessed, 
we'll say this way, cursed life 

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outside of the purpose, plan and
pursuit of God, what He has for 

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you. 
So I'll say this, it's what you 

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learn after you know everything 
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And to learn you must want to be
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Do you want to be taught 
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I'll say some scriptures that 
you may have heard several 

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times, but are you listening 
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Are you hungry? 
Are you ready to receive and get

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everything that God has for you 
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It's not up to me. 
It's up to you to draw on and 

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receive from the Word of God 
tonight and the anointing of God

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tonight. 
God will meet every need in your

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life if you listen and obey. 
And God has some things to 

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instruct us in tonight. 
So to learn you must want to be 

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taught. 
And to be taught you have to 

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admit that you don't know it all
and everything you know you've 

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been taught, but you've not been
taught everything. 

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So we're in a perpetual state of
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If we're always going to be 
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and God wants to increase us. 
God desires to take us like it 

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says in Romans 117, from faith 
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In in 2nd Corinthians 3, it says
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to glory. 
So God has great things in store

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for us, but we need to make sure
we strip away pride, stay humble

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and hungry and say, God, I'm a 
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Download, impart, instruct. 
I will listen, I will obey 

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because I know your plan is the 
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Your commandments are the best 
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And I want to, I want to do what
this vision says, ignite this 

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city, impact the nation and 
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And in order to do that, I need 
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Father, I need your word in my 
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So I'm hungry to learn. 
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let the past hinder your 
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Any failures, any 
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any circumstances, Don't let 
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Don't let that dictate or 
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Right now. 
It's in your power of choice to 

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say, listen, maybe you blew it, 
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There's a there's a word in the 
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It's called repentance, and 
thank God, a real man and a real

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woman of God is going to take 
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miss the mark. 
God has a solution. 

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It's called repentance and a 
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to respond to that truth and 
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I ask for your forgiveness. 
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I want to grow, I want to make 
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So forgive me of that. 
Unforgiveness will hinder your 

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advancement if you choose not to
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Number one, you need to ask God 
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You know there's sins of 
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you commit. 
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Adultery could be a sin of 
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Theft. 
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omission. 
You know what to do, but you 

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don't do it like worry. 
Hello, that's a sin. 

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Are you with me? 
Anxiety that can hinder 

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advancement. 
And you got to look at that as a

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sin just as much as you would 
murder or adultery and say, 

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Lord, you don't want that in my 
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Isaiah 26 three says perfect 
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stayed on him. 
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says be anxious about some 
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I'm just seeing if you're paying
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It says be anxious about 
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I like the amplified says don't 
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I can meddle in the marriage 
covenant right now on the sins 

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of omission. 
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Hallelujah, you can say Amen O 
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Vacuum in a rug, men. 
Hallelujah, folding the laundry.

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How sexy is that? 
Hallelujah. 

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Well, I'm not committing 
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what are you omitting if he 
wants your marriage to increase 

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and progress and grow? 
So repentance is pivotal in the 

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Kingdom of God. 
The Bible's a wonderful book, 66

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books of just Power Pack truth 
that'll transform a life and 

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hook you up with your destiny 
and always keep you advancing. 

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I love Genesis 'cause it shows 
the birth of a nation. 

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Exodus shows the deliverance of 
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Leviticus shows the 
sanctification of a nation. 

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Number shows the journeys and 
we're on a journey. 

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He that began a good work in you
once to complete it. 

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There's a purpose and an 
assignment and number shows us 

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the journeys of the nation. 
Deuteronomy, which I quoted 

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chapter 8. 
I want to give you one verse out

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of that in just a second, but 
that's a retelling of the law. 

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That's instructions. 
If you read Deuteronomy, do the 

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book of Deuteronomy, it's a 
retelling because we don't get 

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everything the first time. 
We do not get everything the 

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first time. 
That's why you taking notes and 

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reviewing is so pivotal to your 
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it'll help you retain and 
remember what was instructed. 

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But then I love the book of 
Joshua 'cause that's the 

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possession of a promised life. 
So the Bible was wonderful. 

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We see the children of God in 
Exodus in a land called Egypt. 

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Now, Egypt is a typology for us 
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It's a land of bondage where 
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children of Israel were in 
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And you realize there's some 
believers that have made 

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covenant with God, but the devil
still has rule in their life. 

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Whether it's sins of Commission 
or omission, there's still some 

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kind of bondage. 
And I got good news for you 

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tonight. 
God wants to set you free. 

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God wants you delivered. 
God doesn't want you in a vice 

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grip, or in shackles or in 
chains. 

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God's will is for you to be 
free, unhindered, unfettered, 

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Unchained, to run with the 
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Hebrews chapter 12 says it this 
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Let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us, 

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stripping off any weight or sin 
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And you know what? 
In Egypt, that's a land of not 

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enough, and that's not 
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When you don't have enough, 
guess what? 

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You can't do anything. 
You may want to give, but you 

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can't give. 
You may want to pray for healing

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for somebody, but you may not 
feel worthy because you're 

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barely healed. 
God does not want you there. 

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So what's he do? 
He takes him out of Egypt 

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through the man Moses who brings
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He said, I'm taking you out to 
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So he takes him out of Egypt. 
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called the wilderness. 
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Pharaoh and his rule from the 
House of bondage, but they're in

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the wilderness. 
And Deuteronomy 8 talks about 

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the wilderness. 
He said, I LED you through the 

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wilderness to test you read the 
whole chapter, Deuteronomy 

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chapter 8. 
I'll give you verse 18 right now

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because I want to key in on that
with what God has assigned for 

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us tonight. 
Deuteronomy 818 says this. 

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And you shall remember the Lord 
your God, for it is He who gives

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you the power to get wealth. 
Hallelujah that He may establish

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His covenant, which He swore to 
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As it is this day. 
Now, I got downright ticked off 

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yesterday. 
I did 'cause I believe the 

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Bible. 
Do you believe the Word? 

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So I'm read in Deuteronomy 28. 
First of all, I don't. 

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The curses outweigh the 
blessing. 

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That bugs me, but I'm reading 
things in Deuteronomy chapter 28

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and talking with people and 
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I thought, Lord, there's more, 
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I read this verse. 
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Israel shall be the lender and 
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I said, Lord, why are 
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Why are we not there? 
Your word says it. 

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What are we not connecting? 
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What are we too prideful about? 
What are we too worldly minded 

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in that we're not functioning in
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There's many other things in 
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these things I I could say, 
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Glory to God, your word is true.
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I'm not there yet, but I want to
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be in a place in a position that
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your way. 
I was reading last week that the

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children of Israel, they, they 
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lending law which says you could
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fellow Israelites and not charge
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Those outside of covenant, go 
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that. 
Charge him 8%. 

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God's got a wonderful economic 
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Hallelujah. 
So in Deuteronomy though, he 

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says, I brought you through the 
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The wilderness has landed just 
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You are barely getting by. 
Listen, this life is a journey. 

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I I guarantee you this cause the
word of God does not fail, it 

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does not return void. 
It always accomplishes what he, 

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he said. 
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society. 
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matter of fact, it's worse than 
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Now it's Instacart, it's 
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Don't let the world intermix 
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Don't let the world intermix 
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There's a thing called faith and
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I remember when Angie and I had 
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We were in the wilderness 
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Lord, I've repented of this, 
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ignorance will kill you. 
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McDonald's. 
Now, those that are still eating

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there, I'm not judging you. 
I just have a conviction if a 

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fry has a shelf life of 15 years
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that you dropped, It's been 
sitting there and it still looks

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golden brown. 
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probably don't have this 
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We used to go through. 
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Do you remember that? 
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we were so tight. 
We said you guys get four things

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off of that dollar menu. 
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pie, 2 cheeseburgers and a fry. 
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enough. 
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but it was just enough. 
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Longhorns and we surely weren't 
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had just enough. 
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We keep working the principles 
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We kept on applying it, and God 
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more than enough. 
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enough. 
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believer to the land called 
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Canaan land is still a reality 
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You can read 1st Corinthians 10.
It says everything in the Old 

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Testament was an end sample or 
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So they literally live this out.
But there's also things we can 

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learn from their journey there. 
Listen, I said pride will get in

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the way of advancement and we 
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There are things that we can 
learn from them so we can 

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continue to advance. 
And God, God said, I want to 

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bring you out to bring you in. 
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Do you realize that even though 
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them died in the wilderness. 
And I, I know this God's heart 

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tonight for you as I'm 
instructing you is not for you 

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to die in the wilderness. 
God has greater things in store 

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for you than that. 
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store, guess what? 
People are still going to make 

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choices, and those choices are 
going to have consequences 

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whether you're going to have 
God's best or whether you're 

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going to be mediocre or whether 
you live in failure. 

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God's no respecter of persons. 
He's got great, great store, 

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great things in store for 
everybody in this sanctuary 

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tonight, but it's up for you to 
submit and commit to him and 

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continue to grow and take this 
journey seriously. 

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The Canaan land is a land of 
more than enough. 

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John 1010 really is the reality 
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it. 
He said I came to give you life 

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and to give it to you more 
abundantly. 

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I came to give you life and to 
give it to you more abundantly. 

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One translation says I came to 
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life. 
Now I had the media team put 

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this up. 
There's a thread what I mean 

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scriptures that you can track of
this land that God started 

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talking about. 
So Genesis 12 chapter one, you 

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can write this down. 
I'm not going to read everyone, 

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but God starts talking about 
Abraham, about the land in 

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Genesis chapter 12. 
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You'll see it in Genesis 15, 
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You'll see it in Genesis 5024, 
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And then you'll I like Leviticus
chapter 2024 because God goes 

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into more description about this
land and I'll read Leviticus 

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2024. 
It says this, but I have said to

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you, you shall not inherit the 
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You shout in here at the land. 
I will give it to you to 

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possess. 
Now listen to what God says 

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about this land. 
It's a land flowing with milk 

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and honey. 
This is Canaan land. 

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He said, I'm taking you out of 
Egypt. 

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I'm going to take you through 
the wilderness. 

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Listen, this journey is a 
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All of us go through the 
wilderness. 

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All of us go through the 
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You going to shout in the 
wilderness? 

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You going to be grateful in the 
wilderness? 

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You going to be thankful in the 
wilderness? 

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You going to remind, remind God 
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wilderness. 
Murmuring and complaining will 

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hinder advancement. 
If you start griping, you start 

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complaining. 
What you need to do is Lord, you

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said this, I have faith, I have 
love, I have hope and things are

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going to change. 
Things are going to get better. 

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I know that because I'm lining 
up with your instruction. 

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So he said it's a land flowing 
with milk and honey. 

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Now the amplified as a footnote 
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I'll say this right now since I 
have the podium and pastor can 

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correct me Sunday and y'all can 
tell him because we have our 

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differences when it comes to how
to drink coffee. 

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He says you should drink it 
black. 

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That's God's original intent. 
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said it's coffee with milk and 
honey. 

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Matter of fact, I'll give let 
everything be confirmed by two 

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or three. 
He made darkness into light. 

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OK, we'll see what his rebuttal 
is and I will humble myself. 

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But the amplified says this. 
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abundant. 
Think about your life right now,

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not just a lamb, but you. 
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God right now. 
We are his territory right now. 

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So he said this phrase. 
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abundant fertility of the land 
of Canaan. 

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Milk, typically that of goats 
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abundance. 
Honey referred mainly to syrups 

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made from dates or grapes and 
was the epitome of sweetness. 

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We could say the sweet abundant 
life, the sweet abundant life. 

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Who wants that? 
Who wants a sweet abundant life?

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Got about 5 people. 
This is exciting. 

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I see some hands raised. 
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actually the book where the 
children of Israel finally, you 

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know, they, they, they wandered 
for 40 years. 

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I don't have 40 years. 
I don't have 40 years to waste. 

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I want to learn the you are the 
sum total of everything that you

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learned. 
I want to learn the lessons 

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quickly. 
Lord, what do you need to teach 

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me out of this? 
And then I need to get quiet 

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enough to listen what the Holy 
Ghost is saying and make the 

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internal adjustments and course 
correction to make sure I stay 

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on the pathway in the plan of 
God. 

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Man, you got the greatest 
counselor on the inside of you. 

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He is the Tor conductor who will
the whole reason listen. 

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Jesus was given to the world, 
but the Holy Ghost was given to 

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the church and, and the Bible 
says about the Holy Spirit that 

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he is the counselor, the helper,
the comforter, the intercessor, 

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the advocate, the strengthener, 
the standby. 

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But he's just like the tour 
conductor. 

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When you take the trolley tour 
downtown, guess what, there is a

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conductor that knows each stop 
where you're going, how much 

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more the Holy Spirit is going to
help instruct you. 

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So when you're, when you're 
going through things, some 

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things are self-inflicted and 
proverbs that a man may ruin his

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chances and then blame it on 
God. 

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Some people ruin their life by 
dumb things. 

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The great thing though is God 
loves you so much he's giving 

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you a thing called repentance 
that you can turn around out of 

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that thing and not be in in a in
a muck or in a downcast or in a 

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discouraged state. 
Back to forgiveness, forgiveness

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before God. 
I told you 3 dimensions, 

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forgiveness towards others. 
And if you do blow it, you need 

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to forgive yourself. 
You could release things before 

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God. 
You could have released things 

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before others. 
But are you carrying guilt? 

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Romans 81 says there's no guilt 
or condemnation. 

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That could be a way. 
Let it go. 

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If God Forgives you, forgive 
yourself. 

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If you don't forgive yourself 
after God Forgives you, you're 

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making yourself greater than 
God. 

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And if God says in Psalms one O 
3, I'll remove your sins as far 

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as the east is from the West, 
which means they'll never meet 

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again. 
If you've put that thing under 

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the blood and been a real man or
woman repented of it, then let 

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it go. 
Let it go. 

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I didn't even know that was a 
song, Christopher, but frozen. 

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There we go. 
I did know that's a song. 

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What a great example. 
Listen, you need to sing frozen 

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every night. 
Let it go. 

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Good job, Christopher, let it 
go. 

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So God wants to bring you into 
the land, but you want to learn 

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every lesson quickly and other 
things are just you're walking 

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through. 
Some things are self-imposed, 

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some things listen. 
The apostle Paul in second 

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Corinthians chapter 12, he said,
Lord, remove this thing from me.

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And God said, no, he said, my 
grace is sufficient for you. 

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And I love what Apostle Paul 
says. 

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He says, then bring it Lord, 
that that was my that's when I 

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read. 
That's what I see. 

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Bring it on. 
May I have another please. 

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He said, I'll, I'll joy in this 
thing. 

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Then just like James once says, 
count all joy. 

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So he realized he wasn't in sin.
He was now the will of God, but 

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there were people coming along 
persecuting him, putting 

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pressure on him, and he wanted 
to be delivered from people, 

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Judaizers that were coming 
alongside undoing the work that 

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he was doing. 
It said it was like a thorn in 

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his side and he said, Lord, I 
want them out of my life. 

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And God said I ain't removing 
them. 

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They're going to help perfect 
you. 

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You realize people are going to 
help perfect you. 

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Lord, I want to be around 
somebody that loves me all the 

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time. 
It's not going to happen. 

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There's going to be people that 
celebrate you, people that 

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tolerate you and people that 
hate you. 

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And you got to realize in all 
those I want to handle it right,

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because if I handle it right, 
I'm going to come through the 

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the furnace of affliction and 
come out a more refined, 

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stronger vessel and have more 
advancement in my life. 

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So Joshua is a a fascinating 
book, 24 chapters of of the 

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children of Israel, children of 
Israel going in to possess this 

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sweet land and it's example for 
us. 

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But here's a sad indictment in 
Joshua chapter 18. 

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It's 24 chapter. 
So we're 18 chapters in how many

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tribes are there? 
How many tribes? 

452
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:36,040
So he says this in in Joshua 
chapter 18 verses one through 

453
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,440
three, It says this is from the 
amplified says then the whole 

454
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,680
congregation of the Israelites 
assembled at Shiloh in the 

455
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,840
tribal tribal territory of 
Ephraim. 

456
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,040
They set up the tent of meeting 
there. 

457
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,640
The land was subdued before 
them. 

458
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:58,800
There remained among the 
Israelites 7 tribes who had not 

459
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:05,080
yet divided their inheritance. 
So Joshua asked them, how long 

460
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:12,360
will you put off entering to 
take possession of the land 

461
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,000
which the Lord, the God of your 
Father's has given you? 

462
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:22,000
Wow, how long will you put off 
this sweet life? 

463
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,560
Let me read it from the message.
It says the entire congregation 

464
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,800
of the people of Israel got 
together at Shiloh. 

465
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,920
They put up the tent of meeting.
The land was under their 

466
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:38,640
control, but there were still 
yet 7 Israelite tribes who had 

467
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,240
yet to receive their 
inheritance. 

468
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,400
John Joshua addressed the people
of Israel said how long are you 

469
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:49,760
going to sit around on your 
hands putting off taking 

470
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,360
possession of the land that the 
God of your ancestors has given 

471
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:58,120
you? 
How long are you going to sit on

472
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,960
your hands? 
God, why are you not moving in 

473
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:05,760
my life? 
Let me put it this way, God, 

474
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,480
you're not waiting on God. 
God is waiting on you. 

475
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:18,920
Matthew 16 is is awesome. 
Verse 18, it starts in verse 

476
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,200
1415161718 says I'm going to 
give you the keys of the 

477
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,560
Kingdom. 
It says whatever you bound on 

478
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,400
earth will be bound in heaven. 
What do you loose on earth will 

479
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,840
be loose on in heaven? 
He gave you the authority, He 

480
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,520
gave you the the instruction, 
the commandment and he said 

481
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,120
guess what, it's in your power 
of choice. 

482
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,880
Joshua 24 says the same thing. 
He says choose this day. 

483
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:45,400
Whom you going to serve? 
As for me and my household, we 

484
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,880
choose to serve the Lord. 
I'm going to get up every day 

485
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,800
and tackle it with an enthusia 
enthusiasm unknown to most 

486
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,800
mankind. 
Every day is a gift from God. 

487
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,000
Are you maximizing every day? 
Canaan Land is a maximized life 

488
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,760
where you're living life to the 
fullest. 

489
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:10,400
It's filled up, it's complete, 
it's satisfying, It's more than 

490
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,960
enough. 
You're living life so well in 

491
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,240
Canaan land that your life is 
flowing over into the lives of 

492
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,040
others. 
God just doesn't want things to 

493
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,120
go well for you. 
He wants your life to be lived 

494
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,560
so well that actually impacts 
and influences other people's 

495
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,400
life. 
People should see you. 

496
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,000
I'm going back to the marriage 
covenant, your marriage 

497
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,120
operating so well, they're like,
tell me, what do I need to do to

498
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:36,080
attain to that? 
Or your parenting's so great you

499
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:41,800
could sit at a restaurant 
without your kids hanging from 

500
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:50,800
the chandelier or giving them a 
phone to pacify them and babysit

501
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,280
them. 
You compare so well that your 

502
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,360
kids actually learn how to look 
in your eyes and have adult 

503
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,440
conversations. 
You compare so well, you just 

504
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:06,600
give the look and they respond. 
But you're doing these things so

505
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,840
well, your business could be so 
successful. 

506
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:12,320
Others are like, what are you 
doing? 

507
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,120
And guess what, all the glory 
goes to God. 

508
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,840
I'm just lining up. 
I'm just lining up everyday. 

509
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,400
Instruction, download. 
Following his command, following

510
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:26,000
his voice, being obedient to 
what He says, and bit by bit, 

511
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,040
little by little, you're going 
to get out of McDonald's. 

512
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,360
Hallelujah. 
Canaan Land is the maximized 

513
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,400
life. 
It's where you make the most of 

514
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:42,560
every day. 
You could have a Canaan Land 

515
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:43,960
marriage. 
You can have Canaan Land 

516
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,239
parenting. 
But I want to go over 7 areas of

517
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,199
evaluation. 
Then I'm going to highlight one 

518
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,120
that's important not just for 
you, but because of the vision 

519
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,800
that God placed at Anchor Faith 
Church. 

520
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,120
And I come with great 
seriousness, great soberness, 

521
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,880
and great joy. 
Tonight though, you are vital. 

522
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:11,880
You are vital. 
You are vital to what God wants 

523
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,680
to do in this vision. 
Without you. 

524
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,720
This isn't Pastor or Marcy by 
themselves. 

525
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,760
This is another leadership. 
It takes all of us. 

526
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,920
It takes all of us and I am just
challenging you. 

527
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,720
If you're in a bad position, get
to a good position. 

528
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,440
If you're doing good, then get 
to great. 

529
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,320
But I, I'm talking about next 
level tonight. 

530
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,760
I'm talking about increase. 
I'm talking about advancement. 

531
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,760
If we are going to do what God 
has called us to do, then it's 

532
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,200
going to be vital that everybody
is connected and doing their 

533
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:53,400
part. 
If we're going to ignite this 

534
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,840
city, impact this nation, and 
influence this world, we need to

535
00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,800
live the sweet, abundant life in
Canaanland. 

536
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,160
We don't want God looking at US 
20 years from now and say, how 

537
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,640
long you going to put off? 
And if you're not going to do 

538
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,880
your assignment, guess what? 
God is faithful to raise 

539
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,160
somebody else up to fulfill what
He called you to do. 

540
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,800
And it's not that He didn't want
you to do it. 

541
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,400
It's that you chose not to line 
up with and submit to you 

542
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:24,240
settled. 
Maybe you got complacent and I 

543
00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:27,120
just want to shake you up 
tonight. 

544
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,120
I don't want to slap you. 
I just want to shake you. 

545
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:35,920
I want to stir you like a good 
glass of chocolate milk. 

546
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:42,360
Sometimes all that syrup goes to
the bottom and what do you got 

547
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,760
to do? 
You got to get that spoon in 

548
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,720
there. 
And like Paul said, I want to or

549
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:51,160
Peter said, I want to stir you 
up by way of remembrance. 

550
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:59,440
So these are 7 areas, though I 
look at this on a, on an annual 

551
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,280
basis. 
I think everybody as you're 

552
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:07,040
grown with God should look at 
these areas #1 spiritually. 

553
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,360
Are you in a Canaan land 
spiritually? 

554
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:18,120
And what does that mean? 
Are you connected with intimate 

555
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,120
and in communion with God every 
day? 

556
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,640
The word says draw near to me 
and I will draw near to you. 

557
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,440
I don't feel the presence of God
while you're taking time to read

558
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,160
the word of God. 
Are you taking time to pray? 

559
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,720
Are you taking time to meditate 
and reflect on His Word? 

560
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,640
This is a spiritual scalpel 
right now. 

561
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:44,000
Some of you could stand to cut 
off some TV. 

562
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:49,080
I'm going to step on some 
people's toes. 

563
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:54,680
Social media right now, is there
a thing is anything wrong with 

564
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,320
this? 
No, but if you're giving more 

565
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:02,400
time to that than you are to 
God, then how are you really 

566
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,880
living a Canaan land, maximize 
existence spiritually and that's

567
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,680
the first and foremost. 
You're never going to get to 

568
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:13,680
everything else if you're not 
growing in this and advancing in

569
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,400
this first and foremost. 
Proverbs 4, chapter 20 says 

570
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,200
Proverbs chapter 4, verse #20 
says guard your heart with all 

571
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,880
diligence, for all of it flows. 
The issues of life, everything, 

572
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,320
the issues of the flesh are the 
result of issues of the spirit. 

573
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,680
And if you're not living a 
Canaan land, existing 

574
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,000
spiritually, you can get there. 
Well, how do I keep on? 

575
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,640
How do I get there? 
Keep on growing. 

576
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,400
I remember when I was at Raymond
Christiansen in 1997. 

577
00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,520
Actually, he's 96. 
No, I went to Raymond 98. 

578
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,280
Yeah, 97. 
And I was sitting in the pews. 

579
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,560
Well, not in theater seats. 
You are sitting in theater 

580
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,120
seats. 
It was pews back then. 

581
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,480
No, it's actually cheers. 
Sorry. 

582
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,720
It was cheers and I was taking 
notes. 

583
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:57,360
I got so frustrated taking 
notes. 

584
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,120
I was like, where has this been 
my whole life? 

585
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:01,360
I wanted everything. 
I wanted it now. 

586
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,560
I was like a sponge and I'm 
still like a sponge. 

587
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,040
I love to learn the Word of God.
I love to be in the Word of God.

588
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,240
There is nothing greater than 
I'd rather do to them. 

589
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:14,040
Be in the Word of God. 
It fuels me, it feeds me, it 

590
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:15,760
revised me, it gives me clarity 
of thought. 

591
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,280
It relieves all, all all of my 
worries, concerns. 

592
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,160
It puts me in His pathway, His 
promises and His greatness. 

593
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,600
But I'm saying that why? 
Because it's a process you just 

594
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,760
continue. 
I didn't know as I didn't know 

595
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,760
as much in 1997 as I know now. 
But guess what? 

596
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,080
I still don't know it. 
I'm still growing and going. 

597
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,000
But the point is, don't stop. 
Secondly, your soul realm, your 

598
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,680
soul, which is your mind, your 
will and your emotions. 

599
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,240
How are you doing with the 
Canaan Land soul realm? 

600
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,960
How is your mind? 
How is your will, the choices 

601
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,480
that you make? 
How are your emotions? 

602
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:57,640
Are you ruled by your emotions? 
God made you with the emotions, 

603
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,560
but are they supposed to sit on 
the throne of all your 

604
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,680
decisions? 
I'll give you one verse in 

605
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,760
Ephesians chapter 4 verse #26 it
says. 

606
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,840
Be angry in emotion, but don't 
sin. 

607
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,560
Don't let the anger make you 
make a decision. 

608
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,080
You control it, it doesn't 
control you. 

609
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:23,280
How you doing with your body? 
What I mean this, this has to 

610
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,800
carry you around for your 
purpose. 

611
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:33,840
Now I have a tendency to like 
sweet things but I realize this 

612
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,480
it needs to be in moderation. 
I remember getting my blood work

613
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,880
done last December coming off of
Christmas which was bad because 

614
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,440
I always get chocolate covered 
cherries along with your 

615
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:54,320
peppermint patties along with 
all the other sweets that go 

616
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,200
around at Christmas time and my 
glucose is one O 6. 

617
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,440
It was in the yellow marker and 
my doctor said what happened. 

618
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:12,920
I don't know lie. 
I know exactly what happened. 

619
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:14,880
I told the truth. 
I took responsibility. 

620
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:19,960
Well, I pounded sugars for about
14 days before the blood work a 

621
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,360
lot good because I've never seen
that from you before. 

622
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,920
Guess what next time I got it 
back normal like where it's 

623
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,240
supposed to be right, but your 
body what are you living a 

624
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:32,320
Canaan land existence. 
I believe when we're, I believe 

625
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:37,720
like Caleb in the book of Joshua
at 80, I am stillwell able, but 

626
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,920
you realize that doesn't fall on
you like ripe cherries off of a 

627
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:44,040
tree. 
You can't sit on your backside 

628
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:51,000
eating bonbons. 
Somebody didn't know what 

629
00:41:51,000 --> 00:42:01,360
bonbons was that Twinkies, ice 
cream, cookies and all this 

630
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,400
other stuff. 
And expect to have a great body 

631
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:08,880
or be physically fit at 80. 
Hallelujah. 

632
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,800
See ignorance or kill you. 
And now that you know you got to

633
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,120
do something with it, you're 
responsible for what's 

634
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,840
ministered at this platform. 
So what are you doing though? 

635
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,240
Just everybody's goals are not 
the same. 

636
00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:28,720
Some people love to run 
marathons. 

637
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:34,840
I don't like doing that. 
You know, some people may like 

638
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,040
to do racquetball. 
That's awesome. 

639
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,680
Whatever your flavor, whatever 
you like, I would just say move,

640
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,760
be active, do something. 
Whether you just want to walk 

641
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,240
and enjoy the scenery, you could
do two things at once. 

642
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,200
Pray in the Holy Ghost and go 
walk around your neighborhood 

643
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,920
for 30 minutes, whatever the 
case is, but do something. 

644
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,920
You know that Jesus walked up 
mountains and prayed. 

645
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,080
We just think about the 
spiritual side. 

646
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,840
But you know what he was doing? 
He was creating some stamina in 

647
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:04,280
his body by doing that. 
Hallelujah. 

648
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,800
Another area is family. 
Are you having a Canaan land 

649
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,960
family experience in your 
manhood, your womanhood, 

650
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,600
relationships, finances? 
Are you having a Canaan Land 

651
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,080
time in your finances? 
Are you having a Canaan Land 

652
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,680
time socially? 
And I, I think a social in this 

653
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,760
aspect. 
Do you have good godly friends 

654
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,960
around you and are you 
evangelizing the world? 

655
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,960
To me it goes with both. 
Are you winning the lost and are

656
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:34,560
you connecting with other godly 
people? 

657
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,640
That's what I call the social 
goals. 

658
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,120
And the last thing is ministry. 
When I say ministry, I'm not 

659
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:40,480
talking about just full time 
ministry. 

660
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:44,200
I'm talking about your gifting 
and your and your talents that 

661
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,200
God has put in your life. 
Every one of you is unique. 

662
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,760
Every one of you has something 
special on the inside of you. 

663
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,920
I'll put it this way. 
Every one of you has something 

664
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,840
that can serve humanity. 
All right. 

665
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:01,520
I want to highlight, though, on 
finances when it comes to Canaan

666
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,760
Land, because if we're going to 
advance this vision, guess what 

667
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,960
it's going to take? 
If we're going to advance this 

668
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,880
vision to ignite this city, 
impact the nation and influence 

669
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,240
the world, guess what? 
It's going to take all of us. 

670
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:22,600
But it's going to take finances.
It's going to take money, Moola 

671
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:33,440
Dinero money. 
Our youth group had a train of 

672
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,320
minivans, nine of them that went
to East Coast camp. 

673
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,760
You know, Enterprise didn't give
those to us for free. 

674
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,520
Guess what somebody had in their
heart to actually. 

675
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:50,400
So we we were trying to keep the
cost at a minimal for the 

676
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,360
students so we get maximum 
participant participation and 

677
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,960
not put such a burden on the 
students. 

678
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,600
You know, they stay at a hotel. 
They did the Cracker Barrel 

679
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:04,680
which was $759. 
Praise the Lord on Sunday night.

680
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,440
I saw that already entered that 
transaction in the general 

681
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,400
Ledger and Pastor Earl on the 
thread when Pastor Brandon sent 

682
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,560
them at Cracker Barrel, he said 
breakfast only. 

683
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,640
It was that night. 
So Pastor Earl's philosophy as 

684
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:19,160
you always get breakfast at 
Cracker Barrel, but we're trying

685
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:20,720
to keep them. 
So there's, there's a camp cost.

686
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:23,400
You know, they did obviously 
lunch for them on Monday and 

687
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,400
then camp obviously when they 
get there, they're doing lunch 

688
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:26,760
for them on Friday on the way 
back. 

689
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,080
So it takes money to get them 
there, right? 

690
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,120
And you know, the, the vans 
themselves, we took that out. 

691
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,320
That was $5000. 
Now, thank God, guess what, 

692
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:41,320
somebody had that and it moved 
on their heart to give. 

693
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:48,400
Think about that in the Kingdom 
of God, what if three lives get 

694
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,920
changed out of that? 
That's better than the stock 

695
00:45:51,920 --> 00:46:01,640
market, right? 
We support an orphanage in India

696
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,880
that went from 2000 last year to
3000 this year. 

697
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:09,720
Guess what? 
That takes? 

698
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,440
Money. 
Hallelujah, I can right now. 

699
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,480
Thank God we're in an air 
conditioned facility. 

700
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:22,720
We could choose not to play the 
electric bill, which is more 

701
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:26,600
than I think probably 
everybody's mortgage, possibly 

702
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,760
in this room. 
It takes money. 

703
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,480
So let me say this. 
If the church is going to 

704
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:38,360
advance, guess what happened? 
The people in the church need to

705
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:44,160
advance. 
If you don't advance, the church

706
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:48,960
isn't going to advance. 
That goes spiritually, soul, 

707
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:53,360
body, family. 
We have 318 on Monday night, but

708
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,160
it doesn't matter if you hear 
those principles, you don't go 

709
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:59,040
live it out in the house. 
But guess what? 

710
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:02,720
Finance is another thing. 
It takes finances to run the 

711
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:08,480
ministry. 
So I'm going to give you 3 

712
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:13,480
things to prosper, to advance, 
to have a Canaan Land finances. 

713
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,360
I'm going to run pretty quick 
'cause it is 843. 

714
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:22,560
That was a long introduction. 
I was trying to get to 35,000 

715
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,200
feet and level off. 
I just took us to the moon. 

716
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:37,160
So #1 if you're going to advance
and this church isn't going to 

717
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,200
advance unless you're going to 
advance, there's, there's gifts 

718
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:42,080
in all of us. 
God wants you to be wealthy. 

719
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,240
He said, I give you the power to
get wealth. 

720
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:50,760
Now listen, rich people are not 
always wealthy, but wealthy 

721
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:56,600
people are always rich. 
Rich people are not always 

722
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,720
wealthy, but wealthy people are 
always rich. 

723
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:03,480
And God said, I'm going to give 
you the power to get wealth. 

724
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:08,760
Wealth is at its etymology means
well-being Third John two says 

725
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:10,240
it this way. 
Third, John two, beloved, I wish

726
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:14,160
above all things you'd prosper 
and be in health even as your 

727
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,280
soul prospers. 
He's saying, what good is it if 

728
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,080
you have riches but you're 
broken your mind? 

729
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,440
A rich person could have a great
house but a terrible marriage, 

730
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:31,520
kids that are heathens. 
And God said, I'm going to give 

731
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:36,600
you a wealth. 
And wealth is established #1 

732
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,880
through work. 
Work is not a dirty word in the 

733
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:42,200
Kingdom of God. 
Grace does not alleviate work. 

734
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,520
Work was in the earth before the
fall. 

735
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:50,360
Work is the God ordained way for
you to establish dominion in the

736
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,440
earth. 
I don't I'm going to go quick, 

737
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,120
but He said to go in all the 
world. 

738
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:56,800
The world is a sectors of 
society. 

739
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,080
When we get to #7 what I said, 
what is your minister, your gift

740
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,080
in your service, your talent. 
God said I'm going to give you a

741
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,360
talent. 
You need to go work that talent,

742
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,000
you need to go into one of those
sectors of society. 

743
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:14,880
I I remember them from ABCDEFG, 
which is arts and entertainment,

744
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:18,320
business, congregations, 
education, direct media, 

745
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,640
government, family and 
education. 

746
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,600
I know that was real fast, but 
God has assigned all of us to go

747
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,440
into an an area whether it's and
most of us are going to be in 

748
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:32,520
this in the in the secular 
field, not the sacred 

749
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,080
assignment. 
Think about the tribes of 

750
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,240
Israel. 
Most of them were what going out

751
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:42,640
to get the the provision to 
bring back to the the they were 

752
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,720
going out to get the provision 
to bring for the vision to build

753
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:47,440
a Tabernacle. 
Are you with me? 

754
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:53,080
So work is one of the ways that 
God has given you to establish 

755
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,480
dominion on the earth and you're
never going to advance if you 

756
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,000
don't know how to work. 
You need to learn learn how to 

757
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:03,320
work hard and how to work smart.
We live in a generation that's 

758
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:06,360
an entitlement generation that 
thinks they can sit on their 

759
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:07,400
hand. 
The government's going to pay 

760
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:10,600
them money. 
Not in our Kingdom, not in our 

761
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:13,560
Kingdom. 
He said to work at your 

762
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,720
salvation. 
He said he began a good work in 

763
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:18,160
you and he wants you to complete
it. 

764
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,680
In Genesis chapter 25215, he 
says he put God, he put Adam in 

765
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:26,280
the garden to tend it and to 
keep it, to work it, to 

766
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,920
cultivate it, to bring 
fruitfulness to it. 

767
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:30,920
I'm telling you right now, you 
want to be a great 

768
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:34,120
representation of the Lord Jesus
Christ when you go to work. 

769
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:38,200
Be a person that can have 
wisdom, understanding and 

770
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:42,080
knowledge that you're doing your
job so well they can't replace 

771
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:47,080
you. 
You are such a benefit and a 

772
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:52,200
blessing to that organization, 
that man, they don't want to 

773
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,720
lose you. 
Some people may try to recruit 

774
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:55,520
you out because you're doing so 
well. 

775
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,720
Listen, we want the anointing to
come upon us in our work. 

776
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:02,520
We are ordinary, but God puts 
his extraordinary on us. 

777
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:08,200
He puts his supernatural on our 
natural in our work to for it to

778
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:09,880
be blessed so we could have 
wealth. 

779
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,320
Deuteronomy 28, eight says this.
The Lord will command the 

780
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,880
blessing on you in your 
storehouses and in all what you 

781
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:23,600
set your hand to do. 
Notice whatever you put your 

782
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:27,160
hand to, you're not sitting on 
your hands doing nothing. 

783
00:51:32,930 --> 00:51:34,850
I'm gonna, I'm gonna correct 
something. 

784
00:51:34,850 --> 00:51:36,890
Some of you may have heard this.
There was a time in the body of 

785
00:51:36,890 --> 00:51:39,810
Christ where some people are 
saying money comes to me. 

786
00:51:39,810 --> 00:51:43,730
Now money don't come to somebody
sitting on their hands. 

787
00:51:45,330 --> 00:51:50,200
I don't care how much you 
confess it now is confession 

788
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:51,640
right? 
Yes, I believe we should 

789
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,240
confess. 
It is a key in the Kingdom. 

790
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,200
But these are multiple things 
coming together to create the 

791
00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:02,320
flow. 
Proverbs 12/4 says the hand of 

792
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:07,400
the diligent will rule. 
So many examples in the in the 

793
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,080
Bible of people that worked 
hard. 

794
00:52:09,240 --> 00:52:11,720
I remember when I was at 
Enterprise Rent a car as a 

795
00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:13,880
branch manager. 
I worked hard and I worked 

796
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:17,280
smart. 
So did Pastor Marcus and we rose

797
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:22,280
through the ranks. 
He became the manager of 4321 

798
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,520
Palm Coast. 
I became the manager of 4313 

799
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:27,760
here in Saint Augustine. 
And they, they were amazed at 

800
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:28,920
us. 
We were there at the same time. 

801
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:30,320
We were a great blessing and 
benefit. 

802
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,800
We just kept going. 
We started off as in their in 

803
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:37,000
their management program and we 
went to assistant managers and 

804
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:40,600
we became branch managers. 
But God didn't want us there. 

805
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,800
Ultimately both of us came into 
full time ministry because that 

806
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,440
was the the goal that God had 
for us. 

807
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:49,680
But while we were there, listen,
we made them money and we made 

808
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:53,320
ourselves money because he 
worked hard and we worked smart.

809
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,880
But I never forget when I was at
Enterprise, there was a guy 

810
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,680
named Bob who actually retired 
from UPS. 

811
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:04,280
He was retired 80 year old man. 
And I had an intern from Florida

812
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:09,920
State and I'm not bashing 
Florida State, but he's probably

813
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:13,160
21. 
But the difference in work ethic

814
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,360
was amazing. 
Bob, my 8 year old, I never had 

815
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,640
to go behind him and look and 
see if a car was clean before I 

816
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,920
delivered to a customer. 
Now Tim, the guy that was at 

817
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:25,720
Florida State, I always had to 
double check his work. 

818
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,200
Just difference in in 
generations. 

819
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:35,520
Bob knew how to work. 
Listen, I could go to Jacob in 

820
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:40,200
the Old Testament. 
He worked hard for Laban, served

821
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:44,040
him and brought Prosperity 
Joseph anywhere he went. 

822
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,440
Didn't matter if he was in 
Potiphar's house, the prison or 

823
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,400
with Pharaoh. 
He worked hard and he worked 

824
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,640
smart and he always rose to the 
top. 

825
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,400
So guess what? 
If Anchor Faith Church is going 

826
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:59,680
to advance and excel, then you 
need to be a person that's going

827
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,240
to increase financially by 
working hard. 

828
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,520
Don't show up Tim mates Tim 
minutes late with a bad 

829
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:08,560
attitude. 
Don't act like your employer 

830
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:13,360
owes you something. 
Matter of fact, when we say work

831
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,560
hard and work smart, I want to 
challenge you with this. 

832
00:54:17,240 --> 00:54:21,320
Some people put themselves to 
work, that's called employment. 

833
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:23,720
Some people put other people to 
work, that's called being an 

834
00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:28,600
employer. 
Some people put money to work, 

835
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:32,800
that's called an investment. 
Somebody, Some people put their 

836
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,920
knowledge to work, and that's 
called consulting. 

837
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:41,320
Some people put an idea to work,
an idea or a concept and that's 

838
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:45,800
called a business. 
So we want to work hard and we 

839
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:49,200
want to work smart. 
Secondly, to prosper financially

840
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:56,360
so that the church prospers, you
need to be a good manager, a 

841
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,480
good manager. 
First Corinthians chapter 4 

842
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:02,800
verse #2 says this. 
Moreover, it's required in 

843
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,040
stewards that one be found 
faithful. 

844
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:09,640
The word stewards in in the 
Bible means a manager. 

845
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:15,600
We don't own what we possess. 
It's gods. 

846
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:18,960
We're only the stewards or the 
manager of it. 

847
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:27,120
So you need to be a good manager
in Matthew chapter 25, the 

848
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:28,640
parable of talents just forsake 
of time. 

849
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:32,440
I'm not going to read this. 
He gave 151211 and what he see 

850
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,520
what he say. 
He said do business till I come.

851
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:38,400
He said manage this till I come.
Guess what they did, They 

852
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,720
managed well and they increased 
what God had given them. 

853
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:44,600
So my question is, what has 
God-given you that you need to 

854
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:52,120
increase in advance in Now the 
five, what gained 5 the two 

855
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:57,600
gained 2. 
The one mismanaged and he lost 

856
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,360
everything that he had. 
So there's this. 

857
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,720
This is a principle we can 
extract from that. 

858
00:56:03,080 --> 00:56:06,080
Good management attracts 
resources. 

859
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:13,600
Bad management puts at Bay 
resources. 

860
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:19,520
Are you with me? 
Good management means you keep 

861
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:25,480
records. 
Proverbs 27 says be diligent to 

862
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:27,520
know the condition or the state 
of your flock. 

863
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,920
Do you know what's in your 
checking account right now? 

864
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:34,840
Hallelujah. 
Do you have a check register? 

865
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,080
I remember listening to the 
story one time of an individual 

866
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,440
that was trying to help some 
other people and they were 

867
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,760
looking at their Ledger and they
noticed ESP every once in a 

868
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:46,640
while. 
So they're trying to reconcile 

869
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,560
their debits and their credits. 
You know your debits and your 

870
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:53,640
credits is what credits is. 
Money coming in, Debits is money

871
00:56:53,640 --> 00:57:00,040
going out. 
If your outgo exceeds your 

872
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:03,040
income, then your upkeep becomes
your downfall. 

873
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:08,520
So he said what does ESP mean? 
And they just put error 

874
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:14,680
someplace they weren't keeping 
accurate records. 

875
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:21,480
What's a good manager do? 
They are a good administrator 

876
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,880
and they maximize through 
administration what's in their 

877
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:31,400
assignment, what's in their 
stewardship and what's been 

878
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:35,120
given to them on on just a real 
practical level. 

879
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:40,960
This year I was looking at our 
finances and we have a, you 

880
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,320
know, a budget. 
We're not eating at McDonald's 

881
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:44,720
anymore. 
But you know what, as a good 

882
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,960
manager, I said we don't need to
eat out every night. 

883
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:49,920
So our goal in our household is 
not to eat out anymore. 

884
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:54,040
And twice a week, that's us 
personally. 

885
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:55,680
That's how we're unified about 
that. 

886
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:59,560
My wife and I, we could go out, 
but I thought, man, we, you 

887
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:05,320
could actually save money by not
going out every night and 

888
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:07,600
eating. 
And you, you realize you could 

889
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:12,000
save money by actually, this is 
going to shock some of you going

890
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,880
to the restaurant you want to go
to and not door dash it. 

891
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:24,330
Hallelujah. 
On a practical side though, like

892
00:58:24,330 --> 00:58:26,610
this year with our mortgage, I'm
looking at, you know, there's 

893
00:58:26,610 --> 00:58:29,570
ways to increase, you can either
decrease your overhead or 

894
00:58:29,570 --> 00:58:32,880
increase your revenue. 
So I was looking at our, all of 

895
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:35,720
our outlay of our finances as I 
do 'cause I want to manage it 

896
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:37,240
well. 
I realize if I bring order and 

897
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,520
organization, God could bring 
increase. 

898
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,680
If I'm disordered, disordered 
disorganization, there's going 

899
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:44,280
to be no increase. 
It's mismanagement. 

900
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:47,440
So I, I got to look in and I 
said, you know what, we could 

901
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:50,600
drop our PMI, Angie, at $67 a 
month. 

902
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:52,880
What's PMI? 
Private mortgage insurance. 

903
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:59,240
And once you hit that 80% mark, 
you can drop that. 

904
00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:05,320
So I had to pay $190.00 for them
to come out, put a value in our 

905
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:11,160
house, and guess what? 
We qualified and I shaved off 

906
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:14,200
$67. 
Would you do the math on that, 

907
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,040
right? 
That adds up. 

908
00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:20,040
Over the course of a year, I 
realized we were paying 499 for 

909
00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:22,320
Discover Channel that we never 
watch. 

910
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:27,160
It adds up. 
That's good management, right? 

911
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:32,000
Are you with me? 
Last thing I want to hit 'cause 

912
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:36,240
it is 856. 
These three have to all work 

913
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:39,640
together. 
Being in ministry now since 

914
00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:44,600
2004, we've done premarital 
counseling, we've done marital 

915
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:48,600
counseling, individual 
counseling, and I've just 

916
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:52,000
learned this over the years, and
I believe this to be true with 

917
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,560
all my heart. 
All three of these have to be in

918
00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:59,120
operation as a Kingdom citizen 
in order to prosper and have 

919
00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:03,880
advancement in this area and 
have Canaan land, which is work 

920
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:08,200
hard, good management and then 
giving. 

921
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:18,000
I have seen people tithe and 
give offerings, work hard and be

922
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,560
horrible managers and they don't
have God's Canaan land. 

923
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:30,160
They mismanage. 
I've seen people manage well, 

924
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:34,760
tithe, not work hard and not 
have Canaan land. 

925
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:41,960
I've seen people work hard, 
manage and not tithe and not 

926
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:47,600
have Canaan land. 
So listen, are you with me? 

927
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:51,560
It takes all three of these for 
you to advance. 

928
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:53,520
And if you here's the here's the
thing. 

929
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:57,360
If you don't advance an 
increase, Anchor Faith Church 

930
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:02,240
doesn't advance an increase. 
So all three of these have to be

931
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:05,320
in alignment. 
If you ever had a hose, you 

932
01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:07,320
know, in your water and 
something or like I'm washing my

933
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:12,120
car, sometimes there's a kink in
the hose and it's really 

934
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:14,840
frustrating. 
And there's many times I just 

935
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:18,280
try to pop it. 
You know, you do that for a 

936
01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:20,400
minute and you finally just give
up and you walk over there and 

937
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:27,680
you unkink it right on God's 
end, He is the faucet it his 

938
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:31,720
supply never runs out. 
He is perpetual energy, 

939
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:36,360
perpetual provision. 
But on our end, sometimes we get

940
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:41,480
kinks and I'm just trying to 
identify in these three things. 

941
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,400
If you're not seeing increase, 
where's your kink? 

942
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:47,800
And all you have to do is make 
that adjustment and guess what 

943
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:53,720
the flow opens up. 
Thank you so much for listening 

944
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:56,160
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