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So we're going to talk about 
Kingdom Healthcare tonight. 

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The title, my message is Oh my 
somebody look across the 

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sanctuary, say Oh my, look the 
other way, say Oh my and it's 

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obstacle or operative. 
Oh my is an interjection to 

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express either concern. 
I could say Oh my like I'm 

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concerned about something or Oh 
my, like I'm delighted in 

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something. 
So we're going to see tonight. 

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The choice is yours. 
What Oh my, are you saying the 

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key scripture I'm going to 
launch out of tonight and I read

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is several different 
translations of this because 

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it's just a such a rich 
scripture. 

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We're going to look at Proverbs 
chapter 4, verses 20 through 22.

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So we're gonna on the first 
scripture that we read. 

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Obviously we stand to honor the 
word of God, just like Ezra did 

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with that congregation. 
So I'm gonna read this. 

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It says my son attended my 
words. 

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Incline thine arrow unto my 
sayings. 

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Let them not depart from thine 
eyes. 

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Keep them in the midst of thine 
heart, for they are life under 

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those that find them in health 
to all of their flesh. 

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You can be seated. 
The Living Bible says it this 

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way, those same verses that says
listen, son of mine, to what I 

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say, listen carefully. 
Keep these thoughts ever in 

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mind. 
Let them penetrate deep within 

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your heart, for they will mean 
real life for you and radiant 

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health. 
The Message Bible says Proverbs 

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chapter 4, verses 20 through 22.
Like this, Dear friends, listen 

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well to my words. 
Tune your ears to my voice. 

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Keep my message in Plainview at 
all times. 

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Concentrate. 
Learn it by heart. 

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Those who discover these words 
live. 

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They really live, body and soul.
They're bursting with health. 

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How many of you want to be 
bursting with health? 

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So am I. 
The choice is yours. 

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The Amplified says it like this,
my son, pay attention to my 

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words and be willing to learn 
them. 

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Open your ears to my sayings. 
Do not let them escape from your

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sight. 
Keep them in the center of your 

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heart. 
For God's words are life to 

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those who find them in healing 
and health to all their flesh. 

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You notice we have a part to 
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We have to attend incline, keep 
in the midst of our heart. 

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We have to attend to it, incline
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our heart. 
And then if we do that, guess 

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what? 
We'll be radiant with health. 

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We'll be bursting forth with 
health. 

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It's God's will for you to be 
healthy. 

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And I submit to you, there's a 
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health. 
Did you get that? 

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Health implies you really don't 
need healing? 

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But are we doing our part? 
Are we attending? 

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Which means are we paying 
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Are we hearken into the Word of 
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Are we inclining to God's 
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Are we turning to them in the 
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Are we stretching out towards 
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You know the Bible says if you 
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near to you. 
We need to draw near to the Word

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every single day. 
And then it says if you keep the

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Word, that word keep is 
interesting 'cause God told in 

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the original creation back in 
Genesis 2, chapter 2, verse 15, 

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he put Adam in the garden and he
said you're to keep same word 

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for keep in Proverbs 4. 
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responsibility Adam had. 
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He quit attending. 
He quit inclining his ear to 

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God. 
He listened to the wrong voice 

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and he got the wrong results. 
So in in order for us to obtain 

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what God wants, we got to listen
to the right voice to get the 

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right results. 
He so he didn't keep, he let the

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enemy in. 
And man, the enemy would love to

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have you sick, broke, disgusted 
and busted. 

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You could be saved, but you 
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in your spiritual walk if you're
not keeping and inclining and 

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attending to what God's saying 
and he said keep them in the 

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middle or the midst of your 
heart, right in the middle, the 

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very center of your being. 
You want to keep the word of God

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daily in your heart. 
And when you do that, man, 

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there's going to be health and 
health means this. 

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There's going to be a healing, a
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It's going to be profitable. 1 
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One definition of health is it's
like medicine. 

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So God's Word is like medicine. 
The great thing about God's Word

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is you can't overdose on it. 
You could take as much as you 

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want of it, and all it's gonna 
do is perpetual, continual 

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well-being. 
Matter of fact, the more Word 

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you have in you, the more life 
you're gonna have in you. 

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The more Word you have in you, 
the more health you're gonna 

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have in you. 
The more word you have in you. 

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When you get squeezed, guess 
what's gonna come out? 

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The Word, if you don't have the 
word in you and you get 

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squeezed, what's gonna come out?
Probably your flesh and your 

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emotions. 
So we need the word, say I need 

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the Word, say this. 
He sent His word and healed me. 

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In Exodus chapter 15 verse #26 
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It says God said to them, if you
listen carefully once again, we 

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have to listen carefully. 
We need to to the Lord our God 

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and do what is right in his his 
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If you pay attention to his 
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decrees. 
Don't that sound familiar to 

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Proverbs chapter 4. 
He said I will not bring any of 

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the diseases I brought on the 
Egyptians for I'm the Lord who 

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heals you now God doesn't bring 
disease. 

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This verse is in the causative 
sense, just like if I told my 

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daughters and the young, they're
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and they go ahead and touch the 
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Guess what happens? 
There's a 'cause, right? 

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They burned their hand, but it 
wasn't my will. 

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They brought that on themselves.
That's what God's saying. 

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If you would keep my word and do
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everything will go well for you,
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So in Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 
#17 it says from the New King 

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James Version, I will restore 
health to you and heal you of 

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all your wounds, says the Lord 
in John chapter 6 verse 63. 

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I'm just laying some 
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That is God's will for you to be
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It is the Spirit who gives life.
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Jesus said this. 
The words I speak to you, 

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they're spirit and they are 
life. 

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In John 10/10 he said I came to 
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you more abundantly. 
Moses in Psalms 91 says he will 

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satisfy me with the fullness of 
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So God, unless you're martyr, 
God is expecting to live a full 

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life full of health and 
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In first Peter chapter 2 verse 
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this talking about Jesus. 
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in his body on the cross, 
willingly offering himself on it

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as an altar of sacrifice so that
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immune from the penalty and 
power of sin and live for 

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righteousness. 
For by Jesus wounds you who 

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believe have been healed. 
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God wants you at peace, He wants
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welfare, not like the bad system
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God wants us to be blessed and 
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be healthy. 
Scripture diagnosis. 

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Sin prescribes repentance and 
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The result can include physical 
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relational wholeness flowing 
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Word. 
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Now when I brought up the the 
title, Oh my which could be a 

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concern or Oh my which could be 
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The choice is yours daily. 
So I'm gonna give you 2 keys to 

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walking in health and and 
healing tonight, OK? 

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And you got to decide is it am I
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to have an obstacle or am I 
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Obstacle means this, it can 
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Obstacle means there could be 
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But operative means this. 
It produces an effect, it works.

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It exerts force or influence 
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When something's operative, it's
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Thank God. 
So the number one key I want to 

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give you is this to walking in 
divine health and healing is a 

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thing called forgiveness. 
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And Pastor Apostle Earl actually
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but I'm going to review it 
'cause if it's owed to you, then

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it's not real to you. 
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fundamentals is critical to 
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So there's some things we just 
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You brush your teeth every day, 
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That's a fundamental in life. 
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What's gonna happen in a month? 
They're gonna fall out. 

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Yeah. 
Especially if you have a lot of 

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sugar. 
So fundamentals are good, right?

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But he brought this up from 
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he said husbands likewise dwell 
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understanding. 
Give an honor to the wife as to 

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the weaker vessel and as being 
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life that your prayers may not 
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So it's an obstacle. 
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his wife well, that becomes an 
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It becomes, Oh my, why is why 
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silent with my prayers? 
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Buy some flowers, do some 
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Glory to God, rub the feet. 
Glory to God. 

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I only got 1. 
Amen. 

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It's from my wife. 
I guess everybody's doing pretty

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well for those that are married 
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Amen. 
Do some laundry, fold some 

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laundry. 
You gotta dwell with your wife 

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according to knowledge. 
You know, I know my wife. 

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She doesn't mind folding 'cause 
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she likes help. 
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Glory to God. 
I had one time just pause right 

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here for a little story and we 
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Heritage on 13 Heritage Landing,
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I made it from Heritage Landing 
to the church with a stick of a,

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a deodorant bumper on my a 
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I've hit the speed bump so slow 
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So glory to God, she doesn't 
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help putting it up right. 
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right? 
And you got to treat them the 

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right. 
Then that goes both ways, right?

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But if not, it could be an 
obstacle. 

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But if not, it could be 
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And God wants well operative 
marriage covenants, but He wants

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a well operative body, your 
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It's hard to do your purpose 
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right? 
And this, this can go whether 

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you're sick and I'll say 
disease, which is dis ease. 

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Say your mind feels like it's 
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That's how you're gonna function
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if you're constantly like 
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And God does not want your life 
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So you have no mind moment say I
need to get out of the obstacle,

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getting it into the operation of
God, right. 

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So I brought up first Peter 37, 
'cause there can be obstacles 

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and forgiveness can be an 
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Forgiveness can be an obstacle 
to your healing. 

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I was listening to the founder 
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graduated from back in 2000, 
Apostle or Marcy, my, my wife 

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and myself. 
Obviously that's Kenneth E 

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Hagin. 
His son, Kenneth W Hagin, you 

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know, obviously took over as the
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But Kenneth E Hagin had the 
impression in the leading by the

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spirit to open the Bible school.
And he said this if if if 

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healing's not working in your 
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would check is your love walk. 
Which brings me to forgiveness. 

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Cause Galatians chapter 5 verse 
#6 from the amplified Bible says

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this. 
If we are in Christ Jesus, 

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neither circumcision nor 
uncircumcision means anything 

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but only faith activated and 
expressed working through love. 

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Only faith activated and 
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See faith is only activated. 
It's only operative. 

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It's only put in operation. 
It's only expressed, which would

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mean it's only manifested and 
revealed and shown by walking in

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love. 
You can't say I'm a a man or 

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woman of faith if your love walk
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So in Mark Chapter 11, I'm going
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Jesus says this. 
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withered at his command. 
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the authority and power of 
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For assuredly I say to you, 
whoever says to this mountain be

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removed and cast into the sea, 
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but believes that those things 
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have whatever he says. 
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things you ask when you pray, 
believe that you receive them 

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and you will have them. 
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Yes. 
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after verse 24 we go to 25. 
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you have anything against 
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Father in heaven may also 
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heaven forgive your trespasses. 
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which means Jesus said this. 
Talk about an obstacle. 

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Talk about a hindrance. 
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I mean, you could read every 
healing scripture, declare every

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healing scripture every day. 
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holding on to ill will or 
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somebody else, God can't do 
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It's and it's not his fault or 
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You're, you are putting a 
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an open heaven and a closed 
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things that have been done to us
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perceived on to us, they seem 
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They seem insurmountable, like 
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I don't know if I could ever 
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failed, if you fall and if 
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check. 
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healing is how's my love walk? 
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forgiveness 'cause if I'm not 
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And what does forgiveness mean? 
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let it go. 
Forgiveness means to release it,

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drop it and let it go. 
You're saying but you don't know

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what they did to me. 
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in. 
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or by my emotions. 
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Romans chapter one verse #17 it 
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faith. 
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daily. 
This is a daily thing. 

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You can't. 
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without evaluating or checking 
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forgiveness walk. 
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really want to mature and God 
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This is something you need to 
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Matter of fact that this 
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if my brother comes to me seven 
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forgiveness, should I forgive 
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And Jesus said not up to 70, but
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Where's our mathematicians? 
How many times is that? 

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490 times? 
Somebody break that down. 

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How many hours are you up a day?
20 you're up 24 hours a day. 

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Wow. 
We're gonna get to you on health

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then in a second. 
That's that's the problem. 

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What's that come to per hour? 
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day. 
I'm, I'm waiting, I'm really 

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waiting on Reverend Randy, 
'cause he's the mathematician, 

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so he's going to get me an 
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hour. 
Thank you, Reverend Randy. 

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I knew you'd have it. 
That's why I was kind of glanced

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and quarter, half somewhere in 
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That's a lot of time to forgive,
right? 

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You know what the disciples said
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They said that to them. 
They said, increase our faith. 

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What an answer to the Messiah. 
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he's forgiven us. 
We got to extend that grace to 

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others. 
And is this just to people that 

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we like? 
Let's look at Matthew. 

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In Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 
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Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 
through 48, you have heard that 

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it was said, You shall love your
neighbor and hate your enemy. 

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But I say to you, love your 
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you, do good to those who hate 
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Pray for those who spitefully 
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you may be sons of your Father 
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For he makes his sunrise on the 
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his reign on the just and on the
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For if you love those who love 
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Do not even tax collectors do 
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And if you greet your brother, 
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than others? 
Do not even tax collectors do 

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the same. 
Therefore you shall be perfect, 

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just as your Father in heaven is
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That's interesting. 
How many of has of us have 

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enemies on our prayer list 
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We got our family, we got our 
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We got our relatives. 
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to pray. 
So I'm adding a goal to you for 

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the rest of 2026 cause some 
people celebrate you, some 

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people tolerate you, and some 
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And you should be praying for 
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And you may say, Lord, well, I'm
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I've been doing that, but it 
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changing. 
It may be getting progressively 

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worse, but God said it doesn't 
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Maybe it's just to keep your 
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healthy. 
Yes. 

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And keeps you in the position of
love 'cause if you start 

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harboring the ill will and the 
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'cause it's easy to really like 
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But when you extend love to your
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in in your love walk and keep 
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How you going to fulfill your 
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anger towards your enemy because
God said I'm not going to 

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forgive you if you don't forgive
others. 

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Look at look at Stephen in Acts 
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Now Stephen was one of the six 
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chapter 6 to, to wait on the 
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And but we see a story really 
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he's doing miracles and signs in
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lengthy sermon really in Acts 
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And, and basically then his 
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necked and you've resisted God. 
You have an obstacle in your 

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life. 
There's not an operative word 

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working, right? 
You're having an Oh my. 

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But there's a lot of concern, 
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It said when they heard these 
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They gnashed at him with their 
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But he being fooled. 
The Holy Ghost gazed into heaven

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and saw the glory of God and 
Jesus standing at the right 

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hand. 
Jesus, what now we hear about 

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Jesus seated at the right hand 
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What would make Jesus stand to 
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He said, look, I see the heavens
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the right hand of God. 
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out with a loud voice, stopped 
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With 1 accord they cast him out 
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And the witnesses laid down 
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young man named Saul, who later 
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An interesting apostle Paul said
this one thing I do, forgetting 

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those things that are behind. 
Don't you think that the devil 

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tried to say you killed Stephen?
How could you ever serve God 

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with what you've done? 
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forgiveness. 
He forgave himself for the 

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wrongs that he did. 
He said this one thing I do, I 

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forget those things that are 
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And you, you got to have some 
talk. 

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You know what I mean? 
You got to be vocal in this 

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thing. 
You know, the devil may come and

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you know, be saying all kind of 
things. 

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Well, you need to talk back. 
That's not me anymore. 

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I've repented. 
God's forgiven me. 

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I've forgiven myself. 
So go to hell, devil, I'm in the

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right position with him. 
The blood's been applied. 

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If anyone confesses his sin, 
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forgive me and cleanse him, I'm 
cleansed. 

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I'm in right standing with God. 
Nothing is hindering. 

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There's no obstacle. 
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Father. 
So you got to be vocal with 

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this. 
Forget those things that are 

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behind. 
If you've messed up, if there's 

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been something that you've done 
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You know, repentance isn't just 
a one time action that we do to 

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get saved. 
We're continually growing. 

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And so it said they stoned 
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He was calling on God. 
He said, Lord Jesus received my 

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spirit. 
Then he knelt down, he cried out

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with a loud voice and he said, 
Lord do not charge them with 

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this sin, ain't that amazing? 
He's getting stoned to death by 

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his enemies. 
And he said, God forgive him. 

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What a man stayed in the 
position of love and forgave. 

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Now in Ephesians chapter 4, the 
church at Ephesus was a spirit 

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filled church and this is kind 
of interesting cause by 

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inspiration in the Holy Spirit. 
The apostle Paul pins this in 

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verse 32 of Ephesians chapter 4.
He says be kind to one another 

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and interesting you got to tell 
a spirit filled believer to be 

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kind, tenderhearted. 
It said forgiving one another 

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even as God in in Christ forgave
you. 

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The message Bible says this Be 
gentle with one another, 

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sensitive, forgive one another 
as quickly and thoroughly as God

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in Christ Jesus forgave you. 
Forgiveness is a central theme 

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in the Christian teaching, 
rooted in the forgiveness 

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believers received from God. 
Forgiveness in that day was 

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counterculture and I would 
submit, even counterculture 

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today. 
If somebody does you wrong, you 

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should do them wrong. 
Matter of fact, I call them the 

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sons of Thunder, James and John.
When somebody wasn't really 

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expecting Jesus, they said, 
let's call down fire from 

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heaven, Lord, smite our enemy 
Lord. 

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And Jesus said, you don't know 
what spirit you're of. 

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So the the Greek word for 
forgiveness, me, implies A 

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gracious pardon, not based on 
merit, but on grace. 

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Not based on somebody else's 
works, but on grace. 

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The way that God has forgiven 
us. 

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We're to forgive others. 
That doesn't that. 

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That means I'll forgive you if 
you start doing this. 

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You know, I don't go to Angie 
and say, listen, I'll forgive 

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you if you cook me a meal five 
times a week and rub my feet. 

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Then we'll have perpetual 
forgiveness. 

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No, it's not based on merit. 
It's based on grace in 

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Colossians chapter 3 verse #13 
the new Living translation says 

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this. 
Make allowance for each other's 

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faults and forgive anyone who 
offends you. 

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Remember, the Lord forgave you, 
so you must forgive others. 

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I just pray that we keep that in
the forefront of our mind as we 

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walk as disciples and sons and 
daughters of God. 

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That as God has forgiven us, we 
forgive others. 

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We don't condone sin. 
We don't want sin to run 

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rampant. 
We have a standard of living, of

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holiness. 
But ultimately, if somebody does

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me wrong, guess what I'm gonna 
do? 

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I'm gonna forgive 'cause that 
keeps me holy. 

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If I don't walk in forgiveness, 
I'm walking in unholiness. 

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And God said to be holy as He is
holy. 

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And I remember as I was 
listening to Kenneth Hagin last 

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night or last week, as I shared 
with you, he was ministering a 

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series, I think it was 3 or 4 
weeks at the same church on 

453
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:04,280
healing and the power of God. 
And you know, back in those 

454
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,720
days, they would stay at a 
church for 3-4 weeks. 

455
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,480
It wasn't uncommon for them to 
be there and do day services, 

456
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,200
night services. 
People were hungry for the 

457
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,200
things of God, right? 
So he would build up on the case

458
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,240
of healing. 
Matter of fact, he wouldn't even

459
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,960
have a healing line until 
somebody was there so many times

460
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,520
just to hear the word of God, 
cause faith comes by hearing and

461
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,320
hearing by the word of God. 
But he shared this testimony 

462
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,040
that there's this one lady here,
that Lady at the meetings that 

463
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,760
she was dealing with an ailment,
she was sick, she wasn't doing 

464
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,240
well, and he was talking about 
forgiveness. 

465
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,040
So he's ministering on 
forgiveness, ministering on 

466
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,440
forgiveness, ministering on 
forgiveness. 

467
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,600
Well, it got in her and the Holy
Spirit really prompted her that 

468
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,560
she had a animosity towards her 
brother for it was a long time, 

469
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:52,440
it may have been a decade plus. 
And, and the Lord told her what 

470
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,280
you need to do is call and make 
it right. 

471
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,400
So she, they ended up talking to
her brother on the phone and 

472
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,480
said, I just want you to forgive
me. 

473
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,080
And the brother was saved too. 
He said, no, I was the one that 

474
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:05,880
wasn't wrong. 
I want you to forgive me. 

475
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,480
So they're kind of bantering 
back and forth one to forgive 

476
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,480
one another, But they, the, the 
relationship was reconciled. 

477
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,120
Well, she went back to the 
service that night and she's 

478
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,400
like, I'm going to go down and 
get the healing that I want from

479
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,440
my body. 
Well, what whatever ailment she 

480
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,720
was having, she went to touch it
before she went to the healing 

481
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:24,680
line. 
It was gone. 

482
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,640
So he tells a funny story. 
She's like trying to find 

483
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,960
something to go down front for, 
but she's well, why 'cause she 

484
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,560
forgave. 
And so if you just forgive, you 

485
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,240
don't even made, but you may not
even have somebody lay hands on 

486
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,400
you necessarily 'cause you just 
got operative instead of an 

487
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,680
obstacle. 
And all the sudden that the, the

488
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:54,240
flow of the anointing, the power
of God can be demonstrated in 

489
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,400
your life when you forgive and 
put yourself in a position to 

490
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,760
love. 
So that's one key to walking in 

491
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,480
divine health, wholeness and 
healing. 

492
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,000
The second key I want to share 
with you tonight is a thing 

493
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:16,800
called stress. 
Oh my, Oh my. 

494
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,120
There's 3 levels of stress I 
want to give you. 

495
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:30,280
Not like put on you, but I sent 
these but I forgot to tell them.

496
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,400
Actually, I don't know if you 
put these on a slide or not. 

497
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,920
You stress. 
Yeah, he got them all right. 

498
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,760
You stress distress and hyper 
stress. 

499
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,880
Say that with me. 
You stress distress and hyper 

500
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,800
stress. 
You stress is a positive stress.

501
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,320
It could be like creativity 
hitting you before a deadline is

502
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,080
due. 
It could be like I'll go with 

503
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,480
football field goal kicker at 
the end of the game or say it's 

504
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,200
a basketball game and they got 
to make the the free throws and 

505
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,760
hit the three pointer to win it,
right. 

506
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,000
Well, that's, you know, the 
crowd's going crazy. 

507
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,920
There's a lot of noise, I mean 
that that's stressful, right, to

508
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,600
win the game, but it's a 
positive stress that allows you 

509
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,160
to perform in the moment. 
Matter of fact, a guitar, even 

510
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,880
though I'm not musically 
inclined, a guitar you like that

511
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:30,760
guitar needs enough stress for 
it to tune, right? 

512
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,720
But too much stress could what 
break it. 

513
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,320
So there's you stress, there is 
a positive stress, but then 

514
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,120
there's distress. 
This is stress. 

515
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,720
This is when the stress response
becomes negative or destructive.

516
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,840
So you could you could go from a
positive stress to distress when

517
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,280
the stress response becomes 
negative or destructive. 

518
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,280
Hyperstress is is excessive 
volumes of distress. 

519
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:04,600
If you don't deal with this 
tissue, aging can occur at a a a

520
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,280
cellular level, your immune 
system may malfunction. 

521
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,320
There could be cardiovascular 
catastrophes which could result 

522
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:20,680
in a stroke or a heart attack. 
Hyperstress hyperstress. 

523
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:34,000
Now you know in Luke chapter 21 
verse #19 Jesus says this by 

524
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:40,200
your patients possess your soul.
One translation says in your 

525
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:46,160
patience, possess your soul. 
That word patience means this 

526
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:52,320
steadfastness, endurance. 
It's the characteristic of a 

527
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:58,040
person who is not swerved from 
purpose or loyalty to God, no 

528
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,480
matter the greatest trials or 
sufferings. 

529
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,240
But the root word of this word, 
patience. 

530
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,760
It means even in the even in the
midst of trial or sufferings, 

531
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,199
there's still a hopefulness or a
cheerfulness. 

532
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,920
Sounds like James chapter 1, 
doesn't it? 

533
00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:22,000
Count it all. 
Count it 50% joy when you have 

534
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:28,600
trials and sufferings, moan half
the time and cry the other half,

535
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,600
right? 
Run to Ben and Jerry's. 

536
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:44,639
Somebody just woke up, right? 
Emotional eating. 

537
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:49,760
Glory to God. 
No, it's cheerful or hopeful. 

538
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,360
Even when things aren't going 
your way. 

539
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,400
You know, there's mountaintop 
experiences, but then we have to

540
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,560
walk through the valley. 
Sometimes you realize that 

541
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:05,560
things grow in the valley. 
Sometimes we're like the Apostle

542
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:11,800
Paul over in in Corinthians, he 
said, Lord, make this thing go 

543
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,960
away. 
I'm done dealing with it. 

544
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,200
This and Paul really if you in 
contextually in hermeneutics, if

545
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,760
you study this out, it wasn't an
eye disease as some theologians 

546
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,520
say that, but they're really not
correct because he's talking 

547
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,560
about Judaizers people that 
would go around or behind him 

548
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,840
after he spread the gospel in a 
theologically sound word and 

549
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,240
went unraveled. 
They would try to get people 

550
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,640
back under the law of Moses in 
Galatians. 

551
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:42,000
When he wrote that I I said even
you would give your eyes to me. 

552
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,560
What he was saying was that have
you He said this earlier in the 

553
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,200
chapter. 
He said have you started in the 

554
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,000
in the spirit. 
Are you down being made perfect 

555
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,720
by the flesh? 
So these Judaizers are coming 

556
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:54,560
in. 
They're trying to put people 

557
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,360
back under the yoke of the law 
of Moses. 

558
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,480
And that's what was frustrating 
him. 

559
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,640
You know, over in Galatians 6, 
it says what a large letter I, I

560
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,720
wrote to you. 
He wasn't writing in 32 font 

561
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,120
because he had nine disease. 
It's an expression of, you know,

562
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,840
it's this expression of love. 
You know, when I say I have a 

563
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,600
chip on my shoulder, it's not 
literally I have a chip on my 

564
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,440
shoulder. 
It's a it's an expression, 

565
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,560
right? 
So if I wrote a large letter, 

566
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:28,200
Angie, it's not because, well, 
she has glasses now, but but 

567
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,400
it's, it's out of the abundance 
or the magnitude or the, the, 

568
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,960
the, the, the overflow of my 
heart, right? 

569
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:43,120
So where was I going with that? 
Hallelujah, the apostle Paul 

570
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,120
Valley remove this. 
There you go. 

571
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:48,920
So he was saying remove this 
from me. 

572
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,960
He he literally played and God 
said my grace is sufficient for 

573
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,120
you. 
He wasn't saying no, I, I want 

574
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,920
you to go be broken. 
But he's saying even in this 

575
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:05,800
situation that you're walking 
through, my grace is going to 

576
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,680
get you through it. 
Now listen, church, we have to 

577
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,160
have discernment. 
Are you with me? 

578
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,000
There's some things that we take
authority of that the devil's 

579
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:22,120
trying to do that we bind up. 
But there's some things you are 

580
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,000
going to walk through in life 
and you have to have 

581
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,440
discernment. 
OK, Lord, is this something I'm 

582
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,760
walking through or is there 
something I'm putting my stop to

583
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,760
right now in the name of Jesus 
Christ, Right? 

584
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,040
And this is where you have to 
have wisdom from God. 

585
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,560
This is why your prayer life 
needs to be strong because some 

586
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,840
things you do rebuke, some 
things you do cast off, but some

587
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:42,960
things you're going to walk 
through. 

588
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,800
Case in point, remember when 
Jesus went, he said to the 

589
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,960
disciples, get in the boat and 
go to the other side. 

590
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,280
Well, they were right in the 
middle of his will, but guess 

591
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:01,200
what, a storm arose and man you 
can think just cause a storm 

592
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,120
came, I was outside the will of 
God. 

593
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,400
No, Jesus said to get in the 
boat, but what he did, he gave 

594
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,480
him an example. 
He said peace be still. 

595
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,040
He spoke to the winds and the 
wave and guess what, they were 

596
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,360
calm. 
So we have to just have 

597
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,280
discernment. 
Are we walking through this and 

598
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,640
I just need the grace of God or 
do I need to rebuke the 

599
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,320
situation? 
But with this particular case I 

600
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,720
mentioned about the apostle 
Paul, God said, my grace is 

601
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:31,080
sufficient for you, for my 
strength is made perfect in your

602
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,120
in your weakness. 
So by your patience, we need to 

603
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,120
possess our soul. 
Now there's there's three 

604
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,000
spheres of symptoms I want to go
over real quick when it comes to

605
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,520
stress. 
And one of the reasons I went to

606
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:51,200
Luke 19, Luke 2119 is because 
that word soul, before I define 

607
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,840
what the first symptom is, that 
word soul in the Greek is 

608
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,440
literally where we get the word 
psychology, psyche. 

609
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:03,440
If you look it up, 559-O in your
strongs, that's where we get the

610
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,600
word psychology. 
So we have psychologists today 

611
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:12,120
that are doing work outside of 
Christ, but we in the church 

612
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,320
understand that we are a spirit,
we have a soul and we live in a 

613
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,440
body. 
So when you see the word soul in

614
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,720
the in the Bible, it really 
means where the seat of the 

615
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:23,080
feelings and desires and 
affections are. 

616
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,440
We know it's your mind, your 
will and emotions. 

617
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,120
So the first sphere of symptoms 
that I'm gonna give you is 

618
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,000
psychological or we could say 
soul realm symptoms, right? 

619
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,280
And this is to identify where 
you are in stress or stress 

620
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,040
related. 
Are you in eustress? 

621
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,400
Are you in distress? 
Are you in hyperstress? 

622
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:44,120
So the psyche is the most or the
we could say the soul's the most

623
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,200
common point of entry for 
stress. 

624
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:52,520
I'd say it's really the main 
point of entry. 

625
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,200
You know, I wouldn't say the 
only but with symptoms and the 

626
00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:02,040
symptoms include this 
depression, withdrawal, apathy, 

627
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:09,840
mental fatigue, anxiety. 
Negative, stinking, thinking, 

628
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:18,960
difficulty making decisions, 
worrying, anger, impatience, 

629
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,560
forgetfulness and confusion. 
These are all psychological 

630
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,680
symptoms or soul realm symptoms.
When stress, when you're in 

631
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,520
distress or hyper stress, these 
are gonna manifest in your soul.

632
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,040
Now after that, there's, there 
could be physical symptoms. 

633
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,480
So we go from psychological 
symptoms because of stress to 

634
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,360
physical symptoms. 
And physical symptoms are, is 

635
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,560
our response to stress. 
Stressors not only take place at

636
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:48,320
the thought level, but also the 
organ and the cellular level. 

637
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,440
Such physical symptoms include 
this rapid pulse. 

638
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:59,040
You know when you're stressed, 
your, your pulse can go up. 

639
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:07,400
Palpitations increase blood 
pressure, hyper acidity, ulcers,

640
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:14,640
tightening of the muscles, 
headaches, weight changes, a 

641
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:22,560
compromised immune system, 
fatigue, rashes, insomnia and 

642
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,960
shortness of breath. 
These are all physical symptoms 

643
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,480
of stress and the next sphere of
symptoms. 

644
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,440
Is this behavioral? 
So what our mind and our body 

645
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,000
experience, our behaviors are 
gonna start to express. 

646
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,440
So if we are psychologically 
depressed and physically 

647
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,960
exhausted, we will begin to act 
in a manner consistent with 

648
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,240
these symptoms. 
Behaviors can be this irritation

649
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:56,120
with people. 
Thank God Jesus Christ wasn't 

650
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,720
led by just his soul and his 
body, right? 

651
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,520
There could be outbursts, 
withdrawal and detachment. 

652
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,720
There could be weeping. 
There could be bossiness there. 

653
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:19,120
We could be changes in eating or
sleeping patterns and ultimately

654
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:25,240
unresolved, repetitive, 
prolonged and undealt stress. 

655
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:31,240
We could say distress, hyper 
stress can lead to breakdown or 

656
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:37,480
burnout. 
Now bringing this all up, 'cause

657
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,200
there's hope. 
God wants you to be well. 

658
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,640
God wants you to be healthy. 
Are you a person that walks in 

659
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,800
forgiveness and love? 
Secondly, how are you managing 

660
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,560
or not managing your stress in 
your life? 

661
00:42:53,960 --> 00:43:00,120
Ephesians chapter 6 verse #18 
the NINIV says this and pray in 

662
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,600
the Spirit on all occasions with
all kinds of prayer. 

663
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,280
See how that's plural kinds of 
prayer and requests. 

664
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,280
There's just not one kind of 
prayer. 

665
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,800
We I'd say university is a 
church. 

666
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,840
We think prayer is always asking
God for something, which we 

667
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:24,640
would classify as the prayer of 
faith because faith will ask and

668
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,320
faith will make a request, 
right? 

669
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,520
And faith will work. 
That prayer of faith, it will 

670
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:36,560
move mountains in your life. 
I cannot pray for Thaddeus, 

671
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:43,080
though, and expect a result just
on my faith without him. 

672
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,560
Now, I could pray for 
revelation. 

673
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,760
I could pray for people to go 
across this path to preach the 

674
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,440
word of God to him. 
But there's another prayer 

675
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:58,080
called the Prayer of agreement. 
The prayer of agreement means if

676
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,720
any 2 of you on earth touch and 
agree anything concerning the 

677
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:04,080
will, if Thaddeus says, hey, 
Pastor Mike, I want you to agree

678
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,760
with me for favoring this job. 
He's in faith. 

679
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,520
I'm in faith. 
We've just came into the prayer 

680
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:13,640
of agreement and what we touch 
on according to the word, it 

681
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:18,840
shall be done. 
Then there's the prayer of 

682
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,680
consecration. 
Now some people when it comes to

683
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:26,120
healing, they prayer that they 
try to pray this prayer, but it 

684
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,560
doesn't work 'cause it's not 
scriptural. 

685
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,520
The prayer of consecration is. 
Lord, if it's your will, I'm 

686
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:40,240
dedicating my life to you. 
And some people when it comes to

687
00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:42,520
healing, they said, Lord, if 
it's your will, well, no, the 

688
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,160
prayer of faith is what you need
to pray. 

689
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,120
It is the will of God. 
That's why I opened up with 

690
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,920
Jeremiah 3017 over in Exodus 15,
first Peter 224. 

691
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,880
That's why we bring you 
scriptures at Anchor Faith 

692
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,080
Churches to establish what does 
the word say 'cause we base our 

693
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,640
life on the authority of the 
Word. 

694
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,680
It is God's will for you to be 
well. 

695
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,320
But if, if you put it, if it's 
your will, guess what you did? 

696
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:08,080
You put an obstacle, remember 
the lepers came to Jesus said 

697
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,200
Lord, if it is your will, he 
said it is my will. 

698
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,760
Now the pair of consecration is 
this when I you know, when I got

699
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,760
born again in 1997. 
I can't find chapter and verse 

700
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,920
where it said, Mike, I want you 
to move from the great state of 

701
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,800
Ohio. 
That's for your brother Jesse. 

702
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,560
We could have an Ohio. 
They're not recording tonight. 

703
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:36,760
So I feel you though, to go to 
broken Eric Lahome. 

704
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,440
I couldn't find chapter and 
verse for that, but what was it?

705
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,560
It was a prayer of consecration.
Lord, what do you want me to do 

706
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,360
in my next step? 
And that involved the leading of

707
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,480
the Holy Spirit. 
Steven, just calm down and 

708
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,200
forgive over there, brother. 
Come on, you Michigan Indian. 

709
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:52,480
It's OK. 
Walk in love. 

710
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,040
Go back to the first one. 
You'll be well. 

711
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,000
I see. 
I see your eyes rolling in the 

712
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:56,640
back of your head. 
Yeah. 

713
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,160
We can have a lot of fun on 
Wednesdays. 

714
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:00,640
Kind of like our core group of 
people. 

715
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:01,920
Amen. 
And they're not filming cause 

716
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,280
everybody's gone. 
So I don't have to worry about 

717
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,040
them editing this three minute 
clip right now. 

718
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:13,280
Glory to God. 
So, but it's, it's, it's, you 

719
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:14,440
can pray that over and over 
again. 

720
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,200
Lord, what is your will? 
It's, it's just really a 

721
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,640
dedication. 
Whatever God, whatever you want 

722
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,960
me to do, whatever direction you
want me to go, Father, you know,

723
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,000
it's established fact that you 
want me to be well. 

724
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,880
So I'll, I'll believe God for 
that. 

725
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,000
I don't have to say if, but you 
know, like if God wanted me to 

726
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:32,680
move somewhere, I got to be open
to whatever God wants me to do. 

727
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:35,720
And that's where the leading of 
the Holy Ghost comes in. 

728
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,000
This is why your prayer life is 
so dynamic and and so necessary.

729
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,120
It's 'cause you need to be 
listening. 

730
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,800
As many as they're led by the 
Spirit. 

731
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:46,480
These are the sons of God. 
I do want to say this. 

732
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,920
If you don't forgive, hardness 
sets in and the ultimate end of 

733
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,840
hardness is death. 
If you don't forgive, hardness 

734
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,960
sets in, and the ultimate end of
hardness is death. 

735
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,760
I'm just not talking physical. 
It could be death financially, 

736
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,720
death in a marriage covenant. 
There's more than one type of 

737
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:11,920
death, right? 
How do you think divorce 

738
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,280
happens? 
How do you think somebody leaves

739
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:19,920
an employer, you know, without 
being blessed or promoted? 

740
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,680
Or it's just the will of God? 
It's 'cause could have got 

741
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:28,360
offended, right? 
So if, if, if it goes with a 

742
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,520
prayer of consecration, but 
there's another prayer. 

743
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:35,160
So, you know, when we have 
sports, you can't have the 

744
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,360
sports played, right, If you're 
trying to play football with 

745
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,320
basketball rules and vice versa,
right? 

746
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,560
Luke's a baseball guy. 
I can't, I can't go play 

747
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:50,720
pickleball with baseball rules. 
It wouldn't work, right? 

748
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:52,560
Same thing with prayer. 
We got to understand the rules 

749
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:55,680
that govern prayer to be God 
wants it to go well for you. 

750
00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:00,800
Church and people perish because
of a lack of knowledge. 

751
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:05,600
Thank God for this Bible that 
brings clarity, that brings 

752
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:09,200
truth. 
Man, I love this word. 

753
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:13,040
As a church, we love this word. 
There is nothing more important.

754
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:17,280
Man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that 

755
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:22,320
comes out of this book. 
This is a love letter that he 

756
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:27,840
wrote to us that is expresses 
his will, his intention and his 

757
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,880
plan. 
And we want to be intimate with 

758
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,480
this thing. 
This is why we encourage you at 

759
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:38,040
Anchor Faith Church. 
Read your Bible through every 

760
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:42,960
year, journal, meditate, think 
on this thing. 

761
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,560
You know, when you're in love 
with somebody, you think about 

762
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,360
them. 
I know God's thinking about us. 

763
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,480
Let's reciprocate and think 
about Him. 

764
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:58,040
Amen. 
So the prayer of commitment is a

765
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,120
prayer of casting your cares on 
the Lord. 

766
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:03,800
And I'll give you several verses
for this. 

767
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:12,600
Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 
through 8, it says this. 

768
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:16,000
Do not be anxious or worried 
about anything, but in 

769
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:19,600
everything, every circumstance 
and situation, by prayer and 

770
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:23,400
petition with Thanksgiving, 
continue to make your specific 

771
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:28,040
requests known to God and the 
peace of God. 

772
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,800
That peace which stands guard 
over your heart and your minds 

773
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,560
in Christ Jesus, that peace that
reassures the heart, that peace 

774
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,360
which transcends all 
understanding, that peace which 

775
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:40,160
stands guard over your hearts 
and your minds in Christ Jesus 

776
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,960
is yours. 
Finally, believers, whatever is 

777
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:45,680
true, whatever is honorable, 
worthy of respect, whatever is 

778
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,680
right and confirmed by God's 
Word, whatever is pure and 

779
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:51,640
wholesome, whatever is lovely 
and brings peace, whatever is 

780
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:54,440
admirable and of good repute, if
there is anything excellent, if 

781
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,480
there's anything worthy of 
praise, continually think on 

782
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,560
these things. 
Send your mind on them and 

783
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,160
implant your heart on them. 
I love this verse, 'cause he 

784
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:06,480
said, cast all your anxieties, 
all your worries, all your 

785
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,600
concerns on Him. 
But not only that, but then he 

786
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:15,040
says, think on these things. 
So do we have an obstacle or are

787
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,520
we operative? 
Are we thinking on these things?

788
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,560
Are we casting all of our cares 
on him? 

789
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:28,800
In first Peter chapter 5, verses
6 through 7 from the Amplified 

790
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,000
Bible, first Peter chapter 5, 
verses 6 through 7, it says, 

791
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,320
therefore humble yourselves 
under the mighty hand of God. 

792
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:39,960
Set aside yourself righteous 
pride so that he may exalt you 

793
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,640
to a place of honor and His 
service at the appropriate time,

794
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:50,680
casting all your cares, all your
anxieties, all your worries, all

795
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,600
your concerns, once and for all 
on him. 

796
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:58,520
For God cares about you, for God
cares about you. 

797
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:03,280
For God cares about you, for God
cares about you. 

798
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:07,720
For God cares about you with 
deepest affection, and God 

799
00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:14,760
watches over you very carefully.
What a confession we should, we 

800
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:18,320
should say to ourselves. 
God cares about me, and because 

801
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,640
he cares about me, I'm casting 
every concern, every worry, 

802
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:27,240
every anxiety unto Him. 
You know he never sleeps nor 

803
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:30,200
slumbers. 
So even when I'm sleeping, I 

804
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,160
could sleep in peace 'cause he's
working it out. 

805
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:39,320
Guess what? 
If you're stressed, you may not 

806
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:41,080
rest well 'cause you're trying 
to figure it out. 

807
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:47,320
But when I cast it on God in 
faith, I'm really at peace. 

808
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,600
Now the devil may say, Hey, what
are you gonna do? 

809
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:55,240
Well, I've given it to the Lord,
so he's got the answer. 

810
00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:04,480
I'm at rest in this in Mark 
chapter 6 verse #31 this is 

811
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:09,240
Jesus talking to the apostles 
and listen what he says to them.

812
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:14,640
He said to the apostles, come 
away by yourselves to a secluded

813
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:19,560
place and rest a little while 
for there were many people are 

814
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,400
continually coming and going. 
They couldn't even find time to 

815
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,280
eat. 
Talk about stress and what's 

816
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,760
Jesus say Just keep on working 
until you keel over. 

817
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:39,000
No, he said come aside and rest 
for a little bit, get refreshed,

818
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:43,040
get renewed, get reinvigorated. 
Even God created the Sabbath 

819
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,200
day. 
And I'm not saying we have to 

820
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:51,840
have a day, but there is a 
principle of rest and rest just 

821
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,200
isn't physically. 
Are you resting in your mind 

822
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:57,200
'cause you could be sitting 
there inactive, but your mind 

823
00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:58,840
could be going 100 miles an 
hour. 

824
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:05,440
I know for me, when it came to 
the Sabbath day and just a, a 

825
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:07,840
thought about having a day just 
to kind of disconnect and 

826
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:12,400
decompress, it's it's tough for 
me to sit. 

827
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:18,360
So I realized I got to take the 
principal, what he did in the 

828
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:20,520
old covenant. 
He said you're going to prepare 

829
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:27,880
the day before and get your mind
ready and a, a Sabbath day is 

830
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:31,120
not a law or legalism. 
It's just a day you can set 

831
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,680
aside. 
You can set aside some hours 

832
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,600
just to rest. 
Really we should have them being

833
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,440
Sabbath throughout the day where
our mind's just at rest, right? 

834
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:39,880
But it could be something you 
enjoy doing. 

835
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,520
It's not limited a number of 
steps. 

836
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,440
It's the principle God was 
trying to establish with us. 

837
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,320
Our finished rest is in Christ, 
but in that we have a rest 

838
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:52,200
physically, a rest from worry, a
rest from concern. 

839
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:59,840
In Matthew Chapter 11 verses 28 
through 30, this is the message 

840
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:01,760
Bible and boy does this read 
well. 

841
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:06,040
Matthew Chapter 11 verses 28 
through 30, it says, are you 

842
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:12,200
tired, worn out, burned out on 
religion? 

843
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:17,880
Come to me, come to Jesus, get 
away with me and you'll recover 

844
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,960
your life. 
I'll show you how to take a real

845
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:25,240
rest. 
Walk with me, work with me, 

846
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:31,080
watch how I do it, Walk with me,
work with me, watch how I do it.

847
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,600
Learn the unforced rhythms of 
grace. 

848
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:37,120
I won't lay anything heavy or 
I'll fitting on you. 

849
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:41,480
Keep company with me and you'll 
learn how to live freely and 

850
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:45,960
lightly. 
I remember my journey with the 

851
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:50,960
Lord right before I came on to 
the church in 2009. 

852
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,160
My wife and I moved here in 
2004. 

853
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,080
We were house parents at Saint 
Augustine Youth Services for 

854
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,120
several years before God LED us.
It was a prayer of consecration.

855
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:02,120
Lord, what is your will? 
What is your will? 

856
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:04,960
Well, the Lord put in our heart 
to adopt some of the boys from 

857
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,720
the group home. 
So I had to leave and get other 

858
00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:09,520
employment. 
I end up Angie, end up going 

859
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:13,360
home to stay home with the boys 
that we were adopting, and I end

860
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:15,280
up going to Enterprise Rent a 
car to work. 

861
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:24,160
Glory to God, we'll pick you up.
I remember somebody said to me, 

862
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,520
what's so stressful about 
renting cars? 

863
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:31,240
Hallelujah. 
They just don't know. 

864
00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:36,680
At Enterprise, you kind of run 
the business like it's your own.

865
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:41,080
They provide obviously the 
location, the cars, obviously 

866
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:44,800
the software, the finances, but 
really as a branch manager, 

867
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,440
that's what it became. 
There was a very excruciating 

868
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,160
test that you had to pass both 
written and verbally to become a

869
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:53,960
branch manager. 
And I was able to do that in my 

870
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,480
career with them. 
But when you're when you're a 

871
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,680
branch manager, you get paid a 
percentage of what the income of

872
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,640
the branch is. 
So it motivates you obviously 

873
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:05,800
for the branch to make money. 
And so at that time, I was at 

874
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,800
4313. 
It was AI was at 4355 first. 

875
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,440
That's the name of the branch. 
They had them all numbered. 

876
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:14,000
Still get those in my noggin, 
man. 

877
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:18,840
Wow. 4355 and 43134355 was at 
Bozard. 4313 is across the 

878
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:21,840
street. 
I was 4355 was the branch 

879
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,040
manager there first, then 4313 
after that. 

880
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:26,880
So, but when the thing with 
Enterprise is they want you to 

881
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:33,120
be at about a 93% occupancy 
rate, meaning if I have 100 

882
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,400
cars, 93 needs to be rented at 
all times. 

883
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,240
Not only that, but they want you
to have a, a top, bottom score 

884
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:43,880
in UESQI index. 
So you're going to get a call on

885
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:48,200
your rental experience and it's 
not like if you get an A to U 

886
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:51,000
pass, it's either on their eyes.
It's either pass or fail. 

887
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,040
How many of you went to a rental
car place before and they didn't

888
00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:56,760
have your reservation that you 
put in? 

889
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:04,120
Yes. 
So the niche for Enterprise, I'm

890
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,720
letting in on a secret. 
They're probably going to come 

891
00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:09,800
after me now. 
The dark things of Enterprise, 

892
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,280
their niche in the market is 
replacement vehicles. 

893
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:17,960
So Andy Tato, the founder, he 
actually back in, I think it was

894
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:20,960
in the 50s, he went to take his 
vehicle in to get service and he

895
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:22,640
got stuck at the dealership. 
He was like, man, it'd be nice 

896
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:25,760
to have a car so I don't have to
sit here all day, right? 

897
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,040
So he came up with the concept 
and started an enterprise. 

898
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,920
And so there are niches, you 
know, if your vehicle's in the 

899
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:33,640
shop or it's in a wreck, that's 
enterprise. 

900
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,640
About 8085% of their business is
generated from that industry. 

901
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:45,000
So you can imagine if you're a 
residential customer, one 

902
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:50,240
person, one rental per year 
versus State Farm who's given us

903
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:52,320
300 rentals a year, who am I 
going to take care of? 

904
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,840
So guess what, with insurance 
companies, when you get in a 

905
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:01,400
wreck and you take your car in 
The Body Shop, they really 

906
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,680
prefer you to drop off on a 
Monday and try to pick up by a 

907
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:07,480
Friday. 
For the rental car business, if 

908
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:11,120
you have rental car insurance, 
it's for us at Enterprise. 

909
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:12,600
It's great 'cause it's calendar 
day billing. 

910
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:16,320
That means this is great, Luke, 
if they brought it back on a 

911
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:17,800
Friday, I could rent on a 
weekend special. 

912
00:58:17,800 --> 00:58:21,880
I got double pay on that car. 
For a residential, it's 24 

913
00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:23,520
hours. 
For the insurance, it's it's 

914
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:25,360
calendar day means they pay for 
the whole day. 

915
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,480
But I say all that because they 
typically would drop off on a 

916
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:31,520
Monday and try to pick up by a 
Friday 'cause you know, the 

917
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:33,600
insurance company don't want to 
pay for rentals over the weekend

918
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,800
if they don't have to. 
You could imagine even though 

919
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:40,040
it's maybe $60.00 in their 
pocket, but if I have 1002 

920
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:43,840
thousand people times that 
amount, guess who's? 

921
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,360
So they're motivated with The 
Body Shop and us to try to get 

922
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:51,920
the car in by Monday and out by 
Friday. 

923
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:55,120
All that being said, this is 
going to come full circle in a 

924
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:57,640
second. 
I'm going to have it really out.

925
00:58:57,840 --> 00:58:59,000
You're going to be out of here 
soon. 

926
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:05,960
Glory to God. 
All that being said, I was 

927
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:11,880
coming to a point stress so they
would just to do weekend 

928
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:13,280
specials. 
You may used to see them for 

929
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:15,480
999. 
Why would they do that? 

930
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:22,800
Because out of 100 cars, if I 
had 93% occupancy, you know, and

931
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:26,200
I get 30 cars returned on a 
Friday night. 

932
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:29,240
For me that's stressful because 
I don't want 30 cars sitting 

933
00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:31,040
three days without any 
occupancy. 

934
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,800
So we run the weekend special. 
The problem with the weekend 

935
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,200
special is most people come at 
4:00 or 5:00. 

936
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,080
And the problem with The Body 
Shop is they want you to drop 

937
00:59:40,080 --> 00:59:43,400
off first thing Monday morning. 
Do you see where I'm going with 

938
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:46,520
this? 
So we could have 35 reservations

939
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:49,080
on a Monday morning from all 
these insurance companies, but 

940
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:53,360
we could have had 93% occupancy.
All 35 cars that I needed aren't

941
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:55,520
coming back till 4:00 in the 
afternoon on Monday. 

942
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:02,560
So guess what we're doing? 
We're taking people to work. 

943
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:06,560
We'll deliver the car to you. 
4:00 comes around. 

944
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:07,960
I'm just praying. 
They used to have a 30 minute 

945
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:10,360
grace period. 
I'm praying that car comes so we

946
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:12,840
can get it clean and 'cause 
people are like, hey, where's my

947
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:14,560
car? 
And you want me to get 100% on 

948
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:18,840
the service score. 
So all this being said, I was 

949
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,440
that. 
When was that 4355? 

950
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:23,600
I remember, man, we were so 
tight. 

951
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,480
There was no cars. 
There was a corporate customer 

952
01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:30,040
waiting for a car. 
I had my, those that were 

953
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:32,640
working, my, my, those people 
that were under me at work and 

954
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:35,280
they were out doing things that 
even the car preps were trying 

955
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:37,280
to get cars. 
I was the only one at the branch

956
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:39,840
at Bozard Ford. 
And this corporate customer's 

957
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:44,240
just like he's waiting like an 
hour and I, I'm like, my head is

958
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:45,840
ringing. 
I'm stressed. 

959
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:47,840
I mean, like, I have a literal 
headache. 

960
01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:49,760
The phone's ringing off the 
hook. 

961
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,400
I'm just thinking if a Bozard 
customer comes over right now, 

962
01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:55,480
'cause sometimes they, they, you
know, out off the spur of the 

963
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:57,760
moment, we're in Bozard 4, they 
would need a car to rent. 

964
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:02,040
I don't have anything. 
A car came back, I run out, I 

965
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,680
wash it. 
It's like July and they made you

966
01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:07,240
wear this stupid tie and shirt. 
Now I go into Enterprise. 

967
01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:10,120
I'm like, you guys have it so 
lucky you got the dry fit on. 

968
01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:13,400
Come on, give me a break with 
the Enterprise logo, you know, 

969
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,400
and you got facial beard. 
They didn't even let us, we had 

970
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:17,920
to shave. 
What kind of bondage is this? 

971
01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:22,680
So I remember I'm, I'm, you 
know, and I, hey, I would get 

972
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:24,800
the my tie sucked up in the 
vacuum. 

973
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:30,320
I got sweat running down my back
and I took that car and I 

974
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:33,720
delivered it to the corporate 
person and I started walking 

975
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:39,280
back and my mind is like blown. 
I'm like, there's probably a 

976
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,960
line of people and in Bozar we 
were at that time, they built a 

977
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,160
whole new building now, but we 
were behind the service riders 

978
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:49,320
kind of tucked away in the back 
and my mind and I'm just this is

979
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:53,400
like hyper, hyper stress. 
I think it was that day or so 

980
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:55,960
now I went home and I crashed, 
but I was like, Lord, I need 

981
01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:59,440
something. 
I cannot I, I realized by my by 

982
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:03,720
the spirit, I cannot keep this 
up. 

983
01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:08,040
So there was a book that I found
from a Christian author on goal 

984
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:12,320
setting and man, it was like, 
have you ever had a resource 

985
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:16,000
come and do season where it's 
like God knows you needed that 

986
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:19,760
material then? 
And so I read through this book 

987
01:02:20,120 --> 01:02:22,160
and I start applying the 
principles and it was real 

988
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:24,240
simple, like read your Bible 
every day. 

989
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,600
I used to have the big 
enterprise desk calendar and I 

990
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:29,800
would just like read your Bible,
pray, drink water. 

991
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:33,800
That was how my goal started 
'cause I wasn't drinking water, 

992
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:37,160
right? 
But they've expounded that was I

993
01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:40,280
still have, I'm still a day 
timer guy. 

994
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:46,400
I got, probably got 15 years of 
calendars, you know, the action 

995
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:48,920
day. 
Now I have of all my goals that 

996
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:52,160
I put and track and everything 
every day, right? 

997
01:02:52,960 --> 01:02:55,600
But I'm bringing that all up 
because as I've grown in goals, 

998
01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:59,280
I realized, man, one of my goals
is to make sure I'm taking care 

999
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:03,840
of my soul realm 'cause we are a
spirit, we have a soul. 

1000
01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:07,080
So am I casting, you know if 
you're casting your cares on the

1001
01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:12,440
Lord or not, right? 
So thank God I was able to. 

1002
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:16,200
I, if I would have continued 
like that, I probably would have

1003
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:18,600
broken down or burnt out. 
I wouldn't be here today if I 

1004
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:23,080
didn't learn how to set goals 
and in those goals, learn how to

1005
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:26,200
cast my cares on to the Lord. 
And guess what? 

1006
01:03:26,200 --> 01:03:30,360
I still have to practice it. 
I have not arrived. 

1007
01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:34,960
I have not arrived. 
So I got to keep this before me 

1008
01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:36,240
everyday. 
Forgiveness. 

1009
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:39,480
Guess what, I have not arrived 
and I will not arrive. 

1010
01:03:39,480 --> 01:03:43,920
It's it's a daily practice that 
God our Father wants us to 

1011
01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:47,000
participate in for us to be 
healthy and well. 

1012
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:52,920
God has called and commissioned 
us to be fruitful, productive. 

1013
01:03:55,960 --> 01:04:02,320
So we, we, this is the, the four
PS that God gave me when it 

1014
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:07,600
comes to stress, we are, we are 
a body of believers that plan. 

1015
01:04:10,360 --> 01:04:12,800
God is the master. 
Plan hasn't just 'cause you're 

1016
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:15,440
at just 'cause you're cast your 
cares, doesn't mean you don't 

1017
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:20,120
plan or you don't do anything. 
No, God planned to build the 

1018
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:23,480
ark. 
God planned to send a savior. 

1019
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:26,320
God planned to send the Holy 
Ghost. 

1020
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:35,440
We plan, we prepare, we're 
purposed, There's a purpose for 

1021
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:41,320
you in the earth we pursue, but 
ultimately we're at peace. 

1022
01:04:44,320 --> 01:04:48,600
Do you think Jesus was frantic 
at his mandate in the earth? 

1023
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:52,040
Do you think Jesus ever got so 
stressed out? 

1024
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:55,960
And he's our highest example of 
leadership. 

1025
01:04:56,680 --> 01:05:00,640
And the Bible says we're to be 
like he was in the earth, right?

1026
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:08,800
So I want to close with this. 
This is my final chapter I'm 

1027
01:05:08,800 --> 01:05:11,880
going to read. 
This is a whole chapter. 

1028
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:16,600
I was going to say, can I please
have all the worship team come 

1029
01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:19,840
up, all three of you? 
That's what I was thinking. 

1030
01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:21,280
That's why I had such a long 
pause. 

1031
01:05:28,820 --> 01:05:33,740
But this is about King David and
it's Psalms 55. 

1032
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:48,200
And it is only 23 verses, so 
we're closing with this, but I, 

1033
01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:50,400
I want you to just listen to the
life of David. 

1034
01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:52,120
Listen to what he was going 
through. 

1035
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:57,880
Listen to the emotions, listen 
to the feeling, but then listen 

1036
01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:00,120
to the resolve as he gets to the
end of this chapter. 

1037
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:05,920
You got it. 
So listen, listen to all the 

1038
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,640
stress he was going through, but
look how he handles it. 

1039
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:11,960
So in verse one it says, this is
Psalm 55. 

1040
01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:14,960
Give air to my prayer, O God, 
and do not hide your face from 

1041
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:17,600
my supplication. 
Attend to me and hear me. 

1042
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:21,640
I am restless in my complaint, 
and I moan noisily because the 

1043
01:06:21,640 --> 01:06:24,960
voice of my enemy, because of 
the oppression of the wicked, 

1044
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:29,440
for they bring down trouble upon
me, and in wrath they hate me. 

1045
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:33,720
My heart is severely pained 
within me, and the tears of 

1046
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:37,040
death have fallen upon me. 
Fearfulness and trembling have 

1047
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:40,320
come upon me, and whore has 
overwhelmed me. 

1048
01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:42,960
So I said, Oh, that I had wings 
like a dove. 

1049
01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:46,360
I would fly away and be at rest.
Indeed, I would wander far off 

1050
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:50,160
and remain in the wilderness. 
I would hasten my escape from 

1051
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:53,440
the windy storm and Tempest. 
Destroy, O Lord, and divide 

1052
01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:56,840
their tongues, for I have seen 
violence and strife in the city.

1053
01:06:56,840 --> 01:06:59,960
Day and night they go around it 
on its walls. 

1054
01:06:59,960 --> 01:07:02,560
Iniquity and trouble are also in
the midst of it. 

1055
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:06,680
Destruction is in its midst. 
Oppression and deceit do not 

1056
01:07:06,680 --> 01:07:10,080
depart from its streets. 
For it is not an enemy who 

1057
01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:12,520
reproaches me. 
Then I could handle it. 

1058
01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:18,000
Nor is it one hate who hates me,
who has exalted himself against 

1059
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:19,880
me. 
Then I could hide from it. 

1060
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:24,960
But it was you, a man of my 
equal, my companion, my 

1061
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:29,720
acquaintance. 
We took counsel together and 

1062
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:33,440
walked in the House of God in 
throng. 

1063
01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:37,440
Let death seize them, let them 
go down alive in the hell, for 

1064
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:40,160
wickedness is in their dwellings
and among them. 

1065
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:43,560
As for me, I will call upon God,
and the Lord shall save me. 

1066
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:46,840
Evening and morning and noon I 
will pray. 

1067
01:07:46,840 --> 01:07:51,360
Evening, morning and noon I will
pray and cry aloud, and he and 

1068
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:55,800
He shall hear my voice. 
He has redeemed my soul in peace

1069
01:07:55,800 --> 01:08:01,880
from the battle that was against
me, for there were many against 

1070
01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:03,640
me. 
God will hear and afflict them, 

1071
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:07,560
even he who abides from of old, 
because they do not change, they

1072
01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:10,440
do not fear the Lord. 
He has put forth His hand 

1073
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:12,120
against those who were at peace 
with him. 

1074
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:14,800
He has broken his covenant. 
The words of his mouth were 

1075
01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:17,439
smoother than butter, but war 
was in his heart. 

1076
01:08:17,439 --> 01:08:20,800
His words were softer than oil, 
yet they were John's swords. 

1077
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:24,319
David is talking about a 
relationship that's went South. 

1078
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:28,120
Even though they were talking 
good, war was in their heart. 

1079
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:31,080
It was somebody he used to go to
the House of the Lord with that 

1080
01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:37,120
turned on him. 
You know, David had a broken 

1081
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:40,200
relationship with Absalom and 
David had a broken relationship 

1082
01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,000
with Joab, his military 
commander. 

1083
01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:46,040
They turned on him. 
But here's the resolve that 

1084
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:48,720
David has, and here's the 
resolve that we need to have. 

1085
01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:54,960
Verse 22 Cast your burdens on 
the Lord and He will sustain 

1086
01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:57,359
you. 
He will never permit the 

1087
01:08:57,359 --> 01:09:00,560
righteous to be moved. 
The amplified says He will never

1088
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:05,279
permit you to slip, fall or fail
if you cast your burden onto the

1089
01:09:05,279 --> 01:09:05,720
Lord.