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Augustine, FL. 

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Now enjoy this message. 
So tonight I just want to get 

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right into the word of God, 
because I believe that the Word 

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of God is alive. 
Amen. 

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And that it's living and that it
has power contained within it 

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and that if we would receive it 
with a great expectation, it 

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will perform in do its work just
as God intended for it to do. 

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Amen. 
So if you're titling something 

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and taking notes, write this 
down, you're going to write this

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down. 
Expectation of kings, 

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expectation of kings, which is 
the church's confidence. 

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OK. 
So tonight we're going to be 

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talking about expectation of 
kings. 

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And I want to say this, that the
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an expectation himself, right. 
And so we're going to talk about

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that even more, But I really 
want to hit five points tonight,

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and I believe that we can get 
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All right. 
Pastor Earl has said multiple 

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times and has received a word 
from the Lord that this is the 

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year for a reigning spirit. 
Do you believe that you have a 

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reigning spirit? 
Is your expectation set that 

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you're walking in fulfilling A 
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If you don't have that 
expectation, I'm here to 

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encourage you tonight to get 
stirred up, to start expecting 

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that. 
Because that's what you have. 

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Every believer should have a set
of expectations. 

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Every citizen in the Kingdom of 
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expectations. 1 Expectation that
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life. 
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Is to reign in life, to reign. 
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should have is to conquer. 
We should have an expectation as

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a king in the earth to conquer 
some things, and that is how a 

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reigning spirit moves in the 
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They have a expectation of 
conquering. 

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Another expectation as a king 
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have an expectation to find 
Kingdom treasure. 

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And I'm going to talk a little 
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It's been a great set of 
services we've had in the youth 

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ministry about finding treasure.
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that we need to have an 
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Another expectation that we 
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influence. 
An expectation of a king is to 

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have influence. 
Are you hearing what I'm saying?

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Another expectation as a king is
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expectation to govern and to 
work with God. 

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Because we are the Church and it
the Church has authority. 

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So if there's anything as a 
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expecting, you should be 
expecting some of these five 

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things to operate in your life. 
And all of these five things can

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have been given to you, and have
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the work of Christ and the power
of the Holy Ghost. 

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Let me give you the definition 
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Expectation is a strong belief 
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It's a strong belief it is 
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that what it's expecting shall 
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It's an anticipation. 
Are you anticipating anything 

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from the King of Kings? 
Do you have an anticipation that

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his word and all the promises 
that it contains is yours? 

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Are you anticipating every day 
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to continue to walk in the 
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I'm going to reign in my life. 
I'm going to overcome in my 

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life? 
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expectation is Kingdom 
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It's Kingdom confidence. 
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ever have must first come from 
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Then it's promised to come to 
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faith. 
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you and I are guaranteed to 
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Kingdom. 
When we believe them by faith, 

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by faith. 
And it's a shift in our mind. 

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It's a shift in how we think. 
We've got to change some things 

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in our mind and we've got to get
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in line like a king. 
Can I just say that we got to 

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think like a king. 
We got to speak like a king. 

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We got to walk like a king. 
We got to behave like a king. 

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We've got to expect like a king.
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to reign in life. 
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Let's read this. 
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through one man sin entered the 
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and so death spread to all men 
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For until the law sin was in the
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But sin is not imputed when 
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Nevertheless, death reigned from
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those who had not sinned in the 
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who was a type of him who was to
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But the free gift is not like 
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For if by the transgression of 
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did the grace of God and the 
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man, Jesus Christ, abound. 
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that which came through the one 
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For on the one hand the 
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transgression, resulting in 
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hand the free gift arose from 
many transgressions resulting in

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justification. 
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verse 17. 
Let's keep going. 

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For if by the transgression of 
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the One, much more those who 
receive the abundance of grace 

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and the gift of righteousness 
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one Jesus Christ. 
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Those who have received the 
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received an abundance of grace. 
Can you lift your hand right now

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and testify? 
That's on my life. 

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I've received that not only have
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grace that's on your life that 
empowers you to reign in your 

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life, but you've also received 
this gift of righteousness, 

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which is the right way of doing 
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It is right standing with God. 
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It's being in the Kingdom 
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Amen. 
So we will reign in life through

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the one Jesus Christ, verse 18. 
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transgression, there resulted 
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so, through one act of 
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justification of life to all 
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Aren't you thankful that Jesus 
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And through his act of 
righteousness you now can be 

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justified and you can stand 
before God as if sin never 

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existed? 
See, that's a position of a 

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king. 
We know a pastor has reminded us

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many times that the Bible is 
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his royal offspring. 
As the king reigns, he has an 

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expectation that his heirs would
reign as well. 

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The king has an expectation that
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would be reigning in your life. 
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God a king, Jesus as king, and 
we as heirs in Christ, we have 

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the reigning spirit church. 
That is who we are. 

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You have a reigning spirit. 
It's a conquering spirit. 

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It's an overcoming spirit. 
It's a spirit of faith. 

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It's a spirit of confidence. 
It's a spirit of boldness. 

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It's a spirit that is connected 
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And it it actually works. 
Church Can I tell you that God 

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hears your prayers when they're 
in line with His word and he 

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fulfills it every time and the 
reigning spirit is confident of 

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that? 
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We're just not a church that 
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what has answered prayers. 
Glory to God. 

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We know Pastor Earl. 
He's taught us this, that the 

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domain of a king is the 
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exercises authority and control 
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Revelation Chapter 17 verse 14 
Revelation 1714 says this. 

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Together they will go to war 
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will defeat them because he is 
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all kings and he his called and 
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That's talking about the Church.
That's talking about the Saints,

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the ones that have the reigning 
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We will be with the King of 
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right? 
And so I say that to say this, 

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you are a king in the earth. 
That is the position that God 

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has destined for each and every 
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operating under his influence, 
operating when he says and to 

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represent him. 
So in essence, your life I no 

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longer live, but it's Christ who
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So through you the king shows 
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Through you, the king is 
represented. 

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Through you, the king is 
speaking through you, the king 

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is declaring, through you. 
The king is believing that his 

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word shall not return back to 
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accomplish exactly what it was 
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To see, you are Kingdom 
representation of the King of 

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kings and the Lord of Lords. 
That is who we are, Romans 

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chapter 5, verse 18 in the 
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In other words, just as 
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people through one 
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righteous act of Jesus 
sacrifice, the perfect 

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righteousness that makes us 
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victorious life is now available
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A King's life is a victorious 
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A King's life is one that walks 
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No matter what situation shows 
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starts to manifest and happen. 
A king walks in victory. 

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Christ walked in victory. 
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from everyone on the outside as 
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getting ready to be crucified, 
but he was walking in victory 

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because he knew, oh death, Where
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Where is your sting, Oh death. 
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grave. 
So a king walks in victory, and 

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that is who we are. 
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We walk in victory. 
If you're confessing anything 

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over your life, you should be 
confessing I walk in victory. 

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You know, a lot of times 
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process that Jesus is going to 
do everything for them, but they

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don't realize that they have a 
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They don't realize that it's 
their responsibility to walk in,

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the very thing that Christ gave 
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Walk in and see we as as a 
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reigning Spirit, have to have to
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responsibility in all areas of 
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Psalm 1/15/16 says this. 
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the Lord, but the earth He has 
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I'm I'm sharing these scriptures
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firmly persuaded that you can be
reminded of that your reigning 

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spirit is now it's on the earth 
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Psalm 1/15/16 in the Passion 
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belong to our God. 
They are His alone. 

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But He has given us the earth 
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Who has He put in charge? 
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Say I'm in charge. 
Say I'm in charge of my life. 

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No one else is in charge of your
life. 

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No one else is in charge of your
thinking. 

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No one else is in charge of your
decisions. 

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No one else is in charge of what
you're speaking. 

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No one else is in charge of what
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heart, whether it's faith or 
whether it's little faith or 

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whether it's doubt. 
No one's in charge of that. 

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But you, you and I are in charge
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And so God has given us this 
reigning spirit, and it's our 

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responsibility to walk in it. 
Let's talk about the expectation

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of kings, which is to conquer. 
Let's go there, a reigning king 

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on the earth. 
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they're going to need to conquer
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If you're going to do anything 
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be able to operate where you 
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mean is that your life starts to
influence others by its 

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demonstrations, by its actions, 
by its words. 

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You're first going to have to 
conquer yourself. 

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You're going to have to conquer 
yourself. 

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That's the first thing that we 
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ourselves. 
Many times, I'll say this many 

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times, many times, people 
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mighty things for God, for His 
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It's because they cannot conquer
their feelings and their flesh. 

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When you forfeit, it is you 
saying I can't conquer myself 

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based upon how you feel, you 
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We conquer in life through the 
empowerment from Christ as 

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believers. 
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earth when we allow His will to 
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I said this to the young, young 
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You know, a couple weeks ago I 
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Lord of your life, you no longer
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He does. 
That's called conquering church.

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You don't call the shots. 
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That means every decision that 
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you need to make that decision 
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What is his direction? 
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don't seek the Lord and get his 
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of the counsel, the Lord will 
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And see, God doesn't want you to
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delayed or it hindered based 
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counsel. 
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ourselves. 
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We've got to conquer ourselves, 
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We're going to look at Moses 
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to see how he had to conquer. 
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for our lives. 
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our lives. 
We allow his word and his spirit

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to work within us. 
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said, what did he say? 
I must decrease so that he can 

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increase. 
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That is getting rid of yourself 
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the king of all kings to reign 
through your life and to 

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eliminate how you feel. 
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the Baptist like he was a 
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he had to cast down thoughts of 
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So we got a decrease. 
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Let's go over to Exodus chapter 
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We're going to start in verse 1.
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care of the sheep and goats of 
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priest of Midian, he led the 
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to Sinai, the holy mountain. 
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appeared to him as a flame 
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Bush. 
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fire, but that it was not 
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This is strange, he thought. 
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I will go closer and see. 
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coming closer, he called to him 
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said Moses, Moses. 
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And God said, do not come any 
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Take off your sandals, because 
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I am the God of your ancestors, 
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Jacob. 
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Then the Lord said, I have seen 
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treated in Egypt, and I have 
heard them cry out to be rescued

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from their slave drivers. 
I know all about their 

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sufferings. 
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rescue them from the Egyptians, 
and to bring them out of Egypt 

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to a spacious land, one which is
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the Canaanites, Hittites, 
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and the Jebusites now live. 
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my people, and I see how the 
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Now I am sending you to the king
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people out of his country. 
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But Moses said to God, I am a 
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How can I go to the king and 
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Egypt? 
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you. 
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out of Egypt, you will worship 
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That will be the proof that I 
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But Moses replied, When I go to 
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the God of your ancestors sent 
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And God said, I am who I am. 
You must tell them. 

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The one who is called I am has 
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Tell the Israelites that I, the 
Lord, the God of their 

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ancestors, the God of Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you 

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to them. 
This is my name forever. 

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This is what all future 
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Go and gather the leaders of 
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that I, the Lord, the God of 
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 
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Tell them that I have come to 
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Egyptians are doing to them. 
I have decided that I will bring

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them out of Egypt, where they 
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will take them to a rich and 
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Canaanites, Hittites, the 
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and Jebusites. 
My people will listen to what 

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you say to them. 
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leaders of Israel to the king of
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The God of the Hebrews has 
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Now allow us to travel three 
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sacrifices to the Lord our God. 
I know that the king of Egypt 

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will not let you go unless he is
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But I will use my power and will
punish Egypt by doing terrifying

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things there. 
And after that, he will let you 

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go. 
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respect you so that when my 
people leave, they will not go 

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empty handed is every Israelite 
woman will go to her Egyptian 

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neighbor and to any Egyptian 
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will ask for clothing and for 
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The Israelites will put these 
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daughters and carry away the 
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Moses in this moment had to 
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He had to conquer here. 
God is before him in this 

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burning Bush. 
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he's calling him, he's calling 
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Don't you know that God is still
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God has a purpose for you and an
assignment for you, just like he

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had from Moses. 
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tells God, he says, but I'm a 
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How can I do this? 
At one point he gave an excuse 

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about how he spoke. 
He was full of excuses. 

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I'm a nobody. 
I'm a nobody. 

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See, if you have the mentality 
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conquer nothing. 
And God doesn't want you to have

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that mentality. 
He wants you to have the 

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mentality that the King of king 
is on the inside of you, that 

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there's a treasure that's been 
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It's actually the power of God 
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alive and living, that can lead 
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And just like Moses, God told 
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I'll be with you. 
Do you know that anything God 

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calls you to do, He is with you 
to do it? 

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If he wasn't with you to do it, 
you could never do it in the 1st

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place. 
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God is not in our own efforts, 
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might, by his strength and his 
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So an expectation of a king is 
to conquer, and we've got to 

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change our mindset. 
The more you change your 

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thinking like a king, the more 
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spirit. 
You know conquering yourself 

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means conquering your flesh. 
Can we talk about that for a 

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second? 
Conquering yourself means 

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conquering your flesh. 
You know we all have flesh. 

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Look at your neighbor and say 
you have flesh and look at your 

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another neighbor and say you 
have feelings and look at 

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someone behind you and say you 
have opinions. 

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Now turn around and look at me 
and say you have flesh and you 

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have opinions and you have 
feelings but my opinions but my 

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feelings mean nothing. 
My opinions and feelings do not 

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bring heaven to earth. 
My belief and expectation does. 

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His word does. 
My confidence in his ability 

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does. 
And so here Moses is, I'm a 

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nobody. 
Moses is thinking, how can I do 

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such a great thing? 
How can I go back to a nation 

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where people have been treated 
so harsh and so cruel and 

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deliver them out? 
Who am I that you would choose 

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me? 
You know, a lot of us sometimes 

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have this thought process that 
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Well, I can tell you that if 
you've made Jesus the Lord of 

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your life, you can do all things
through Christ who strengthens 

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you. 
Isn't that what the word says, 

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is that you can do all things 
through Christ? 

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You know, the flesh will always 
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You know Moses, he had this 
excuse. 

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Well, I'm a nobody. 
You know the there's a parable 

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in Luke chapter 14 called the 
Parable of the of the banquet or

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the supper. 
And and in this parable Jesus 

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begins talking and he says there
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preparing A banquet, A feast. 
And he began to send out 

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invitations to those to be 
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and to the feast. 
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14, if you can read that, you'll
see that everyone had an excuse.

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One says, you know, well, I just
got married. 

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One says I just got married. 
Where's Dylan and Mary? 

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You're getting married Saturday.
Whoa, give him a round of 

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applause. 
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they won't let the fact that 
they just got married come and 

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hinder their obedience to serve 
the church and to be in the and 

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to do Kingdom things and to be 
purposeful. 

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So an excuse, one of the excuses
was is oh you know, I just got 

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married. 
One excuse was is you know, well

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I just bought this or I need to 
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And so all these excuses started
happening. 

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Did you know every time you give
an excuse to God you forfeit a a

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reward, a heavenly reward. 
Every time you give an excuse 

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and you do not follow through, 
you have lost an eternal reward.

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You know God leads and guides 
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So the next time you're in 
public and you're at a place 

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where the Holy Ghost says you 
need to do this, or you need to 

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say this, or you need to 
demonstrate, you need to do that

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and don't make an excuse. 
Because by your obedience and by

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letting your light shine, people
can be influenced. 

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So one by one in this parable in
Luke chapter 14, they just 

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started making excuses and then 
you know what the result was. 

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For every person that made an 
excuse, they were not able to 

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eat with the master and dine. 
Your excuses can hinder your 

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receiving from the Lord. 
You know, God's looking for the 

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willing and obedient. 
Amen. 

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An excuse passes over an 
opportunity to conquer. 

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Moses could have stayed with his
feelings. 

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He could have totally said, I'm 
not doing this, I am not doing 

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this, I am not doing this. 
I mean he could have really 

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stayed with how he felt. 
You know, Pastor said this on 

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Sunday and and it was so true, 
and I want to repeat it, he said

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the devil is not the church's 
problem. 

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We are when we don't submit our 
will to his will. 

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When you don't submit your will 
to his will, could it be that 

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you're making an excuse? 
You're resisting Galatians? 

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Chapter 5, verse one says it was
for freedom that Christ set us 

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free. 
It was for freedom that Christ 

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set us free. 
See, we should be so free that 

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excuses aren't even an option in
our thinking because Christ has 

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set you free. 
Therefore, keep standing firm 

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and do not be subject again to 
the yoke of slavery. 

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You know the king wants his 
citizens to be free. 

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He wants them to be free from 
the control and the influence of

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the flesh. 
Even Jesus. 

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Even Jesus, as he is praying in 
the Garden of Gethsemane, has 

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feelings about what he is about 
to go through. 

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In fact, his feelings were so 
intense that he was sweating. 

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Blood drops of blood. 
Jesus, what I love about him, He

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didn't make an excuse. 
He asked if there was another 

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way, but there was no other way.
He fulfilled what it was that 

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God had given him direction to 
do. 

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Could it be that you're the one 
church that must fulfill 

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specific direction from God that
he purposes in his heart for you

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to do? 
Say I'm the one. 

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See, a king knows they're the 
one to be used. 

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They're the one that will 
prepare themselves to be a 

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vessel useful for the master. 
See, the master wants to use 

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vessels. 
Can I say that he wants to do he

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wants to use his church, He 
wants to use vessels? 

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He really does. 
And he wants to use those that 

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are useful, and useful ones are 
ones that don't give excuses. 

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They submit their will to His 
will. 

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They honor him. 
They they live their life 

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according to His word. 
They let the Word of God dwell 

451
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,480
in them richly. 
They hunger and thirst after 

452
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,640
righteousness. 
They're filled all the time. 

453
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,760
You know, they deal with issues.
They don't allow their feelings 

454
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,920
to be here. 
You know, they put their 

455
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,200
feelings down, you know, You 
know, I am saying a lot about 

456
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,800
feelings. 
And I want you to know we do 

457
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,720
have feelings. 
But if my feeling ever leads me 

458
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,160
in a different direction than 
the word of God, it's got to go.

459
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:27,680
Got to go. 
So Galatians 516 through 24 says

460
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,480
this, but I say walk by the 
spirit. 

461
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,600
How are we to walk? 
How are we to walk? 

462
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,520
See the Spirit is how we are to 
walk by. 

463
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,040
And you will not carry out the 
desires of the flesh when you 

464
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,680
stay with the Spirit. 
You'll walk by the Spirit. 

465
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,920
And you won't allow your your 
excuses or your feelings or your

466
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,360
emotions to then be the way that
you walk. 

467
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,280
Because the way that we're to 
walk is by the Spirit when we 

468
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,560
won't carry out the desires of 
the flesh. 

469
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,040
Verse 17. 
For the flesh sets its desire 

470
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,960
against the Spirit and the 
Spirit against the flesh. 

471
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,240
For these are in opposition to 
one another, so that you may not

472
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:14,120
do the things that you please, 
the things that who pleases we 

473
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,120
please. 
Your flesh is always looking to 

474
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,920
be pleased. 
That's why we're to crucify it. 

475
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,480
That's why we're not to live by 
its passions and its desires and

476
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,160
its cravings. 
If we're to live by any type of 

477
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,280
passion, desire and craving, 
it's to crave the things of God,

478
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,800
to believe that God is alive in 
the earth and he's moving in his

479
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,080
church. 
In fact, the Apostle Paul says 

480
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,920
the one thing that you should 
crave and desire is for the 

481
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,480
gifts of the living God, the 
Spirit of God, to move in the 

482
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,640
church. 
So you're to be LED verse 18. 

483
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,000
But if you are led by the 
Spirit, you are not under the 

484
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,880
law. 
Now the deeds of the flesh are 

485
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:56,080
so evident, say, evident, which 
are immorality, impurity, 

486
00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:03,800
sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, 
enmities, strife, jealousy, 

487
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:11,160
outbursts of anger, disputes, 
dissensions, factions, envying, 

488
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,120
drunkenness, carousing, and 
things like these of which I 

489
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,040
forewarn you, just as I have 
forewarned you. 

490
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:25,520
Those that practice such things 
will not say, not, will not 

491
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,000
inherit the Kingdom of God, but 
the fruit of the Spirit. 

492
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,160
Here we go, is love and joy, 
peace, patience, kindness, 

493
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,000
goodness, faithfulness, 
gentleness, self-control. 

494
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,720
Against such things there is no 
law, which means there is no 

495
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,280
limit as to how much of the 
fruit of the Spirit that a 

496
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:49,280
Kingdom citizen can produce. 
In fact, we should be producing 

497
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:54,280
so much that it is out at reach 
at hand for those to grab a part

498
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,240
of. 
It should be influential. 

499
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,320
All the fruits of the Spirit 
should be produced in such a 

500
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,440
great quantity in our lives. 
That is, it is literally a 

501
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,800
double take for someone who has 
no concept of the things of God.

502
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,840
There's no law, which means I 
can have as much joy as God. 

503
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,600
There is no law. 
God. 

504
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,360
I mean, I'm so full of joy. 
I mean it. 

505
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,360
It's so I'm this is hilarious. 
I'm just so full of joy. 

506
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,280
I mean, I am. 
And you know, the more you 

507
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,920
conquer the flesh and you 
conquer yourself, the more joy 

508
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,400
will manifest. 
Because I can tell you there was

509
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,840
a time in my life where there 
was not a lot of joy. 

510
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,080
But I can stand up here now and 
tell you I got the joy of the 

511
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,080
Lord. 
And I'm telling you, when the 

512
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,560
joy of the Lord starts to bubble
up out of my belly, I can't 

513
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,640
contain it. 
I mean, it's a laughing forever.

514
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,080
And you know what? 
It is so refreshing. 

515
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,920
It is so refreshing because the 
Holy Ghost is the refresher. 

516
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,840
He is the strengthener. 
He brings everything good that 

517
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:55,840
we need, so we should be having 
this love that the Spirit 

518
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,320
produces and it should be 
producing so much. 

519
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,720
So an expectation of the King is
that they would expect these 

520
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:08,240
fruits to operate. 
Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 17. 

521
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,960
As a citizen in God's Kingdom, 
there is a way we ought to walk,

522
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,640
so I say. 
So this I say, and affirm 

523
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,280
together with the Lord, that you
walk no longer as the Gentiles 

524
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,880
also walk in the futility of 
their mind being darkened in 

525
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:33,960
their understanding, excluded 
from the life of God because of 

526
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:39,560
the ignorance that is in them, 
because of the hardness of their

527
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,640
heart. 
And they, having become callous,

528
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,960
have given themselves over to 
sensuality for the practice of 

529
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,520
every kind of impurity with 
greediness. 

530
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,200
Verse 20. 
But you did not learn Christ in 

531
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,000
this way. 
If indeed you have heard him and

532
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,040
have been taught in him, just as
truth is in Jesus that in 

533
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,720
reference to your former manner 
of life, you lay aside the old 

534
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:09,280
self, say old self, You know 
that old old man sometimes tries

535
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,040
to pop up, You know, it's like 
the old man just can kind of pop

536
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:15,680
up out of nowhere if you're not 
careful. 

537
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,040
And that's why it takes 
self-control that comes from the

538
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,520
Spirit when you walk by the 
spirit to have that control. 

539
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,320
So that old man can't pop up 
anywhere at any time. 

540
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,240
You know, the old man, the dead 
man, the former nature that the 

541
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,360
Bible references, that nature 
should not be at work within 

542
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,560
you. 
It's dead. 

543
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,840
It is gone. 
In fact, the day you confess 

544
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,200
Christ, it says you now are a 
new creature in Christ Jesus. 

545
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,560
The old is gone and new has 
come. 

546
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,120
Amen. 
And so the new on the inside of 

547
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:51,080
you, the Newman, the new nature 
that's now born again. 

548
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,720
OK, can hear. 
God has a capacity to operate 

549
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,280
and to hear the Spirit of God 
now is what should be leading 

550
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,160
us. 
Not the old man, not the dead 

551
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,520
man. 
The next time the dead man 

552
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,080
starts to rise, You need to say 
you're a you. 

553
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,040
You're dead. 
Get under my feet. 

554
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,280
I don't have that nature 
anymore. 

555
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,920
It's it's gone. 
I have a new nature. 

556
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,960
You know a lot of times in our 
lives we have to say that out 

557
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,400
loud. 
I I, you know, for me. 

558
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,440
I know I'll speak and I'll say 
no. 

559
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,320
Shut up. 
Because Christ lives in me, and 

560
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,320
if it's not Christ speaking, 
then it's subject to the old 

561
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,440
man. 
So the old man is gone. 

562
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,520
A person's inability to conquer 
their mind results in a defeated

563
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,159
life. 
Your mind needs to be conquered.

564
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,800
So not only is your flesh have 
to be conquered, but now your 

565
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:45,480
thinking has to be conquered. 
How you think will determine the

566
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,920
outcome of what you're facing, 
how you think. 

567
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:54,800
If what you're thinking on is 
not the plan and the and the and

568
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,200
the voice of God and the will of
God, then the outcome of that 

569
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:03,280
situation won't be just that, 
the plan and will of God. 

570
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:08,600
So how you think matters? 
You know, when we were at 

571
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,920
Kingdom Rise Conference, we 
hosted that the last time we 

572
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,440
hosted that. 
One of the messages that was 

573
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,280
ministered was called Rain in 
Your brain. 

574
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,640
Does anybody remember that 
message that was ministered 

575
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,400
reign in your brain? 
And so an expectation of a king 

576
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,920
is that you would literally 
reign in your brain. 

577
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,840
You've got to change the way 
that you think. 

578
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:33,720
And this is every day, folks, 
every day, every day, every day.

579
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,760
Because the thoughts come, 
thoughts come, but it's the 

580
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,240
thought that comes that stays 
and festers, that we focus on 

581
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,000
and then yield to and operate in
causes problems. 

582
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,280
So we got to cast thoughts down 
whether or not in line with 

583
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,040
scripture. 
You know, the Bible says that 

584
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,920
you and I are more than a 
conqueror. 

585
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,720
We're more than a conqueror. 
Romans 837 says you are more 

586
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,800
than a conqueror. 
There's a conqueror and then 

587
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,440
there's more than that. 
And the more than that is what 

588
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:06,600
God says we are. 
An expectation of a king is to 

589
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,760
find Kingdom treasure is to find
Kingdom treasure. 

590
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:17,440
Proverbs 25, two. 
Proverbs 25 Two it says it is 

591
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,840
the glory of God to conceal a 
thing, but the glory of kings. 

592
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,840
The glory of who? 
The glory of who are you? 

593
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,240
A king? 
It's the glory of kings to 

594
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:32,960
search a thing out. 
So there should be an 

595
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:37,240
expectation that every time I'm 
in the word of God, there is 

596
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,120
something that's going to be 
revealed to me. 

597
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,920
And it doesn't matter if it's 
the Scripture that you've heard 

598
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,560
100 times. 
It doesn't matter. 

599
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:51,640
The Holy Ghost can reveal a new 
point, a new perspective, and he

600
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,960
can speak to you because the 
Word of God is living and 

601
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,040
active. 
It's alive. 

602
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,960
So the glory of kings is to 
search out a thing. 

603
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,600
How is your searching going? 
Can I ask that question? 

604
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,080
How's your search going? 
How's your search going? 

605
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:13,120
It's a question we should ask. 
How's your search going? 

606
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,080
You know, everyone in here 
should be confident and say my 

607
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,920
search is going great. 
I mean, the Lord dropped this in

608
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,280
me. 
I mean, I was reading this and I

609
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:26,320
got this and it's changing this 
and it's producing that and this

610
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,960
is happening. 
And I received this and I mean 

611
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:34,440
this person was ministered to by
that, that was searched out. 

612
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,280
I mean, how is your search 
going? 

613
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,400
How's the search going? 
So the glory of God is to 

614
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,480
conceal a thing, but the glory 
of kings is to search it out. 

615
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,040
Proverbs 25 Two and the Passion 
says it this way. 

616
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:53,000
God conceals the revelation of 
His Word in the hiding place of 

617
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,560
His glory. 
But the honor of kings is 

618
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,960
revealed by how they thoroughly 
search out the deeper meeting of

619
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:06,040
all that God says. 
So God has this revelation for 

620
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,480
each and every one of his 
citizens and His Kingdom. 

621
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,600
He has a revealing that takes 
place by the Holy Ghost. 

622
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,480
When we read the Word, there's a
revelation that comes forth and 

623
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,280
it's in it's in the hiding place
of His glory. 

624
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,600
You know, when's the last time 
you have spent some time with 

625
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:28,160
God in His glorious presence. 
Because the moments that you 

626
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:32,920
spend with God in His presence 
and and and in His Word in your 

627
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:38,080
one-on-one time with Him is when
He has the ability to reveal. 

628
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,280
A lot of times we got to get 
quiet. 

629
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,240
We're going to get quiet. 
There's voices everywhere. 

630
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,640
And so we've got to get quiet. 
We've got to search it out. 

631
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,560
It's the honor of kings is 
revealed by how they thoroughly 

632
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:57,720
search it out. 
You know, God has honored man 

633
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,560
and God has honored us with His 
word. 

634
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,040
God has honored us with His 
word, and how we thoroughly 

635
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,960
search it out will demonstrate 
our honor back to Him. 

636
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,440
So how are we searching it out? 
Are we still hungering and 

637
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,200
thirsting? 
You know, I remember at 16 years

638
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,800
old when I gave my life to 
Jesus, coming out of religion 

639
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:33,520
and being so passionate for the 
things of God and hungering for 

640
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:38,320
the things of God and just 
hanging on to every scripture 

641
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,640
that I could read. 
I had a spirit filled life Bible

642
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:47,640
that someone had gotten me as my
first Bible and it was so full 

643
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,320
of Kingdom lenses in 
perspective. 

644
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:54,080
That's why when I came to Anchor
Faith church, the Kingdom was 

645
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,000
there but then it was there. 
Does that make sense? 

646
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:02,640
And I remember writing a letter 
to my mom after I had. 

647
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:08,560
Received Jesus as my Lord and I 
wrote scripture all over the 

648
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,080
envelope. 
I mean, I wrote it on the front,

649
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:15,040
on the back and put a stamp on 
it and wrote a letter and put it

650
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,800
in the mail. 
And I'm sure the postman was 

651
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,280
like, what is this? 
I mean, it was filled with 

652
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,680
scripture. 
Couldn't get enough of 

653
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,080
scripture. 
How is your hungering for the 

654
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,320
word? 
How's your thirsting? 

655
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:34,200
How's your craving for the word?
The more you're in the word, the

656
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,520
more you're going to find 
treasure. 

657
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:45,400
Matthew 619 through 21 Here 
Jesus tells us, don't keep 

658
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,320
hoarding for yourselves earthly 
treasures that can be stolen by 

659
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,520
thieves. 
Material wealth eventually rust 

660
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:56,680
decays and loses its value. 
Instead, stockpile heavenly 

661
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,960
treasures for yourselves. 
Stockpile what? 

662
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,080
Stockpile. 
What? 

663
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,400
If you're going to stockpile 
anything, it needs to be 

664
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,200
heavenly treasures. 
If you're going to begin to 

665
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,040
store anything, it needs to be 
heavenly things. 

666
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,760
So stockpile heavenly treasures 
for yourselves that cannot be 

667
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:20,400
stolen and will never rust, 
decay, or lose their value. 

668
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,400
You know the word of God and the
treasures revealed in the 

669
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,480
scriptures are more valuable 
than any monetary money you 

670
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,600
could ever receive. 
They're more valuable than any 

671
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,240
Ruby or Pearl or diamond. 
I mean, they're more valuable 

672
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,520
than anything because they're 
eternal. 

673
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:41,800
It's eternal things. 
Verse 21 says, for your heart 

674
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,200
will always pursue what you 
esteem as your treasure. 

675
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,440
The Holy Spirit is a hidden 
treasure inside us. 

676
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,000
The Holy Spirit is the treasure 
of truth deposited on the inside

677
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,120
of you. 
So you can always know the lies 

678
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,520
of the devil and cast those 
thoughts that are lies. 

679
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,880
You know the Spirit of Truth is 
a continual healer on the inside

680
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,720
of you. 
Everything you have need of is 

681
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,920
right on the inside of you say 
it's right on the inside. 

682
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,600
So the expectation of a king is 
that there's treasure to be 

683
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:16,080
found and God has it for me and 
he's not withholding any good 

684
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,000
thing. 
If I search it out, I'll find 

685
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:23,200
it. 
The Holy Ghost, who is the 

686
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,720
counselor? 
The comforter, the strengthener.

687
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,800
He's the supply. 
It is so imperative, church that

688
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,640
we lean on and walk by the 
Spirit. 

689
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,800
The Holy Spirit is a treasure. 
In fact, Jesus said that it's 

690
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,560
better that I go so that when I 
go I can send you the Holy Ghost

691
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:50,840
who is all that we need to 
depend on to receive, to be led 

692
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:55,040
by, to hear from because it's 
connected to his word. 

693
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,720
Colossians chapter 3 verses one 
through 3. 

694
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:10,600
It says if then you have been 
raised with Christ, if you have 

695
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:14,440
been raised with Christ, if you 
have been raised with Christ. 

696
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,640
Not everybody's been raised with
Christ. 

697
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,960
If you've been raised, have you 
been raised with Christ? 

698
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:23,560
If you've been raised with 
Christ to a new life, thus 

699
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,720
sharing his resurrection from 
the dead, aim at and seek the 

700
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:30,560
rich, eternal treasures that are
above. 

701
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:34,760
What are we to be finding and 
seeking rich, eternal treasures 

702
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:38,440
that are from above? 
It says then where Christ is 

703
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,960
seated at the right hand of God.
And set your minds and keep them

704
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,320
set on what is above the higher 
things, not on the things that 

705
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,680
are on the earth. 
See, an expectation of the king 

706
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,400
is to find treasure when their 
mind is set on things above. 

707
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,760
If your mind is set on things 
above, then you can be confident

708
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,720
that you are going to receive 
Kingdom treasure. 

709
00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:01,560
Amen. 
So the question is, is how is 

710
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,280
your mindset? 
How's your mindset? 

711
00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:10,560
Verse 3? 
For as far as this world is 

712
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,400
concerned, you have died and 
your new real life is hidden 

713
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:19,240
with Christ in God. 
See, when you hide your life in 

714
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:23,320
Christ and you aren't in the 
way, you'll be able to find some

715
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:26,880
things in the Kingdom. 
It's when we get in the way that

716
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,640
we hinder. 
Well, I don't really want to 

717
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,760
read the Bible or I don't 
really, you know, want to take 

718
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,400
time to to to to spend with the 
Lord. 

719
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,440
I don't really feel like it or 
I'm too tired or whatever the 

720
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,560
excuse is. 
Remember, an excuse is a forfeit

721
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:47,800
to receive a heavenly reward. 
Matthew Chapter 7, verses 7 

722
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,800
through 11. 
Matthew Chapter 7, seven through

723
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,960
11 says keep on asking and it 
will be given to you. 

724
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:58,680
Keep on seeking and you will 
find. 

725
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:04,880
Keep on knocking reverently and 
the door will be open to you. 

726
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,560
Keep on asking, Keep on asking. 
Have you been asking for 

727
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,920
anything lately? 
Come on, keep on seeking. 

728
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:12,640
Have you been seeking, have you 
been knocking? 

729
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:17,360
You know, I told the teenagers I
said this, this right here, the 

730
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,160
knock. 
You know the knock never gets 

731
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:22,960
old to the king. 
Your knock never gets old to the

732
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,280
king. 
You're asking, You're knocking. 

733
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,200
You're seeking. 
It never gets old. 

734
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,080
It never gets old. 
He never gets tired of hearing 

735
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,280
your knock. 
He never gets tired of hearing 

736
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,600
your asking. 
He never gets tired of your 

737
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,800
seeking because he wants to be 
able to answer your request. 

738
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,200
He wants to be able to open the 
door when you knock. 

739
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,320
He wants to be able to give you 
what you're seeking. 

740
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:51,240
He never gets old of your knock.
You know seeking is an attempt 

741
00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:54,800
to find something. 
An expectation of a king is to 

742
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,000
find treasure. 
We should be in a position of 

743
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,040
seeking at all times. 
When you have a seeking at all 

744
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,920
times, it's then that God can 
drop in your spirit because your

745
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:06,360
position you're seeking, you're 
aware of Him. 

746
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,640
You've got a God consciousness 
about you. 

747
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,400
You haven't turned him off 
because it's Monday and you 

748
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,040
hadn't had your cup of coffee 
yet and you haven't checked your

749
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,840
emails on the computer. 
See, when you say in a position 

750
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,600
of seeking, it's then that God 
can drop things in your spirit 

751
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:22,240
because you're always attentive 
and tuned to what He is 

752
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:24,040
speaking. 
You're you're ready to receive. 

753
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,520
It's like those spiritual 
antennas, right? 

754
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,240
So seeking is an attempt to 
find. 

755
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:34,280
It's an attempt to desire. 
It's an attempt to obtain, It's 

756
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:38,200
an attempt to achieve and to ask
for from someone. 

757
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:45,440
Jesus said seek and you'll find 
and verse 8. 

758
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,440
For everyone who keeps on 
asking, receives everyone who 

759
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,240
keeps on asking. 
See, I think a lot of times we 

760
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,320
stop asking. 
And whenever you stop asking, 

761
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,280
you're not guaranteed to 
receive, because you're asking 

762
00:46:56,280 --> 00:47:01,200
should be in faith, right? 
And he who keeps on seeking 

763
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:04,560
finds, and to him who keeps on 
knocking, the door will be open.

764
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:08,240
Or what man is there of you? 
If a son asks him for a loaf of 

765
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:12,280
bread and will hand him a stone 
Or if he asks for a fish and 

766
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,960
will hand him a serpent? 
If you, then, evil as you are, 

767
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,600
know how to give good gifts and 
advantageous gifts to your 

768
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,920
children, how much more will 
your Father, who is in heaven, 

769
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:28,160
perfect as he is, give good and 
advantageous things to those who

770
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:31,560
keep on asking him? 
How's your asking? 

771
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,840
How's your asking? 
What are you going to drop in my

772
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,520
spirit today? 
Lord, is something that I ask 

773
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:41,120
all the time. 
What are you going to drop in 

774
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,120
me? 
I'm expecting. 

775
00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,640
I'm asking. 
I'm sensitive. 

776
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,760
I'm thinking about you. 
I haven't forgotten you. 

777
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,360
I didn't leave you at home and 
drive to work and you're not 

778
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:52,280
there. 
You're with me. 

779
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:56,240
Everywhere I go you're in me. 
You're you're working through 

780
00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:58,080
me. 
I'm conscious of you. 

781
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,520
I've trained my mind to be 
conscious of the king because I 

782
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,360
am the kings representative. 
How can I represent someone I'm 

783
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,120
not conscious of? 
How can I represent someone I'm 

784
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,960
not even thinking about? 
How can I represent someone that

785
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:14,080
I have no idea how, how they 
function and how they operate? 

786
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,280
How can I represent someone that
I want to hide or I'm ashamed 

787
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:21,400
of? 
So we should be asking. 

788
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,640
We should be knocking. 
And the Holy Spirit we know is 

789
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,640
always speaking. 
The Holy Spirit is always 

790
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,600
speaking. 
The word of God is alive. 

791
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,520
Another expectation of a king is
to have influence. 

792
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,280
Say I have influence, and since 
you have influence, you're to 

793
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:41,520
guard your influence. 
You're to guard it because if 

794
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,800
you give off wrong influence, it
can damage. 

795
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,120
So we've got to guard the 
influence that we have. 

796
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,280
You know, David said this. 
He said search me and and and 

797
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,280
and and search my heart and know
me and find if there's any way 

798
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,440
within me that would go against 
God. 

799
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:00,880
So you got to guard your 
influence. 

800
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:02,880
You know the enemy hates your 
influence. 

801
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,360
He doesn't like it that you have
the seed of the Kingdom in your 

802
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:09,120
heart, that you're living by 
Kingdom principles, that you, 

803
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,520
that you understand the word of 
God, that you can believe God 

804
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,720
and receive from God. 
The enemy hates that. 

805
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,520
So we should have this 
influence. 

806
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,160
Our lives should demonstrate the
Kingdom and its culture on the 

807
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,200
earth, and our lives should have
influence with it. 

808
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,440
It's Kingdom representation. 
Matthew chapter 514 through 16. 

809
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:34,360
Matthew, chapter 514 through 16.
You are the light of the world. 

810
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,200
You are the light of the world. 
I don't know about you, but you 

811
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,960
know the world is pretty dark, 
and it's getting darker and 

812
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:43,040
darker. 
In fact, the Bible says that 

813
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,000
lawlessness will continue to 
abound. 

814
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,880
And so we can expect that it's 
it's just going to get darker. 

815
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:50,200
But Jesus said you're the light 
of the world. 

816
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:52,120
He said you're the light of the 
world. 

817
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:55,680
On the inside of you is the 
light that he has deposited when

818
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,680
you've called upon his name. 
And you, you represent him, 

819
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:00,280
right? 
You're the light of the world. 

820
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:05,040
He said a city set on a hill 
cannot be hidden, can it? 

821
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,480
I remember taking a cruise one 
time and getting off of a port 

822
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:12,400
and looking over and seeing a 
whole city on a hill, houses 

823
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,400
built into the mountain. 
We're a city set on a hill. 

824
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,880
We're the light of the world. 
Nor does anyone light a lamp and

825
00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,160
put it under a basket, but on a 
lamp stand. 

826
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,360
And it gives light to all who 
are in the house. 

827
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:28,720
Let your light shine. 
Let what shine. 

828
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:32,880
What should be shining, what 
should be shining, what should 

829
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:41,360
be shining before men, so that 
they'll see the good works and 

830
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:42,880
glorify your Father who's in 
heaven. 

831
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:52,720
You know if your light is 
connected to the Word and the 

832
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:59,320
Spirit, it should never go out. 
See, you know the the Word and 

833
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,880
the Spirit isn't like batteries 
that go dead. 

834
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,240
You know, batteries have a 
little bit of power for a short 

835
00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:09,880
time, and then they're dead. 
And even rechargeable batteries 

836
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:13,640
over a time go bad. 
They're not forever, but on the 

837
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,640
inside of you, you've got the 
power of the Holy Ghost, and it 

838
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,640
never goes dead. 
In fact, that power raised 

839
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:23,200
Christ from the dead, and he's 
now seated at the right hand of 

840
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:28,600
the Father. 
So you've got the power on the 

841
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:32,840
inside of you. 
You're a light and it your light

842
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,200
should shine. 
Your light should shine. 

843
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:40,040
Your light should shine. 
Galatians chapter 2, verse 20 

844
00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:44,920
Galatians chapter 2, verse 20 
says I have been crucified with 

845
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:49,720
Christ and it is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me and

846
00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:51,720
the life which I now live in the
flesh. 

847
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:56,720
I live by faith in the Son of 
God, who loved me and gave 

848
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:01,920
himself up for me, who loved me 
and gave himself up for me, who 

849
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,480
loved me and gave himself up for
me. 

850
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:07,560
Christ gave himself up for you 
so that you could be His light 

851
00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:14,520
shining, and people can glorify 
those works you know influence 

852
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,000
when we're talking about 
influence and how a king is to 

853
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,320
have influence. 
Influence comes through your 

854
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,080
obedience to do the Father's 
will. 

855
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:25,840
Influence comes through your 
obedience to the Father's will. 

856
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,920
It's the new nature on the 
inside of you through the 

857
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,880
Spirit. 
You know to have influence means

858
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:35,800
you got to move when God says 
move, you got to go when God 

859
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:40,280
says go, and you got to do when 
God says do or you hear what I'm

860
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:44,640
saying. 
And so our influence is 

861
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,360
important. 
Our influence is what the King 

862
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,600
can use to minister to somebody 
else. 

863
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:57,200
Are you hearing me? 
Our influence is important. 2nd 

864
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:02,880
Corinthians chapter 5 Second 
Corinthians chapter 5, verse 14 

865
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:08,280
through 21 says, For the love of
Christ controls us. 

866
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,000
Having concluded this, that one 
died for all, therefore all 

867
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,240
died, and he died for all, so 
that they who live might no 

868
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:21,120
longer live for themselves, but 
for him who died and rose again 

869
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:24,320
on their behalf. 
Therefore from now on we 

870
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:28,480
recognize no one according to 
the flesh, even though we have 

871
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:32,400
known Christ according to the 
flesh, yet now we know him in 

872
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,560
this way no longer. 
Therefore, if anyone is in 

873
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,360
Christ, he is a new creature. 
Old things passed away, and 

874
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:42,480
behold, new things have come. 
Now all these things are from 

875
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,800
God, who reconciled us to 
himself through Christ and gave 

876
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:50,160
us the ministry of 
reconciliation, namely, that God

877
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,360
was in Christ reconciling the 
world to himself, not counting 

878
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:56,960
their trespasses against them. 
And he has committed to us the 

879
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:01,960
word of reconciliation. 
Therefore we are ambassadors for

880
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,840
Christ. 
Say I am an ambassador for 

881
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:09,800
Christ, as though God were 
making an appeal through us. 

882
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:11,800
Have you been making God's 
appeal? 

883
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,760
Have you been speaking and 
decreeing and commanding some 

884
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,280
things? 
See, an expectation of kings is 

885
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,760
to have influence. 
Well, your influence is 

886
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:25,520
connected to what you're saying.
The church's authority is 

887
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:31,040
connected to it is written. 
So are we making an appeal? 

888
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:33,960
We beg you on behalf of Christ, 
be reconciled to God. 

889
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:38,240
He made him who knew no sin to 
be sin on our behalf so that we 

890
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:41,000
might become the righteousness 
of God in him. 

891
00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:46,280
The last point I want to 
encourage you with is 

892
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:50,680
expectations of kings is to 
govern and work with God. 

893
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:57,840
It is the Church having its 
authority in Ecclesiastes 8 

894
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,120
four. 
We know this scripture, but it's

895
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,640
bears repeating. 
It says where the word of a king

896
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:08,240
is there is power and who may 
say to him what are you doing. 

897
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:10,880
Where the word of the King is, 
there is power. 

898
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:15,920
What have you been speaking? 
What have you been saying 

899
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,800
lately? 
Has it been the King's word? 

900
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Because if it is, there's power 
present, proud, power to 

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perform, power to do, Power that
produces not only for our lives,

902
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but over situations and 
circumstances, power for others.

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00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,120
What have you been speaking? 
Because if you've been speaking 

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the King's word, then there's 
power that's with that word, 

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there's power that's with that 
word. 

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Luke, Chapter 9, verses one 
through 5. 

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Now, Jesus called together the 
12 disciples and gave them the 

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right to exercise power and 
authority over the demons and to

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heal diseases. 
And he sent them out on a brief 

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journey to preach the Kingdom of
God and to perform healing. 

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And he said to them, take 
nothing for your journey that 

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might encumber you, neither a 
walking stick bag bread money, 

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and do not even have two tunics 
apiece. 

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Whatever house you enter, stay 
there until you leave that city 

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to go to another. 
And As for all those who do not 

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welcome you, when you leave that
city, shake the dust off your 

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feet, breaking all ties with 
them, as a testimony against 

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them that they rejected my 
message. 

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Your authority is connected to 
the right to exercise power that

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Christ gave you access to. 
You have the right, You have the

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right to speak as a king, you 
have the right to decree. 

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As a king you have that right. 
And so, as a citizen and as a 

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king in the earth, we ought to 
be speaking and decreeing a 

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thing. 
What we don't speak and decree 

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will be delayed. 
So if you're believing for the 

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promises of God, Pastor Marcus, 
you can come. 

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Then you should be speaking the 
promises of God. 

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You should be decreeing the 
promises of God. 

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You know the enemy has no legal 
right to to hinder and affect 

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our lives. 
He is under our feet and the 

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authority that Jesus has 
delegated to us as the Church 

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can put him at Bay. 
What are we speaking? 

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An expectation of a king is to 
begin to operate and move in 

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authority. 
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