>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>BUT IT IS A SUPERNATURAL THING
FOR A CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A GODLY,
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HOLY LIFE IN THIS EVIL AND
ADULTEROUS GENERATION, TO USE
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JESUS' WORDS, UNLESS YOU'RE
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND YOU
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON CHRIST.
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA. THIS
PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
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FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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FACTS PRESENTS .
>>TONIGHT IS PRESENTATION NUMBER
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6 IN OUR HEROES OF FAITH SEMINAR
AND, IN PARTICULAR, TONIGHT
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WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT A DOUBLE PORTION.
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NOW, A DOUBLE PORTION, IF
YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLES, IS DEALING
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WITH A DOUBLE
PORTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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AND AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE'RE GOING
TO PICK OUT A STORY OF A HERO OF
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FAITH. WE'RE
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
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LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF HEROES
AND, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES
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TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS -
2 KINGS CHAPTER 2 AND I'M JUST
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GOING TO BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST VERSE.
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AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND
THIS INTERESTING AS WE PROCEED.
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"AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE
LORD WAS ABOUT TO TAKE UP ELIJAH
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INTO HEAVEN BY A WHIRLWIND,"
- BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPHETS, THEY
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KNOW IN ADVANCE.
GOD REVEALED WHAT
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WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE
WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING
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WITH ELIJAH HE'D NOT
DONE WITH ANYONE BEFORE.
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HE'D TAKEN ENOCH TO HEAVEN -
ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AND GOD
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TOOK HIM. HE WAS
NOT - BUT ELIJAH'S GOING
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IN FRONT OF OTHERS WATCHING, IN
A FIERY CHARIOT, - "THAT ELIJAH
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WENT WITH ELISHA FROM GILGAL."
NOW THE WORD 'GILGAL' MEANS
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'CIRCLE' OR 'SOMETHING
ROLLING' AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT
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PLACE IN BIBLE HISTORY.
AND AS ELIJAH IS SENT BY THE
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LORD TO GO TO GILGAL, HE SAYS
TO ELISHA, "'STAY HERE, PLEASE,
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FOR THE LORD HAS SENT ME ON
TO BETHEL.' BUT ELISHA SAID, 'AS
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THE LORD LIVES, AND AS YOUR SOUL
LIVES, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU!'"
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SO, BEFORE ELIJAH GOES TO
HEAVEN, THE PROPHETS HAD A
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NUMBER OF SCHOOLS SURROUNDED
AROUND THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.
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THEY'D BEEN ESTABLISHED BY
SAMUEL THE PROPHET - A PLACE TO
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TRAIN FAMILIES AND
PEOPLE FOR MINISTRY.
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THERE WERE THE LEVITES, BUT
GOD HAD ANOTHER WAY WHERE PEOPLE
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MIGHT BE CALLED INTO WORKING
FOR GOD AND IT WAS CALLED 'THE
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SCHOOLS OF THE PROPHETS.' HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE READ ABOUT THE
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SCHOOLS OF THE
PROPHETS IN THE BIBLE?
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AND IT WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
DURING THE DAYS OF ELIJAH AND
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ELISHA BECAUSE THERE WAS A
LOT OF APOSTASY IN THE KINGDOM.
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AND SO, BEFORE ELIJAH GOES TO
HEAVEN, HE WANTS TO GO AND VISIT
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THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF
THE PROPHETS TO STRENGTHEN THEM
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BEFORE HE ASCENDS. NOW,
I SHOULD PROBABLY BACK UP
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AND EXPLAIN HOW
ELIJAH FIRST MET ELISHA.
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ELIJAH WAS ON MOUNT SINAI -
HE HAD RUN FROM JEZEBEL WHO WAS
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TRYING TO KILL HIM. AND
WHILE ELIJAH WAS ON MOUNT
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SINAI, THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM
- THERE WAS A FIRE AND THERE WAS
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A TREMENDOUS WIND AND THERE WAS
AN EARTHQUAKE AND GOD THEN SPOKE
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TO HIM IN A STILL, SMALL
VOICE AND HE SAID, 'YOU DON'T
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NEED TO RUN FROM JEZEBEL.
I WANT YOU TO GO BACK INTO
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ISRAEL AND ON YOUR WAY BACK,
I WANT YOU TO ANOINT ELISHA, THE
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SON OF SHAPHAT, TO BE PROPHET IN
YOUR PLACE.' IN OTHER WORDS, HE
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WOULD WALK WITH YOU AND TRAIN
WITH YOU FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
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AND YOU WOULD DISCIPLE
HIM SO THAT HE COULD CARRY ON
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YOUR WORK WHEN YOU'RE
GONE. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID.
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JESUS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCIPLES,
BUT HE ESPECIALLY APPOINTED
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TWELVE APOSTLES AND HE WORKED
WITH THEM AND HE TRAINED THEM SO
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THAT THEY COULD CARRY ON
HIS WORK WHEN HE WAS GONE.
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SO ELIJAH IS GOING THROUGH THE
COUNTRYSIDE AND HE CAME TO THE
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REGION WHERE ELISHA LIVED
AND ELISHA IS OUT IN THE FIELD
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PLOWING WITH HIS TWELVE
OTHER YOKE OF OXEN - TWELVE -
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IMPORTANT NUMBER - AND ELIJAH
TAKES HIS ROBE OFF HIS SHOULDERS
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AND HE WALKS UP TO ELISHA AND HE
PLACES HIS ROBE - HIS MANTLE -
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THIS IS THE CALL OF ELISHA - HE
PLACES IT ON HIS SHOULDERS AND
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ELISHA
UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT.
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IT MEANT 'YOU'RE GOING TO
BE PROPHET IN MY PLACE WHEN I'M
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GONE.' THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT
WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE
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ELISHA WAS A WEALTHY YOUNG MAN.
ELISHA'S FATHER AND MOTHER MUST
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HAVE HAD MONEY BECAUSE THEY'VE
GOT ALL THIS LAND, TWELVE YOKE
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OF OXEN - I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'VE GOT HERE IN MICHIGAN.
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PROBABLY YOU'VE GOT SOME FARMERS
THAT HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG
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SPREADS OF LAND. I KNOW
WHEN I WAS IN TEXAS YOU'D
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GO AROUND WEST TEXAS AND THERE'S
FARMERS THERE - ONE FARMER HAS
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GOT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
ACRES AND THEY'VE GOT THESE JOHN
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DEERE TRACTORS THAT ARE AS LONG
AS A FOOTBALL FIELD - AT LEAST
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WHAT THEY PULL IS THAT
LONG - AND THEY JUST MAKE THESE
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TREMENDOUS SWATHS. AND
INSIDE THEY'VE GOT, YOU
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KNOW, AIR CONDITIONING AND
TELEVISION AND GPS AND JACUZZI
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AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
YOU CAN THINK OF INSIDE.
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WELL, BACK IN BIBLE TIMES, THE
MOST EXPENSIVE SACRIFICE WAS AN
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OXEN. IF YOU HAD
TWELVE YOKE OF OXEN,
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THAT MEANT YOU'VE GOT A LOT
OF LAND AND HERE ELISHA IS A SON
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WHO STANDS TO INHERIT A
LOT. NOW KEEP THAT IN MIND.
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BUT ELIJAH SAYS, 'FOLLOW
ME.' ELIJAH IS A POOR PROPHET.
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I MEAN, ELIJAH, HE HAD TO
RUN AND HE WAS FED BY BIRDS.
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ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF
WHEN THE RAVENS HAD TO FEED HIM?
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AND THEN HE HAD TO RUN - HE
LIVED IN THE ATTIC OF A WIDOW.
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SO TO BE THE SERVANT OF A
PROPHET THAT HAS NOWHERE TO LAY
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HIS HEAD - ISN'T THAT WHAT
JESUS SAID TO THE APOSTLES?
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'FOXES HAVE THEIR HOLES AND
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE THEIR
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NESTS, BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS
NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD.' AND
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SO, WHEN WE DECIDE TO FOLLOW
JESUS, WE MIGHT NEED TO BE
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WILLING TO FORSAKE
ALL KINDS OF EARTHLY GAIN.
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AND ELISHA, PROVING THAT HE
WAS WILLING TO FOLLOW ELIJAH AND
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TO ACCEPT THIS INVITATION,
HE SACRIFICED THE OXEN HE WAS
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PLOWING WITH, HE BURNED
THE WOODEN IMPLEMENTS, AND HE
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FOLLOWED ELIJAH. DO YOU
REMEMBER JESUS SAYING ONE
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TIME, 'IF ANY MAN COMES AFTER
ME, IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND TO THE
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PLOW, DO NOT LOOK BACK.' AND
SO WHEN ELISHA DECIDED TO FOLLOW
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ELIJAH, HE WAS PUTTING HIS
HAND TO A NEW PLOW AND HE SAID,
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'I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK
BACK. I BURNED MY YOKE OF
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OXEN AND THE PLOW. I'M
GOING TO NOW FOLLOW YOU.'
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HE FORSOOK
EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW ELIJAH.
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AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A DISCIPLE - YOU TAKE UP YOUR
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CROSS, YOU FORSAKE EVERYTHING,
YOU DENY YOURSELF, AND THERE ARE
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GREAT REWARDS
THAT COME WITH THAT.
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WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE INHERITANCE
OF ELISHA IN A LITTLE BIT.
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SO, HE'S SAYING, 'ELISHA, LOOK,
THE LORD SENT ME ON A CIRCUIT,
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AND YOU MAY GET TIRED FOLLOWING
ME FROM PLACE TO PLACE' - AND
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ELISHA SAID, 'LOOK, I'VE HEARD
HOW THE LORD IS GOING TO TAKE
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YOU TO HEAVEN IN A SUPERNATURAL
WAY AND I WANT TO BE WITH YOU TO
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THE END. I WANT
TO SPEND EVERY MINUTE
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WITH YOU.' HE FOLLOWED
EVERYWHERE ELIJAH WENT.
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HE WOULD NOT TAKE
HIS EYES OFF ELIJAH.
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THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE A REAL CHRISTIAN.
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SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, I
THINK I'LL TRY THIS FOR A LITTLE
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WHILE.' BUT IT DOESN'T
WORK. I'LL TRY BUDDHISM.
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I'LL TRY THIS' - YEAH,
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
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CHRISTIAN. IF YOU'RE
GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS,
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CHRIST SAID, 'YOU NEED TO
COUNT THE COST - WHAT IT MEANS.
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HE'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT'S WORTH
- WHAT PROFIT IS IT IF YOU GAIN
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THE WHOLE WORLD
AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?
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SO IT'S WORTH IT,
FRIENDS, TRUST ME.
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IT COSTS SOMETHING TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, BUT IT PAYS A LOT
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MORE THAN IT
COSTS. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING
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TO DO IT, THEN DO IT. WE
NEED MORE CHRISTIANS THAT
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ARE SEALED IN THEIR
COVENANT TO FOLLOW JESUS.
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SO - AND MAYBE I SHOULD BRING
OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
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THESE WORDS MEAN. THE
WORD 'GILGAL' MEANS 'CIRCLE'.
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HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THE LORD
IS LEADING YOU IN CIRCLES AND
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YOU'RE NOT GETTING
ANYWHERE? KEEP FOLLOWING.
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THE WORD 'BETHEL'
MEANS 'HOUSE OF GOD'.
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WHEN THE LORD SAYS, 'I'M GOING
TO BETHEL' DO WE GO WITH HIM?
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SHOULD WE HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO
TAKE US TO THE HOUSE OF GOD - AT
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LEAST ONCE A WEEK? IT'S
AMAZING, I MEET CHRISTIANS
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THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO
GET THEM TO CHURCH ONCE A WEEK
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AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE
ENOUGH FAITH TO GET TO HEAVEN.
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YOU'RE GOING TO
BETHEL, I'M GOING WITH YOU.
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THEN HE SAYS, 'I'M GOING
TO JERICHO.' JERICHO MEANS
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'FRAGRANT PLACES.' SOMETIMES
THE LORD LEADS US IN FRAGRANT
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PLACES. BUT THEN
JORDAN - WE TALKED
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ABOUT JORDAN LAST NIGHT -
JORDAN REPRESENTS DESCENDING.
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IT REPRESENTS, LIKE,
A DEATH IN THE BIBLE.
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IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE AT ALL
THE DIFFERENT - YOUR BIBLE AND
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IN THE HYMNALS - CHRISTIAN
HYMNALS - IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
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IT'S BAPTIST, METHODIST HYMNAL
- THERE'S ALL THESE CHRISTIAN
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HYMNALS - THE GREAT HYMN WRITERS
UNDERSTOOD THE WORD 'JORDAN' -
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'THROUGH JORDAN'S STORMY BILLOWS
THOU LEADEST ME.' 'BY JORDAN'S
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BANKS' - AND THERE'S ALL THESE
SONGS ABOUT THE JORDAN AND THEY
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UNDERSTOOD THE THEOLOGY THAT
JORDAN REPRESENTED THAT CROSSING
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POINT. IT REPRESENTED THAT
DESCENDING. IT WAS LIKE A DEATH.
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AND SO HE SAID, 'I'M
GOING TO FOLLOW YOU TO GILGAL.
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I'M GOING TO
FOLLOW YOU TO BETHEL.
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I'M GOING TO
FOLLOW YOU TO JORDAN.
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WHEREVER YOU LEAD,
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW YOU.
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NOW ELIJAH - THEY COME TO
THE JORDAN AND IT'S FLOODING.
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THEY CAN'T CROSS AND SO ELIJAH
TAKES OFF HIS ROBE - THAT'S THE
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SAME ROBE THAT HE HAD PLACED ON
THE SHOULDERS OF ELISHA WHEN HE
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CALLED HIM - AND
HE STRIKES THE WATER.
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AND IT WAS DIVIDED
THIS WAY AND THAT WAY.
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HAD THAT HAPPENED BEFORE?
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
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CROSSED THE JORDAN INTO THE
PROMISED LAND, REMEMBER HOW THE
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WATERS MIRACULOUSLY PARTED?
AND ELIJAH'S GOT THE FAITH IT'S
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GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN SO HE
TAKES THE MANTLE AND HE HITS
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THE WATER AND IT PARTS AND THE
GROUND DRIES UP AND THE BIBLE
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SAYS THE TWO OF THEM GO
ACROSS TOGETHER ON DRY LAND.
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AND ELIJAH SAYS TO ELISHA, 'ASK
WHAT I MIGHT DO FOR YOU BEFORE I
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AM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.'
YOU KNOW, THIS IS I THINK
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ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
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GOD IS SAYING,
'ASK'. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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PRAY. DO YOU HAVE A REQUEST?
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY FEW
PRAYERS IN THE BIBLE WHERE GOD
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SAID, 'I CAN'T ANSWER THAT
BECAUSE IT'S TOO BIG A PRAYER.
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MATTER OF FACT, I
CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
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JOSHUA PRAYS AND SAYS, 'LORD,
MAKE THE SUN STAND STILL.' GOD
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DOESN'T SAY, 'OH, JOSH, I
CAN'T DO THAT.' HE DOES IT.
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SO MAYBE THE PROBLEM ISN'T THAT
GOD ISN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
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GIVE US WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
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MAYBE WE'RE NOT
ASKING BIG ENOUGH.
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HE SAYS, 'ASK WHAT I CAN DO FOR
YOU.' JESUS SAYS, IN JOHN 16:24,
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"UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE
ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME.
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ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE,
THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL."
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ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 10, 'ASK OF
THE LORD FOR RAIN IN THE TIME OF
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THE LATTER RAIN AND THE LORD
WILL MAKE FLASHING CLOUDS' -
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LATTER RAIN IS A SYMBOL FOR THE
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT -
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'THE LORD WILL MAKE FLASHING
CLOUDS AND HE'LL GIVE YOU
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SHOWERS OF RAIN, GRASS
IN THE FIELD FOR EVERYONE.'
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IT'S LIKE NEW
LIFE - THE OUTPOURING.
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GOD SAID TO SOLOMON, 'ASK WHAT
YOU WILL.' HE ASKED FOR THE HOLY
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SPIRIT WHEN HE ASKED FOR A
WISE AND UNDERSTANDING HEART.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS, HE SAYS IN LUKE
CHAPTER 11, 'IF YOU THEN BEING
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EVIL KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS
TO YOUR CHILDREN' - MAYBE I
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OUGHT TO QUOTE WHAT HE SAYS JUST
BEFORE THAT - 'IF YOUR SON IS
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HUNGRY AND HE ASKS FOR A LOAF
OF BREAD, WILL YOU GIVE HIM A
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STONE? IF HE
ASKS FOR A FISH WILL
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YOU GIVE HIM A SERPENT?
IF HE ASKS FOR AN EGG WILL
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YOU GIVE HIM A SCORPION?
IF YOU, THEN, BEING EVIL KNOW
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HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL
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YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT ASK?'
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WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT
JESUS ITEMIZED THAT WE SHOULD BE
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ESPECIALLY ASKING
FOR? >>HOLY SPIRIT.
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>>EVERY OTHER GOOD GIFT FROM
GOD IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE
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HOLY SPIRIT. YOU
KNOW WHAT ARE THE MOST
00:13:08.62\00:13:09.98
IMPORTANT THINGS WE
OUGHT TO BE PRAYING FOR?
00:13:10.02\00:13:12.42
WE ALWAYS THINK, YOU KNOW, 'GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD' AND
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MAY - YOU KNOW - 'I WANT
WATER AND I WANT CLOTHING.
00:13:15.12\00:13:17.59
I WANT A HOME AND I WANT TO KEEP
EVERYONE SAFE AND' - WHEN YOU
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MATURE AS A CHRISTIAN,
INSTEAD OF PRAYING FOR THINGS,
00:13:20.90\00:13:24.20
YOU START PRAYING
FOR CHARACTER CHANGES.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST BECOME
A CHRISTIAN YOU THINK, 'I WANT
00:13:28.54\00:13:30.54
TO WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE OF THE
FRINGE BENEFITS AND MAYBE HE'LL
00:13:30.57\00:13:32.71
WATCH ME WITH HIS ANGELS, KEEP
ME SAFE, KEEP ME ALIVE, I WANT
00:13:32.74\00:13:35.28
EVERLASTING LIFE, I DON'T WANT
TO GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.' BUT
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AS YOU MATURE AND YOU FALL
IN LOVE WITH THE LORD, YOU SAY,
00:13:38.78\00:13:41.02
'LORD, I'M SO
SELFISH. I AM SO PROUD.
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I NEED TO BE MORE LIKE YOU.' AND
THE ONLY WAY THAT THE INSIDE CAN
00:13:43.75\00:13:47.92
CHANGE IS THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL
POWER CALLED GOD THE SPIRIT.
00:13:47.96\00:13:53.36
BUT HE WILL NOT
FORCE HIMSELF ON SOMEBODY.
00:13:53.40\00:13:56.00
YOU NEED TO ASK HIM IN. LET
ME JUST - IF YOU DON'T MIND,
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I'M GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE DETOUR AND I WANT TO TALK
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FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHY IT
IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR
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US TO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU CANNOT LIVE THE CHRISTIAN
00:14:05.27\00:14:07.91
LIFE WITHOUT THE
CHRISTIAN SPIRIT.
00:14:07.94\00:14:10.25
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO BE THE KIND OF CHRISTIAN
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CHRIST IS CALLING US
TO BE, WITHOUT A MIRACLE.
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TRYING TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE IN
THIS WICKED WORLD IS IMPOSSIBLE.
00:14:17.09\00:14:20.96
IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO WALK ON WATER.
00:14:20.99\00:14:24.59
BUT CAN YOU WALK ON WATER
IF YOU HAVE YOUR EYES ON JESUS?
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IF JESUS TELLS YOU TO WALK
ON WATER, CAN YOU WALK ON WATER?
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BUT IT IS A SUPERNATURAL THING
FOR A CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A GODLY,
00:14:32.03\00:14:36.60
HOLY LIFE IN THIS EVIL AND
ADULTEROUS GENERATION - TO USE
00:14:36.64\00:14:40.34
JESUS' WORDS - UNLESS YOU'RE
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT AND YOU
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON CHRIST.
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>>FRIENDS, WE HAVE A SPECIAL
GIFT, TODAY, THAT WE THINK IS
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GOING TO BE A
REAL BLESSING TO YOU.
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IT'S DEALING WITH THE
SUBJECT OF THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
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THE BOOK IS CALLED
UNDERSTANDING TONGUES .
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MANY WONDER, 'IF YOU RECEIVE THE
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS
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EVERYBODY REQUIRED
TO SPEAK IN TONGUES?'
00:15:01.26\00:15:04.10
'WHAT IS THE SPECIAL
HEAVENLY PRAYER LANGUAGE?'
00:15:04.13\00:15:06.80
'WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES?'
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THESE QUESTIONS AND MANY MORE
WILL BE ANSWERED IN THIS FREE
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OFFER, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND
THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE,
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BECAUSE GOD'S
MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
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>>SPIRITUAL THINGS
ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.
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IT'S THE SPIRIT THAT
QUICKENS AND GIVES LIFE.
00:15:33.40\00:15:35.30
YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO UNDERSTAND THE HOLY BIBLE.
00:15:35.33\00:15:38.63
YOU NEED THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO OBEY.
00:15:38.67\00:15:41.77
WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD GIVING
US POWER INSIDE, IT IS SO HARD
00:15:41.80\00:15:44.57
TO FIGHT THE DEVIL
WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:15:44.61\00:15:47.34
YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE
SPIRIT OF THE ENEMY.
00:15:47.38\00:15:49.01
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
JESUS PROMISES 'GREATER IS HE
00:15:49.04\00:15:52.61
THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS
IN THE WORLD.' YOU NEED THE HOLY
00:15:52.65\00:15:56.18
SPIRIT FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYING.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE CATCH 22 - YOU
00:15:56.22\00:16:00.22
NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO PRAY BETTER FOR THE
00:16:00.26\00:16:02.99
HOLY SPIRIT, YEAH. YOU
COULD EVEN PRAY FOR THAT.
00:16:03.02\00:16:06.06
'LORD, GIVE ME YOUR
SPIRIT SO THAT I COULD PRAY MORE
00:16:06.09\00:16:07.76
EFFECTIVELY.' THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL HELP YOU PRAY WITH
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GROANINGS THAT
CANNOT BE UTTERED.
00:16:09.73\00:16:11.87
THAT'S ROMANS 8:26.
YOU KNOW, I NOTICE I ALWAYS
00:16:11.90\00:16:14.90
SOUND BETTER SINGING WITH
OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN SING WELL.
00:16:14.94\00:16:19.94
HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO
SING WITH OTHERS THAT SING WELL?
00:16:19.97\00:16:22.28
HOW YOU SING DOESN'T MATTER,
YOU'LL ALWAYS SOUND BETTER IF
00:16:22.31\00:16:24.15
YOU SING WITH PEOPLE THAT
ARE BETTER THAN YOU, RIGHT?
00:16:24.18\00:16:27.08
AND IF YOU PRAY WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT, YOUR PRAYERS BECOME
00:16:27.12\00:16:30.75
MELODIOUS TO GOD. YOU
NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR LOVE.
00:16:30.79\00:16:35.76
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5, IT SAYS,
'AND HOPE MAKES NOT ASHAMED
00:16:35.79\00:16:40.30
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED
ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY
00:16:40.33\00:16:44.13
SPIRIT THAT HE'S GIVEN
US.' DON'T WE ALL WANT PEACE?
00:16:44.17\00:16:48.57
WHAT BRINGS US
PEACE IN OUR LIVES?
00:16:48.60\00:16:51.31
"NEVERTHELESS, I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
00:16:51.34\00:16:53.17
IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT
I GO AWAY;" - THIS IS JESUS IN
00:16:53.21\00:16:55.68
JOHN 16:7 - "FOR IF I DO NOT
GO AWAY," - THE COMFORTER - "THE
00:16:55.71\00:16:59.68
HELPER WILL NOT COME
TO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART,
00:16:59.71\00:17:02.28
I WILL SEND HIM TO
YOU." HE GIVES US COMFORT.
00:17:02.32\00:17:04.92
HE GIVES US PEACE.
YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:17:04.95\00:17:07.99
FOR CLEANSING. WE
ALL NEED TO BE CLEANSED -
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ROMANS 15:16 - "THAT
I MIGHT BE A MINISTER OF
00:17:10.43\00:17:14.00
JESUS CHRIST TO THE GENTILES,
MINISTERING THE GOSPEL OF GOD,
00:17:14.00\00:17:18.00
THE OFFERING OF THE GENTILES
MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE, SANCTIFIED
00:17:18.03\00:17:22.20
BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT." AND I'M NOT COVERING
00:17:22.24\00:17:25.14
ALL THE POINTS. THESE
ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS
00:17:25.17\00:17:28.68
- YOU NEED THE HOLY
SPIRIT FOR GUIDANCE.
00:17:28.71\00:17:31.78
YOU'LL HEAR A SMALL VOICE BEHIND
YOU LIKE ELIJAH HEARD THIS
00:17:31.81\00:17:35.65
STILL, SMALL VOICE.
ISAIAH 30 - 'YOUR EYES WILL HEAR
00:17:35.68\00:17:39.72
A WORD BEHIND YOU SAYING, 'THIS
IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT.' HOW
00:17:39.75\00:17:43.32
MANY OF YOU FELT LIKE YOU'VE
HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTING
00:17:43.36\00:17:45.59
YOU BEFORE IN MAKING DECISIONS?
'COMMIT YOUR WAY UNTO THE LORD.
00:17:45.63\00:17:49.13
HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.'
WE NEED IT FOR POWER - 'NOT BY
00:17:49.16\00:17:53.34
MIGHT - ZECHARIAH 4:6 -
"...NOR BY POWER, BUT BY THY
00:17:53.37\00:17:56.10
SPIRIT'" MEANING NOT BY EARTHLY
POWER, BUT BY THE POWER OF HIS
00:17:56.14\00:17:59.67
SPIRIT WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE NEED IT FOR WITNESSING.
00:17:59.71\00:18:05.35
I TOUCHED ON THAT. WE NEED
THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR SEALING.
00:18:05.38\00:18:09.48
YOU'VE ALL HEARD
ABOUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST?
00:18:09.52\00:18:12.85
AND HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE
SEAL OF GOD? THERE'S AN INNER
00:18:12.89\00:18:15.92
SEAL OF GOD, WHICH IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT. THOSE WHO ARE READY FOR
00:18:15.96\00:18:20.93
JESUS WHEN HE COMES
MUST HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:18:20.96\00:18:23.63
EPHESIANS 4:30, "AND DO NOT
GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
00:18:23.67\00:18:26.53
BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED
FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION."
00:18:26.57\00:18:30.34
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE VACCINATED FOR
THE SECOND COMING BY THE HOLY
00:18:30.37\00:18:32.94
SPIRIT. YOU NEED IT FOR JOY.
ROMANS 14:17, "FOR THE KINGDOM
00:18:32.97\00:18:38.31
OF GOD IS NOT EATING AND
DRINKING, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:18:38.35\00:18:41.15
AND PEACE AND JOY
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:18:41.18\00:18:44.52
SO THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO
PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, IT'LL
00:18:44.55\00:18:46.86
GIVE YOU PEACE AND JOY - AND, OF
COURSE, YOU NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:18:46.89\00:18:50.43
EVEN JUST FOR SALVATION.
ROMANS 8:9, "...NOW IF ANYONE
00:18:50.46\00:18:54.63
DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT
OF CHRIST, HE IS NOT HIS."
00:18:54.66\00:18:58.80
AND, AGAIN, JESUS SAID, 'UNLESS
YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND THE
00:18:58.83\00:19:01.37
SPIRIT, YOU CANNOT ENTER THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' SO IS HAVING
00:19:01.40\00:19:06.01
THE HOLY SPIRIT SOMETHING
OPTIONAL FOR THE CHRISTIAN OR IS
00:19:06.04\00:19:09.28
IT REQUIRED? IT'S URGENT.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
00:19:09.31\00:19:15.25
SO DON'T YOU THINK IT'S
SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING
00:19:15.28\00:19:16.82
ABOUT? BUT ELISHA DID NOT JUST
00:19:16.85\00:19:19.85
WANT SOME OF THE SPIRIT.
GO BACK TO 2 KINGS CHAPTER 2,
00:19:19.89\00:19:26.90
'ASK WHAT YOU WILL' - ELIJAH
SAYS - 'BEFORE I'M TAKEN AWAY
00:19:26.93\00:19:29.90
FROM YOU.' ELISHA SAID,
"PLEASE LET A DOUBLE PORTION OF
00:19:29.93\00:19:35.00
YOUR SPIRIT BE UPON ME."
AND EVEN ELIJAH REALIZED 'YOU'RE
00:19:35.04\00:19:39.21
THINKING PRETTY BIG.' HE SAID,
"YOU HAVE ASKED A HARD THING."
00:19:39.24\00:19:43.85
I MEAN, WHO COULD HAVE
TWICE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF ELIJAH?
00:19:43.88\00:19:47.42
"YOU HAVE ASKED A HARD THING.
NEVERTHELESS," - HERE'S THE
00:19:47.45\00:19:51.12
CRITERIA - "IF YOU SEE ME WHEN
I AM TAKEN FROM YOU, IT SHALL BE
00:19:51.15\00:19:56.29
SO FOR YOU; BUT IF
NOT, IT SHALL NOT BE SO."
00:19:56.32\00:20:00.33
NOW, YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM
ELIJAH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
00:20:00.36\00:20:04.03
POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE
PORTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:20:04.07\00:20:07.34
WHAT'S THE CRITERIA? 'IF
YOU SEE ME WHEN I'M CAUGHT UP.
00:20:07.37\00:20:11.87
IF YOU SEE ME LIFTED UP IT WILL
BE SO.' NOW, IF YOU KNOW THAT IN
00:20:11.91\00:20:16.48
ORDER FOR YOU TO RECEIVE
A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE HOLY
00:20:16.51\00:20:18.68
SPIRIT, YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR
EYE ON ELIJAH, HOW CAREFULLY
00:20:18.71\00:20:22.32
WOULD YOU KEEP
YOUR EYE ON ELIJAH?
00:20:22.35\00:20:25.22
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO KEEP
YOUR EYES OPEN WHEN YOU SNEEZE?
00:20:25.25\00:20:28.32
ISN'T IT HARD? YOU
EVER BEEN LIKE DRIVING IN
00:20:28.36\00:20:30.63
SERIOUS TRAFFIC AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FEEL A
00:20:30.66\00:20:32.06
SNEEZE COMING ON?
YOU'RE GOING 'AH, AH, AH'
00:20:32.09\00:20:33.76
(LAUGHTER) IT'S TOUGH.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SNEEZE.
00:20:33.80\00:20:39.20
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO
BLINK. YOU WOULDN'T TURN
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.50
YOUR HEAD FOR FEAR
THAT HE'D DISAPPEAR.
00:20:41.54\00:20:43.91
YOU WOULD FIX YOUR EYES ON
ELIJAH, KNOWING THAT 'IF I DON'T
00:20:43.94\00:20:49.11
LET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT I WILL
RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION.' THAT
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MEANS REAL FOCUS. YOU
KNOW, IT SAYS IN HEBREWS
00:20:52.58\00:20:56.42
CHAPTER 12, "SINCE WE ARE
SURROUNDED" - VERSE 1 - "BY SO
00:20:56.45\00:21:01.59
GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET
US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND
00:21:01.62\00:21:05.13
THE SIN WHICH SO EASILY ENSNARES
US, LOOKING UNTO JESUS,"
00:21:05.16\00:21:09.20
- THAT TRANSLATES 'FIXING
OUR EYES ON JESUS' - "THE AUTHOR
00:21:09.23\00:21:12.20
AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH."
GLUING OUR EYES ON JESUS.
00:21:12.23\00:21:17.81
SO THEY WALKED AND TALKED
TOGETHER AS THEY HAD DONE MANY
00:21:17.84\00:21:21.31
TIMES BEFORE, AND ELIJAH IS
GIVING SOME LAST-MINUTE ADVICE,
00:21:21.34\00:21:24.18
ENCOURAGEMENT - VERSE 11 - "THEN
IT HAPPENED, AS THEY CONTINUED
00:21:24.21\00:21:29.12
ON AND TALKED, THAT SUDDENLY
A CHARIOT OF FIRE APPEARED WITH
00:21:29.15\00:21:36.09
HORSES OF FIRE, AND SEPARATED
THE TWO OF THEM;" AND HE
00:21:36.12\00:21:40.23
GETS SUCKED UP INTO THIS VORTEX
OF POWER AND LIGHT AND AS HE'S
00:21:40.26\00:21:44.67
BEING CAUGHT UP TO
HEAVEN ELISHA SAW IT.
00:21:44.70\00:21:49.64
NOTICE VERSE 12,
"AND ELISHA SAW IT."
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.67
WHAT'S THE
PROMISE IF HE SEES IT?
00:21:51.71\00:21:54.31
YOU'RE GOING TO
GET A DOUBLE PORTION.
00:21:54.34\00:21:55.88
WHY DID HE ASK
FOR A DOUBLE PORTION?
00:21:55.91\00:21:58.01
WAS HE BEING
GREEDY? LET ME TELL YOU TWO
00:21:58.05\00:22:01.22
THINGS THAT I
THINK. IN THE BIBLE, WHO
00:22:01.25\00:22:04.29
GOT A DOUBLE PORTION?
WELL, ONE, THE FIRSTBORN SON GOT
00:22:04.32\00:22:08.22
A DOUBLE PORTION OF
THE FATHER'S INHERITANCE.
00:22:08.26\00:22:11.73
ELISHA WALKED AWAY FROM
HIS EARTHLY INHERITANCE.
00:22:11.76\00:22:15.16
HE WAS ADOPTED BY ELIJAH.
ELIJAH HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN.
00:22:15.20\00:22:19.70
HIS ONLY SON - LIKE PAUL ADOPTED
TIMOTHY, LIKE JESUS ADOPTED THE
00:22:19.73\00:22:23.30
APOSTLES, ELIJAH ADOPTED ELISHA.
AND SO ELISHA IS ASKING FOR
00:22:23.34\00:22:28.58
SOMETHING REALLY NORMAL.
HE'S SAYING, 'I WANT A DOUBLE
00:22:28.61\00:22:32.85
PORTION OF YOUR
EARTHLY INHERITANCE.
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.42
ELIJAH GOES, 'WELL,
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
00:22:35.45\00:22:37.39
I'VE GOT MY ROBE AND I'VE GOT
THE HOLY SPIRIT.' HE SAID, 'I
00:22:37.42\00:22:40.62
WANT A DOUBLE
PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT.
00:22:40.66\00:22:42.29
IF YOU'VE ADOPTED ME, I WANT A
DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT.'
00:22:42.32\00:22:46.80
THE OTHER PERSON WHO GOT A
DOUBLE PORTION, IF YOU READ 1
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.93
SAMUEL, THE WIFE OF
ELKANAH, HER NAME WAS HANNAH.
00:22:48.96\00:22:53.64
IT SAYS ELKANAH GAVE HANNAH A
DOUBLE PORTION BECAUSE HE LOVED
00:22:53.67\00:22:57.37
HER. IT'S LIKE
JOSEPH GAVE BENJAMIN
00:22:57.41\00:23:00.88
MUCH MORE THAN HIS
BROTHERS BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM.
00:23:00.91\00:23:03.81
AND SO, ELISHA IS SAYING,
'IF YOU LOVE ME, AND IF YOU HAVE
00:23:03.85\00:23:07.88
ADOPTED ME, I WANT A DOUBLE
PORTION.' AND SO THAT'S WHY
00:23:07.92\00:23:11.89
WE'RE ASKING FOR SO MUCH.
BECAUSE WE SAY, 'LORD, I WANT
00:23:11.92\00:23:14.49
TO KNOW THAT I'M ADOPTED.
I WANT TO KNOW I'M LOVED.'
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.63
AND ELISHA HAD A
BIG WORK LEFT TO DO.
00:23:17.66\00:23:20.26
AS YOU READ ON IN THE BIBLE,
YOU'LL DISCOVER ELISHA ENDS UP
00:23:20.30\00:23:24.50
DOING TWICE THE
MIRACLES OF ELIJAH.
00:23:24.53\00:23:28.04
HE REALLY DOES GET A
DOUBLE PORTION OF THE SPIRIT.
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.94
BUT NOW WE'RE
GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
00:23:30.97\00:23:32.44
SO ELIJAH IS GOING UP TO HEAVEN
AND ELISHA SEES IT - VERSE 12 -
00:23:32.47\00:23:38.58
AND HE CRIES OUT. FOR THOSE
THAT JOINED US, I'M IN 2 KINGS
00:23:38.61\00:23:42.52
CHAPTER 2, VERSE 12 - HE CRIES
OUT. HE FALLS TO HIS KNEES, "MY
00:23:42.55\00:23:46.62
FATHER, MY FATHER, THE CHARIOT
OF ISRAEL AND ITS HORSEMEN!"
00:23:46.65\00:23:50.36
BECAUSE THE STRENGTH OF ISRAEL
WAS IN THIS PROPHET, MORE THAN
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.06
ALL THE SOLDIERS, AND HE SAW HIM
NO MORE - "AND HE TOOK HOLD OF
00:23:53.09\00:23:58.13
HIS OWN CLOTHES AND
TORE THEM INTO TWO PIECES.
00:23:58.17\00:24:02.77
HE ALSO TOOK UP THE MANTLE
OF ELIJAH THAT HAD FALLEN FROM
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.51
HIM." NOW NOTICE SOMETHING THAT
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.14
IS HAPPENING WITH CLOTHES. I
ASKED YOU ON ANOTHER EVENING,
00:24:08.18\00:24:11.71
'WHAT DOES CLOTHING
REPRESENT IN THE BIBLE?'
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.85
>>CHARACTER.
>>CHARACTER. THE ROBE OF CHRIST
00:24:13.88\00:24:18.72
WOULD BE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
OUR CLOTHING IN OUR LOST
00:24:18.75\00:24:22.79
CONDITION IS FILTHY
RAGS - UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:24:22.82\00:24:26.70
NOTICE THAT SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING HAPPENS: HE KNEELS
00:24:26.73\00:24:29.83
DOWN, HE TEARS HIS OWN,
AND HE TAKES UP ELIJAH'S.
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WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR YOU AND I TO CROSS
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THE JORDAN AND TO
GET TO HEAVEN CLEAN?
00:24:39.61\00:24:43.21
WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR
ELISHA TO CROSS THE JORDAN?
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YOU KNOW, GOD DRIED THE GROUND.
THEY DIDN'T GET MUDDY ON THE
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WAY. IT WAS THE ROBE OF ELIJAH.
WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
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GO THROUGH DEATH AND BE
CLEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE?
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IT'S THE ROBE OF
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.96
IT IS NOT OUR GOOD
WORKS THAT WE WILL PLEAD.
00:25:00.06\00:25:03.10
WE NEED TO PUT ON THE WEDDING
GARMENT THAT JESUS PROVIDES.
00:25:03.13\00:25:06.03
AND THEN, WHEN WE ARE
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, THROUGH THE
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RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST, THAT
WILL REACT IN OUR LIVING LIVES
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OF SANCTIFICATION BY
FAITH. DID YOU GET THAT?
00:25:13.38\00:25:16.91
I KNOW THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DEEP.
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.31
FIRST YOU COME JUST LIKE YOU ARE
AND THROUGH FAITH HE ACCEPTS YOU
00:25:18.35\00:25:20.85
AND YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. HE
COVERS YOU. AND THEN, THROUGH
00:25:20.88\00:25:25.02
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW HIM, WE ARE
SANCTIFIED. HE TEARS HIS OWN AND
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HE TAKES UP THE MANTLE OF
ELIJAH. AND IT'S INTERESTING, AS
00:25:29.86\00:25:33.53
YOU CONTINUE TO READ IN THE
BIBLE, YOU'LL DISCOVER ELIJAH
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RAISES A BOY TO LIFE;
ELISHA RAISES A BOY TO LIFE.
00:25:38.37\00:25:42.67
ELIJAH MULTIPLIES
OIL; ELISHA MULTIPLIES OIL.
00:25:42.70\00:25:47.14
ELIJAH MULTIPLIES
BREAD; ELISHA MULTIPLIES BREAD.
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.88
HE ENDS UP MIRRORING MANY OF THE
SAME MIRACLES, PLUS MANY MORE.
00:25:50.91\00:25:55.15
DO YOU KNOW, CHRIST SAID
TO THE DISCIPLES - IT'S ALMOST
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UNBELIEVABLE - JESUS SAID,
'THESE WORKS THAT I HAVE DONE,
00:25:57.45\00:26:00.09
GREATER THINGS THAN THIS
WILL YOU DO BECAUSE I GO TO THE
00:26:00.12\00:26:04.19
FATHER.' WHAT
DID HE MEAN BY THAT?
00:26:04.23\00:26:05.69
'I'M GOING TO THE FATHER AND I'M
SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WHAT
00:26:05.73\00:26:08.40
I COULD ONLY DO THROUGH ONE
PERSON, THROUGH MANY OF YOU, YOU
00:26:08.43\00:26:11.63
WILL BE EVEN MORE - AT A
BROADER EXPANSE THROUGH THE HOLY
00:26:11.67\00:26:15.80
SPIRIT.' ELISHA
RECEIVED A DOUBLE PORTION.
00:26:15.84\00:26:21.01
IF WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN
PEOPLE NEED A DOUBLE PORTION,
00:26:21.04\00:26:23.61
IT'S NOW FRIENDS,
AMEN? HOW IS IT IN YOUR LIFE?
00:26:23.65\00:26:28.65
DO YOU STRUGGLE SOMETIMES TRYING
TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.95
WITHOUT THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT?
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
00:26:30.99\00:26:34.86
SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR - IF YOU
WANT REVIVAL, JUST PRAYING FOR
00:26:34.89\00:26:37.13
REVIVAL, THE ANSWER IS
PRAYING FOR THE SPIRIT.
00:26:37.16\00:26:40.56
IT'S NOT JUST PRAYING FOR
REVIVAL, WE NEED THE POWER OF
00:26:40.60\00:26:42.70
GOD'S SPIRIT. THAT
REQUIRES US TO RELENTLESSLY
00:26:42.73\00:26:46.90
FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS TO FOLLOW
WHEREVER HE LEADS AND TO SAY
00:26:46.94\00:26:53.11
'THE LORD DO SO
TO ME AND MORE ALSO.
00:26:53.14\00:26:54.84
ANYTHING BUT DEATH
SEPARATE YOU AND ME.
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.18
THAT WAY, I AM DETERMINED TO
FOLLOW WHEREVER YOU MAY LEAD.'
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GETTING TO WHERE I AM
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00:27:43.53\00:27:46.23
I DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED.
>>I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE -
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>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
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>>I REALIZED THAT
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00:27:51.93\00:27:54.30
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>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
00:27:54.34\00:27:56.54
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL.
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WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
00:28:13.76\00:28:16.59
I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND
ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE
00:28:16.62\00:28:20.56
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00:28:20.60\00:28:22.83
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00:28:22.86\00:28:24.67
>>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE
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00:28:24.70\00:28:28.17
THESE GUYS STARTED BEING
CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF.
00:28:28.20\00:28:31.71
>>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID
THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE
00:28:31.74\00:28:35.41
LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS
00:28:35.44\00:28:38.68
A FATHER. >>I LOST
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00:28:38.71\00:28:41.82
WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT
WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
00:28:41.85\00:28:44.95
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
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00:28:44.99\00:28:48.76
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