>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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>>THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HUMAN
NATURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE BEEN
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HURT WE PULL BACK AND
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT IN THE
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CHURCH - THEIR INSTINCT IS
'GET OUT OF THERE QUICK. I DON'T
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WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE.'
>>FOR OVER FORTY YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>HELLO FRIENDS.
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WELCOME TO
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT
YOU HAVE TUNED IN TODAY FOR THIS
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CONTINUING SERIES THAT
WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
REASONS PEOPLE GET DISCOURAGED
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AND STOP ATTENDING CHURCH.
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ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE REASONS
- SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH HURT
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THEIR FEELINGS.
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THEY'VE BEEN
INVOLVED IN SOME CONFLICT.
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MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEBODY
THAT'S GONE THROUGH THAT -
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THEY STOPPED ATTENDING CHURCH
BECAUSE SOMEBODY HURT THEM.
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MAYBE YOU'RE IN THAT CATEGORY.
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THAT'S WHY WE TRUST
YOU'LL BE BLESSED BY
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THIS PRESENTATION CALLED
'SURVIVING FRIENDLY FIRE.'
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>>BY THE TIME I GOT TO
HIGH SCHOOL ABUSE WAS JUST
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A WAY OF LIFE FOR ME.
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I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE
WAY IT WAS AND THAT MANY PEOPLE
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WERE GOING THROUGH THAT - AND
I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE
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GIRLS WERE NOT GOING THROUGH THE
ABUSE THAT I WAS GOING THROUGH.
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I STARTED ACTING OUT AND PLAYING
UP AND MISBEHAVING IN SCHOOL.
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I FELT WHEN I SPOKE TO MOM
SHE WAS TOO BUSY WORRYING ABOUT
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WHERE DAD WAS -
WHAT DAD WAS DOING.
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WHEN I SPOKE TO THE
OLDER SIBLINGS THEY COULDN'T
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BE BOTHERED - I
HAD STUPID QUESTIONS.
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I SEEMED TO FEEL VERY LONELY ALL
THE TIME AND I JUST FORGOT AT
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THAT POINT WHERE GOD WAS
AND FELT THAT I DIDN'T NEED HIM
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BECAUSE, ANYWAY, WHEN I DID NEED
HIM HE WAS NEVER AROUND FOR ME.
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I WAS LIVING A VERY VERY BUSY
LIFE WORKING UNTIL 2:00, 3:00 IN
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THE MORNING AND THEN DRINKING
ALCOHOL UNTIL 5:00 SO THAT
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I COULD GET TO SLEEP FOR A
FEW HOURS, WAKE UP, AND THEN GET
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BACK TO WORK AT 8:00 AT NIGHT.
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SO MY LIFE CONTINUED
AND SPIRALED UNTIL I DECIDED
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I NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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SO I PACKED MY BAGS AND SPENT
ELEVEN MONTHS CROSSING AFRICA -
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FROM ZIMBABWE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO SWITZERLAND.
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MET A LADY, A MISSIONARY WHO
SPOKE TO ME ABOUT GOD AND GAVE
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ME A BIBLE AND THAT WAS WHEN
I STARTED THINKING AGAIN THAT
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'GOD, MAYBE YOU
LED ME ON THIS TRIP.'
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AND THAT WAS THE START
OF ME REALLY RETHINKING
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'WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY
LIFE?' I'D MADE A DECISION THAT
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'GOD, THIS TIME I'M
NEVER GOING TO LET YOU GO.
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I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER LET ME GO
- IT WAS ALWAYS ME WHO LET GO.'
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MY RETURN TO JESUS WAS THE MOST
AMAZING FEELING THAT I'D EVER
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EXPERIENCED.
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I FELT AS IF THIS TIME I'D
MADE A CONNECTION WITH GOD.
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MY NAME IS AYOLANI HILL
AND I RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
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>>YOU KNOW MANY OF THESE
TESTIMONIES THAT YOU'RE HEARING
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ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
WENT TO THE AFCOE PROGRAM.
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THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD WHO
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CAME TO AMAZING FACTS AND
THEY TRAINED IN HOW TO SHARE
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THEIR FAITH WITH OTHERS.
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AND WE WERE SURPRISED WHAT A
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT
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WERE ALL OF A SUDDEN FILLED WITH
A BURNING DESIRE TO SHARE THEIR
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FAITH WITH OTHERS -
THEY HAD DRIFTED AWAY.
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WHEN THEY CAME BACK THEY
REALIZED THE KEY TO LIFE IS
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RECEIVING CHRIST AND
SHARING CHRIST AND THEIR WHOLE
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PERSPECTIVE CHANGED.
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WELL, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME
YOU ONCE AGAIN AND WE'RE VERY
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THANKFUL, THAT YOU'VE TUNED IN.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
DIFFERENT REASONS THAT PEOPLE
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BECOME DISCOURAGED AND STOP
GOING TO CHURCH AND WHAT THE
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SOLUTION TO THOSE THINGS IS.
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SO, WHAT'S THE RIGHT VIEW THAT
WE SHOULD HAVE REGARDING SOME OF
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THE ISSUES THAT DISCOURAGE
PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO
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JUMP SHIP, SO TO SPEAK.
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ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE THINGS WHEN
WE INTERVIEW PEOPLE IS DEALING
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WITH WHAT WE CALL FRIENDLY FIRE
- SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH DID
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SOMETHING TO HURT THEM -
OR SOME GROUP - OR SOME CLIQUE
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IN THE CHURCH HURT THEM.
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SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN UPSET
WITH GOD SO THEY'VE PULLED BACK
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BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HURT.
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DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED.
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DO NOT LEAVE CHURCH BECAUSE
SOMEONE IN THE CHURCH HURT YOU.
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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
THE DEVIL WANTS TO DO.
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THINK IN THE BIBLE OF ALL THE
CHARACTERS THAT STRUGGLED WITH
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FRIENDLY FIRE.
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THE FIRST MURDER IN THE BIBLE IS
CAIN KILLING HIS BROTHER ABEL.
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YOU'VE GOT THE STORY
OF JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE -
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WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
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HIS BROTHERS JUST
COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH HIM.
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DID HE DO ANYTHING WRONG?
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IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
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BY THE WAY, WITH ABEL, CAIN
WAS UPSET WITH NOT HIS BADNESS
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BUT HIS GOODNESS.
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WITH JOSEPH HIS BROTHERS
WERE NOT UPSET AT HIS BADNESS -
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THEY WERE UPSET AT HIS
DREAMS AND HIS GOODNESS.
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YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WILL
HELP US - SOME OF YOU WHO ARE
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WATCHING YOU SAY, 'OH
PASTOR DOUG, YOU DON'T KNOW
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WHAT THEY DID TO ME.
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I KNOW GENERALLY THAT MIGHT BE
TRUE, BUT WHAT THEY DID TO ME.'
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I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO REALIZE,
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL
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WANTS US TO DO.
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HE WANTS US TO BE HURT
BY THIS FRIENDLY FIRE -
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BY THE HORIZONTAL PROBLEMS THAT
WE HAVE SO WE TURN AWAY FROM HIM
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OR WE BLAME GOD.
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PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, FOR A
MOMENT SOME PEOPLE PAY TO GO ON
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A SAFARI THROUGH A JUNGLE
- SOUTH AMERICA OR AFRICA -
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AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE
RAINFOREST AND THEY'RE GOING
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SINGLE FILE THROUGH THE JUNGLE
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT
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AND THEY'RE LOOKING
TO THE LEFT AND THERE ARE
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MONKEYS IN THE TREES.
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AND THESE ARE BAD MONKEYS.
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AND THE MONKEYS ARE THROWING
NUTS AND BRANCHES AND FRUIT AT
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ONE OF THE MEN BUT HE DOESN'T
KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HE
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TURNS AROUND - HE THINKS IT'S
THE PERSON IN LINE BEHIND HIM.
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HE SAYS, 'WHY'D YOU DO
THAT?' 'I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.'
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'I KNOW YOU DID - YOU JUST
BONKED ME ON THE HEAD WITH A
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PIECE OF FRUIT.' 'I
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.'
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AND SO THEY TURN AROUND,
THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL,
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THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING AT
THE FLOWERS AGAIN AND 'BING!'
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'WHY WAS - WHAT DID I DO?'
AND PRETTY SOON THEY'RE ALL
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FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES
AND THE MONKEYS ARE LAUGHING
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IN THE TREES.
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ARE THERE DEVILS
AND DEMONS OUT THERE?
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DO THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO ACCENT AND ACCENTUATE OUR
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DISAGREEMENTS - MANUFACTURING
THINGS THAT REALLY AREN'T REAL?
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SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF OUR
SLIGHTED PRIDE - AND THEY GET
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MAGNIFIED - AND THE DEVIL IS
WORKING ALL THE TIME TO CREATE
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THE VISION AND
CAUSE FRIENDLY FIRE.
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THIS IS HIS PLAN.
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HE IS TRYING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.
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LIKE I SAID A MINUTE AGO - YOU
MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL PASTOR
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DOUG, YEAH, BUT THIS PERSON -
IT WASN'T IMAGINED - THEY REALLY
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DID SOMETHING VERY MEAN TO ME.'
ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER SCENARIO:
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NICE FAMILY INVITES YOU OVER TO
THEIR HOUSE FOR DINNER SOME DAY
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AFTER CHURCH AND YOU'VE
NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE,
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THEY SEEM LIKE SWEET PEOPLE
AND YOU SIT AROUND AS DINNER
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IS BEING PREPARED.
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YOU VISIT, YOU'RE HAVING A
WONDERFUL TIME, AND THEY SAY
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'WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO
SIT DOWN AT THE DINING TABLE AND
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WE'RE GOING TO EAT.'
YOU SAY 'IS THERE SOMEWHERE
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I CAN WASH MY HANDS?'
'SURE, THERE DOWN THE HALL
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TO THE RIGHT.' AND SO
YOU MEANDER THROUGH THEIR
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HOUSE, YOU FIND THE RESTROOM AND
YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AND AS YOU
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COME OUT OF THE RESTROOM THERE
IS THIS GRUMPY OLD MAN THERE
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AND HE SAYS, 'WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU'RE
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NOT - THIS IS MY BATHROOM.
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DON'T YOU USE MY
BATHROOM.' HE SAYS, 'BY THE WAY,
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YOU'RE UGLY.
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AND I DON'T LIKE STRANGERS IN MY
HOUSE AND I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO
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EAT WHEN ALL THESE STRANGE
PEOPLE COME OVER EATING MY FOOD
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AND I HOPE I NEVER SEE YOU.'
AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO HURL
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INSULTS AND CURSE AT YOU - JUST
AS MEAN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND
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BOY, YOUR HEART STARTS TO RACE
AND YOU GET ALL UPSET AND PRETTY
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SOON YOU GO TO THE HALL AND
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR COAT
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AND YOUR HOST
SAYS, 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?'
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YOU SAY, 'I'M
LEAVING!' 'WHAT'S HAPPENING?'
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'THIS MAN - I'VE NEVER
BEEN SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT BEFORE
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IN MY LIFE!' THEY
SAID, 'YOU DIDN'T RUN INTO
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GRANDPA DID YOU?' 'I
DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.'
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'YOU RAN INTO GRANDPA.
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PLEASE DON'T GET UPSET.
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GRANDPA'S NOT WELL.
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GRANDPA HAS DEMENTIA.
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HE USED TO BE THE NICEST GUY IN
THE WORLD BUT JUST PART OF HIS
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BRAIN ISN'T HEALTHY AND
HE JUST - NOW WE DON'T KNOW
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WHAT'S GOING ON.' AND
AS SOON AS YOU REALIZE THAT
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GRANDPA'S SICK YOU SAY,
'OH, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND NOW.
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THEY CAN'T HELP IT.
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THEY'RE NOT WELL.'
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
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WHO ARE SICK AND
THEY DO MEAN THINGS.
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IF THEY ARE NOT FILLED
WITH GOD'S SPIRIT THEY'VE GOT
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A DIABOLICAL DEMENTIA.
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AND THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT
YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO.
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AND SO, DON'T
TAKE IT OUT ON JESUS.
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DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH AND YOUR
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RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE CHURCH, JUST SAY,
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'ALL RIGHT BROTHER/SISTER,
SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY.'
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AND THEN YOU CAN WALK UP
AND YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF,
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'SPIRITUAL DEMENTIA.
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THEY'RE - THEY'RE JUST NOT WELL.
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THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
LOVE IN THEIR HEART.'
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WE ALL DO SELFISH
THINGS - EVEN IN JESUS' DAY.
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ONE MOMENT JESUS SAYS TO
THE APOSTLES 'WHO DO YOU SAY
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THAT I AM?' PETER
JUMPS UP, HE SAYS,
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'YOU ARE THE CHRIST.
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THE SON OF THE LIVING
GOD.' AND JESUS GIVES PETER THE
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GREATEST COMPLIMENT HE EVER HAD.
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HE SAID, 'SIMON PETER, FLESH AND
BLOOD DID NOT REVEAL THAT UNTO
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YOU BUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT OF GOD SPOKE TO YOU.'
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BEFORE TWENTY MINUTES GO
BY JESUS SAYS, 'I'VE GOT TO
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GO TO JERUSALEM.
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I'M GOING TO BE BETRAYED THERE.
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I'LL BE CRUCIFIED.
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I'LL RISE THE THIRD DAY.'
PETER COMES OVER, HE SAYS,
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'LORD, DON'T TALK LIKE THAT.
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THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU.'
THAT SAME JESUS TURNS TO PETER
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AND HE SAYS, 'GET BEHIND ME
SATAN, YOU'VE GOT DEMENTIA.'
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JESUS LOOKED BEHIND HIS FRIEND
PETER TO WHO WAS OPERATING
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THROUGH PETER AND
HE DIDN'T BLAME PETER,
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HE BLAMED THE DEVIL.
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PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH HURT EACH
OTHER BECAUSE THE DEVIL OFTEN
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SPEAKS SOMETIMES
THROUGH THOSE CLOSEST TO US.
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YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BEST
FIGHTS ON YOUR WAY TO CHURCH
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WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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IT'S INTERESTING, THE
BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE'RE TO
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LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR -
NEIGHBOR IS A NIGH BROTHER.
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NIGH BROTHERS ARE NOT ANY CLOSER
THAN THOSE IN YOUR FAMILY AND
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THOSE IN YOUR CHURCH.
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IT SAYS, 'LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR' AND THEN JESUS SAYS,
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'AND LOVE YOUR ENEMY.' I
THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE
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SAYS WE SHOULD LOVE OUR
NEIGHBOR AND LOVE OUR ENEMY.
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IS IT BECAUSE - IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT OUR NEIGHBOR OFTEN
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BECOMES OUR ENEMY?
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IT'S SOMETIMES OUR NIGH-BROTHER
OR SISTER CAN BECOME OUR
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GREATEST ADVERSARY.
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KING DAVID COMES HOME FROM
PRAISING THE LORD IN THE STREET
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- THERE'S A PARADE WITH GOD AND
HIS ARK AND EVERYBODY'S SINGING
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- HE'S ON CLOUD NINE AND HE
WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR AND HIS
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WIFE SAID, 'BOY, YOU
MADE SUCH A SPECTACLE
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OUT OF YOURSELF TODAY.'
BRING HIM RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN.
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SOMETIMES IT'S
THOSE RIGHT IN THE FAMILY.
00:11:27.66\00:11:30.63
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT.
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1 PETER, CHAPTER 5,
VERSES 5 THROUGH 7, "LIKEWISE
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YOU YOUNGER PEOPLE, SUBMIT
YOURSELVES TO YOUR ELDERS.
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YES, ALL OF YOU BE SUBMISSIVE TO
ONE ANOTHER" - BE SUBMISSIVE TO
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ONE ANOTHER - "AND BE
CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY."
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I'VE DONE MORE MARRIAGE
COUNSELING THAN I'M QUALIFIED TO
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DO OR THAT I WANT TO DO.
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BUT ONE THING I'VE FOUND IN MOST
CASES - THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF
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SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE INVOLVED.
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SOMEBODY'S BEING - USUALLY
BOTH - THERE'S SOME SELFISHNESS
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AND PRIDE.
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AND WE'D HAVE A LOT FEWER
CONFLICTS IN THE CHURCH FAMILY
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IF WE WOULD HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD AND
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BEFORE EACH OTHER.
00:12:14.96\00:12:16.40
SUBMIT YOURSELVES -
'CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY, BECAUSE
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'GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT
HE GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.''
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SO DID YOU LEAVE?
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YOU WERE OUT WORKING FOR GOD.
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YOU WERE DOING ALL THE
RIGHT THINGS AND THEN THEY STILL
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MISTREATED YOU.
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AFTER YEARS OF PATIENCE ELIJAH
TRIED TO BRING REVIVAL TO ISRAEL
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- PRAYING FOR REVIVAL AND GOD
EVEN ANSWERED HIS PRAYER THROUGH
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- THE FAMINE WAS
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
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AND THEN LATER HE HAD THIS
INCREDIBLE MIRACULOUS EXPERIENCE
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ON MOUNT CARMEL - FIRE
COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
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THEN HE PRAYS AGAIN AND
RAIN COMES DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
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AND AFTER THE RAIN FROM GOD AND
THE FIRE OF GOD, PEOPLE IN THE
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CHURCH STILL WANT TO KILL HIM.
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AND ELIJAH SAYS,
'I'M OUTTA HERE.'
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I MEAN, YOU CAN
ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.
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AND HE GETS UP AND HE RUNS AND
YOU CAN FIND THIS IN YOUR BIBLE
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IF YOU LOOK IN THE FIRST BOOK
OF KINGS, CHAPTER 19, VERSE 4 -
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ELIJAH "HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S
JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS, -
00:13:08.66\00:13:11.30
AND THEN HE
PRAYED HE MIGHT DIE."
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HERE IS A SERVANT OF GOD.
00:13:14.40\00:13:15.76
HE LEAVES ISRAEL - STARTS
HEADING AS FAR AWAY AS HE CAN -
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YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE KNOWS
WHERE HE'S GOING AT FIRST - 'I'M
00:13:18.86\00:13:21.86
NO BETTER THAN MY FATHERS' -
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD STILL SPEAKS
00:13:21.86\00:13:24.90
TO HIM THERE EVEN THOUGH
HE'S RUNNING THE WRONG WAY.
00:13:24.90\00:13:28.30
DOES THE LORD STILL TRY TO
REACH US WHEN WE'RE RUNNING
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THE WRONG WAY?
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AN ANGEL APPEARS TO HIM - GIVES
HIM FOOD AND GIVES HIM WATER -
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AND IN THE STRENGTH OF THE FOOD
THE ANGEL GAVE HIM HE TAKES THAT
00:13:34.66\00:13:38.00
AND INSTEAD OF GOING BACK
TO ISRAEL, HE RUNS FURTHER
00:13:38.00\00:13:40.53
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
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IT SAYS IN VERSE 9 HE GOES
TO MOUNT SINAI "AND HE WENT TO A
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CAVE, AND HE SPENT A NIGHT
IN THAT PLACE" - I'VE DONE THAT
00:13:46.36\00:13:50.56
BEFORE - "AND HE BEHELD THE
WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM AND
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IT SAID TO HIM,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE,
00:13:55.23\00:13:57.70
ELIJAH?'" -
TRANSLATION: 'WHY DID YOU LEAVE?
00:13:57.70\00:14:03.60
I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:14:03.60\00:14:05.63
I ANSWERED YOUR PRAYERS.
00:14:05.63\00:14:06.56
I'VE BEEN GUIDING YOU BUT
I DON'T REMEMBER TELLING YOU
00:14:06.56\00:14:08.60
'RUN FROM YOUR PEOPLE.'
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:14:08.60\00:14:13.56
AND HE THEN BEGAN TO
GIVE THE LORD HIS EXCUSES.
00:14:13.56\00:14:16.83
YOU TALK TO A PERSON THAT'S LEFT
CHURCH AND THEY USUALLY HAVE A
00:14:16.83\00:14:19.00
LIST - BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
BOTHERING THEM SO THEY'VE GOT TO
00:14:19.00\00:14:21.13
GET A LIST TO CALM THEIR
CONSCIENCE - AND THEY'VE GOT ALL
00:14:21.13\00:14:24.60
THESE RATIONALIZATIONS FOR
WHY THEY DON'T GO TO CHURCH -
00:14:24.60\00:14:28.20
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT JESUS
TELLS US THAT THIS IS HIS BODY.
00:14:28.20\00:14:33.30
"HE SAID, 'WHAT
ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:14:33.30\00:14:34.66
HE SAID, 'I'VE BEEN ZEALOUS
FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS.'"
00:14:34.66\00:14:37.33
- I'VE STILL GOT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD - "AND FOR THE
00:14:37.33\00:14:39.30
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BUT
THEY'VE FORSAKEN YOUR COVENANT"
00:14:39.30\00:14:42.06
- THEY'VE COMPROMISED - "THEY'VE
TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS" -
00:14:42.06\00:14:45.40
THEY'RE NOT WORSHIPING RIGHT
- "THEY'VE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS"
00:14:45.40\00:14:48.40
THEY DON'T RESPECT THE TRUE
PREACHERS AND THEY PERSECUTE
00:14:48.40\00:14:50.53
THE TRUE ONES AND
INSTALL THE FALSE ONES -
00:14:50.53\00:14:54.20
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD PEOPLE
STOP GOING FOR THOSE REASONS?
00:14:54.20\00:14:57.90
"AND I'M THE ONLY LEFT; AND NOW
THEY TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE SO
00:14:57.90\00:15:02.50
I'M OUT OF HERE" - I
TRIED TO STAND - I WAS
00:15:02.50\00:15:05.26
THE ONLY PERSON EXCITED ON
FIRE IN THAT CHURCH AND I LEFT.
00:15:05.26\00:15:09.06
"AND THEN GOD SAID, 'GO OUT
AND STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN'" AND
00:15:09.06\00:15:13.76
ELIJAH WENT OUT AND STOOD ON THE
MOUNTAIN AND IT SAYS, "THE LORD
00:15:13.76\00:15:16.56
PASSED BY AND THERE WAS A GREAT
AND STRONG WIND AND IT TORE THE
00:15:16.56\00:15:19.73
MOUNTAINS" - IT TORE THE ROCKS
- "BUT THE LORD WASN'T IN THE
00:15:19.73\00:15:23.40
WIND; AND AFTERWARD THERE WAS AN
EARTHQUAKE, AND THE LORD WAS NOT
00:15:23.40\00:15:28.60
IN THE EARTHQUAKE;" AND IT SAYS
THERE WAS "A FIRE, AND THE LORD
00:15:28.60\00:15:32.70
WAS NOT IN THE FIRE."
00:15:32.70\00:15:36.23
AND AFTER HE HEARD IT HE WENT
AND STOOD IN THE MOUTH OF THE
00:15:36.23\00:15:37.93
CAVE AND GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH,
AFTER ALL OF THIS, HE SAYS,
00:15:37.93\00:15:40.80
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
00:15:40.80\00:15:44.56
YOU CAN SEE ALL KINDS
OF POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
00:15:44.56\00:15:46.83
HAPPENING BUT NONE OF
THEM MIGHT HAVE THE LORD IN IT.
00:15:46.83\00:15:50.50
SOMETIMES WE CAN
CONFUSE POWERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
00:15:50.50\00:15:52.73
HAPPENING FOR THE WILL OF GOD
- AND GOD WAS SAYING TO ELIJAH,
00:15:52.73\00:15:57.56
'JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FIRE
AND THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE WIND
00:15:57.56\00:16:00.53
- I WASN'T IN THOSE THINGS.
00:16:00.53\00:16:02.66
I WAS BACK IN ISRAEL
AND I WANTED YOU BACK THERE.
00:16:02.66\00:16:05.76
I BROUGHT YOU IN TO
BRING REVIVAL' - BY THE WAY,
00:16:05.76\00:16:08.13
HAVE YOU NOTICED IT'S HARD
TO CLEAN A HOUSE WHEN YOU'RE
00:16:08.13\00:16:09.93
NOT IN THE HOUSE?
00:16:09.93\00:16:13.40
IF YOU'VE GOT A BOAT THAT'S
FILLING UP WITH WATER - YOU'RE
00:16:13.40\00:16:17.03
OUT IN THE OCEAN - A LITTLE SAIL
BOAT AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE HOLE
00:16:17.03\00:16:19.00
IN IT - IT'S HARD TO BAIL THE
BOAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WATER.
00:16:19.00\00:16:23.83
YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BOAT.
00:16:23.83\00:16:26.40
AND SO AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENS
GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH ANOTHER TIME,
00:16:26.40\00:16:29.53
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
FINALLY, VERSE 15, GOD SAYS,
00:16:29.53\00:16:36.10
"GO, RETURN."
00:16:36.10\00:16:39.86
MATTER OF FACT,
WOULD YOU SAY THAT WITH ME?
00:16:39.86\00:16:42.43
GO, RETURN.
00:16:42.43\00:16:45.93
SOME OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING OR
WATCHING OUT THERE, THAT'S THE
00:16:45.93\00:16:50.00
WORD OF GOD WHEN HE SAYS,
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'
00:16:50.00\00:16:53.23
'BUT LORD, AFTER
ALL THEY'VE DONE TO ME -
00:16:53.23\00:16:54.86
I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT.'
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE LORD SAID
00:16:54.86\00:16:56.96
TO ELIJAH?
00:16:56.96\00:16:57.76
'I'VE GOT 7,000 KNEES THAT STILL
HAVEN'T BOWED TO BAAL, DON'T
00:16:57.76\00:17:01.03
THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
THAT STILL LOVES ME OUT THERE -
00:17:01.03\00:17:04.10
THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY
TRUE BELIEVER STILL LEFT
00:17:04.10\00:17:05.86
IN THE CHURCH.
00:17:05.86\00:17:08.03
YOU'RE NOT THE BEST
JUDGE OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:17:08.03\00:17:11.30
GO, RETURN.
00:17:11.30\00:17:13.06
I WANT A REVIVAL AND
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
00:17:13.06\00:17:14.80
IF YOU'RE NOT THERE.' ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING
00:17:14.80\00:17:17.40
TO BRING REVIVAL IS IF
GOD'S PEOPLE PULL TOGETHER.
00:17:17.40\00:17:21.46
AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP
FRAGMENTING AND RUNNING FOR THE
00:17:21.46\00:17:23.76
HILLS LIKE ELIJAH -
ELIJAH WAS A GOOD MAN OF GOD -
00:17:23.76\00:17:27.20
SINCERE AND HONEST -
BUT HE WENT THE WRONG WAY.
00:17:27.20\00:17:31.50
GO AND RETURN.
00:17:31.50\00:17:33.46
AND HE DID.
00:17:33.46\00:17:35.60
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE
SENSITIVE TOO BECAUSE SOME
00:17:35.60\00:17:38.76
PEOPLE ARE
HURTING AND WE DON'T KNOW.
00:17:38.76\00:17:41.83
WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO CHURCH
WONDERING HOW PEOPLE TREAT US.
00:17:41.83\00:17:44.53
WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING MORE
SELFLESSLY AND SAYING, 'LORD,
00:17:44.53\00:17:47.23
WHEN I GO TO CHURCH I
WANT TO GO AND MINISTER.
00:17:47.23\00:17:49.46
GIVE ME THAT SENSITIVITY TO ASK,
'HOW IS THIS PERSON FEELING?
00:17:49.46\00:17:54.00
HOW CAN I MINISTER TO THEM?
00:17:54.00\00:17:55.73
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF
OURSELVES AND THINK ABOUT CARING
00:17:55.73\00:17:58.76
FOR AND CONSOLING AND
COMFORTING ONE ANOTHER.
00:17:58.76\00:18:01.40
1 THESSALONIANS 5:11,
"THEREFORE COMFORT EACH OTHER
00:18:01.40\00:18:06.00
EDIFY ONE ANOTHER,
JUST AS YOU ARE ALSO DOING."
00:18:06.00\00:18:10.36
GALATIANS 6:2, PAUL SAID,
"BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS AND
00:18:10.36\00:18:15.33
SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST."
00:18:15.33\00:18:18.73
'CONFESS YOUR FAULTS TO
ONE ANOTHER AND PRAY FOR
00:18:18.73\00:18:21.00
ONE ANOTHER.' WE
NEED TO CARE ABOUT EACH
00:18:21.00\00:18:23.33
OTHER'S HEALTH BECAUSE IF YOU'RE
DOING POORLY, THE WHOLE CHURCH
00:18:23.33\00:18:26.83
IS DOING POORLY, AND
THEN I'M DOING POORLY.
00:18:26.83\00:18:30.30
WE'RE PART OF AN ARMY, GOD SAYS.
00:18:30.30\00:18:33.50
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW
WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACKS -
00:18:33.50\00:18:37.30
AND WE'RE NOT STABBING
EACH OTHER IN THE BACK.
00:18:37.30\00:18:39.73
WE'VE GOT TO
CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:18:39.73\00:18:42.33
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ALL BE
PART OF THAT TEMPLE OF GOD -
00:18:42.33\00:18:45.33
WE ARE ALL PART OF
THAT HOUSEHOLD OF GOD.
00:18:45.33\00:18:48.66
THE BIBLE SAYS WE
ARE LIVING STONES.
00:18:48.66\00:18:51.70
HE WANTS TO BUILD UP A
CHURCH - WE ARE HIS BODY.
00:18:51.70\00:18:54.93
JESUS SAID, 'DESTROY THIS TEMPLE
THAT IS MADE WITH HANDS AND
00:18:54.93\00:18:59.20
IN THREE DAYS I WILL
MAKE A TEMPLE WITHOUT HANDS' -
00:18:59.20\00:19:01.63
AND HE LATER EXPLAINED
HE WAS SPEAKING OF HIS BODY.
00:19:01.63\00:19:04.86
AND WHAT IS THE CHURCH CALLED?
00:19:04.86\00:19:07.10
IT'S THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:19:07.10\00:19:09.40
YOU CAN READ IN EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 2 - THIS IS A GOOD VERSE
00:19:09.40\00:19:12.80
- "NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE NO
LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS,
00:19:12.80\00:19:15.96
BUT FELLOW
CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS..."
00:19:15.96\00:19:19.03
WE'RE NOT STRANGERS, WE'RE ALL
PART OF THE SAME COUNTRY NOW.
00:19:19.03\00:19:23.20
FELLOW CITIZENS.
00:19:23.20\00:19:25.36
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE
WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF AN
00:19:25.36\00:19:28.03
IDENTITY AND YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE.
00:19:28.03\00:19:32.03
WE'VE GOT THIS IDEA THAT
CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
00:19:32.03\00:19:33.86
RESORT WHERE EVERYBODY'S NICE.
00:19:33.86\00:19:36.43
EVERYBODY'S GOING
TO BE NICE AND LOVE ME.
00:19:36.43\00:19:39.43
BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT THE CHURCH IS.
00:19:39.43\00:19:42.30
THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY
A LABORATORY WHERE GOD IS
00:19:42.30\00:19:44.80
REFINING US THROUGH EX
- WE'RE BEING SANCTIFIED.
00:19:44.80\00:19:48.76
WE ARE BEING BUILT
- WE'RE BEING REFINED
00:19:48.76\00:19:51.70
AND CHISELED AND POLISHED.
00:19:51.70\00:19:54.10
1 CORINTHIANS 5:4, "IN
THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS
00:19:54.10\00:19:57.63
CHRIST, WHEN YOU ARE GATHERED
TOGETHER, ALONG WITH MY SPIRIT,
00:19:57.63\00:20:01.70
WITH THE POWER OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST..." WE'RE TO COME
00:20:01.70\00:20:04.36
TOGETHER IN HIS SPIRIT.
00:20:04.36\00:20:07.03
'OH, BUT PASTOR DOUG, THERE'S SO
MANY HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH -
00:20:07.03\00:20:11.86
I STOPPED GOING BECAUSE
THERE WERE ALL THESE HYPOCRITES
00:20:11.86\00:20:13.76
IN THE CHURCH.
00:20:13.76\00:20:16.50
WERE THERE
HYPOCRITES IN THE EARLY CHURCH?
00:20:16.50\00:20:20.76
EVEN AFTER GOD POURED OUT HIS
SPIRIT - AND GOD IS WORKING IN
00:20:20.76\00:20:23.56
MAGNIFICENT WAYS AMONG
THE DISCIPLES - YOU HAD
00:20:23.56\00:20:26.60
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
00:20:26.60\00:20:28.70
ACTS CHAPTER 5 - YOU KNOW, PIUS
PROFESSION - THEY GO AND SAY,
00:20:28.70\00:20:33.03
'WE'RE MAKING THIS BIG OFFERING.
00:20:33.03\00:20:34.30
WE'VE SOLD ALL OUR PROPERTY
- WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A HUNDRED
00:20:34.30\00:20:36.33
PERCENT' - LYING THROUGH THEIR
TEETH - AND DID GOD DEAL WITH
00:20:36.33\00:20:41.73
THE HYPOCRITES BACK THEN?
00:20:41.73\00:20:44.13
CAN GOD STILL DEAL WITH THEM?
00:20:44.13\00:20:46.60
SOME OF THEM ARE CONVERTED -
PETER WAS A HYPOCRITE WHEN HE
00:20:46.60\00:20:48.83
DENIED KNOWING
CHRIST, WASN'T HE?
00:20:48.83\00:20:52.70
AND SOME WHO WON'T BE CONVERTED
- WELL THEY WERE - THE LORD TOOK
00:20:52.70\00:20:57.40
CARE OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
00:20:57.40\00:20:59.66
THERE ARE ACHANS IN THE CAMP
AND GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM.
00:20:59.66\00:21:02.66
GOD ALSO KNOWS HOW TO SEPARATE
THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF.
00:21:02.66\00:21:05.63
BUT NOT COMING TO CHURCH BECAUSE
THERE ARE HYPOCRITES IN THE
00:21:05.63\00:21:07.83
CHURCH - YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE
GONE TO THE CHURCH IN JESUS' DAY
00:21:07.83\00:21:11.60
IF THAT'S YOUR
EXCUSE FOR NOT GOING.
00:21:11.60\00:21:14.20
HE WANTS US TO BE
TOGETHER - TO STAY TOGETHER.
00:21:14.20\00:21:17.83
'OH, BUT PASTOR, YOU DON'T KNOW
- THERE'S - THERE'S ACTUALLY
00:21:17.83\00:21:21.83
LEADERS IN OUR CHURCH
THAT ARE JUST UNCONVERTED.
00:21:21.83\00:21:24.90
I CAN'T STAND TO BE THERE.
00:21:24.90\00:21:26.63
IT'S SO HARD TO SIT THERE AND
TO LISTEN TO THEM PONTIFICATE AS
00:21:26.63\00:21:30.20
THEY TEACH THE LESSON OR AS
THEY PREACH AND THEY'RE JUST
00:21:30.20\00:21:33.56
NOT CONVERTED.
00:21:33.56\00:21:34.36
HOW CAN I GO THERE?'
WERE THERE UNCONVERTED LEADERS
00:21:34.36\00:21:38.03
IN BIBLE HISTORY?
00:21:38.03\00:21:41.10
WERE THEY STILL GOD'S PEOPLE?
00:21:41.10\00:21:43.73
I MEAN IN THE DAYS - DID
AARON - HE WAS THE HIGH PRIEST -
00:21:43.73\00:21:46.80
DID HE MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS
AND START WORSHIPING WRONG?
00:21:46.80\00:21:50.26
BUT DID HE FINALLY COME AROUND?
00:21:50.26\00:21:52.83
BE CAREFUL NOT TO PRE-JUDGE
ANYBODY AND CONSIGN THEM
00:21:52.83\00:21:56.36
TO ETERNAL TORMENT -
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE LORD
00:21:56.36\00:21:59.03
MIGHT CHANGE THEM LATER.
00:21:59.03\00:22:01.50
SOME PEOPLE WHO I
THOUGHT 'THIS IS HOPELESS.
00:22:01.50\00:22:03.20
NOBODY'S' - YOU KNOW, YOU THINK
THEY'VE GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY
00:22:03.20\00:22:05.03
SPIRIT - THE LORD'S
NEVER GOING TO REACH THEM.
00:22:05.03\00:22:07.10
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GO
THROUGH A RADICAL CONVERSION AND
00:22:07.10\00:22:09.90
THEY BECOME THE NICEST
PERSON YOU'VE EVER MET.
00:22:09.90\00:22:13.16
SO, DON'T WRITE ANYBODY OFF.
00:22:13.16\00:22:15.50
YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING
HOW GOD CAN CHANGE PEOPLE.
00:22:15.50\00:22:18.23
ALL OF US ARE IN PROCESS -
REMEMBER THAT - THEY MAY BE
00:22:18.23\00:22:21.80
IN A DIFFERENT PLACE ALONG
THE PROCESS THAN YOU'RE IN.
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FURTHERMORE, GOD PREDICTED
THERE WOULD BE THESE PROBLEMS
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IN THE CHURCH.
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HE WARNED AHEAD OF TIME THAT IN
THE CHURCH THERE WERE GOING TO
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BE THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES.
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WAS THAT A REASON NOT TO GO?
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ACTS CHAPTER 20 - PAUL.
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PAUL KNOWS HE'S GETTING READY
TO GO TO PRISON AND THE LORD
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GIVES HIM A PROPHECY.
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HE SAID - ACTS 20, VERSE 29 -
"FOR THIS I KNOW, THAT AFTER MY
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DEPARTURE SAVAGE
WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG YOU,
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NOT SPARING THE FLOCK."
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YOU EVER SEEN
WOLVES AMONG A FLOCK?
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THEY DON'T JUST GO PICK OFF ONE
SHEEP AND DRAG THEM OFF, THEY
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ALMOST SEEM TO REVEL IN
BITING AND TAKING DOWN -
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IT'S LIKE ENTERTAINMENT -
'WELL, WE'VE GOT THAT ONE DOWN
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AND WOUNDED, LET'S
GO GET ANOTHER ONE.'
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AND IF YOU ASK A SHEPHERD THAT
HAS WOLVES RUNNING AMONG THEIR
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SHEEP, THEY DON'T JUST KILL ONE
AND EAT IT, THEY'LL SOMETIMES
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GO KILL SEVERAL AND
EAT PARTS OF SEVERAL.
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THEY'RE SAVAGE.
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AND THE DEVIL SOMETIMES
HAS HIS REPRESENTATIVES -
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THEY GET INTO THE CHURCH AND
THEY GO CIRCULATE AND THEY CAUSE
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PROBLEMS AND - AND CARNAGE.
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GOD SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
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THE DEVIL WANTS TO DESTROY THE
CHURCH BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS THE
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OBJECT ON EARTH UPON WHICH
GOD BESTOWS HIS SUPREME REGARD.
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WHEN JESUS LOOKS DOWN FROM
HEAVEN, IF THERE IS A GROUP OR
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A BODY ON THE PLANET THAT
HE IS INTENSELY INTERESTED IN,
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WHO IS IT?
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IT'S HIS CHURCH
- IT'S HIS BRIDE.
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AND YOU KNOW HOW HE
CARES ABOUT HIS BRIDE.
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AND THAT'S WHY HE WANTS US
TO STAY - STAY IN THE CHURCH.
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HE SAID, "I KNOW SAVAGE
WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG YOU,
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NOT SPARING THE FLOCK."
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NOTICE HE SAID, "ALSO FROM AMONG
YOURSELVES" - 'EVEN,' HE SAID,
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'FROM AMONG SOME OF
YOU.' MEN ARE GOING TO RISE UP
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SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS, NOT TO
TEACH THE TRUTH OR BRING PEOPLE
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TO JESUS, BUT TO DRAW
AWAY DISCIPLES FOR THEMSELVES.
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YOU KNOW FRIENDS, WE'VE ALL BEEN
HURT, AND SOME OF US ARE MAD AT
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SOMEBODY - SOME OF
US ARE MAD AT THE LORD.
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YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY
ONE THAT'S BEEN HURT.
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WAS JESUS EVER HURT?
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WAS JESUS EVER HURT BY A FRIEND?
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WHAT DID JUDAS DO?
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BETRAYED HIS FRIEND.
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DAVID, JOSEPH, MANY OTHERS
IN THE BIBLE - THEY WERE HURT BY
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FRIENDLY FIRE.
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THERE'S A PROPHECY THAT YOU
CAN READ IN ZECHARIAH 3:16 -
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SPEAKING OF CHRIST -
"AND THEY WILL SAY TO HIM,
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'WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS
THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS?'
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AND HE WILL ANSWER AND SAY,
'THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED
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IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.'"
WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF
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HIS FRIENDS.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS WAS WOUNDED.
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HE TOLD US THAT WHEN JUDAS
CAME TO KISS HIM IN THE GARDEN,
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JESUS SAID 'FRIEND,
DO YOU BETRAY - ARE YOU
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BETRAYING THE SON
OF MAN WITH A KISS?'
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HE SAID, 'FRIEND.'
AND SOMETIMES FRIENDS
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HURT EACH OTHER.
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YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A RISK
WHENEVER YOU LOVE SOMEBODY -
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WHENEVER YOU OPEN YOURSELF UP
AND YOU DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP
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AND YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST SOMEBODY
AND YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE SOMEBODY
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AND YOU SHARE WHO YOU ARE WITH
THAT PERSON, THERE'S ALWAYS THE
00:25:53.00\00:25:56.06
RISK THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO BETRAY THAT CONFIDENCE -
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THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SLIGHT
YOUR LOVE AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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BE HURT.
00:26:00.70\00:26:01.73
SO WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
00:26:01.73\00:26:03.36
RUN OFF TO SOUTH DAKOTA?
00:26:03.36\00:26:06.20
TO JUST GO TO MOUNT
SINAI AND HIDE IN A CAVE?
00:26:06.20\00:26:10.40
MAYBE YOU'VE
BEEN RUNNING FROM GOD.
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JESUS IS WANTING YOU TO KNOW,
'I AM YOUR FRIEND AND I WILL
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NEVER LET YOU DOWN.
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I WILL NEVER
BETRAY YOU.' >>STAY TUNED.
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER.
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>>YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE WANDERING FROM JESUS AND
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IT STARTS BY
MAKING SMALL COMPROMISES.
00:26:35.33\00:26:41.03
GOD DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE ONE.
00:26:41.03\00:26:44.06
GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY
SHOULD BE LOST - AND THAT WOULD
00:26:44.06\00:26:48.46
INCLUDE SOME OF YOU WHO THINK
THAT YOU'VE WANDERED TOO FAR.
00:26:48.46\00:26:53.76
HAVE WE SOMETIMES
FORGOTTEN THE VALUE OF ONE?
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JESUS WOULD LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ONE.
00:26:57.63\00:27:06.43
>>THIRTY-THREE MINERS TRAPPED
BENEATH THE CHILEAN DESERT.
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IT WAS THE GREATEST
MINE RESCUE OF ALL TIME.
00:27:11.83\00:27:16.23
WHAT DROVE THESE PEOPLE TO DEFY
FAILURE AND PERSEVERE AGAINST
00:27:16.23\00:27:19.66
ALL ODDS?
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WHAT IMMPELLED THE MINERS
TO FIND THE COURAGE TO FIGHT
00:27:22.13\00:27:25.93
AGAINST ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH?
00:27:25.93\00:27:30.86
PASTOR CARLOS PARRA - KNOWN
AS THE CHAPLAIN OF CAMP HOPE -
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ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS WITH
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT IN HIS BOOK
00:27:35.30\00:27:38.50
'HOPE UNDERGROUND.'
'HOPE UNDERGROUND' IS A VIVID
00:27:38.50\00:27:44.33
DESCRIPTION OF HOW FAITH AND
HOPE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE
00:27:44.33\00:27:47.76
MINERS' SUCCESSFUL RESCUE.
00:27:47.76\00:27:50.60
'HOPE UNDERGROUND' - A
TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED
00:27:50.60\00:27:54.16
MILLIONS AND THAT WILL
INSPIRE YOU TO SEE LIFE'S CRISES
00:27:54.16\00:27:57.90
THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES.
00:27:57.90\00:28:06.33
>>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEKS'
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SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
00:28:08.60\00:28:10.30
THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION.
00:28:10.30\00:28:12.33
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO
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NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER
WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST.
00:28:15.36\00:28:24.03
>>THE PRECEDING WAS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
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