? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's
worthy ? ? wory of all... ?
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? all the praise! ? (Music)
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Pastor Byrd: Some will
say, why do we praise him
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like we do?
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I don't know what
else to do but praise him.
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Glorious, wonderful, marvelous.
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When I get to
heaven I'll be saying,
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holy, holy, holy,
and worship his name.
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If you would, take your Bibles
and turn with me to the Book
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of Mark, Chapter 5.
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I'll give you the full context
and read a few verses today.
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Those who are
watching, Mark 5:21.
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If you have it, let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God
says to us today:
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"And when Jesus was
passed over again by ship unto
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the other side, much
people gathered unto him: and he
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was nigh unto the sea.
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And, behold, there cometh one
of the rulers of the synagogue,
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Jairus by name; and
when he saw him, he fell at
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his feet, and besought
him greatly, saying, My little
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daughter lieth at the
point of death: I pray thee,
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come and lay thy
hands on her, that she may
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be healed; and she shall live.
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And Jesus went with him;
and much people followed him,
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and thronged him."
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Verse 25: "And a certain woman,
which had an issue of blood
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twelve years, and had suffered
many things of many physicians,
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and had spent all that she had,
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and was nothing
bettered, but rather grew worse,
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when she had heard of
Jesus, came in the press behind,
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and touched his garment.
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For she said, If I may touch
but his clothes, I shall be,"
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what, everybody?
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"Whole.
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And straightway the fountain
of her blood was dried up;
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and she felt in her
body that she was healed
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of that plague.
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And Jesus, immediately knowing
in himself that virtue had
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gone out of him, turned him
about in the press, and said,
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Who touched my clothes?
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And his disciples, said unto
him, Thou seest the multitude
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thronging thee, and
sayest thou, Who touched me?
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And he looked round
about to see her that had
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done this thing.
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But the woman fearing
and trembling, knowing what
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was done in her, came and fell
down before him, and told him
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all the truth.
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And he said unto her,
Daughter, thy faith hath made
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thee whole; go in peace,
and be whole of thy plague.
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"While he yet spake,
there came from the ruler
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of the synagogue's
house certain which said,
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Thy daughter is
dead: why troublest thou
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the Master any further?
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As soon as Jesus herd the word
that was spoken, he saith unto
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the ruler of the synagogue,
Be not afraid, only believe.
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And he suffered no man
to follow him, save Peter,
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and James, and John
the brother of James.
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And he cometh to the house
of the ruler of the synagogue,
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and seeth the tumult, and them
that wept and wailed greatly.
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And when he was come in, he
saith unto them, Why make ye
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this ado, and weepth?
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the damsel is not
dead, but sleepeth.
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And they laughed him to scorn.
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But when he put them all
out, he taketh the father
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and the mother of
the damsel, and them that
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were with him, and entereth
in where the damsel was lying.
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And he took the damsel by
the hand, and said unto her,
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Taligha cumi; which is,
being interpreted, Damsel, I say
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unto thee, arise.
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And straightway the damsel
arose, and walked; for she
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was of the age of twelve years.
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And they were astonished
with a great astonishment.
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And he charged them straitly
that no man should know it;
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and commanded that something
should be given her to eat."
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It's my turn.
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God, today it's my turn.
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My turn, God, for a blessing.
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So even, God, as I preach
this Word, administer to me
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right now.
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But not just to me, to everyone
who is watching, to everyone
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who is here, God,
may your Holy Ghost move
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in this place.
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God, we proclaim that you're
wonderful, you're glorious,
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you're marvelous,
but may it come alive
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in your Word today.
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Now forgive me of my
sins, hide me behind your cross,
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and when the appeal is
made, may individuals come,
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giving their lives to you.
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In the name of Jesus, we pray.
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Amen.
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As most of you know, I'm
a very serious sports fan.
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I love sports, watching sports,
playing sports, and attending
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sports games,
particularly basketball.
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Now, when I lived in Atlanta,
my family and I were regulars
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at the Atlanta Hawks games.
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Not so much that
we liked the Hawks,
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but more so when the
Heat, the Lakers and the Thunder
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came to town, we
had to have tickets.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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Now, watching the games in
person at the arena with all
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the fans there in
Philips Arena was fun.
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The shots, the
passes, the dunks,
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when we did the waves.
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In Atlanta they have
what they call a kiss cam.
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When we saw all
of this, it was fun.
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But the part that I
didn't like was what took place
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before the game.
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And to be more specific,
I didn't like the crowds
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rushing to get in
line to get in the arena.
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People would push in line.
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People would squabble in line.
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People would crowd you in
line, invade your personal space
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in line.
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People would step
on your toes in line.
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It was a pain to stand in line.
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But what really made me mad
was when somebody would try to
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cut line.
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I mean, after all, if my family
and I had to stand in line,
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then everybody
had to stand in line.
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So, one day
we're standing in line
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to get into the game.
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We have to go through
the turnstile and give
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our tickets to the
attendant in order to get
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into the arena.
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We're standing in line,
minding our own business,
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and then all of a sudden
here comes Johnny Come Late,
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trying to cut us in line.
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Now, before I went off I had
to look around to see if anybody
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I knew saw me to make
sure that nobody would say,
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I saw Pastor Byrd
in line and he was
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going off on somebody.
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He looked like he was
getting ready to fight somebody.
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You know what I'm talking about.
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In this day and age you have
to be careful, because people
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have cell phones,
iPhones, iPads and everything
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and they will
record everything you do,
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put it on Facebook
and put it on YouTube
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and the Internet
trying to make something
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appear more than what it is.
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That's why I'm
careful how I pose with people
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for pictures.
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Brothers, when
you hug the women,
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you hug them like this.
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You can't be all over them.
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Trying to help somebody.
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Brothers, when you hug another
brother, it can't be all that
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cheek-to-cheek stuff.
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You've got to say,
well, man, let me dap you up
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and keep it moving.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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So I look around.
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And it's doesn't appear
that anybody who knows me
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sees me.
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And so I look at the
person who cut my family and me
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in line and I'm bigger than him.
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So I say to myself, if he gets
crazy, because you know folks
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will get crazy, I'm bigger
than him and I can take him
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out, Amen, somebody.
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Let me give you some advice.
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Don't get crazy
and get in a fight
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with somebody you can't beat.
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Come on, say Amen.
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There's no harm in running.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And so, I see this
brother and I say to him,
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hold up, brother, hold up.
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You're not going to cut me
and my family and everybody
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else who's
standing in line here.
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You see, there's a
science in that, I have to bring
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everybody else who was
standing in there in this
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situation, so just in case he
had backup, I had backup, too.
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Come on, say Amen.
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We've been standing
here like everybody else.
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Get to steppin' and get
to the back of the line.
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It's my turn.
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Everybody chimed in,
yeah, get to steppin'.
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Get to the back of the line.
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You heard it, get to steppin'.
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I felt good.
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Ha-ha.
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I felt like I was the
man because it was my turn.
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You ever been at a stoplight
and it's your turn to drive
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and somebody cuts you off?
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It happened to me
right here at Oakwood.
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I almost lost my religion.
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Come on, pray for me, everybody.
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You get mad and you
say, what's wrong with him?
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What's wrong with her?
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It's my turn.
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Anybody been on the
job at Oakwood 15 years,
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paid your dues,
started as a secretary,
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went back to school
and got your degree,
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even went to graduate school.
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You're
productive, you're innovative,
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you've trained others.
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In fact, you keep training
other people but they keep
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getting the position
you trained them for.
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You're up for a
promotion and this time you know
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you're going to get it,
but you're passed over again.
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And you say, but it's my turn.
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I don't know what
your situation is,
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but one of the
greatest frustrations in life
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can be when you
feel it's your turn
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and it doesn't happen for you.
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Well, as we come
back in this new year
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I've just stopped by to
tell somebody to hang on
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in there because your
blessing is on the way.
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Because every experience
that we have in our lives
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is tied to a purpose.
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Everything that God
allows to happen in your life
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through his providencal
will is a sovereign setup,
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because remember that
your setback is just a setup
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for a comeback.
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You have to learn how to
give God the glory for whatever
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you're going through because
what you're going through is
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tied to something bigger that
God has in store in your life.
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Don't you forget
what the Apostle Paul said
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when he said, We
know that all things
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work together for good
to them who love the Lord
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and are called
according to his purpose.
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Sometimes you're gifted,
but it's not your turn yet.
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Sometimes you're talented,
but it's not your time yet.
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Sometimes you
have God's anointing,
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but it's not your season yet.
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And let me tell you
something about seasons,
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because I always say,
don't get mad and hate
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on somebody else
because God is blessing them now
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and it seems that
God is passing you over.
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If God blesses them
you better learn how
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to become a cheerleader,
because if he's blessing him
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he must be in the neighborhood
and it's just a matter of time
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before he blesses you.
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But maybe, your
situation is like Jairus'.
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Bible tells that
Jairus is the ruler of
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the synagogue, which
means that Jairus was the one
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in charge of public worship,
Jairus was over the choir,
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Jairus was over the elders
board, Jairus was the praise
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and worship leader.
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Jairus was the pastor.
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Jairus is a religious man.
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But the Bible says that his
daughter is sick unto death.
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Lesson number one for us
today, just because you work
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for God and serve his
church that does not exempt you
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from trial and tribulation.
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In fact, you've got to go
through some fire to come out
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as pure gold.
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You can be the pastor,
you can be the elder, you can
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be the deacon, you
can be the Sabbath school
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teacher, but you're
going to go through something.
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I've been through enough
stuff to know that you can pray
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until your lips are
dry, pray until your knees
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have welts in them,
but every now and then
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you're going to
go through something.
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Somebody you
love is going to die.
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Somebody is going to get sick.
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Somebody is going to hurt you.
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The Bible declared that Jairus'
daughter is sick unto death
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and there is a
multitude that is gathered
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by the seashore and
Jairus petitioned Jesus.
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He petitions the Master
because he recognizes is that,
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what I need I don't
need from anybody else.
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What I need I can
only get from Jesus.
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Anybody ever felt that way?
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There's a crowd at the
seashore, multitudes have
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thronged Jesus Christ.
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They gathered to hear Jesus.
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The Bible declares
that much has happened
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prior to Jesus
running into Jairus.
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Jesus has
turned water into wine,
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Jesus has healed
Peter's mother-in-law,
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Jesus has healed the
paralytic that was lowered
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through the roof,
Jesus has healed the man
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with the withered hand.
00:15:18.16\00:15:19.56
Jesus has healed
the two blind men.
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Jesus has stilled the
storm on the Sea of Galilee.
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Jesus has healed
the demoniac of Gadara.
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Much has happened.
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But then here come Jairus.
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Jairus was in the
multitude with a bunch of folk,
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but he did not allow
the crowd to stop him
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from getting what he needed.
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or anybody stop you
from getting your blessing.
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There will come a time in
your life when you have to
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make up your mind that
it doesn't make a difference
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how many folk are around
you, how many folk are looking
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at you, but you have to
say, I will not be intimidated
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by the crowd.
00:16:03.10\00:16:04.10
I'm not worried
about what people may say,
00:16:04.10\00:16:06.40
I'm not worried
about what folk will do,
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by any means
necessary I'm getting to Jesus.
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When you're in the
crowd trying to get Jesus,
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you're not in the
crowd like everybody else.
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You're not in the
crowd to be a spectator.
00:16:16.16\00:16:19.96
You're not in the
crowd to be an onlooker.
00:16:19.96\00:16:21.96
You don't come to
church to be a spectator.
00:16:21.96\00:16:24.83
You're not in the
crowd just to try to find out
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who's here and who's not here.
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That's why sometimes you
have to tell folk, listen,
00:16:29.33\00:16:32.56
if you knew what I was here
for you'd understand why I act
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like I act.
00:16:38.10\00:16:39.10
You'd understand why I
sing like I sing, why I shout
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like I shout.
00:16:45.46\00:16:46.46
You'd understand that
my praise is not programmed
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because I'm trying to get
in the very presence of God,
00:16:49.36\00:16:52.23
because in the presence of
God there's fullness of joy.
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I don't care who calls
on Jesus, but my thing is,
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Lord, pass me
not, oh, gentle Savior,
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hear my humble
cry, while the others
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thou are calling,
Lord, do not pass me by.
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But what do you do when
you're trying to get to the Lord
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and it's interrupted?
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What do you do when you
need a miracle from Jesus
00:17:18.56\00:17:23.90
and it's disrupted?
00:17:23.90\00:17:26.26
What do you do when you
need healing for your body
00:17:26.26\00:17:28.50
and peace for your
soul and it's broken up
00:17:28.50\00:17:30.70
by a distracting,
disturbing force you
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can't control?
00:17:33.10\00:17:35.06
What do you do when Jesus
says, yes, I hear you and I'm
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on my way to your
house, your daughter is sick,
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but it's your
day, it's your turn.
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Come on, Jesus.
00:17:44.96\00:17:46.33
The crowd is following
you and Jesus to your house.
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What do you do when it's your
turn, your time, your season
00:17:52.03\00:17:54.86
and it's interrupted?
00:17:54.86\00:17:56.33
Ellen White says that as
soon as Jairus approached Jesus,
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Jesus set out at
once to Jairus' house.
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Set out at once.
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Didn't meander all around,
didn't wait, didn't pause,
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didn't hesitate, but she
says, immediately he began
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to Jairus' house.
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The trip wasn't long, but she
said people just kept crowding
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around him.
00:18:17.30\00:18:19.50
Jesus then follows
Jairus to his house.
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The Bible says there's a
woman who heard Jesus would
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be passing by.
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The Bible says she had
been sick for 12 long years.
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She needed
something from Jesus, too.
00:18:29.73\00:18:31.73
She presses through the crowd
and says, if I could just touch
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his clothes.
00:18:34.90\00:18:35.90
If I could just touch
the hem of his garment
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I'll be made whole.
00:18:39.76\00:18:42.63
But then, wait a
minute, Jesus is on his way
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to Jairus' house.
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Jairus' daughter is sick.
00:18:49.66\00:18:52.20
It's Jairus' turn.
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But what do you do when
your turn is interrupted.
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You're Jairus, you're walking
with Jesus, Jesus is about
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to give you what you need,
but then Jesus stops and says,
00:19:02.06\00:19:07.10
somebody touched me.
00:19:07.10\00:19:10.26
Well, yes, Lord,
somebody has touched you.
00:19:10.26\00:19:15.06
There's a bunch of folk
out here in line, standing,
00:19:15.06\00:19:20.86
shoving, pushing,
touching, but, Jesus, come on,
00:19:20.86\00:19:24.96
my daughter is sick.
00:19:24.96\00:19:27.46
You're the only one
that can heal my daughter.
00:19:27.46\00:19:30.83
We're almost at our house.
00:19:30.83\00:19:33.16
I need a miracle and I need it
today and all these other folk,
00:19:33.16\00:19:36.76
I know they might need
help, but, Jesus, it's my turn.
00:19:36.76\00:19:41.43
I need my daughter
to be healed today.
00:19:41.43\00:19:46.86
So, I ask you what you
do when it's your turn,
00:19:46.86\00:19:49.66
but somebody else
has to get theirs first.
00:19:49.66\00:19:53.20
Somebody else has to
get their healing first.
00:19:53.20\00:19:55.30
Somebody else has to
get their blessing first.
00:19:55.30\00:19:57.30
Somebody else has to
get their degree first.
00:19:57.30\00:19:59.46
I've come to tell somebody
today that maybe you need to
00:19:59.46\00:20:01.46
understand that even when it
looks like somebody has to get
00:20:01.46\00:20:03.53
their miracle first it doesn't
dilute the fact that your
00:20:03.53\00:20:06.93
miracle is on the way.
00:20:06.93\00:20:07.96
Maybe God is just trying
to tell you, I'm trying to see
00:20:07.96\00:20:13.20
how you're going to act
when I bless other people before
00:20:13.20\00:20:18.00
I bless you.
00:20:18.00\00:20:19.33
I'm trying to see if
you're going to have an attitude
00:20:19.33\00:20:24.26
when somebody else gets
the miracle, when somebody else
00:20:24.26\00:20:26.70
gets the promotion, when
somebody else gets the job
00:20:26.70\00:20:28.90
first, when somebody
else passes the test first,
00:20:28.90\00:20:32.06
when somebody
else graduates first,
00:20:32.06\00:20:34.40
when somebody else
gets married first,
00:20:34.40\00:20:36.70
when somebody else
has the baby first,
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.00
when somebody else has
the car or the house first,
00:20:39.00\00:20:41.83
when somebody else
gets the healing first.
00:20:41.83\00:20:46.76
Here's the woman
with the issue of blood,
00:20:46.76\00:20:51.00
she slows Jesus
up and the Bible says
00:20:51.00\00:20:56.06
she gets her healing.
00:20:56.06\00:20:58.06
Jesus heals the woman and
he says, daughter, thy faith
00:21:00.10\00:21:04.13
has made thee whole.
00:21:04.13\00:21:05.13
But then what about Jairus?
00:21:05.13\00:21:13.10
A messenger comes to
Jairus and says, look, man,
00:21:13.10\00:21:20.03
don't worry about it.
00:21:20.03\00:21:22.30
Don't trouble the Master.
00:21:22.30\00:21:24.90
Your daughter is dead.
00:21:24.90\00:21:27.73
Now here's brother Jairus.
00:21:27.73\00:21:30.56
If it weren't for this woman
we would have been on time.
00:21:30.56\00:21:38.16
If it weren't for this
interruption we would have
00:21:38.16\00:21:41.90
gotten home on time.
00:21:41.90\00:21:42.90
I'm glad this woman got
healed, but it weren't for
00:21:42.90\00:21:46.86
this distraction my daughter
would be breathing right now.
00:21:46.86\00:21:53.23
I like how Ellen White puts
it, she says in "Desire of Ages"
00:21:53.23\00:21:55.96
that Jairus
caught the ear of Jesus.
00:21:55.96\00:22:00.96
Jesus responds, be
not afraid, only believe.
00:22:00.96\00:22:08.53
In other words, whose
report are you going to believe?
00:22:08.53\00:22:15.30
Don't you know who I am?
00:22:15.30\00:22:19.33
I am the
Resurrection and the Life.
00:22:19.33\00:22:24.23
If I do show up
late, I'm still early.
00:22:24.23\00:22:28.43
You're with the answer,
so why are you focusing on
00:22:28.43\00:22:31.73
the problem?
00:22:31.73\00:22:32.96
It's not a miracle if I
get there when you want me to,
00:22:32.96\00:22:36.76
it's a miracle
when I show up late.
00:22:36.76\00:22:40.33
Lesson number
three, he may not come
00:22:40.33\00:22:43.96
when you want him, but
he's always right on time.
00:22:43.96\00:22:49.06
He's an on-time God.
00:22:49.06\00:22:51.43
Yes, he is.
00:22:51.43\00:22:53.16
Let me throw this in quickly.
00:22:53.16\00:22:54.66
You know the message
that came with the bad news.
00:22:54.66\00:22:56.66
Let me throw this in quickly.
00:22:56.66\00:22:57.66
That's why you have
to surround yourself
00:22:57.66\00:22:59.66
with positive people.
00:22:59.66\00:23:02.16
You see, negative
people told him, don't worry,
00:23:02.16\00:23:04.16
she's dead.
00:23:04.16\00:23:05.16
Move on.
00:23:05.16\00:23:06.16
Don't trouble the Master.
00:23:06.16\00:23:07.16
But you have to be
around positive people.
00:23:07.16\00:23:09.16
You don't need to be around
folk who mean you no good.
00:23:09.16\00:23:11.16
You can do bad by yourself.
00:23:11.16\00:23:12.43
You have to be
around positive people.
00:23:12.43\00:23:16.40
You have to be around winners.
00:23:16.40\00:23:18.00
Everybody say winners.
00:23:18.00\00:23:19.40
You have to be
around conquerors.
00:23:19.40\00:23:22.46
And let me talk
about winners for a minute.
00:23:22.46\00:23:25.56
There is a certain
mentality associated with
00:23:25.56\00:23:28.63
being a winner.
00:23:28.63\00:23:29.70
People who are
winners hang together.
00:23:29.70\00:23:32.36
Let me say that one more time.
00:23:32.36\00:23:33.60
People who are
winners hang together.
00:23:33.60\00:23:39.00
Winners expect to win.
00:23:39.00\00:23:41.76
Winners don't expect to lose.
00:23:41.76\00:23:44.20
That's why certain
sports teams, the Yankees,
00:23:44.20\00:23:46.70
for example, they always have
winning seasons because they
00:23:46.70\00:23:50.43
have a culture of winning.
00:23:50.43\00:23:52.36
Some sports teams
always have losing seasons.
00:23:52.36\00:23:56.23
But let me tell you this,
that's not just in the secular
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.56
world, but that's in
the spiritual world, too.
00:23:58.56\00:24:01.00
If you a spiritual winner you
will gravitate to other people
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.93
who are spiritual winners,
because there's a mentality
00:24:03.93\00:24:06.23
that this isn't about
money or anything tangible,
00:24:06.23\00:24:08.30
but there's a mentality
that goes along with winning.
00:24:08.30\00:24:11.36
That's why it's hard
to defeat a champion.
00:24:11.36\00:24:14.60
That's why you're always told,
never underestimate the heart
00:24:14.60\00:24:18.13
of a champion.
00:24:18.13\00:24:19.13
And once you get the mentality
of a winner, you can listen
00:24:19.13\00:24:22.40
to a person talk a
few minutes and it either
00:24:22.40\00:24:24.70
feeds you or it
doesn't and sooner or later,
00:24:24.70\00:24:27.23
the things that don't
feed you, you don't spend time
00:24:27.23\00:24:33.36
fooling with them,
because it's counterproductive
00:24:33.36\00:24:35.46
to where you're trying to go.
00:24:35.46\00:24:37.53
You see, I'm a winner.
00:24:37.53\00:24:39.30
You're a winner.
00:24:39.30\00:24:40.33
We're more than conquerors.
00:24:40.33\00:24:41.80
I'm trying to help
somebody up in here.
00:24:41.80\00:24:44.13
Understand that I'm
trying to go somewhere.
00:24:44.13\00:24:47.56
I'm not just
here just to be here.
00:24:47.56\00:24:50.06
I say it all the time,
if you're going to come
00:24:50.06\00:24:52.23
to church, church
ought to mean something.
00:24:52.23\00:24:54.60
I'm trying to get
to God's great heaven.
00:24:54.60\00:24:57.43
I'm trying to get
to God's great kingdom.
00:24:57.43\00:24:59.56
I don't fight for
victory, I fight from victory,
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.06
because Satan has
already been defeated.
00:25:03.06\00:25:06.06
And then the converse of that.
00:25:07.36\00:25:10.36
Losing and failing
also promote a mindset.
00:25:10.36\00:25:14.06
You get around failing
people and failing circumstances
00:25:14.06\00:25:17.90
and listen to the negative
thoughts and you'll find
00:25:17.90\00:25:19.90
yourself unable to get back
up again, because not only are
00:25:19.90\00:25:22.00
you down, but your
environment is down.
00:25:22.00\00:25:24.36
And everybody that is
talking to you is down.
00:25:24.36\00:25:26.86
And you develop a
mentality that is built around
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.13
your condition.
00:25:29.13\00:25:30.13
That's why you've got
to watch who you hang with.
00:25:30.13\00:25:33.33
Watch who your friends are.
00:25:33.33\00:25:35.50
You are the company you keep.
00:25:35.50\00:25:38.73
Be not afraid, Jesus said.
00:25:38.73\00:25:41.40
Only believe.
00:25:41.40\00:25:42.93
Where there is fear
there is little faith.
00:25:42.93\00:25:45.86
Faith drives out fear.
00:25:45.86\00:25:48.23
Jairus had been strong
in faith that he found no
00:25:48.23\00:25:51.43
difficulty in believing
that Jesus can heal his daughter
00:25:51.43\00:25:54.83
but now he's called upon
to exercise greater faith,
00:25:54.83\00:25:58.23
faith that the clutch of
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