PBar cha 1er er
Tor Gay"AhemeJeo:
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the n ofae, sat by the
wadegiAnenherdt asus s,u ofid,
vemercy on me. Jesus stood
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still, reancr a s d d him  be
called. d thale d  ntm,ofd mf r
helehee. And he, cngayis gntsed
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Ansusw a santm, What wilt thou
that I should do unto thee? The
blind man said him, rd, that I
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might receive my sight. And
Jesus said unto him, Go thy way;
thy faith"--thy what, everybody?
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Aud:  Faith. d foowed Jesus in
the way." Our message today
isntitd ryinAbove the owd. Faer,
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Now as we preach Your word we
And we'll be careful to give You
ay f Your divi Spit in the
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praise, the honor and the orr 
You're g th place. Mo--mo in is
place. in the appeal time. I
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pray that Your Spirit speak in
such a way that individuals
would respond to Your voice,
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It's in the name of Jesus we pr.
Amen.    Crying Above the Crowd.
The New Testament records more
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than one sry wre Jus healed
people who were blind. In fact,
if you read the New Testament
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narrative you will discover that
there are five instances
recorded where Jesus healed the
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blind. The first is in Matthew
chapter 9, where Jesus healed
two blind men; the second is in
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Mark chapter 8, when Jesus put
saliva on a blind man's eyes and
then the man was able to see. 
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Jesus finished healing the man,
Jesus told the brother, Now go
home. Don't even go to the
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village, but just go home." The
third instance is one of my
favorite Bible narratives, and I
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ieflshar it Wednesy nit. Is fod
in Jo chaer 9 where Jesund He
reads mud on a blind man's eyes
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who was blindfrom his bth. The
man is miraculously able then to
e. Wn Jes heed thisan t peoe
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di't undetandow the man was
healed or who healed the man. So
they began to ask "How can you
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see? Who healed you? Who was it?
Y've been ind nce ur birth;
howre y nowble see?" steaof bng
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hpy for thman-nd tt's just like
some people, they can't rejoice
in your healing; they can't
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rejoice in your deliverance;
they can't rejoice in your
miracle--they hated on the man
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and questioned the authenticity
of his miracle. But then the man
said--I like this part--he said,
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"Look, I don't know who healed
me. I don't know whether itas
ainneor not. I n't knowhe m's
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name, I don't know where he cam
from, I don't know his mama or
daddy, but one thing I do know:
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that I was blind, but now I
see." The fourth New Testame
story isound inatth 12 and
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Lukepter 11, who wablind, but
not only was thman ind, got
through wi himthe n uld talk.
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llelujah! The man could see,
thank You Jesus. And the demons
hagoneomewhere ee. Iith I haa
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halleluj in is plac    [Aud.
reaction] The fifth New
Testament story, blind story,
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which is where we are day,ecord
inhree ples. Markhapt 10,atth
chapter 20, Lu chaer 18. Jesus
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and His disciples, the Bible
says they're going to Jericho.
They go on the Jericho Road and
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find a blind beggar on the side
of the road, theame  Barmaeus.
Bli Baimae, anhe cries o to
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Jesus. And the story says that
Jesus miraculous cur him of his
e we d't have mu tim
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Understand that the xt ss
Bartimus mnt, s na meant soof
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TaeusNow, y ist nessarfor the
Bible to add that Bartimaeus was
the son of Timaeus?
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Couldn't the Bible have just
said, blind Bartimus? ll,
thBible mentns Taeus
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it must have speal mning of why
it mentioned it. Timaeus meant
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"highly prized." And though
Bartimaeus was the son of a
highly prized man, Bartimae
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wastilllind Though hcamerom e
rit Though he gave him good
stock, familythou he me fm the
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though he gave him good li w rit
anstryhe w still ind. Dot thk
that jusbecae u mit be a Kendy,
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Trum a ckefeller, Busor a Clton
Sometimes our heritage, our
pedigree a the valuereceed from
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o parents and our ancestryay bnd
u from the truth that we're
spiritually still blind, and we
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still need Jesus. Bartimaeus was
not bld because of his daddy,
but the fact that he was the son
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of a highly prized man still
didn't allow him to have vision,
he was still blind. How ny tes
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have I ard peop say"Well, my
rent arthisnd that."  wasorn
intohis." I'm ad y're proud  you
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hetagend your anstrybut I dot
care whoour rent ar I don't care
where you were born, where you
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live, how big your house is, or
wheryou me om, 're l bld wiout
Jesus. Yo orin, yr lineage,our
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pediee a your histy wi not sa
you. ly Jesus can. I sh Iad a
witness  thiplace.    [Aud.
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reaction] PB:  Now, quickly. We
know that whenomeo los oneense,
whher 's yr sit, whetherit'sour
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ste, ur touch, ur hringr yo
speakingyou ve trely on another
sense to compensate for the loss
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of one sense. my level ohearg is
hehtened andas t abity to
compense fothe ss of my sight.
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Are you hearg wh I'maying?
Thtextays at Btimaeus was blind,
but the text also says that he
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hea it was Jesus of Nazareth. He
didn't see Jesus of Nazareth,
but he heard it was Jesus of
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Nazareth coming down e Jericho
ad. en tugh Bartimaeus was
blind, he was able to e things
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tt otrs around himwho had
vision, could not see. The great
Helen Keller was asked, "What
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could be worse than being
blind?" She said, "Having sight
with no vision." As Iook er t
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church today, I'm rendedhat not
evyone upn he, who camen he
day,an see. Yes, your eyes work
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fine; no, you don't have to rely
oa walking cane, a seeing-eye
dog, visio to assisyou th your
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cong in a goi out. But ere are
simply some folk who cannot see.
Though you can see the world
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around you, you cannot see the
truth God's love and plan r yo
life. y? Y're ind.ou're bld
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spituay. Alts who ve sht b no
sion. Studts w have sighbut
sionThere are o kis of bldness:
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physical indns d
spirituabliness. Bartimaeus was
physicay bld, t prse God, head
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eugh spirual visiono regniz
whJesus was. Bartaeus had heard
aut t racles perrmedy Jes. H had
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hearabouthe pershe had ard out e
la; th tt Jesu and knew at sus
had do forther And he says,
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ifesusan dit for himthenJesucan 
it for me  Fo yes, Btimaeus,
bnd, t onthe ghway beggg.
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be h greest portunity. Wh he ard
at Jesus w lksays hbegins to cry
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out, the pele ithe owd gan to te
Barmaeuto hh up. Theysaid"Shuup,
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rtimaeus, iet! You're too lou
Youe to noy. You're kingoo mh
ss. Jesus es n havtime for you.
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And at'sust like crch folkWe t
to keep people ay Yore pying too
ld. Y're singg too loudYou' om
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Jus who neeJesuthe most rshing
too lou youe appi too much. How
abouthisne:  don do thatere.ut
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sethi within rtimus phed
rtimaeus overheirords Something
pushed him over their criticism.
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Something pushed him over their
cynical stares, pious pessimism
and ughtheckng. Bartimaeus id,
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"Talk about me all you want, but
I need Jesus. Criticize me a you
want, t I ed Jus. y to shut me
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upll y wan but I nee Jes. Lk ate
funny alyou want he id, "but I
need Jesus." Jesus, sweet rose
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of Sharon. Jesus, lily of the
valley. Jesu my oble soer. sus,
my heart fir. Ieed Jesus.
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Barmaeuis n worried about e pele
ithe owd, t thBiblsayse gets
uderHe gs loer! He get loer! 
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getmore vocifous. He gs more
boisterous. He gets more
passionate. He cries above the
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crowd, "Jesus! Jesus, Son of
David, haveercy on me."
Regardless of what people said,
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regardless of what people did,
regalessf wh people thout,
Btimas kept callg. Hkeptraying,
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he pt cing. I he peoe althe
me, "I'm t gog tohat urch, the's
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thinbut bunch of hycrit down in
tt chch. I'm t going beuse 
those ople, who ey a, anwhat
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those pele s." [Aud. reaction]  
 PB:  You're sick. Forget
people!l s!'rokor lell on Jesus!
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The's livence  His name.Keepalli
Hisame, Jesus! Yosee,
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I've lrned something about
cryi in the crowd. Mfamily ves
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sketll. No It a fa weaer f lik
my daughrs. en Lron ft, theyeft.
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BuI'a Heat fannd swe
loveasketball.alk out cryi in
the crd, wcan ve houseful o
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anwe c be eeri. Shouti. Scamin
Jus talking.ut ithataby rl of os
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stts cing, if she wants
something, we can still keep
cheering, and screaming, but she
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starts cryingloud andoude Wehen
t loer a louder d th sheets uder
and loud. Itan blate at nit, in
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t morng, d shcan start cryingAnd
cabe sound aeep,ut s canstart
cryi andhe gs loer and loer.
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ud. acti]    PB:  , I' maeredhe
art of ke sep. [Audreaction]
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PB you d'tnoat it is, talk
to me, I'll help you out after
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church. [Aud. reaction]    PB: 
I start fake snore. My snore
gets louder. (snore noises)
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Carissa starts getting louder.
Why? Hecry is above the crowd.
You can be in a room full of
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people, you can be in an oice ll
o people, you can be in
yourlassroom full of people, you
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can be ia urch full of people.
But I'm so glad at somebody
knows Jes can hear yo cry
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abovehe cwd. [Aud. reaction] PB:
 I was sinking deep in sin far
from the peaceful shore, very
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deeply stained with, seeking to
rise no more. But the master of
the seheard my despairing cry,
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and from the waters lifted meow
se am. sus, Jesus, Son of David
have mercy on me. ind Bartimaeus
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kept calling Jesus' name because
he knew there was something
about thname of Jes. Y see,ack 
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theay pple believedhat e name of
a person carried botthe power
and the authority of that
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person, which is w if a king
sent a messenger in his name,
was spoken or when someone spoke
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the name  Jes, the same power
and the same authority of Jesus
was now in that person. So that
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person had the power to forgive,
the pow to liver, the power to
heal, which is wh the apostles
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could heal in Jesus' name. All
hail the power of Jesus' name,
let angels pstrate fall. At the
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name of Jesus every knee shall
bow, every tongue confess, that
Jesus is Lord. There is no other
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name under heaven whereby men
can be saved but the name of
Jesus. Aud:  Amen.    PB:  Taing
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abouHis name, about 500 years
before Jesus a man named
Siddhartha was born. We know him
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better as Buddha. Centuries
before Buddha was born, however,
nobody talked about his name.
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Nobody ever said that Buddha was
coming. Nobody prophesied that a
man named Buddha would live and
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teach, as he did. Nobody ever
said that these are going to be
Buddha's pentsr s grdparents o
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grt-grdparts. Buddha just popped
up in history and taug the
things he taught, became the
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founder of one of the world's
religions. About 500 years after
Jesus a man named Mohammed was
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born. Centuries, howeverbefore
he was born, nobody knew
Mohammed's name. Nobody even
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knew that Mohaed was coming.
Nobody ever prophesied that a
man nad Mohammed would live and
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ach d dias hdid, and nobodyver
said these are goi to be
Mohammed's parents, these are
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going to be his
great-grandparents. Mohammed
just popped up in history,
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taughthe tngs he taught and
became founder of one of the
world's rigio. t, when Jesus was
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born there had already been
centuries of prophecy about how
Jesus would live, how He would
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teach, how He would die and rise
from the dead. There had already
been pronouncements about the
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name of Jesus. For unto us a
child is born is born, unto us a
Son is given. The governnt shall
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be upon His shoulders. His name
shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mity God, Evlastg
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Faer, Prince of Pee, a she shall
bring forth a n. Tu shalt call
His name Jesus, fore shall ve
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His people from their sins.
There is no other name under
heaven whereby we can be saved,
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but Jesus. Jesus, Son of David,
have mercy on me. Jesus, that
name. Healing, that name.
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Deliverance, that name. Power is
defineds th stngth, the fluee
anthe means to a. Por means the
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presence poweis dfere fro
authority. Autrityeans that you
may not have the influence,
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reng, mes, pabity or abily to do
what nes to be do. Auoritis when
you he be authorizeto use the
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powe ouide of yourself,he power
of ather source. It's not ur wer
t thauthorizedower ofnother
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agent thats grter an yr own. T
autrizeuse  power gis
yotheicapaty and eir pabity to
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do whater nds tbe de. When
abelier'saith then is in God, en
G's per becomesthe por ofhat
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believ. Intherword we are
astronas tt which we ust.f
yotrus in yoursf, you are as
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song as you are. But when you
trust in God, you are as strong
as He is. a b that the law of
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gravity ist myself in an
airplane and yield to its power,
car d yield tohe c's por, I
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suddey ha the ility to
aievepeedI couldn't aieven mywn.
iis in Go t s ngec mstth God's
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power becomes my power. That's
why the Bible says, Now until
Him that is able to do
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exceediny, n ev ask or think
according to the power that
worketh in us and in the name of
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Jesus. In the power and the
authority of Jesus. In fact,hen
u ca thname of Jes, tt's the
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igger In order to get power from
one place to another place you
have to have an activation
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device. The iggeis t activatio
initiates thpower. The name
Jesus ishe tgger that chanm th
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precipitas a retionIt sets up
cha iniatethe wer  God in reacon
that the rectn ofis name. Jesus,
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when you call His name,
activates the loosed guns of
heaven. Power moves at the sound
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of His name. Heen comes tatteion
when His name ispok and diatches
pow. Anls bin to move athe ne
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ofesus because the's wer en y
preachn thnamef Jes. Thers por
wh youing in e na of sus.
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There's power when you pray in
the name of Jesus. There's power
when you worship in the name of
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Jesus. If Bartieus d sastiland
Jesus, Jus, n of Davidhavemercon
m    Now thk abt saidothi
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thaday,hen the xt d wou havbeen
just likell t oths. . dependent
upon him getting to Jesus. He
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had to know Jesus r msel Lisn,
if you ow someing out blind ople
blind people don't like to be
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helped unless it's their last
sort. Bartimaeus took matters in
his own hands, stted  cryoude
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louder, loud. Baim not ps th y
agn. He knew that if he was
going to receive help from
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Jesus, that he had to call on
Jesus while Jesus was near. ek
ythe rd wle He may fod. Cl up
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Him while He isnear Not only
that, theast int wa to make.
Bartimus cled Jesus fromheree wa
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He s blind, but  called Him. He
was sick, but he calleHim.nd so
it i wi us, wherever you are,
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wheverou nd, Sobodynowse can
heal ysic, Hean heal th. Soci.
Hean heal it. onom, Hean heal it
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otiol, He can heait. ntalHe c
heal it. SpiritualHe c heal
itYou me i He n heal it.One
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nutee's podiatrist One minute
He's audiologist, the deaf are
made to hear. The next minute
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He's hematologist,
ThnextinutHe's cardiologist,
He'sixinbroken hets. e mite Hs a
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dermologt, lers are being head.
The next minute He's a
gynecologist, He's givg new
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lifeOne nute He's psychiatrist,
He's fixing derang minds. Th ne
minute He an anesesiogist,
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He'sasin the painof life. PB: 
From your sick bed. Jesus. In
your depression. Jesus. Iyoack
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house. Jesus from your adction.
Jesus. Jesus didn'tellou t
geright and en cl Hi sus told
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you to PB:  The sry itoldas Iet
ready  sitown,f a Christian d a
mmunt. And they we siing  a pk
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bench watchi peoe. Y know
hosomemes  people-watch. And
ashey t onhat bench th wated
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aoor, drunk beggar dressed in
rags The Chstiathenookeat the
counisand id, ell, maybeso. t
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