Welcome to the
breath of life television
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ministry broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell
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In today?pisode, Pastor
Snell will continue part
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two of the powerful message
titled Tailor Made Temptation.
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Now let's go deeper
into the Word of God.
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It's crazy.
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Church I remember
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a couple of months ago
we went to the Holy Land
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and we went over to
this this one area called
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the ancient city of Petra.
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And did you know, man,
that the the tourism man
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the the salesmanship I
mean, the hustle is real.
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Like nothing I've
never, ever seen in my life.
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I need to know as soon
as you get off your bus,
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man, you are assailed by folk
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that got a con from
every type of angle imaginable.
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And see, it's crazy because,
man, they are so aggressive
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that you can't
really say no in a kind way.
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In other words, man,
they so aggressive, man, that
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even if you say no, man, if
you listen to him long enough
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and you just stop, you
can't even make eye contact.
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I y'all hear what I'm saying?
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Like, when you walk, you
can't even make eye contact.
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If you stop and listen to them,
they're just going to start
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putting raps on your head.
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They're gonna start
putting amulets on your arm.
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They're going to start
knocking down the price.
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So one paid one price.
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Another paid
another price because, man,
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they are not going to
take no for an answer.
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And I remember one day, man, me
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and my wife was
walking through the little area
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and I looked over my eye,
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corner of my eye,
and I didn't see her.
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And before I knew
it, Eve was back there
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in the clutches of the salesman.
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I mean, they
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put an ambulance on her arm
and wrapped all around her head.
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A little head, a
little boy salesman
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talking about how pretty a
smile is and the whole shebang.
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And I had to go and get
Eve from the tree because, man,
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we was all
about to go down that.
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And it's crazy because,
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man, I'm
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talking to them
in a pastoral way,
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cause we got a lot of
saints around on the trip.
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But after a while, I
realized that I can't be.
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I can't be nice with this.
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In other words, after a
while, I got my Tallahassee
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swag on man.
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I got to a space where
I'm not looking in the eye.
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When they came up
on me, I was like,
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No, don't even look at
me. Don't even talk to me.
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And you know, you got to have
a little ass with that thing.
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You can't say no nicely.
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You got to say it in a way that
you ain't even entertaining.
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And what I'm saying
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is, when they come with alcohol,
you ain't even listening.
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When they come
with the Temptations,
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you're not entertaining because
you know what God has for you.
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It is for you.
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Matter of fact, I alive.
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I'm one of the brothers that
you would never want to invite
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on one of those timeshare tours.
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Angle I'd be big mad at me.
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Hey, Bobby, I
need you to know, man,
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maybe give be a little pitch.
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Abbey sitting there, man,
with an angry black man face,
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man, my arms folded,
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and it was hard to make
all kind of compromises.
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Well, sir, what can we do to
make it for you? Right? For you.
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Man, I can cut the
price down to this.
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I'm just very clear.
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I just came for the free trip,
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and I got a
witness out yesterday.
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In other words, I need
them to know from the get
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I ain't interest. It may.
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And one time my
attitude was so sour
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that he cut the presentation
20 minutes short and says, Let's
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go back to your hotel.
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You know what I'm saying?
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And when your mind is made up,
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sometimes you can
short circuit certain
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aims of the devil
because your mind is so made up.
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You are hear what I'm saying?
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Like France, so, so quickly.
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What I want to do
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is I don't want to just
spend a whole lot of time
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talking about
specific temptations
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and behaviors of
smoking and drinking and sex
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and doing all of
that kind of stuff.
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I want to talk
about certain conditions
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that give
strength to the temptations
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that are going to be
tailored just for you.
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So one of the first
things you got to do in order
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to overcome temptation, friends,
is you've got to be thankful
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for what you have
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and you've got to be thankful
for who God made you to be.
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I got with the pastor
today another real quick quote
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I want to share with you,
our patriarchs and prophets.
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Page 52. Watch this.
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And the happiness and peace
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and the
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happiness and peace
of the holy pair in Eden.
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He beheld a vision of the bliss
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that was forever
lost, moved by what?
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Satan is moved by what?
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No, no. I need you.
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Get this.
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He's moved by what? Envy.
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He determined
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to incite them to disobedience
and to bring upon the guilt
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or bring upon them the
guilt and penalty of saying
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he would change
their love to distrust
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and their songs of praise to
reproach against their maker.
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Now, I need you to know
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that's what I just
told you right there.
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So I need you to understand
this, because one of the ways
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the enemy
attacked our first parents
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is by creating the perception
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of a false deficit.
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He got them to believe
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they got straight.
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Okeydoke.
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He got them to believe
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that something was wrong
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with their perfect life.
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Oh, God.
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And you know what
inspired the enemy?
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The reason he's
coming for Adam and Eve
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is because he sees in them
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what he can no longer have.
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And he promises to
make them like God.
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But his goal is to
make them like him.
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To guarantee that
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his fate becomes their fate.
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And see, one of the
things some people real quick,
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I need you to understand
this, that misery loves company,
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and you ought to be
careful about listening to folk
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who are trying to get you
to throw away what they have
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already.
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I denounce as invaluable.
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And again, it's crazy
because you'll notice,
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man, that when folk
drink, man, they will just
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keep it to themselves.
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They ain't going to be happy
because the bus ain't as hot
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until they get somebody
else to drink with them.
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What you're going to
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learn is nobody wants to flunk
out of Oakwood by themselves.
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So guess what?
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They got to drag
somebody down with them.
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You'll be amazed how
when somebody high schooler
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loses their virginity.
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Then they'll challenge you
to treat yours with contempt.
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Be careful about that, brother.
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Our sister who's
going through divorce.
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Don't let them become
your marital counselor
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because their perspective
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may be fueled by
their own experience.
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I got to hear me today.
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I see friends of mine.
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A part of overcoming
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is a gratitude for the
life that God has provided.
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You are all still with me today.
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Do you realize that
there is something in our DNA
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that was passed down
from our very first parents
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and there is this liability
in our flesh that always says,
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Man, that your life is
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missing something.
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If he could get Adam and Eve
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to believe something was
wrong with their perfect life,
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certainly he can
get us to believe
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that something is wrong
with our difficult life.
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And see, I need
you to get me the.
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The absurdity in the
way he bamboozle them.
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Go me quickly. In your Bible.
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Genesis, chapter two and verse.
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Now I need you to see,
man, how hard he played Adam
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and Eve in this joint Genesis
two and verse number nine.
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Now, you all remember
we read in Genesis three
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that the Bible says
that they took of the fruit
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when they saw
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that it was good for
food and that it was pleasant
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to the eyes based on the promise
that they would be like God.
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Now look at Genesis chapter two.
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In verse nine, the Bible
says, and out of the ground,
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the Lord God
made every tree grow.
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That is pleasant to the what,
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to the side and
good for what food.
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The Tree of Life was also in
the midst of the Garden of Eden.
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I don't know if you
all really caught that.
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See, the Bible says
that every tree God made
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was pleasant to the eyes.
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Every tree God
made was good for food.
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Do you realize
that essentially, Satan
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gets them to side with
him by simply offering them
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what God had
already provided them?
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He says, Your eyes will be open.
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Her eyes are already open
because she sees the tree.
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The Bible says that all the
trees were pleasant to the eyes
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and good for food.
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Do you realize, man,
that the tree of the knowledge
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of good and
evil, it didn't sign.
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It did have different colors.
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It didn't have a halo over it.
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It looked just
like every tree they ate
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from every day.
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And he convinces her
that she'll be like God
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when the truth is that
Adam and Eve are ready.
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Like God.
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And so I need you to get
that at the strategy work
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to make them believe
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that something is wrong
with their perfect life.
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Man then certainly he's going
to try to get us to believe
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that there's something
wrong with our difficult life.
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And what I need
somebody to get today.
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Is this.
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That you will get
constantly ensnared
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trying to get a life
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that God didn't
ordained for you.
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Okay, see,
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one of the keys
overcoming is contentment.
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Somebody out contentment.
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So you got to get to
a place where you learn
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how to be content
where you are right now.
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Okay.
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And it crazy how
when you're single,
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the devil tries to
convince you life will be better
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when you get married.
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And then when you get married,
he tries to convince you
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that life would be
better if you're single again.
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He tries to convince
your brothers that the woman
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that you don't have
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is going to be better for you
than the woman that you do have.
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He's going to
try to convince you
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that Jack Daniel's provides
more peace than Jehovah Gyri.
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And I need somebody to
understand that a better life
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is not found on
a different path.
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A better life is found
when you adopt the path
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that God has for you,
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or you complete the path
that God already has you on.
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See, I need somebody to know
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that when your steps
have been ordered by God, that
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everything that will bring you
joy and contentment and peace
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can be found on the path
that God has ordained for you.
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And it's crazy because
Satan holds himself out
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as the example.
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He says, Just look at me.
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Look at this
knowledge that I have.
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And it's crazy because he's
inviting them to be like him
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when his ultimate
desire is to be like them
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and see the genius
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of applying a perceived deficit.
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Is this.
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It is the message
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that rings all the way
through down to our time.
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This is it.
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You know what?
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Essentially he
tells Adam and Eve.
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It is the message
that resonates with us
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through media, through music,
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through all of the
messaging of our time.
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You know what he
said to he says to Eve,
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you're not enough.
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That's the message.
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He says, you're not
complete the way God made you.
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You need something
to augment who you are.
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You need something to
complete the incomplete work
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that God left open
ended in your life.
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And I need you to know that
that is the message that rings
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down to our young
people, even in this generation.
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And I stop by here to
simply let the descendants
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of Adam and Eve know
this immovable truth.
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I need you to know
that you are enough in God.
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Oh, help me, Holy Spirit.
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I need somebody to know
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that you are already
fearfully and wonderfully made.
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I need you to know that
you are God's workmanship.
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I need you to know the
plan God has for you, plans to
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prosper you,
and not to harm you.
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To give you a future and a hope.
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I need you to know that how God
made you is more than enough.
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I need you to
know that your curves
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are more than enough.
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That your dark skin or your
light skin is more than enough.
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That's our kinky hair.
00:13:24.23\00:13:25.27
Our straight hair
is more than enough.
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That's our tall stature.
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Our short stature
is more than enough.
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I need you to know your
perspective is more than enough.
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That your thinking
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is more than enough,
that you don't have to tie it.
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Buy it. Nip and tuck it.
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Tattoo it. Here, sit.
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How I've meant
it expanded by it.
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Derrick, I need you to
know you are more than enough.
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Do I have seven or eight saints
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that realize I
don't need improvement?
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I don't need surgery.
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I don't need to transition
to a different gender.
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I don't need to change my major.
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I don't need to wear
what the designers make.
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I don't need to be
like everybody else.
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So I have seven folks
that thank God for who
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God made them to be.
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Are y'all hear what I'm saying?
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Sister, you more
than enough, young man.
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You're more than enough
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that God put inside of
you everything you need
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to prosper
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and be in health all
the days of your life.
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So some days, like you
said, you got to wake up
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and thank God for
who he made you to be
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and you got to wake up.
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Some days and think, God, I
know you are tired of hearing me
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say it, but you got to thank
God for the life that you have.
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Spirit, I need
you to say it because
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words ain't getting to them.
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You got to get to a place
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where you're
willing to acknowledge
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God's goodness
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and the way your
life is unfolding.
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Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
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I wish I could have
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just screamed back
6000 years to Adam and Eve.
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Dude, just look around.
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Yeah, just look around.
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Doc. You went in
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broke.
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Don't know.
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Don't nobody
die in your economy.
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There are no
needs in your economy.
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You want for
nothing in your economy.
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There is no
sickness in your economy.
00:15:53.92\00:15:56.52
There is no
rivalry in your economy.
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There is no
racism in your economy.
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There is nothing
wrong with your economy.
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And it's crazy because
he gets them to forfeit
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a perfect life
for a disastrous life.
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But the same counsel
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that can be given to Adam
and Eve can be given to you.
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Sometimes the problem is not
that you ain't blessed enough.
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It's not that you are. It's
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that you're not acknowledging
your blessings enough.
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You realize young people,
God's word to some of y'all
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is Look around.
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Look at where you went.
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You got an
opportunity for education.
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Look around.
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God is blessed
your parents enough
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to be able to pay for
it so you don't have loans.
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Look around.
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Some of y'all black kids
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was raised with two
parents in your house.
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Look around that.
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Folk didn't make it
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out of the neighborhoods
you came up out of.
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You need to look around,
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see some of y'all
married folk need to look around
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cause somebody is covering
the one you complaining about.
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You better look around
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and recognize that God
has put you in a house.
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He's put you in a car.
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Look around.
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You've got your health.
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Look around you
clothed in your right mind.
00:17:15.30\00:17:18.10
Look around all your
needs have been supplied.
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Look around.
00:17:22.44\00:17:23.37
Your bed has not
become your calling board.
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Look around.
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He woke you up this morning.
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If you're a
seasoned saint, look around
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because your old.
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Now, before you get offended,
00:17:41.49\00:17:44.23
how many of us know
the goal is to get old?
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There are some folk
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born in your year, but
they ain't no longer here.
00:17:51.80\00:17:55.27
And if God woke you up,
then you ought to just say,
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I'm gonna look around
and thank God for my life.
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It's like the old song says.
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When I look around
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and I think things
over when I look around
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and I consider it
all all my good days.
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Outweigh my bad days.
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And I will not complain.
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Can just say, man,
all right, I'm moving.
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Second key phrase
is, you got to realize
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that your temptations have been
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tailored.
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You know, you
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little bit.
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Y'all be strong.
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All right?
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I've been missing y'all.
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He made
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you got to realize.
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So, listen,
00:18:58.90\00:19:00.70
Eve is under heavy surveillance.
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I mean,
00:19:06.11\00:19:07.08
Lucifer watches
everything she does.
00:19:07.71\00:19:12.78
He notices that she's intrigued
by the comical nature of
00:19:12.78\00:19:16.52
the monkey,
00:19:16.52\00:19:16.99
and she's impressed
00:19:18.49\00:19:20.42
by the power and
strength of the elephant
00:19:20.42\00:19:23.43
that at times,
man, she's curious
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.83
about the tall
stature of the giraffe.
00:19:26.83\00:19:29.00
But there is something
00:19:30.00\00:19:31.00
that happens
whenever the serpent comes by.
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He notices that when
the serpent shows up, man,
00:19:35.40\00:19:38.07
her pupils dilate,
00:19:38.07\00:19:39.81
that her breathing changes,
that it arrest her attention
00:19:39.81\00:19:43.35
and understand that, you
know, we're at a time now where,
00:19:43.55\00:19:46.11
again, serpents walk around
with fangs and spewing poison.
00:19:46.35\00:19:49.22
But back then, man, the
serpent was the apex of all
00:19:49.35\00:19:52.49
creative beauty.
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Do you realize that before
he was cursed to the ground
00:19:53.82\00:19:56.59
that the serpent stood up
and perhaps had capacity to fly
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.40
and literally when
he flew through the air,
00:20:00.63\00:20:03.00
he had the
appearance of burnished gold.
00:20:03.20\00:20:05.90
And it is when he
notes how attentive
00:20:07.27\00:20:10.07
she is to the serpent that
he says, This is my disguise.
00:20:10.07\00:20:15.34
And see,
00:20:16.95\00:20:17.21
I need to understand that
you two are under surveillance.
00:20:18.15\00:20:21.05
The enemy knows
how your pupils dilate.
00:20:21.05\00:20:23.32
When certain things
come across the screen.
00:20:23.32\00:20:25.72
He notices how
your breathing changes
00:20:25.72\00:20:27.76
whenever an
enemy enters the room.
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.89
He notices how your neck cranes.
00:20:29.89\00:20:31.53
Whenever Sister
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So-and-so passes by, he
notices everything about you.
00:20:32.63\00:20:36.77
And I need you to know
that the temptations are custom.
00:20:36.90\00:20:39.83
In other words,
everything that's outside of you
00:20:40.00\00:20:42.30
is simply a reflection
of what's inside of you.
00:20:42.44\00:20:45.44
In other words, your temptations
are not off of the rat.
00:20:45.61\00:20:48.11
You cannot get it at
T.J., Max, all with Ross.
00:20:48.24\00:20:50.68
They have been
tailor made just for you.
00:20:50.71\00:20:52.85
And so I need you to
know what you're up against,
00:20:54.35\00:20:56.02
because our enemy had 6000 years
00:20:56.02\00:20:58.69
of hunting experience.
00:21:00.19\00:21:03.19
He sent the thing.
00:21:03.19\00:21:04.06
The trends of
humanity come and they've gone.
00:21:04.23\00:21:06.63
I need you to understand that
the enemy knows your habits.
00:21:07.50\00:21:10.63
He knows your
patterns. He knows your likes.
00:21:10.77\00:21:13.27
He knows your dislikes.
He knows what. He likes you.
00:21:13.44\00:21:16.14
He knows what discourages you.
00:21:16.24\00:21:17.97
He literally knows
even what's in your DNA.
00:21:17.97\00:21:20.31
He knows what
called Granddaddy to fall.
00:21:20.48\00:21:22.44
He knew what calls
your parents to follow.
00:21:22.44\00:21:24.38
And he literally
00:21:24.38\00:21:25.41
customizes temptations that
suit it towards your fallen DNA.
00:21:25.61\00:21:29.52
And that's why parents sometimes
the best thing you can do for
00:21:29.68\00:21:32.32
your children is
not just to tell them
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.46
everything your
family has done right
00:21:34.56\00:21:36.66
and how many generations
you have in the church.
00:21:36.66\00:21:38.96
Sometimes you've
got to open up and say,
00:21:39.09\00:21:40.86
this is where our
family struggles and the faith
00:21:40.86\00:21:43.43
are. You all
hear what I'm saying?
00:21:45.40\00:21:48.37
He knows you have a
weakness for a certain build.
00:21:49.14\00:21:53.78
He knows your insecurities
make you vulnerable to flattery.
00:21:53.94\00:21:58.08
He manipulates
the traumas that cause
00:21:59.61\00:22:02.22
you anxiety and stress.
00:22:02.22\00:22:05.32
He knows that your stress
00:22:05.32\00:22:06.86
creates a craving
for immediate relief.
00:22:06.86\00:22:09.12
He knows that
00:22:09.96\00:22:10.66
when you are lonely, you
become open to bad company.
00:22:11.06\00:22:13.53
He knows that when you
start feeling low, food is
00:22:14.03\00:22:16.77
what gives you comfort.
00:22:16.77\00:22:18.40
He knows that your
dad's abandonment is
00:22:18.40\00:22:20.80
what makes you
crave toxic people.
00:22:20.80\00:22:23.00
He knows your triggers, and
he manipulates them in a way
00:22:23.00\00:22:26.34
that draws you away
from God. How many of us know
00:22:26.47\00:22:29.04
that the devil was
the first psychologist
00:22:29.04\00:22:31.75
and the macro
idea friends of mine
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.65
is that the key
to temptation is not
00:22:37.95\00:22:40.66
just holiness, it's holiness.
00:22:40.66\00:22:45.83
The key to
00:22:49.60\00:22:50.67
temptation is not
just righteousness.
00:22:50.67\00:22:53.30
It's holiness.
00:22:53.87\00:22:56.07
Did you notice that
when Jesus healed, he didn't
00:22:56.07\00:22:58.47
just say, Do you
want to feel better?
00:22:58.47\00:23:01.94
He asks the question, Do
00:23:01.94\00:23:03.68
you want to be made whole?
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.95
Because the more
hey you are, guess what?
00:23:06.82\00:23:10.52
The less access the enemy has.
00:23:10.52\00:23:12.92
In other words,
friends, I need you to get that.
00:23:13.19\00:23:14.79
The problem is not
that they didn't value.
00:23:14.79\00:23:17.36
The problem is that
you didn't value yourself.
00:23:17.56\00:23:20.00
The issue is not how many cakes
they bring into your office.
00:23:20.26\00:23:23.26
The issue is your inability to
manage your stress and emotions.
00:23:23.50\00:23:26.97
It's never about how
many drugs people offer.
00:23:27.24\00:23:30.24
It's actually about
your need to be included.
00:23:30.41\00:23:33.11
It's never about how many
people come into the wrong way.
00:23:33.27\00:23:36.11
It's about the
conditioned responses
00:23:36.24\00:23:38.41
that you've embraced as normal.
00:23:38.55\00:23:40.12
It's never about how sexy
the other man or woman is.
00:23:40.12\00:23:42.85
It's about the deficits
inside of your own home.
00:23:42.98\00:23:45.52
It's never about how
flashy things sparkle.
00:23:45.69\00:23:48.96
It's about that inner poverty
00:23:49.12\00:23:51.43
that we're always trying
00:23:52.66\00:23:54.00
to compensate for
with things and stuff.
00:23:54.00\00:23:57.97
I hear me today, friends
00:23:58.00\00:24:00.64
telling us, understand this.
00:24:00.64\00:24:01.90
I'm borrowing from Pastor Phil.
00:24:01.90\00:24:03.37
He used some water.
00:24:03.37\00:24:04.07
I said, I got to
come on and say it.
00:24:04.21\00:24:07.34
So I need to understand that
righteousness, friends of mine
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.95
was not supposed to be
based upon your effort.
00:24:11.38\00:24:16.02
It was supposed to be
based on your infilling.
00:24:16.55\00:24:20.22
I mean, do we read our Bibles?
00:24:22.69\00:24:23.83
And how many of us understand
00:24:23.83\00:24:26.26
that righteousness
was simply a byproduct
00:24:26.26\00:24:29.03
of being filled with the
living water of Jesus Christ?
00:24:29.56\00:24:33.67
Are you hear what I'm saying?
00:24:34.34\00:24:35.97
So. So that let's say
00:24:35.97\00:24:37.17
I take some dirt and
put it in this cup, right?
00:24:37.17\00:24:40.08
How many of us understand that?
00:24:41.18\00:24:43.04
If I just feel the cup.
00:24:43.04\00:24:46.61
Guess what?
00:24:46.92\00:24:47.48
Eventually the dirt is
going to overflow and come out.
00:24:48.08\00:24:50.82
So what the enemy
is going to try to do
00:24:51.89\00:24:54.22
is poke holes in the cup and
00:24:54.79\00:24:57.83
are y'all with me today?
00:24:59.06\00:25:01.10
And so if he can keep
your cup full of holes,
00:25:01.10\00:25:04.57
then you can never stay full.
00:25:05.17\00:25:07.44
And then the dirt is
going to remain inside of you.
00:25:07.97\00:25:11.27
And see, that's
why the key to holiness
00:25:12.51\00:25:15.08
is not effort, it's wholeness.
00:25:15.48\00:25:17.85
So whenever I empty the cup
00:25:18.31\00:25:21.05
and then I don't
just focus on the dirt,
00:25:22.18\00:25:25.09
but I focus on the
wholeness of the cup.
00:25:25.85\00:25:29.19
And I make sure
that the cup is home.
00:25:29.76\00:25:32.16
And I make sure that
the cup has no holes in it.
00:25:32.66\00:25:36.03
And I make sure that all of
the cup is completely sutured
00:25:36.33\00:25:40.30
when I put the dirt
00:25:40.47\00:25:41.70
on the inside and
then I allow it to get full
00:25:41.70\00:25:45.47
and it has no
holes in it, guess what?
00:25:45.67\00:25:48.21
All the dirt comes out
00:25:48.21\00:25:50.55
because the cup is full and
it ain't got no holes in it.
00:25:50.81\00:25:55.08
And what I'm saying is
00:25:55.35\00:25:56.99
that when you let the gospel
transform your insecurities
00:25:56.99\00:26:00.76
and it transforms your
trauma and it transforms
00:26:01.06\00:26:04.79
your abandonment and
it touches your sharp
00:26:04.79\00:26:08.03
callings, I need you to
know God makes you whole.
00:26:08.03\00:26:11.50
And when you get home, you don't
have to try hard to be clean.
00:26:11.80\00:26:16.10
You just try to be available.
00:26:16.44\00:26:18.87
And when you make
yourself available,
00:26:18.87\00:26:21.08
God then fills your cup again.
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.05
Guess what?
00:26:24.08\00:26:24.68
All the dirt flows out
when you get filled with Jesus.
00:26:25.18\00:26:29.82
Y'all hearing me today?
00:26:29.92\00:26:30.89
What's good?
00:26:32.32\00:26:32.89
Family.
00:26:32.89\00:26:33.79
Listen, life can always be hard.
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.29
Troubles always abound, man.
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.23
And difficulty never RSVP.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.66
I want to encourage
you to take one night
00:26:42.23\00:26:44.00
and get away from it all.
00:26:44.00\00:26:45.90
Join me on Sunday,
October the 22nd, at 7 p.m.
00:26:45.90\00:26:50.31
for a celebration of hope.
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.41
It is where
we're going to lift up
00:26:52.41\00:26:53.78
Jesus and song through
testimony and the Word of God.
00:26:53.78\00:26:57.38
We're going to be joined
00:26:57.55\00:26:58.91
that evening by gospel
recording artist Smokey Norful.
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Gospel recording group
Stephen Manders and Decree
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and the Inspirational
Choir of First Church.
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I need you to know
it's going to be a night
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where we're going to
celebrate God's goodness
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in the midst of
life's difficulties.
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Again, that's going to be
Sunday, October the 22nd at 7:00
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PM, right here in the Oakwood
University Church Sanctuary.
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For more information,
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go to our website
at www.breathoflife.tv
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I look forward to seeing
as we celebrate our hope.
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