#S055 - “One Day
At A TIme” (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath Of Life
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Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell.
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In today's episode, Pastor
Snell will continue with part
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two of the powerful message
titled One Day at a Time.
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Now let's go deeper
into the word of God.
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And what he's trying to teach
Israel along with us is that I
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must be your contingency plan.
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See how many of us understand
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that in the will of God,
you don't need a plan B, right?
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Okay.
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If your steps
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have been ordered by God,
you don't need a backup plan.
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You don't need an
additional hard drive.
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You don't need a para shoot
if your steps have been ordered.
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By God.
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I need you to know that
God is going to come through.
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But I need you
to know the reason
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why God hates our backup plan.
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Because when you walk by site,
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your backup plan
supplants God's original plan.
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So there were some of us
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there were about to
take the step of faith
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and go back to school or
maybe start the business.
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But the problem is, you
kept that decent paying job
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and you kept it as
a contingency plan.
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And that contingency plan
supplanted God's original plan.
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See, there were
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some of us that
are praying for God
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to send a good godly
husband, a good godly wife,
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to help walk
with you in eternity.
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But the problem is, you
will not let go of your jump
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off your cutting partner
or your friends with benefits
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and say you can't even
see God's original plan
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because you're so
emotionally entangled
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with your content agency plan.
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There are some of
us that want to give
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to the cause of Jesus Christ.
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But what we do
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is, man, we won't give God
the first fruit of our offering.
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We say, I'll return it
at the end of the month.
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So if God doesn't show up,
then I got a little something
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to keep me for bad days.
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But what I'm trying to
get somebody to understand
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is that man,
your contingency plan.
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It is an act of disobedience
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that puts you on the other
side of the blessing of God.
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See? Help me, Holy Spirit.
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I need somebody to be
clear that there can be
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no contingencies
in the realm of faith
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like this.
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And I need you to be clear that
God is not tie savings account.
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God is not a.t diamond front.
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He is not into having a
little extra on occasion.
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But what god is saying
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is that I'm going to make
war with anything you create
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to create a cushion for your
disobedience against my word.
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How many of us in the room today
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want to live in
miracle territory?
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Do I have at least
a one witness today?
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Now, I need you to know
that there is no contingencies
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in miracle territory. You
all with the pastor today?
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Do you realize that when Moses
got to the bottom of the Red Sea
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and Pharaoh's army was behind
him and walls on both sides?
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God didn't say to Moses,
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This is what you do if
the waters don't open up.
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He simply had to trust
God for the waters to open up.
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When they got to
the Jordan River,
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they didn't wait for the waters
to part before they stepped in.
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They had to step in the water.
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Then the waters began to part.
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Do you realize that
when Peter walked on water,
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Jesus didn't give
him a flotation device.
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He didn't give
him an inner tube.
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He had to put all of his weight
on the words of Jesus Christ.
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When the ten
lepers went their way,
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Jesus didn't give
them the address to CBS.
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In the event that
they didn't get healed,
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they had to walk all
the way in obedience.
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When Abraham sacrificed
Isaac, his only continuance was
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that God would provide or God
would provide a resurrection.
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If you don't
believe in miracle terrain,
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you got to leave your
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backup plan behind.
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And it's crazy because
for 40 years, how long?
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Church 40 years. No backup.
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40 years.
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No extra. 40 years. No excess.
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40 years, no savings.
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Watch this church every night.
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They go to bed
with the fridge empty.
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And it's crazy
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because I can see like
the first day of a miracle,
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like when they go to
bed and they know extra.
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McCarthy Joel's waking
up at three in the morning
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and they want to be the
first ones out in the event
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that God didn't put out enough
to get it in front of the rest.
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Who? Maybe I'm asleep.
I hear what I'm saying.
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So for these first
couple of days, man,
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every day they
wake up with anxiety.
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But guess what, man?
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The provision is there for
the first couple of months.
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They wake up a little
nervous, but guess what?
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Every day they wake up,
the provision is still there.
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After a whole year, they still
have a little bit of anxiety.
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But every day they wake up and
the provision is still there.
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After two years, they
wake up and it's there.
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After five years, they
wake up and it's there.
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After ten years, they
wake up and it's still there.
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After 20 years, they
wake up and it's still there.
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After 30 days, they
wake up and it's still there.
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After 40 years, they wake up and
the provision is still there.
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And what God has done,
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unbeknownst to them, is he
has built a history with them
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so that for 40
years God comes through
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every single day of the week and
they've seen God come through
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with so little that they
can now rest with nothing.
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Oh, God.
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See, some of us can only
rest when we see something.
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But do I have seven folk that
I've just seen God work with?
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So nothing.
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Oh, God.
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Can I just
suggest that if you ain't
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never been down to your
last, you've been deprived.
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But I need seven folk
that have been down today.
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A whole bunch
of times to testify
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that no matter
how broke to bear,
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no matter how desperate
it got, no matter how narrow
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the margins were,
God still came through
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100 times out of 100.
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You can say I've
never been forsaken.
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My seed is never gone.
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Millions of bread, are
you hear what I'm saying?
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I see. Sometimes friends.
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God keeps you in
that season temporarily
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so that you come to know
that he is your supplier.
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You are here in the
world today. Friends.
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See, sometimes God ordains it
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to teach us to stop worrying
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about things that are
not your responsibility.
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In other words,
he is your provider.
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God is your father.
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And sometimes God uses object
lessons that make us comfortable
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to teach us how
to walk in faith.
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It's crazy.
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You know, my youngest
son who's getting baptized
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today is crazy
whenever I've got a child.
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Whenever you bring
groceries into the house,
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they examine
everything that comes inside.
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Ma'am, he be
examining what's in the pantry.
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He knows how many
juice boxes we got,
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how many snacks we got me.
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I mean, he keeps inventory
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on everything that's coming,
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and it's crazy
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because when they
were a little younger
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and they had to get ready to
break their lunch for school,
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you know,
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there was some juice
boxes mixing on snacks,
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missing man, these guys
would get all worked up, man,
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because they
didn't have enough snacks.
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But like, one of the
things I didn't realize about
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my wife
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is that
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she was known for a late night
or early morning store run.
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And it's crazy because
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sometimes they go to bed
with the pantry entry empty,
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but they would wake
up because Mama already
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had it on her agenda.
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And by the time they woke
up, the pantry would be full.
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And what I'm
saying is, eventually
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she got on them about
their worries and says,
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Have you ever
gone to school hungry?
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Have you ever
gone without a snack?
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Have you ever gone
without a juice box?
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And what she's saying
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is, I need you to
look at your history
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before you get
concerned about your destiny.
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And what I'm saying,
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that somebody it
doesn't matter what's there.
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When you go to sleep, you
serve the God that never sleeps.
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He never slumbers.
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And if you look
back over your life,
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you can testify that
you've never gone without.
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But God comes
third, right on time.
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Third thing, that's
teachers, friends of mine.
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Is that work or
preparation is still up,
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that that divine provision
still requires human work.
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All right. Let me say it again.
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Divine provision
still requires human work.
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So. So, God, you also me.
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Church
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provided the manna.
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But guess what?
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They still had to go gather it.
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They still got
provided the quail.
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And guess what? They
still had to prepare it.
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Oh, y'all
looking at me brand new.
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In other words,
God provided the manna.
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But he didn't send
an angel with a fork
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to pluck it up and spoon feed it
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or hand feed it
into their mouths.
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Guess what?
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Their faith
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had to be accompanied by
works or these are y'all with me
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today, friends.
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So that even though
they gathered, I need to get
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this gathering was still a
component of divine provision
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gathering was not
separate from his provision
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gathering was a
component of his provision.
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And there are two things I
want to address because see,
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there are some of us
that have this mythical faith.
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It is this mythical faith
that is simply mental assent
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to a belief in God.
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But it requires me
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not to sacrifice, prepare,
study, work, be diligent.
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I just sit and wait on the Lord.
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Some of us in
here praise the Lord.
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You know I'm
waiting on the Lord.
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You know the Lord to say,
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I'm sitting here in heaven,
waiting on you to move in faith.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Because even when you look at
preceding, there were a number
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of institutions
that God put in place,
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even before seeing
Sabbath was instituted, before
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seeing that marriage
was instituted before sin.
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And guess what? Work
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was instituted
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before sin so that Adam
couldn't just enjoy the garden.
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If he wasn't willing to
dress and keep the garden.
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In other words, work was always
a part of God's divine command,
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so that no matter how much
faith or trust in God you had,
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guess what? There was no
substitute for diligence.
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So, students, you
can pray until your knees
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turn brown about the midterm.
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But at some point you won't have
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to turn off your
device, your video game,
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tell your boo to go
home, get off the phone,
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go to the
library, open a book, write
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all the teachers.
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Can I get an amen today?
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No, don't come on.
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Test day with no revelation.
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That's the only day you got.
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Revelation?
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Yeah. You want to say?
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But what I'm
saying is there seek.
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God provides.
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But you still got to gather.
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There's somebody holding a
lot of people to your pastor.
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It's just hard to find a job.
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No, it ain't.
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Huntsville is one of these
cities where if you want a job,
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am I telling you
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you can find a job in this city
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if you can't
find one, no one else.
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I'll tell my
parents the other day, man,
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there is a Dollar
General not far from my house.
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And I walked in Dollar General
one day with some slacks and
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a kind of a blazer and a shirt
I didn't have on a full suit.
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But it's crazy because
man, they were so desperate
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for people to
work in Dollar General.
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I was just having a
buggy with some drinks and some
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plastic forks and spoons
and right there on the spot
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the lady said, Are
you looking for a job?
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I was kind of like.
Well, how much does it pay?
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I don't know.
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Maybe I am. I don't.
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They say the Lord works
in mysterious ways. I do.
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I don't know.
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And it's crazy
because, like, right.
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That lady offers
me a job on the spot
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and she sees how I'm dressed
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and she says,
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You know what? Not
only will offer a job,
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you can probably
start as a manager and
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so if you walk in the
Dollar General and see me
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with little yellow
shirts on, y'all know?
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But what I'm
saying is cap provides.
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But the question
is, are you gathering
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for some of us?
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God has provided you are
pretty good husband or wife,
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but the problem is you
operating on autopilot.
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Are you still
working for the marriage?
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Are you still
gathering in the home?
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For some of us, God has provided
the opportunity for education.
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But are you gathering?
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For some of us, God has
provided for certain illnesses.
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I need you to know
there are some certain
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lifestyle issues
00:14:37.87\00:14:39.14
that if we just
change or amend or adjust,
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health will resume and
healing will return on to us.
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But are you willing
to walk around the block,
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drink a few glasses
of what? Will you gather
00:14:47.92\00:14:50.79
what God has provided?
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Are you hear what I'm saying?
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But then we have some
that have a mythical faith,
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but then some of
us, because we gather,
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we cease giving the appropriate
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amount of glory to God
for what He has provided
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since He's the time
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when some of us is, we
confuse our roles and husbands.
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You hear me say this
with intentional redundancy?
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I need you to understand,
even though, brother,
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you may get up and go to work,
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you may put on your armor,
you may go and do it over time.
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I need you to understand
that you are not provider right?
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Oh, you and your feelings.
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Okay, I'm staying
right here with the work.
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I need you to know
that you are not provider.
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Provider is his name.
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You gather
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what Jehovah provides.
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Are y'all
hearing what I'm saying?
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Do you realize it's
Jehovah that provided the job?
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It's Jehovah that
provided the promotion.
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It's Jehovah that provide
y'all hearing what I'm saying.
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All right, go to Act 17
and verse 28 real quick,
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since some of us act in
brand new Act 17 and verse 28,
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because some of us men
still walking around talking
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about how we pulled ourselves
up from our own bootstraps,
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how we are, are
self-made men and women.
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But I need you to
know the devil is a liar
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and there is no truth
in him at 17 and verse
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28, when you get
to them, you say, Man,
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accept the 17 and verse 28
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I'm having a hard
time getting myself at 17
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and verse 28, when you
get there, let me say, ma'am,
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at 17, this is what happens when
you don't bring your glasses
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because you're
trying to be vain.
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I mean, the
earth is four in him.
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We live and move
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and have our what in him.
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We live and move
and have our being.
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So stop walking around
talking about how you got up
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and went to work as if
you did it by yourself.
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Oh, how many of us
are aware that it is God
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that renew the
lease on your breath?
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That it was God that kept the
synopses firing in your brain?
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That it is God
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that allow lambs to
follow the commands of the mind.
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That it is God that has the
muscles still attached to bone.
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So that no matter
how hard you work,
00:17:41.12\00:17:43.43
no matter how
creative your vision,
00:17:44.26\00:17:45.66
no matter how
diligent your efforts,
00:17:45.69\00:17:47.73
I need you to
realize that the ability
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to put forth the
effort comes from hell month.
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You are here in the
world today. So it's crazy.
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Like you remember a while
back, you know, before LeBron
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broke Kareem's
scoring record, they,
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you know,
00:18:04.58\00:18:05.38
they interview
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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and they ask him about
all the points that he scored.
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And it's crazy
because one of the things
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that Kareem said, Louis,
00:18:10.79\00:18:11.95
is that even though he
scored a bunch of points, one of
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the things that he
credited was he credited magic.
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He gave a lot of credit to magic
00:18:19.19\00:18:20.70
because magic was
the one that gave him the
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assist.
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Oh, you didn't catch that.
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In other words,
00:18:27.57\00:18:28.40
even though I
scored all the points,
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he knows that
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if somebody didn't give
me the ball where I like it
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and when I like it
00:18:35.31\00:18:37.11
or put it right at the
rim for me to score it,
00:18:37.15\00:18:39.65
just what I
could not have scored
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all the points without somebody
giving some distribution.
00:18:41.58\00:18:45.39
And what I'm
saying is somebody ought
00:18:46.25\00:18:47.22
to give God and assist praise.
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It doesn't matter how
many points you scored,
00:18:49.72\00:18:52.13
it doesn't matter
how productive you are.
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Somebody had to
distribute the job.
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Somebody had to
assist with the promotion.
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Somebody had to
throw the alley oop.
00:19:01.04\00:19:02.37
The hardest part is
not drawing it down.
00:19:03.24\00:19:04.91
It's putting it
where somebody can get it.
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Are here in the word today.
00:19:08.58\00:19:10.45
The last thing this
teaches us this the most time is
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that you can never be fed
by somebody else's portion.
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So so God created this
miraculous form of provision.
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So God set it up in such a way
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where each person
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was supposed to
get one omer per person
00:19:31.43\00:19:34.04
and each person would get one
00:19:34.74\00:19:35.60
for if the head of
the household went out,
00:19:35.64\00:19:37.84
he would gather that person for
each individual in the house.
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You'll catch that.
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Now, one of the things that
God did was he says everybody
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gets their own portion
00:19:46.95\00:19:55.99
so that when you got your plate,
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there were no need of you
00:19:58.73\00:20:00.50
going and looking at
everybody else's plate.
00:20:00.53\00:20:03.83
There was no need of you
00:20:03.87\00:20:04.87
trying to covet
what they had on theirs.
00:20:04.90\00:20:07.64
You had to be thankful
for what God had put on yours.
00:20:07.67\00:20:12.41
And that's what God
got made in such a way
00:20:12.44\00:20:15.08
that if you tried to give
him more access, guess what?
00:20:16.24\00:20:17.75
It was going to
mold and run out.
00:20:17.78\00:20:20.28
It was going to
stink because he was
00:20:20.32\00:20:22.02
not going to allow the strong
00:20:22.05\00:20:25.82
to create a manna empire, right.
00:20:25.85\00:20:29.02
Where the strong survived
at the expense of the weak.
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And this is how, you
know, God is not Republican.
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He didn't let 1% get 70% of the.
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Yeah, I'm yeah.
00:20:45.81\00:20:49.78
I mean, I'm not
Republican or Democrat.
00:20:49.81\00:20:54.02
I'm independent
even from the best.
00:20:54.05\00:21:01.49
But nobody was
fighting over their pork.
00:21:01.52\00:21:05.03
They had to get their
portion and be glad with it
00:21:05.06\00:21:08.63
under God's
government. Guess what?
00:21:08.66\00:21:10.47
There are no big eyes, no
small use, no hierarchies.
00:21:10.50\00:21:13.34
There were no bodies, there
were no haves and have nots.
00:21:14.47\00:21:15.87
God made sure
00:21:16.30\00:21:17.47
that there was enough provision
so that everybody had some.
00:21:17.51\00:21:21.81
You're hearing what I'm saying.
00:21:21.84\00:21:24.68
You know, what you had to
do is once you at your portion,
00:21:24.71\00:21:28.25
God set it up
in such a way, man.
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I don't know if you call it
00:21:30.32\00:21:31.49
the little miracle embedded
in the thing where he says,
00:21:31.52\00:21:33.09
if somebody may gather too
much, it would it would rot.
00:21:33.12\00:21:37.16
And if somebody
gave it to little
00:21:37.93\00:21:38.99
God would make
up the difference.
00:21:39.03\00:21:41.66
Oh, so literally, not only
the God provided every day,
00:21:41.70\00:21:45.77
if you didn't get
enough on your plate,
00:21:46.60\00:21:47.54
God literally
multiplied it as you eat it
00:21:47.57\00:21:52.11
so that you would be satisfied
with the portion that you had.
00:21:52.14\00:21:58.58
And simply what I
want to say, beloved,
00:21:58.61\00:22:00.42
before I get
ready to take my seat,
00:22:00.45\00:22:01.95
because I need to know that
in this particular miracle, God
00:22:01.98\00:22:04.72
essentially models
00:22:05.22\00:22:06.02
two of the Ten Commandments,
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.69
he says, gather a
double portion on the sixth day
00:22:07.72\00:22:10.13
so you can rest
on the seventh day.
00:22:10.99\00:22:12.03
So God models, guess what?
00:22:12.06\00:22:13.43
The fourth commandment about
Sabbath or rest trust in God.
00:22:13.46\00:22:17.53
But then in this miracle,
00:22:17.57\00:22:19.10
you know, he literally
00:22:19.13\00:22:20.17
teaches the children of
Israel to do not to covet
00:22:20.20\00:22:24.74
that which
belongs to your neighbor,
00:22:24.77\00:22:28.28
because he's saying if
you jump and it don't matter.
00:22:28.31\00:22:30.08
And it just got so
00:22:30.11\00:22:31.08
it didn't matter if
he was the first one out
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.65
or whether he was
the last one there.
00:22:33.68\00:22:35.82
Guess what?
00:22:35.85\00:22:36.82
There was still
going to be enough for you.
00:22:36.85\00:22:41.89
Okay.
00:22:41.92\00:22:45.26
Let me say it again.
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.36
It didn't matter if
you got there first.
00:22:46.39\00:22:49.60
It didn't matter
if you got there last
00:22:49.63\00:22:52.33
God was going to preserve
enough of a portion for you.
00:22:52.37\00:22:57.11
Okay.
00:22:57.14\00:22:57.84
Some of y'all, Mr.
00:22:58.34\00:22:59.57
South, because some of us are
so worried about where we are
00:22:59.61\00:23:02.94
in line that we will
worry ourselves out of faith.
00:23:02.98\00:23:08.55
And I need some
young person to know.
00:23:08.58\00:23:10.25
It doesn't matter
if you the first one
00:23:10.29\00:23:11.99
of your friends to get engaged
or whether you are the last one
00:23:12.02\00:23:15.92
God has somebody
reserved just for you.
00:23:16.86\00:23:20.00
It doesn't
matter if in your friend
00:23:20.03\00:23:21.60
so good, you're the
first one to get a house
00:23:21.63\00:23:23.63
or the last one to get a house.
00:23:24.33\00:23:25.73
God has one
preserve just for you.
00:23:25.77\00:23:29.00
It doesn't matter if their kids
already came back to church.
00:23:29.04\00:23:32.44
God has a portion of
salvation just for yours.
00:23:32.47\00:23:36.24
Stop counting your place in line
00:23:36.95\00:23:38.95
and start counting
your blessings in God.
00:23:39.85\00:23:42.52
Because God is
going to reserve a portion
00:23:42.55\00:23:46.52
just for you.
00:23:46.96\00:23:51.13
Are you all here in
the world today, friends?
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.73
I see this is critical
00:23:53.76\00:23:55.46
because, see, some of
us won't ever have joy
00:23:55.50\00:24:02.07
until you stop looking at
00:24:02.10\00:24:03.20
somebody else's portion.
00:24:03.24\00:24:08.34
You can't even see the
good thing on your own plate
00:24:08.38\00:24:13.92
because you are so busy
00:24:13.95\00:24:15.72
looking at what God gave them.
00:24:16.42\00:24:18.62
Now He literally gave the
same thing He's giving you.
00:24:18.65\00:24:21.79
Everybody got the same plate.
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.86
And what I'm saying to
00:24:23.89\00:24:24.89
somebody today, I
want to say to some family,
00:24:24.93\00:24:31.07
some some married brother
that's looking at single life,
00:24:31.10\00:24:35.30
some married sister,
00:24:35.34\00:24:36.30
they're saying, oh,
single life would be better
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.77
when the grass looks
greener on the other side.
00:24:39.81\00:24:42.01
Just water your
own grass, you know?
00:24:42.04\00:24:48.85
Are you hear what I'm saying?
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.62
You know what I'm learning
to be satisfied with my problems
00:24:52.79\00:24:56.12
right? I
00:24:56.83\00:25:01.46
see you looking at certain
folk in church or in your job,
00:25:01.50\00:25:04.70
and they look so good.
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.17
But you couldn't even
walk a mile in their shoes.
00:25:08.20\00:25:12.14
If you could, you would
00:25:12.17\00:25:13.24
run back to your
little problem so fast
00:25:13.27\00:25:17.98
cause you can't tell
what people are going through
00:25:18.01\00:25:20.38
by looking at them
here in church today.
00:25:20.42\00:25:25.69
And when I'm
calling somebody to do
00:25:25.72\00:25:28.06
is to take what
the Scripture says
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.53
and Philippians to
say, Man, you know what?
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.66
The greatest
blessing in life is?
00:25:32.69\00:25:34.46
Not necessarily when
I just have everything,
00:25:34.46\00:25:36.77
that thing that I want,
00:25:36.80\00:25:37.80
but when I can get to
the place where I'm content
00:25:37.83\00:25:40.00
with the portion
that God has given me.
00:25:40.04\00:25:44.14
So you can say, like
Paul, I know how to be well-fed,
00:25:44.17\00:25:46.54
I know how hungry,
00:25:47.04\00:25:48.14
I know how to be bound,
and I know how to be a base.
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.18
No matter what's the
base situation or circumstance
00:25:51.31\00:25:52.51
I'm in, I have
learned how to be content
00:25:52.55\00:25:54.85
and I can do all
things through Christ
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.95
who gives me strength?
00:25:58.99\00:26:01.69
All right, I'm going to long.
00:26:01.72\00:26:04.29
But you know what?
00:26:04.33\00:26:05.39
The best thing God provided
out as he set the 40 year
00:26:05.43\00:26:09.50
miracle in motion.
00:26:10.00\00:26:10.90
You know, the best
thing he provided was
00:26:10.93\00:26:14.60
it wasn't
manna, it wasn't quail.
00:26:14.64\00:26:21.94
Somebody said it,
00:26:21.98\00:26:24.41
you know, the best
thing he provided was
00:26:24.45\00:26:27.65
was grace.
00:26:27.68\00:26:31.25
Somebody didn't even see it yet.
00:26:31.29\00:26:33.42
You know how that
story sort of raised?
00:26:33.46\00:26:37.49
They murmured and complained
00:26:37.53\00:26:41.90
against God, Oh,
you out and get it.
00:26:41.93\00:26:45.80
You know how
that story should end.
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.24
It's just a martin
00:26:47.27\00:26:48.44
is sure to say mama
and complained against God
00:26:48.47\00:26:52.77
and it should have
read and the anger of God
00:26:53.71\00:26:56.31
broke out against them
00:26:56.88\00:26:58.81
and consumed them
because of their hard
00:26:58.85\00:27:01.38
heartedness is how
the story should read.
00:27:01.42\00:27:05.75
But because God
is long suffering,
00:27:05.79\00:27:09.79
because he is slow to
anger and abundant in mercy,
00:27:09.82\00:27:14.56
God took their complaint, sent
the Holy Spirit to intercede.
00:27:15.83\00:27:20.27
And what was their complaint?
00:27:20.97\00:27:22.50
Oh God heard it like a prayer
00:27:22.54\00:27:25.31
and it supplied their knee
even though they did not ask.
00:27:25.34\00:27:30.15
And so for 40 years, God didn't
just send food on top of food.
00:27:31.38\00:27:35.52
He sent mercy on top of
mercy and grace on top of grace
00:27:35.55\00:27:40.19
and long
suffering on top of long
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.49
suffering and day
after day he was patient.
00:27:42.52\00:27:45.63
And day after day he was kind.
00:27:46.33\00:27:48.03
And he did not treat
them as they deserved.
00:27:49.03\00:27:53.44
But he treated them
according to the multitude
00:27:53.47\00:27:57.74
of his tender mercies.
00:27:57.77\00:28:00.21
(Breath Of Life Music)
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