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#S066 - Stay Out Of The
Comment Section (Part 1)
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Nehemiah, chapter
four and verse number one.
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I just need to do a quick check.
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How many of us need a
word from the Lord today?
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I just need to
know where to aim. Amen.
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Somebody
already raised our hand.
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I guess I don't need
no word from the Lord.
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Today he read
Nehemiah Chapter four.
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Hey, we're
going to look together
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at verse number one again.
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When you find it, just
say, Pastor, I'm there.
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And this is for those who
are in the construction zone.
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And I want to
say this specifically
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because somebody is on the verge
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of a miracle,
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but before the miracle, there's
going to be some pushback.
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And I need you to know
how to navigate that pushback
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when it comes the amount of four
in verse one, again, say, man,
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the Bible says, but it happened.
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But it so happened
when Sand Ballard heard
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that we were rebuilding
the wall, that he was furious
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and very indignant
and mocked the Jews.
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And he spoke before his
brethren and the army of Samaria
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and said, What are
these feeble Jews doing?
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Will they fortify themselves?
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Will they offer sacrifices?
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Will they complete it in a day?
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Will they revive the
stones from the heaps
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of rubbish stones that
are burned now until by
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the Ammonites was beside him,
and he said Whatever they build,
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even if a fox goes upon it,
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he will break
down their stone wall
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here all are here, our
God, for we are despised,
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turn their
reproach on their own heads
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and give them as plunder
to the land of a captivity.
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Do not cover their iniquities
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and do not let their sin be
blotted out from before you,
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for they have provoked you
to anger before the builders.
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So we built the wall
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and the entire wall was joined
together up to half its height
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for the people
had a mind to what?
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There is nothing impossible
when people have a mind to work.
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Are you all hear
me today, friends?
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The Bible says now what
happened when Sand Valley
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to by the Arabs, the
Ammonites and the acid?
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I heard that the walls of
Jerusalem were being restored
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and the gaps were
beginning to be closed.
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That they became very
angry and all of them conspired
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together to come and attack
Jerusalem and create confusion.
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Nevertheless, we made our what
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our prayer to God,
and because of them
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we set a watch
against them day and night.
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Then Judah said the strength
of the laborers is falling
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and there is so much
rubbish that we are not able
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to build the wall
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and our adversary
said they will never know
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nor see anything till
we come into their midst
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and killed them and
caused the work to cease.
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And so it was when the
Jews who dwelt near them came
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that they told us ten times
from whatever place you turn
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they will be upon us.
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Therefore I positioned
men behind the lower parts of
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the wall at the openings,
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and I set people,
according to their families,
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with their swords,
their spears and their bows.
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And I look in the rose and said
to the nobles, to the leaders,
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and to the rest of the people,
do not be afraid of them.
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Remember the Lord great.
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And ask and
fight for your brother,
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your sons and your daughters,
your wives and houses.
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And it happened when our enemies
heard that it was known to us
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that God had brought their
plot to nothing, that all of us
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returned to the wall,
every one to his work.
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And so it was from that time
on that half of the servants
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worked at construction,
while the other half held
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the spears, the shields,
the bows and wore armor.
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And the leaders were behind
all of the house of Judah.
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And those who built on
the wall and those who carried
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burdens load it themselves
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so that with one hand
they worked at construction
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and with another
hand they held a weapon.
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I I'm going to
emphasize verse number two,
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look at what they said.
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And he spoke before his
brother and the army of samarium
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and said, What are
these feeble Jews doing?
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Well, they fortified themselves.
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Will they offer sacrifices?
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Will they complete it in a day?
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Will they revive the
stones from the heaps
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of rubbish stones
that are burned now?
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Tobias, the
ammonite was beside him
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and said, Whatever they build,
even if a fox goes upon it,
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he will break
down their stone wall.
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Did they say it's
for a little while?
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I want to talk to
you under the subject.
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Stay out of the comment section.
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Stay out of the comment section.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, would you grant strong
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anointing for
this message today?
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Lord, I am praying
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that you would move us
from a place of paralysis
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to a place of bold
action for your glory.
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And so, Father, we're asking
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that your spirit would
settle upon today's service.
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Would you allow faith to
be multiplied exponentially?
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Would you hide me in the shadows
of the cross that Jesus alone
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might be seen, that
Christ alone might be heard?
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And at the end of our time
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together, let
Jesus alone be praised.
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We pray this in the
matches name of Jesus, our Lord,
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let those who believe
say together, amen and amen.
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You may be seated
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in the House of the Lord.
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You know, friends, I have had
the good fortune and misfortune
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of leading a number of
different building projects,
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and I cannot explain
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it, friends, but the more
you do a building project,
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the greater the
difficulties ultimately become.
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Is it contractors have a
way of not keeping their word.
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Supplies sometimes show up late.
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Inspectors come
and add frustration
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so that times they're
going to be delays in building.
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There is going to
be tension in building.
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Building never goes smooth
so that it takes more friends
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than just a
knowledge of how to build.
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It takes a certain
type of stomach to build.
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There's got to be an inner
resolve to be able to wield
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the project to completion
because building is never easy.
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And the reason friends
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there are so many incomplete
structures in the church
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is because we've underestimated
the difficulty of building
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the truth is that when
you're watching others build,
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it looks easy, but
it doesn't get hard
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until you enter the
construction zone yourself.
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And this message to date,
friends, is not to suggest
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that God makes
building become easy,
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but I need to
announce to somebody today
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that building is
supposed to be hard.
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In fact, some of us have
entered the construction zone
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in recent weeks, and
you begin the process
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of rebuilding some
structures in your life.
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And as you
continue in this process,
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I want to first
prophesy, progress,
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but I need you to
also be aware of push back,
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because the truth is
that you cannot have progress
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without some push back and
see rebuilding your prayer.
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Life is going to be hard.
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Rebuilding academically.
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It's going to be hard
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rebuilding emotionally
when you've been broken
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is going to be hard.
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Rebuilding your marriage
is going to come with attacks.
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In other words,
when you experience
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snags and challenges
and delay in the process,
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I don't want you to think
that difficulty is an outlier.
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It is simply the common tension
that accompanies building.
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Do I have a witness
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that knows that building
is always going to be hard
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and see one of the things I
want to say, when you build,
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you've got to be careful
about listening to people
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that give edited testimonies.
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In other words, there are
some that when they testify,
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they'll simply
start with where they were
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and where they are
now, and they won't tell you
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everything that
happened in between it.
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How many of us know
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that sometimes when
you testify in that way,
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you make others feel inside,
or because their journey is
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never that clean?
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But how many of us can
testify that there are times
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in your testimony
where you wanted to give up?
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There were times where you
wanted to throw in the towel.
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There were moments where
you could not hear from God.
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And I want to encourage us
to be real in our testimonies.
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Don't just test the lie.
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I need you to testify.
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You are not hearing me today.
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In other words,
it's kind of like this.
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I don't know if you've
ever watched on YouTube
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some of those
how to videos online.
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So when you're trying to fix
something, I'll look at a video
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that says how to
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change the facet or how
to change the light fixture.
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And the crazy thing is the
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how to video will
only be about 2 minutes,
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but it's taking me
45 minutes in real time.
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And the reason it
takes so long in real time
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is because in the video
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they don't show the times
where the parts don't fit.
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They don't show the time
where the screwdriver falls
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behind the toilet.
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What they do is they
just do it with repetition
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and they record
the one that goes well.
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In other words, they intent.
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They only show you the
thing that works out right.
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In other words, they
don't show you all the time.
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They mess up.
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And the reason
that's important is
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I need you to know that
when you build spiritually,
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there are none of us that
gets it right on the first take.
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In fact, the truth is
that we have to keep doing it
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until we get right.
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But once you get right, don't
just tell them about the time
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it goes right.
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You got to tell
them about the flaws
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and mistakes that
happened along the way.
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And I want to encourage somebody
in the struggle to know,
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because it may seem like
you messed up more than most.
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It may feel like
you'll never get it together.
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But when you look at somebody
that looks clean spiritually,
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they're just somebody
that's had a bunch of takes
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and they're now ready
to be presented by Jesus
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because there's
nobody that gets it right.
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The first time I
got in the pastor today
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and so let's go back
in the word I promise
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that I will not be
long before you today.
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I want you to stay in
the Scriptures with me today
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with Nehemiah.
Chapter four and verse two.
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The Bible says he
spoke before the brethren
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and the army of Samaria
and said, What are these feeble
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Jews doing?
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Will they fortified themselves?
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Will they offer sacrifices?
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Will they complete it in a day?
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Will they revive the
stones from the rubbish
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stone wounds
that have been burned?
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Now, friends, I
need you to get that.
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There are three
critical lessons that we learn
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from this juncture in
Nehemiah as building process.
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And the first
thing that we learned
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is that if you're going to
build, you've got to stay out
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of the comment section.
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Okay.
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See, I need us to know,
friends, that you do yourself
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a disservice when building
by assuming that everyone is
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going to celebrate your
progress and your productivity.
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In other words, friends
as Nehemiah is making headway
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in this journey, it
begins to stir the suspicions
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and the jealousies of
the surrounding nations,
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specifically the sand Ballard,
the horror night guests, some of
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the Arab and
Tobias, the Ammonites,
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and a part of
their disdain family is
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they don't see the value
in what Nehemiah is building.
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In other words, they see
the stones as unsalvageable
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and not worth the
investment of their time.
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In fact, they prophesied
destruction to the point
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that the wall cannot even
handle the weight that a fox
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is going to carry.
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And friends,
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this message is for anybody
that will ever lead something.
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Whether you lead a home,
whether you lead a ministry,
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whether you lead a company,
or whether you have a vision
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in your life, I
need you to get that.
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Most folk won't support
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because they can't see the
value in what you're building.
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In other
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words, they don't see
the walls as valuable.
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They see the walls as rubbish.
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And beyond being
able to be saved or use,
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all they see is a pile of trash.
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But Nehemiah, through
faith, sees a pile of treasure.
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And the truth is, friends, as
you begin the building process,
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there are going to be
some that don't see the value
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in trying to
rebuild your prayer life.
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There are going to be
some that don't see the value
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in trying to
rebuild that marriage.
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There are some peers
that won't see the value
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of trying to
rebuild academically.
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And I simply want to
make one brief announcement
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that what you're
building has value.
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And so Nehemiah is assailed
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by these busybody Jews
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who feel near my head
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with the
plotting of his adversary.
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In fact, Ellen White
says that there are Jews
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that are living in
these surrounding villages
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who do not help Nehemiah
do the work, but they begin
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to become a burden by bringing
all of these evil reports.
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In other words,
they distract the people
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by adding to their awareness of
what others think and the thing
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I want to say to the church is
that you need to be self aware.
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You don't have
to be others aware.
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See how many of us know
that you don't need to have
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a knowledge of what
everybody around you
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has to actually
think or say about you.
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In other words,
you got to be careful
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about the type of
information you are intentional
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about gathering.
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In other words,
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if somebody is plotting to
kill me, give me a heads up.
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But if they just say,
Pastor, they don't like you,
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you can keep that to yourself.
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You hear me?
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And see what happens,
friends, is they distract
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the people by
adding to their awareness.
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In other words, I
need somebody to get that.
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Sometimes we
allow outward opinions
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to smother the inner
vision that God gives.
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But I'm at a place where
I cannot allow an outward
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opinion to overwhelm the vision
that God has put inside of me.
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And see,
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I just want to pause to say to
some young or aged person today
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that you cannot live your
life in fear of those who abide.
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In the comment section
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you see, there are some of us
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that spend more
time filtering your post
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and editing your post
and checking your post
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than you actually do posting
because you are so afraid
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of those who live
in the comment section
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and see what you're going
to notice in just a moment.
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Friends, is that
builders don't live
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in the comment section.
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Have you ever noticed this
about Sand Ballard and Tobias?
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And guess that when they
see Nehemiah building, notice
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that they don't begin
building something themselves.
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All they do is create
a thread full of comments
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about what Nehemiah is building
00:17:14.56\00:17:17.10
and see there are some
like Sam Ballard, who live off
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figuratively in the
comment section of life
00:17:22.37\00:17:25.74
who never build
anything for themselves.
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They're just filled
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with commentary about
those that actually build.
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I hear me today, friends.
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In other words, I'm so
sick and tired of church folk
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who don't sing,
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who have a
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critique of every person
that misses a note in the choir.
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Oh, I'm tired of
00:17:48.10\00:17:50.90
y'all that don't
try out for the team,
00:17:50.90\00:17:53.84
but you sit on the stage
00:17:54.00\00:17:55.44
in the gym booing
those who are on the court.
00:17:55.44\00:17:58.34
I'm tired about those
who don't minister in church,
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but every statement begins what
the church ought to be doing
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and see.
00:18:07.12\00:18:07.72
The issue is you so
deep in the comment section
00:18:08.12\00:18:11.42
that your shallow
and the actions section
00:18:11.85\00:18:14.62
SC friends, this is
a thing that's crazy.
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All the energy they put into
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trying to keep
Nehemiah from building,
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they could have put that energy
into building their own walls,
00:18:23.87\00:18:27.74
building their own army,
building their own kingdom.
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But for a small person,
it's easier to keep others
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from building
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than to begin the building.
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Process yourself and see.
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One of the things
I want to say to you
00:18:40.95\00:18:42.38
young people today is that
when you're trying to build,
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you got to connect with
builders and not commentators.
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You got to build, connect with
builders and not inspectors.
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I need you to realize that
friends, each week when I'm done
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preaching, there's going
to be somebody in the comments
00:18:56.03\00:18:58.90
that has something to
say about what I'm wearing
00:18:59.03\00:19:02.00
that's going to have somebody
that has something to say
00:19:02.17\00:19:04.57
about some statement
taken out of context.
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And they're going to build
a whole doctrine around it.
00:19:07.48\00:19:10.01
They're going to be some
00:19:10.18\00:19:11.38
that have something
to say about what I am.
00:19:11.38\00:19:14.02
I am not preaching,
but I need you to know
00:19:14.02\00:19:16.38
I don't spend no
time in the comments.
00:19:16.38\00:19:18.75
I'm going to spend my time
building the Kingdom of God,
00:19:18.92\00:19:22.56
brick by brick and
going line upon line.
00:19:22.59\00:19:26.03
You see, one of
the greatest things
00:19:26.26\00:19:27.83
God ever did was He delivered
me from people's opinions of me.
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Okay?
00:19:33.44\00:19:34.80
In other words, I'm just trying
to hear Jesus say, Well done,
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good and faithful servant
enter into the joy of your Lord.
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I hear me today, friends.
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Listen, Chris.
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I remember when I
was a younger pastor,
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I was preaching for
my first week of prep
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and I remember
00:19:53.39\00:19:53.92
at the end of that sermon
I had preached my heart out.
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Mark and a lady came to the door
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and she says, Pastor,
that's a good message.
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.86
But she says, You're
so loud when you preach,
00:20:02.06\00:20:04.70
it makes my head hurt.
00:20:05.20\00:20:06.80
And and because I was young
the next night when I preach,
00:20:06.80\00:20:09.84
I tone down the decibel.
00:20:10.01\00:20:11.57
I was a little amped
up. It was my first time.
00:20:11.57\00:20:14.01
And so I brought
it down a little bit.
00:20:14.18\00:20:16.08
And so then the next
night she came to the door
00:20:16.08\00:20:18.35
and said, Pastor,
that's a good message.
00:20:18.48\00:20:20.55
But she said, You move around
so much when you preach it,
00:20:20.55\00:20:23.59
it just makes me dizzy and it's
a distraction to the sermon.
00:20:23.59\00:20:27.39
And so the third night I
was a little bit more demure
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and I stayed a
little bit more stationary
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as she came at the
end of the message.
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As a pastor, that was a good
message, but you sweat so much.
00:20:34.96\00:20:38.50
And I became
00:20:40.24\00:20:41.60
comfortable saying, Maybe
I'm just not the one for you.
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You are. Hear me today.
00:20:45.61\00:20:47.18
And is there anybody that's
so comfortable with yourself
00:20:47.18\00:20:50.65
that you're okay
announcing that I might not be
00:20:51.78\00:20:55.75
the one for you, but as
long as I'm called by him,
00:20:55.75\00:21:00.82
I'm gonna be all right.
00:21:01.92\00:21:05.73
Are y'all hearing
the word today, friends?
00:21:05.73\00:21:08.06
Now, again, I want to.
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.30
I don't want to
be criticism averse.
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.30
I'm going to take what
I can and learn from it.
00:21:11.30\00:21:13.94
So I'm going to eat the fish.
00:21:13.94\00:21:15.37
But any swallow in the bones,
00:21:15.37\00:21:17.94
all the vegetarians,
all mad today are you?
00:21:17.94\00:21:20.91
Never swallow a bone
in order to get the fish.
00:21:20.91\00:21:23.61
Are you hearing
me today, friends?
00:21:23.61\00:21:26.25
And see what I want to
say really quickly, beloved,
00:21:26.25\00:21:28.92
is that there are
00:21:29.25\00:21:29.75
some of us
00:21:29.75\00:21:30.32
who have made a home in the
comment section of life now.
00:21:30.89\00:21:34.42
No, I'm not talking
about my own life, people.
00:21:34.42\00:21:35.82
I'm from
00:21:35.82\00:21:36.19
the comment section of life
because there are some that need
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.20
to recognize that commenting
on them will never build. You
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see, there are
00:21:47.94\00:21:48.27
some of us that find
our strength in critique.
00:21:48.97\00:21:51.14
Some believe their spiritual
grip gift is criticism.
00:21:52.21\00:21:56.28
Some have been
anointed for voyeurism.
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Your superpower is observation,
and some of us have become
00:21:59.38\00:22:03.95
too enamored with the
power of our own opinion.
00:22:03.95\00:22:07.02
Y'all might as
well say amen to that.
00:22:07.02\00:22:09.39
See, I don't know if it's
because we are an American Idol
00:22:09.39\00:22:12.56
culture that sits in
judgment of those who do.
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.76
Or maybe it's the first
00:22:15.76\00:22:17.30
generation that sense, a
commentary of those who play.
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.74
Or maybe we sit behind
our tablets with keyboard
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courage only, but
never having the courage
00:22:24.21\00:22:27.08
to step in front and do
anything and see my last problem
00:22:27.21\00:22:31.31
with the comment section.
00:22:31.31\00:22:32.78
It's not that you
criticize those that do, but
00:22:32.78\00:22:35.78
I need you to know that visions
die in the comments section.
00:22:35.78\00:22:39.62
Dreams rot in
the comments section.
00:22:40.02\00:22:43.02
This began to boil
in the comments section,
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.53
and the word to
somebody today is Stop watching
00:22:46.76\00:22:50.07
others live, stop
commenting on what others do
00:22:50.07\00:22:53.17
and act on what God
has called you to do
00:22:53.34\00:22:56.91
in this age and for his glory.
00:22:58.67\00:23:01.28
Are y'all hear me today
00:23:01.28\00:23:02.18
friends? Thank you so much
for joining us for The Breath
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.65
of Life Television Ministries
broadcast with Pastor Debleaire
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.58
Snell. Now, we hope and
pray that you have been blessed
00:23:09.58\00:23:12.79
by this third and last message
00:23:12.95\00:23:15.79
in the sermon series titled
“The Construction Zone {EDM”.
00:23:15.79\00:23:20.03
So join us next week
for part two of the message.
00:23:20.03\00:23:22.80
“Stay Out Of The
Comments Section.”
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You don't want to miss.
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It's graduation season
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and I want to say congrats
to all of our recent graduates.
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.78
And though we're thankful
for how God is blessing you,
00:23:35.21\00:23:38.01
the only problem is that
we ask 18 or 19 year olds
00:23:38.01\00:23:41.65
to make decisions that
affect the rest of their lives.
00:23:41.95\00:23:45.25
That's why I'm
inviting you to join me for our
00:23:45.72\00:23:48.36
first ever Breath
of life decision day.
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.13
It's a one day online
conference on July the seventh.
00:23:51.53\00:23:55.16
I'm going to be joined
by a number of individuals
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.17
are going to help
00:23:58.50\00:23:59.03
our young people make
decisions about their future.
00:23:59.60\00:24:02.14
We're going to be discussing
things like How to discover
00:24:02.47\00:24:05.47
your calling, doesn't
HBCU put me at a disadvantage?
00:24:05.47\00:24:09.84
When do I need to pivot
changing schools or majors
00:24:10.18\00:24:13.68
or how to dream big?
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.18
It's going to be held
on July 7th from 10 a.m.
00:24:16.62\00:24:19.59
to 2:00 pm.
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.09
It's a free conference,
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.59
but we don't just
want the kids to come.
00:24:22.59\00:24:24.56
We want the parents to come so
that we can make these decisions
00:24:24.56\00:24:28.33
with God's
tutelage as a village.
00:24:28.56\00:24:31.47
So again, that's going to be
July the seventh from 10 a.m.
00:24:31.77\00:24:34.54
to 2:00 pm.
00:24:34.54\00:24:36.07
I need you to know it's going
to be a great time of learning.
00:24:36.07\00:24:38.31
You're going to be equipped.
00:24:38.57\00:24:39.77
You're going to
be given some tools
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.54
to make sure
00:24:41.54\00:24:42.14
that you land at the right place
00:24:42.24\00:24:43.98
and that you
make the right choice.
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.05
I look forward to seeing
you soon on decision day.
00:24:46.05\00:24:54.09
What's good family?
00:24:54.09\00:24:55.46
Did you think the
revolution is over now?
00:24:55.46\00:24:58.29
We're just getting started.
00:24:58.29\00:25:00.26
Earlier this year,
we made the decision
00:25:00.26\00:25:02.46
that we're not going to make
any excuses for poor, spiritual
00:25:02.73\00:25:06.20
or physical health.
00:25:06.23\00:25:07.94
This leg of the journey we're
not going to make any excuses
00:25:07.94\00:25:11.31
for not paying attention to
our mental and emotional wealth.
00:25:11.51\00:25:15.04
I want to invite you
to join me on a two week
00:25:15.51\00:25:18.78
mental health revival from
July the seventh to the 19th.
00:25:18.78\00:25:23.49
We're going to be
pouring into God's people
00:25:23.85\00:25:26.42
so that they will
be able to prosper
00:25:26.65\00:25:28.49
in their mental wellness.
00:25:28.49\00:25:30.29
I'm going to be joined
00:25:30.29\00:25:31.49
by a number of
mental health professionals,
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.66
Life coaches and pastors
that are going to equip us
00:25:33.93\00:25:37.40
with some very powerful
tools from July the seventh
00:25:37.40\00:25:41.20
through the 19th,
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.27
each Sunday at eight and
Monday through Friday at six,
00:25:42.27\00:25:46.34
we're going to be
learning how to deal with
00:25:46.57\00:25:48.11
things like guilt,
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.54
how to manage our
stress, how to stay in balance,
00:25:49.54\00:25:53.05
and how to deal
with difficult people.
00:25:53.25\00:25:55.58
Each morning, you're
going to get a spiritual word
00:25:55.92\00:25:58.55
and then you're going to be led
in some miracle conversations
00:25:58.85\00:26:02.66
that are going
to leave you better
00:26:02.89\00:26:04.56
than when you first started.
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.53
So go ahead and mark
the calendar, save the date
00:26:06.53\00:26:08.93
July 7th through the
19th, Sundays at eight, Monday
00:26:09.20\00:26:13.57
through Friday
00:26:13.64\00:26:14.47
at 6ami need you to know
that we're going to gather hope
00:26:14.80\00:26:18.04
you're going to be equipped
and encouraged as we continue
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.74
the journey of
becoming ExcuseLess.
00:26:21.74\00:26:31.45
What's good family
00:26:31.45\00:26:40.30
breath of life is going to
be coming to the West Coast.
00:26:40.73\00:26:43.77
We're excited that from
July the 14th to July the 27th,
00:26:44.23\00:26:48.80
we're going to be
hosting our third annual Hope
00:26:49.17\00:26:51.84
Rally under the
theme Almost Home.
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.41
We're going to be
meeting for those two weeks
00:26:54.84\00:26:56.91
in Long Beach, California.
00:26:56.91\00:26:59.08
We're going to be
meeting each night,
00:26:59.08\00:27:00.75
except for Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 7:00 pm.
00:27:00.75\00:27:04.22
It's an in-person meeting only,
so you can't catch it online.
00:27:04.69\00:27:09.02
You've got to be in the house.
00:27:09.12\00:27:11.09
We're going to be joined a
musical partnership by gospel
00:27:11.09\00:27:14.73
recording artist
Smokey Norful, Jonathan
00:27:14.73\00:27:18.33
Nelson and Donnie McClurkin.
00:27:18.33\00:27:20.90
Each night, dinner
is going to be served
00:27:21.50\00:27:23.97
and there's going to be
00:27:24.21\00:27:24.91
special programing for
you and for your little ones.
00:27:25.34\00:27:28.41
It's going to be
a high time in Zion,
00:27:28.71\00:27:30.85
where we're
going to be preaching
00:27:31.15\00:27:32.35
the good news of Jesus Christ.
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.42
And we're going to be reminded
that this world is not our home
00:27:34.42\00:27:38.49
again.
00:27:38.99\00:27:39.42
I look forward to seeing
you in Long Beach, California,
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.36
from July the 14th to the 27th.
00:27:42.62\00:27:45.36
Make sure that
you're planning to be there
00:27:45.69\00:27:47.86
and you bring somebody with you.
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.73
If you want more
information, go to our website
00:27:49.73\00:27:52.30
at
www.breathoflife.tv God bless.
00:27:52.47\00:27:56.77
I'll be seeing you this summer
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.34
(Breath Of Life Music)
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