Welcome back!
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One of the things that
just my heart cry is that
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we will learn
to love each other.
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I know that when I
first came into my recovery,
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when I first decided
that I was going to give God
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a chance, that I was
going to take every single thing
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that was broken about
me and say God step in.
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And I stepped into a
body of Christ, and I don't
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know how to act anymore.
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Some people
aren't as easy as God,
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do you know what I mean?
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Because God loves us.
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And even in the
pastoral thing, in ministry as
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I watch ministers that
literally step from the
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lifestyle they I came in,
step in front of the pulpit
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are called by God.
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God has His hand on
them, He has anointed them
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as men and women of God.
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You guys, you know Ken
and Sherry, God has anointed
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you in that
position and stood you up.
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You know what,
sometimes you are going to do it
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incredible, sometimes
you are going to say and do
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exactly the right thing.
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And sometimes you
are going to be standing,
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shaking your knees,
knowing who you are as an addict
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in having a clouded
vision of who God is,
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and what God is
doing in your life.
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And God says, you
know what, stand anyway.
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And as the body of
Christ, as people around them
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as their friends,
we should be on our
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knees during that time.
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When I see his knees
shake, I want to be on my knees
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and say, God give him strength.
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And sometimes
instead of that we think,
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you know what,
should he be up there?
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It's not ours, we
didn't anoint this guy,
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God anointed him.
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You know it is like
being able to say can I come
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alongside of him, can a
lift his arms up along with
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Sherry, along with his
mother and say God today
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he can't put his arms up,
but we are going to help him.
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Today I'm going to
walk alongside of him.
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Today I'm going to be a
part of his accountability team.
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Today I'm going to call
on Heaven to step in and say,
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help him today, because
he can't even say it today.
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And part of who we
are as Christians is that.
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Part of it is to
look at our own stuff.
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Part of it is just
figuring out who we are and to
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stand up, but once we figure
that out, we trust God with
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that, let's look around
and see who else needs prayer.
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Who else needs affirmation.
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Who else needs us
to say you know what,
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you'll make it today,
you will be okay today.
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And once we get to that
point, we will be so safe.
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I love that to be
safe with ourselves
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and we will be
safe with each other.
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If you are barely
standing, I want to say to you
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God is faithful, get a hold
of somebody that actually can
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affirm and stand beside
you, edify you, hold you up,
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pray for you and
really get a hold of them.
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I want to say thank
you for joining us and
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until next time
always remember that
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God is crazy
about you, and me too.
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God bless!
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