Hello, I'm Pastor Hal Steenson
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and I would like to welcome you
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to Faith Chapel today.
We're gonna take a look
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at God's words, so
I encourage you to get
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your Bibles and join us
as we do look at His word,
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but before we go
to God's word let's go
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to God in prayer, okay.
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Father, we
thank you for this day
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and the opportunity to
break the bread of life
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and to share it
with one another.
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Lord I don't ask you to anoint,
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Your word it's already anointed,
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I just ask that you
allow me to speak Your word
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and speak it as truth because
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it is truth in Jesus name, amen.
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Moline and I've
watched through the years
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as we've pastor
for the last 30 years
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we've watched
people that have moved into
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what God wants for
them, what God has for them,
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while other seems to
be the theme song going
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around the mountains,
they go around and around
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and He never find
their real destiny.
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And the reason why
is what I want to share
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with you today is I
never found the doorway
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to their destiny, and
that doorway to your destiny
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is someone that
God puts in yours path
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as you're mentor and
you as a student to learn
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form that. If you will
go to the Book of Ruth,
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if you can't find
Ruth, find judges and hang
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it right and you'll be okay,
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but before we go to that
scripture I want to share
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this with you out
of Second Timothy 2:2,
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it is used to be
on our stationary,
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on our letterhead it
says: And the things that
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thou hast heard of
me among many witnesses,
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the same commit
thou to faithful men,
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who shall be able
to teach others also.
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Now, Paul was
speaking to Timothy,
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but Paul was speaking
to Timothy as his mentor
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and Timothy was his student.
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Now, a mentor is a
washed and trusted leader,
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and there are things
that you need to recognize
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and know in order
to find that doorway
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into your
destiny. You connect with
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your mentor in order to
connect with your destiny.
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Now, the first thing
you want to you know,
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if you found a Book of Ruth yet,
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the first thing you
want to know is connecting
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with your mentor
initially as ordained by God
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and continually
maintained by you,
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ordained by God,
maintained by you.
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Ruth 1:1 says: Now it
came to pass in the days
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when the judges ruled,
that there was a famine
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in the land. And a
certain man of Bethlehemjudah
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went to sojourn
in the land of Moab
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and Moab means,
the land of East;
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it came about by an
incestual affair between
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Lot and one of his daughters.
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He and his wife, and
his two sons went with him,
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and the name of
the man was Elimelech,
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now Elimelech
means, My God is King.
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When our God is king we
only do what He says to do,
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however this wasn't the case.
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In the name of his
name of his wife was Naomi,
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Naomi means
"Pleasant." in the name of the,
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where his wife was
Naomi, and the name
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of his two sons
was Mahlon and Chilion,
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I love this.
Mahlon means "Sickly,"
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Chilion means "Pining."
And they were Ephrathites,
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Ephrathites
means doubly blessed of
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Bethlehem Judah. The
Bethlehem Judah means,
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the house of bread
and the house of praise.
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And they came into
the country of Moab
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and they continued
there. They came into the land
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of East and got at
East and stayed there.
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And Elimelech,
Naomi's husband, died;
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we calls the wages
of the sin or dead.
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And she was
left and her two sons
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and they took them
wives of the women of Moab;
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the name of the one was Orpah,
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now I'll get this is not Oprah,
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it's Orpah. Orpah
means to turned a back
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and you're gonna see
that later on in this,
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when Orpah does
turned a back you never hear
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of her anymore
in the word of God;
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however the other
one's name was Ruth.
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Ruth means, the friend of God
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and they dwelled
there about ten years.
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And Mahlon and Chilion
died also both of them;
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and the woman was
left of her, or the woman
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was left of her two
sons and her husband.
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Then she arose with
her daughters-in-law
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that she might return
from the country of Moab:
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for she had heard
in the country of Moab
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how the Lord had
visited his people in giving
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them bread. Bread
comes from the formal
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in latter rain
follow me with this, okay.
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Because we're about to
enter into an outpouring
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of the formal in
latter rain and a great
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deal of bread, which
is word of God is gonna be
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brought forth. Now,
the second thing I want you
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to hear is connecting
with your destiny means
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being a cleaver not
a leaver, a cleaver,
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not a leaver.
Wherefore in verse 7,
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it says: Wherefore
she went forth out of the
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place where she was, and her two
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daughters-in-law
with her; and they went
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on the way to return
to the land of Judah.
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And Naomi said unto
her two daughter-in-laws,
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both of them two, both of them.
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Go; return each to
her mother's house:
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the Lord deal with you kindly,
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as ye have dealt with
the dead, and with me.
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She did not
encourage them to go,
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she encourage them to stay.
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The Lord grant you
that you may find rest,
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each of you in the
house of her husband.
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Then she kissed
them. Now, I like to say
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she kissed them
away or she them off,
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she was gonna go
back to Bethlehem Judah
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she told them to stay.
And they lifted up their
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voices and they
wept, why they weep because
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they were said, they love Naomi.
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And they said unto
her, Surely we will return
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with thee unto thy
people. Now, get this
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they said both of
them said this to her.
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And Naomi said;
Turn again my daughters;
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why will you go with
me? Are there yet any more
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sons in my womb that
they may become your husbands?
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Turn again, my
daughters, go your way;
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for I am too old
to have a husband.
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If I should say, I have hope,
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if I should have a
husband also tonight,
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and should bear also bear sons.
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Now, what they says
is, this was Jewish custom
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that if you had
a daughter-in-law
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and married to your
son and you lost the
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son another son in
the family could marry her
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and take her of his wife,
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she had no sons
and she would saying
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this is a going to
worth. In verse 13 it says:
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Would you tarry for
them till they were grown?
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She answer in the
form, no. Would you stay
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for them from having husbands?
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The answer is for them no.
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No, she says my daughters;
for it grieves me much
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for your sakes that
the hand of the Lord
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is gone out against me.
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Now, that is a true
statement, but it's not
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a statement of
truth. God's handed
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and glad again,
same they went to Sojourn
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and wonder in the land
of East and left the house
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of bread and house of praise.
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When your
destiny is said in order,
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your destiny is
ordained by God and
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maintained by you. You
don't go where you want
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to go and do
what you want to do;
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you only do what
God want you to do.
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In verse 14 it says: And
they lifted up their voice
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and wept and Orpah
kissed her mother-in-law,
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but Ruth clave to
her. What he is saying?
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Orpah said, so
long I'm going back.
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Ruth said, no way
I'm going with you.
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And she said,
Behold, thy sister-in-law
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is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods:
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return thou after
thy sister-in-law.
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She still
discouraging her from going on
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and Naomi is a mentor to Ruth.
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So, that means that
all the time that your
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mentor is not gonna
dispatch you on the back
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until you have
wonderful things there are have
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great it is and everything,
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they're going to
called you to be like
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Elijah and Elisha,
they're going to challenge
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you to follow
them, no matter what?
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And she said unto
her and Ruth said,
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Intreat me not to leave thee.
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You want some
powerful scripture I used this,
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I've written my own wedding vows
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and I use this in wedding vows,
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these are powerful statements.
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And Ruth said,
Intreat me not to leave thee,
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or to return from
following after thee.
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This is a vow of
that the bread makes.
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And after thee for
whither thou goest,
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I will go; and
where thou lodgest,
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I will lodge: thy
people shall be my people,
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and thy God my
God: Where thou diest,
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will I die, and
there will I be buried:
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the Lord do so to
me, and more also,
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if ought, but
death part thee and me.
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Verse 18 says: When she saw that
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she was steadfastly
minded to go with her,
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then she left speaking
unto her. Listen to this,
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if Ruth had not
been connected with Naomi
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she wouldn't never met her Boaz,
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in other words, if
she had not follow to her
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mentor she would have
missed her destiny totally.
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And I've seen people missed it,
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but I've seen others
that held on to their mentor
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followed after
them humble themselves
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in the side of God
and listen to what the
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Lord was saying? There
is a difference between
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faith and destiny.
Most people do not realize
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this, faith is
what you're dealt like
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you're dealing out
cards, faith is what
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you're dealt, destiny
is how you play your hands?
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Now, Moline and I
originally from Alabama
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and just a short waves
from the Qatar Alabama,
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the town called Tuscumbia.
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Tuscumbia is famous for
a leady name Helen Keller
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who at the age of 18
months had her sight,
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had her hearing
something tragic happen
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and she lost her sight
and she lost her hearing.
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In 1880, she
graduated the first death
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and dumb blind
women to ever graduate
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from college. And
she moved into such
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an arena that
everybody all over the world
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knew who she was?
Now, this is the difference
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between faith and
destiny. Faith was what
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Helen Keller was dealt.
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Destiny is how
Heller Keller handled
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that faith. So, well
you can't sit back and say,
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well I'm death and
dumb or I'm not a smartest
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somebody else or I'm
not tall, dark and handsome,
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or I'm not beautiful.
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Faith is what you're deal;
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destiny is how
you play the hand,
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stay with me here, okay.
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The third thing
you need to know about
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defining your
destiny is when you connect
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with your mentor to
fulfill your destiny
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your loyalty will be tested.
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And if your pastor
out there you need to be
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taking notes on this
and if you're layman,
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lay person you need
to be really listening
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to this because your
destiny and your loyalty
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will be tested
and will be evaluated.
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You never know how
loyal and individual
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is until they've
been put to the test.
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Reason, why? It's
because today's test
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is tomorrow's testimony.
See, I found out you can't
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chose leadership
based on someone's gifting
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or someone's
anointing, you can be anointed
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and gifted and
still be in sin, what?
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Yeah, well let me
say, what about Samson?
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He was anointed,
but he was in sin,
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and sin will cause
this loyalty in your life
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and in your
congregation and in your Church.
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This loyalty is
not something they just
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suddenly happens, it
doesn't just overnight,
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Oh! I d didn't
know it was there,
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this loyalty is an
attitude to develops in stages,
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if we used to
sermon we'll be able to
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uproot seeds and
not have to take down
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mighty oaks of disloyalty.
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The next thing
I want you to see,
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when you connect with
your mentor to fulfill
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your destiny there
are several basic stages
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that I'm gonna
share with you of loyalty
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on which you'll be
evaluated and tested.
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Now, the first test
of loyalty is does he
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or she have an
independent Spirit,
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does he or she view
their service as a stepping
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stone for personal aspiration?
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Now, listen to this scripture,
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read it with me if
you can Philippines 3:14,
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it says: I press
on toward goal to wind
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the supreme and
heavenly prize to which
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God Christ Jesus
is calling us upward.
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Does he or she the
next thing have serve
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for primarily for recognition
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or they wanting to be recognized
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or they wanting to be noticed
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or they wanting to
be big our king me.
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That we had a man in
our Church that never ties,
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never gave any offerings,
never anything at all,
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he wouldn't put
opinion and the anything unto
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one day we need to
raise $50,000 a special
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offering I believe it
was. We need to raise $50,000
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and so we had an
operant, open offering
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in the congregation
and I was shocked because
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I said what we wanted to do,
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try to it's just raise
and people that like to give
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a thousand dollars
and then we'll go on,
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I want everybody have
an opportunity to yield.
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And this guy was the
first man that stood up
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and raised his hand I said,
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pastor I'd like to
give a thousand dollars,
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so why did he do it?
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Because he was recognized,
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he wanted to everybody
to see that he had given up
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a thousand
dollars. Now, see this loyal
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independence
Spirit will do that,
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a loyal and the Spirit
is depended upon the Church
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and their family
is one that doesn't
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need recognition, it's
the one's that's praying
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in their prayer
closet. Next thing I ask is,
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are they building
a personal portfolio?
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Through the years here at 3ABN
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and also in our
ministry and our pastor ministry
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Moline I have seen them come,
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we've seen them go
when he's only the ones
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that are committed the
once that are submitted
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to God and His
word, the one that's part
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of the family they
ends up actually finishing
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the goals that God
has given for them.
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I have seen people
with great, great talent
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and give things
totally miss God.
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And here at 3ABN
through the years
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of I've seen them
come, you've seen some among
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television here and
then whatever you don't ever
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see him any more,
nobody is ever been
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run off from here,
people just realize that
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this was not my
own thing ministry,
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it is a God thing ministry.
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The next thing that
we tested on his loyalty
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can be tested by
one's willingness to change
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his agenda to serve his mentor.
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Now, this is not discipleship,
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is not a matter
you're going to Taco Bell
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and calling your
mentor and ask him whether
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you should get this
sandwich or this taco
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or whatever the
case maybe, that's not
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what I'm talking
about, is truly being led
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by the Spirit and
submitting yourself
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to someone that is a
vast in a trusted leader.
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Now, let me give
you scripture for this,
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this is awesome, I
want you to turn to it,
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it is a Second
Timothy the 4th chapter
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13 and 21 verse. "The
cloke that I left at Troas
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with Carpus, when thou comest,
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bring with thee, and the books,
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but especially the parchments".
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And verse 21 says:
Do thy diligence to come
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before winter.
Enbulus greeteth thee,
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and Pudens, and
Linus, and Claudia,
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and all the
brethren. Now, what I want you
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to see here is that
Paul is saying to them
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or to Timothy to
come before winter.
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And now what Paul is saying hey,
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you might have a
big conference going on,
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you might have a
worships Emposium going on,
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you might have a
camp meeting going on,
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but what I would
like or you to do Timothy,
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is I'd like to, for
you to drop everything
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that you're doing
to breeze these things
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to me because
they're very precious,
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I need my cloke for my health,
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I need my books for my Holiness
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and I need my parchments that
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I've personally
written for my happiness
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and what would
happen if, what would happen
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if Timothy said,
man I just can't do it,
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I got too much
going on you know,
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I've got to go, do
some visitation everything
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and then when Timothy got there
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and he walked up to
a centurion and said,
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here I've got these
things for the Apostle Paul
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and I would like to
give him these things
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and the
centurions that I'm sorry,
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but he had his
head cut off yesterday.
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This is what we're tested.
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We're tested on
the acid test is if
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we're willing to do
whatever needs to be
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done for us to continue through
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the doorway of our destiny.
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The next thing,
the next text is that
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he or she desire
personal recognition
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from the people
what do they do when
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they're given a microphone
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and it's put in their hands.
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I've seen people
when somebody gives,
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somebody
microphone put in their hands
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they were in
control to that service
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and if you see
somebody that does this,
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then that means
they're looking for personal
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attention and then
they're not out to do
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the will of the
Father, but they do their
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own things. Now, let
me share something else
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with you too. A mentor
is not always necessarily
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nice to you some,
many of us remember
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the movie the Karate Kid were,
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the Karate Kid goes to the,
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the older man
that's teaching him Karate
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and he said I
want to learn Karate
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and the guy said, Oh!
You want to learn Karate?
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He said, yes I do.
What do I need to do?
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He said, here wax
cars, wax this way,
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wax this way. And
after you got though waxing
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all the cars he
came back and said,
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okay I'm ready I
want to learn Karate,
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I want to learn
Karate. And he said,
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Oh! Well, learn
Karate, here paint faints,
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paint this way, paint this way.
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And the reason why I seen in,
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in the Karate Kid
didn't realized it at the time,
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but the reason why was because
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he had a building
up and strengthening
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his wrist in order to
do this type of Karate.
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So, what appeared to
be him doing something
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that was not good
for him in actuality was,
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so a lot of times
when you run into your
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mentor your mentor
will test you with things.
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Now, what I used
to do as a pastor
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and this is
phenomenal because some of you
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pastors that are
listing or a leadership
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this listing try
this. What I would do
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and somebody had a
potential for leadership
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I had a small book
any book I had found
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maybe 48 pages
likes some of the,
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the books here that we put out,
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some of the
small books 48 pages,
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now it say, here
brother and sister,
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would you read this book for me
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and let me know
what you thin about it?
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Yeah, sure pastor and
then about a week later
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I'd ask him, hey did
you get a chance to read
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that book? Oh! I haven't yet,
00:17:26.13\00:17:27.39
but I've got it at
home and I've got it laying
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next to, to my bed
and, and I'm going to get
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to it before long.
And then about two weeks
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later I ask him
again, if they hadn't read it
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I never ask him
again and I never consider
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for a
leadership position because
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if we're not
faithful, the leader will not
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faithful in Lord.
Do not have somebody
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that I give it to
them it was consider
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for leadership.
Wow! The next day
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they'd come and say,
pastor I read that book
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and this there and
this there and everything
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I'm not ever read it,
but they were being tested.
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Now, as he or she
desire personal recognition
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from the people what
do I do when you give them
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our microphone? That is a test.
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What do they do?
A person who is not
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focused on God's
approval will usually
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strive for man's approval.
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Here this if you don't
hearing the things I say,
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a person who is not
focused on God's approval
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will usually
strive for man's approval.
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I can't really give
you a formula for success,
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but I can give you
the formula for failure,
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it's this. Try
to please everybody
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you can't do it. Well,
we need to do is please
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no one else other than our God.
00:18:31.87\00:18:34.21
Samuel lost the Kingdom;
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he lost the kingdom
because he clack tried
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to please the
people. Fall along with many
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of your Bible
with the scripture,
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if you'll turn to it.
One Samuel 15:24 it says:
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And Saul said unto Samuel,
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I have sinned: for
I have transgressed
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the commandment of
the Lord and thy words:
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because I feared
the people, and obeyed
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their voice. How sad?
The English evangelist
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George Whitefield
learned that it was more
00:19:02.80\00:19:04.94
important to please
God than to please men,
00:19:04.95\00:19:07.05
knowing that he was
doing what was honoring
00:19:07.73\00:19:10.15
the Lord kept him
from discouragement
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when he was falsely
accused by his enemy,
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does this sound familiar?
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At one point in
his ministry with,
00:19:16.63\00:19:18.21
with they received a
vicious letter accusing
00:19:18.22\00:19:21.19
him of wrong doing
his replay was brief
00:19:21.20\00:19:24.48
and it was courteous.
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He says, I thank you
hardly for your letter
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as for what you
and my other enemies
00:19:30.21\00:19:32.11
are saying against
me I know worst things
00:19:32.12\00:19:35.64
about myself then
you will ever be able
00:19:35.65\00:19:38.89
to say about me and
he send it with love
00:19:38.90\00:19:42.48
and Christ George Whitefield.
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He didn't try to defend himself,
00:19:45.41\00:19:47.54
he was much more concerned about
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pleasing God. So,
when we try to defend God
00:19:50.34\00:19:53.70
we affined God,
God doesn't need us
00:19:54.05\00:19:56.94
to defend Him. The
next thing is when we seek
00:19:56.95\00:20:00.18
men's approval of God's approval
00:20:00.19\00:20:01.96
and God's illumination
we become candidates
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.47
for legalism. This
is something that can be
00:20:06.21\00:20:09.57
so damaging
especially to our domination.
00:20:09.58\00:20:12.01
I have found more grace in the
00:20:12.37\00:20:14.12
Seventh-day Adventist
Church and I ever found
00:20:14.13\00:20:15.59
anywhere else and
yet I here from so many
00:20:15.60\00:20:17.38
people they do not
knows about the legalism
00:20:17.39\00:20:19.94
that is
entrenched in our domination.
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.03
Let's don't add to
it, let's don't prove it.
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When Samuel went to
anoint the king over
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Israel who was
David he found him tending
00:20:28.58\00:20:31.61
the ship, he was
faithful in the little
00:20:31.62\00:20:34.40
he killed the
loin and he killed bear
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and ended up
being king not Saul.
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The test number
three, does he or she exalt
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their ideas above
his mentor or above
00:20:42.79\00:20:44.77
his leadership there,
there maybe be a burden
00:20:44.78\00:20:47.46
for them for only one
aspect of the ministry
00:20:47.96\00:20:50.57
while their mentor
cares the entire burden
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.48
for that particular ministry.
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I remember back
several years ago there was
00:20:54.37\00:20:56.49
a man in our ministry came to me
00:20:56.50\00:20:57.81
and said Oh!
Pastor Hal, Pastor Hal,
00:20:57.82\00:20:59.19
Pastor Hal I had a
dream that that we should be
00:20:59.20\00:21:02.42
feeding the poor we,
we, we should be feeding
00:21:02.43\00:21:04.74
the poor this
dream was so, so detail
00:21:04.75\00:21:07.55
and, and I just want
you know we need to be
00:21:07.56\00:21:09.82
feeding the poor and
I said, great brother,
00:21:09.83\00:21:11.45
give me a plane
purpose and projection
00:21:11.75\00:21:13.45
and how you're gonna do it?
00:21:13.46\00:21:14.43
He said, what do you
mean how I'm going do it?
00:21:14.44\00:21:16.67
He said, you need to be doing.
00:21:18.13\00:21:19.34
I said, yeah
didn't give me the dream,
00:21:19.35\00:21:20.97
God gave you the dream.
00:21:21.69\00:21:22.97
And see this
happens all the time,
00:21:22.98\00:21:24.45
God will give us a
dream for something
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.98
or give us a heart for something
00:21:26.99\00:21:28.28
and we try to put
that dream or that vision
00:21:28.63\00:21:30.80
often somebody else,
if God gave it to you
00:21:30.81\00:21:33.26
then what you need to do?
00:21:33.82\00:21:34.84
Is you need to
present it to the pastor
00:21:34.85\00:21:36.80
and the
leadership of your Church
00:21:36.81\00:21:38.11
and let them say,
yes brother or sister
00:21:38.53\00:21:41.41
I believe this is
good, why don't you go for
00:21:41.42\00:21:43.14
and put it together
and let's see how it works
00:21:43.15\00:21:45.15
instead of
expecting them to do it?
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The next thing is
does he or she feel
00:21:48.03\00:21:50.04
they're caring
the blueprint for the
00:21:50.05\00:21:51.44
entire ministry, the
entire house a lot of
00:21:51.45\00:21:54.38
people that are not
following their mentors
00:21:54.95\00:21:57.68
and doing their own
things in our tested.
00:21:57.69\00:21:59.44
Sometimes they have-to-have
00:22:00.74\00:22:01.80
some attitude adjustments made
00:22:01.81\00:22:04.18
you know, sad part about it is,
00:22:05.53\00:22:06.82
correction may calls
him to become bitter,
00:22:07.62\00:22:09.72
disloyalty often
begins with plans that have
00:22:09.73\00:22:12.67
rejected which
have been taken as a
00:22:12.68\00:22:15.61
personal rejection.
I want you to see this
00:22:15.62\00:22:18.94
as I read this I want
you to see this statement
00:22:18.95\00:22:21.33
that I've got
right here and hope
00:22:21.34\00:22:23.03
that it changes your life.
00:22:23.04\00:22:24.39
When or if your
mentor rejects your plans
00:22:25.36\00:22:29.69
or proposals, it
does not mean they are
00:22:30.06\00:22:34.79
rejecting you. Let me
read that to you again.
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When or if your
mentor rejects your plans
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or proposals, it does not mean
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they are rejecting you.
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It is sad to say, but
someone that is insecure
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or sometimes cannot
separate their self worth
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from their plans hat they have,
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it might not be the
time or might not be
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the season. Now, let
me give you an example
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of this back several
years ago 15 years ago,
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a couple that had
pastured in this area
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came to our Church wounded,
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bleeding they
had been heard so bad
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and they came in
and, and they just,
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I mean every time
you try to talk to him,
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and minister to
him, they just break down
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in tears and start crying.
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They set into our
ministry for year and there was
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with healing the, the
all in the warms poured in,
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the Balm of Gilead
and, and we ministered
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to them every
chance we get all of our
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leadership reached out
to them, had them in their,
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in their homes and
they began to get stronger.
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And he had heart for
ministry, she had a heart
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for ministry, so then
he came to us about a year
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or later said, this
is what I want to do
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I want to go such and
such town in this area
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which is hard town
anyway I want to go
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such and such town and
I want to start a ministry
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in that town and what I
want to do is I don't go,
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get me a crawls that
got a roller skate on
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end of it and put
it on my shoulder and
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I wanna walk around
the entire town and believe
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God for that town wonderful,
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wonderful I think
that's great, this town needs
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a truth pure
Church. However, we told him
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we don't believe
that now it's a time,
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it's not that you
can't do it; it's not that
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you're not the man
for it, but is the timing
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right on it. And so,
many times people come
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to us pastors
out there I know what
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I'm talking about, so
many times people come
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to a pastor not
for their counsel,
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but for their approval
and when they don't get
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the approval then
they go away doing
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their own thing.
And the sad thing
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is this couple left he
walked around the town,
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he claimed it for
Jesus and I'll still claim it
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for Jesus with you.
However, right now that
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first couple is
not in the ministry
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or not in the ministry
and or not even serving
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the purpose of God
from what I understand.
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You see, God only
gives one vision to one
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leader and that is
the vision of the house
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where there is
more than one vision
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there is the vision
and that vision God doesn't
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want that that's
why for years 3ABN
00:24:51.16\00:24:54.03
has prospered and the
reason why it's because
00:24:54.04\00:24:56.27
the Danny Shelton
has been given the vision
00:24:56.28\00:24:58.27
for the house. Now,
the visions in the head
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which is Jesus Christ,
but Danny is continually
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catch that vision all
the programs that he does,
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he talks about the
original dreams that God
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gave him that
would reached the world
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with The Three
Angles Message undiluted
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message, one that
would counter at the
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counterfeit, he
cast that vision.
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So, what we must do is
we must catch the vision
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of the house and the
vision of the leader.
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Now, the last test is
that a person with this
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loyal or rebellious
Spirit develops a critical
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attitude toward
their leadership and toward
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their mentor it always happens,
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I move from the front
road the middle of the
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Church to the
back road and finally
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they're gone,
went to the Church here
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exemplifies integrity
and respect in the face
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of opposition during
his last year in office
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he attended an
official ceremony several rows
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behind him two
gentlemen beyond whispering
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that's Winston
Church Hill, they say
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he's getting see now,
they say he should step
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aside and leave the
running of the nation
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to more dynamic and capable man,
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when the ceremony was
over Church healed turn
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to the man and said,
gentlemen they also say
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he's going death, but he wasn't.
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See, there is a leader
and one with integrity.
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This is the next
thing I want to ask you,
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does he or she refuse to
submit themselves to God?
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Does he or she
develop murmurings
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and contentious
words? Critical Spirits,
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love define flaws and
leadership it's like the,
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the Miriam saying to, to Moses,
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does God only speak to you,
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He speaks to me too.
But God speaks to the
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head of the
ministry that has the vision,
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the visions in the
head it's not in the trunk
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and we must submit
ourselves once again
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not to just
anybody or everything,
00:26:41.67\00:26:43.22
but our vast and
a trusted leader.
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People that don't will develop
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and Absalom Spirit,
God told Moses I love this,
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nobody can touched
the mountain just you have
00:26:52.82\00:26:54.87
Joshua touched the
mountain. He went up into
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.87
the mountain reason,
why? Was because Jewish
00:26:57.88\00:27:00.16
was one Spirit
with him which produced
00:27:00.17\00:27:03.04
one God ordained ministry;
00:27:03.05\00:27:04.57
one Spirit will allow
you to fit with all the
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other parts. Moline
and I've had to saying
00:27:07.51\00:27:10.21
and our ministry
for years that which
00:27:10.22\00:27:12.73
I'm a part of, is
more important than that
00:27:12.74\00:27:14.84
part which I apply?
That which I'm a part of,
00:27:14.85\00:27:17.77
is more important than
that part which I apply?
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So, if you're in
the Local Church,
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if you're in the Local
Ministry find your mentor,
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give yourself to
that man or woman that
00:27:23.86\00:27:25.78
they might teach
you and show you the
00:27:25.79\00:27:27.25
good things, the
Godly things that you might
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move to the doorway
that God has for you.
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In order to fulfill
your destiny and not be go
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around and around the mountain
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over-and-over again.
My prayer is that God will
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speak to your heart,
if anything is not right
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.74
there that God
will speak to your heart
00:27:43.75\00:27:45.62
and allow you to
turn your heart toward him
00:27:45.91\00:27:47.97
and say, God show me, mode me,
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make me into what
You want me to be.
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