Hello and welcome once again
to "Foundation Of Our Faith."
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"Foundation Of Our Faith,"
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you know very well by the title
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that this is based on the
Holy Scriptures God's word.
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And we have been blessed already
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through three or four
sermons with Dr. Roland Hill
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that has come to us from
the Allegheny East Conference
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and we just praise
the Lord for his ministry,
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surely you can tell
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that he is a man that
believes in what the Bible says,
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he lives by the Bible.
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And it's been a
joy just talking to him
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and hearing him in conversation
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because you can tell,
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praises of God are
always in his conversation.
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And he has a
passion for the gospel,
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for this reason he has traveled
in many countries of the world
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preaching about Jesus Christ
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and the message
of hope that we have.
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As a matter of
fact he has the joy
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of traveling with
the woman of his dream,
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his wife Dr. Suzie M. Hill.
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And together their
passion for empowering people
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through their
stewardship messages
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and hundreds of
seminars worldwide.
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Dr. Hill has
already written 18 books,
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and he is writing
right now number 19.
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So we pray that
the Lord will bless him
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as he tries to
complete this book
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that I'm sure will be a
blessing to all that read it.
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I would like to encourage
you to invite Dr. Roland Hill,
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if you would
like to contact him,
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to invite him to your area,
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you will need to contact
the Allegheny East Conference,
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and if for some reason
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you cannot get
the number of course,
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call the Dare to Dream
Network, it's 618-627-4651.
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That's 618-627-4651.
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And as I mentioned
the Dare to Dream Network,
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I would like to encourage
you to pray for this network.
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Everyday that you
watch Dare to Dream,
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you gonna learn
principles from God's word
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that will empower you
to live a better life,
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be a better person in
the community, in your home,
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and also to prepare for
the coming of eternal life
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with Jesus Christ.
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So I encourage you to
watch the Dare to Dream Network
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and support this network.
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It is doing a marvelous work to
bring the gospel to the world.
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We like to mention to you
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what the title
of this message is.
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We had four topics
during this series.
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Number one, It's Done.
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Number two, Vision
Delayed but not Destroyed.
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Then you heard,
Wealth is in Your Worship.
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And the last in this
series is Its Bigger Than Me.
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So I want to ask you to stay by
and be blessed by this message
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that will start
in just a moment.
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But before this I
would like to talk to you
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about our musical guest and
he has been a blessing as well.
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Amen?
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Amen. Amen.
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We are about Lyndon
Bee-- Lyndon Carriger,
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who has been in music ministry
more than 10 years already.
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And he is
blessed to have married
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the woman of his dreams as well.
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He says, it's one of his
greatest accomplishments.
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Praise the Lord.
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His wife Tina
works for the-- well,
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she is gonna be
moving so perhaps,
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we like to pray that
the Lord will bless them
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and she now her and
husband live in Chattanooga.
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And together they
serve the Lord in ministry
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and they have two children.
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Two children, two
beautiful children,
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Olivia and Braxton.
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And Lyndon
according to what we see here
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and I also have
personal experience with this.
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He is very humbled
to have the opportunity
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to be used by God and
considers a privilege,
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as well as the responsibility
to stand before God's people,
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to minister in song.
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And I believe you have
notice that every time he sings,
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he sings from the
heart in worship to the Lord
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with the hope that you
will be drawn to Jesus Christ.
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If you would like to invite him?
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It is very simple,
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you either call Dare to Dream
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at the number I
already mentioned.
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But also he has
made it very easy,
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you can also go on the
internet to lyndoncarriger.com
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and there you can
not only invite him,
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but also you can get a
sample of his music there.
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So we are going to
invite him to sing very shortly.
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I'm not Ashamed.
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I'm not Ashamed of the Gospel.
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But before he does that
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I would like to invite
you to stand for prayer.
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And we like to go
to the Lord in prayer
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and those of
you that are with us
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wherever you may be,
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please join us
in prayer as well.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come to you
grateful for Your mercy.
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We thank You that the
door of mercy is still open.
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And Father,
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we are together to hear
the preaching of Your word,
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so we pray that
this message will come
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from Your throne of grace.
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We pray that You will
use Dr. Hill one more time.
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Bless him with the Holy
Spirit, speak to us through him.
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And we pray that this
song that we will hear soon
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will also bring us
before Your throne of grace.
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Father, we pray for a
blessing up on all present
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and those they may accompany us,
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wherever they may be.
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We ask You for
these things in the Holy
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and blessed name of Jesus.
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Amen, Amen.
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Thank you, you may be seated.
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We leave you with
Brother Lyndon Carriger.
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We're an anchor for
those who are hurting
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We're a harbor
for those who are lost
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Still sometimes
it's not always easy
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Bearing Calvary's cross
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We've been ridiculed
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By those who don't know Him
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And mocked by
those who don't believe
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Still I love
standing up for my Jesus
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'Cause of all
that He's done for me
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That's why I am not
ashamed of the gospel
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The gospel of Jesus Christ
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No, I am not
afraid to be counted
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But I'm willing to give my life
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You'll see I'm ready to be
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All He wants me to be
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Give up the wrong for the right
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No, I am not
ashamed of the gospel
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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Of Jesus Christ
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For every moment
His hand has held mercy
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For all the love
You've shown in my life
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A simple thanks
doesn't say how I'm feeling
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I get tears in my eyes
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But as for me, I'm
gonna keep on believing
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In the One who's
been faithful to me
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I'm not out to
please this world around me
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I've got my mind on eternity
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That's why I am not
ashamed of the gospel
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The gospel of Jesus Christ
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No, I am not
ashamed to be counted
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But I'm willing to give my life
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You'll see I'm ready to be
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All He wants me to be
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Give up the wrong for the right
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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Of Jesus Christ
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To some He's a name
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But to me, He is my everything
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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I've got too much behind me
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To let this world blind me
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To some He's a name
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But to me, He is my everything
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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I am not ashamed of the gospel
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Of Jesus
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Jesus Christ
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Amen.
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What a powerful, powerful,
powerful, powerful song.
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And I can tell you,
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I'm not ashamed of
the gospel of Jesus Christ
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and I think you can see
that in the way I preach.
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I'm really committed to
helping transform lives.
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I believe that there's
power in the word of God.
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And I preach unapologetically
the word of God,
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because I believe
it changes people.
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I'm excited because this
message will change your life.
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I will say it again.
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This message
will change your life.
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Because it's based on a prayer,
the first prayer in the Bible,
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and the more I read
and study this prayer,
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the more I am convinced that
God has called us to success,
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equipped us for success.
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Take your Bibles and
turn with me to Genesis 24.
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This is the prayer of Eliezer.
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This is the prayer
that Eliezer prayed
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when he was sent
on a mission for God.
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Earnest to prayer,
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I believe that every believer
should learn how to pray.
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Genesis 24:12...
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the Bible says "Then
he said," that is Eliezer
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"O Lord God of
my master Abraham,
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please give me success this day,
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and show kindness
to my master Abraham."
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Our message today
is It's Bigger Than Me.
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Father God, as we
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share this time
together in Your presence.
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We do understand
You want to speak to us.
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Take out now all of the wax
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that keeps us from hearing You
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and pour in the
oil of Your Spirit.
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So that we will leave here
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with a better
understanding of Your word,
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and the impetus
to act on Your word
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is our prayer in
the name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Today your
prayer life will change.
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Today your life will change
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because you
gonna learn and enact
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and put into motion a prayer.
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Today, listen carefully,
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you will never have a
non productive day again.
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I feel like
saying hallelujah myself.
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The prayer of Eliezer,
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this prayer of
success helps us to understand
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that we can experience
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the success God has called us to
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and the words that
I have just uttered,
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these are not weak words,
these are not ordinary words,
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I'm literally
speaking a life into your soul.
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And the reason why is because
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this prayer is
freighted with divine power,
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it's loaded
with Holy Ghost fuel.
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And it's hurled
with angelic force.
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I speak with convection
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because I know what this
prayer has done in my life
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and in my ministry.
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And it's fueled
with the deep conviction.
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Listen now.
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Failure is not an option.
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I need to say that again,
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because we've accepted
failure as a normal way of life,
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but I want to tell you
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that according
to the word of God,
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failure is not an option
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and it's not an option
in any area of your life.
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I'm committed myself personally
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to be successful in
every area of my life.
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I cannot accept failure
in any area of my life, why?
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Because now through this prayer,
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I realize that my
life is bigger than me.
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And my prayer is that as we work
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through these presets today,
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you will be convinced like
I'm convinced that your life--
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listen carefully, your
life is bigger than you.
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I want you to read that
prayer again in Genesis 24:12,
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it's a powerful prayer.
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"Then he said, 'O Lord
God of my master Abraham,
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please give me success this day,
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and show kindness
to my master Abraham.'"
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The operative word in
this prayer is success.
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Yes, I say it success.
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Eliezer is praying
for a favorable outcome
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on this vital key mission
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It reads again,
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"O Lord God of
my master Abraham,"
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listen "Give me
success this day,
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and show kindness
to my master Abraham."
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Looking at this prayer
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you discover that
this is a selfless prayer,
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a sacrificial
prayer, a succeed prayer,
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a missional
prayer, a covenant prayer,
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yes, even an urgent prayer.
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The cry from the
soul of Eliezer's
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failure is not an option,
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I must succeed.
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Success is the only thing
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that God will
accept on the mission.
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Eliezer is praying this prayer.
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Once you read Genesis 24:12
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you would discover that
he sent out on a mission,
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a vital mission.
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His mission is to
find a wife for Isaac.
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And as you know
Isaac is no ordinary child,
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this is a child that was born
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to Abraham and
Sarah in their old years.
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This is a child
that was born to Sarah
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when she was 90 years old.
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Listen ladies I don't think
you want a baby at 90 years old.
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And surely
Abraham at 100 years old,
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having a little
infant so Eliezer understood
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that this was a miracle baby.
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This was the promised baby,
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this was the
progenitor of the seed.
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He understood that
this was a vital mission
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because now he was to
find a wife for Isaac.
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He understood salvific plan was
included now in this mission.
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He saw this as no
light responsibility.
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Listen, Eliezer understood
that generations unborn
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would be affected by
his failure or success.
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He understood that
the salvation of the world
00:19:28.88\00:19:31.63
was in the
balance on this mission.
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He understood that this
was a life or death situation
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and for him, listen,
failure was not an option.
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He had to succeed.
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Because it was bigger than him.
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Eliezer standing at the well
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and he prays this
prayer at 60 years old,
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and 60 looks pretty
good that's where I'm now.
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Hallelujah.
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And he finally has a handle,
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on what true
success is and sometimes--
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listen, sometimes in life,
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God allows years to go by
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before you understand
the core issues in life
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and that
Eliezer at 60 years old,
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he is understanding what
true success is all about.
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For many of us, when
we hear the word success,
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we can... get a little nervous
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because we see
success only in secular terms.
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And that's why we are
reluctant to pray for success.
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When is the last time you
said, "Lord give me success."
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Because we are
afraid and reluctant
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and that's why we
sabotage our success
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because we really don't believe
00:21:06.08\00:21:08.29
that's what God called us to do.
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That's why we permit haters
to talk us out of success.
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But Eliezer prayed
this fervent prayer
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and again "Lord
God of my master,
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give me success this day."
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He was praying with a deep sense
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of the true meaning of success.
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I'm going some way with this.
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See after 52 years
in the home of Eliezer,
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he began to understand
what true success was all about.
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You see, Abraham was an old man
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and he had taught as a patriot,
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the meaning of true success
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that he had
learned himself from God.
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And he had in precept an example
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taught both his
children and his servants
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what true success was?
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So now after
60-- at 60 years old,
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Eliezer is understanding
now what true success really is.
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And one of the great
struggles in our community
00:22:18.13\00:22:20.42
is not understanding
what true success is.
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Again, success is all
we seen in secular terms
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but we seldom see
it in salvific terms.
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And today this message is
designed to help you to see
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that the success in your life,
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true success always have
salvific issues involved.
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Eliezer was born
a slave in Damascus.
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At least that's what
many commentators believe.
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He was bought by Abraham,
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as Abraham was on his
journey to the Promised Land.
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And at age 6 he was
purchased by Abraham
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and brought into the home
and as you read the story,
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he became like a son to Abraham.
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But when he came
he brought with him
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distorted views of success.
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Say distorted views of success.
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And in this
hip-hop bling culture,
00:23:12.77\00:23:16.15
there were far too many
who have distorted views
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about success in a capitalistic,
00:23:19.14\00:23:21.44
materialistic,
humanistic society,
00:23:21.47\00:23:23.82
success is so distorted
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and that's why this prayer
is of so importance today.
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So as a slave
boy, born in Egypt,
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in Damascus rather,
00:23:34.94\00:23:36.69
he had these
distorted views of success.
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He'd learned what success was
from the wealthy in Damascus,
00:23:40.60\00:23:45.54
and his real
success was like this,
00:23:45.57\00:23:48.22
his view of success
was in accomplishments.
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Look what I have done,
00:23:52.53\00:23:56.46
his view of success
was in accumulation,
00:23:56.49\00:24:00.84
look what I have.
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His view of
success was in assurance.
00:24:03.75\00:24:07.27
Look what I've
laid up for retirement.
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And isn't that the view of today
00:24:11.63\00:24:13.92
that success is in
our accomplishment,
00:24:13.95\00:24:17.51
so look what I have done.
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Success is seen in look what
I have accumulated in houses
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and cars and all
of the nice stuff,
00:24:24.36\00:24:27.00
and one man says the
race today is to find
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.96
who will have the most
toys, and then you die.
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It's an assurance
and I see so many people
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who have such a
distorted view of success
00:24:42.68\00:24:45.67
that they see it in assurance.
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Look, what I've laid a side,
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I prepared for retirement,
00:24:49.70\00:24:51.62
but can I give you
some important information?
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Because you have it
stored up for retirement
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doesn't mean that you
gonna enjoy it in retirement.
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But in Abraham's life,
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Abraham saw a contradiction
of what success is all about.
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Eliezer as a young
boy questioned Abraham,
00:25:14.27\00:25:17.06
"Abraham, I thought you
were wealthy and successful,
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then why are we
still living in tents?"
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Hebrews, come on
Hebrews Chapter 11...
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in verse 9,
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"By faith he dwelt
in the land of promise
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as in a foreign country,
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dwelling in tents
with Isaac and Jacob,
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the heirs with him
of the same promise."
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Tents were not the only type
of construction of that day,
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there were men who
brought built pyramids
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and there were
men who built palaces
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and Abraham had
the kind of wealth
00:26:01.91\00:26:03.76
where he could
have built a palace,
00:26:03.79\00:26:05.54
he could have
had him a McMansion,
00:26:05.57\00:26:07.51
but he chose to live in a tent.
00:26:07.54\00:26:11.02
And Eliezer is wondering says,
00:26:11.05\00:26:13.51
"Father Abraham, why aren't
we living in a big palace?
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Why are we living in a tent?"
00:26:18.59\00:26:21.76
And Abraham said, "Son, success"
00:26:21.79\00:26:25.02
listen "success
is not determined
00:26:25.05\00:26:29.42
by what you live in,
00:26:29.45\00:26:33.73
but who you live for."
00:26:33.76\00:26:38.89
The song writer
said it like this,
00:26:38.92\00:26:42.30
just over the
mountain in the Promised Land
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lies the holy city
built by God's own hand
00:26:44.95\00:26:47.99
and that's what
Abraham was looking for.
00:26:48.02\00:26:51.87
And then Eliezer
asked the question,
00:26:51.90\00:26:54.87
"Abraham, you are a wealthy man,
00:26:54.90\00:27:01.98
in fact you are so
wealthy, you have your own army,
00:27:02.01\00:27:07.08
how can you
continue to be wealthy
00:27:07.11\00:27:10.34
and continue to
live like a nomad,
00:27:10.37\00:27:12.99
wandering form place to place,
00:27:13.02\00:27:14.78
don't you need to settle down
00:27:14.81\00:27:16.91
so that you can enjoy your
wealth and secure your wealth?
00:27:16.94\00:27:20.59
This nomad lifestyle
is getting old, Abraham."
00:27:20.62\00:27:26.87
And that's how so
many believe today
00:27:26.90\00:27:28.64
that you can't go
where God tells you to go.
00:27:28.67\00:27:32.97
Because if you
go, you gonna loose.
00:27:33.00\00:27:35.01
I got news for you.
00:27:35.04\00:27:36.47
If you follow God,
00:27:36.50\00:27:38.91
God will bless you
wherever you need to go.
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Amen.
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In fact Abraham replied,
00:27:43.06\00:27:45.05
"Son, I believe
in portable success,
00:27:45.08\00:27:51.25
I found that as long
as I'm obedient to God
00:27:51.28\00:27:55.40
and following His mission,
00:27:55.43\00:27:57.53
I will be blessed
anywhere God sends me.
00:27:57.56\00:28:01.10
I'll be blessed in the city and
I'll be blessed in the field,
00:28:01.13\00:28:04.56
I'll be blessed in America,
00:28:04.59\00:28:06.09
but I'll be blessed
anywhere God sends me.
00:28:06.12\00:28:10.38
Son as Abraham said,
"Let me make it clear,
00:28:10.41\00:28:13.92
I'm looking for better city
00:28:13.95\00:28:16.38
whose builder and maker is God."
00:28:16.41\00:28:19.96
He says, "Son, my hope
is built on nothing less
00:28:19.99\00:28:23.53
then Jesus' blood
and righteousness,
00:28:23.56\00:28:26.24
I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
00:28:26.27\00:28:28.94
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
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Eliezer finally got it.
00:28:34.09\00:28:37.23
He finally understood
success is being on the mission
00:28:37.26\00:28:43.47
for the master to
produce seed for the kingdom,
00:28:43.50\00:28:48.20
because it's bigger than him.
00:28:48.23\00:28:51.94
He finally got it
00:28:51.97\00:28:53.10
that true success is
being on the mission,
00:28:53.13\00:28:57.93
being on the mission,
00:28:57.96\00:28:59.91
true success is
being on the mission.
00:28:59.94\00:29:03.35
The journey for God.
00:29:03.38\00:29:05.89
And he understood
00:29:05.92\00:29:06.95
that the mission
was bigger than him,
00:29:06.98\00:29:10.06
while it included him,
it was bigger than him.
00:29:10.09\00:29:15.52
See Eliezer understood
what true success is all about.
00:29:15.55\00:29:20.28
See because our view
of success is so secular,
00:29:20.31\00:29:25.43
we either pray
for the wrong success,
00:29:25.46\00:29:28.90
kinds of success that is
00:29:28.93\00:29:31.16
or we don't pray
for success at all.
00:29:31.19\00:29:34.38
Our view of success
often is self centered,
00:29:34.41\00:29:40.31
self serving
and self sufficient.
00:29:40.34\00:29:44.55
Success, here it is,
00:29:44.58\00:29:47.00
success for most of
us is not bigger than me,
00:29:47.03\00:29:52.62
it's just about me.
00:29:52.65\00:29:55.95
So we allow ourselves to accept
failure in areas of our life
00:29:55.98\00:30:02.11
that God expects
us to succeed in.
00:30:02.14\00:30:06.03
We refuse-- listen,
00:30:06.06\00:30:07.82
we refuse to think bigger things
00:30:07.85\00:30:10.93
and greater
things for the kingdom
00:30:10.96\00:30:12.64
because well,
God, you know, what?
00:30:12.67\00:30:16.54
It doesn't matter that much.
00:30:16.57\00:30:19.35
I challenge you today, I
challenge you my, friends,
00:30:19.38\00:30:23.69
wherever you're living in,
00:30:23.72\00:30:25.01
whatever
community you're living in
00:30:25.04\00:30:27.39
that's your life
is bigger than you.
00:30:27.42\00:30:32.13
And I'm challenging you to
change your view of success.
00:30:32.16\00:30:35.84
I challenge you to see success
00:30:35.87\00:30:37.85
as being on the
mission for the master,
00:30:37.88\00:30:43.02
to see your life
bigger than yourself.
00:30:43.05\00:30:46.04
I need you to
believe this mantra,
00:30:46.07\00:30:48.83
"I'm on a mission for
the master to produce seed,
00:30:48.86\00:30:52.82
for the kingdom
is bigger than me."
00:30:52.85\00:30:56.55
I need you to understand
that you're on a mission
00:30:56.58\00:30:59.03
for the master to produce seed,
00:30:59.06\00:31:01.06
for the kingdom
is bigger than me.
00:31:01.09\00:31:04.33
I need you to say it with me,
00:31:04.36\00:31:05.40
"I'm on a mission for the master
00:31:05.43\00:31:08.68
to produce seed for the
kingdom it's bigger than me."
00:31:08.71\00:31:12.94
Here is what fired up
the mission of Eliezer.
00:31:12.97\00:31:16.96
He understood that he was
on a mission for the master
00:31:16.99\00:31:20.26
to produce seed for the master.
00:31:20.29\00:31:25.55
And he was convinced that
failure was not an option.
00:31:25.58\00:31:30.37
He understood that
God was counting on him.
00:31:30.40\00:31:33.39
Listen, he understood
00:31:33.42\00:31:35.18
that unborn
generations and born generations
00:31:35.21\00:31:40.63
were affected by
his failure or success.
00:31:40.66\00:31:46.47
Failure would
affect unborn generations,
00:31:46.50\00:31:51.45
but also success would
affect unborn generations,
00:31:51.48\00:31:56.39
I'm coming home,
00:31:56.42\00:31:58.11
and I'm going to
shoot straight, do you mind?
00:31:58.14\00:32:00.30
You don't, it doesn't matter.
00:32:00.33\00:32:04.15
You see it's critical
00:32:04.18\00:32:06.16
that you are successful
in every area of your life.
00:32:06.19\00:32:13.40
And the reason why is because
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.08
God believes in
total life stewardship.
00:32:16.11\00:32:23.20
There is not one
area of your life
00:32:23.23\00:32:25.94
that God wants you to fail in.
00:32:25.97\00:32:29.63
And when God brought this to me,
00:32:29.66\00:32:31.03
it shook me up, my
brothers and my sisters.
00:32:31.06\00:32:34.17
It fired me up because like many
00:32:34.20\00:32:37.38
I was succeeding in
some areas of my life,
00:32:37.41\00:32:40.46
but I was failing in
other areas of my life.
00:32:40.49\00:32:43.99
And God said,
00:32:44.02\00:32:45.05
"Any failure in
any part of your life
00:32:45.08\00:32:47.41
affects unborn generations."
00:32:47.44\00:32:53.19
Hear me.
00:32:53.22\00:32:55.47
The stewardship of your life
00:32:55.50\00:32:59.68
affects unborn generations.
00:32:59.71\00:33:03.67
Listen to me, my
brothers and sisters,
00:33:03.70\00:33:05.96
in your community,
00:33:05.99\00:33:07.91
your success
impacts this generation
00:33:07.94\00:33:13.10
and the generation
after, and the generation after,
00:33:13.13\00:33:16.19
and the generation after,
00:33:16.22\00:33:17.68
and the generation
after, and the generation after,
00:33:17.71\00:33:20.32
and the generation after,
00:33:20.35\00:33:21.70
unborn generations are affected
by your failure and success.
00:33:21.73\00:33:25.54
Failure thing is no option.
00:33:25.57\00:33:31.95
We must manage and
then pray for success.
00:33:31.98\00:33:36.85
Well, I like this.
00:33:36.88\00:33:38.05
Pray for success in
every area of our lives
00:33:38.08\00:33:43.13
and then expect success
in every area of our lives.
00:33:43.16\00:33:47.89
Failure should not--
Oh, help me Holy Ghost,
00:33:47.92\00:33:50.53
failure should not be accepted
in any area of our life.
00:33:50.56\00:33:56.51
That's pretty
straight, isn't it?
00:33:56.54\00:34:01.32
You see, I discovered...
00:34:01.35\00:34:05.84
that many people don't take
00:34:05.87\00:34:08.07
total life
stewardship seriously.
00:34:08.10\00:34:13.29
And what God showed me is that
00:34:13.32\00:34:16.97
total life stewardship
managing my entire life,
00:34:17.00\00:34:19.51
succeeding in all my life
is covered under three areas,
00:34:19.54\00:34:23.11
my family, my
finance, and my faith.
00:34:23.14\00:34:28.65
So God says, "I want you to pray
00:34:28.68\00:34:30.66
for success with your family.''
00:34:30.69\00:34:33.72
And for those of you who
are married God is saying,
00:34:33.75\00:34:36.18
"You should pray about
success in your marriage."
00:34:36.21\00:34:39.82
One of the things that have kept
00:34:39.85\00:34:41.19
my wife and I
together for 39 years is that
00:34:41.22\00:34:44.60
we understood that
our failure in marriage
00:34:44.63\00:34:47.67
would affect unborn generations,
00:34:47.70\00:34:49.67
and one of the reasons
00:34:49.70\00:34:50.73
why people get out
of marriages so easy
00:34:50.76\00:34:52.70
is because they don't think
it affects anybody but them.
00:34:52.73\00:34:55.53
But I got news for you.
00:34:55.56\00:34:56.79
When your marriage fail,
00:34:56.82\00:34:58.74
unborn generations
are affected by it.
00:34:58.77\00:35:02.80
So if you're thinking about
getting out of that marriage,
00:35:02.83\00:35:06.00
you need to fall on your knees
and pray for success and say,
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.66
"Lord help me to
love that brother anyhow?
00:35:08.69\00:35:12.82
I must succeed."
00:35:12.85\00:35:15.70
In the family we need
to talk about parenting.
00:35:15.73\00:35:18.66
And one of the
struggles today is that
00:35:18.69\00:35:20.34
parents don't pray
their success over parenting.
00:35:20.37\00:35:23.29
You know, when I was growing up,
00:35:23.32\00:35:24.84
my mother believed in whipping.
00:35:24.87\00:35:27.97
Not spankings, spankings
are, don't do that, Johnny.
00:35:28.00\00:35:33.72
Whipping is go get that switch.
00:35:33.75\00:35:38.03
Because my parents understood
the value of parenting.
00:35:38.06\00:35:41.47
The problem is not
taking prayer out school,
00:35:41.50\00:35:44.88
listen, the problem is
taking parenting out of home.
00:35:44.91\00:35:48.94
So young couples
with young children,
00:35:53.37\00:35:57.16
you need to pray that
the Lord give you courage
00:35:57.19\00:35:59.80
to succeed at
parenting your children.
00:35:59.83\00:36:02.36
It blows my mind to see a
three year old in the store
00:36:02.39\00:36:05.92
telling their
parents what to do.
00:36:05.95\00:36:10.74
I need to move on from that one.
00:36:10.77\00:36:14.03
And then singles,
00:36:14.06\00:36:16.02
the single
people in our audience,
00:36:16.05\00:36:19.41
don't you think
00:36:19.44\00:36:21.10
that the way you live
your life is just for you,
00:36:21.13\00:36:24.59
when you fail in
your relationship
00:36:24.62\00:36:26.47
with your boyfriend
and your girlfriend,
00:36:26.50\00:36:28.48
when you fail in
living a pure and holy life,
00:36:28.51\00:36:31.13
it affects not just you,
it affects unborn generations
00:36:31.16\00:36:35.99
and you must pray
the prayer of success,
00:36:36.02\00:36:37.80
"Lord in this relationship
I know I like this guy,
00:36:37.83\00:36:41.72
may be even love him
00:36:41.75\00:36:42.78
but I need to be successful
in having a pure and holy life."
00:36:42.81\00:36:46.38
Because it does
effect unborn generations.
00:36:46.41\00:36:51.49
And then we need to pray
the prayer over our health.
00:36:51.52\00:36:56.59
Can I get a shout out?
00:36:56.62\00:37:00.57
You see, we need to pray God,
00:37:00.60\00:37:03.05
"I haven't been
faithful in managing my health,
00:37:03.08\00:37:06.30
I haven't been
successful in my health,
00:37:06.33\00:37:08.51
so Lord please help me to be
a better steward of my health
00:37:08.54\00:37:12.42
so I can look like,
I'm a child of the King."
00:37:12.45\00:37:18.43
You see, when you don't
take care of your health,
00:37:18.46\00:37:20.33
it affects not just you,
00:37:20.36\00:37:21.82
it affects your family
and generations unborn.
00:37:21.85\00:37:24.28
One of the saddest stories
that I've ever experienced are
00:37:24.31\00:37:27.58
colleagues of mine they
started out in ministry,
00:37:27.61\00:37:29.84
who did not take
care of their health
00:37:29.87\00:37:31.82
and at 49 years old,
they died from heart attacks,
00:37:31.85\00:37:35.89
preventable diseases,
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.52
but they didn't pray
the prayer of success
00:37:37.55\00:37:39.29
over their health.
00:37:39.32\00:37:41.96
And their poor
families were left prematurely.
00:37:41.99\00:37:47.04
So you need to pray
success of your families.
00:37:47.07\00:37:50.50
My brothers and
sisters please pray,
00:37:50.53\00:37:52.86
"Say Lord, get me
success with my family."
00:37:52.89\00:37:56.81
And then you need to pray
success over your finance.
00:37:56.84\00:38:00.81
I'm so sick and tired
of people in my community
00:38:00.84\00:38:03.92
and then my church is talking
about how broke they are.
00:38:03.95\00:38:09.29
Reason why many
people are broke is
00:38:09.32\00:38:10.63
because they have never prayed
00:38:10.66\00:38:12.21
the prayer of
success over their finances.
00:38:12.24\00:38:16.75
You need to pray to God and say,
00:38:16.78\00:38:18.23
"God help me to
live on a budget.
00:38:18.26\00:38:23.20
Lord, help me to
move to a debt free live.
00:38:23.23\00:38:27.50
Lord, help me to
return tithe and offering.
00:38:27.53\00:38:31.79
And this has
nothing to do with church,
00:38:31.82\00:38:35.36
this has to do with
faithfulness to the God,
00:38:35.39\00:38:38.22
who has given you
everything you have
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.55
and saying God, I
believe You own it
00:38:40.58\00:38:42.81
and I'm responsible for managing
00:38:42.84\00:38:44.75
and by returning
tithe and offering,
00:38:44.78\00:38:46.61
I'm simply confessing
publicly that You own it all."
00:38:46.64\00:38:49.98
Amen.
00:38:50.01\00:38:52.02
Then you need to be
honest with your children.
00:38:52.05\00:38:54.34
You need tell
them that the reason
00:38:54.37\00:38:55.65
why you're
struggling financially
00:38:55.68\00:38:56.84
is because
you've been robbing God.
00:38:56.87\00:38:58.21
Can I get a shout out?
00:38:58.24\00:39:02.67
And then you need to pray--
00:39:02.70\00:39:03.94
listen, you need to
pray, success over your finance
00:39:03.97\00:39:10.46
to creating more
wealth, making some more money.
00:39:10.49\00:39:16.58
Yeah, that's a--
that's a duet for you.
00:39:16.61\00:39:21.21
You see God is not just
gonna hold us accountable
00:39:21.24\00:39:26.54
for money we--
00:39:26.57\00:39:28.19
for managing the
money that we have,
00:39:28.22\00:39:30.97
He is gonna hold us
accountable for money
00:39:31.00\00:39:33.38
we could have made, but
we chose not to be either
00:39:33.41\00:39:36.86
because of fear,
guilt or laziness.
00:39:36.89\00:39:40.84
Oh, I need to say that again.
00:39:40.87\00:39:44.50
When Christ comes
again, He's gonna ask you.
00:39:44.53\00:39:46.85
Have you put to use the talents,
00:39:46.88\00:39:50.16
the money that I've given you?
00:39:50.19\00:39:51.66
So God is not
gonna hold us accountable
00:39:51.69\00:39:53.83
just for the
managing of the resource.
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.77
He's gonna hold us accountable
for money we could have made,
00:39:55.80\00:39:58.25
but we chose not to make,
00:39:58.28\00:39:59.38
either because of
fear, guilt or laziness.
00:39:59.41\00:40:01.86
God wants us to
pray success and say,
00:40:01.89\00:40:04.08
"Lord give me some
financial wealth today."
00:40:04.11\00:40:10.03
I was sitting with the
friend, some years ago,
00:40:10.06\00:40:12.92
actually he is a
Baptist preacher.
00:40:12.95\00:40:15.17
And I was whining about
not having stuff and housing,
00:40:15.20\00:40:19.26
I need the Lord to-- to
lower the price of things,
00:40:19.29\00:40:22.99
I said that for several
times he visited in my house
00:40:23.02\00:40:25.06
and then finally
he said, preacher,
00:40:25.09\00:40:27.00
why don't you
change your prayer?
00:40:27.03\00:40:29.50
Why don't you to ask
God to raise your salary?'
00:40:29.53\00:40:35.74
And then secondly and
I'm serious about this,
00:40:35.77\00:40:38.56
one of my visions is
to grow an army of God--
00:40:38.59\00:40:44.21
who are able to create
wealth for the kingdom of God,
00:40:44.24\00:40:47.56
was keeping a
simple and holy life.
00:40:47.59\00:40:53.19
And God is calling
some of you to do that
00:40:53.22\00:40:55.57
and God is calling
people in my community,
00:40:55.60\00:40:57.82
you see, God didn't--
Oh help me Holy Ghost.
00:40:57.85\00:40:59.88
God did not call
you to go get a job,
00:40:59.91\00:41:02.51
He called you to be the job.
00:41:02.54\00:41:07.80
And then you must pray
for success over your faith.
00:41:07.83\00:41:14.37
You see, your walk with
God impacts other people.
00:41:14.40\00:41:20.79
And when you are
not close to God,
00:41:20.82\00:41:23.16
is not a secret to others.
00:41:23.19\00:41:27.83
And you need to say,
00:41:27.86\00:41:29.37
"Lord I pray now for
anointing of your Holy Spirit,
00:41:29.40\00:41:32.21
I want You to fill me,
00:41:32.24\00:41:33.35
I want to be a
successful child of God,
00:41:33.38\00:41:36.35
so that when people seek me,
00:41:36.38\00:41:38.21
they not only see
me, they feel me."
00:41:38.24\00:41:43.87
When you spend time
in the presence of God,
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.15
you come out with a holy glow.
00:41:46.18\00:41:48.63
Ask Moses, 40 days on the
mountain when he came out,
00:41:48.66\00:41:51.93
he didn't know it was a glow
00:41:51.96\00:41:53.18
but the people said,
put a veil over your face.
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.17
You must succeed
in your walk with God
00:41:55.20\00:41:57.30
so that when people
see you, they see the glow
00:41:57.33\00:41:59.85
and they feel the Holy
Ghost and when you do that,
00:41:59.88\00:42:02.59
you'll have to talk
less about your religion.
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.82
Can I get a shout glory?
00:42:04.85\00:42:07.49
They will fall at your feet,
00:42:07.52\00:42:08.56
and say what
must I do to be saved,
00:42:08.59\00:42:10.66
because I see
something different in you.
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.67
And then you
must pray for success
00:42:12.70\00:42:14.34
not just in
your devotional life,
00:42:14.37\00:42:17.01
but you must pray for
success in your witnessing.
00:42:17.04\00:42:21.55
You must ask God
to give you success
00:42:21.58\00:42:24.09
in reaching out
in your communities
00:42:24.12\00:42:26.52
and touching
people with the gospel
00:42:26.55\00:42:28.55
and letting them
know what you know.
00:42:28.58\00:42:33.35
Eliezer understood
this, he understood.
00:42:33.38\00:42:36.84
The success in life is about
00:42:36.87\00:42:39.31
being on a
mission for the master.
00:42:39.34\00:42:42.72
Why?
00:42:42.75\00:42:43.78
Because we're
producing seed for the kingdom.
00:42:43.81\00:42:46.58
In these years of your
life, you are producing seeds,
00:42:46.61\00:42:49.14
say producing seed
and God wants to succeed
00:42:49.17\00:42:52.51
to be successful in your life.
00:42:52.54\00:42:54.46
He wants you to
produce for the kingdom of God.
00:42:54.49\00:42:58.84
Eliezer understood
this and he understood that
00:42:58.87\00:43:03.02
this required a
no failure attitude.
00:43:03.05\00:43:10.73
Let me be honest with you.
00:43:10.76\00:43:13.85
Most of us live
lackluster lives, plain lives,
00:43:13.88\00:43:21.01
unexciting lives, boring lives
00:43:21.04\00:43:25.54
and we may get
up in the morning,
00:43:25.57\00:43:26.73
we'll say, it's another day.
00:43:26.76\00:43:32.15
Rather than
getting up in the morning
00:43:32.18\00:43:33.44
and say,
hallelujah, it's Monday,
00:43:33.47\00:43:35.87
another day for me to
pray the prayer of success.
00:43:35.90\00:43:39.02
Lord God of my
master, give me success today,
00:43:39.05\00:43:42.18
and I can tell you the
reason why people aren't excited
00:43:42.21\00:43:44.46
is because they don't
have a fire underneath them.
00:43:44.49\00:43:50.24
And I can tell you from
experiencing from this prayer
00:43:50.27\00:43:52.67
that excitement comes when
there is an urgency about life,
00:43:52.70\00:43:57.75
when there is an
urgency about life,
00:43:57.78\00:44:00.28
when we have an urgency,
00:44:00.31\00:44:01.95
it will compel
us to do something
00:44:01.98\00:44:04.74
because now it will
be a fire underneath us.
00:44:04.77\00:44:09.69
I learned what
urgency is all about in 1982
00:44:09.72\00:44:14.32
when we're running a
city wide evangelistic crusade
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.93
in Jackson, Mississippi.
00:44:16.96\00:44:20.27
And we pitched a large tent,
00:44:20.30\00:44:23.50
they seat about 500 to a 1000
00:44:23.53\00:44:25.55
on a major corner on a bus line.
00:44:25.58\00:44:29.21
And as we were pushing
that tent up in the air--
00:44:29.24\00:44:32.76
no one told me
that the vacant lot
00:44:32.79\00:44:36.38
where we were pitching
the tent on a public corner
00:44:36.41\00:44:39.64
where the bus stop, it
was infected with fire ants.
00:44:39.67\00:44:46.76
It seems like some of you
understand what fire ants is
00:44:46.79\00:44:49.64
but for those
of you who may not,
00:44:49.67\00:44:51.29
these little ants that
when they crawl on you,
00:44:51.32\00:44:54.39
they bite, and their
bite feels like fire.
00:44:54.42\00:45:00.16
That's when I
learned about urgency.
00:45:00.19\00:45:03.17
And as I pushed my
pole up in the air,
00:45:03.20\00:45:05.78
I step back on to
a mound of fire ants,
00:45:05.81\00:45:10.77
that's when I know
what urgency was all about.
00:45:10.80\00:45:14.79
Because there is the
fire ants crawl up my leg,
00:45:14.82\00:45:19.68
leaving their
trail of marks and burns.
00:45:19.71\00:45:24.78
I found out I did not
care what other folks thought.
00:45:24.81\00:45:29.19
I discovered that in
the moment of urgency,
00:45:33.09\00:45:36.45
you can care less
what other people think.
00:45:36.48\00:45:40.55
You can care less
what the media will say.
00:45:40.58\00:45:43.73
You will care
less if it will go on
00:45:43.76\00:45:45.92
Youtube or NoTube,
all you want is relief.
00:45:45.95\00:45:51.67
And you guessed it,
00:45:51.70\00:45:54.52
the urgency chased
me out of my pants.
00:45:54.55\00:46:00.56
And searched the reason why
so many struggle with success
00:46:00.59\00:46:04.34
is that we're more concern with
00:46:04.37\00:46:06.49
what people
think, listen community,
00:46:06.52\00:46:09.03
we are more concern
with what people think
00:46:09.06\00:46:11.86
and how they
feel than the mission.
00:46:11.89\00:46:15.96
When you realize your
life is a mission for Christ,
00:46:15.99\00:46:19.40
you stop worrying
about what people think
00:46:19.43\00:46:21.74
and by the way what people think
00:46:21.77\00:46:23.48
has not put one
rare sin in your pocket.
00:46:23.51\00:46:28.46
But He sure is taking all alike.
00:46:28.49\00:46:32.59
You see, when you get urgency,
00:46:32.62\00:46:33.65
it changes your view about life.
00:46:33.68\00:46:36.20
You get up in
the morning and say,
00:46:36.23\00:46:37.35
I got to exercise
'cause this ain't about me.
00:46:37.38\00:46:42.24
You get up in
the morning and say,
00:46:42.27\00:46:44.11
I'll make my marriage work
'cause this not just about me.
00:46:44.14\00:46:48.11
I thought about a
failed marriage in my own life,
00:46:48.14\00:46:52.03
say what would it look like?
00:46:52.06\00:46:53.70
What will my children say?
00:46:53.73\00:46:55.58
What will my grandchildren
say if their grandpa?
00:46:55.61\00:47:00.72
And the sad thing many
people get out of marriages--
00:47:00.75\00:47:02.74
listen community 'cause
he doesn't make me happy.
00:47:02.77\00:47:08.57
Like that's the
purpose of marriage.
00:47:08.60\00:47:11.08
Purpose of marriage is to
00:47:11.11\00:47:12.46
solidify God's
name on the earth,
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.74
your home should be a
little heaven on earth,
00:47:14.77\00:47:17.98
so that when people
look at your marriage,
00:47:18.01\00:47:20.24
they will see happiness
00:47:20.27\00:47:21.76
and in your search
for doing the will of God
00:47:21.79\00:47:24.07
in the mission of God,
you will experience happiness.
00:47:24.10\00:47:30.37
But this prayer is an urgency.
00:47:30.40\00:47:33.39
Let's go back to the text.
00:47:33.42\00:47:37.05
Genesis 24...
00:47:37.08\00:47:38.20
this shows the
urgency of the text.
00:47:45.18\00:47:51.62
You see, Eliezer
prayed this prayer
00:47:51.65\00:47:55.06
and notice what the text is.
00:47:55.09\00:47:56.26
I want to go back to the
pray again Genesis 24:12,
00:47:56.29\00:48:01.78
Genesis 24:12 he
said, Lord God of my master,
00:48:01.81\00:48:06.11
give me success tomorrow,
00:48:06.14\00:48:11.57
give me success next week,
00:48:11.60\00:48:16.18
give me success
five years from now.
00:48:16.21\00:48:20.72
He said "Lord God of my master,
give me success this day."
00:48:20.75\00:48:27.57
This is an urgent message.
00:48:27.60\00:48:29.57
Eliezer says, I
don't have time to waste,
00:48:29.60\00:48:33.72
I don't have maneuvering room,
00:48:33.75\00:48:35.74
I must succeed right now,
church brothers and sisters,
00:48:35.77\00:48:41.85
you don't have time
to waste in failure,
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.26
in any area of your
life, you must succeed now.
00:48:44.29\00:48:47.33
Genesis 24:1 tells us
why Eliezer was so urgent?
00:48:47.36\00:48:53.15
The text says, let's
go back to Genesis 24:1.
00:48:53.18\00:48:59.29
Word of God says,
"Now Abraham was old,
00:48:59.32\00:49:03.68
and well advanced in age,
00:49:03.71\00:49:06.41
and the Lord had
blessed Abraham in all things."
00:49:06.44\00:49:09.23
The word of God
says, Abraham was old,
00:49:09.26\00:49:13.02
and advanced in
years, he was old-old.
00:49:13.05\00:49:20.05
In other words,
Abraham was beyond the years
00:49:20.08\00:49:24.32
expected of him to live.
00:49:24.35\00:49:28.18
He knew Eliezer that is
00:49:28.21\00:49:30.38
that Abraham did
not have long to live.
00:49:30.41\00:49:34.74
And he wanted to make sure
00:49:34.77\00:49:35.92
that when he went
out on the mission,
00:49:35.95\00:49:38.00
he would fulfill it
as quickly as possible,
00:49:38.03\00:49:40.60
so he can get back,
so that Abraham could see
00:49:40.63\00:49:43.61
at least the fulfillment
of this part of the mission.
00:49:43.64\00:49:47.27
And so with urgency
he prayed this prayer.
00:49:47.30\00:49:49.49
"Lord God of my master Abraham,
give me success this day."
00:49:49.52\00:49:54.40
You know, we're
living in urgent times,
00:49:59.73\00:50:03.99
my brothers and sisters.
00:50:04.02\00:50:06.80
In fact turn
with me to Romans...
00:50:06.83\00:50:13.99
Chapter 13.
00:50:14.02\00:50:15.15
And the Bible say us
beginning with verse 11,
00:50:25.82\00:50:27.66
"And do this,
knowing that the time,
00:50:27.69\00:50:30.92
that now it is high
time to awake out of sleep,
00:50:30.95\00:50:35.10
for now our salvation is nearer
than when we first believed.
00:50:35.13\00:50:39.45
The night is far
spent, the day is at hand.
00:50:39.48\00:50:42.05
Therefore let us cast
off the works of darkness,
00:50:42.08\00:50:44.89
and let us put on
the whole armor of God.
00:50:44.92\00:50:47.43
Let us walk
properly, in the day,
00:50:47.46\00:50:49.48
not in revelry and drunkenness,
not in lewdness and lust,
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but not in strife and an envy.
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But put on the
Lord Jesus Christ,
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and make no
provision for the flesh,
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to fulfill its lusts."
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The word of God says
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we're living in the
last of times history.
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And we have no time for failure.
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And like Eliezer, we're praying,
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Lord, give us success this
day, in every area of our lives.
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We must succeed. Watch this now.
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This is a powerful
prayer, say powerful prayer.
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Powerful prayer.
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This prayer is powerful.
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How much do I know, you
see Eliezer was concerned
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about the
success of the mission.
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And he said to
Abraham Genesis 24:17 he said,
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suppose I don't find a
wife, and Eliezer said,
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Abraham said, don't
even think about it.
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God will give
you a wife for him.
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And in fact, by prayer
as you go out young man,
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is that as you go
angels will escort you.
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Let me ask you a question.
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If in everything you do,
you are escorted by angels.
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Is failure an option?
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Do angels fail in their mission?
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So if I go out
in the power of God,
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I can expect success
because it ain't about me.
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Oh, let me try it at home
00:52:26.03\00:52:27.77
because one of our problems
is we think it's about us.
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When I discovered my ministry
in my life wasn't about me,
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then God says, you are
free now to do the larger work.
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And God is breaking
some of you loose right here
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now audience...
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to know that God
is breaking you loose
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because now
success is not about you,
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it's about the mission.
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And because the mission is about
00:52:53.47\00:52:55.36
producing seed for the kingdom,
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you gonna get past your pride.
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You gonna get past your false
humility and you gonna say.
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"Lord, help me
to succeed this day.
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Give me success in my family,
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give me success in my finance,
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give me success in my faith."
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And when you pray that
kind of prayer with urgency,
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there's a fire in you.
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You'll wake up in the morning
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and you'll wake up
shouting, hallelujah.
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You'll wake up praising
your Lord with your hands.
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You walk out on the street
and people will see you smiling
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and you'll wonder--
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they'll wonder
why you are smiling.
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And you'll say, I'm on a mission
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for the master to produce seed,
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for the kingdom
is bigger than me.
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You'll see, I'm on a mission
for the master to produce seed,
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for the kingdom
is bigger than me.
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You'll say, I'm on a mission
for the master to produce seed,
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for the kingdom
is bigger than me.
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You'll pray, I'm on a mission
for the master to produce seed,
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for the kingdom
is bigger than me.
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And when you pray that
prayer, you become unstoppable.
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I hope you're catching
this. You become unstoppable.
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This is a kind of
prayer that God instance
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answers instantaneously.
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Yeah, notice that
Eliezer doesn't pray,
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"O Lord, God of
my master Abraham,
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please give me success
today, if it's your will."
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You see we use, if it
be thy will as an excuse
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because we
really don't trust God.
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But the truth of the
matter God has told you,
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Eliezer had no doubt he
didn't chose the mission,
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God chose the mission for
him, his master send him out.
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God is sending you out.
00:54:43.41\00:54:44.59
You need to pray
if it be thy will.
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If you're going
in the will of God,
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you know it's God's will
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and you should
pray with confidence,
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"Lord give me success this day."
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When you pray like that,
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heaven gets
excited and things happen.
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Here it is Genesis come on,
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'cause some of you
still don't believe it.
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Some of you still living
in the valley of failure.
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It's never
happened in my community.
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It's never
happened in my family.
00:55:14.89\00:55:16.78
Everything has been a failure.
00:55:16.81\00:55:18.21
I got news for
you, it's not about you
00:55:18.24\00:55:21.62
and your gifts
and your abilities.
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It's about you
being used by the master.
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God can use anything.
00:55:27.29\00:55:31.16
He can use anything.
00:55:31.19\00:55:35.21
If He can use a
donkey, He can use you.
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If He can use a
prostitute, He can use you.
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If He can use a murderer
called David, He can use you.
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Genesis 24, here it is.
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This gets exciting to me.
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It challenges me
at the deep core.
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Verse 15 of chapter 24,
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I want you to
follow me on this one,
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it says "And it happened,
before he finished speaking,
00:56:17.11\00:56:23.63
that behold, Rebekah,
who was born to Bethuel,
00:56:23.66\00:56:26.41
the son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
00:56:26.44\00:56:28.41
Abraham's brother,
00:56:28.44\00:56:29.48
came out with her
pitcher on her shoulder."
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Before he could finish
praying the prayer was answered.
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That's an answer
prayer, that's power.
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So today when you leave
here, you pray the prayer,
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Lord God of my
master, give me success today
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because I'm on a
mission for the master
00:56:47.72\00:56:49.72
and I'm expecting success
not because it's about me,
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but it's bigger than me."
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And get up off your knees
00:56:55.21\00:56:57.28
and act as if the
prayer has been done
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because it has been done.
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Father God, thank
You for this prayer.
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We ask that
You'll forgive us God
00:57:08.95\00:57:11.40
for accepting
failure in our lives.
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So tonight we pray
in the name of Jesus
00:57:14.24\00:57:17.86
that You will fill us
with Your Sprit and we pray,
00:57:17.89\00:57:21.24
''Lord, give us success today
because it's bigger than me.''
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And this is our
prayer in the name of Jesus.
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