Barbed wire and razor wire
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and chain link fences
are all constant reminders
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that you can't go
where you want to go.
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You cannot do
what you want to do.
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I often wonder
what the inmates feel
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when they see the
birds flying freely,
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going to and fro when
they want, where they want.
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And the men in these
facilities can't do that.
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And yet, we are
here to let them know
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that they can be
free, that they can go far
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beyond the bounds of
their cells or these fences,
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that they can go all the
way to the gates of heaven,
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to the throne room of
God and be with Jesus.
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I am free indeed.
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I was working for a
sanitation department.
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And I was working my route,
picking up garbage that day.
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And my pastor was on that route.
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He came out and asked me
why I hadn't been to church
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and how he would
like to see me back
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and had a spot in the
choir for me and everything.
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And I looked my
pastor and I told him,
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on Sunday knowing
that I was lying to him.
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That particular Sunday
was Father's day. 2000.
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And instead of going to church
and doing the Lord's will,
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I chose to do Sam's
will and the results of it
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is I'm serving 95
years for a murder.
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This murder was the
result of the one-time thing.
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I'm not a career
criminal nor will I ever be
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nor I have ever
been, but living wrong
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instead of being at
home, being a family man,
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being a father
that I should have been,
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I was out doing what
I shouldn't have been
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and this is the result of it.
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Sam, you are in a maximum
security prison, but yet,
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you seem like you've
got a demeanor about you
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that sheds some light
and it brings encouragement.
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You always have a smile
when I walk up through here.
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What-- how can
that be possible, dude,
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for-- you've been
here how many years?
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Twelve. In prison?
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In prison.
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Would you share with
us a little bit about
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who Sammy is before we get into
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how you are able
to smile in prison?
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Well, I'm just a
plain old country boy
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born and raised
in southern Alabama,
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grew up in a religious
home, grandmamma praying mamma.
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It was me that
walked away from the Lord.
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Walked away from the
Lord, but like Jonah...
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God spared me. He
didn't take me out.
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He put me in a great fish.
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I look at this
institution as a great fish
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and in due time He is
going to spew me out--
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On dry land. On dry land.
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On dry land. Praise God.
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And I'm going to do like he did.
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And, you know, God has a
calling upon all of our lives
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to carry the gospel
message around the world.
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Amen.
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And with 3ABN and "Free Indeed"
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you have the opportunity
through the talents God's
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blessed you with
in the choir in prison
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to share your
talents around the world
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that there is
hope in Christ. Amen.
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What would you--
What would you share
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with our people in the world
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that are free by
society standards?
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To walk by faith
and not by sight.
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I'm locked up, but
I'm not locked out.
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I'm in prison, but
I'm not imprisoned.
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And there's
many people out there
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that are locked
up and imprisoned
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in their hearts
and in their minds.
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They've let the way of
the world lead them to believe
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that they can find
love in various things.
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But I'm here to tell you that
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if you walk by
faith and not by sight,
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love is not what you need.
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In love is what you long for.
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Jesus doesn't long to love you.
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He longs to be in love with you.
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He wants a
relationship with you.
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And if you put
those other things
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to the side that
so easily besets you
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and lean not to
your understanding,
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but in all ways acknowledge Him,
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He will direct your path.
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And what you
think is impossible,
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He will make possible.
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What would you
share with the young bucks
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coming up through
here, because I know,
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Sam, that you can't stand here
in a maximum security prison
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and be talking the
talk if you ain't got
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some walk to go with it,
because it ain't that way.
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I mean, you're
straight. Amen. True that.
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True that.
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And as the young
brothers will say
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I dare to keep it one
hundred, to keep it real.
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They got a place for you in here
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if you don't straighten up.
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You're going to
either go to the cemetery
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or you come in here.
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Just like you're
going to either go to heaven
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or you're going to hell.
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You're not going
to miss both of them.
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Pastor C, I call him pastor C,
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Pastor Murray once said that,
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"Any decision
made out of desperation
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is normally a bad choice."
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So I'd like to tell
you today to stop and think
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before you act
because that action
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that you carry out you're
going to have to live with.
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So I recommend
that you put God first.
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Seek ye first the kingdom of God
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and everything else that
you desire will fall into place.
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Amen. It's just as simple.
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Stop, pray about
it, think about it.
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Pray and ask God
will help us with that.
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In closing, what would
share with the world, Sammy?
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I know you got a
passion on your heart
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that many souls would be
added to the kingdom of heaven.
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What would you share and maybe
have a Bible verse in closing?
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Well, my Bible verse is, like
I said earlier, is Psalms 121.
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Wherever you're at, whatever
you are going through today,
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look to the hills
which come your help.
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When all seems lost,
when all seems forsaken,
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seems like everything
you touch just turns dull,
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look to the hills
which come your help.
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And if could paraphrase, I
would tell you that the Lord
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will be your protection.
He will be your guide.
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He will be your
shelter in the time of storm.
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He will bless you in
your coming and in your going.
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He will be with
you to the very end.
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I love you dude. Thank you.
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To have Jesus in my
life today is everything.
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He is my everything.
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I have very little
family left here on this earth.
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So I don't have
many letters coming in.
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I don't have anyone to
contact on a constant basis,
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but knowing how much He loves me
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and knowing that
there's nobody on this earth
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that's ever died
that they might get
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closer to me, but Jesus Christ.
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So knowing that, it
just-- it lifts my heart
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to want to be closer to
Him, to want to be more like Him
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and it has just changed my life.
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It has changed
my walk altogether.
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The song says,
"All I need is You."
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We've come to that
point what many have forsaken,
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but He never will.
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All I need is Jesus All I need
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All I need is the Lord
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I just want to tell
you this morning that
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All that I need is a Savior
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Just to guide me Show me, yes
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Show me the way
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All I need, Lord, is You
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All I need is Jesus
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Y'all don't hear
me this morning but
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All that I need
is the Lord My Lord
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I just want to testify
All that I need is my Savior.
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Just to guide me
Show me, show me, yes
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Show me the way
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All I need, Lord, is You
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When I turn to my
right Evil is on every hand
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Nothing but trouble No
joy, no peace, y'all to be found
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Oh, Lord My Lord is
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And when I turn to my left
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My, my, my
Confusion on every hand
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Nothing but trouble
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and ruins all over the world
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have taken over our land
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When trouble
Calms this generation
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And my friends are very few
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All that I need All
that I need, Lord, is You
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I found out that the
God I serve is a way maker
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Yeah, I want to tell
you I found out, y'all,
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that all I need
All I need is You
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All I need is You Lord Oh, Lord
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All I need is You
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You see, You said in Your word
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You'll be bridge
Over troubled water
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Oh, Lord That's why I love You
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All I need is You Lord
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You said in Your word
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You'll be food in a
starving land Yes, you will
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All I need is You
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You said in Your
word You will be shelter
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in the time of storm, Lord
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That's what I don't mind
calling on you this evening
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There's power in
the name of Jesus
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There's healing
in the name of Jesus
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Salvation in the
name of Jesus All I need
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Whatever, whatever you're
going through this morning
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Whatever you are
going through today
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I want to tell you
Oh, Lord, all I need
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He will be a mother
when you are motherless
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He will be a father
when you are fatherless
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You can't get a letter from home
--walk away The Lord is saying
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you ain't got no marriage
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Call on the name of
Jesus Call Him in the morning
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Call Him in the
midnight hours Yeah, Lord
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Oh, Lord, all I need
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Trouble all around
you You can't see your way
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Call on Mary's baby boy
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He'll be right there
by your side Yes, He will
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All I need
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All I need is
You Oh, Lord Oh, Lord
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I love to call on
the name Jesus Hallelujah
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No comparison.
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Sam Jackson of old no
longer exists, never will exist.
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The Sam Jackson of
old was a womanizer,
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a poor father,
drug addict, cigarettes,
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drinker, all of those things,
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everything that was
leading down those wrong roads.
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That Sam
Jackson has passed away.
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And behold, and I thank the Lord
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that the new Sam Jackson
sees a whole different life.
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I don't have to go
to places I used to go.
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I don't partake in the things
that I used to partake in.
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I don't care about a cigarette.
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Haven't smoked a
cigarette since 2003,
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haven't did any
drugs since 2000.
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I walk a whole new walk.
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I eat from a
whole different plate.
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The word of Jesus
Christ is sufficient enough.
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He said He would
be food when I need it
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and He would be
water in dry places.
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And that's all that
I long for these days.
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And I just thank the
Lord to have the opportunity
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to tell the world that if
you just surrender to God,
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if you just let
go and let God heal,
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a lot of you will be
an overcomer of things
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that you thought you
could never do, you know.
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It doesn't
change your situation.
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It may not change your location.
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He don't have to
change where you are,
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but He will change
you right where you are.
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I want to talk about
success. What is success?
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When you leave
here, people will tell you
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I hope you have success.
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And people say it all the
time, hope you have success.
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I want to have success.
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Everybody wants
to be successful.
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So let's talk about success.
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Father God, we ask
You now to speak to us.
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And we thank you
in Jesus' name. Amen.
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I heard a little
story about success
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that I want to
just bring to you.
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Somebody said at age 2,
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success is not
wetting your pants Amen.
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At age 12, success is
learning to ride your bike.
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At age 22, success is
graduating from college.
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At age 32, success is
making love to your spouse.
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At age 42, success is money.
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At age 52, success is money.
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At age 62, success
is money for retirement.
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At age 72, success is
making love to your spouse.
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At age 82,
success is riding a bike.
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At age 92, success is
not wetting your pants.
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So what really is
success? What is it?
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If you don't know what it is,
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how will you
know when you get it?
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How do you know that
you don't already have it?
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And if you don't
know you have it,
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how will you know if
somebody takes it away from you?
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Is success prosperity?
Is prosperity success?
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Are they the same?
Are they different?
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Do they go hand in hand?
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I want to read a
text to you, 3 John 2.
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It's in the New Testament.
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3rd John, you got
1st, 2nd and 3rd John
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back there tucked in the
back of the New Testament
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and I want to read 3rd John.
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1st John, 2nd John, 3rd
John, they are so short.
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You can almost slip by them.
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3 John 2, John
says "Beloved, I pray
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that you may prosper in
all things and be in health,
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just as your soul prospers."
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Now what is that text saying
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because a lot of people
say that that text is saying
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God wants us to be prosperous.
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That is not what
that text is saying.
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Let's examine it
for just a second.
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He is saying "Beloved, I
pray that you may prosper
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in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers."
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So he is saying if
your soul is prospering,
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I want the rest
of you to prosper
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like your soul is prospering.
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You follow me?
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If your soul isn't prospering,
that text is actually a curse,
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because he is saying
I want you to prosper
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like your soul is prospering.
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So he is assuming that
your soul is prospering.
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Say-- you say I'd like to
get a new car just like you.
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And I don't have a new car.
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That falls apart. I
want a car just like you.
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Well, my car is
old and falling apart.
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So if you want a car
just like me, guess what?
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You ain't getting a
new car. You follow me?
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So he is saying I
want your physical life
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to prosper as your
soul is prospering.
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Well, if your
soul is in shambles,
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then your physical life
is going to be in shambles.
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You follow me?
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He is assuming
that you already got
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a good solid working
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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He is saying I
want your physical life
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to be as good as
your spiritual life.
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Now why is he saying that?
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Because John
knows that no matter
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how much money you have,
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no matter what
you are doing in life,
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your only real
success is in Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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You can have a million dollars
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and get a diagnosis
like Miss Cooper got.
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You got cancer.
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It kind of stops things
in its track, doesn't it?
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Three years ago
the doctor told me
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you have prostate cancer.
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Yeah. Doing well,
trust in the Lord.
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What am I
doing, prostate cancer?
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You know, serving the Lord
doesn't free you from trial.
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Rain falls on the
just and the unjust.
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Christians get
cancer too. Mm-hmm.
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But you know what
I had with my cancer?
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Jesus.
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So I changed my diet.
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Stopped eating meat, mm-hmm.
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Stopped eating a
whole lot of cheese, mm-hmm.
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Cut down on the
potato chips and the sugar.
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And I went to a
natural remedy place
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for 18 days in Denver, Colorado.
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I took a test going in.
I took a test coming out.
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The test going in
said you got cancer.
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The test coming
out said it's gone.
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I'll tell you something else.
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About a year ago I
went back to the doctor
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and he said your cancer is back.
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But I didn't get all
crazy because I got Jesus.
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He said, but you
know, you got funny cancer.
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He said we took the test
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and your cancer is
not doing anything.
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It's just kind of
sitting there and looking at me.
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I said, see,
that's Jesus cancer.
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So next week this time
I go back to the doctor.
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I'm not afraid.
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I'm not worried
because I got Jesus.
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See, success is having Jesus.
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And I don't have
a million dollar,
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don't have half
a million dollar,
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don't have a
quarter of a million dollar,
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don't have a tenth
of a million dollar.
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I got a couple of bucks. I
got about $30 in my pocket.
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And right now I
don't have my wallet
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because they don't let
you bring your wallet in here.
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So I'm broke.
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But I got Jesus. Amen.
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So success is having Jesus.
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In the book, Joshua
one of the first text
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I learn from
memory was Joshua 1:9.
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Joshua 1:9 says
"Have not I commanded thee?
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Be strong and of a
good courage; be not afraid,
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neither be thou
dismayed: for the Lord thy God
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is with thee
whithersoever thou goest."
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That a promise.
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But I was so busy
learning Joshua 1:9,
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I should have learned Joshua 1:8
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because Joshua 1:8 says
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"This book of the law shall
not depart out of your mouth;
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but you shall
meditate in it day and night,
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that you may observe to do
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according to all
that is written in it,
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for then you
will make your way,"
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here's those two words again,
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"prosperous and then
you will have good success."
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God told Joshua, you want to
be prosperous and have success?
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Here is the manual, right here.
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Read it and don't
just read it, do it.
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Because it's the
reading and the doing
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that makes you
prosperous and successful.
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There's a text in
James-- I think it's James.
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I can't remember. I'm
having a senior moment.
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I'm really too young for that.
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But James says this, a
person who reads the law
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and does not do
it is like a person
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who just looked
themselves in the mirror
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and saw that the
makeup was all crooked
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and lipstick was going this way.
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And then left the
mirror and forgot all about
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what the mirror
told them they look like.
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That's what James says.
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He says so is
everybody that's just a hearer
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of the Word and
not a doer thereof.
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When I was in
college, I had a professor.
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He used to tell us as bad as
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it is to breathe
second-hand smoke,
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it's worse to blow
smoke up your own nose.
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And for years I
couldn't understand
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what in the world
is he talking about.
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But as I got
older it occurred to me,
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as bad as it is
to listen at people
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who are lying to you,
it's worse to lie to yourself.
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It's bad
breathing second-hand smoke,
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but why would you blow
smoke up your own nose?
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Don't lie to yourself.
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Don't be just a
hearer of the Word
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and then walk away and
just let it fall on the ground.
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You got to do the Word,
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because it's in the
doing that you get the power.
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Amen.
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When I got my cancer, my wife--
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I said we can do de venti,
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we can do
radiation, we can do proton.
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There's all kinds
of things we can do.
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And my wife said we
are not doing any of that.
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And I said, we?
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Do we have prostate cancer?
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But sometimes you got
to listen to your wife.
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She said let's
take the natural--
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let's change our
diet and try some stuff.
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And I listened to it.
And again she was right.
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She is always right.
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Even when she is
wrong, she is right.
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Think about that.
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And we've done and we got cured.
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Ladies and gentlemen, all
of us want to be successful,
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but in your
getting, get Jesus first
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because He is the
foundation of all success.
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The Bible says if you get Jesus,
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then you will make
your way prosperous
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and then you will
have good success.
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God bless you.
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You know in closing, Jackie,
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Jackie wanted to--
she wrote something out.
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She said can I
share this in closing
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and I said absolutely.
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So what she wrote out I'd
like her to share that just now.
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It says when God looks
at us, He doesn't see us,
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He sees the one
that surrounds us.
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This means that
failure is not a concern to us.
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Our victory is secure.
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So how can we not be courageous?
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Thank you.
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We are going to close
with prayer right now,
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but before we close with prayer,
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I want to make an appeal
to each and everyone of you.
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The altar is not
big enough tonight
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for each and everyone
of you to come forward,
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but the altar is big enough
in the throne room of heaven
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that we can bring our hearts
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and that the
sweet smelling incense
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of our commitment
tonight, to recommit
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or for the first time surrender
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as Tangela was in
the valley of decision
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and someone told her
that the God that they serve
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can forgive, no
matter what the circumstance.
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So tonight we are going
to pass the offering plate.
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And it's not for money
orders off of your account.
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Tonight we are going
to pass the offering plate
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and each and every one of you
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when you walked in here tonight,
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you walked in here with
a heart that was beating,
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beating, pumping
blood throughout your veins.
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Tonight you walked
in here with a heart,
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some of you was heavy,
some of you was burdened
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with shame or with guilt.
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Tonight some of you walked
in here with a joyful heart.
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You've got purpose and meaning
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because you've been
free indeed in prison.
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And tonight I'm going to ask
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if there would be one
that would like to surrender,
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perhaps for the first
time, their heart to Jesus
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who gave you the
opportunity to be alive tonight.
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I'm going to give you
the opportunity that perhaps
00:26:13.60\00:26:15.57
you want to recommit or
surrender your life to Jesus.
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Tonight is there one
that would like to do either
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as you've heard the
message and the call go forward?
00:26:25.53\00:26:29.08
Is there one who would
like to hold your hand up
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and say that I
would like to surrender
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or recommit my
life to Jesus tonight?
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Sisters in the
valley of decision,
00:26:47.34\00:26:50.98
there ain't enough
stores in this institution
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to make you satisfied
where the devil has taken you.
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And tonight I'm
asking how many of you
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want something different
than where you are tonight?
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God bless you.
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Hold your hands up. Let us pray.
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Our dear heavenly Father,
Almighty God, King of Kings,
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Lord of Lords,
you see that the devil
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.60
has duped us, he's tricked us.
00:27:18.63\00:27:20.53
We've been wandering
down the highway to hell.
00:27:20.56\00:27:23.80
And tonight, Father,
00:27:23.83\00:27:25.20
we want to climb
that stairway to heaven,
00:27:25.23\00:27:28.08
day by day, moment by moment.
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.51
And we just ask that You
would embrace every hand,
00:27:30.54\00:27:34.06
we ask every heart, we
ask that You would comfort,
00:27:34.09\00:27:37.11
that You would
uphold, that You would guide.
00:27:37.14\00:27:39.69
For we know that You keepth
Your hand upon the sparrow.
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You care for the sparrow.
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We know tonight that You
care for each commitment here.
00:27:44.82\00:27:47.86
We love You.
00:27:47.89\00:27:49.79
We ask for Your
presence in our lives.
00:27:49.82\00:27:51.88
And we ask these
things in the holy
00:27:51.91\00:27:53.87
and magnificent name of Jesus.
00:27:53.90\00:27:57.13
Bless their
children, bless their husbands,
00:27:57.16\00:28:00.12
bless their family,
bless their court cases.
00:28:00.15\00:28:02.75
Whatever sin has
stolen from them, Father,
00:28:02.78\00:28:05.88
may You replace, may
You give them the gold,
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.64
tried in the fire, pure gold.
00:28:08.67\00:28:10.89
And we ask these
things in Jesus' name. Amen.
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