(169) Generation Awakening with Don and Catherine James

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We need all of the generation.

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Yes.

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We need the older, but we also need the younger.

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And you know, there's no miniature Holy Spirit.

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True.

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The same Spirit that lives in our young people

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are in all of us.

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And so God wants to do far more than what we can imagine.

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["Pomp and Circumstance"]

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God promises in Joel 2.28 to pour out His Spirit

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on all humanity.

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Welcome to Global Outpouring,

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where we contend for that promise outpouring.

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We equip for that outpouring

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so that we may engage in that promised outpouring.

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I'm Philip Buss.

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And I'm Sharon Buss.

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Welcome to the podcast today.

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We have with us today our dear friends,

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Don and Catherine James.

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They've been pastoring for a number of years,

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and one of their favorite people groups to pastor

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is Young People.

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And they're going to be leading our youth retreat

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that's coming up August 9th through 12th.

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And we want you to help us contend in the Spirit

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and in prayer for this generation,

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because it's time for this generation to awaken.

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And we want to equip them to have them ready

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for the outpouring.

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Thank you for joining us today.

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Before we get started,

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we want to encourage you to go to our website,

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globaloutpouring.net,

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and make sure that you have joined our email lists

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so that we can keep you informed of what's going on,

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and you can correspond with us.

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There's also a feedback place there on that page.

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And you can email us at feedback at globaloutpouring.org

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so that we can keep you informed

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of all of the things that we're doing

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to help equip the saints

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and the prayer meetings that are going on

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so that you can join in if you're an intercessor.

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And the events that are coming up,

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some of them we stream,

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and some of them you just need to get here

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to our wonderful headquarters.

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We call it Angle Tall, the Valley of Angels.

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It's a beautiful place in the Ozarks.

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So you're gonna want to come here for some of these events.

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So go to our website and keep up with what's going on.

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And the first thing that's coming up next

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is our youth retreat.

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We call it Generation Awakening.

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And Don and Catherine are going to be telling us

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all about it.

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So welcome to the Global Outpouring podcast,

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Don and Catherine James.

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Hi, I'm Don.

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And we call it Generation Awakening

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because meaning generation,

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the people born about the same time.

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Awakening, well, you have the obvious,

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you wake up in the morning.

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But it's more, so much more than that.

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It's an act or a moment of suddenly

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becoming aware.

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And we pray into, we believe God,

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and we put forth opportunities for you

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to suddenly become aware of what God can do

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or what God is doing in you or through you.

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August 9th through the 12th is when the youth retreat

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will be a place where you can develop new friends,

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deep worship.

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We're gonna go into great praise and worship

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to honor our King.

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We're gonna grow deeper in his word

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and experience God's glory.

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That's what we're believing God for.

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Yes. Amen.

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It's time to reunite.

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Retreat.

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Recharge.

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And reignite.

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To what God is doing in this season.

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Now we have workshops planned as well as meetings.

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Meetings will be in the morning and in the evening,

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and workshops in the afternoon.

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And we have a drama workshop.

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We have a dance workshop.

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We have an art workshop.

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We have an axe throwing workshop.

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Axe throwing.

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Yeah, axe throwing.

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That's an unusual one.

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It'll be interesting to see how,

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because we believe God is in everything we do.

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And so even when we're doing fun things,

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God loves to be in the middle of it.

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So that is part of our workshops

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because we want to invite the Holy Spirit

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to be involved in everything that we're involved in.

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And praise and worship workshop,

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which I'm so excited about.

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Amen.

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So we have workshops for the afternoon.

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And our greatest weapon is prayer.

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That's contending.

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That's right.

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That's exactly what we're doing.

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We're contending for the prodigals to come home.

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It's time.

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It is past time.

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As a matter of fact,

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there's not anything that brings such agony

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when you have loved ones

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that are not walking with God in this day.

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So we're not only contending for the prodigals to come home,

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but we're also believing God to bring those

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that know the Father,

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and we're gonna go deeper into what God has

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for each and every one of us.

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Well, that was really the message that came through

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at our convention was the importance

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of every individual waking up

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to the potential that God put inside of them

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because every individual has a sound

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and a way of expressing themselves that nobody else has.

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That's right.

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We're unique.

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And we have to have every single piece of the puzzle

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in order for the big picture to show up.

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So we need everybody.

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And that's why we want the young people to come.

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We need all of the generation.

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We need the older, but we also need the younger.

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And you know, there's no miniature Holy Spirit.

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The same spirit that lives in our young people

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are in all of us.

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And so God wants to do far more than what we can imagine.

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When you look at the word contend, it means to agonize.

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It means contending means to fight

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while standing on the very thing being assaulted.

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Wow.

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Isn't that powerful?

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Wow.

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That's a great definition.

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So we contend for the faith.

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We contend for the things of the spirit.

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We're contending for what God wants to do next

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in this season and time.

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Axe throwing.

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You may wonder, what does that have to do with God?

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Because it is a weapon.

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We really want to teach you about, you got a weapon.

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It's called a sword of the spirit.

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But you need to have some skill in doing something with it.

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Axe throwing.

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It's sharp.

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You gotta be careful.

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You may be a little timid about even trying it.

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So we're just trying to give people breakthroughs.

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That's good.

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And it really is a lot of fun

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because when you see others having fun,

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you will probably want to try it too.

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So we'd like to do things that are somewhat

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a step over this way or that

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because God is God of everything.

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Not just people that show up in a building once in a while.

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He is God of this whole earth, including ax throwing.

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Wow.

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We're contending for the outpouring.

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You know, content also means to stretch.

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And to strive.

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That's good.

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And so as it says in Joel 2, 28,

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and it shall come to pass afterwards

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that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.

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Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

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Your old men shall dream dreams

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and your young men shall see visions.

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And that's what we want to believe God for

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is that he is ready to pour out his spirit

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as we've already begun to taste the move of God

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that is taking place across the nations.

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We want to see that happen here in the valley.

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We want to see what God's gonna do next in this generation.

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We overcome by the blood of the lamb

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and by the word of our testimony,

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and we love not our life to the death.

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So he's bringing us into a place

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as spoken of in Revelation 12, 11,

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that our testimony is powerful.

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Yes.

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And how we overcome is through his word and blood.

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And out of that comes a testimony

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that overcomes the very thing that was set against us.

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Amen. Amen.

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And then we want to equip.

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We want to equip,

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and equip means to provide someone with what they need

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to fulfill their purpose.

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And that's not just any purpose, it's God given purpose.

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Amen.

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Our vision is training.

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Training includes teaching.

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It is about imparting skills,

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such as believing God to throw the ax

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and not be scared to death.

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You are breaking through a barrier in your life.

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I would hope that anyone coming,

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that you would be praying,

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Lord, I want to prophesy.

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You told us to desire prophecy

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so that the church might be edified.

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And we want you to have the freedom.

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We'll stand with you.

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We'll lay hands on you.

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But we want you to increase in your gifting.

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We want you to see that you may not always see it.

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You may not see it at all,

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but your prayers make a difference.

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They are part of your equipping

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because intimacy of God is achieved by prayer

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and spending time with God.

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And we need to know the difference between those two things.

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So the equipping is a major undergirding foundation

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for generation awakening.

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God's word is the foundation to equip us

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to be what we need to be in Him.

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In Psalms 119 verse nine, it says,

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how can a young man stay pure?

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Only by living in the word of God and walking in the truth.

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And we know the truth is His word.

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And so we hope to just bring more light,

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more revelation, more of a relationship

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with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Good, but many Christians go to church faithfully.

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They see, hear fantastic sermons, praise and worship.

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But sometimes if you're not seeing God touch you

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and move through you, then are you growing?

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Is it any more than this?

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But you've got to have someone maybe to encourage you

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in those breakthroughs.

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That's what we are believing God for,

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to be enabled by the Holy Spirit to speak,

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to say the things that actually encourage you

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to go through the door, encourage you to get over

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some fears or anxieties, to encourage you.

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There's a whole lot more than Christianity

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than just knowing the words of the Bible,

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a whole lot more.

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Because when those words flow through you, you know it.

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And it touches you, it changes you.

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It makes you feel like, wow, God,

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because you were His hand, you were His voice,

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you were a part of Him for a moment in time.

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There's nothing like it.

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In Colossians 1, verse nine, Paul writes and he says,

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since we first heard about you,

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we've kept you always in our prayers

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that you would receive the perfect knowledge

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of God's pleasure over your lives,

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making you reservoirs of every kind of wisdom

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and spiritual understanding.

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We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness,

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pleasing God in every fruit bearing branches,

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yielding to His life and maturing in the rich experience

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of knowing God in His fullness.

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We have been a part of this ministry for a really long time.

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And many of our young people are now parents.

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And many of their children could come to the youth retreat.

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True.

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But when Paul said, we first heard about you,

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there are still young people that I know now are adults

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and they stay in touch with me.

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I love that.

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And I still carry them in my heart.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely, I understand what Paul is saying here.

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We only want others to stand on our shoulders

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and spring forth and become all that God's called them to be.

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And that's what the youth retreat is about,

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is about springing forward and becoming

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what God has called you individually to be

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because God is personal.

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Amen.

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In Proverbs 13, 14, I love this.

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When the lovers of God teach you truth,

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a fountain of life opens up within you

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and their wise instruction will deliver you

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from the ways of death.

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In this particular conference,

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everybody that's coming is volunteering.

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Yes.

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Because they love their generation,

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because some of the young people

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are sharing through this week.

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Yeah.

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And I love what you do,

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that you're always promoting the young people

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and giving them the opportunity to begin to minister.

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And they're not just watching, they're participating.

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No, we want them on the mission fields.

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We want them sharing the word.

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And they have to have a safe place to come forth.

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Yeah, and to learn.

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And that's what this valley has always provided,

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this ministry.

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It's provided a safe place.

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You know, it's not about failing.

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Right.

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It's about, we're all gonna fall down.

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Right.

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We're all gonna make mistakes.

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We're all gonna miss the mark

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and sin occasionally.

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Hopefully only occasionally.

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Only occasionally, that's right.

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But the truth is, it's not about falling down.

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It's about how quick you get back up.

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Those words have rung in my heart.

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I've heard you say that before.

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And they have rung in me

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and I've repeated them over and over again.

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Well, they're true.

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Yeah. Amen.

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Because God has given us every provision

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to become what he's called us to be.

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Right.

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He's given us our blood,

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his blood for protection.

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Yes.

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He's given us his blood for our forgiveness.

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Right.

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When we repent.

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He's given us the word and the foundation

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to stand on and grow from.

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And every time you go through the Bible,

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you see something you've never seen before.

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It's true.

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Because it's living.

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But he doesn't want you to stop there.

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Amen.

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These are just his letters.

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He wants us to know him,

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to spend time with him.

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Yes.

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To fellowship with him.

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To invite the Holy Spirit.

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Yes.

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To invade our lives in such a way

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that allows God to direct us.

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And as we hear his voice, obey.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Hallelujah.

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So what age group are we talking about?

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We are inviting 15 year olds and older.

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And we'll go to 30ish.

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Yeah.

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Young adults.

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Young adults.

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Because so often, our single people get left out.

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And so we've continued to love our single people especially.

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Although I have to say,

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just because of the fact that we didn't announce this

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as soon as we would have liked.

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We've invited some of our married couples

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who have met each other here to come.

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But this time there's some conflict.

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So be on the lookout.

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Conflict in that they're not able to come.

391
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In their schedule.

392
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Exactly.

393
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Yes, in their schedule.

394
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But they contacted me and let me know

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that they're praying for us.

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Sweet.

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And believing God for a mighty move

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of his spirit during this week.

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Wonderful.

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And we've seen such tremendous moves of the spirit.

401
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Yes we have.

402
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Yeah.

403
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People's lives have changed.

404
00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,040
Absolutely.

405
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We've had people come so broken and leave so changed.

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Glory to God.

407
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And that is just a beautiful testimony

408
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of what God can do in just a few days.

409
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It's true.

410
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Very true.

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Yes.

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And so often you'll come and make friends

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that you'll keep for a lifetime.

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That's true.

415
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Yeah.

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People that will encourage you.

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And be in the same vein that you're in

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concerning the things of God.

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Right.

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And then when you have to say goodbye to each other

421
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for just a season.

422
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You can still stay in contact

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and be encouraged and strengthened.

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Yeah.

425
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And these days it's a whole lot easier

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to stay in contact than it used to be.

427
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That's the truth.

428
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Amen.

429
00:17:13,540 --> 00:17:14,380
Yeah.

430
00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:15,480
Technology has made it so much easier.

431
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Now we want to engage.

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And engage means attract.

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Involve someone's interest or attention.

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To become involved in.

435
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To offer something such as one's life or word.

436
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Engage means to be heavily and positively influenced

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by the word of God.

438
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Amen.

439
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To facilitate meaningful encounters

440
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so that Galatians 4 19,

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until Christ be fully formed in your hearts.

442
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Exactly.

443
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In you and me.

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We should live as ambassadors of God's redemption

445
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in this world.

446
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Amen.

447
00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,280
Amen.

448
00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,120
Good word.

449
00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:08,860
There was once a TV show about Star Trek.

450
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And when the captain of the ship was ready to go forward

451
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and to put motion to this monster ship,

452
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he would say engage.

453
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Ooh.

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And what engage means was you take in what you know

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and you put it to work.

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James wonderfully told us that look,

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faith without works is dead faith.

458
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Yeah.

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Right.

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Because I'll show you my faith by my works.

461
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And it's not yet takes faith for salvation,

462
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but that's only the beginning of Christianity.

463
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There is so much more.

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Doing the stuff lights your fire.

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It causes you to burn bright.

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Not just be bright, but burn bright.

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Because it burns in your heart.

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Because you can't believe you were a part

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of something like that.

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Yeah.

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And so when we talk about engage,

472
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we talk about doing the Christian principles

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you read about in the Bible.

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Not just reading about them or hear about them

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or someone telling you ought to be doing that.

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We're going to participate in exercises or do training

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that allows you to gain at least a step into that world.

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And we're in an environment where,

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I doubt very seriously,

480
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unless you try to burn down the building,

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there's nothing you can do that I can't undo.

482
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Okay?

483
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It's okay.

484
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It is a safe place to develop what God wants you to be.

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Because each one of you was fearfully and wonderfully made.

486
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Amen.

487
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We shouldn't look alike too much,

488
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but we should be all of a sudden that principle,

489
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which is central, is like a rose bush that blooms.

490
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You got short branches, you got long branches,

491
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you got lots of leaves, you got few leaves,

492
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you got different sized buds,

493
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you got so many differences.

494
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Roses are blooming over here,

495
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other side of the bush, they haven't quite started yet.

496
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There is differentiations of any expression

497
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of the gifts of God.

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And that's Bible, by the way, it tells us that.

499
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And so we are believing for when you come,

500
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you will leave differently

501
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because of some of the things that God have done.

502
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We had one meeting that was literally this open vision

503
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and multiple people had the vision of the same picture

504
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from different aspects.

505
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And it was amazing, and I had the same vision too.

506
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So when they started talking,

507
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first thing I do is started asking them questions

508
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about what they saw.

509
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And it was all the same color, it was all the same shape,

510
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even though that word could mean different things,

511
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we narrowed it down to,

512
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we're all talking about the same thing

513
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that we all saw in a vision all separately

514
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without talking or communicating in any way.

515
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And it was amazing.

516
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I mean, I couldn't hardly see how it was the whole thing

517
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because it's so amazing when young people

518
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step into a world they never known before.

519
00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,200
They have an experience that they,

520
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,920
oh, they heard about somebody doing that,

521
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,240
but they didn't know if God did that or not.

522
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,680
And now it's being done to them.

523
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,680
That's why growing and being equipped

524
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,880
and then engaging is all about.

525
00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,440
That's beautiful, and we were at Asbury some months ago.

526
00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:29,720
It had only been going, what about,

527
00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,640
we're at the ninth or 10th day or something like that.

528
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:37,640
And just seeing the youth, these are unchurched kids,

529
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,480
a lot of them.

530
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:40,880
A lot of them have not,

531
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,280
they're just not brought up like we were and all that.

532
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,160
But just how the Holy Spirit just working on them

533
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,840
and the level they can understand

534
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,400
because it wasn't anything that we saw demonstrative.

535
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,360
I know there's a few things here or there,

536
00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:57,440
but as a general rule,

537
00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,080
it was just this most amazing presence of God

538
00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,000
touching people that have never felt anything before.

539
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,960
And that's what was cleaning them up.

540
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,040
And they said the two biggest things

541
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,360
their kids were dealing with was depression and suicide.

542
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,400
And God was just moving, just a move like that.

543
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,840
But somebody started it.

544
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,920
Well, there were people contending in prayer.

545
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,120
And when it starts, you need people

546
00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,440
that can minister to those.

547
00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,520
And that's where you can come in.

548
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,720
Because when this move of God hits full,

549
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,960
it's as Sharon would say, all hands on deck.

550
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,800
Absolutely.

551
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,880
It's churches are just going to be,

552
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,360
there's gonna be lines when the presence is poured out

553
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,000
in the measure that is coming.

554
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,760
So this is to get you ready.

555
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,880
It's getting you ready for what is about to happen.

556
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,240
It's true.

557
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,760
And I just would like to encourage our listeners,

558
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,720
if you're not a young person,

559
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,880
or even if you are a young person, but you can't make it,

560
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,560
be praying about this, be praying for this.

561
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,840
Because we want to see the presence of God

562
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,280
impacting lives for himself.

563
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:13,280
It's not even so much a matter of who says what

564
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,800
or what actions happen, but the presence of God.

565
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,800
That heavy weighty presence that just,

566
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,440
you know, everybody has their own personal encounter

567
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,160
with the living God.

568
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,440
It is life changing.

569
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,000
And we want to be contending for that presence

570
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,720
to be there and yielding to him

571
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,560
and making sure that everything is in order

572
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,400
so that he can do everything he wants to do

573
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,080
in the lives of the people that come.

574
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,040
Because this needs to be life changing.

575
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,320
We need to be developing disciples

576
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:54,320
and raising up people who are catching the wind

577
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:59,440
of the spirit, catching what God has for them as individuals.

578
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,200
Many people have the testimony

579
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,000
of how they have received a call of God

580
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,160
in this kind of a meeting.

581
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:10,000
And just getting on track with God,

582
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,360
getting onto understanding what his purpose

583
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:14,200
for their life is.

584
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,640
So we're expecting that to happen for these young people.

585
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,200
And young adults. Amen. Amen.

586
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,840
Oh, absolutely.

587
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,840
We want God to do far more than what we can expect

588
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,280
because he does the impossible.

589
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,120
Yes, he does.

590
00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,160
There's not a problem you have

591
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:36,160
that God cannot bring healing, solutions,

592
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,280
answers, direction.

593
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,680
We serve a God that wants to meet with us daily

594
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,480
to serve him, to love him.

595
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,720
But we have to remember it's because he first loved us.

596
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:51,560
Absolutely.

597
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,680
That we love him. Amen.

598
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:54,760
Amen.

599
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,120
Many times we think if we're doing something for God,

600
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,000
we gotta go get somebody saved by talking to them

601
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,720
and then praying with them for salvation.

602
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,560
Or maybe even laying hands on them and them being healed.

603
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,360
But engaging is so much more than that.

604
00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,680
It's literally just hear the voice of God,

605
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:14,720
do what he said.

606
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:15,560
Yes.

607
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,120
I mean, literally simple things.

608
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,160
One day I was in a grocery store

609
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,600
and I'm going back to the register

610
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,800
and I've been in there like 10 times longer

611
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,960
than I wanted to be already.

612
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,400
And God says, turn down this aisle.

613
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,160
So I turned down the aisle and I'm going,

614
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,360
am I forgetting something, God?

615
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,880
Is there something on my list I missed?

616
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,480
Did Catherine tell me something?

617
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,880
Why am I doing on this aisle?

618
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,880
And all of a sudden I woke up to this little girl

619
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,840
who was a shopper because the blue things were there

620
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,360
in her little basket.

621
00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:47,440
And her eyes were as big as quarters and she was frantic.

622
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,120
And I look at her and say, can I help you?

623
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:52,920
Because I'm wondering, is she having

624
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,160
some sort of medical issue?

625
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,040
I mean, is something really gargantuan going on?

626
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,160
She says, I can't reach it, I can't reach it.

627
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,200
Can you help me, can you help me?

628
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,560
I'm going, I usually ask people to get stuff

629
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,440
off the top shelf for me, but I'll do anything you want.

630
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,760
What do you need, what do you need?

631
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,120
And she points to some things on the top shelf.

632
00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,520
So I said, you can't tell what I'm about to do.

633
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,040
So I step on the lower shelf, which is a no-no,

634
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,720
and I get all the things she needs.

635
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,840
And I said, God really loves you.

636
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,520
And just kept walking and she said, what?

637
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,640
She couldn't understand the connection

638
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,520
between God caring about her and such a little thing,

639
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,480
which was so big for her,

640
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,920
I thought she was having a heart attack.

641
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,760
So I mean, really, she was really acting upset

642
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,640
over something so small.

643
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,360
Again, I pull into a store, I get out,

644
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:41,640
and there's a lady there in a wheelchair,

645
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,040
emptying the groceries out of the basket.

646
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,200
And she reaches down and gets the last item

647
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,920
as I walk up to her.

648
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,760
And I look at her and I look at the basket,

649
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,880
I look at where the basket parking thing is.

650
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,680
I said, wow, that's a long way.

651
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,280
I look at her and said, ma'am,

652
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,640
could I please take your basket over there for you?

653
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,920
She said, would you?

654
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,480
I said, yes, so I took it.

655
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,040
I went in the store and I only went in there

656
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,440
for bananas of all things, but I like bananas.

657
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,840
I come back out, I get to the van, it's still there.

658
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,040
And I get to the woman who's still there

659
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,560
and she's unloading a second basket.

660
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,400
Oh my.

661
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,280
And she was getting down to the last few items.

662
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,800
And I just grin and chuckle.

663
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,520
I said, ma'am, I take that basket for you.

664
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,880
She says, you again?

665
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:27,840
How'd you do that?

666
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:32,840
I said, honey, I think God loves you an awful lot.

667
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,760
And I went and take the basket and walk.

668
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,480
And sometimes I miss opportunities.

669
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,960
I miss the opportunity if I'd had to do it over again.

670
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,200
I'd stop and say, obviously,

671
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,560
God's up to something in your life

672
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,360
because this is really unusual.

673
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:50,040
Can I pray for you?

674
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,800
And it's about learning.

675
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,720
You don't always get things right the first time.

676
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,360
And it's about learning how to manifest God

677
00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:03,360
and whatever crazy scenario you find yourself in.

678
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,160
It is not this nice, clean religious practice

679
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,960
you may see in prayer lines and things

680
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,720
because you're in the marketplace.

681
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,880
And there are no rules except God rules.

682
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,600
That's the only rule.

683
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,400
So you will be trained how to do this

684
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,200
and get more and more comfortable,

685
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:23,200
but you have to engage and do it for the first time.

686
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,280
It's critical.

687
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,160
Because you find that once you start,

688
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,080
the Holy Spirit begins to quicken.

689
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,960
Just a little nudge and you'll begin to realize

690
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,000
that's the voice of the Lord.

691
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,440
And none of us got there overnight.

692
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,440
And the truth is is I still miss it.

693
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,440
But I'm quick to repent and say,

694
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,000
oh God, I missed an opportunity,

695
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,400
but I promise if you'll give me another chance,

696
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,560
if you'll just give me one more time,

697
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,960
just open that door one more time

698
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,960
and I'll do anything you want me to do.

699
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,520
And I keep saying, and please help me to get it right.

700
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,040
Yes, yes.

701
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:03,880
Amen.

702
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:04,720
And you know what?

703
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,360
The Holy Spirit helps us.

704
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,440
He really does.

705
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,240
And so that's what we're talking about

706
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,120
when we talk about engaging.

707
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,160
Yes, it is reading the word.

708
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,280
Yes, it is prayer.

709
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,180
It's meditating on his word though.

710
00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:20,760
It's more than just reading.

711
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,240
It's meditating and thinking about.

712
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,040
And also asking the Holy Spirit

713
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,280
when you're reading the word to speak to you.

714
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:29,120
Yes.

715
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:29,960
Amen.

716
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,920
And by that I'm not being super spiritual.

717
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,000
I'm just talking about you'll be reading the word

718
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,560
and all of a sudden you'll have understanding

719
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,600
that you didn't have the first or second

720
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,240
or the 40th time you read it.

721
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,080
Right.

722
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,040
But all of a sudden it just speaks to you.

723
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,800
And you can know that's the voice of the Lord

724
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,640
speaking through his word to you.

725
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,480
Yes.

726
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,520
And all of a sudden those words just pop out at you.

727
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:56,340
Yeah.

728
00:29:56,340 --> 00:30:00,200
It's feeding your spirit man instead of feeding the flesh.

729
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,400
Amen.

730
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,440
Interacting with God daily.

731
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:09,000
Bringing him into every situation you find yourself in.

732
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,120
God is big enough.

733
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,400
He can even handle a temper tantrum.

734
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:14,240
Amen.

735
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,080
Amen.

736
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:15,920
It's true.

737
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,320
You may not know I'm having a temper tantrum,

738
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,240
but God does.

739
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,080
Yes.

740
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,920
I am mature enough in the Lord to maybe not let you know it

741
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,480
unless you're really sensitive.

742
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,800
But I may be in my head going God.

743
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,440
And he'll just, I can almost sometimes see him smile.

744
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,280
Yeah.

745
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,240
You know, when I act like a two year old,

746
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,400
he's just smiling, letting me get over my flesh moment

747
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,040
so that I can come back into that place of peace.

748
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:45,880
Right.

749
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,080
And rest.

750
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:52,080
Engaging with God is equivalent to needing air to breathe.

751
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,120
Oh yeah.

752
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:58,120
If we would make that real in our life, we need God.

753
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,400
We must be intentional about engaging with God consistently.

754
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:10,600
We prioritize him and give him a special place.

755
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,520
Give him time and just reach out to touch him.

756
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,080
You know, my wife taught me something once.

757
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,480
She was having a hard week or two and she said,

758
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,960
Don, it works.

759
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,120
I said, what?

760
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,200
And she would literally hug herself and say,

761
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,000
God, come God and close her eyes.

762
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,160
And the presence of God would show up.

763
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,120
I mean, I started doing it going, wow.

764
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,600
Because it was revolutionary how that action

765
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,360
could just give me the strength for any situation

766
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,960
I would find myself in when I was out in the world.

767
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,280
I had to make a scene out of it

768
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,280
because people close their eyes all the time in public.

769
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,480
So it works, but God shows you these things

770
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,720
because he loves you and he wants you to grow

771
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,760
and get closer to him more than anything else on this earth.

772
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,640
In 2 Timothy 3 verse 16,

773
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,640
God has transmitted his very substance into every scripture.

774
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,880
For it is God breath.

775
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:21,880
It will empower you by its instructions and correction,

776
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:26,280
giving you the strength to take the right direction

777
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:30,440
and lead you deeper into the path of godliness.

778
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:35,440
Then you will be God's servant, fully mature

779
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:40,200
and perfectly prepared to fulfill any assignment

780
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,200
God gives you.

781
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:43,120
Wow.

782
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,240
Wow, that's beautiful.

783
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,720
And that we want to actively desire God

784
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,600
and allow others who are watching us,

785
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,000
and believe me, they're watching,

786
00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,000
that we honor, we respect, we admire our God

787
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,920
so much that we take time to spend with him.

788
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:09,040
And that's what we want to accomplish during that week.

789
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,320
We're gonna worship our God,

790
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:16,800
but we're also gonna maybe even just wait before him.

791
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,440
We're just gonna be led by the spirit,

792
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,720
but we're also gonna learn the word

793
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:26,000
and develop relationships and have fun in the process.

794
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,920
I remember one year Mark,

795
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,560
who was in charge of doing our fun morning

796
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,600
to introduce everybody and kind of get everybody

797
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:35,440
where they-

798
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,280
Make the ice.

799
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,120
Exactly.

800
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,880
At the beginning of the meetings.

801
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,880
And so he had an idea, and that was we paired up in pairs

802
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,240
and they talked for a few minutes to each other

803
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,400
and they didn't know what was coming.

804
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,960
And so then he said, okay, now,

805
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,360
I want you to pray for each other

806
00:33:55,360 --> 00:34:00,360
and tell them what you heard in your head for them

807
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,080
after you've prayed.

808
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,080
There was chaos in the camp

809
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,840
because people got words about specific things.

810
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:15,320
And I'm talking about 14, 15, 16, 17 year olds

811
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,400
that have never done this before

812
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,320
was actually prophesying over each other.

813
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,600
And you could see the light come on in the other person

814
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,880
because they were saying,

815
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,880
I feel like God's saying to let go of this

816
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:34,880
or to embrace this or have you seen a picture

817
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,200
of a house lately?

818
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:41,600
And all of a sudden the person goes, how do you know that?

819
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:42,520
Mm-hmm.

820
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,720
And it's just so awesome.

821
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,400
And that was one of our games.

822
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:46,320
Wow.

823
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,520
God just shows up in everything that you do

824
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,680
if you invite him.

825
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:51,960
Yes, beautiful.

826
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,240
Because the Holy Spirit's a gentleman.

827
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,480
Yeah.

828
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,160
So we're expecting to have,

829
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,560
I don't know how many people we're expecting to have.

830
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,960
I haven't seen the numbers yet,

831
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:07,960
but we're expecting to have a group of 15 year olds

832
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:13,760
on up to young adulthood, 30 something-ish.

833
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:18,280
And we're expecting to have a move of God.

834
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:19,320
Absolutely. Amen.

835
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,480
And we're expecting their lives to be changed.

836
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,120
So I want to encourage anyone who is listening,

837
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,320
if you are a young person,

838
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,480
if you're being stirred by this or if you're a parent

839
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,320
and you have a young person that you know

840
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,640
is ready to walk with the Lord or close to it

841
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,720
and they just kind of need a little encouragement

842
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:46,720
to be pushed into the thing that God has for them,

843
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:51,000
just go to our website, globaloutpouring.net

844
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,560
and click on the events page

845
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:59,080
and you'll see the Generation Awakening information there

846
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,120
and you can sign up for this

847
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,640
and get here to the beautiful Ozark Mountains

848
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,360
because we're going to have a glory time,

849
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,480
a life-changing time, a time of growing in God

850
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,800
and a time of lots and lots of fun.

851
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,480
Absolutely.

852
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,640
Engle Hall is known to be the Valley of the Angels.

853
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:19,520
Yes.

854
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,120
And we've actually had people see angels here.

855
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:22,960
Very true.

856
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,880
I haven't, but I have felt them.

857
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,480
And so we do, we invite you, come,

858
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,600
follow the leading of the Lord.

859
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:32,440
Amen.

860
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,640
And come and be prepared to make new friends,

861
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:40,320
be prepared to enter into praise and a deeper worship

862
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,920
maybe than you've experienced before

863
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,680
or maybe you're one of those that are coming

864
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,840
and you are moving forward in God.

865
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,480
So come and be a light in our midst

866
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,800
and be ready to minister and encourage others

867
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,120
to follow you as you follow Christ.

868
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,360
Amen.

869
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,360
And allow God's word to grow deeper and deeper within

870
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,200
so that we can experience the glory

871
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,400
that God wants to bring on the earth.

872
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,000
He wants to shine through his people.

873
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:11,840
Amen.

874
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,800
So if you know anyone available

875
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,040
during the dates of August the 9th, August the 12th,

876
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,640
is it either all days or just what you can count?

877
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:20,680
2023.

878
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,680
2023, this year, come, come and see what God will do in you.

879
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,240
And we really do mean,

880
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:32,360
if you can only make it to one meeting, come,

881
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:33,800
feel free to come.

882
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,640
You're welcome because like I said, this is family.

883
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,640
We're the family of God.

884
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,680
Amen.

885
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:41,600
Amen.

886
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,000
So if you are listening and you're an intercessor,

887
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,000
would you please email us at feedback at globaloutpouring.org

888
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,480
and let us know that you're gonna be praying for this event

889
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,400
because we need intercessors who are gonna contend with us

890
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,880
to help these people come into the fullness

891
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,120
of what God has for them in their lives.

892
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,240
Thank you.

893
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,240
Thank you for your intercession.

894
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,640
I wanna say that to everyone that's listening

895
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,680
and is willing to carry this generation in their heart

896
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,720
through prayer to see what God's gonna do

897
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,280
through the lives of our young people.

898
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,040
Amen.

899
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,200
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900
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,880
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901
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,360
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902
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,680
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903
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904
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,480
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905
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,240
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906
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:49,840
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907
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,720
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908
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,520
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909
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,000
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910
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,720
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911
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912
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913
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