“Growing the Gifts of the Spirit in Your Life” with Flo Ellers (330)

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So there is a difference between the gift that

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is always there and the power that comes on us.

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And the power that comes on us will not be deposited

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until the Lord develops his character in us.

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Otherwise, the gifts will destroy us. God promises

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in Joel 2 .28 to pour out of His Spirit on all

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humanity. Welcome to Global Outpouring, where

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we contend for that promised outpouring, we equip

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for that outpouring, so that we may engage in

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that very outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. And I'm

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Sharon Buss. Welcome to the podcast today. We're

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so glad that you've joined us. We have with us

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today a very special friend, Flo Ehlers, Dr.

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Flo Ehlers, and she is going to share with us

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something that she mentioned in the last episode

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that we had with her some weeks ago. about how

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you need to sandwich the gifts of the Spirit

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in between the nine blessings of the Beatitudes

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and the nine fruit of the Holy Spirit so that

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you can grow the gifts of the Holy Spirit in

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your life. Thanks so much for joining us today.

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This is going to be an episode that can be life

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-changing for you as you are equipping for this

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outpouring that we are seeing begin. And it's

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going to grow. It's going to grow to be on all

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flesh. And you want to be a part of it, right?

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We do. We certainly do. And so we want to encourage

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you, if you haven't already done so before we

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than what you get even on this podcast. So we

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want to stay in touch with you. We want to build

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relationship with you. And you can find all these

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things on our website that are coming up. And

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we want to encourage you to just grow. It's time

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for us to contend for this outpouring and equip

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for this outpouring because we need to be ready

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to engage in everything. that the Holy Spirit

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is going to do, and this teaching will help you

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tremendously. So, Flo Ehlers, thank you so much

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for joining us today. We are so excited about

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what you're going to bring. May I pray? Yes,

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please do. Father, we praise you and we thank

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you, Lord, for your eternal Spirit. And I thank

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you, Father, that as we approach these last days,

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that Your Spirit will cause us to move in ways

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that we never dreamed of, and all the gifts of

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Your Spirit will manifest. But as Sister Sharon

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has said, we need the fruit of the Spirit. We

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need the nine blesseds. We need the gifts to

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be accompanied. by the fruit of the Spirit. So

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many, Lord, are missing and flaking out on their

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ministry because the fruit of the Spirit is not

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there. And so, Father, I pray for every listener

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today that you would pour out your Spirit upon

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them. In Jesus' mighty name, amen. Amen. Oh,

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beloved Flo Ehlers, we just are so grateful that

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you are with us and that the Holy Spirit is with

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us today. This is something I've been really

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looking forward to from the time that you shared

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with us last time. And I don't remember how many

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weeks ago that was, but it's been a while. And

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you just mentioned in passing. about a teaching

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that you do about sandwiching the gifts in between

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the nine blessings of the Beatitudes and the

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fruit of the Holy Spirit. And before we started

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the recording, I was starting to say that, you

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know, when I was in the Baptist church, I learned

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about the fruit of the Spirit. And when I got

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Spirit -filled at the age of 13, I heard lots

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of things about the gifts. Everything was about

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the gifts, the gifts, the gifts, and, you know,

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covet prophecy and speaking in tongues and interpretation

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and healing, gifts of healing and miracles and

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all the gifts. But I never heard anybody really

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talking about the fruit of the Spirit so much

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in the circles that I was in by that time. You

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know, that was charismatic move times in the

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70s and 80s. When you said that on that last

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episode, I was just so really moved that this

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is an important message to bring. So we just

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want to turn you loose to share whatever it is

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that is on your heart, the way the Lord has given

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it to you, and just run with it. We will start

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with the fruit of the Spirit and then go into

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the nine blessings, and then we will finish up

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with the gifts. And it has to be a condensed

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form because of the length of the teaching. But

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the nine fruit of the Spirit is the work of the

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Holy Spirit within us. It is an inward work.

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The Bible says in Romans chapter 12, verse 1

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and 2, the Lord tells us to be transformed by

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the renewing. of your mind, that you may prove

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what is good and acceptable and perfect will

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of God. So many people think that God has three

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wills for your life. They talk about the permissive

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will and the perfect will. But the Bible says

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there's only one will, and it is the good and

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acceptable and perfect will of God. But he wants

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us so transformed that when he flows through

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us in power, we are not moved by praise. Nor

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are we moved by persecution. And we must have

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that fruit of the Spirit. To be transformed is

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the word metamorpho. And it is a continual process.

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And it's like a caterpillar crawling on the ground.

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and then it becomes a beautiful butterfly. And

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that is the process that the Lord wants to do

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in our lives in the Spirit. And it is a radical

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move, and it comes by spending time in the Word

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of God. In Isaiah, it talks about in chapter

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40, It says those that wait upon the Lord. That

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waiting is communion. It's Bible study. It's

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communion. It's quiet time before the Lord. It's

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praise and it's worship. And the Lord said, when

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you spend that time with me, my fruit is developing

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in you, and you are being radically changed from

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a caterpillar to a butterfly, and you don't even

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know it until you come out of the cocoon and

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then flap your wings and take off. And the Bible

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says in Isaiah 40 that those who wait on the

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Lord shall renew. There are four shells in that

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scripture. The word shall means it will absolutely

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take place. It is emphatic and it's forceful.

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He shall renew. their strength. They shall mount

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up. They shall run and be weary. They shall walk

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and not faint. So, it is absolutely emphatic.

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There is a change that comes into us that we

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are not even aware of. In Acts 4, verse 13, The

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people saw the boldness of Peter, and they marveled

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at his eloquence. When he was preaching for the

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very first time, he had never ever preached before

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in his life. But he was preaching, and the people

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saw the boldness of the Lord on him, and they

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knew it came from being with Jesus. And that's

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where the fruit of the Holy Spirit is. It comes

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from being with Jesus. Yes. In Galatians 5, verse

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22, it says, But the fruit of the Spirit, that

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fruit of the Spirit takes time. And it is love,

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joy, peace. long suffering. You suffer when you're

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trying to be patient. That long suffering is

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patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

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self -control. It really is love. In 1 Corinthians,

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In chapter 13, it talks about love, and that's

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what the fruit of the Spirit is. God is working

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in you his love so that when you flow in the

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gifts and they begin to praise you, you will

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not become puffed up. So we must have that love.

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In 1 Corinthians 13, 1, it says, Love endures

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long. It's patient and kind, never envious, never

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boils over with jealousy. It is not boastful.

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It's not conceited or prideful. It's not rude.

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It does not act unbecomingly, does not insist

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on its own way. It's not self -seeking. It's

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not touchy. It's not resentful. It takes no account

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of the evil done to it. It pays no attention

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to a suffered wrong. does not rejoice at injustice,

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does not rejoice at unrighteousness. It bears

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up under anything and everything, is ever ready

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to believe the best of every person. It endures

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everything without weakening. Love never fails.

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fails. My pastor, when I told him that I was

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going into full -time ministry, he said, oh,

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Flo, you know, and 55 years ago, it was a man's

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world. And yet we didn't have very many women

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preachers like we have today. So he said, Flo,

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always remember this. Maintain The heart of a

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lamb and the skin of a rhinoceros. That's so

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good. And I know that's oversimplification. I

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realize that. But nonetheless, it is true. Because

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when you begin to operate in the Holy Spirit,

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you will not only be praised, but you will be

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persecuted. If you cannot handle praise, you

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sure cannot handle persecution and the lies that

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will be spoken about you. people will get jealous

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of that anointing upon you. And I believe that

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a great anointing is coming to the body of Christ,

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greater than we've ever seen before, because

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God is about to wrap up the church age. 1 Corinthians

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chapter 13 that we just read about the love chapter,

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after the description of what love is, it says

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in 1 Corinthians 13 verse 11, when I was a child,

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now that purpose of the Fruit of the Spirit is

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to mature us into a son and a daughter. Amen.

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And it says, when I was a child, I spoke as a

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child. I thought like a child, and I reasoned

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like a child. But when I grew up, The reverse

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happened. I no longer talk like a child and then

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think. You know, a lot of people talk and they

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say things without thinking, without doing the

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reasoning. And the reasoning is logic, using

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logic. or evidence to come to a conclusion, whereas

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a child doesn't use the reasoning, doesn't do

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the thought process, they just speak. True. And

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I know a lot of mature, supposedly mature adults,

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they do the same thing. But the Bible said, now

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that I become a man. I'm done with childish ways.

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I have put them aside because now that I've grown

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up and I have matured in the fruit of the spirit,

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I don't talk like a child. I reason, I think,

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and then I talk. So good. So this is very important.

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Yes. Amen. Amen. For sure. Now we are going to

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cover the blessings. I love the blessings. Yes.

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The blessings means that we are happy. We're

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not just happy. We're supremely happy. We're

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spiritually prosperous. We have his life joy.

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Yes. His joy. Not only our joy, but we have his

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joy. And so the Lord tells us, the first one,

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I'm only going to go through maybe two or three

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blessings because of the time. Okay. Number one

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would be poor in spirit. Blessed are the poor

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in spirit. The poor in spirit just means to be

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humble. And to be humble is not hanging our head

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so low it's in between our knees. No, that's

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not humility. Humility means recognizing our

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limitations. That's good. And then valuing somebody

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else above ourselves. Jesus modeled humility

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in Philippians 2, 5 through 8. The Bible said

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he emptied himself. and became a servant. So

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Jesus is telling us you are blessed when you're

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humble. That doesn't mean you look sad or you

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look depressed. He said, no, you're blessed when

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you're humble. You are spiritually prosperous.

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You have my joy in you. You are supremely blessed.

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You are favored of the Lord. So you are blessed

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when you are humble. And the reward of being

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humble is to have the kingdom of heaven. This

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is where the gifts of the Holy Spirit come in.

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Because the Bible says the kingdom of God is

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not only righteousness, peace, and joy in the

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Holy Ghost, but the kingdom of God in 1 Corinthians

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4 .20. It says the kingdom is not in word only,

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but in power. Glory to God. Yes, amen. Come on.

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The Lord says, if you will humble yourself and

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if you allow me to do an inward work inside of

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you, growing and developing the fruit of the

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Spirit, he said, then that character. will be

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manifested through the blessed, and you will

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be blessed when you're humble. And because you're

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humble, I can trust you to move in the gifts

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of the Holy Spirit. Yes. Glory to God. So good.

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Yes. The kingdom of God is for the humble. Beautiful.

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And then it says in, Number four of the blessed,

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blessed are those who hunger and thirst, not

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after the anointing, but after righteousness.

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Amen. So many today are hungering and thirsting

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after the anointing. They want the power. But

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they don't want to spend time in the presence

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developing the fruit so that when the demand

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is placed upon you, that his character flows

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out of you. Amen. So you are blessed. You're

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spiritually prosperous. You are enjoying his

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favor. Because you hunger and thirst after righteousness.

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That's right standing with God. And he said,

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you will be completely satisfied. And he said,

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because you hungered and thirst after righteousness

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and not after my power, then because I developed

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that character of Jesus in you, he said, now

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I will give you my power. Amen. So good. Hallelujah.

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Yes, hallelujah. And then number eight, it says

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blessed. Are you, if you're persecuted for righteousness

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sake, he said, you are blessed because you're

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persecuted. Now, you know, we get down in the

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mully grubs and we get on the phone and we call

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everyone. I, yeah, I really need prayer. No,

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you don't. You need to do a praise jump. That's

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true. Hallelujah. Because you are blessed. You

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are fortunate. You are spiritually prosperous

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when you're persecuted for righteousness' sake.

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Amen. He said, then the kingdom of heaven is

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:34.079
yours. Amen. Hallelujah. But we try to wiggle

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:39.319
out of persecution when the Lord says, if you

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:42.859
will go through it and you will go through in

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my joy, on the other end, I will deposit a power

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:53.079
on you that you've never known before. Because

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:57.380
he said, You go and tarry in Jerusalem until

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you be endued with power from on high. It comes

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upon those that he can trust. Because if he can't

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:13.000
trust you with the praise, he can't trust you

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:18.759
with the persecution. And so it is important

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:25.339
for us to go through persecution. Feeling blessed.

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:30.960
Oh, that's good. And he said in number nine,

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:37.480
blessed. You're favored regardless of your outward

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:44.099
condition. He said when people revile you, they

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:48.660
persecute you. They say all manner of things

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:53.140
against you falsely. You've had it done to you.

00:24:53.750 --> 00:24:58.210
I've had it done to me. Yeah. In Jerusalem, too.

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You know, where it all happened, we don't want

00:25:01.170 --> 00:25:03.309
to stay in Jerusalem. We want to go to Galilee.

00:25:03.549 --> 00:25:08.549
But he said, stay in Jerusalem. That's true.

00:25:09.289 --> 00:25:15.029
We want to go to the lake. I'm going to the Bahamas

00:25:15.029 --> 00:25:24.640
myself. And he said, be glad. Be supremely joyful.

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And he said, your reward in heaven is great.

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:38.480
Oh, hallelujah. Now we understand why he holds

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:43.880
back his power. Because if he poured his power

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:48.869
on many in the body of Christ right now, Because

00:25:48.869 --> 00:25:54.450
they can't handle persecution and fame. Because

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if the working of miracles and the gift of faith

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begin to operate in you, the first thing you

00:26:03.170 --> 00:26:07.430
will hear is big ministries calling you, charisma

00:26:07.430 --> 00:26:13.690
wanting to do a piece on you. You know? You know?

00:26:13.730 --> 00:26:19.910
And you will fall. Many ministers are falling

00:26:19.910 --> 00:26:25.690
today because the fruit and the blessings are

00:26:25.690 --> 00:26:29.670
not in their lives. True. And I don't want to

00:26:29.670 --> 00:26:35.730
see not one more minister fall. We are all ministers

00:26:35.730 --> 00:26:41.210
of the gospel, and the Lord wants to develop

00:26:41.210 --> 00:26:49.430
in us such a... intimacy, such a relationship

00:26:49.430 --> 00:26:55.710
with him that we're not moved by anything. So

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that when the gifts begin to fall, because there's

00:27:01.009 --> 00:27:04.710
a difference between the gift and the anointing.

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Because we have the Holy Spirit within us, All

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:17.660
the nine gifts are resident in him. And he lives

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:24.079
in us. So the gifts of God are in us. But Jesus

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said, you shall receive power when the Holy Ghost

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:35.900
has come upon you. So there is a difference between

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:41.099
the gift that is always there and the power that

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:47.339
comes on us. And the power that comes on us will

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:56.279
not be deposited until the Lord develops his

00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:01.720
character in us. Otherwise, the gifts... will

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:05.299
destroy us. It's true. It's true. It's like the

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:10.740
capacity code. Yes. Oh, I like that. Yeah. Yeah.

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:14.259
You have to have the capacity before God will

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:18.480
pour out on you or in you or through you. You

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:20.279
have to have the capacity, otherwise it will

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:26.079
destroy you. So he moves that capacity code out

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:32.400
of us, doesn't he? Yeah. The evidence you have

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:38.619
been with Jesus means you have crucified your

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:41.960
flesh. And that's what you're talking about.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:48.940
Now you are controlled by the Holy Spirit. You

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:55.140
are not controlled by your Adamic nature. Yeah.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:29:02.880
So this is... extremely important. Like I said,

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the gifts are there. In 1 Corinthians chapter

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:14.660
12, verses 1 and 4 through 11, it talks about

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:20.079
the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They are special

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:24.940
endowments, I read, special endowments, I like

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:33.349
that, of supernatural Yes. And they can move

00:29:33.349 --> 00:29:39.029
mountains. Absolutely. Any gift that is operating

00:29:39.029 --> 00:29:44.910
in you has been given to you by divine grace

00:29:44.910 --> 00:29:51.049
of the Lord. In 1 Corinthians 12, 7, it says,

00:29:51.109 --> 00:29:57.190
to each one is given. Now, I don't know about

00:29:57.190 --> 00:30:01.309
you, but many times when the anointing comes

00:30:01.309 --> 00:30:05.910
upon me, I begin to operate in several gifts.

00:30:06.809 --> 00:30:11.450
Like the word of knowledge, especially the word

00:30:11.450 --> 00:30:15.109
of knowledge. I just know things. So the word

00:30:15.109 --> 00:30:21.210
of wisdom is supernatural insight into God's

00:30:21.210 --> 00:30:27.019
will. helping you solve problems and guide decisions.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:33.799
And I read that the word of wisdom is always

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:40.559
future, whereas the word of knowledge are facts

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:45.859
and truths, and it's always past or present.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:50.299
That's good. The third gift, which... I have

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:54.420
operated in several times and I love this gift.

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:59.000
The first time this gift of faith came on me,

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:04.900
I didn't know what it was. I just felt this holy

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:10.259
anger rise up in me and I felt this force rise

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:14.059
up in me. And I was praying for my granddaughter,

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:19.960
whose hips were turned in, and she had to be

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:25.220
put in a body cast for six months. And when she

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:29.880
fell on the floor, I picked her up and embraced

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:34.279
her. And then all of a sudden, I felt this righteous

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:39.410
anger against the enemy. How dare he? put my

00:31:39.410 --> 00:31:43.650
granddaughter in a body cast for six months.

00:31:43.809 --> 00:31:47.950
So I stood her in front of me and I said, Ronica,

00:31:48.049 --> 00:31:53.049
I'm going to pray for your legs. And so I laid

00:31:53.049 --> 00:31:58.470
my hands on her hips and I began to speak with

00:31:58.470 --> 00:32:05.049
great authority, which isn't like me. And so

00:32:05.049 --> 00:32:11.089
I commanded, I said, I command your hips to rotate

00:32:11.089 --> 00:32:18.109
out now in the name of Jesus. And I don't know

00:32:18.109 --> 00:32:22.769
how her feet were. She would fall on her feet

00:32:22.769 --> 00:32:27.369
like that, what we call pigeon toed. And she

00:32:27.369 --> 00:32:33.109
would fall. And I didn't see her. hips rotate.

00:32:33.410 --> 00:32:38.930
I didn't see her feet rotate. But one split second,

00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:42.750
I was looking at Ronica, my granddaughter, and

00:32:42.750 --> 00:32:46.289
then I looked at her legs and it went like this

00:32:46.289 --> 00:32:50.509
and it was completely straight. Glory to God.

00:32:50.509 --> 00:32:57.609
Hallelujah. All glory to Jesus. Amen. And so

00:32:57.609 --> 00:33:04.819
that was wonder working. Faith will not take

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:13.119
no for an answer. No was not an option. And it

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:20.539
has no doubt. And it works in tandem with the

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:26.299
working. Yes. The gift of faith and the working

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:32.599
of miracles always work in tandem together. Remember

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:44.319
in Acts chapter 3, it said, My friend Art Katz,

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:50.950
who's passed away now, he said, go up together.

00:33:51.150 --> 00:33:55.910
That is the first miracle. So Peter and John

00:33:55.910 --> 00:34:00.609
went up together and they were going into the

00:34:00.609 --> 00:34:05.369
temple to pray. And there was a man, he had lame

00:34:05.369 --> 00:34:11.309
legs. And he was asking for alms. He wanted money

00:34:11.309 --> 00:34:17.010
for lunch. And then Peter looked at him and he

00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:21.550
said, silver and gold I do not have, but what

00:34:21.550 --> 00:34:26.610
I do have. And this is where the body of Christ

00:34:26.610 --> 00:35:02.429
is coming. What I do have. Yes. Mm -hmm. The

00:35:02.429 --> 00:35:08.570
gift of faith was speaking out in the name of

00:35:08.570 --> 00:35:13.449
Jesus, and the working of miracles means you

00:35:13.449 --> 00:35:18.630
must work it. The Bible said he took him, reached

00:35:18.630 --> 00:35:22.710
out and grabbed his hands and took him and pulled

00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:27.650
him up. That is the working of miracles. You

00:35:27.650 --> 00:35:31.909
must work the miracle. Just like I commanded

00:35:31.909 --> 00:35:36.929
Ronica's hips to rotate out. And then I laid

00:35:36.929 --> 00:35:41.150
my hands on her hips and it rotated out because

00:35:41.150 --> 00:35:48.539
those two gifts were in. and I didn't even know

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:52.760
it. I thought I was just a ticked -off grandma.

00:35:56.280 --> 00:36:02.179
So many times the Holy Spirit will flow through

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:06.420
us, and you will speak things, and you will give

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:09.599
a word of knowledge or a word of wisdom, and

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:13.219
you don't even realize it until after the fact.

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:18.679
The Holy Spirit. That's why he is doing such

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:25.380
a keen work of developing the fruit of the Spirit

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:30.380
within us. Because the Bible says in Acts chapter

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:37.260
4, it said that the disciples were of one mind

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:44.610
and one heart. Yes. So the Holy Spirit lives

00:36:44.610 --> 00:36:50.030
in your heart or in your spirit. And if your

00:36:50.030 --> 00:36:56.409
mind is aligned with the Holy Spirit, then the

00:36:56.409 --> 00:37:03.309
Holy Spirit can flow out of you unhindered. That

00:37:03.309 --> 00:37:09.659
way you don't impede the Holy Spirit. Because

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:13.360
you have one mind. The Bible says we have the

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:17.539
mind of Christ. Yes. But so many are operating

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:22.699
in two minds. In the mind of Christ, we believe

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:27.780
for miracles. But in our mind, we say, oh, that

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:32.480
can't happen. Oh, well, you know, what if you

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:36.710
laid hands on and they weren't healed? Well,

00:37:36.929 --> 00:37:39.670
you're going to have to come back and fight against

00:37:39.670 --> 00:37:44.329
your Adamic nature and say, but the Bible says,

00:37:44.510 --> 00:37:48.230
I will lay hands upon the sick and they shall

00:37:48.230 --> 00:37:54.010
recover. So you're going to have to fight for

00:37:54.010 --> 00:37:59.030
the manifestation of the gifts. Then the Bible

00:37:59.030 --> 00:38:05.920
says about the gift of healings, plural. It's

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:11.880
healings. So many times Sister Sharon has faith

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:17.960
to believe for cancer. She knows that when she

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:22.059
lays hands upon them and commands that spirit

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:27.440
of death and destruction come out and she curses

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:31.820
that fig tree of cancer, she knows it's going

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:36.659
to die. But Brother Phil doesn't have faith for

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:42.760
cancer. But Brother Phil, Pastor Phil, as I call

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:48.000
you, he has faith for back problems. arthritis

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:53.019
and all kinds of diseases of the back. So he

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:57.480
lays hands upon them and commands that pain to

00:38:57.480 --> 00:39:01.219
leave. He commands that back to be healed. He

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:05.179
commands scoliosis to leave. He commands the

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:09.159
spine to be straightened out in the name of Jesus.

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:14.139
And he commands all those muscles to relax in

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:20.570
the name of Jesus. And it's done. Amen. That's

00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:24.809
why it's healings, plural. That's good. Because

00:39:24.809 --> 00:39:30.710
we don't have faith for every disease. We have

00:39:30.710 --> 00:39:34.369
faith for certain diseases. And so we should

00:39:34.369 --> 00:39:39.110
find out who has faith for what. And so when

00:39:39.110 --> 00:39:42.829
somebody comes up for prayer, if it's cancer,

00:39:42.989 --> 00:39:47.699
then I'm going to call on Sister Sharon. That's

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:54.380
good. Good. And not Pastor Phil. Then there's

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:58.239
discerning of spirits. Yes, this is important.

00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:02.519
Yes. Do you operate in that? Some. Yeah, some,

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:06.480
yeah. Yeah. How about you, Pastor Phil? Yeah.

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:11.369
Well, amen. Amen. I do too. Yeah. Sometimes I

00:40:11.369 --> 00:40:14.889
can smell them. And not only see them, I can

00:40:14.889 --> 00:40:18.889
smell them. So, you know, the Bible says that

00:40:18.889 --> 00:40:23.130
we are to train our senses. That's true. So I

00:40:23.130 --> 00:40:27.110
not only operate in the gift, but I have trained

00:40:27.110 --> 00:40:32.530
my senses. The discerning of spirits is the ability

00:40:32.530 --> 00:40:39.889
to detect the presence. Of an evil spirit or

00:40:39.889 --> 00:40:46.949
a human spirit or an angelic spirit. If you are

00:40:46.949 --> 00:40:52.070
operating in discerning of spirit, you will be

00:40:52.070 --> 00:40:56.949
able to tell the difference from all three. That's

00:40:56.949 --> 00:41:05.429
good. Wow. Sometimes people do astral travel.

00:41:06.030 --> 00:41:10.230
And they come by their spirit. So if you bind

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:15.190
the demon, bind this and bind that, the human

00:41:15.190 --> 00:41:20.670
spirit will not respond. So you have to deal

00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:24.030
with that human spirit. There you go. So it's

00:41:24.030 --> 00:41:29.769
different than binding and casting out. And then

00:41:29.769 --> 00:41:33.429
there's tongues and interpretation of tongues.

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:38.840
And so the purpose of the Holy Spirit's gifts

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:45.519
is to build up the body of Christ. Amen. To encourage

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:53.820
believers to glorify Jesus and to witness of

00:41:53.820 --> 00:42:02.500
Jesus' love and His power. Amen. Amen. We must...

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:07.960
contend for the faith that was once delivered

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:15.480
unto the early church. And I believe God is pouring

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:19.300
out his faith. I've been teaching a Bible class

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:25.880
on faith, and I have absolutely loved it. So

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:32.699
we need the anointing. Because when we are sitting

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:38.980
in the presence of the Lord and we are seeking

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:43.119
His face and worshiping Him and studying the

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:47.599
Word, as I said previously, the fruit of the

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:52.860
Spirit is developing in us and we don't even

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:59.230
realize it. It's not until... You come into the

00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:03.389
necessity of the blessings. Then you realize

00:43:03.389 --> 00:43:10.530
what a deep work the Lord has done. Then it says

00:43:10.530 --> 00:43:19.630
in Isaiah chapter 12, verses 2 and 3, it says,

00:43:19.670 --> 00:43:25.630
The Lord is my strength. Amen. Oh, hallelujah.

00:43:25.969 --> 00:43:32.429
Yes. He's not only my strength. He is my song.

00:43:32.789 --> 00:43:39.789
Yes. He is my salvation. Therefore, with joy,

00:43:40.230 --> 00:43:48.670
with joy, when you draw water out of the wells

00:43:48.670 --> 00:44:00.800
of salvation. Yes. That water is the Holy Spirit

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:07.880
and the Word. Yes. The Word never is delivered

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:12.239
without the Holy Spirit. Every time the Word

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:16.860
goes forth. The Holy Spirit is attached to the

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:20.820
Word, and the Word goes forth. So the Lord says,

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:26.380
with joy. That's why He says, I'm doing an inward

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:30.300
work in you through the fruit of the Spirit,

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:36.719
so that you might begin to manifest the character

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:42.010
of Jesus Christ. And when you are persecuted

00:44:42.010 --> 00:44:47.389
for righteousness sake, you will not retaliate.

00:44:47.409 --> 00:44:51.750
You will not come against. You will love that

00:44:51.750 --> 00:44:56.590
person. And because you love that person, therefore,

00:44:56.730 --> 00:45:04.289
with joy, you draw the anointing because the

00:45:04.289 --> 00:45:08.809
water of the Spirit out of your... belly shall

00:45:08.809 --> 00:45:13.730
flow rivers of living water. The power of the

00:45:13.730 --> 00:45:19.289
Holy Spirit resides within you. So with joy,

00:45:19.510 --> 00:45:25.110
if you become persecuted and you retaliate, you

00:45:25.110 --> 00:45:29.070
get angry, you're unforgiving, you're depressed,

00:45:29.309 --> 00:45:33.829
and all of those things, there's no way that

00:45:33.829 --> 00:45:40.679
you can draw out The wells of salvation. That's

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:44.880
good. There's no way. That's why God is doing

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:49.119
the fruit of the Spirit and the blessed. So that

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:56.219
you don't retaliate. Amen. That with joy. Because

00:45:56.219 --> 00:46:01.280
when you're depressed, you can't flow with the

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:06.929
Holy Spirit. That's why the Lord says the joy

00:46:06.929 --> 00:46:14.269
of the Lord is my strength. The joy is a weapon.

00:46:14.630 --> 00:46:21.610
Yes. We must see it as a weapon against the enemy.

00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:49.079
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. the power of the Holy

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:54.079
Spirit out of me, and it will flow. I'm cooperating

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:59.320
with one mind and one heart. The early disciples,

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:04.579
and the Bible says because they had one heart

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:10.539
and one mind, it said great power and great grace

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:15.980
was on the church. Amen. So we must sandwich

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:20.300
in the fruit of the Spirit and the nine blessed

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:25.500
must sandwich in the power of the Holy Spirit,

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:30.000
the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And then you will

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:36.469
find if this is developed in you. Then God says,

00:47:36.650 --> 00:47:41.090
now I can trust you with great power. And this

00:47:41.090 --> 00:47:46.309
great power will not destroy you, but it will

00:47:46.309 --> 00:47:50.349
edify the believers. It will cast out devil.

00:47:50.429 --> 00:47:58.090
It will set the captives free. So with joy, we

00:47:58.090 --> 00:48:05.119
must operate in joy every single day. If we want

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:11.599
the gifts to flow out of us. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:15.219
Wow, that's powerful. Yes. You know, several

00:48:15.219 --> 00:48:18.239
scriptures have come to mind as you've been teaching.

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And one of them is 1 Peter 2, 21 through 24.

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And that says, For to this you were called. because

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Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example

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that you should follow his steps, who committed

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no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth, who,

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when he was reviled, did not revile in return.

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When he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed

00:48:49.989 --> 00:48:54.659
himself to him who judges righteously. who himself

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:58.480
bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that

00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:03.460
we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness

00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:07.800
by whose stripes you were healed. So many times

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:12.039
we only quote the end of those verses. By his

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:14.519
stripes I'm healed. By his stripes I'm healed.

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By his stripes I'm healed. And I am. That is

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:22.659
true. But you have to get the rest of the context.

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To understand the importance of not reviling

00:49:27.829 --> 00:49:31.949
when someone reviles us and that whole idea of

00:49:31.949 --> 00:49:35.849
committing it to God. You just let you give it

00:49:35.849 --> 00:49:38.630
to him and let it go when you're under persecution

00:49:38.630 --> 00:49:43.489
so that so that his glory will come forth out

00:49:43.489 --> 00:49:47.260
of this because he's he is. the one who judges

00:49:47.260 --> 00:49:49.860
righteously. And he's going to deal with it in

00:49:49.860 --> 00:49:53.539
his way. And if we become intercessors for the

00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:57.860
people who are persecuting us, then God can use

00:49:57.860 --> 00:50:00.920
our intercessions to bring them into the kingdom

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:03.679
and they become friends instead of enemies. Or

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if they're absolutely not inclined to repent,

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then God will deal with them in another way.

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But if we maintain unforgiveness. then we're

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absolutely in trouble ourselves. And the next

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scripture that comes to mind, I'm not sure the

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reference, I think it's the one in Romans 8,

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28, or it might be the Ephesians one, where it

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talks about we are predestinated to be conformed

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to the image of Christ. And we're wired for it.

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We are wired for that purpose in our spirit.

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Our spirits are wired to work with him. Our spirits

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are designed to work with him and let him work

00:50:47.900 --> 00:50:50.699
his character in us. But as you said at the very

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beginning, it's a matter of growing up, growing

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up into his image, growing up to be like him.

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And I was just meditating on this this morning

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about how the Holy Spirit at the beginning, when

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:08.400
the earth was without form and void, that the

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:13.380
Holy Spirit brooded. over the deep. And you talked

00:51:13.380 --> 00:51:16.340
about the waters, drawing waters out of the wells

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:22.000
of salvation. Our bodies are over 60 % water,

00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:25.980
60 to 70 % water, and that's the vast majority

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:32.139
of us. And so this water in our bodies is designed

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:36.659
to work with the Holy Spirit also. And this coming

00:51:36.659 --> 00:51:40.659
together in communing with him, in meditating

00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:44.139
on him, in being in his presence. And in his

00:51:44.139 --> 00:51:46.860
presence is fullness of joy. So, you know, you

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:50.000
enter his presence with thanksgiving and into

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:53.900
his courts with praise. And this intimate relationship

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:59.179
causes the Holy Spirit to brood over us. And

00:51:59.179 --> 00:52:02.780
that brooding, that word can even mean to fertilize.

00:52:05.150 --> 00:52:07.789
The waters that he brooded over in the first

00:52:07.789 --> 00:52:11.030
place were completely dead. There was no life

00:52:11.030 --> 00:52:13.500
in them at all. At all, at all, at all, at all.

00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:17.719
And he brooded over these waters so that they

00:52:17.719 --> 00:52:22.059
could produce life. And so he broods over us

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:25.340
when we are communing with him. He's brooding

00:52:25.340 --> 00:52:28.639
with us and communing with us. And we become

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:30.940
one spirit with his spirit. You know, when we

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:34.800
let him into our lives, we become one with him.

00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:41.699
And I'm just so moved. this idea of, as I said

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:45.119
at the beginning, this idea of sandwiching the

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:48.699
gifts. I just want to share one more thing that

00:52:48.699 --> 00:52:54.320
I had a vision recently. I don't remember exactly

00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:58.739
where I was. We were in some kind of a place

00:52:58.739 --> 00:53:02.980
where we were in worship. And Pastor Tony Kemp

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:07.289
teaches that There are realms. We know that there

00:53:07.289 --> 00:53:10.449
are realms. And that you enter a realm as a guest.

00:53:11.230 --> 00:53:15.590
And then depending on your decisions and how

00:53:15.590 --> 00:53:19.349
well you relate to that realm, you can stay there

00:53:19.349 --> 00:53:24.190
or you can leave. And in this vision, I entered

00:53:24.190 --> 00:53:29.989
a realm. And I saw myself near the entrance to

00:53:29.989 --> 00:53:33.539
the realm. I had gotten into it. And I felt like

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:37.719
it was something to do with this increase of

00:53:37.719 --> 00:53:41.159
the anointing to move in the spirit, to move

00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:46.000
in the gifts. And what I saw was that my flesh

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:51.039
had decomposed and all that was left was my bones.

00:53:51.500 --> 00:53:57.119
So I saw myself just as my skeleton. And, you

00:53:57.119 --> 00:53:59.980
know, this whole idea of learning to walk in

00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:03.500
the spirit and not in the flesh. My flesh had,

00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:07.440
and that's part of Galatians 5. Right before

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:10.300
the fruit of the Spirit is all the works of the

00:54:10.300 --> 00:54:15.559
flesh. And God wants to cause those to die. We're

00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:18.219
crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, we live.

00:54:18.340 --> 00:54:21.800
Yet not I, but Christ lives in me. And the life

00:54:21.800 --> 00:54:25.000
that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:27.960
of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself

00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:32.719
for me. I used to say that scripture for years.

00:54:32.840 --> 00:54:34.460
It was one of the first scriptures I ever learned.

00:54:35.369 --> 00:54:40.409
But for years, I never caught that last part,

00:54:40.469 --> 00:54:44.849
who loved me and gave himself for me. This brooding

00:54:44.849 --> 00:54:49.369
of the love of God over us to transform our lives,

00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:53.389
to bring us into his character, into sonship,

00:54:53.389 --> 00:54:57.010
into maturity. This is all a result of his love

00:54:57.010 --> 00:55:00.849
for us because he is love. So I just thank you

00:55:00.849 --> 00:55:03.289
for bringing this. Do you have any further thoughts?

00:55:04.489 --> 00:55:09.309
I have a lot of thoughts, but I think I will

00:55:09.309 --> 00:55:16.289
leave it there. Oh, I just love both of you very

00:55:16.289 --> 00:55:21.150
much. We love you too. We love you so much. I

00:55:21.150 --> 00:55:26.550
pray that the Holy Spirit will use this broadcast

00:55:26.550 --> 00:55:33.820
and touch the people and change them. Yes. Because

00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:40.059
there are so many that need the gifts of the

00:55:40.059 --> 00:55:46.440
Spirit. And God can't trust us. I heard one woman

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:50.659
yell out, you know, she wanted Catherine Coleman's

00:55:50.659 --> 00:55:55.599
anointing. Oh, my. And, you know, she doesn't

00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:00.900
know what she's asking for. True. The price that

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:06.219
must be paid. For that anointing. Yeah. To set

00:56:06.219 --> 00:56:09.659
the captives free. That means, you know, and

00:56:09.659 --> 00:56:13.380
Sister Gwen used to say that you can do it, but

00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:17.519
I can't. You know, when she would use herself

00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:23.039
as an example. And, you know, so many things

00:56:23.039 --> 00:56:26.780
we can't do. But, you know, I've come to the

00:56:26.780 --> 00:56:30.800
place where I don't want to do them anymore.

00:56:31.800 --> 00:56:36.780
I want God's transformation, that metamorpho.

00:56:36.820 --> 00:56:43.139
I want to be changed completely and irreversibly

00:56:43.139 --> 00:56:48.719
so that I can be used. Because I have several

00:56:48.719 --> 00:56:53.320
prophecies hanging over me. And Pastor Mark gave

00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:57.880
one of them. Mama Dorn gave another. Papa Dorn

00:56:57.880 --> 00:57:03.960
gave another. Pastor Leon gave another. And Sister

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:09.019
Gwen prayed over me just when she was passing

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:13.119
away. It was the last convention that she went

00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.500
to. She called me to her room. She couldn't even

00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:20.340
get out of bed. And she said, kneel before me.

00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:24.440
And I knelt by her bed. And she laid hands on

00:57:24.440 --> 00:57:29.820
me and began. to pray and pray and pray and I

00:57:29.820 --> 00:57:33.539
know that she was prophesying and her voice was

00:57:33.539 --> 00:57:38.800
so husky because of the weakness that I couldn't

00:57:38.800 --> 00:57:43.079
understand her but every now and then I pray

00:57:43.079 --> 00:57:47.099
and I said Lord what Sister Gwen prayed over

00:57:47.099 --> 00:57:52.380
me I ask you to bring it to pass and I remember

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:57.760
the night That Sister Gwen called you and I think

00:57:57.760 --> 00:58:02.380
Pastor Phil up to the platform and she passed

00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:08.800
the mantle upon you. And then you called me up

00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:12.940
and you took one of Sister Gwen's coats and you

00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:17.320
laid it on me. And it was like a ton of bricks

00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:21.639
went through my body. The weighty presence of

00:58:21.639 --> 00:58:27.090
that. coat that Sister Gwen wore. It went through

00:58:27.090 --> 00:58:33.409
me and I fell onto the floor with such, I just

00:58:33.409 --> 00:58:36.809
couldn't get up. You know, the presence of God

00:58:36.809 --> 00:58:41.349
is weighty. Yes. The weighty presence of God.

00:58:41.730 --> 00:58:47.469
And so I know that all of you, both of you and

00:58:47.469 --> 00:58:53.059
the listening audience has prophecies. Unfulfilled.

00:58:53.300 --> 00:58:59.059
And God is waiting on us to get ourselves in

00:58:59.059 --> 00:59:04.420
position. Yes. And that he could do that deep

00:59:04.420 --> 00:59:10.019
work within us so that we can yield to him spirit,

00:59:10.099 --> 00:59:16.000
soul, and body. And let it be fulfilled that

00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:21.480
the captives will be set free. Amen. a short

00:59:21.480 --> 00:59:27.159
window of time to fulfill the prophecies that

00:59:27.159 --> 00:59:32.420
were spoken over me. And I said, Lord, If you

00:59:32.420 --> 00:59:35.900
will restore me, that's when he gave me Isaiah.

00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:40.280
He said, there are four shells there. If you

00:59:40.280 --> 00:59:45.099
wait in my presence, you shall receive a divine

00:59:45.099 --> 00:59:50.179
exchange. And it will happen within you. And

00:59:50.179 --> 00:59:54.940
you won't even recognize yourself. You will be

00:59:54.940 --> 00:59:59.840
restored. And the years that the locust has eaten.

01:00:00.809 --> 01:00:05.630
all of that will be restored to you. Amen. Amen.

01:00:05.789 --> 01:00:09.630
Wow. Yes, and it's the same for both of you.

01:00:09.690 --> 01:00:14.969
You have labored and labored and labored, and

01:00:14.969 --> 01:00:19.780
you have been faithful. I was just sharing with

01:00:19.780 --> 01:00:24.159
Jennifer. I said they will do a whole week convention,

01:00:24.539 --> 01:00:28.980
a world convention, and barely rest. And then

01:00:28.980 --> 01:00:33.260
two days later, stand in the pulpit and begin

01:00:33.260 --> 01:00:37.920
to play with their guitars and begin to lead

01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:42.880
another meeting when your body is weary. And

01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:46.340
you want to give up, but you said, Lord, I will

01:00:46.340 --> 01:00:51.119
be faithful. And God said, those that are faithful,

01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:56.099
their reward in heaven shall be great. Amen.

01:00:56.139 --> 01:00:59.860
Hallelujah. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Wow, that

01:00:59.860 --> 01:01:02.460
was powerful. Yeah. That was powerful. Thank

01:01:02.460 --> 01:01:05.079
you for praying for us. Yes. We are so grateful

01:01:05.079 --> 01:01:08.579
and praying for the listeners like you just did.

01:01:08.760 --> 01:01:12.500
I count that as a prayer. Thank you so much for

01:01:12.500 --> 01:01:14.900
sharing this with us. Yes. We're really, really

01:01:14.900 --> 01:01:18.340
grateful. And when is your book coming out? I'm

01:01:18.340 --> 01:01:23.900
hoping maybe a month. Okay. I'm hoping. All right.

01:01:23.980 --> 01:01:26.760
How will we find it when it does come out? Yeah.

01:01:27.980 --> 01:01:35.099
Amazon. Okay. Any of them. Okay. You know, sell

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books. So you already have some books out on

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Amazon, don't you? Yes. Okay. So people can look

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for Flo Ehlers. You get a free copy, my sister.

01:01:48.920 --> 01:01:54.340
Thank you. Because I got a wonderful endorsement

01:01:54.340 --> 01:01:59.719
from you. And it so blessed me. Well, I enjoyed

01:01:59.719 --> 01:02:01.519
reading the portion that you sent me. That was

01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:04.309
tremendous. Yeah. Well, I'm really looking forward

01:02:04.309 --> 01:02:06.989
to it again. And we encourage our listeners and

01:02:06.989 --> 01:02:10.269
our viewers to go there to Amazon and look for

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Flo Eller's books. You're the only Flo Eller's

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think so. Okay. Well, God bless you. Thank you

01:02:19.690 --> 01:02:23.289
so much for sharing with us today. And we trust

01:02:23.289 --> 01:02:26.349
that there's going to be great fruit come from

01:02:26.349 --> 01:02:34.380
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