🎥 Freedom to Soar | Day 1 – Intertwine Your Life with God (Part 2)

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Now, here's for somebody in here. Okay, you ready?

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And I felt led to share this with us today. The

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eagle tests before it trusts. Now, we're talking

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to female eagles right now. When a female eagle

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meets a male, what? And wants to mate. Do we

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have any single ladies in here? She flies down

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to earth with a male pursuing her, and she picks

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up a twig. She flies back into the air with a

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male pursuing her. Once she has reached a height

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high enough for her, you know, can I be honest?

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We're pretty good, ladies. We cook, we clean,

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we... We raise kids. We're doctor moms. We're

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counselors. We just could multitask. Why do you

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think the enemy's tried to silence us? She lets

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her twig fall to the ground and watches it as

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it falls. The male chases after the twig. The

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faster it falls, the faster he chases it. He

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has to catch it. Before it falls to the ground.

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Now she's testing him. He then brings it back

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to the female eagle. Look what I have. And he

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puffs his chest up. Does that sound like a guy

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to you? The female eagle grabs the twig and flies

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to another higher altitude and then drops the

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twig for the male to chase. This goes on for

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hours. With the height increasing until the female

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eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered

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the art of catching the twig, which shows commitment.

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Don't settle for anything other than God's best,

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single people. God has a plan for your life,

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and there is a male eagle that's suited just

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for you. This is for somebody. Then and only

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then she will allow him to mate with her. Now,

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whether in our private life or business or partnerships,

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it's very important to test one's commitment.

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Okay, we're almost there. My goodness, what time

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is it? Are you having fun? Acts 1044. Remember,

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while I preach the word, I believe the Holy Ghost

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is going to meet you in your seats. Eagles have

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seats. God is no respecter of person. So the

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Holy Ghost came upon me? I didn't expect that.

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Did you? No. There's going to be some unexpected

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things that God's going to do by just coming

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upon you. The power of the Most High. overshadowing

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you. While Peter yet spake the words, the Holy

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Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. Expect

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to receive right in your seat. So eagles have

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strong vision. They have the ability to focus

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on something up to three miles away, and when

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an eagle sights its prey, he narrows his focus

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on it, and he sets out to get it no matter what

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the obstacle. Devil, you cannot have my children.

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Devil, you cannot have my grandchildren. Devil,

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you cannot have my brother. Devil, you cannot

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have my pastors. Devil, you cannot have my region.

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focusing in on what is important to the heart

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of God, grasping a hold of that and saying, for

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me to live is Christ. No matter what the obstacle,

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the eagle is not moved from his focus, from the

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prey until he grabs it. This, again, speaks to

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me of discernment. Lastly, and we're going to

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get into this. Eagles do not eat dead things.

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Raise up a combination of the levy surrender.

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They need to surrender some dead things, Lord.

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Let them restore a malanta. I want to restore

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vision to my people. But they're holding on to

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dead things, which is hindering them from the

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vision that I have. What I'm seeing is... you,

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you're holding on to dead things and it's hindering

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your vision. It's like a dark cloud. When you

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remove that dead thing, and I'm going to teach

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you how today, you're going to be able to mount

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up with wings like an eagle and you're going

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to see like you've never seen before. And you'll

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see why the enemy tried to take you out. So eagles

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do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh

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prey. vultures eat dead animals you're not a

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vulture screw the devil and i said it and that

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person that said mean things to to you him as

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well see let me tell you what abusers do they

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see the potential in you And they attack you

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where your gift is. And so they try to belittle

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you and put you down so that you don't rise up

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and be everything that God has called you to

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be and God has called you to do. And remember,

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sometimes we wrestle not against people, but

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against demons that are influencing people. So

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devils sometimes speak right out of their mouths.

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Amen. Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will

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not. So how do we intertwine our life with God

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like that picture showed us with the rope? How

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do we do it? Margie, how do I stay strong? Margie,

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how do I reach my full potential? How do I be

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everything that God's called me to be? You ready?

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I could cry as I say this. You'd be surprised.

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Even ministry leaders. Sometimes need to hear

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this. Myself included. You have to know God for

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yourself. Moses, go into the presence of God

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and find out what he has to say to us. We're

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afraid of God. No, Moses, you get the word of

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the Lord. No, those days are over. We are living

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in perilous times. This is not a time for us

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not to know God for ourselves. Like when those

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hurricanes hit, some of you were sitting in your

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houses. by yourself. You know, you didn't have

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any ringy dingy phone call to make or text to

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pastor so and so. You had to know God for yourself.

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That you yourself personally dwell in the secret

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place of the Most High. That you yourself personally

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abide under the shadow of the Almighty. You have

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to know personally that you can say of the Lord,

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you are my refuge, my fortress. In you do I trust.

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Surely I know that you're going to deliver me

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from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome

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pestilence. A thousand will fall at my side and

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ten thousand at the other side. But because I

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know you, because I know you. And I've set my

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love upon you. I know that no weapon formed against

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me will prosper. And I know that a thousand will

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fall at my side. And ten thousand at the other

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side. But it will not come near me. Because I

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know your word. And I know that you've given

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your angels charge over me. To keep me in all

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of my ways. And in my pathway there is life.

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And not death. And if you're in a hospital room.

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And you're sitting there. You have to know God

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for yourself. That with long life. He will satisfy

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me. And show me his salvation. Listen. I'm just

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going to say it. And I'm not being mean. Don't

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be lazy. This is not a time for us to draw back.

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It's a time for us to lean into God. A time for

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us to pray. us into God. It's a time for us to

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come to know him and understand the wonders of

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his person intimately. You got to know God for

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yourself. You got to know God for yourself. Because

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listen, when you know God, you know that he's

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the same yesterday, today, and forever. That

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he is the Lord God, he changes not, and that

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nothing is too hard for him. Not for your sister,

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but for you. Listen. When you're sitting in your

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house by yourself after being married for 33

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years and all your kids are grown and your husband

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has exited the scene and you're sitting in your

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house by yourself, you have to know that you

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know that you know he will never leave me. He

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will never forsake me. He is with me always.

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You have to know. that you know that you know

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that you are like a woman forsaken, grieved in

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spirit. But God says, I am a husband to you.

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I will be a provider for you. I will be everything

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you need me to be. And sometimes in those dark

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times, that's where intimacy with him is developed

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because you don't have anybody to lean on. Oh,

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they came around the first year and you could

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lean. on them. I was leaning on them. I just

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was leaning on my friend and leaning and God

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saying, now I want you to lean on me. Lean on

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me when you're not strong. Yeah. Lean on him.

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You have to know God for yourself. Why are you

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saying that? Because it's true. We've grown lazy

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and then we get weary. Now what? See, now's the

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time to get to know God because everything's

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going good for some of you. It's going good,

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Mark. Everything's good. Now's the time to get

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to know him because when the storms come and

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the winds come and rage against your house, your

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house won't fall. Why? Because you're founded

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on the rock. I know who Jesus is. I know that

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when the winds come, he will cause me to mount

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up with wings like an eagle. And because my life

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is intertwined with him, I'm walking on the water.

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Everybody else may be on sinking sand, but I'm

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walking on the water. We got to know God for

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ourselves. The Apostle Paul said, know why I

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feel so much compassion on the inside of me right

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now in this section? Because, you know why? The

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Lord just said, because not you, whoever's listening,

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my people have forsaken me, the fountain of living

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waters, and they become cisterns, broken cisterns

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that have held no and can hold no water. And

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he goes on in Jeremiah 2. He says, what did I

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do? I provided for you. I loved you. I took care

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of you. But you forsook me. You are living a

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life of ease. I think it's somewhere in Habakkuk.

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I can't even say the word. Habakkuk, Haggai,

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whatever. One of them. You're living a life of

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ease. And therefore, what's going to happen eventually,

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little by little by little by little by little,

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you'll be backslid. And then there'll be holes

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in your bag and all your water will seep out.

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My people have forsaken me. He's saying, come

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unto me. What did I do? All ye that are late.

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And you know what the beauty of it is? We had

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a Bible study last night. We told the small group,

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you know, if you confess your sin, he's faithful

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and just. There's no like, oh. I've got to get

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in the presence of God and groan and tremble.

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Oh, God. Oh, God. I'm so sorry. No. He is a father

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to you. If we confess our sin, he's faithful.

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Lord, I'm sorry. That's it. I tell God that.

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You know, sometimes I get so distracted. When

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you are your own. financial person, and your

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own take care of the hot water person, and it

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blew up, and you are your own take the garbage

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out person, and you are in the ministry, and

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you are, what else does the men do that we get

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help with when we're married? When you're everything,

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you get weary in well -doing. And what happens

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is the cares of this world, the deceitfulness

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of riches, the lusts of other things enter in,

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and it chokes your intimacy with God. We are

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distracted. So we got to get back. Right? It's

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all right. He's touched with the feelings of

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our infirmities. He knows our frame. He remembers

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that we are dust. He gets it. And you know what?

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I believe that the Lord gives us time to figure

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it out, time to find our wind. This is a really

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good message today. Aren't you glad I'm using

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my notes that took me 10 hours to create and

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dissect and send to Bruce? Chapter and verse,

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, 1, 2, 3, room and numeral,

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underline in red. He gives us time to find our

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wind. But when there comes a time when God wants

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you to do some great and mighty things on his

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behalf, he's saying enough is enough. It's time

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for you to seek the Lord till he comes and rains

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righteousness upon you. Break up. the foul ground.

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It's time for you to move on and move into a

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greater level of intimacy with me so I can take

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you places you've never gone before. It's called

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preparation. God is preparing his eagles. You

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know what? This is South Florida, right? Southwest.

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You haven't seen anything yet. This is a season

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of a great move of God in this. And it's brewing.

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I could see like a man's hand the size of a cloud.

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The clouds are beginning to form. And God is

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about to send the rain in the time of the latter

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rain. And he needs you to rise up. Find your

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wind and take your place. I made a decision.

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I'm following Jesus all the way. No turning back.

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Not doing it. So I said to Maria, I said, Maria,

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and I said it to her yesterday. I go, I decided

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I'm following Jesus all the way. I'm going all

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the way with God. You know, Maria's very calm.

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She goes, oh, I thought you were already doing

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that. I go, I'm going to another level of commitment.

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He's calling us to another level of commitment.

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Whatever that means, I don't know. It doesn't

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mean we hide away, you know, in a room and neglect

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our families. It's an internal commitment with

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him. It's putting him first place in our lives.

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It's saying not my will, your will be done in

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my life. I choose to follow Jesus. No. turning

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back. No turning back. And the scripture's coming

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to my heart. No man, eagle, eaglets, has left

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houses. or brothers, or mothers, or sisters,

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for my name, for my sake, and shall not receive

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a hundredfold in this lifetime. Houses, brothers,

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mothers, sisters, whatever you've given up and

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given to God, he is going to multiply you. Good

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measure, pressed down, shaken together, running

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over. And let me just tell you this. Some people

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left you at T .D. Jakes. How many of you loved

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at T .D. Jakes? You know, T .D. Jakes is like

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they left you because they weren't tied to your

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destiny. So let them go. Make a decision today.

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I am letting it go. Mel Robbins. Anybody know

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Mel Robbins? And if you don't like her and you

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think she's new age or of the devil, whatever.

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She has good stuff. And she's really not new

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age. She's got a book called Let Them. Let them

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leave you. Let them talk about you. Let them.

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Let them not come see you. Let them. It's letting

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go of control. don't understand what they're

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doing. Stop trying. Roman numeral number one,

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number two, number three, ABC, one, two, three,

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underlining green, blue circle. Thank God for

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my notes. You know what this is? This is prophetic

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preaching. But the Lord directs his steps. Study

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to show yourself approved unto me, but allow

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my spirit, the Holy Spirit, to flow through you

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so I can prophetically meet the needs of my eagles.

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Because if I come to you in an uncertain sound,

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Corinthians says you won't be prepared for the

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battle. So we have to intertwine our life with

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God. We have to know God for ourself. Know God

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for yourself. Get into your prayer chair. Nowadays,

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I can't do the closet thing and on my knees.

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You've heard me say this here before. You guys

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know me. We're family. Get down on your knees.

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But I got to get up from my knees. So I sit in

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a prayer chair. Prayer goes from sacrifice to

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joy, from a desire to a discipline to a delight.

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How do you get to know God? Pray. You get in

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your prayer chair, and my mind is distracted

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at the noise of the enemy. My mind is distracted

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with the cares of this world. My mind is distracted

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because... This is something I'm in therapy for.

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My mind is distracted because everything has

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to be so perfect. And I think about, well, I've

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got to line that book up next to that other book

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before I can pray. No. Stop it. Do you know what

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that really is? It's a form of anxiety. because

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it's a form of anxiety and control because if

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I could just control all this, I could feel better

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on the inside. You know what I've been telling,

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I'm just telling you all my stuff, not everything,

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please. Mary Jo knows everything, Maria. But

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you know what I learned? You know what I say

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to myself? You got to talk to yourself. Stop

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it. You stop it. Stop it. When the thoughts come

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and the anxiety arises, what did the Bible say?

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The Bible says, take no thoughts. I'm not taking

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that. Oh, it's perimenopause. Oh, it's menopause.

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This is a woman's event, guys. It's menopause.

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Really? Do we really have to take that? The only

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thing you can take, take some GABA. That's what

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you can take. Take GABA. What's the other thing,

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Mary Jo? GABA. She goes, I don't know. GABA.

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What's the other mineral, that stuff that we

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were talking about? Magnesium. You know, we're

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not saying no more doctors and no more natural

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stuff. I eat healthy every single day of my life.

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But you know what? Don't take the thought. I

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just say stop it. Stop it. Everyone say stop

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it. So we've got to know God for ourself. Remember

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that? The apostle Paul said, for my determined,

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he was determined. He got in his prayer chair.

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He said, I'm sitting here, and no matter what

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comes in my head, I'm going to put God first.

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My determined purpose is that I may know him.

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That was his purpose. And he was a big shot back

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in the day. You know what? We've got some big

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shots in leadership that are little shots in

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the realm of the kingdom of God. Then the first

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will be last, then the last will be first. All

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true ministry should be born out of intimacy

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with Jesus. You can fly and you can soar on your

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gift for a season, but after a while, it'll all

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catch up with you. I don't want that. I've got

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to be honest with you. anybody's money. I don't

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need ministry. I don't need any of it. So I can't

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be controlled by anybody. Can't. And I personally,

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I don't go everywhere that God says that I get

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invitations to. And I tell the ministers because

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I do some ministry teaching, preaching, whatever

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you call it. And I always get back to return

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to your first love. Your first love isn't ministry.

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I don't know why I'm saying all this. Your first

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love isn't ministry. It's him. So Paul found

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his purpose. I'm not going to define intimacy

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because we have a lot to say. Praise you, Jesus.

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Let's just lift our hands for a second. Heavenly

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Father, I just bring the people that are here

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in this room before you. And I thank you that

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you hear me when I pray. And you hear me always

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when I pray. And therefore, you are going to

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do what we pray. I pray for those who are here

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and those that are listening on replay and live

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and all social media. I pray that they would

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come to know and understand your heart, the wonders

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of your person, that you would give them a revelation

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of your love, and that by your spirit, you would

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anoint them in the place of prayer when they

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step in. to the prayer closet, wherever that

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is in their personal lives. I thank you. You

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said in your word, draw near to me and I'll draw

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near to you. Lord, when they take that step,

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I'm asking that your grace and your mercy would

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come upon them. Such grace that they'll be able

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to be ushered in to a new level of intimacy with

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you in Jesus name. So we need to pray. Number

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two, Put the word of God first place in your

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life. 1 Peter 1 .23 says the word of God is the

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incorruptible seed. Do you believe that? Hebrews

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4 .12 says the word of God is alive. It's alive.

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I don't have the Greek word for that, but it

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means alive. Alive is alive. What does that mean?

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It means it's alive. It's living. The word of

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God is alive. When you put the word of God, listen

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to this, in your heart, whether through reading,

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whether through listening. whether through meditating,

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whether through listening to things online, whether

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just straight scripture, whether your Bible app

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and you're reading it, when you put the word

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of God in your heart, it doesn't return void.

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It is alive and it feeds your spirit, listen,

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and makes you strong. And so often, you know,

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we feed our bodies three full meals a day or

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Two meals a day and one, however you do your

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thing. And we feed our spirit one cold snack

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every other day. Well, if we are going to be

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strong, we've got to put the word of God in our

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hearts. It doesn't return void. It'll produce

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healing in your soul. My son, listen to this.

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Not in my notes again. Thank you, Holy Ghost.

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My son, my daughters, attend to my words. Incline

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your ears unto my sayings. Why? They are life

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to those that find them and health or healing.

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Another translation says medicine to all their

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flesh. So when you put the word of God in your

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heart, it makes you strong. Amen? So the word

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of God is food for your body. I mean, the word

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of God is food for your spirit. The word of God

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is also food for your soul and your mind. The

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Lord said many here are weary emotionally. Did

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you know that the word of God can heal your emotions?

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Therapy is good. I'm in therapy. Dr. K, she reminds

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me, you need to rest, girl. All right. What are

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you going to do today? Rest. Sometimes we need

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natural help. But you know, the word of God can

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help you. It says in Psalms 23, 1 through 3,

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the Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. Oh,

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this is a good one for me. Yay. He makes me to

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lie down in green pastures. Do you know that

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busyness is a trauma response? Busy, busy, busy,

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busy, busy, busy, busy. It's a trauma response.

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If you can't rest, there's some kind of trauma

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in your life that needs... To be healed. He makes

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me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides

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quiet waters. He restores, refreshes my soul.

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my soul. He guides me along the right path for

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his namesake. Jeremiah 30, 17 says, I will restore

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health to you and heal you of your wounds. The

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word of God can heal your wounds. When you get

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a revelation of the love of God and how much

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he loves you, it'll drive out fear. It'll take

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care of the wounds. The word of God can renew

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your mind to such a level that a year from now,

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you won't recognize yourself. It is so amazing

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when you see yourself growing, in soaring, and

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you're free to soar in places and things that

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you thought heretofore you were not capable of.

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Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast.

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It has been such a joy sharing this time with

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you. For more inspiration and resources on today's

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topic, please visit our website at margiefloran

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