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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Kingdom – Functional DNA
Publishing Date: 2021-08-15T06:00:44-07:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/kingdom-functional-dna/

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We'll break bread after this.

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Sam, you'll be so highly influential in this land.

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And I'll tell you why, because you have this

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annoying consistency.

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Really, annoyingly consistent. Just won't let go.

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Just will keep doing the same thing again and again and again.

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You're going to be so highly influential in this land.

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So I don't know what you're studying for, but

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head towards bureaucracy. It's a dirty

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word, but you can make it better. As in, end up

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helping people in government make good decisions.

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Yeah? So I'm not saying go stand for elections or stuff like that,

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because you're not corrupt enough. But you have the ability

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to influence those that are in power.

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And be annoyingly persistent as you are.

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I know you're too young, but you'll remember these words.

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The woman you meet and that you will marry will love your annoying persistence.

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She won't be someone who's looking for a guy who's going to go bungee jumping.

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But this will be the one quality she'll really like about you.

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That here is a guy who is so, not picky, not

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perfectionist, not finicky, but so

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studied about things you do. It's a brilliant quality, man. I don't have it.

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And because of that, you'll find your domain just

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increasing continuously. Because the one thing that makes

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God increase what you manage is your faithfulness. And you have that

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in Trump's. How old are you? Nuts, man. How do you get it at 16?

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Okay. Guys, so today we continue with Kingdom.

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And if you want a title for the topic, it's functional DNA.

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I know it sounds fancy, but it's really not. Functional DNA.

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Functional DNA.

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And all that means is, what is it that causes the kingdom to function?

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What are the essentials? Functional DNA. That's the title. So we continue with the idea of

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Kingdom. And we tried defining Kingdom last week. I don't know if you remember.

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So we said that the Kingdom is the rule, the control,

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the rule, the control, the influence

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of the King of the Universe.

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The rule, the control, the influence of the King of the Universe over his domain.

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Over his domain.

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Why? Because he wants to impact

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his domain with his will,

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with his purpose, with his victory,

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with his intent. And in the process,

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he begins to produce here on Earth,

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a culture, values,

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lifestyle that

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displays his glorious nature

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and his desire for his people.

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That's what we said it was last time. That the Kingdom is the

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rule, the control, the influence of the King of the Universe over his domain.

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In our case, the King rules everything.

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Why does he do this? Because he wants to impact his domain with his will, with his purpose,

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with his victory, because there are things to subdue, with his intent.

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Dot your I's and cross your T's always, guys. With his will, purpose, victory, intent.

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And in the process of doing that,

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in the process of using his rule and control and influence to do that, he begins to produce here on Earth

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a culture, values, and a lifestyle amongst his people

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that displays his glorious nature and displays his desires.

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And it's always expressed through the people that he prepares. So we talked about that last time.

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And so this time we want to look at, okay, so what's the functional DNA of the Kingdom as in?

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What is it that allows the Kingdom to

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work well amongst us? We are the ones who need functional DNA. What is it that

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will help us live the Kingdom very normally in life, where you can be in any situation

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and you know the keys that make this Kingdom work in our midst?

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So that's what we look at. So the Kingdom has keys. The Kingdom has keys.

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The Kingdom has keys. Matthew 16, 19 talks about it. The Kingdom has keys.

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In Matthew 16, 19, Peter stumbled upon it.

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But we are not supposed to stumble on it. It's all been provided for us.

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What do you mean Kingdom has keys? Okay, so you come here. Let's assume this building is a Kingdom.

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You can't enter if you don't have keys. And so the first key that is given to anybody

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who wants to enter and function in this Kingdom is that unless you be born again,

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and there are three, I mean just look at just that bit. Four things that you have to keep in mind if you want to

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even be just participating at the entry of this Kingdom. One, you have to be born again.

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Two, you have to be born of water and of

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Spirit. Yeah, fire.

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You have to be born again. You have to be born of water and the Spirit. You have to be like a little child.

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Otherwise you cannot enter the Kingdom.

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So these three are just basics. And four, you have to realize that

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the Kingdom of God is in your midst even though you cannot see it. And we'll talk about it later.

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And four, simple keys just for entry.

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Peter took it a step further when he was the first man on the face of the earth, the first man in the universe

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to look at Jesus and say, you are Christ the anointed one, the Messiah, the one who is the Son of God

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that we have heard about through our prophets all this time. First man on the face of the earth. What does that do for him?

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Suddenly Jesus says to him, okay, since you made this discovery

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and you have the audacity to speak it out, I will give you the keys

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to open and shut this Kingdom.

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Once you begin to grasp some of the things that makes this Kingdom function,

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you'll be surprised at how well you can walk in it here and draw people to walk in it too.

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So the keys to the Kingdom. Matthew 16, 19 talks about it.

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Tons of keys. We'll discuss some. It's too exhaustive.

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So when we are talking about keys, we are talking about the laws, the principles,

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laws, the principles,

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and core truths, and core truths

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that aren't very difficult.

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And if we hold on to them, we'll function really well with them.

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And these then begin to anchor, they begin to ignite,

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they begin to fuel Kingdom life.

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I mean, just think, if everybody got those three things together,

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that one of the keys to entry to the Kingdom is I have to be born again.

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Two, I have to be born of water and spirits, and we can't go into defining that right now.

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Three, I have to be like a little child. Guys, even as we listen to this teaching, even as I'm teaching it,

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unless I teach it as a child who's understood it, and unless you receive it as a child,

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you will not benefit from these Kingdom principles.

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And I'll get off the bat that I have to approach anything with regard to the Kingdom as a child.

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Not childishly, but as a child.

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And what do I mean, approach things of the Kingdom as a child?

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It means taking these truths and receiving them with sufficient awe,

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a sense of discovery, an obsession, with joy,

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trusting that these truths will affect you.

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This is how kids react.

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I used to be very friendly with two kids who are now 35, and I would bring them things

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like nails, hooks,

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Lego pieces from under my bed,

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and I'd give to them and I'd spin a story about how this Lego piece fell off the space shuttle

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or stuff like that, and they would then take it and there would be this awe,

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this sense of discovery, this obsession. It fell off a space shuttle, it fell off a space shuttle,

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and then trying to figure out where it fit on the space shuttle, and then the joy of it,

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and the receiving it with so much trust, which was wrong on my part, but with God that won't happen.

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Yeah, but you get the point.

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But the thing is, that is how I must receive these truths, and we find it very hard to receive these truths like this,

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either because we come from a place of, yeah, I know this, or we come from a place of,

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I'm not sure this works. So even as I was writing these notes, I was telling the Lord, Father,

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I've got to come and teach this and receive it like a child.

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And once you discover these keys, guys,

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and we already know many of them, we're just trying to be intentional about it,

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once you discover these keys, you'll find that you are able to appropriate,

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you're able to appropriate the benefits of the Kingdom,

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the privileges of the Kingdom,

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you're able to appropriate the benefits of the Kingdom and the privileges of the Kingdom,

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and you're able to function well. And the great thing about this Kingdom is that this Kingdom exists for the sake of others.

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So the more you begin to appropriate benefits, privileges, and functions,

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the more others benefit. That's the strange thing about this Kingdom.

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Like I said earlier on, the Church is the only organization that exists for the benefit of others.

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The Church is the only organization in the world that exists for the benefit of others.

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This Kingdom is the same. So every time I appropriate a benefit of the Kingdom,

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because I have started discovering new keys, new principles, new laws,

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and core truths like a child, as I appropriate benefits, privileges,

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and function well in it, others benefit.

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And these principles, laws, and keys, God declared them, and they are unchanging.

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If you go to Ecclesiastes 8,

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Ecclesiastes 8, verse 2 to 5.

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Hey, my niece is watching.

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Hi, Leah. Ecclesiastes 8, verse 2 to 5.

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Obey the King's command, because you took an oath before God.

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Do not be in a hurry to leave the King's presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause,

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for he will do whatever he pleases. Since the King's word is supreme,

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who can say to him, what are you doing?

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As in, the intent of Ecclesiastes 8 is to let us know that the King's word is supreme.

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It cannot be changed. What he decides, what he says, that's it.

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And so all these keys, laws, and principles are amen and unchanging.

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And so you can stake your life on it and know that it will work.

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I know you know that, but it is important to say that.

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The other thing about this is the Kingdom and the King cannot be separated.

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The Kingdom peuvent nicht sich verbreiten.

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The Kingdom and the King cannot be separated.

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Where the King is, there the Kingdom is.

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Everything the King is, the Kingdom is.

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Everything the King is, the Kingdom is.

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Where the Kingdom is, the Kingdom is.

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The Kingdom is.

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Just ponder on that for a second.

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The Kingdom and the King cannot be separated. Everything the King is.

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Is your King kind? The Kingdom is kind. Is your King a healer? The Kingdom heals. Is your King merciful? The Kingdom is merciful.

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Is the Kingdom pure? The Kingdom is pure.

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Is the King's ways right? Then the Kingdom's ways are right.

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And so you can't be part of this Kingdom and not be like the King because there's a disconnect there.

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And so everywhere the King is, the Kingdom is.

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And everything the King is, the Kingdom is.

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Everywhere the King is, the Kingdom is.

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Now do you understand why it says in Luke 17, 21 where Jesus says to them, the Kingdom of God is in your midst.

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Why is the Kingdom of God in your midst? Because where the King is, there the Kingdom is.

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Where is the King? Right here. Right here.

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And therefore he goes ahead and says, the Kingdom of God is in your midst. Why? Because the King has arrived and where the King is, there the Kingdom is.

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And so everything the King is, the Kingdom is. Whatever he says represents everything that the Kingdom is supposed to do.

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You cannot separate them.

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What happened during the Crusades, which is still a sticking point in one half of the world,

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is that the King and the Kingdom were separate.

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The King was benevolent, the Crusade wasn't.

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The King was merciful, the Crusades weren't.

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The King was about people, the Kingdom was about land. And it got separated.

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Every time the Church separates King and Kingdom, we get a distorted future.

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We get a distorted future.

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Because people remember.

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Any questions, guys? Any thoughts?

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Okay.

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So let's look at some of these keys.

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The first one is, this King is Lord.

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And it's not always the case, guys, with Kings.

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This King is Lord.

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Lord comes from a word, Kyrios.

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Let's just spell it this way for now.

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Which means, Tyrant Ruler.

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Only in this case, he is benevolent and not a tyrant.

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This King is Lord.

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He's so absolute, so sovereign.

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And the only reason things are the way they are is just because he's merciful and kind.

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But if you remove mercy and kindness from him, then he becomes a tyrant.

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The word Kyrios, or Lord, means one who is a tyrant, one who rules absolutely.

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And this King rules absolutely, where he's different from the actual meaning of the word,

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is in that he is kind and he is merciful.

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And the only reason we are the way we are in this world right now is because his mercy waits.

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And his mercy shows kindness.

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Can you imagine if I was God? You don't want to.

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There would be no maple leaves.

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There would be no Boston Bruins to begin with. Then it gets worse from there on.

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So, go to Revelation 17, 14.

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Someone said the definition of eternity

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is the canucks or the leaves winning the Stanley Cup.

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Okay.

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Revelation 17, verse 14.

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Could you guys sit in the back row or something?

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They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them.

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I love the next line. Why will he triumph over them? Because he's the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings,

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and with him will be his call chosen in faithful ones.

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They will wage war against the Lamb, as in those that want to overthrow this King

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will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them.

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They're not even calling him the Lion.

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They're going with the other part of him, the merciful, kind, slain, risen part of him.

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They're not going to the Lion, absolute monarch, sovereign. No, they're saying the Lamb will overcome.

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Imagine what the Lion can do then. It's very deliberate there. They will wage war against the Lamb.

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They're waging war against the Lamb, not the Lion, because they wouldn't be able to stand before him.

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They'll wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them. Why?

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Simply because he's the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, and with him will be his call chosen in faithful followers.

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You and I have the privilege of being his called faithful and chosen followers.

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We were called, we were chosen. Faithfulness is up to us.

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These are the privileges we have, guys.

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We don't reflect on this daily because circumstances take over.

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Psalm 24, verse 1 and 2.

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We're trying to establish how this is such a key part of the functional DNA.

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We understand the absolute sovereignty of this God over your life and over the earth,

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though it doesn't seem so. Guys, you need DNA to function a certain way

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because everything else is screaming otherwise.

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Everything else is screaming otherwise. This is not the truth.

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Then you go back here and say, this is the DNA of the Kingdom.

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It helps you recapture what is invisible but real.

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Psalm 24, verse 1 and 2.

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The earth is the Lord and everything in it like nothing is left out.

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The earth is the Lord and everything in it, the world or the universe and all who live in it.

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He founded it on the seas and established it on the waters like nothing lives unless he permits.

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Everything consists in him.

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Go to Hebrews 1. I love that verse. Hebrews 1, verse 3.

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Gosh, what kind of power is this?

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What will it be like to see him in reality?

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Hebrews 1, 3.

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The sun is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being,

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sustaining all things by his powerful word, as in he sustains everything by his word.

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He makes things exist.

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He holds things in orbit by his word.

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Let's look at one more scripture. Daniel 4, verse 34.

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This came from the mouth of a pagan king who thought he was something and then found out that he wasn't.

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Daniel 4, verse 34.

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This is the story of Nebuchadnezzar after he's restored.

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At the end of the time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes towards heaven and my sanity was restored.

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Then I praised the Most High. I honored and glorified him who lives forever.

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His dominion is an eternal dominion. His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing.

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He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth.

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No one can hold back his hand and say to him, what have you done?

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I love that. Verse 35.

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He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven.

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These are kings who knew the power of witchcraft, knew the power that existed.

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These are kings who grew up in the plains of Shinar, who knew what Nimrod had started and what continued.

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These kings are now saying after they've been brought down,

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that I know how he deals with the powers of the heavens and the peoples on the earth.

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There's such absolute sovereignty that once we grasp the key, we begin to see more of it.

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The thing is because we don't have these keys tied to our shoulder

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or in our pockets, we lose our sense of it.

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You know when Jesus says, I put the keys of David on you,

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there used to be this magistrate who was the one who would allow entry into the king's presence

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and exit from the king's presence. He would have the keys on his shoulders

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as a sign of this is government, this is what I carry.

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I decide who goes in and who goes out.

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I'm not even going through all the keys, I'll just go through some.

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The more we get used to this idea, the more we will see an invisible kingdom.

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The more we get used to the idea, the more we see an invisible kingdom.

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It's like getting a new car. You never notice that there were cars like that on the road

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until you get that car and then everybody has that.

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Until then it was rare and you go buy it and then everybody has it and they have it in the same color.

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Because suddenly now that you become aware of it, you notice it everywhere.

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I don't know if that happens with bicycles, but with cars it does happen.

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No way, just checking.

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Second key, the kingdom has a standard of conduct.

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The kingdom has a standard of conduct.

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The kingdom has a standard of conduct that cannot be amended.

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That cannot be amended.

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Even if I'm not here next week, I'll zoom in.

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Because you guys have gotten so used to me over the last 513 days

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that I don't want to do the sudden thing where you're going to shock.

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So I'll be zooming and then eventually I'll move myself out.

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The kingdom has a standard of conduct that cannot be amended.

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So like I said, there can't be a disconnect between the king and the kingdom.

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And whenever there's a disconnect between the king and the kingdom,

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a future generation gets a distorted version.

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That's a sad thing. You and I can practice a disconnect between the king and kingdom.

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And tomorrow all those kids begin to get a distorted version.

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So we have to wait another generation before it's corrected.

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And so it has a standard of conduct that cannot be amended.

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Let's read some scriptures. Most of these things you know.

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So I'm just going to read out one of these keys and then you can go look at the scriptures.

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1 Corinthians 6, 9-11.

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And then 1 Corinthians 6, 9-11.

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Don't you realize that this is not the way to live?

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Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in this kingdom.

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Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it,

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don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom.

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A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about. For not so long ago you were on that list.

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Since then you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus our master, our Messiah,

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and by our God present in us, the Spirit. Now let's read it from the NIV.

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The NIV is a little harsher, but it must be read harsher.

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Core truth, so let's not amend anything.

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Very unmistakable here, eh?

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Okay, let's look at another verse. Romans 12, 1-2. You know this really well.

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There is an expectation that those that say they are part of the kingdom behave like the king.

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Romans 12, 1-2.

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Therefore I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God's mercy

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to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.

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This is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the patterns of this world,

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but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve

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what God's will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will.

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So here's the thing guys, sometimes the dullness in figuring out the ways of God

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is simply because my body is not a living sacrifice.

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Not because my body is not a living sacrifice, because I'm not offering my body as a living sacrifice.

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Hear me again. Sometimes a dullness in knowing the good, pleasing and perfect will of God

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is because I'm not offering my body as a living sacrifice.

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One cannot withhold one's body from being offered as a holy, living sacrifice

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and yet expect at the same time that one will also figure out the good, pleasing and perfect will of God.

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It doesn't compute.

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Any questions?

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Yeah, so a living sacrifice had to be blemishless, had to be pure, had to be without fault.

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Now that's impossible for us, but that was what would be then taken as a living sacrifice in place before God.

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And so God is saying, hey Jacob, I expect you to have standards that cannot be amended.

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Where you fail, I will cover. But I do expect you to have standards that cannot be amended.

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Because a king and a kingdom cannot be separated.

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So I want you to aspire, not aspire, I want you to desire and then discipline yourself to live by those standards.

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And when you don't, you shouldn't then expect that there will be no dullness in the way you function.

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Because the verse that comes up after is, do not be conformed to the world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

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And in the process you will find out the good, pleasing and perfect will of God.

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The finding out of the good, pleasing and perfect will of God is to an extent dependent on the way I function with the king.

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Hey Annette.

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Sorry, I didn't see you.

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Yeah, I realized after I said hey Annette that you were trying to sneak in.

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Then it was too late.

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But since you have a mask on, nobody knows who you are.

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Does that explain?

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Okay, next one. Kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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Kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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Kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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Kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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These are keys of the kingdom. Jesus explained this.

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So please let us not come up with our own theories.

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Please. I was reading a book about stewardship that someone showed me.

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And one of the lines in that was that we should not expect health and wealth from God.

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But, and a lot depends on how you define health and wealth, but come on man.

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I'm a father, he is God, he is king, he is Lord.

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Surely I can have reasonable expectations that I have of my physical dad.

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I don't have to lower him below that.

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I'm not asking him to make me wealthy enough to buy this church, though I wouldn't mind that.

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But, this kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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Matthew 6 verse 31 to 33.

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Matthew 6, 31 to 33.

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So do not worry what shall we eat, what shall we drink, or what shall we wear.

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For the pagans run after all these things and your heavenly father knows that you need them.

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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.

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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

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Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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Go to Psalm 84 verse 11.

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I can give you a lot of scriptures, but I just am highlighting some so you know it exists.

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This is how the kingdom works.

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Psalm 84 verse 11.

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I love this.

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This is a song I learned in Bahrain in 1991.

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For the Lord God is the Son and shield, he gives grace and glory.

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No good thing will he withhold from them that he may be saved.

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He gives grace and glory, no good thing will he withhold from them that walk out brightly.

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Now to the verse, Psalm 84 verse 11.

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For the Lord God is the Son and shield, the Lord bestows favor, the Lord bestows honor.

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No good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

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There's somehow a connection between how you conduct yourself and how you walk in this kingdom.

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There is a connection there.

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Any questions before we go on?

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This kingdom has sufficiency and...

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Praful, something's wrong with your buddy.

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Thank God for the board.

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So this kingdom has sufficiency and provision.

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Any questions guys?

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Anything you want to add?

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You'll have to speak a little louder.

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Yeah, partly, and some of it is just...

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There are three or four good reasons for things that go wonky.

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One is like you said, our separation from the king.

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Two, we have an active enemy.

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Three, the fallen nature of the world.

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Four, discipline.

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Three, the fall of the world.

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Four, discipline.

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Five, the fallen nature of the world.

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Four, discipline, as in God's discipline.

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Five, tests and trials.

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So these are the five reasons why things go wonky.

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Wonky is so not a Christian word.

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Things go sour and really bad.

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And so once we know which reason it is, it is easier to know how to deal with it.

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If you don't know the reason, then it becomes a problem.

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So you've got to figure out which reason, which would keep us here till 2.30.

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Thanks, Jenny.

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Next one, the kingdom has an economic system.

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The kingdom has an economic system.

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Does this work? It works.

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The kingdom has an economic system.

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The kingdom has an economic system with economic goals.

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And it has ways to thwart satanic inflation and depression.

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I'm talking about economic now.

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It's got an elaborate system.

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And if you look at it, God's clearly outlined it.

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The kingdom has an economic system that thwarts and rebukes.

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That thwarts and rebukes the devourer.

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That thwarts and rebukes the devourer.

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That thwarts and rebukes the devourer.

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And it thwarts Babylon's approach.

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It has economic goals.

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So let's look at some scriptures.

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Luke 6.38.

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It's got a system.

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And the system is very simple.

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Give, give, give, give, give, give, give, give.

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I'm not talking about tithes and offerings.

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That's separate.

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He's just talking about this idea of giving.

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This kingdom is so giving that it's the favorite word in this kingdom when it comes to economics.

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Give.

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So Luke 6.38.

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Give and it will be given to you.

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Good measure, press down, shaken together and running over.

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Give.

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That's Ron Canole.

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It's not Hillsong.

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Give and it will be given to you.

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A good measure, press down, shaken together, running over will be poured into your lap.

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For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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Let's look at another one.

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Malachi 3, 8-12.

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Malachi 3, 8-12.

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I believe giving trumps tithing and offerings.

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And so go for giving than tithes and offerings.

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You'll have to use a calculator for tithes and offerings.

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With giving you don't have to.

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That's one good reason.

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There can be other good reasons too.

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Malachi 3, 8-12.

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Will a mere mortal rob God?

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Yet you rob me.

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But you ask, how are we robbing you in tithes and offerings?

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You're under a curse, your whole nation, because you're robbing me.

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Bring the whole tithe into my storehouse, that there may be food in my house.

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Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty.

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And see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven,

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and pour out so much blessing that there will not be enough room to store it.

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I will prevent pests from devouring your crops,

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and the vines in your field will not drop their fruit,

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because it is ripe, says the Lord Almighty.

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Then all the nations will call you blessed,

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for yours will be a delightful land, says the Lord Almighty.

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Guys, those that choose not to give to people,

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give to the house of God,

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I hate calling it house of God,

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give to the family of God, or to God himself as an offering,

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will not be able to rebuke the devourer.

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The devourer will have a day with your finances.

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The thing with these keys, laws and principles is,

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you can use your mind and your theology and your Greek and your Hebrew to work its way around it,

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and at the end of the day, all you are is poorer with a smattering of Greek and Hebrew.

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So be it.

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Some things are so dull,

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we shouldn't spend time looking at the Greek and Hebrew of it.

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Sorry, I thought there was a question.

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Matthew 22, 21.

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In the Middle East, we say,

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the other word is the poppa,

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which is the DNA.

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It's your nature.

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It will overtake what you're trying to pretend to be.

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The DNA is the basic principle of how you try to use your way of working on your life.

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Once these things become solid in our lives,

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it's very natural to function naturally.

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Matthew 22, 21.

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Matthew 22, 21.

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Today is scripture day.

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Matthew 22, 21.

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Love this.

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See, you see what a system he's established.

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He's covered everything.

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Whose inscription is this? Caesar's.

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Well, Caesar's, they replied.

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Then he said to them,

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Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's.

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Give to God what is God's.

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He's got everything covered.

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He's got his house covered.

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He's got people covered.

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He's got the government covered.

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He knows how we need to function.

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Why?

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Because he wants us to become his delivery mechanism here on earth.

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Can I make you my delivery mechanism?

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Can I use you to distribute my resources?

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But if you don't get these things right,

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you ain't no delivery mechanism.

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Your trigger is broken.

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I'll take care of you.

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I'll get you to heaven.

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That's about it.

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2 Corinthians 9, 6 to 9.

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I love this one.

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2 Corinthians 9, 6 to 9.

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2 Corinthians 9, 6 to 9.

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Remember this.

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Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.

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Whoever sows generously will reap generously.

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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart.

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Do not give reluctantly or under compulsion,

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for God loves the cheerful giver.

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God is able to bless you abundantly,

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so that in all things Jacob, at all times Acts 29,

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having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

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And then one last one.

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Look at the economic goal.

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2 Corinthians 8, 13 to 15.

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I know many of you practice this here in this church,

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and I love it when I hear stories.

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2 Corinthians 8, 13 to 15.

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Our desire is not that others might be relieved

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while you are heart-pressed,

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but that there might be equality.

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At the present time, your plenty will supply what they need,

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so that in turn, their plenty will supply what you need.

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.000
The goal is equality.

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As it is written, the one who gathered much did not have too much,

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:10.000
and the one who gathered little did not have too little.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:13.000
I mean, I remember when I was super poor.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.000
How many of you helped me, man?

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So that there's an equal distribution of whatever you bring into the church.

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:30.000
So that we just don't eat it ourselves, we don't consume it on ourselves.

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.000
We distribute it around.

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Yeah, let me get back to what I was saying.

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I was distracted by St. Albert's.

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So the thing is, I remember how much I benefited from guys sitting here in this church.

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:47.000
Some of you knew me from Emmanuel Baptist.

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And your plenty supplied my lack,

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and I'm hoping my plenty is supplying some of your lack now.

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:54.000
This is how it works.

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It becomes equitable.

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These are economic systems that God has established.

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Any questions before we go on?

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Okay, next one.

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This kingdom has a standing army.

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This kingdom has a standing army, like locked, ready, loaded kind of an army,

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that are invisible, but they're all around.

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And they are eager for a fight, and they're eager to minister, and they're eager to help.

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And they're flames of fire, and they're ministers to the ones that are saved.

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Psalm 34, 17, or 37, 14.

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The angels of the Lord encamp around those that trust him.

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Psalm 91, verse 11.

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Because angels charge over you, so that you will not hurt your foot.

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There's a standing army.

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God only knows.

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It would freak you out if God opened your eyes and saw the number of times

00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:02.000
he had to intervene to keep you safe.

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:07.000
You think it's your driving skills?

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:09.000
I have sat with some of you.

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Trust me, it was not your driving skills.

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:24.000
If our eyes would be opened, we would see the number of times the standing army was there.

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Cool kingdom, huh?

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:28.000
Now you know why part of offering worship is saying,

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oh God, I thank you for the security of belonging to the King and Kingdom.

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:33.000
What a privileged class.

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It's almost unfair.

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Which is why then it must be made fair.

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Which is another key of the Kingdom.

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That in this Kingdom, there are ambassadors, and they are sent 24-7 by the power

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and under the power of the Holy Spirit to display the King

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and to invite people into the Kingdom.

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That's the next key.

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That there are ambassadors in this Kingdom.

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If there's a standing army in this Kingdom, there are ambassadors in this Kingdom.

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And if you're wondering who that was, it's you.

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:07.000
Where the idea is you are sent 24-7.

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So May and Jane might be going to Vernon, so we prayed for them.

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:15.000
But in his mind, it is like you're here for a little while,

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:22.000
chill out in this embassy, and then go out and do exactly what May and Jane are going to do in Vernon.

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So the doxology is a sending out.

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The doxology is not a conclusion of the service.

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It's the grace of the Father and the marvelous partnership and one anothering of the Holy Spirit.

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And the...I don't know what the third one is.

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Let's just say, the presence of Jesus Christ be with you as you go now.

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And then that is how this 24-7 sending happens.

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2 Corinthians 5, 19 and 20.

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All this is from God who reconciled us to himself, to Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

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That God was reconciling the world.

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Let's read it from the message.

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It really says it simply there.

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Verse 19 and 20.

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God put the world square with himself through the Messiah,

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giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins.

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God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing.

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.000
We are Christ's ambassadors or representatives.

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God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences

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and enter into God's work of making things right between them.

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We are speaking for Christ himself now.

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Become friends with God.

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He's already a friend with you.

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That's the message.

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Become friends with God.

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He's already a friend with you.

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And so, the kingdom has ambassadors.

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John 20, verse 21.

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And so, Jesus said, as the Father has sent me, so I send you.

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And then he didn't stop there.

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He breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit.

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Because the sending is not potent without the Spirit of God.

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So, you're sent in the power of the Spirit to represent

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.000
the interests of the Kingdom.

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You're sent in the power of the Spirit to represent

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the interests of the Kingdom.

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And not to represent the interests of Acts 29,

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not to represent the interests of your Qu'hub,

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:24.000
to represent the interests of the kingdom.

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You are sent, 24, seven, in the power of the Holy Spirit

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:32.000
to represent the interests of the Kingdom.

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interests of the kingdom.

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Next one.

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This kingdom trains for service.

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This kingdom trains for service.

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As in it has its own educational system.

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So if you go to, and kings always have this, eh?

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If you go to Daniel 1, 3 to 5.

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The king told Ashpenaz, head of the palace staff, to get some Israelites from the royal

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family and nobility, young men who were healthy and handsome, intelligent and well-educated.

00:47:17.240 --> 00:47:23.440
Gosh, sounds like it's talking about me.

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The king told Ashpenaz, I've got to read it again, this is very flattering.

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The king told Ashpenaz, head of the palace staff, to get some Israelites from the royal

00:47:30.560 --> 00:47:36.360
family and nobility, young men who were healthy and handsome, intelligent and well-educated,

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:42.680
good prospects for leadership positions in the government, perfect specimens, and indoctrinate

00:47:42.680 --> 00:47:46.400
them in the Babylonian language and the lore of magic and fortune telling.

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:50.160
The king then ordered that they be served from the same menu as the royal table, the

00:47:50.720 --> 00:47:51.720
finest wine.

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After three years of training, they would be given positions in the king's court.

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Kings used to do this.

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They used to train people.

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You think this king won't?

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Everything that exists in the world is a counterfeit of the real kingdom.

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It's always an imitation.

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And so there is training for service.

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And you can't avoid this if you want to participate in the kingdom.

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So in John 14, 26, exists on many different levels.

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John 14, 26, the Holy Spirit trains.

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So in John 14, 26, it's the Holy Spirit who says, and Jesus says, but the advocate, the

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Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:42.020
remind you of everything I have said.

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So the Holy Spirit teaches you.

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Should Ephesians 4, 12?

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Ephesians 4, 12?

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And you need all these.

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You can't decide that, all right, I'm only going to learn from the Holy Spirit.

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Because then the Holy Spirit will say, well, I'm only going to teach you through people.

00:48:58.580 --> 00:48:59.580
And then you're stuck.

00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:02.740
Ephesians 4, 11, and 12.

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I love it when the Holy Spirit does that.

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Every time someone says, I'm going to learn from the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will

00:49:08.100 --> 00:49:11.020
say, I'm going to teach you through people, and you're stuck.

00:49:11.700 --> 00:49:16.980
And you don't understand why you're not moving further, because you cannot learn only from

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:18.420
the Holy Spirit.

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.580
Ephesians 4, 11, and 12.

00:49:23.580 --> 00:49:27.580
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and teachers

00:49:27.580 --> 00:49:31.520
to equip his people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up.

00:49:31.520 --> 00:49:33.220
So he teaches through people.

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And then let's take one more.

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Second Timothy 2, 15.

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Second Timothy 2, 15.

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And this is when you do your studying too.

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:45.700
Second Timothy 2, 15.

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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to

00:49:49.860 --> 00:49:52.100
be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

00:49:52.100 --> 00:49:54.420
Where now you're trying to learn it to yourself.

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:55.500
So it's on three levels.

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Learn yourself.

00:49:56.500 --> 00:49:58.500
Brandon's been reading like crazy.

00:49:58.500 --> 00:50:02.500
Two, ask the Holy Spirit to teach you.

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Learn from walking with and under people.

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Remember, I've said this before.

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Obedience is learning under the word.

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Disobedience is learning around the word.

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Obedience is sitting under the word.

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Disobedience is walking around the word.

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That's how this works.

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That's the actual definition.

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Alrighty.

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Let's skip a few.

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Kingdom worship.

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Worship is a big deal in the Kingdom.

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I don't know if you know this, but one of the reasons Pharaoh lost his firstborn was

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because he was preventing Israel from worshipping.

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:02.300
Exodus 422.

00:51:03.100 --> 00:51:05.100
God says to Moses,

00:51:05.100 --> 00:51:08.100
Moses, I want you to go and say to Pharaoh,

00:51:08.100 --> 00:51:10.100
my people need to worship me.

00:51:10.100 --> 00:51:12.100
Let my people go.

00:51:12.100 --> 00:51:15.100
Pharaoh says, I will not let them go.

00:51:15.100 --> 00:51:19.100
And God says to them, tell him that he will lose his firstborn because he does not let

00:51:19.100 --> 00:51:21.100
you go to worship me.

00:51:22.100 --> 00:51:25.100
Worship is a big deal in this Kingdom.

00:51:25.100 --> 00:51:27.100
And here's the reason it is a big deal.

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God says to Moses, listen, I want you to know that worship is your firstborn right.

00:51:32.100 --> 00:51:33.100
You are my firstborn.

00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:34.100
Israel, you are my firstborn.

00:51:34.100 --> 00:51:36.100
I've called you to worship me.

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If he does not let you go, tell him that I'll take his firstborn.

00:51:44.100 --> 00:51:49.100
And so, for whatever reason, in the church,

00:51:51.100 --> 00:51:55.100
we are not able to engage in it the way we want to, and men in particular find it more

00:51:55.100 --> 00:51:58.100
difficult, which shouldn't be the case.

00:51:59.100 --> 00:52:04.100
But it is a key component, a functional DNA of the Kingdom, and I don't mean just with

00:52:04.100 --> 00:52:05.100
music.

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And so look at what Pharaoh does.

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Pharaoh says to him, in Exodus 10, you see this happening from verse 14 to 28 or something.

00:52:14.100 --> 00:52:18.100
So Pharaoh says to him, all right, so since you're insisting and you've already sent

00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:20.100
hail, who do you want to take with you for worship?

00:52:20.100 --> 00:52:22.100
He wants a list of those that will worship.

00:52:22.100 --> 00:52:26.100
Pharaoh does everything in his power to hamstring worship.

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So first he says, now, who are you going to take with him?

00:52:31.100 --> 00:52:33.100
Then Moses tells him everybody.

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He says, now, the men can go, but the women and the children have to stay.

00:52:38.100 --> 00:52:39.100
He won't let everybody go.

00:52:39.100 --> 00:52:40.100
Moses says, no.

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Then he says, okay, take the men and the women, but if flocks and herds have to stay.

00:52:44.100 --> 00:52:45.100
Moses says, no.

00:52:45.100 --> 00:52:50.100
He says, either all of us will go and all of us will worship God, or we will not.

00:52:51.100 --> 00:52:53.100
There is this intent even today.

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Hi, I'm KK.

00:52:56.100 --> 00:52:57.100
I forgot.

00:52:58.100 --> 00:52:59.100
Hi.

00:52:59.100 --> 00:53:00.100
Hi.

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Go say hello to Coco.

00:53:03.100 --> 00:53:04.100
Pardon?

00:53:05.100 --> 00:53:06.100
Oh, she said I'm Phoebe.

00:53:06.100 --> 00:53:08.100
Yeah, she calls me Jacob.

00:53:08.100 --> 00:53:09.100
Jacob becomes KK.

00:53:09.100 --> 00:53:10.100
Coco?

00:53:11.100 --> 00:53:12.100
Yeah.

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I'm so glad you're Coco and I'm not Coco.

00:53:17.100 --> 00:53:18.100
I'm KK.

00:53:24.100 --> 00:53:27.100
Can you get her to go from KK to JK?

00:53:28.100 --> 00:53:29.100
Okay.

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It's better than?

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Yeah, it's better than that.

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Yeah, guys, so understand how critical this idea of worship is in the kingdom, eh?

00:53:41.100 --> 00:53:43.100
And I'll tell you something.

00:53:43.100 --> 00:53:51.100
Every time you break loose through disciplining yourself to worship, what happens is pharaohs are slaughtered.

00:53:52.100 --> 00:53:57.100
I can't make a clear logical connection, but I want to say this to you.

00:53:57.100 --> 00:54:08.100
That every time a believer breaks out of an inability to worship to a greater place of worship, and the only way you can do it is through discipline.

00:54:08.100 --> 00:54:10.100
You can't do it through good music.

00:54:10.100 --> 00:54:12.100
You can't do it through a fast song.

00:54:12.100 --> 00:54:15.100
You can't do it through an inspired moment.

00:54:15.100 --> 00:54:18.100
It has to be a disciplined approach to worship.

00:54:18.100 --> 00:54:21.100
I will, because it has nothing to do with music to begin with.

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Every time a believer breaks out of an inability or the sluggishness of worship, pharaohs suffer loss.

00:54:35.100 --> 00:54:44.100
So every time you decide that I cannot connect, I don't want to open my mouth, and you go through that process, I'm telling you something, man.

00:54:44.100 --> 00:54:46.100
You're being hamstrung.

00:54:46.100 --> 00:54:47.100
Break out of it.

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He'll pay with his firstborn.

00:54:51.100 --> 00:54:55.100
I was fascinated to find out that that was the reason God wanted them out in the desert.

00:54:55.100 --> 00:54:57.100
You're my firstborn.

00:54:57.100 --> 00:54:58.100
You need to worship me.

00:54:58.100 --> 00:54:59.100
Let my people go.

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And if you don't, I'll kill your firstborns.

00:55:05.100 --> 00:55:07.100
And he tried his best not to let them go.

00:55:07.100 --> 00:55:10.100
And Moses kept insisting, we'll all go.

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We'll worship him with everything we have.

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If you don't allow us to worship him with everything we have, you'll have a problem.

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Ah, kingdom has presence.

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Kingdom has presence.

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This kingdom is so entirely about presence.

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This kingdom has presence.

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This kingdom is so about presence.

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Or in other words, the Hebrew word used is paniem.

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Paniem means face, which means that this kingdom is about the face of God.

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And it is always present for New Testament believers.

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This kingdom has presence, man.

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If you get this part right, you'll get everything right.

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You get this part right.

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And if you learn how to cultivate this, again, the word discipline is so not fun, but it's a critical part of king and kingdom.

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If I can discipline myself to be subconsciously aware of his presence, not consciously aware because that's too much effort.

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Subconsciously aware, like you feel about someone you love or you feel about your wife or your husband, even when you don't love them.

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Because there are days like that when you're highly aware of them.

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Where that begins to happen, gosh, you got everything.

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Because here's what presence does in the kingdom.

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Presence, and this is why it's such an advantage to others.

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Presence releases goodness.

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Presence releases glory.

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I call these the four G's.

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Presence releases government.

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And presence releases grace or favor.

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Show me your glory, O God.

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If your presence doesn't go with us, we don't want to go because it's only your presence that distinguishes us from all the people on the earth.

00:57:18.100 --> 00:57:19.100
Show us your glory.

00:57:19.100 --> 00:57:20.100
I'll show you my glory.

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But I'll also show you my goodness.

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As in, when I become aware of the presence of God, the splendor of God begins to display itself through me pretty easily.

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I mean, again, going to a hockey analogy, when a team wins, when a team is in the semis, in the finals, what happens?

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People wear their jerseys, the city is aware of it.

00:57:49.100 --> 00:57:55.100
They walk in their conscious knowledge that today we've got to get home by four o'clock.

00:57:55.100 --> 00:57:58.100
Apply for sick leave because the game starts at 4.30.

00:57:58.100 --> 00:58:03.100
Do whatever is necessary because you're highly aware of an event that is going to happen.

00:58:03.100 --> 00:58:05.100
The same thing happens with God.

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When people become highly aware of God, the display of God becomes very evident.

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His splendor displays easily when one becomes aware of presence.

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But the only way to become aware of presence is to walk in to discipline yourself, which is again the problem, right?

00:58:22.100 --> 00:58:24.100
That word discipline, what an ugly word.

00:58:25.100 --> 00:58:26.100
And then goodness.

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The presence of God always allows you to experience the goodness of God.

00:58:33.100 --> 00:58:43.100
The presence of God and awareness of the presence of God leads to an awareness of the goodness of God in all circumstances.

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Third, the presence of God brings into your circumstance the government of God.

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How Jacob? Because where the king is, there his government or kingdom is.

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The presence of God brings in the government of God.

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In a storm, the presence of Jesus brings peace.

00:59:11.100 --> 00:59:19.100
In gathering, the presence of Jesus causes demons to scream out saying, why have you come to torment us?

00:59:19.100 --> 00:59:25.100
In a graveyard, the presence of Jesus causes Lazarus to come out.

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On the cross, the presence of Jesus causes the sky to turn dark.

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On the road to Damascus, the presence of Jesus knocks a man off his horse and changes the world.

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And finally, the presence of God gives grace and favor.

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Moses says, hey, if I have found favor in your sight, then let your presence go with us so that I may know your ways and I might lead these people in the way they should go.

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Favor and grace both come from a Hebrew word called khan, K-H-A-N-E.

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They mean the same thing.

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The demonstrated delight of God that is unmerited but poured out copiously on those that are his.

01:00:14.100 --> 01:00:18.100
Get this one right. This key is the key to all keys.

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This is the mother of all keys.

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What was Trump's favorite word whenever he wanted to explain things?

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I miss him, man.

01:00:38.100 --> 01:00:42.100
It was like, yeah, this is amazing. This is just beautiful. This is just beautiful.

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He would always, there were certain adjectives, adjectives he used to do, he used to describe everything.

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This key is like that. This is like.

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I got to end, man.

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Let's do just one more. Kingdom has reputation. Kingdom has reputation.

01:01:02.100 --> 01:01:05.100
We'll end with that. Kingdom has reputation.

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As in the reputation of the kingdom can be affected.

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The reputation of the kingdom, the reputation of the kingdom can be affected

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by the conduct of its citizens.

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Unfortunately, terrible writing.

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The reputation of the kingdom can be affected by the conduct of its citizens.

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The reputation of the kingdom can be affected by the conduct of its citizens.

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Let's leave on that sobering note.

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Second Peter 2-2.

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Second Peter 2-2. I'll read from the NIRV.

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Second Peter 2-2.

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Yep. Second Peter 2-2.

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Reading from verse 1.

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The cool thing about God is that God has the, God sometimes when people give the kingdom a bad reputation,

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here's what God does. He says, for my name's sake.

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And then he steps in.

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And he retrieves his name.

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Ezekiel 20 verse 39 onwards he says, guys, you have worshiped idols, you've done whatever you wanted,

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you've trodden my name in the mud, but for my name's sake,

01:03:00.100 --> 01:03:03.100
and because I am faithful and because of the promise I made to your fathers,

01:03:03.100 --> 01:03:10.100
for my name's sake, so that it is not sullied, I am still going to be faithful and I will bring you back.

01:03:10.100 --> 01:03:14.100
How he brings back? Sorry? Ezekiel 20.

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Ezekiel 20 verse 39 to 44.

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For my name's sake. Just remember that, eh?

01:03:25.100 --> 01:03:27.100
Did I say I was going to stop at this point?

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And you believed it?

01:03:30.100 --> 01:03:31.100
No.

01:03:31.100 --> 01:03:32.100
Okay.

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Ezekiel 20 verse 39 to 44.

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This last one is an easy one because you know it.

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Kingdom decrees our legal writ.

01:03:47.100 --> 01:03:51.100
Kingdom decrees our legal writ.

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W-R-I-T. Kingdom decrees.

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Our legal writ.

01:04:01.100 --> 01:04:09.100
As in, if something that comes out of Logos or something that you know without a shadow of doubt

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is a Rhema word from God is decreed and it comes from the king, it is legal writ.

01:04:17.100 --> 01:04:18.100
It is binding.

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Psalm 149 verse 69.

01:04:22.100 --> 01:04:24.100
Psalm 149, 69.

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Psalm 149.

01:04:27.100 --> 01:04:28.100
69.

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Beautiful.

01:04:34.100 --> 01:04:38.100
May the praise of God, may they praise God with their mouths.

01:04:39.100 --> 01:04:43.100
May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges as in the word.

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Let them pay the nations back. Let them punish the people of the earth.

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Let them put the kings of those nations in chains.

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Let them put their nobles in iron chains.

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Let them carry out God's sentence against the nations.

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That will be...

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This is from an NIRV.

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Let me read it from the NIRV.

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May the praise of God be in their mouths, a double-edged sword in their hands.

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To inflict vengeance on the nations, punishment on the peoples.

01:05:07.100 --> 01:05:10.100
To bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron.

01:05:10.100 --> 01:05:15.100
To carry out the sentence written against them, for this is the glory of all his faithful people.

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Praise the Lord.

01:05:19.100 --> 01:05:21.100
Daniel 615.

01:05:21.100 --> 01:05:23.100
You can look at it later. It says,

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This was common amongst the kings of Persia.

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So it is written, so it shall be.

01:05:30.100 --> 01:05:32.100
Once a king speaks, there is no breaking the law.

01:05:32.100 --> 01:05:34.100
Which is why Daniel ended up in the lions' den.

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Because it was too late.

01:05:36.100 --> 01:05:41.100
So he had spoken, so he had written, so it was spoken, so it will have to be.

01:05:41.100 --> 01:05:46.100
Once this king decrees something, you can take it to the bank and you can use it as legal writ.

01:05:46.100 --> 01:05:50.100
You can use it as binding agreement. It cannot be broken.

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To break it would result in torment.

01:05:53.100 --> 01:05:55.100
The king doesn't rescind it.

01:05:55.100 --> 01:05:57.100
The king doesn't rescind it.

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These are some of the keys of the kingdom.

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There are plenty more, but I just wanted to touch on some of these.

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So we have an idea of how we can function, man.

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Any questions before we go on to communion?

01:06:12.100 --> 01:06:16.100
When I say the word communion, is it supposed to be a cue for someone to bring things up?

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We are going to have communion now.

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Just so you guys know, we are really a very well-oiled machine.

01:06:29.100 --> 01:06:31.100
It's just that everything is breaking down today.

01:06:31.100 --> 01:06:34.100
Otherwise, this thing hums like a machine.

01:06:34.100 --> 01:06:37.100
It's just that we are going to have a very good time.

01:06:38.100 --> 01:06:40.100
It is, right?

01:06:48.100 --> 01:06:53.100
Morgan, how does it feel to be back among unfamiliar friends?

01:06:53.100 --> 01:06:54.100
Okay.

01:06:56.100 --> 01:06:58.100
It's good to have you back, man.

01:06:58.100 --> 01:07:00.100
Oh, unfamiliar friends.

01:07:01.820 --> 01:07:03.020
Okay, never mind.

01:07:03.020 --> 01:07:05.780
Okay, good to have you back, man.

01:07:09.060 --> 01:07:11.360
Sometimes they eat and drink after the service,

01:07:11.360 --> 01:07:13.360
so you're welcome to stay.

01:07:15.200 --> 01:07:17.280
And we always stick to the time.

01:07:17.280 --> 01:07:18.660
Yeah, and we stick to the time.

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Like, by 2.30 we are out of here.

01:07:21.580 --> 01:07:25.580
Hey, are 16-year-olds allowed for young adults?

01:07:27.580 --> 01:07:30.580
As long as they're giving consent.

01:07:30.580 --> 01:07:32.580
Oh, the parents have to give consent?

01:07:32.580 --> 01:07:34.580
Okay, I'll work on the parents.

01:07:34.580 --> 01:07:36.580
If you're giving consent.

01:07:38.580 --> 01:07:42.580
They only have to give consent when they're making a decision.

01:07:44.580 --> 01:07:45.580
As in?

01:07:45.580 --> 01:07:50.580
As in, whoever is in charge has to be allowed to give consent.

01:07:51.580 --> 01:07:53.580
Thank you very much.

01:07:59.580 --> 01:08:01.580
Last weekend is your turn.

01:08:01.580 --> 01:08:03.580
Thanks.

01:08:03.580 --> 01:08:05.580
Oh, sorry.

01:08:05.580 --> 01:08:06.580
You want an interview?

01:08:06.580 --> 01:08:09.580
No, I might pray over it and stuff like that.

01:08:13.580 --> 01:08:15.580
I'll call you back, Manoj.

01:08:15.580 --> 01:08:19.580
Guys, I read this somewhere and I thought it was so cool.

01:08:19.580 --> 01:08:21.580
King's pardon.

01:08:21.580 --> 01:08:23.580
King's pardon.

01:08:23.580 --> 01:08:28.580
I mean, the American president pardons.

01:08:28.580 --> 01:08:32.580
But the king's pardon, and a pardon is a powerful thing

01:08:32.580 --> 01:08:34.580
because it's irreversible.

01:08:34.580 --> 01:08:38.580
A pardon is a powerful thing because it's irreversible.

01:08:38.580 --> 01:08:40.580
Once a king has pardoned,

01:08:40.580 --> 01:08:45.580
that person is forever exonerated of the crime they committed,

01:08:45.580 --> 01:08:47.580
that they were previously judged for.

01:08:47.580 --> 01:08:52.580
Once a king pardons you, it's not like probation or parole.

01:08:52.580 --> 01:08:55.580
Probation, you still have restrictions like some of you do.

01:08:55.580 --> 01:09:00.580
But this is like a pardon where nothing is held against you.

01:09:00.580 --> 01:09:04.580
A pardon declares its recipient as innocent,

01:09:04.580 --> 01:09:07.580
as if the offense never occurred.

01:09:07.580 --> 01:09:11.580
And once you're pardoned, you're free to enjoy all the benefits

01:09:11.580 --> 01:09:13.580
and all the privileges of the kingdom.

01:09:13.580 --> 01:09:16.580
As we break bread today, I want you to remember that.

01:09:16.580 --> 01:09:18.580
That the king has pardoned you.

01:09:18.580 --> 01:09:23.580
The king has pardoned you for everything that you have done thus far.

01:09:23.580 --> 01:09:27.580
And that, and this we cannot compute,

01:09:27.580 --> 01:09:30.580
but that you will do tomorrow and for the rest of your life.

01:09:30.580 --> 01:09:33.580
But every time I get to this place called pardon,

01:09:33.580 --> 01:09:38.580
it is such a refreshing start that I do not have to look back

01:09:38.580 --> 01:09:43.580
and feel the weight of the guilt and the dark cloud of condemnation.

01:09:43.580 --> 01:09:46.580
That others may throw my way, but the king has pardoned me

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and there is no accusation against me.

01:09:51.580 --> 01:09:55.580
And this kingdom is a blood-soaked kingdom.

01:09:55.580 --> 01:09:57.580
It's a blood-soaked kingdom.

01:09:57.580 --> 01:10:01.580
But it is not the blood of his enemies, it is the blood of the king.

01:10:01.580 --> 01:10:03.580
No kingdom like that exists.

01:10:03.580 --> 01:10:07.580
Usually you build a kingdom with the blood of your enemies.

01:10:07.580 --> 01:10:11.580
But here, it is a blood-soaked kingdom because it is the blood of the king.

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And so we all get a fresh start today, guys.

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All of us get a fresh start.

01:10:20.580 --> 01:10:23.580
As if I have not committed any offense.

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Previous judgments canceled.

01:10:28.580 --> 01:10:30.580
They will not carry on into tomorrow.

01:10:30.580 --> 01:10:34.580
You do not have to worry about what are the consequences of what I did yesterday

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because he is mitigating even the consequences.

01:10:37.580 --> 01:10:40.580
He is already in your tomorrow fixing things so that you do not suffer

01:10:40.580 --> 01:10:42.580
the consequences of yesterday.

01:10:42.580 --> 01:10:44.580
It is a full pardon.

01:10:44.580 --> 01:10:45.580
It is not probation.

01:10:45.580 --> 01:10:47.580
It is not parole.

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Yeah?

01:10:49.580 --> 01:10:52.580
On the day he was betrayed, he took bread and he broke it.

01:10:52.580 --> 01:10:54.580
He gave thanks and he said,

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this is my body which is broken for you.

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I want you to walk so free.

01:10:58.580 --> 01:11:00.580
I want you to walk so free with me.

01:11:00.580 --> 01:11:03.580
I do not want you to have even an eye on me.

01:11:03.580 --> 01:11:05.580
I want you to walk so free with me.

01:11:05.580 --> 01:11:09.580
I do not want you to have even an eye or tail suspicion of my heart towards you.

01:11:09.580 --> 01:11:12.580
I just want you to be so free and open.

01:11:14.580 --> 01:11:18.580
Does anyone know the song, Dancing in the Fields of Grace?

01:11:20.580 --> 01:11:22.580
You know it a little?

01:11:22.580 --> 01:11:23.580
Come on.

01:11:24.580 --> 01:11:25.580
Come on, Brandon.

01:11:26.580 --> 01:11:27.580
Yeah, just sing it.

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I will sing with you.

01:11:28.580 --> 01:11:29.580
Yeah.

01:11:32.580 --> 01:11:34.580
There is this idea that God wants us to invite,

01:11:34.580 --> 01:11:37.580
God wants to invite us into where you dance,

01:11:37.580 --> 01:11:40.580
dancing in the Father's Fields of Grace.

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Where there is, I want you to be free of any suspicion you have in your heart towards me

01:11:46.580 --> 01:11:51.580
that I am holding anything against you because as a king I am fully pardoning you.

01:11:58.580 --> 01:12:00.580
Big Daddy Weave.

01:12:08.580 --> 01:12:10.580
Big Daddy Weave.

01:12:21.580 --> 01:12:24.580
If you want to pull it up in your phones,

01:12:24.580 --> 01:12:26.580
it's by a group called Big Daddy Weave.

01:12:26.580 --> 01:12:28.580
If you're offended by the name, they're still okay.

01:12:29.580 --> 01:12:30.580
Yeah.

01:12:34.580 --> 01:12:35.580
You're going to have to start that.

01:12:35.580 --> 01:12:36.580
Okay.

01:12:38.580 --> 01:12:42.580
There's a place that I love to run and play.

01:12:42.580 --> 01:12:46.580
There's a place that I sing new songs of praise.

01:12:46.580 --> 01:12:50.580
Dancing with my father in fields of grace.

01:12:50.580 --> 01:12:51.580
You've got to jump on that one.

01:12:51.580 --> 01:12:52.580
Okay.

01:12:52.580 --> 01:12:53.580
So start again.

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There's a place that I love to run and play.

01:12:57.580 --> 01:13:01.580
There's a place that I sing new songs of praise.

01:13:01.580 --> 01:13:06.580
Dancing with my father in fields of grace.

01:13:06.580 --> 01:13:07.580
One more time.

01:13:07.580 --> 01:13:11.580
Dancing with my father in fields of grace.

01:13:11.580 --> 01:13:16.580
There's a place that I lose myself within.

01:13:16.580 --> 01:13:20.580
There's a place that I find myself again.

01:13:21.580 --> 01:13:25.580
Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

01:13:25.580 --> 01:13:27.580
Can we do it only once from now on?

01:13:27.580 --> 01:13:31.580
There's a place where religion finally dies.

01:13:31.580 --> 01:13:35.580
There's a place where I lose my selfish pride.

01:13:35.580 --> 01:13:40.580
Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

01:13:40.580 --> 01:13:42.580
What are you sitting for?

01:13:45.580 --> 01:13:46.580
Okay.

01:13:46.580 --> 01:13:48.580
Can we put the words up?

01:13:50.580 --> 01:13:54.580
There's a place that I love to run and play.

01:13:54.580 --> 01:13:56.580
Guys, this is what he's inviting us to.

01:13:56.580 --> 01:13:59.580
There's a place that I feel...

01:13:59.580 --> 01:14:01.580
Let's start one last time.

01:14:01.580 --> 01:14:05.580
There's a place that I love to run and play.

01:14:05.580 --> 01:14:10.580
There's a place that I sing new songs of praise.

01:14:10.580 --> 01:14:15.580
Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

01:14:15.580 --> 01:14:20.580
Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

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A place that I lose myself within.

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There's a place that I find myself again.

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Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

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Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

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There's a place where religion finally dies.

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There's a place that I lose my selfish pride.

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Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

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Dancing with my father, God, in fields of grace.

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How does this next line go?

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Okay, that's enough.

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This is what he's inviting us to.

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I'm not trying to make this childish.

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I'm not trying to make this some kind of fun experience.

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I'm just asking that you realize that throughout this week,

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he wants you to remember the simple line.

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I'm calling you out to fields of grace, fully pardoned.

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I am king. I have decided so.

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So you can walk with me through this week with no suspicion.

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With no suspicion of my heart towards you.

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Not a cloud in my heart towards you, Jacob.

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So dance with me.

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So he broke bread. He gave thanks, and he said,

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this is my body which is broken for you.

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Manoj, come.

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Hey, Brandon, well done.

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It's very hard to come out here and sing like that, man.

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Thank you.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Grab the cup too, guys.

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And we'll pray for the cup and then we'll drink.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Dancing in the father's.

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Dancing with my father, God.

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In fields of grace.

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Dancing with my father, God.

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In fields of grace.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do do do do.

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Do.

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Do do do.

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Do.

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Do.

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Do do do.

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Do we need more?

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Yeah.

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May I ask you to come up and pray for me before the service ends so in case I go.

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I have a strong feeling I'll be going.

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Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do.

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Father this week every time we suspect your heart or intent towards us, please help us remember the song.

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I've been through so many times circumstances forces into that place.

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I'm not sure what your intent is towards us, the suspicion.

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So father in the same manner after supper your son took the cup and he gave thanks and he said,

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this is my blood with which I write a new agreement with you.

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My father will be your father.

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I'm king and I fully pardon you.

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Thank you for a fresh start for the rest of the month, the rest of my life, rest of the week, rest of the day.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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So we lift our glasses to you.

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We say, Jesus, thank you so much.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you for the security of the kingdom.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you so much, Lord.

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Thank you so much.

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Anyone wants to burst into a song?

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Feel free.

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Anyone else?

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Thank you, Jane.

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Amen.

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Anyone else?

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Songs that burst from your heart.

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Hallelujah.

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Your presence is heaven to me.

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Beautiful.

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Unto you the slain and risen king,

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with lift of hearts to heaven, singing,

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where are you, Lord?

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Anyone else?

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So, Father, be blessed by our hearts as we drink this to the honor of your son and for the covenant that you made with us now in Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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Come, May.

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Oh, shucks, forgot the bread.

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It's okay.

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Forgive me, Father.

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Let's eat the bread.

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There's a mic missing.

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Oh, it's there.

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So May's going to pray for me because assuming I'm going, I don't want to go in my own name.

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But sent by you guys in the name of Jesus.

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I just got a text from the guys in Houston saying that figuring out how to do things.

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So let's just pray that COVID has caused the U.S. to become a nation that we are going into, which had never happened in the last 15 years.

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So may may churches now begin to mushroom there too.

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Yep.

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Go ahead, man.

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Father, nothing can stop your plans, even COVID.

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So, yeah, I say these things in full trust that you will be taking care of them.

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I pray that there will be no delay in flights for Jacob.

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No border barriers, no test barriers, Father.

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Thank you, Father.

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These things are already in your hands and already taken care of because Satan can't thwart your plans, Father.

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COVID can't thwart your plans.

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So instead, Father, I just want to focus on what you're sending Jacob to do, Father.

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In New York, Houston, and even in L.A., I actually just don't doubt that these three cities will happen, but you are sending him through us, Father.

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So, Father, I just pray that in this time, Father, that Jacob will really experience your wisdom, Father, for these three different places and these three different churches.

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Just experience an outpouring of your wisdom over him as there are important decisions to be made and things that need to be pointed out, Father.

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So I just bless him with your wisdom upon him.

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Thank you.

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And may he really experience this over the next coming days in the areas where big decisions need to be made.

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So, yeah, we send him, Father.

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Bless him.

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It will be smooth sailing, and we look forward to the stories that he has to share with us that just really glorify who you are.

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Yeah.

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In your precious name I pray.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Thank you, May.

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All right, you guys, I'll either see you in two weeks or I'll see you in three weeks, depending on what happens when I come back.

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But I'll be zooming in on Sundays, so please turn up.