In this heartfelt sermon, Kinney Barbour addresses the question, 'Why are you here?' and delves deep into the individual and spiritual journeys we are all on. Drawing on biblical lessons and personal anecdotes, Barbour emphasizes the importance of making choices based on faith, love, and trust in God. He reflects on the journeys depicted in films and parallels them to our own, highlighting how God's guidance can lead us through challenges and triumphs. The sermon also covers the story of the prophet Elijah, illustrating the trials and divine support in a believer's life. The message concludes with a call to action, encouraging a consistent and reflective spiritual practice.
00:00 Introduction and Opening Prayer
00:58 The Deeper Question: Why Are You Here?
02:37 Life's Journey and Choices
04:37 Passion and Movies
07:43 The Narrow Road and God's Guidance
14:34 Elijah's Journey and Mental Struggles
20:09 God's Presence in Natural Phenomena
20:36 Elijah's Encounter with God
21:56 The Significance of Wind, Earthquake, and Fire
25:46 Hearing God's Whisper
29:10 Reflecting on God's Questions
32:55 A Call to Action
36:23 Closing Prayer and Communion
Good morning, everybody.
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:Good morning, church family.
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:Good morning, friends.
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:And we'll start with a question.
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:You guys sit on the screen.
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:Why are you here?
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:Before you guys answer the question,
let's pray real quick, okay?
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:Heavenly Father, thank you
for just being who you are.
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:God, thank you for just being along
with us as we navigate through life.
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:Uh, God, I pray if you do
today's service, God, work
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:through me, uh, speak through me.
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:Uh, Father, help me to slow in my
speech, uh, Father, I pray that
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:it's clear, uh, Father, we're here
because we want to hear your word.
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:I pray that it resonates in our soul.
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:It moves us to draw closer to you.
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:Uh, Father, we love you, just say we pray.
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:Amen.
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:So, why are you here?
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:Now, I'm going to throw out some
reasons at a high level why you're here.
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:And if it resonates with
you, please say amen.
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:Alright?
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:Okay, are you here because
you're a part of the church and
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:you do this on a routine basis?
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:Okay, are you, are you out of
town guests and you are staying
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:in my house and you're here?
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:Okay.
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:All right.
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:So we have some there If you're
here because maybe your kids
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:are in camp and you're here just
for those reasons Amen Okay.
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:All right.
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:So At a high level, you know
that we're here for a reason but
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:this question is much deeper.
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:It's You What are you doing
here at this point in your life?
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:And all of us, we're on journeys,
but we're on individual journeys.
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:And so, as of right now, everyone is
at a certain point in their lives.
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:Whether you're a teenager, whether
you're a, you know, a young adult,
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:maybe you're an older adult, whatever.
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:You're married, you're single, you
are at a point in your life right
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:this minute where the question
is, what are you doing here?
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:So this message is for us individually.
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:The Bible talks about bringing
us to our senses, right?
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:And so we have to ask ourselves
these kind of questions.
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:Okay, the journey.
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:We're all on a journey.
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:How do I get back?
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:Perfect.
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:Okay, how do I get forward?
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:Perfect.
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:The journey.
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:We're all on a journey.
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:Since we're born, the journey starts.
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:When we are kids, our journey
is shaped by our parents.
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:Uh, it's, it's shaped by
those responsible for us.
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:So they shape us, even shaped
by our, our religion too, right?
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:A lot of us are kids kingdom, so it gets
shaped in a way that we don't decide.
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:We just follow through
and follow along, right?
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:Uh, as we go though, we realize once we
become teenagers and become young adults,
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:what that adult means is that choices.
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:My choices are not made for
me, I make my own choices.
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:And then the road starts
looking like this.
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:There are so many options,
um, for our, for our choices.
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:And where do our go?
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:And I love this quote.
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:It talks about that, um, life
is just a series of choices.
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:Uh, it reflects our belief
based on either love or fear.
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:So, um, When we make these choices, it
could be made logic, you know, I'm in,
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:I'm in IT field, so I'm very logical,
it just makes sense to go this route.
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:Or it could be made by fear, meaning
I don't want to make the wrong choice.
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:So by default, I'll go the
easiest path in front of me.
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:Or the love part is passion.
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:I love this thing so much.
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:I will deviate to another path.
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:And so, there are choices.
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:We mentioned passion groups here, right?
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:Uh, it's a marvelous
thing we do in our church.
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:Whereas we have, uh, maybe
about a month and a half.
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:And we just do whatever
you're passionate about.
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:And so something that I have
done for years is I watch movies.
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:And I, I don't watch
them for entertainment.
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:I watch them because, um, they
are proven to be one of the best.
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:And so I watch them to see, okay,
is it really that good and why?
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:And I try to think about it.
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:I try to pull in my wife and my, my kids.
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:They never bite.
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:So I'm always watching by
myself, you know, you know.
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:And I give them individual ratings too.
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:And so my passion was like, let me open
it up to the church to join my passion.
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:So we get together on Fridays
and we look at movies.
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:And we use the AF, I
think it's AFI, I think.
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:American Film Institute.
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:They're top 20.
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:And we, every week we watch a movie.
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:We watch Citizen Kane.
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:And we realize Rosebud.
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:is change the trajectory
of Citizen Kane's life.
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:So, this idea of loneliness affected
his whole life, affected his navigation
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:through life, this feeling of childhood.
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:We have things in our childhood that, that
navigates, or these feelings, emotions,
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:loneliness, that changes our choices.
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:Casablanca.
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:How many of you guys have seen Casablanca?
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:Right.
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:So, Casablanca.
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:Uh, it's about, you know, a person,
the main character is deep hurt
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:over, um, a relationship that
influenced the trajectory of his life.
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:And so, hurts can affect our choices, too.
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:Uh, then the last one we
watched was Singing in the Rain.
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:How many guys have seen that?
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:Yeah, and so I just couldn't wait.
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:There's one, I know the song, I was
waiting for that to come on, but, you
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:know, we watched it and very interesting
movie in that, um, his, uh, security,
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:his, his, his security was disrupted by,
um, the career movie industry changes.
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:Right?
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:So, and for me, I think about technology,
I'm in technology, and there's this
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:fear that, because technology moves
so fast, that there'll be some concept
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:that I just can't grasp, grasp.
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:And then there's my career, I
can't, I can't figure it out,
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:I can't move past this concept.
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:And so I can relate to that.
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:So all of these movies,
they have journeys.
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:And for us, we have a journey and we
are the main character in our journey.
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:If you can see your life as that, right?
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:And so you're navigating through
your life's journey here.
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:Now, I want to look at,
Give me a second here.
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:And so, We have our life's journey,
and then most of us here, it got
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:interrupted in some manner, right?
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:Matthew 7, 13, it says, Enter
through the narrow gate, for wide
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:is the gate, and broad is the
road that leads to destruction.
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:And many enter through it.
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:But small is the gate, and
narrow the road that leads to
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:life, and only a few find it.
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:So many of us, we had all of these
choices, but then God intervened, right?
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:And it says here in Titus chapter
3 verse 4 through 5, it says, But,
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:when the kindness and love of God,
our Savior, appeared, He saved us.
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:Not because of righteous things that
we have done, but because of His mercy.
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:He saved us through the washing of
rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
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:That's right.
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:So, a lot of us had our lives
interrupted by God's love.
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:If not, He is trying to interrupt
your life with His love.
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:Saving us.
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:Many of us have been saved, many of
us are on the path to getting saved.
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:Right?
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:And so, He's saying, Alright, I've
made clear to you, all of these
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:choices is really boils down to two.
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:There's a road to destruction and
there's a road to life, right?
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:And so to many, one is wide, everybody
goes through it, you know, by default.
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:If I am fear based, I want to go through
the wide road because it's safe, I think.
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:But God makes it clear once you, once
he talks to you and speaks to you and
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:his love, he makes it look like this.
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:There's two.
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:What do I choose?
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:And then he says, after you choose,
then he says, trust in the Lord with all
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:your heart and lean on not on your own
understanding and all your ways submit to
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:him and he will make your path straight.
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:So, so a lot of us here, we've, okay,
we've got, this is the path that I chose.
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:Okay.
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:How does it look right now on the screen?
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:Bright, vibrant.
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:And so he's saying, I'm going to
always make that path look that way.
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:I'm going to make it straight
for you at all times.
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:And so now many of us, that's our journey.
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:How do I make that path straight for me?
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:It gets crooked, it gets turned, it
gets, it looks a little gray at times.
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:Sometimes, I don't even
realize I'm walking on a path.
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:I don't even see a path anymore.
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:And so, what are you doing here?
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:We're on a narrow road.
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:And this is a scary picture because
I've been in Yosemite and me and my wife
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:went on our first wedding anniversary
and we went to, um, on the trails.
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:And they had, like, three levels.
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:They had, like, the novice,
the intermediate, and they
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:had the, the tough guy one.
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:I don't know what that's called, but
I said, let's go on the tough guy one.
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:Let's do this, honey.
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:We went on this trail, and it
looked very similar to this.
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:We got to a point where it was
so high, there was no rail.
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:It had to have been three foot of runway.
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:And, um, I got to a point where I was,
and I realized I was really scared
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:of heights is my, my knees started
buckling, and I couldn't, I couldn't
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:stop them from buckling, I had a hard
time breathing, I was really starting
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:to panic, but I was trying to panic
and look cool at the same time with my
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:wife, and, but people were passing by,
older, I was like, and to a point, I
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:was like, I, I can't take another step.
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:And so let's, let's go back, honey.
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:As we're going back, my knees
are wobbling, and I'm like,
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:please, let's get to the bottom.
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:And I was just so thankful
to get to the bottom of this.
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:I was like, I can't, I just
physically can't do it.
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:And so that's how this narrow road
can feel sometimes for us, right?
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:And so, when we choose the narrow
road, God says, now I'm on it with you.
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:You are no longer alone
making these choices.
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:We are on the road together.
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:I will, and there's a scripture that talks
about that, I am in you, I'm giving you
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:the Holy Spirit, we are in this together.
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:So I'm going to guide you, and
direct you because I'm in you.
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:I want to speak through you, and to you,
and guide you because you need guidance to
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:stay on this narrow road that you chose.
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:I'm going to equip you too.
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:I'm going to give you a backpack, I'm
going to make sure you got water along
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:the way so you don't get dehydrated.
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:I'm going to make sure
you're mentally prepared.
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:I got you on this road, this
narrow road that you chose.
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:You know what?
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:On this road, you're gonna, it's gonna
be life to the full as I define it.
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:There's going to be some enjoyment.
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:There's going to be some changes.
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:There's going to be some,
some aha moments for you.
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:Uh, it's going to be wonderful.
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:You'll look back and say, What an
amazing journey we had together, Lord.
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:Or when you get to heaven,
it'll be those like, What an
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:amazing journey we had together.
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:Life to the full.
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:And then, We go to, now that road
looks a little troublesome, right?
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:He says, I promise you, this
narrow road, there will be trouble.
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:There will be challenges.
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:There will be obstacles.
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:I promise you that.
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:And so they'll be there
because of perseverance.
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:You will have to persevere during this
narrow road, which means there'll be
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:character development along the way.
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:Don't shriek from it.
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:And he says, the things I do, discipline.
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:Expect me to discipline
you, as a good father does.
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:So all these things are a
part of this narrow road.
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:A lot of things happening,
a lot of great things.
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:But, it's going to produce good.
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:Do you believe that, for on
the road that you've chosen?
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:Dorca.
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:Alright.
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:Alright.
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:And so, I want to talk about a prophet.
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:We're going to go through
his life a bit, uh, Elijah.
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:And he's gone through the same thing.
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:He's a prophet.
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:God spoke to him.
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:Moved him.
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:He's doing what God wants him to do.
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:And we're going to walk
through his narrow road.
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:As well, we'll read through.
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:It's in, uh, 1 Kings, chapter
19, verse 1 through 8.
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:You can follow on the screen.
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:or go to your electronic devices.
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:It says, Now Ahab told Jezebel everything
Elijah had done, and how he had killed
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:all the prophets with the sword.
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:So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah
to say, May the gods deal with me, be
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:it ever so severely, if by the time
tomorrow I do not make your life like
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:that, like, like that one of them.
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:Elijah was afraid and ran for his life.
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:When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he
left his servant there while himself
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:went a day's journey into the wilderness.
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:He came to a broom, a broom
bush, bush, sat down under it
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:and prayed that he might die.
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:I have had enough Lord,
he says, take my life.
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:I am no better than my ancestors.
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:Then he lay under the bush
and then he fell asleep.
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:All at once, the angel touched
him and said, get up and eat.
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:He looked around, and there by
his head was some bread baked
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:over hot coals and a jar of water.
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:He ate and drank, and
then he laid down again.
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:And the Lord came back a second time,
touched him, and said, Get up and eat,
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:for the journey is too much for you.
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:So he got up, and he ate again,
and he drank again, but he
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:was strengthened by the food.
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:He traveled another 40 days
and 40 nights until he reached
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:Horeb, the mountain of God.
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:And so this is Elijah, and, but
Elijah, God wanted him to go to Ahab,
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:to go with Ahab, and God wanted him
to deal with all the prophets, um,
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:the prophets of Baal, who, um, were
under this particular religion.
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:And he wanted them to destroy them.
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:God said, do it.
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:And so he ordered God and he did it.
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:And so after this journey, he realized
that Queen Jezebel didn't like that.
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:And so Queen Jezebel says, I'm
going to put a hit on your life.
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:And she was serious.
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:And so Elijah was terrified.
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:And scared, and lonely,
and he ran, and he hid.
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:And he's saying, God, I'm
following you, your journey for
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:my life, but I want it to be over.
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:I don't want this.
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:I'm depressed.
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:I am tired.
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:I'm dejected.
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:And I'm alone, and I'm
about to get killed.
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:I'd rather kill myself.
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:Could you imagine that kind of fear?
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:To the point I can't eat.
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:Anybody can sleep.
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:That's depression.
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:Like, I just want it to, to end.
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:Like, I tell God, and
God had to wake him up.
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:You know, he's like, I just want to die.
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:You know, I want it to end, even suicidal.
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:And so, that's Elijah's journey.
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:And, look at your own journey here.
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:What mental state are you in right
now in regards to your own journey?
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:You know, there are a
lot of ebbs and flows.
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:You know, there's a lot of the
battle with depression, fears.
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:It's life, right?
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:Even God's men and women
struggled with mental health.
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:They struggled with challenges
along the way of their going
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:along their narrow path.
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:They want so much, you know.
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:the state of sin.
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:They were in, they were going
along their state, their, their
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:path and they had these poles.
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:And so, that makes these
things very realistic here.
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:And just think about where you are
in your state, you know, to make
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:your decisions, uh, and your choices.
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:And God wants to meet needs.
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:And so, Father's question is, uh,
you know, what are you doing here?
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:But he wants to reflect.
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:It's like, What do you need?
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:Really?
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:He didn't know what he, he he needed,
but God says, I'm gonna feed you.
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:He didn't ask for it.
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:He fattom because he know what you needed.
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:He'd help you with
your, your mental state.
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:You know, you need a
little direction here.
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:You know, I know you need
to go a little further.
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:I want to help you out here.
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:So God and angels, the angels
moving all around us guys.
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:They're angels.
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:that help us along too.
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:And so, it's amazing.
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:Then we continue on.
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:We go through God Passes
By which is pretty amazing.
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:So God makes his presence in our lives.
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:We may miss it at times.
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:We may catch it.
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:We may think it's a phenomenon.
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:You may think just bad things
just happen in the world.
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:We may think, you know, hurricanes,
tornadoes, earthquakes are
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:just a part of just California.
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:But God says, I make passes all the time.
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:Not to the whole world in
general, but to you specifically.
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:Do you catch me passing by you?
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:Or is it just a thing or a phenomenon?
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:Or just a temporary, you
know, uh, blip in your life?
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:And let's read further in 1st Kings
19 9 through 12 So 40 days he went
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:There he went into a cave and Spent
the night and then here we go again.
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:The Word of the Lord came to him the
question What are you doing here Elijah?
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:And he replied, what I said before,
I've been very jealous for the
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:Lord God Almighty, the Israelites
have rejected your covenant, turned
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:down your altars, and put your
prophets to death with the sword.
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:I am the only one left, and now
they're trying to kill me too, Lord.
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:The Lord said, go out and stand on a
mountain in the presence of the Lord,
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:for the Lord is about to pass by.
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:Then a great and powerful wind tore
through the mountains, tore the mountains
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:apart and shattered the rocks before the
Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind.
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:And in the wind there was an
earthquake, but the Lord was
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:not in the earthquake either.
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:After the earthquake came a fire, but
the Lord was not in the fire either.
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:And so now we have the Lord passing by.
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:He passes by our lives too.
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:Uh, one of my favorite singing
groups is Earth, Wind, and Fire.
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:And so, when I read this, I was
like, all my tunes going through
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:my head and everything, so.
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:So, wind.
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:First comes the wind.
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:It says, for wind, you can't see wind.
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:You can only feel it.
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:Right?
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:So, God passing by could be refreshing.
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:It's refreshing.
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:You know, wind cools us on a hot day.
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:You know, maybe you had, um,
something in your life that
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:was very refreshing for you.
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:You know, maybe you got,
um, encouraged by something.
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:You know, another person or an
event was very encouraging for you.
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:Maybe you're right there right now.
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:It's like, man, I'm in a
state of encouragement.
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:Life is so good.
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:Or, Maybe you're a part of another
wind where it's challenging.
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:I have a lot of friends, um, from
the church isn't here today because
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:of the resurrection of COVID.
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:God's amazing, right?
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:Can you think of one thing if
God wanted to get everybody's
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:attention on this entire world?
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:What could he do to get
everybody's attention?
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:How creative can he be?
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:An earthquake?
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:No.
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:A fire?
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:No.
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:He tried it with Noah.
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:How about the wind?
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:Where I can put a virus in the
wind to get every single person
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:in this world's attention.
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:How about that?
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:To get acknowledgement.
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:I'm passing by and I'm
gonna pass by again.
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:How amazing is God, right?
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:The wind.
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:Then we talk about earthquake.
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:We know our earthquakes.
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:And you can't, you can't
get away from an earthquake.
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:It's happening when I first felt it.
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:I wanted to run outside.
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:Like, run outside is still there.
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:You know, I can't, you know, I want to go
to the table, but it's still happening.
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:You can't, it's, it's your foundation.
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:Alright.
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:And maybe God is passing by
through an earthquake in your life.
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:Maybe from a positive perspective.
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:Uh, you got a job or something, it
makes you, you know, some more job
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:security, you got more income, you
know, maybe that's a good thing.
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:Right?
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:Or maybe it's a challenge
with an earthquake.
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:Maybe you lost the job.
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:Or you lost a relationship that
was really important to you.
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:You know, either by just
disconnection or death.
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:Where it shakes the foundation.
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:Do you see God passing by here?
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:To get your attention.
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:Fire.
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:I have two dogs at home.
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:You know, uh, and what's amazing
about animals is that all creation
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:knows stay away from fire.
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:Innately.
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:It doesn't know.
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:I know what it is.
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:I ain't going close to it.
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:And so, fire warms us when we need it.
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:Maybe something's going
on that's warming you.
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:Or, fire can burn you.
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:leaves a mark, leaves a scar.
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:Maybe you have things in your life,
too, right now that, something that,
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:it's, I'm thinking about it right
now, it's causing an angst of anxiety.
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:It's a scar that I just can't get rid of.
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:It's been there for a while.
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:It's something I can't let go.
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:It keeps me up at night.
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:This, this scar.
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:God's moving through it, too.
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:And so, we talked about that as
far as the earthquake, the wind.
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:The fire and how he leaves a mark
and then let's finish it up here with
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:The whisper And so he makes this
stuff gets our attention here, but he
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:says I Passed by that But the way I
want to communicate to you is through
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:a whisper But to hear someone's
whisper, you have to be in a spot
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:to hear someone's whisper, right?
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:You have a lot of noise going
on, a lot of things going on
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:in life, you won't hear it.
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:And so could those events bring you to
a point where I can hear God's whisper?
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:So let's start with Elijah.
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:He says, So after the fire came,
after the fire came a gentle whisper.
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:When Elijah heard it, he pulled his
cloak over his face and went out
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:and stood at the mouth of the cave.
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:Then a voice said to him, What
are you doing here, Elijah?
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:Um, he replied, I have been very
zealous for the Lord God Almighty.
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:The Israelites have rejected your
covenant, torn down your altars, and put
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:your prophets to death with the sword.
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:I am the only one left, and now
they are trying to kill me too.
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:And so again, the Lord said, Um,
you know, go back the way, go back
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:the way he came and go to the desert
of Damascus when you get there.
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:Anoint, um, Hazel King over Arum.
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:Um, and also a name Joe who's
son of MSU King over Israel.
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:And anoint Elisha, son of Shepa
from Abel, um, ALAH to succeed.
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:You as a prophet, Jehu will put to death
any who escaped the sword of Hazel.
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:Of Hazel and Elijah will put to death
any who escaped the sword of Jehu.
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:Yet I reserve 7, 000 in Israel, all
who, whose knees have not been bowed,
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:have not bowed down to bow, and those
whose mouths have not kissed them.
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:So he says, I got you.
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:I'll send Elijah to help you out.
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:I'm here.
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:You know, I got your back, but he
had to tell him in a general whisper.
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:Elijah, he could tell us a lot of
ancient thoughts going through his mind.
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:He says, I can't sit here
and just talk to you.
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:I got so much going on in my mind.
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:So he had to pass by, pass by, to
put you in a spot where now, I want
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:to talk to you in a gentle way.
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:And the same for us.
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:You know, we get to,
um, he went into hiding.
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:Sometimes it's easy to go hiding, right?
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:I want to hide from
the things I'm feeling.
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:Uh, I want to just, I want to pull away.
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:I want to deal with it myself.
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:Oh, I don't want to think about it.
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:I just want to escape.
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:He says, come out of
the cave and talk to me.
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:I want to, and get a quiet spot.
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:For many of us, it's, how often do
you go to a quiet spot with God to
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:hear what He's trying to tell you?
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:God speaks to us all
through His Holy Spirit.
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:What is He telling you?
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:And so, and when He asks
questions, He He always ask it
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:multiple times in the scripture.
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:So as you go to God, you'll hear,
you know, he's saying, he's asking
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:me the same questions multiple
times to get me to really understand
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:in a deeper, in a deeper way.
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:Um, he's always speaking
through us, through the spirit,
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:throughout our spiritual journey.
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:And we move forward here, and so, Hmm.
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:What is God asking you?
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:Alright, we'll go, it didn't
go exactly the way I wanted it
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:to, but what is God asking you?
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:Is He asking you, what are you doing here?
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:Meaning, this spot in your life
right now, what are you doing here?
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:Is He asking you, do you love me?
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:Do you love me?
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:Do you love me?
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:Meaning that your life, I want your
life to reflect your love for me.
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:Or, maybe He's asking, where are you?
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:Meaning, you don't come to me enough.
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:I don't see you enough.
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:You know, where are you?
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:Why are you hiding from me?
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:Why don't you want to connect with me?
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:Why don't you want to talk?
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:Why don't you want to pray with me?
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:Maybe that's the question he'll ask you.
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:Or maybe he'll ask you, what is this?
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:These are all questions that he
asks throughout his word to people.
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:Maybe he's asking you,
what is this you have done?
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:Trying to bring you to
a level of repentance.
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:Can you first of all
acknowledge what you've done?
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:Because I've seen it, I'm in
you, I experience it with you.
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:So, I want you to acknowledge
what have you done so we can
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:truly forgive and move forward.
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:Maybe he'll ask you,
why are you so afraid?
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:to go the path that you know
that I'm pointing it to.
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:You know, when I can give you
confidence, uh, you can trust me.
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:Why are you so afraid?
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:Why are you so afraid?
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:Why are you so afraid?
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:Or, maybe, what do you want?
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:Like, I said, I tell you whatever you
ask for my name, I'll give it to you.
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:What do you want?
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:And so, he's asking that over and over
again, What can I help you on your story?
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:What do you need help with
on your spiritual journey?
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:I know what it is, but I have to have
you understand that you know what it is.
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:It's all about you.
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:Or, I was asking you, what is your name?
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:That sounds very simple.
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:You know my name, Lord.
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:Like, no, no, no, no, no.
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:You are my disciple, right?
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:And sometimes the way I see
you, you don't look like me.
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:You don't act like me.
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:I don't see you in me.
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:So I'm asking you, what is your name?
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:Say it.
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:I'm your child.
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:Say it again.
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:I'm your disciple.
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:Tell me again.
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:Who are you?
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:I'm different from the world.
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:Yes, you are.
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:So I'm telling you, when we're
together, what is your name?
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:Remember that.
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:Or, he's asking you, do you believe this?
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:Do you really believe this?
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:Do you believe what you're reading?
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:Do you believe what Kenny is
saying in front of the church?
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:Do you believe this?
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:Or are you just hearing it
and you go home and it's gone?
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:Do you believe it?
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:Well, if you believe it, you'll do what?
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:You'll try to do it.
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:So just ask me, do you
really, really believe this?
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:So, these are the kind of questions you
get some time with God and these questions
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:will start coming to you from your Lord.
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:And it's like, how are you
going to respond to this?
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:You know, I just got chosen as
um, or selected as, as an elder,
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:which was um, pretty humbling.
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:Um, but it's, I had to ask myself the same
questions, like, what are you doing here?
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:You know, it's my own questions, God
was like, and I had to think about
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:that, like what am I doing here?
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:Um, I don't feel worthy, I don't, you
know, but I had to not wrestle, but
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:just go to God to see a path here.
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:A path that God has done, which
is very, um, gives me confidence.
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:And you have your own path, too,
that God has done to bring you here.
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:And so, we'll move to, uh, the next
part is, we're gonna talk about, it's
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:a call to action, as we close up.
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:And so the call to action is, just
to commit to a consistent time
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:with God, and word, and prayer.
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:With no interruptions, with the heart
is that I want to hear from you, Lord.
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:Talk to me.
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:Tell me.
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:Uh, what questions are you asking me?
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:Uh, consistently going,
and it'll, it'll come.
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:And then, write it down.
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:Journal it.
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:Um, and then, um, you know,
what is he asking as he opens
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:up your heart to your spirit?
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:Just write it down.
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:Look at it, and you'll see it may
become again, and again, and again.
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:Share with somebody.
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:Your spouse, or friend,
uh, or even your elder.
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:You know, just share what, you
know, what is God asking you?
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:And then, when He's asking you
something, there's a response.
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:And, uh, and that response
is the faith action.
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:Okay, whatever you're asking me, you
know, the question he's asked me so
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:many times is really, do you love me?
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:Do you love me?
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:Do you love me?
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:That comes up all the
time when we're together.
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:But then the response is,
okay, if you love me, do what?
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:Feed my sheep.
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:Comes to me all the time.
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:He's like, feed my sheep, Kenny.
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:Feeding my sheep for the longest time.
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:That's what he tells me.
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:So I'm like, I'm going to
help me help me to do that.
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:And so for all of us,
there's some action Hey!
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:So help me to do what
God is calling me to do.
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:And, and that's what it means
that we're going to talk.
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:Sometimes when you talk to each other,
you realize there's some common things.
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:And so there's some corporate wide
things that God is telling us as
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:a whole that affects the church.
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:And so we make up the church.
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:So you're going to talk like, you know, he
told me the same thing, the same things.
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:Like, so corporately, he's calling us
to do something as a church together.
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:And that's how he works.
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:I was going through, we're
going to close it up.
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:I was going through the,
um, uh, in revelations that
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:talks about all the churches.
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:The first couple of chapters about seven
different churches and every church was
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:unique, which always gives me faith.
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:There's no perfect church.
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:We all got our stuff, right?
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:Cause we're not perfect.
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:But those letters were to the angels.
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:So each of those churches had
angels representing those churches.
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:So for a body of people, God has angels
assigned to bodies of people and God and
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:these angels are talking to God for us.
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:And so sometimes the angels are trying to
get these corporate messages to all of us.
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:They're telling us kind of the same thing.
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:And so for us all to grasp it and
understand what is it as a church we
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:have to change collectively because all
together we show we have a different you.
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:Church personality because of us But
some things we need to change and we're
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:growing so I just want to leave I'm
in with that so Guys, thank you for
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:the you know for hearing me out and
I'm going to pray for the communion
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:Heavenly Father Lord, thank you for
just being who you are for the hope
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:that comes for following you God.
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:for giving us a path To follow
and, uh, to help with your spirit.
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:Uh, Lord, what an amazing journey
we get to experience here on earth.
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:Uh, Father, that culminates in heaven.
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:Uh, God is valuable to you.
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:Uh, Father, it changes the
world as we go on this journey.
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:Uh, Father, I thank you so much
for the sacrifice in Jesus.
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:God, that brings us to our knees.
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:Uh, that slows us down.
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:That humbles us, Father.
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:Um, the, the juice that represents, um,
Real blood that flowed on the cross, uh,
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:real blood, real pain and father, and
how that washes over all of our sins.
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:Uh, God, we're not worthy.
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:Uh, I pray for the, um, the
bread that represents the body
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:that was beaten, uh, for us.
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:The pain and the agony, uh, Father, so
we can have a relationship with you.
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:Uh, God, we so appreciate you.
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:God, we respect you so
much for doing that for us.
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:Uh, help us to remember
that as we take communion.
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:Uh, Father, we love you as we pray.
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:Amen.