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 Good morning. Good morning. Today is just a very exciting day. We're going to be doing a tag team preaching today as we've done before.

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 So Vijay is going to be joining me later and sharing God's Word. One of the reasons why we do a tag team is because we really want to raise up people in the different gifts within the congregation and give opportunities to really grow in that.

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 So I'm just excited to be able to do this and Vijay is just going to be sharing a little bit later with us.

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 Let me just pray for us and then we'll get going.

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 Father, your Word is powerful.

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 I pray this morning that you would speak to us.

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 I pray, Lord, even as we're looking at this topic, which I know is just a controversial topic,

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 but it's one that we need to hear, Lord, because you speak it in your Word.

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 So I pray, open our ears, open our hearts to just be sensitive to what you want to say to us this morning.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Great.

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 Great. Welcome.

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 If you don't know me, my name's Chris.

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 I'm a teaching pastor here at Watermark.

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 It's just great.

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 Great to see you.

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 And if you've been here for a few, a couple of weeks, we've been looking at a new series going through talking about the Holy Spirit.

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 And we've said that the Holy Spirit is the creator spirit, the one who creates the whole world.

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 And as he's part of that creation, he also recreates us as Christians and brings us new life and new birth.

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 And he's changing us.

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 And we saw last week how the Spirit kind of gives us a new operating system.

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 And so we have a new way where we don't have to rely on our own strength, our own power to try and change ourselves.

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 But he gives us his Spirit to change us to be the people that he's making us to be.

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 And so today we're going to look at a controversial topic of prophecy, okay, and how the Spirit works in prophecy.

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 And this is one of those topics which raises a lot of questions and a lot of issues.

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 And we're not going to be able to deal with all of them today.

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 But one of the things we are going to be doing is, if you see in your bulletin, there's going to be a Q&A on the Holy Spirit and gifts and things.

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 And we just want you to kind of come up with questions and email me in questions.

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 I want it to be a great kind of beginning of discussion and dialogue as we really talk in getting God's Word about what it means to talk about spiritual gifts together.

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 So I don't know what comes to your mind when you think of the word prophecy.

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 I grew up in what is called a cessationist church, which means they didn't believe that gifts like tongues and prophecy continued.

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 And we had a kind of a great, it was a great congregation, but there was just, it was very kind of intellectual all the time.

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 A little bit dead spiritually.

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 Then I went to what is called a charismatic Anglican church.

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 And some of you wonder whether those two things go together.

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 But, and through my childhood and then I actually went for a few months to a Pentecostal Bible college.

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 And when I was there, you know, I had some great experiences, but I also had some very negative experiences.

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 I had some experiences of being pushed over, like by people trying to pray for me.

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 I had experiences of false prophecies where people prophesied that my allergies would be healed.

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 And they weren't.

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 And after that, that really messed me up.

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 And then I had, you know, I started to hear different people preaching.

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 And they would just take kind of verses from the Bible to just say whatever they thought it meant to say.

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 And eventually, I got very disillusioned with all of it.

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 In fact, you know, I got to the point, you know, I had some people who kind of say,

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 Oh, I saw a cloud in the sky and it looked like a chicken.

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 So that means like I should have chicken for dinner tonight.

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 And all these kind of strange things.

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 And I just became very cynical, very cynical of all of it.

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 I went there to a church where they taught Scripture well.

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 They had a great community together.

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 And they didn't talk about the Holy Spirit at all.

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 And so I just kind of lived with that.

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 You know, I became what I would call a I smoke but I don't inhale kind of Christian when it talks about the Holy Spirit.

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 I believe in the Spirit, but I don't kind of do the kind of some parts of the Spirit.

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 I don't practice.

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 I'm very cynical.

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 And so as being a watermark as well, I think one of the things that I've realized,

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 I think we can have been a little bit of a kind of I smoke but I don't inhale kind of church.

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 We haven't talked about spiritual gifts really or prophecy or any of those things at all in the congregation.

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 And many of us, I know, prefer to stick with just kind of what intellectually we feel comfortable with.

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 If you're like me, that's what I'm like.

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 And if you have negative experiences, like I've had some negative experiences,

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 we don't even necessarily want to think about this.

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 And it's very interesting because if you look at the different ways people's personalities work as well,

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 some of us are very rational kind of people.

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 Some of us are kind of very feely, intuitive people.

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 And we all kind of tend to look down on each other.

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 Okay?

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 And that's even in churches that's often the way.

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 Okay?

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 But what you see in Scripture is God has made both us to have truth and experience.

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 He's made heat and light.

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 He wants us to really grasp both of these things together.

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 And as we as the elders have been looking at Scripture together, we just prayed,

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 we felt God really convicting us that we need to kind of rethink about where we stand as a church

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 in terms of thinking about spiritual gifts.

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 It's not tenable when you read Scripture to say we smoke but we don't inhale.

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 And so when God's Word says to us,

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 earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy,

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 if I'm just all the time cynical about what prophecy means,

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 then actually I've been living in disobedience to what God is saying.

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 And we, as elders and as a church, we need to repent of that

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 and actually begin to understand what does it really mean when the Scripture calls us to these things.

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 So we don't want to let tradition, we don't want to let our experiences shape the way we view this.

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 We want to get back to Scripture and what it teaches us so that we can be obedient to that.

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 And so I know some of us are going to kind of have,

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 we disagree with different things that we'll say, and that's okay.

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 We want to have a conversation and we want to start this conversation,

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 but we want it to be one where we're getting back into what God's Word tells us,

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 not just what my experience has said.

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 So what we're going to look at today is,

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 I'm going to start sharing a little bit about what prophecy isn't,

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 and maybe what it is,

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 and then Vijay's going to come and talk a little bit about attitude to it,

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 and our response to it.

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 Okay?

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 So that's where we're going to go.

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 Okay.

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 One of the things that Scripture is absolutely clear about is,

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 and it's unique in Christianity,

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 is that we have a God who not only speaks to us,

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 he also speaks through us.

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 Okay?

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 I mean, just stop and think about that for a minute.

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 The God of the whole universe,

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 the God of the whole universe,

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 you know, he could be kind of like a distant boss

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 who occasionally kind of throws out orders to us

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 and then goes back into his office,

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 but he's not.

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 In fact, every religion,

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 whether it's Hinduism,

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 whether it's Islam,

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 whether it's Buddhism,

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 whether it's Judaism,

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 God is not personally wanting to reveal himself to you.

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 But in Christianity,

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 it says God wants to speak to you

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 because he desires a relationship with you.

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 I don't know if you get that.

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 Jesus says it like this.

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 He says,

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 My sheep hear my voice.

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 My sheep hear my voice.

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 I don't know.

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 Have you heard Jesus' voice?

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 Okay.

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 Are you a Christian?

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 If you're a Christian,

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 you've heard Jesus' voice.

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 If you've read the scriptures,

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 you've heard Jesus' voice.

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 Jesus wants to speak to you.

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 And I don't know if you,

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 some of you maybe are agnostic.

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 Some of you are maybe not sure whether it's God.

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 And you may find this difficult to believe.

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 And some of us, even as Christians,

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 we kind of have this idea that

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 God's this kind of floaty thing out in the sky,

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 you know, a little bit kind of distant from my real life,

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 not really interested in me.

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 And we say things like,

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 you know,

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 if there was a God,

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 why doesn't he kind of hold a press conference for me

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 and just kind of tell me what he wants me to do?

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 You know, perform a few miracles.

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 Just let me know he's there.

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 And the Bible says,

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 well, what more do you want?

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 If I wrote in the sky,

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 in big letters with your name,

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 you'd still find a way to explain it away.

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 But he sent Jesus,

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 who spoke for God,

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 performed miracles,

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 who rose from the dead.

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 He started a movement

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 which spread out of peaceful means,

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 taking over the whole of the Roman Empire

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 because of a radical love.

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 And he left his word to us

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 as a demonstration

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 of an unmatchable love

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 that he both calls us to

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 and reveals to us.

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 And we can keep trying to explain

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 this kind of God away in our lives,

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 but he says,

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 in the gift of prophecy,

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 I want to give you another sign

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 that I desire to be in relationship with you.

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 So he says,

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 so the question is,

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 what if you asked him today

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 to speak to you?

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 Are you willing to listen?

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 Are you willing to listen?

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 So we're going to look at this passage

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 in 1 Corinthians 14.

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 Just have it in your bulletin.

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 Just going to pick through

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 a few little parts of it.

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 But the context of this passage

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 is the Apostle Paul,

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 he's writing to a church

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 which is kind of wild

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 about spiritual gifts.

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 They're kind of completely

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 out of control.

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 I mean,

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 you think of the most excessive,

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 charismatic church,

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 if you've ever been in one,

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 that you can think of,

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 Corinth is like off the scale.

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 Off the scale.

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 It's just a free-for-all.

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 Everyone's just speaking in tongues,

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 prophesying all over each other.

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 Everyone's trying to get a word in.

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 Everyone's trying to get themselves

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 promoted as better than everyone else.

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 The gifts are being abused.

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 Everyone's all about themselves.

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 And in that environment,

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 do you know what?

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 I think many of us would say,

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 yeah,

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 I don't want anything to do

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 with spiritual gifts like that.

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 I don't want anything to do with that.

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 And yet,

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 Paul doesn't say that.

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 He doesn't say,

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 hey,

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 just stop prophesying, guys.

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 Quit the tongues.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 He says,

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 I want you to excel in gifts,

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 but gifts which build other people up.

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 And just do it in good order.

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 That's what he says.

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 Do it in good order.

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 So,

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 here's just a few things

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 to think about what prophecy isn't,

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 and then we'll talk about

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 what prophecy is.

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 Okay?

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 With me?

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 Good.

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 Okay.

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 Just before this passage

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 in chapter 13,

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 it says,

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 as for prophecies,

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 they will pass away.

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 As for tongues,

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 they will cease.

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 As for knowledge,

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 it will pass away.

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 For we know in part

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 and we prophesy in part.

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 But when the perfect comes,

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 the partial will pass away.

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 The first thing,

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 the prophecy isn't,

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 it says prophecy isn't finished.

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 Okay?

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 Some people think

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 prophecy died out

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 in the first century

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 when the Bible was written.

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 What Paul says

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 is that spiritual gifts,

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 including prophecy in tongues,

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 they have a time limit.

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 They have a time limit on it.

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 But that time limit

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 is the return of Jesus.

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 When the perfect comes,

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 not the first century.

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 Until that time,

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 prophecy,

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 though it's not perfect,

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 it continues.

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 Okay?

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 It continues.

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 So we should expect it

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 in the life of the church.

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 First thing,

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 it isn't finished.

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 Secondly,

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 it isn't just for spiritual

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 kind of elite people.

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 Verse one says,

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 pursue love,

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 earnestly desire

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 the spiritual gifts,

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 especially that you may prophesy.

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 I want you all

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 to speak in tongues,

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 but even more to prophesy.

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 Now,

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 who's Paul talking to?

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 He's talking to the whole church.

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 And I don't know,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 if you were,

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 God raised up particular people

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 at particular times,

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 you know,

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 Isaiah,

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 Ezekiel,

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 all these kind of guys,

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 the Spirit came on them,

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 they heard revelation from God.

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 And it was so pure

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 that they wrote it down

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 in Scripture,

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 and that's what we have

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 in the Bible.

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 But you know,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 if you're a prophet

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 and you got it wrong,

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 do you know what would

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 happen to you?

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 You get stoned.

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 Okay?

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 So if you said,

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 I think your mom

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 is going to come

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 to visit you on Friday

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 and they came on Thursday,

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 that was it.

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 Okay?

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 That was the end of the game.

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 Why?

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 Because the idea was

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 if you got it wrong,

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 you could lead people

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 away from God.

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 And there were only

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 a few people

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 who could speak

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 on God's behalf.

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 But now,

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 the Bible says,

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 in Acts 2,

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 when Pentecost come,

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 when the Spirit comes

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 on everyone,

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 it says,

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 everyone,

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 all your sons and daughters

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 shall prophesy.

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 It says,

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 no one in the New Testament

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 gets stoned

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 for getting it wrong.

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 Doesn't matter

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 if you're a CEO,

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 if you're a cleaner,

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 if you're educated,

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 if you're uneducated.

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 Doesn't matter

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 if you've been a Christian

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 for two weeks

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 or 20 years,

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 every Christian

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 can hear from God

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 and every believer

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 should desire

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 and ask

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 to be able

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 to prophesy.

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 So don't,

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 do you?

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 Do you?

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 Okay?

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 Prophecy isn't finished.

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 Prophecy isn't

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 for spiritual elites.

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 Prophecy isn't

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 astrology.

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 Okay?

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 Some people think

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 that prophecy

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 is kind of getting

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 your fortune read.

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 Okay?

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 Like kind of

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 something about the future,

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 something kind of

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 a little mysterious,

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 a little kind of,

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 ooh,

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 that's exciting.

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 Get some inside knowledge.

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 That's not what prophecy

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 is about.

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 It's not about

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 satisfying your curiosity

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 to find out what you're

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 going to be doing

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 in two years' time.

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 Prophecy

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 is about loving others.

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 That's why it says

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 pursue love

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 and pointing others

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 to Jesus.

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 That's the key thing.

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 God's providing ways

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 for you to love

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 other people better.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 let me ask you.

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 Would you like

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 to be able to have

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 the right words

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 at the right time

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 for the right situation

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 to just speak

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 into somebody's life

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 so their life,

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 they will be built up,

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 they'll be encouraged,

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 they would grow

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 in faith?

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 Would you want

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 that gift?

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 Two people would.

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 You know?

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 That's what he says.

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 Desire it.

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 He says,

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 it's God's discretion

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 what he gives

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 and when he gives it,

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 but it's our responsibility

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 to desire

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 and to pray for it.

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 So,

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 it's not finished.

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 It's not just

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 for spiritual elite people.

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 It's not astrology

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 and it's not authoritative

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 like scripture.

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 1 Corinthians tells us

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 in verse 29,

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 let two or three prophets speak.

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 Let the others weigh

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 what is said.

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 If a revelation

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 is made to another

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 sitting there,

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 let the first be silent

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 for you can all prophesy

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 one by one

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 so that all may learn

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 and all be encouraged.

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 Some people get nervous

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 about talking about

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 prophecy in church

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 because the Bible

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 can easily get pushed aside

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 in favor of like

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 emotional,

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 subjective experiences.

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 But prophecy,

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 what he's talking about here,

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 he says it's fallible.

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 It can be wrong.

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 That's why you need

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 to test it.

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 That's why you need

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 to weigh it.

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 That's an important part of it.

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 If someone comes to me

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 as they have in the past

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 and says,

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 you know,

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 the 24th of December

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 is going to be

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 the end of the world.

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 I'm going to look

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 in scripture

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 and say no one

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 knows the day

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 so I'm going to just

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 tune out of that.

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 Right?

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 If somebody comes to me

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 though and says,

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.559
 okay,

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:10.779
 the Bible says to me

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 don't commit adultery,

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 I don't sit back

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 and say,

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 well,

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 let me just test that.

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 Right?

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:19.319
 It's authoritative word.

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 Do you see the difference?

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 So prophecy's not finished,

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.519
 it's not for elites,

00:17:24.620 --> 00:17:25.420
 it's not astrology,

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.440
 it's not authoritative

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.180
 like scripture,

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.840
 what is it?

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.620
 Okay?

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.340
 What is it?

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 I said what it isn't.

00:17:31.080 --> 00:17:31.600
 What is it?

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 Verse three,

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 it says,

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 the one who prophesies

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 speaks to people

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 for their upbuilding,

00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.460
 encouragement,

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.759
 and consolation.

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:41.860
 Prophecy

00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:43.840
 is a spontaneous thought

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 that is given by God

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:46.059
 to an individual

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 for strengthening you.

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 That's what the word

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 upbuilding means.

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 For challenging,

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.480
 that's what the word

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:51.940
 comfort,

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.500
 encouragement means.

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 And for comforting you

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 in your trials

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 and difficulties.

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 You know,

00:17:59.359 --> 00:17:59.880
 it's about,

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.759
 it can be about

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.859
 predicting the future,

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.420
 that's foretelling.

00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:04.039
 You know,

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.759
 in Acts 11,

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 there's this guy,

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.559
 Agabus,

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.579
 he predicts a famine.

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:08.660
 You know,

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.400
 it leads to the church

00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:10.180
 donating money

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 for victims.

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 But in this passage,

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 it's more about

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.019
 foretelling,

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.380
 which is about

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.859
 strengthening your faith,

00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.940
 challenging you,

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.700
 how are you walking

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.380
 with Jesus?

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 And encouragement

00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:23.299
 in your life.

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 You know,

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 I had a,

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 when I was growing up,

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 I remember I used to

00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:29.119
 kind of preach sermons

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 in my head a little bit.

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 I don't know why,

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 it was just weird.

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 And I remember though,

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 once at a week,

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 I'd never preached

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 before in my life.

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 I went to a camp

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 and at the end of it,

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 a random lady

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 came up to me

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 and said,

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 I think you're going

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 to preach to many people

00:18:46.639 --> 00:18:47.259
 in your life.

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 And something in my heart

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.700
 just said,

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 yeah,

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 that's right.

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 Like,

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 I'd never preached before.

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 And,

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.299
 first sermon

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 I ever preached,

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 the pastor said to me

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 afterwards,

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 you are never meant

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 to preach again

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 in your life.

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 Yeah,

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 I hope they deleted

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 the recording.

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 But,

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 I knew,

00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:13.359
 like,

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 something in my heart

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 said,

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 no,

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.539
 that's not right.

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 because the word

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.920
 that had been given

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.279
 to me

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.599
 confirmed something

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.339
 that God had already

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.460
 placed in my heart

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:24.980
 and just strengthened me

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.799
 through that situation.

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.200
 That's what prophecy

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.899
 is about,

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.619
 strengthening you

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.960
 through your life.

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 And by the way,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.940
 if someone gives you

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.539
 a directional word,

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.299
 like,

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.480
 you should do this

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.960
 or do this,

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 it should affirm

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.599
 something which God is,

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.000
 you personally should

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.220
 affirm that in your own heart.

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.119
 Don't just make a decision

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 because I tell you to do it.

00:19:45.959 --> 00:19:46.599
 It should be something

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.699
 God's already affirming

00:19:47.699 --> 00:19:48.059
 to you,

00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:49.099
 working in your heart

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.759
 already.

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:50.719
 Okay?

00:19:51.439 --> 00:19:52.279
 That's what prophecy

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.759
 is about.

00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:53.939
 I'm going to hand over

00:19:53.939 --> 00:19:54.459
 to Vijay

00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:55.519
 to talk a little bit more

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 about our attitude

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.339
 to it.

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 So,

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:03.059
 good morning.

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.919
 Hi.

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.839
 So,

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.859
 my name is Vijay.

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.319
 So,

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.639
 I think we are all glad

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.979
 that Chris actually

00:20:08.979 --> 00:20:10.239
 tested the prophecy

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 he got,

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.059
 right?

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 So,

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 that he continued

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.479
 preaching.

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 So,

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.000
 thanks Chris.

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:15.839
 So,

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:17.220
 today I'll just take

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.559
 where Chris left.

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.539
 So,

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.740
 we'll be looking into

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:22.460
 what is the right

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.980
 attitude?

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.660
 What does Bible say?

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 How should we

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 come towards

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.779
 this concept

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.400
 of prophecy

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 or this

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.140
 spirit,

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.400
 gift of spirit

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.220
 prophecy?

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 And then we look

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.819
 into a life application

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.240
 and there's Esther

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 today who

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 also shares something

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.160
 what has recently

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.120
 happened in our life

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 to really learn

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 something from that

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 for us as a church

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 and then finally

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.639
 we'll work on the

00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.099
 response.

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 How should we respond

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.859
 to this whole thing?

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 So,

00:20:51.479 --> 00:20:52.139
 that's what we'll be

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.459
 doing.

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 So,

00:20:53.199 --> 00:20:53.859
 before I start,

00:20:53.959 --> 00:20:55.759
 I heard a funny

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 account in the past.

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 So,

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 there's this guy,

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 a young guy

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 who wants to get

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 married

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 and so he's been

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 praying

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 and he said,

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 he comes to the

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 pastor and says,

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 you know,

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 I've been praying

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.519
 about getting

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 married and God

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 gave me this verse,

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 Hebrew 416,

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.779
 where it says,

00:21:16.219 --> 00:21:17.079
 receive mercy

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 and get grace

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 in time of help

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 or time of troubles.

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 And so he says,

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 oh,

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 and then,

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 since then I've met

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 these two ladies

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 named Mercy

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 and Grace

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 and I think God

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 is telling me

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 to marry them both.

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 Yeah?

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 And this pastor

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 is a quick-witted

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:35.339
 pastor and he said,

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 okay,

00:21:35.959 --> 00:21:36.219
 alright,

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 so let's pray

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 about it

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 and let's talk

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 about it tomorrow

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 again.

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 So the pastor

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 comes next day

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 and he says,

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 alright,

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 so I've been

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 also praying

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 and really,

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 I got this verse

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 from 2 Corinthians

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 12,

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 9,

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 where it says,

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 my grace

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 is sufficient

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 for you.

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 So I think

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 you should not

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 marry both,

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 just one.

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 So I think

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 that's not the attitude

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 we'll be talking

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 about today,

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 but it just shows

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.599
 it's one of the

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.599
 concepts where

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.259
 people have

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.879
 misused

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 in church

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.779
 pretty much.

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 And really,

00:22:13.219 --> 00:22:14.199
 if we look into

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.459
 what is the right

00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:16.500
 attitude towards

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.159
 prophecy,

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 and in 1 Corinthians

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 and also in Thessalonians,

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 it gives you a very

00:22:22.219 --> 00:22:22.939
 clear account

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.980
 of what Bible

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.379
 says prophecy

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.779
 or what's the right

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:28.019
 attitude towards prophecy.

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 prophecy.

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 So I think Chris

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.960
 already mentioned

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.920
 about be eager

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.700
 to prophecy

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:35.299
 in Corinthians 14,

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.940
 39 and 40,

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.139
 and it says,

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.160
 do not forbid

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.400
 the work of spirit

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.779
 and do it

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.480
 in a fitting

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.440
 and orderly way.

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 So,

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:47.099
 let's talk about

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.720
 eagerness,

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.099
 yeah?

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.980
 What does it mean,

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.519
 eager?

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.960
 And in another

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.299
 version,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.460
 it says desire,

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.180
 desire to prophecy.

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.220
 So,

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.740
 prophesy.

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.519
 Can you go to

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.080
 the next slide?

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.840
 So I think the desire

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:02.400
 by nature of it,

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.180
 it's something you

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:05.140
 want,

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.000
 desire.

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.380
 And actually,

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.200
 if you,

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.600
 I think we all

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.180
 desire

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:13.100
 different things,

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.380
 materialistic things,

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.700
 right from chocolates

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:17.000
 to a most expensive

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.220
 property in Hong Kong

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.740
 right now.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.660
 So,

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.799
 there's a range of

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.779
 things we desire,

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.839
 and in the secular

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.279
 world,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.579
 everybody will agree

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:27.660
 achievement,

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.139
 the origin of an

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.940
 achievement is

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.579
 somewhere in

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.480
 somebody's desire.

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.240
 So,

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.379
 it's the origin

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.220
 of something.

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.480
 It's a start.

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.480
 And actually,

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:37.980
 it's a very

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.019
 misused thing,

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.660
 I would say,

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.639
 if you read in the

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:42.319
 news and internet,

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.460
 I think desire is

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:45.359
 often time used

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.059
 in a very

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:48.119
 sexual context.

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.959
 And actually,

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.919
 it is skewed

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.619
 in a lot of ways

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.559
 how God has

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.419
 actually designed

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.299
 desire to be.

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.459
 And I think Bible

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:56.639
 tells you to desire

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.759
 a lot of good

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.199
 things.

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.539
 Actually,

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.059
 there is,

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.959
 let's say,

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.699
 a lot of

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:03.079
 philosophy around

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.379
 this.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.939
 And I think one

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.559
 of the things in

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.500
 Buddhism is to

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:08.059
 completely make you

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.959
 void of desire,

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.019
 this nirvana,

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.059
 the state you

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.459
 will reach.

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.019
 So,

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.319
 actually,

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.039
 Bible actually

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:15.779
 says desire

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.539
 good things.

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.059
 And actually,

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.659
 I think it was

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.759
 Chris who mentioned

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.420
 a desire can be

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.159
 replaced only

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:23.460
 with another desire.

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.579
 And I think

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.220
 that's a very

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.059
 important thing.

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.859
 I think God

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.619
 wants us to

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.859
 desire good things

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.899
 and have passion

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.460
 for it.

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.859
 And if you want

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.299
 to be,

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.859
 I mean,

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.659
 it's something you

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.799
 want to have more

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.720
 and more and more

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:36.920
 of.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.159
 So,

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.940
 that's the kind

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.460
 of spirit

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:40.619
 what Bible

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.659
 talks about

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.399
 when it says

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:44.139
 desire eagerly

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:45.079
 the prophecy.

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.159
 prophecy.

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.759
 So,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.799
 with that,

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.919
 if you can go

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.379
 to the next

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.659
 slide,

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:49.939
 please.

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:50.939
 So,

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.819
 again,

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.879
 coming to the

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.819
 right attitude

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.899
 towards prophecy,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.460
 1 Thessalonians

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.619
 now in

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.439
 chapter 5,

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.359
 it clearly says

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.579
 do not quench

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.079
 the spirit.

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:02.299
 So,

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.159
 what does that

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.399
 mean?

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.679
 So,

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.039
 don't have,

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.659
 don't dismiss

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.099
 it.

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.460
 So,

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.279
 if something,

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.779
 if there is a

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.599
 prophetic word

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.919
 comes to anybody

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.559
 in church

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.539
 or anybody,

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.500
 don't have

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.039
 this

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:17.819
 resisting

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.339
 attitude

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.079
 towards it,

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.279
 yeah?

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.119
 Or dismiss

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.220
 it right away

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.579
 saying that

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.220
 it's so much

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.980
 out there

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.839
 it cannot

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.359
 be true.

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.259
 I think

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.359
 we cannot

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.079
 have that

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.700
 dismissive

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.099
 attitude

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.899
 or even

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.639
 an indifferent

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.200
 attitude

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.960
 towards it

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.000
 to say,

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.279
 oh,

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.980
 prophecy is

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.639
 not for me.

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.879
 That's not

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.480
 the attitude

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.180
 what Bible

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.700
 tells us

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.159
 to have.

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.259
 And also

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.720
 it says

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.240
 do not

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.119
 treat prophecies

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.899
 with contempt.

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.319
 Yeah,

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.359
 I think

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.839
 often time

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.219
 there is

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:47.819
 an inclination

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.379
 for us

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.439
 to ridicule

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:50.139
 it because

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:51.099
 it's so much

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:52.239
 sometimes

00:25:52.239 --> 00:25:53.139
 feels like

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.899
 we are not

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.419
 in control

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.839
 of it.

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.819
 So,

00:25:55.899 --> 00:25:56.799
 that's also

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.399
 not what

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.019
 Bible tells

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.479
 us to do.

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:58.699
 So,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.539
 don't have

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.679
 an attitude

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.659
 of ridiculing

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:03.219
 but test

00:26:03.219 --> 00:26:03.819
 them all.

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.339
 It says

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.379
 you can

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.959
 test them.

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.139
 It's not

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.819
 something you

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.159
 say,

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.879
 because if

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.299
 it's a

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.939
 truth,

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.859
 it will

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.419
 stand the

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.779
 test.

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.279
 So,

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:12.660
 I think

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.920
 you can

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.440
 test them

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.519
 with

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.000
 biblical

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.799
 teachings

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.720
 and also

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.279
 people in

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.879
 the church

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.039
 who are

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.799
 living in

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.220
 the spirit

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.220
 by talking

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.579
 to them.

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.319
 We'll look

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.779
 into that

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.539
 aspect a bit

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.899
 later,

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.379
 more in

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.720
 detail.

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.639
 And after

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:25.899
 you have

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.579
 tested them,

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.119
 hold on

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.480
 to it.

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.619
 And if

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.000
 it's a

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.440
 truth,

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.779
 it has

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.039
 to be

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.680
 also held

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:31.980
 on to

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.559
 in your

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.799
 life for

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.200
 that to

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.579
 come to

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.920
 fruition.

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.639
 So,

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.059
 sometimes

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.960
 we receive

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.480
 in a

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.759
 weekend,

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.099
 in an

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.559
 experience,

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:41.399
 some nice

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.740
 verse,

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.180
 and then

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.580
 we tend

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.080
 to forget

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.580
 sometimes.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.259
 I think

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.759
 it also

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.320
 needs some

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.660
 kind of

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.259
 holding on

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.680
 to it

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.480
 for it

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.780
 to be

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.220
 realized.

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.759
 So,

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.340
 in summary,

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.800
 what are

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.280
 the do's

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:52.900
 and don'ts,

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.160
 right?

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.460
 So,

00:26:53.540 --> 00:26:53.780
 I think

00:26:53.780 --> 00:26:54.220
 we looked

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.519
 at

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.400
 indifferent

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.120
 attitude,

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.780
 this cold

00:26:56.780 --> 00:26:57.280
 attitude

00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:59.259
 towards it.

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.860
 That's

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:01.600
 a clear

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.120
 no-go.

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:02.880
 And it

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.240
 says,

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.220
 do not

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.800
 dismiss

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.640
 or resist

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.420
 that in

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.940
 your spirit,

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.759
 and do

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.039
 not

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.680
 ridicule.

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.140
 So,

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.440
 that's

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.900
 what I

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.240
 wouldn't

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.880
 do when

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.840
 I get

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.360
 a prophecy

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.799
 or you

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.140
 are in

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.880
 a setting

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.600
 where prophecies

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.059
 are being

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.539
 proclaimed,

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.860
 but rather

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.140
 be eager.

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.279
 So,

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.120
 this engaging

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.640
 attitude,

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.720
 how can I

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.460
 engage with

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.759
 it?

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.539
 And test

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.779
 it.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.420
 I would

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.200
 not take

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.799
 anything

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.140
 without testing

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.759
 at the end.

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.019
 Of course,

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.660
 it has to be

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.680
 personally affirmed

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.680
 and tested

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:36.539
 with respect

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.039
 to biblical

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.580
 teachings

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.700
 and hold

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.299
 on to it,

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.019
 as I said.

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.759
 And that

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.400
 also takes

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.900
 some effort.

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.440
 It's not

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.880
 something

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.660
 automatically

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.240
 happens.

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.580
 So,

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.480
 next slide,

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:46.779
 please.

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.860
 So,

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.660
 I just

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.000
 wanted to

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.580
 quickly talk

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:53.039
 about this

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.580
 part as

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:53.720
 well.

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:53.900
 So,

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.120
 testing it

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.759
 and

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.200
 Corinthians

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.440
 chapter 4,

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.120
 1 Corinthians

00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.080
 chapter 14

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.560
 says,

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.860
 do it in a

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.320
 fitting and

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:02.660
 orderly

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:02.920
 way?

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.340
 And what

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.800
 is it?

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.920
 And I

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.500
 think it

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.960
 has to

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.980
 be fitting

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.640
 to biblical

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.180
 teachings.

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.840
 And it

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.360
 cannot

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.940
 contradict.

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.220
 That's the

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.160
 thing Chris

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.040
 also mentioned.

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.200
 It cannot

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.759
 be,

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.300
 has a

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.640
 super

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.220
 authority

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.100
 over biblical

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.600
 teaching.

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.060
 And that's

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.740
 a good test

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.320
 for us,

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.580
 how we

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.040
 can say

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.620
 whether this

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.259
 is the

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:29.000
 word from

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.620
 God or

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:29.900
 not.

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.600
 And if

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.380
 unsure,

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.000
 and I

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.819
 would approach

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.680
 elders and

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.019
 spiritual

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.579
 leaders in

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.039
 the church

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.500
 and talk

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.019
 about it.

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.140
 And I

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.759
 think that

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.480
 is also in

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.119
 that process

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.460
 it would

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.960
 also get

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.759
 cleared and

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.539
 affirmed in

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.000
 your life.

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.799
 And everything

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.700
 must be

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.359
 done so

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.740
 that the

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.240
 church is

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.779
 built up.

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.500
 And here

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.900
 again,

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.339
 there could

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.740
 be that

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.740
 prophecy comes

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.160
 into a

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.619
 church and

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.019
 there are

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.119
 divisions in

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.480
 the church

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.259
 sometimes because

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.880
 some people

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.640
 believe this or

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.359
 that and that.

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.079
 but I

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.639
 think in

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.339
 overall,

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.479
 it has to

00:29:01.479 --> 00:29:02.319
 be building

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.259
 the church

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.319
 in the right

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.839
 direction.

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.759
 What the

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.619
 Bible says

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.439
 and what

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:08.219
 God wants

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:08.819
 the church

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.219
 to be

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.719
 developed in

00:29:09.719 --> 00:29:10.359
 that direction.

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.839
 So it

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.259
 has to

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.859
 be building

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.639
 church in

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:13.919
 the way

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.559
 God wants

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.279
 us and

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.779
 really to

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.240
 strengthen,

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:16.979
 encourage,

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.759
 and comforting

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.240
 people.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.279
 And so

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.899
 that's kind

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.459
 of the

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:21.299
 framework.

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.039
 What God

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.819
 gives us

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:24.259
 could be the

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.059
 right attitude

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.339
 towards prophecy

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.480
 and how it

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.919
 works in

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.359
 our lives.

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.319
 With that,

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.259
 I'll now

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.959
 move on to

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:32.299
 what is the

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.119
 relevance for

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.859
 us here?

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.459
 So what

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:36.000
 should we

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.859
 do about

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.059
 it?

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.939
 And I

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.539
 think if

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.939
 you really

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:40.659
 go one

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.500
 step into

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.819
 1 Corinthians

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.619
 chapter 14,

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.119
 it talks about

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.839
 what happens

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.659
 when unbelievers

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.220
 come and

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.439
 you're

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:49.500
 prophesizing.

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:53.619
 And what

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.220
 happens if

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.699
 you read

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.259
 that account,

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.639
 you can

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.420
 read it

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.759
 in your

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.040
 house.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.100
 I think

00:29:58.100 --> 00:30:00.080
 the person

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.600
 who comes,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.220
 the unbeliever,

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.740
 he really

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:04.040
 gets convicted

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:06.520
 and he's

00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:07.480
 laid bare

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.280
 before God,

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.040
 it says.

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.800
 And finally,

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.480
 his conclusion

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.100
 is God

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:12.540
 is really

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.120
 among you.

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.900
 So prophecy

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.860
 is one way

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.540
 where God

00:30:16.540 --> 00:30:17.400
 really shows

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.140
 his powerful

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.940
 presence in

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.480
 our life.

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.520
 And that's

00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:22.440
 the thing.

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.120
 So presence

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.740
 and power

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.160
 of God.

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:26.340
 God's

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:27.180
 real presence

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.779
 and power

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.300
 of God.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.220
 And it's

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.240
 oftentimes a

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.980
 life-changing

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.620
 experience.

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.820
 And in my

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.259
 life,

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.740
 actually,

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.259
 I could

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.660
 say,

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:37.200
 I spent

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.900
 20 years

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.220
 of my

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.200
 life in

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.680
 India,

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:41.279
 in a city

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.080
 south of

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.400
 India,

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.860
 and I've

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.460
 never taken

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.279
 a flight in

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.880
 20 years

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.180
 of my

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.600
 life.

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.660
 And,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.940
 I mean,

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.180
 I would

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.060
 only travel

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:52.340
 through trains

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.800
 and things,

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.440
 but I

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.920
 received

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:57.200
 once a

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.920
 prophecy

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.240
 with Isaiah

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.759
 55,

00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.480
 and God

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.880
 clearly

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.840
 affirmed in

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.420
 my spirit

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.580
 that I'll

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.400
 be going

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.900
 to different

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.360
 nations.

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.640
 And it

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.279
 was a

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.640
 prophecy

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.279
 which was

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.820
 kind of

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.640
 too big

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.180
 for me to

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.460
 handle,

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.000
 so I

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.640
 talked to

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.180
 my mother,

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:13.980
 prayed with

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.580
 my friends,

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.220
 and,

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.679
 but I

00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:16.460
 was personally

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.460
 very affirmed,

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.480
 so I had

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.139
 no doubt,

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.759
 but it

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.099
 was just

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.679
 too big

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.279
 for me

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.619
 to,

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.199
 and since

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.699
 then,

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.939
 in the

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.619
 last 17

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.099
 years,

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.919
 I've been

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.460
 in different

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.899
 nations,

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.339
 so I've

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.119
 been traveling

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.899
 all the

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.559
 while to

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.559
 U.S.,

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.059
 France,

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.659
 Germany,

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.039
 so I

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.720
 either studied

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.419
 or worked

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:36.399
 in Shanghai

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.099
 and now

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.480
 in Hong

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.740
 Kong,

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.699
 and my

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.519
 job pretty

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.960
 much is

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.460
 about going

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.899
 to different

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.779
 countries and

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.919
 doing things,

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:43.720
 and,

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.079
 and,

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.559
 I would

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.119
 never have

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.599
 dreamt

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.319
 something like

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.759
 this my

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.259
 life would

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.439
 be,

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.899
 and God

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.240
 is not

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.960
 done yet

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.720
 as well,

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.839
 so it

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:53.359
 just has

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.899
 changed my

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:55.000
 life experience

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.000
 and what

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.519
 God has

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.059
 shown me

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.659
 and how

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.859
 this story

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.779
 has blessed

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.599
 my family

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.099
 and my

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.480
 friends has

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.279
 been also

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.039
 amazing,

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.619
 so it

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.559
 could be a

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.139
 very life

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.519
 changing

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.220
 experience,

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.179
 and really

00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.919
 to strengthen,

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.359
 encourage,

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.019
 and comforting

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.419
 people,

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.839
 and it's

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.720
 the way to

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.779
 show and

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.240
 follow the

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.519
 way of

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.799
 God's

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:14.920
 love.

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.299
 What it

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.839
 means is

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.680
 probably

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.779
 you could

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.400
 be skeptical

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.980
 when you

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.500
 receive a

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.859
 word for

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.480
 somebody else,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.960
 but that

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.500
 would really

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.000
 build that

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.700
 person up,

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.579
 so I

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.579
 think it's

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.259
 also you're

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.359
 blocking God's

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.359
 love sometimes

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:29.799
 because you

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.380
 don't feel

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:33.140
 it's logical

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.180
 or sometimes

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.440
 even you're

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.779
 not in

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.200
 control,

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.579
 and oftentimes

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.839
 it's bigger

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.579
 than yourself,

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.359
 these kind

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.759
 of words,

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.299
 and so I

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.279
 think there

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.859
 is an

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.599
 aspect of

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.279
 really also

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.000
 loving others

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.480
 in this,

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.599
 and so that's

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.160
 something we

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.819
 have to be

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.940
 open to as

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.319
 well as

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.640
 church.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.420
 So with

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.879
 that I

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.200
 would like

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.119
 to invite

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.579
 Esther,

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.839
 who is

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.140
 going to

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.940
 share with

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.299
 us some

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.519
 of the

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.259
 recent

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.039
 experience she

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.500
 has had

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.220
 with prophecy,

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.319
 so,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:05.279
 yeah,

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:12.619
 Esther,

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.139
 hi.

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.379
 Good

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.680
 morning.

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.220
 Good

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.619
 morning.

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.619
 So,

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:16.980
 yeah,

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.359
 Esther,

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.019
 tell us a

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.359
 little bit

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.619
 about yourself

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.180
 first.

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.639
 Yeah,

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.240
 my husband

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.740
 and I

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.339
 started coming

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.000
 to Watermark

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.319
 when it

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.980
 first started,

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.339
 and my

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.859
 husband Pat,

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.379
 and I

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.639
 have two

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.079
 boys,

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.259
 so I'm

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.960
 a full-time

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.220
 mother,

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.160
 and in

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.259
 my free

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.660
 time,

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.240
 I

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:36.440
 help out

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.019
 at school,

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.039
 at different

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.480
 volunteer work

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.120
 and ministries.

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.339
 Cool.

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.099
 So,

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.980
 tell us about

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.759
 this experience

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.380
 you had two

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.480
 weeks ago,

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:46.980
 I guess.

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.279
 Yeah,

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.720
 two weeks.

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.680
 So,

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.700
 I was

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.620
 invited to

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.900
 serve at

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.420
 this Christian

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.900
 retreat,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.940
 and it

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.299
 was a

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.079
 three-days

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.460
 retreat

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.279
 at

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.660
 Taofeng

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.059
 Shan,

00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:00.559
 and my

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.180
 role was

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.839
 to be in

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.279
 the chapel,

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.259
 there was a

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.859
 small chapel,

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.900
 and I

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.299
 was serving

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.620
 as an

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.099
 intercessor

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.500
 there,

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.440
 so basically

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.300
 I'm spending

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.880
 three days

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.500
 inside that

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.099
 small chapel

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.539
 praying for

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.900
 the team,

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.659
 the speakers,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.539
 and the

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.960
 people who

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.579
 were attending.

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.000
 Yeah,

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.380
 yeah.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.980
 So,

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.119
 you had a

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.980
 prophetic

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.639
 experience,

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.079
 can you?

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.400
 Basically,

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.099
 because we

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.239
 were inside

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.639
 the chapel

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.260
 all the time,

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.760
 we didn't

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.139
 get a lot

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.820
 of information

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.719
 about the

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.340
 people coming,

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.500
 and they

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.980
 were very,

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.920
 the organizer

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.740
 was very

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.280
 careful not

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.900
 to release

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.719
 much information

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.380
 to us,

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.000
 it was not

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.400
 a purpose,

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.820
 you know,

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.240
 to gossip

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.880
 and guess,

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.980
 so we

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.579
 were to

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.000
 pray by

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.960
 what the

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.360
 Holy Spirit

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.800
 was showing

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.380
 us for

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.699
 the three

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.079
 days,

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:46.719
 and I

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:48.460
 was a

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.820
 little bit,

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.119
 I felt

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.599
 inadequate,

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.800
 of course,

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.059
 at the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.360
 beginning,

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.500
 but by

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.980
 faith,

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.980
 I served

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.820
 with two

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.699
 other friends

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.579
 and fellow

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.239
 sisters in

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.599
 Christ,

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:01.239
 and it

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.619
 was just

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.299
 quite amazing

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:03.179
 that in

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.619
 a lot of

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.019
 ways,

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.299
 we prayed

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.339
 and felt

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.679
 the Holy

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.019
 Spirit

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:08.559
 guidance in

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.039
 leading us

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.659
 to certain

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.199
 types of

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.579
 prayers,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:13.000
 or to

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.619
 pray certain

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.239
 verses for

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.879
 certain people,

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.500
 we didn't

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.039
 know them,

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.919
 and many of

00:35:16.919 --> 00:35:17.199
 the team

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.659
 members I

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.139
 didn't know,

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.619
 so we

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.079
 would look

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.339
 at their

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.659
 photo,

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.279
 and if we

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:21.199
 sent something,

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:21.519
 we would

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.980
 just pray,

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.599
 and God

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.519
 used dreams,

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.659
 so there

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.059
 was one

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.779
 night when

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.920
 I felt

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.280
 like it

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.500
 was a

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.720
 nightmare,

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.320
 because I

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.720
 had all

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.120
 sorts of

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.519
 dreams,

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:31.860
 and it

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.180
 was about

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.600
 marriage,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.600
 about adultery,

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.600
 about really

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:35.200
 ugly things,

00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:36.400
 so I woke

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.740
 up,

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.400
 I told my

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.700
 roommate,

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.360
 who was also

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.860
 serving with

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.160
 me in the

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:39.460
 chapel,

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.440
 she immediately

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.980
 picked up

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.540
 something about

00:35:41.540 --> 00:35:41.920
 marriage,

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.880
 she herself

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.620
 repented about

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.000
 her own

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.660
 marriage first,

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.500
 and so we

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.100
 did together,

00:35:46.540 --> 00:35:46.980
 I think that

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.560
 was God's

00:35:47.560 --> 00:35:48.540
 prompting for

00:35:48.540 --> 00:35:49.120
 us to also

00:35:49.120 --> 00:35:49.860
 be cleansed

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.120
 in the

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.600
 journey of

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:50.900
 this,

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:53.100
 and so we

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.700
 just felt

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.160
 that God

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:54.620
 was telling

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:56.080
 us that he

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.480
 was going to

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.840
 speak into,

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.460
 because it

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.699
 was a

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.059
 women's

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.440
 retreat,

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.139
 and just

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.099
 speak into

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.619
 the women's

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.039
 lives about

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.460
 marriage,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.260
 and little

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.639
 did we

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.360
 know that,

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.340
 so my

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.019
 other sister

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.539
 who was

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.840
 serving in

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.139
 the chapel,

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.280
 she didn't

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.699
 stay with

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.059
 us in the

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.440
 same room,

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.119
 she came

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.440
 over,

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.219
 and she

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.719
 shared a

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.079
 room with

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.539
 the speaker

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.260
 that morning,

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.679
 and she

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:14.960
 said,

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.579
 oh,

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.960
 this morning

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.699
 Dada is

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.019
 going to

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.920
 share on,

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.619
 actually the

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.360
 topic was to

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.199
 study God's

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.380
 word,

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.179
 but she was

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.619
 going to share

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.420
 a personal

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.240
 testimony on

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.579
 her own

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.959
 marriage,

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.819
 how it

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:27.399
 was broken

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:27.899
 and that

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:28.459
 God healed

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:29.799
 her marriage,

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.819
 and so we

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.500
 were so

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.419
 encouraged that

00:36:32.419 --> 00:36:33.779
 the three of

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.259
 us actually

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.819
 got the same

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.419
 message to

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:36.479
 pray for

00:36:36.479 --> 00:36:36.799
 marriage,

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.339
 and then we

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.319
 got words

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.239
 about unforgiveness,

00:36:39.479 --> 00:36:39.739
 bitterness,

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:41.139
 so we were

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.359
 just praying

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.219
 along in that

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:44.459
 direction while

00:36:44.459 --> 00:36:45.719
 the speaker was

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.219
 doing that

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.959
 that morning,

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.599
 and afterwards

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.319
 I heard some

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.919
 team members

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:50.519
 came back

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.559
 with feedback

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.980
 that indeed

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.420
 there were

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.880
 some people

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.739
 attending and

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.139
 they were

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.960
 recovering from

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.840
 divorces,

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.159
 and a lot of,

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.639
 so God did

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.340
 bring comfort

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.179
 and strengthen

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.900
 the team as

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.159
 well.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.840
 Amen,

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.400
 amen,

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.759
 so just,

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.779
 what was your

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.619
 initial thoughts

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.739
 when you received

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.420
 something like

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.719
 this,

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.699
 like your dream

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.199
 and things,

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.000
 you said you

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.099
 were kind of

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.559
 nightmarish,

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:16.860
 right,

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:18.140
 but you

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.900
 took the

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.380
 courage to

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.700
 talk to

00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:21.500
 your roommate,

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:21.840
 right?

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.599
 Yeah,

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:25.000
 I think I

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:26.000
 just felt

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.660
 that if it

00:37:26.660 --> 00:37:27.120
 is from the

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:27.440
 Lord,

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.660
 he would

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:29.420
 confirm it,

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:31.180
 and the

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.640
 Bible does

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:32.140
 say that,

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.400
 you know,

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.880
 two or three

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.920
 prophesy and

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.880
 test the

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.120
 others,

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.539
 and for the

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:36.980
 others to

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.800
 also test it

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:37.980
 out,

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.680
 and so we

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.460
 had spiritual

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.980
 directors,

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.940
 pastors in

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.640
 the team as

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:41.880
 well,

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.900
 so they did

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.360
 come in in

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.680
 the morning

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:44.019
 and brought

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.480
 the speaker,

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:44.820
 and the

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.539
 speaker did

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.140
 confirm that

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:46.760
 she felt the

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.380
 same message

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.160
 should go

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.360
 out,

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.000
 so it was

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.640
 a confirmation,

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.400
 so the

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.820
 Holy Spirit

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.320
 doesn't just

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.580
 talk,

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.000
 you know,

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.660
 if it is

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:52.960
 something,

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:54.100
 I felt that

00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:55.100
 if God was

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.660
 really going to

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.240
 do something

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:56.780
 like this,

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.800
 he would,

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.700
 you know,

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.080
 give us

00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.740
 scriptures to

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.280
 back up,

00:38:00.560 --> 00:38:01.140
 and also,

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.660
 so he did

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.220
 bring us to

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.760
 the scriptures

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.420
 on forgiveness,

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.280
 on bitterness,

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:06.760
 and we just

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.480
 had so many

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.340
 confirmations,

00:38:08.520 --> 00:38:08.940
 actually.

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:09.240
 Right,

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.340
 right,

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.900
 so you kind

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.580
 of tested it

00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:10.760
 out.

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:11.320
 Yes,

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.780
 we did.

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.700
 Cool.

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.400
 So,

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:15.180
 yeah,

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:16.440
 what was

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.000
 the impact

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.460
 on your

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.919
 life when

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.239
 you went

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.639
 through this

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.179
 experience,

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.859
 and also you

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.519
 shared something,

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.239
 what happened

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:23.039
 to the others,

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:24.059
 they really got

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.159
 healing in their

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.879
 marriages and

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.119
 things,

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:27.379
 so what was

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:28.739
 your impact

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.559
 in your life?

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:31.039
 I was just

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:32.179
 completely in

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:34.500
 awe of how

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.460
 the Holy Spirit

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:37.840
 speak so

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.539
 clearly to

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.880
 us,

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:41.159
 and we

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.099
 were kind

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.619
 of sometimes

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.299
 battling in

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:44.119
 that room for

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.079
 certain members

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.880
 of the team,

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.679
 and he would

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:48.420
 just give us

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.880
 the so-called

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.960
 strategy to

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.639
 how to pray.

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.440
 We had no

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.039
 idea how to

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.400
 pray,

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.820
 I mean,

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.340
 we were just

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.460
 three little

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.219
 people in there,

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:58.539
 but God

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.539
 just carried

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.279
 us the whole

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.459
 way,

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.859
 so we were

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:02.199
 really encouraged,

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.279
 our faith is

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.679
 strengthened,

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.659
 and especially

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.459
 at the end

00:39:05.459 --> 00:39:06.019
 when they did

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.559
 a sharing

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.539
 from the

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.899
 ladies,

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.779
 so the

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.500
 ladies that

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.779
 we've been

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.239
 praying for,

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:10.980
 so after three

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.419
 days we were

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.179
 allowed out

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.939
 to meet them,

00:39:13.439 --> 00:39:14.000
 we just

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.839
 sometimes hugged

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.719
 them and cried

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.299
 when we heard

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.819
 their testimony

00:39:16.819 --> 00:39:17.399
 because we

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:18.819
 knew exactly

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.339
 we had been

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:20.059
 battling and

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.859
 praying for

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.559
 them for

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.279
 those things,

00:39:22.419 --> 00:39:22.939
 they had no

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.500
 idea why we

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.039
 were crying and

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.539
 hugging them,

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:26.699
 but we

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.739
 knew exactly.

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:28.519
 Wow,

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:28.920
 cool,

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.739
 that's very

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.179
 powerful.

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.219
 Thank you,

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.480
 Esther,

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.119
 for sharing

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.440
 that.

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.219
 Thank you,

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.500
 Vijay.

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.440
 So,

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:44.000
 isn't it

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.519
 amazing?

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.739
 It's so

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.719
 powerful and

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.300
 it could

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.239
 really change

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.759
 people's

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.460
 life and

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:52.639
 I think

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.320
 it's also,

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.099
 as Esther

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.619
 said,

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.179
 it was just

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.940
 love was

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.619
 overflowing

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.319
 in that

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:58.900
 atmosphere.

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.299
 So,

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.880
 I think,

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:00.799
 and that's

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.500
 the experience

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.440
 we as

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.519
 Watermark

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.839
 also want

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.440
 to go

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.639
 through with

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.239
 this whole

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.759
 prophecy.

00:40:08.319 --> 00:40:08.440
 So,

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.940
 I guess,

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.619
 after hearing

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:09.940
 that,

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.799
 what would

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.639
 be our

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.139
 response,

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.420
 right?

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.119
 Let's take

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.719
 a minute or

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.119
 two to

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.659
 look into

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.619
 it and

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.079
 I think

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.299
 after this,

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.679
 Chris will

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.420
 just close

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.839
 us in

00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:21.599
 prayer and

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.920
 take us

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.159
 through.

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.039
 So,

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.000
 what would

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.400
 be our

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.039
 response,

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.980
 basically?

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.159
 I think

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.659
 the first

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:30.380
 thing is

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.539
 eagerly

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.119
 desire,

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.200
 right?

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.900
 This whole

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:35.039
 thing of

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.720
 eagerly

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.639
 desire to

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.320
 prophesy.

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:41.139
 And I

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.639
 think we

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.440
 really need

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:42.680
 to,

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.400
 it's kind

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.780
 of a

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.760
 commitment

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:46.159
 to as

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.420
 well.

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:48.280
 if it

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.980
 is what

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.340
 it is,

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.820
 what God

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.240
 says,

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.380
 and the

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:51.960
 relevance to

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.460
 our life,

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.099
 I think

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.500
 we have

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.900
 to show

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.159
 this

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.800
 eagerness

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.940
 to

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.059
 prophecy.

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.820
 So,

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.079
 how do

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.360
 we do

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.740
 this?

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:04.480
 I think

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.440
 we have

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.659
 to

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:06.300
 intentionally

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.720
 pray and

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.940
 practice

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:10.000
 as well.

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.119
 And here,

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.960
 I think

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.539
 a CG

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.260
 group is

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.760
 a perfect

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.280
 setting,

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:17.400
 and to

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.740
 really

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.320
 practice.

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:18.960
 I would

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:20.680
 say we

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:21.200
 should just

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:22.260
 use some

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.820
 time to

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.400
 listen to

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.160
 God if

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.720
 there is a

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.420
 word which

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.000
 God wants

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.620
 to speak for

00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:27.340
 people around

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.300
 you in

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:29.380
 CG and

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.220
 really start

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:31.300
 practicing that

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.920
 culture.

00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:33.100
 And really,

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.960
 you can

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.260
 make mistakes.

00:41:36.580 --> 00:41:37.200
 It's all

00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:37.900
 right to

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.640
 make mistakes

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:39.140
 in that

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:40.140
 environment and

00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:40.540
 trusting.

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.500
 And there

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.040
 are people

00:41:42.040 --> 00:41:42.460
 who are

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:43.040
 there where

00:41:43.040 --> 00:41:43.460
 you can

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.440
 test it as

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.740
 well.

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:46.199
 But I

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.939
 think we

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.359
 have to

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.659
 start

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.239
 practicing

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.939
 it.

00:41:49.379 --> 00:41:50.279
 If it

00:41:50.279 --> 00:41:51.039
 is important

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.739
 as what

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.219
 God's

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.939
 told us,

00:41:53.459 --> 00:41:53.839
 prophecy,

00:41:54.359 --> 00:41:55.699
 desire eagerly

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.359
 prophecy.

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:59.059
 And the

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.559
 other thing

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.359
 we felt,

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.839
 I think we

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.919
 all at

00:42:02.919 --> 00:42:03.659
 some point

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:04.639
 have shown

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.619
 some indifference

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.500
 towards prophecy

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.219
 in our life.

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.099
 And I think

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.699
 we have to

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:10.419
 repent as

00:42:10.419 --> 00:42:11.839
 personally and

00:42:11.839 --> 00:42:12.719
 as corporately

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.359
 as church.

00:42:14.359 --> 00:42:15.879
 Really having

00:42:15.879 --> 00:42:16.519
 this cold

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.759
 attitude towards

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:19.239
 prophecy or

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:20.079
 indifference

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.779
 and whatever

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:22.339
 it is,

00:42:22.419 --> 00:42:22.819
 or the

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.439
 dismissive

00:42:23.439 --> 00:42:23.980
 attitude,

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.759
 resisting

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.299
 attitude,

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.279
 whatever it

00:42:27.279 --> 00:42:28.059
 is for you

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.879
 in your life

00:42:28.879 --> 00:42:29.219
 today.

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.939
 If you feel

00:42:29.939 --> 00:42:31.000
 you want to

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.419
 repent,

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.279
 we'll also

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.759
 have some

00:42:32.759 --> 00:42:33.339
 prayer time

00:42:33.339 --> 00:42:33.739
 later.

00:42:34.419 --> 00:42:35.059
 We'll have

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.779
 the prayer

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.480
 leaders here

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.719
 who would be

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.399
 happy to pray

00:42:38.399 --> 00:42:39.000
 for you at

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.500
 that time.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.539
 time.

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.699
 And of

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.019
 course,

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:42.820
 the contrary

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.360
 is also

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:43.820
 true.

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.840
 If you have

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.860
 accepted prophecy

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.860
 without testing

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.719
 in the past,

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:48.940
 I think that's

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.559
 something we need

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.260
 to repent as

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:50.500
 well.

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:51.619
 Because this

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.599
 can be also

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:54.460
 very misleading

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.019
 in life.

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.980
 And what Chris

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.179
 shared,

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:59.900
 it could be

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:01.019
 really detrimental.

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.780
 So I think

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.699
 we as a

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.360
 church also

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.260
 need to repent

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:05.559
 of this part.

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.079
 Yeah, so

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.719
 with that,

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.460
 I think

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:10.119
 I'd like to

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.659
 pass it to

00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:11.000
 Chris,

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:12.159
 and I think

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.860
 let's all

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.619
 grow in this

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:15.799
 aspect to

00:43:15.799 --> 00:43:16.599
 really feel

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.279
 the powerful

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:18.099
 presence of

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.599
 our God

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.019
 in our

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.420
 lives.

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.779
 Close us

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.360
 with,

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:30.219
 in Revelation

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.980
 19, it

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.440
 says this,

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.900
 it says,

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.059
 the testimony

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:34.099
 about Jesus

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.840
 is the spirit

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.400
 of prophecy.

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:37.699
 Ultimately,

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.360
 everything we're

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.019
 talking about

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:39.519
 is about

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.079
 actually the

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.539
 glory of

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:42.179
 Jesus in

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.960
 our lives,

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.840
 that he

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.159
 would be

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.440
 honored.

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.759
 And I

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.179
 know some

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:48.019
 of us will

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.139
 have a lot

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.779
 of questions

00:43:49.779 --> 00:43:50.219
 at the

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:50.480
 moment.

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:51.279
 Okay, what

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:51.739
 about this?

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.179
 What about

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.400
 that?

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:53.320
 We want to

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:54.059
 have an

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.860
 avenue for

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.559
 asking those

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.980
 questions.

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.539
 That's why I

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.900
 want you to

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.860
 email me.

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:58.400
 We're going

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.699
 to have a

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.019
 couple of

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.639
 sessions at

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:00.099
 the community

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.599
 center where

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.039
 we can really

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.799
 actually talk

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.400
 through these

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.779
 things.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.199
 Because for

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:03.559
 some of you

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.779
 it would be

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.119
 new.

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.880
 For some

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.519
 of you it

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.740
 would be

00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:06.099
 scary.

00:44:06.220 --> 00:44:06.519
 For some

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:07.180
 of you it

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:07.360
 would be

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.820
 exciting.

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.900
 But we

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.340
 have a

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.940
 God who

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.340
 is a

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.760
 glorious

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:14.980
 God and

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.599
 Jesus is

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.160
 the one

00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:16.820
 who is to

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.099
 get all

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.579
 the glory.

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.539
 So what I

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:19.880
 want us to

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.300
 do is I

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.539
 want us

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:21.059
 just to

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:22.800
 stand up

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.820
 and I

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.079
 want us

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.640
 to just

00:44:25.640 --> 00:44:26.119
 close our

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.460
 eyes.

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.539
 And I

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:27.820
 want us

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.619
 to pray.

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.619
 God

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.619
 to

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.619
 pray.

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:31.980
 I'd like

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.460
 to invite

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:32.940
 the prayer

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.420
 team to

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.920
 come down

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.400
 as well.

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:37.039
 But I

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.299
 want you

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:37.659
 just to

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.319
 in your

00:44:38.319 --> 00:44:38.940
 heart right

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.380
 now to

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:41.319
 respond to

00:44:41.319 --> 00:44:41.659
 God.

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:43.119
 Jesus says

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.819
 my sheep

00:44:43.819 --> 00:44:44.259
 hear my

00:44:44.259 --> 00:44:44.759
 voice.

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:47.980
 Some of

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.219
 us have

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.460
 gone a

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:48.960
 long time

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.179
 without

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:49.719
 really being

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:49.960
 able to

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.440
 recognize

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.980
 what Jesus

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.679
 voice sounds

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:52.039
 like.

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:55.279
 For some

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:55.639
 of you it

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.099
 may be you

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:56.639
 just need to

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.480
 repent that

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.800
 you've been

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.539
 so wrapped

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.960
 up in

00:44:58.960 --> 00:44:59.420
 so many

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.619
 other

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.179
 things.

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:02.199
 That actually

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.619
 even the

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:04.420
 desire to

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.960
 hear from

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.500
 God and to

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.139
 love people

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.840
 by speaking

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.320
 to them

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.260
 what he's

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.740
 saying is

00:45:08.740 --> 00:45:10.240
 just absent

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.699
 from your

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.019
 heart.

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.599
 Some of us

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.039
 we just need

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.360
 to actually

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.699
 pray.

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:15.480
 Father give

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.840
 me.

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:17.159
 I want that

00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:17.699
 gift of

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.139
 prophecy.

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:18.500
 I don't

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:18.699
 want to

00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:18.980
 just be

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.460
 weird.

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:19.820
 I don't

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.039
 want to

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.380
 just be

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.000
 but I

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.500
 want to

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.740
 be able

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.380
 to bless

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.039
 people.

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.699
 Drawing

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:25.280
 them closer

00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:25.840
 to you.

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:30.519
 So if

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:30.940
 you are

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:32.440
 maybe you

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:32.699
 are saying

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.740
 okay I

00:45:33.740 --> 00:45:34.059
 want to

00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:35.139
 repent of

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.659
 either an

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:36.240
 attitude where

00:45:36.240 --> 00:45:36.679
 you've just

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.519
 accepted some

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:37.880
 things in

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:38.240
 your life

00:45:38.240 --> 00:45:38.559
 where you've

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:38.940
 just been

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:40.880
 naive or

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.440
 you've just

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.679
 in your

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:43.320
 heart you

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:45.199
 just dismissed

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.699
 all of

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.320
 those things.

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:49.760
 Just take a

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:50.420
 moment now just

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:51.240
 to come before

00:45:51.240 --> 00:45:51.820
 God and just

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.440
 to speak to

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:52.719
 him.

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:55.480
 some of

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:55.739
 you may

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:56.219
 just actually

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:56.659
 want to

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.099
 pray for

00:45:57.099 --> 00:45:57.399
 that gift

00:45:57.399 --> 00:45:58.019
 of prophecy

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:59.919
 and I'd

00:45:59.919 --> 00:46:00.279
 invite you

00:46:00.279 --> 00:46:00.579
 just to

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.299
 come forward

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:01.639
 with the

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.179
 prayer team

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:03.679
 here for

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:03.939
 them just

00:46:03.939 --> 00:46:04.519
 to pray for

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:04.779
 you.

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.619
 Pray that

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.980
 God would

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.519
 work that

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:07.779
 in your

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.219
 life.

00:46:10.939 --> 00:46:11.579
 So let's

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:12.139
 just do

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:14.039
 business with

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.639
 God for a

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:14.879
 minute.

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:17.459
 Just speak

00:46:17.459 --> 00:46:17.939
 to him.

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:19.899
 Give him

00:46:19.899 --> 00:46:20.219
 what's on

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:20.659
 your heart.

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:21.319
 God

00:46:21.319 --> 00:46:21.599
.