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 Could I just ask you to stand, if you're able?

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 That's great. And then could you sit down? Thank you.

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 Because that's about as far away from the early church that the church in Corinth was speaking to,

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 because this was written at a time of the early church when, frankly, it was total, total power, chaos, excitement, enthusiasm, energy.

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 Two thousand years later, why did we become so compliant?

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 Would you stand? Would you sit? Thank you so much.

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 We wouldn't have recognized the early Corinthian church. It was totally opposite, vibrant and dynamic.

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 No wonder Paul writes to them and others in the early church and actually starts giving them advice about prophecy and speaking in tongues,

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 because these gifts were to be shared. It wasn't to be held back.

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 It was a gift that was given from God for the church to build it up.

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 And actually, so that people, not that it would be mayhem and loss, but so the richness could actually be heard,

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 like we heard from Margaret this morning.

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 Everybody came with a story. Everybody came with something that God was doing in them and through them

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 to encourage and build up the local church, the people of God.

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 You know, the church in Corinth was no exception.

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 And hence, Paul writes, what happens when people experience the Holy Spirit?

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 What happens when we receive the gifts?

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 Well, sometimes it can seem a little un-British and a little undignified.

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 And that's the way it was.

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 And perhaps that's why a significant number, in my opinion, of leaders in churches

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 have tried to dampen the gifts of prophecy and of the Spirit,

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 because actually it keeps a nicely ordered, well-tidy church.

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 Prophecy isn't dead.

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 It's alive and it's thriving.

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 And in a recent New York Times article speaking into the issues in America at the moment,

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 Dennis Edwards commenting on the wild and bizarre so-called prophecies that are around.

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 He says,

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 I affirm that God still speaks prophetically.

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 We witness the beauty and power of timely pronouncements

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 that zero in on particular wrongs to be righted.

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 At times, prophetic words come from unlikely sources,

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 as well as from faithful pastors and also Christian leaders.

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 As Jesus made clear, you can tell a tree by its fruit,

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 and likewise a true prophet.

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 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,

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 and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

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 He ends, God still speaks,

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 and we can hear if our spiritual ears attune and our hearts soften to respond.

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 We can hear that of God.

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 When I came in,

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 Thomas had a little thing on his machine here that goes,

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 yes.

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 Can you give us a yes?

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 Yeah!

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 Thank you for your response.

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 Nice, tidy, well-behaved church.

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 It's an observation,

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 but on the whole,

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 we seem to have ignored this gift too much.

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 You know,

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 moving in the prophetic,

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 and the freedom that it brings in worship,

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 and somewhere along the line,

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 it dampened not only our gatherings,

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 but turned some church meetings

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 to reflect more of a public library

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 than it did of a church that was alive.

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 You know,

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 and as we seek more and more the gifts of the Spirit,

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 and maybe reverse this trend,

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 we see the church moving in the prophetic.

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 Why?

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 Because it seizes people's attention.

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 You know,

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 I saw a vicar once

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 eat a daffodil from the pulpit.

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 I can't even remember

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 what the sermon was about,

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 but what I do remember

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 is this amazing technicolor bath

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 that went,

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 bleh,

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 right over the front.

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 I mean,

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 as a young person,

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 it made my day.

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 It seized my attention.

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 What does it take to seize our attention?

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 What is God doing innocent through us?

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 As he builds up our church,

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 and in our teaching series,

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 in our home groups,

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 you will see

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 that the spontaneity of prophecy and tongues

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 is evidence

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 as the Holy Spirit came for all people.

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 In Acts 2,

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 the good news

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 was conveyed

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 in everybody's own language.

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 You see,

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 what happened

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 is God has a great way

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 of creating a receptive audience

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 by grabbing people's attention.

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 Here are fishermen.

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 They're not linguists.

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 Tax collectors

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 came out

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 empowered by the Holy Spirit,

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 spoke into people's lives,

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 who went out to their communities

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 and shared the good news.

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 That is seizing attention.

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 These people,

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 again,

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 that we saw

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 in Acts 2,

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 they had this experience,

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 this idea

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 corporately

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 of sharing the power of God

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 because they were seized

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 in order to do that.

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 a few moments beforehand,

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 before they had seen

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 and experienced

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 the resurrected Jesus,

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 they were timid,

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 afraid,

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 locked away.

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 the Holy Spirit comes

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 and suddenly,

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 they don't care

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 who they tell.

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 They break out

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 in words

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 that people can understand

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 and share.

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 You know,

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 these gifts

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 are called

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 to build up

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 the church.

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 the Holy Spirit

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 sees their attention.

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 Are we open

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 to respond?

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 When it comes to

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 prophecy

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 and gift of times,

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 can I suggest

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 that in some areas

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 we have become

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 a little bit flabby?

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 It's a balloon

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 for those on the podcast.

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 We have

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 in many areas

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 and yet we sit back

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 and we don't expect

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 the Lord

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 to use the gifts

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 or to receive them.

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 We've got a thing

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 coming up on the screen,

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 a little verse

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 here.

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 Do not quench the Spirit.

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 Do not treat prophecies

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 with contempt

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 but test them all.

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 Hold on

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 to what is good.

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 It is given for us

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 to build up

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 the church,

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 one another,

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 to build each other up.

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 Hold on

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 to what is good.

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 Hold on

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 to what is good.

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 What is good?

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 What have we lost

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 maybe

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 that is good

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 in receiving

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 this particular gift

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 of prophecy

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 and speaking

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 in tongues?

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 Because

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 believe it or not

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 and this may surprise

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 some people,

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 we the church

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 are still

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 under construction.

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 we are not

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 the finished article.

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 God didn't finish

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 with the church

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 in 1662.

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 Some of you

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 got that joke.

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 There will be people

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 on the podcast

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 writing to me soon.

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 And

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 God has got

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 great things

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 to do

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 with his church.

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 And yet

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 somewhere

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 and somewhere

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 along the line

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 we,

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 we or individuals

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 may have got stuck.

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 It has

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 to be

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 this way.

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 No.

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 For this generation

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 God

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 is still

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 constructing

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 his church.

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 We need to listen,

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 we need to hear

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 and we need to share

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 what God

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 is saying

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 to us.

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 And we need

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 the freedom

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 to do that.

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 And what we're

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 talking about this morning

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 is tongues

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 and prophecy

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 is a freedom,

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 is a new

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 freedom

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 that God

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 has given us.

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 You know,

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 I was worshipping

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 along with

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 one of my favourite

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 worship songs

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 from,

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 I think it was

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 the 70s or 80s.

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 You know,

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 I noticed some

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 of those choruses

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 are a little bit

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 sort of swing your pants,

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 aren't they?

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 They're quite nice

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 and sing along.

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 And there was I

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 sort of

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 in my early 20s

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 as having

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 found the Lord again.

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 And

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 I suddenly found

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 that I wasn't

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 singing the words

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 on the screen.

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 I wasn't

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 singing the words

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 anymore

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 because I had

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 been wrapped up

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 in this amazing

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 sense of worship

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 that the words

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 that were coming

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 out of my mouth

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 bore very little

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 resemblance

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 to the words

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 that were in

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 my hymn book.

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 Because,

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 and I couldn't

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 help but raise

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 my hands

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 and I didn't

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 really worry

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 who was stood

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 around me

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 or what people

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 were looking

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 at me for

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 because this

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 was between me

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 and it was

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 for worship

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 of God.

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 and it was

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 a direct

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 response

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 to his love

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 for me

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 that I couldn't

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 hold

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 and I couldn't

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 contain

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 and that's

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 the way

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 it came out.

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 I hadn't been

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 taught,

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 I didn't do

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 a lesson,

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 I didn't go

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 to classes,

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 it happened

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 and from that

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 moment on

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 I felt

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 a new

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 sense

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 of freedom.

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 It wasn't

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 about me,

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 it was all

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 for him,

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 all for him.

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 Has anybody

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 else had

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 that experience?

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 Oh come

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 on,

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 to be honest,

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 here on a

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 Sunday as

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 well,

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 maybe we've

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 got a long

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 way to go,

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 maybe we've

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 got a long

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 way to go

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 back to

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 experience

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 what the

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 Lord,

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 that freedom

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 that we hear

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 about this

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 morning in

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 his church

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 to worship

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 him.

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 The Bible

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 urges us

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 constantly

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 to move

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 consistently

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 and seek

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 the gifts,

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 seek the

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 gifts,

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 seek the

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 gifts.

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 Moving in

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 the prophetic,

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 I've been

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 so blessed

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 and I hope

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 others have

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 too,

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 of moving

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 in the

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 prophetic.

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 I've shared

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 and tested

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 words of

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 scripture.

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 I recall

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 a scripture

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 given by

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 a lady

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 at a

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 church

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 a little

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 while ago,

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 not here,

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 and she

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 gave a

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 prophecy

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 for the

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 church,

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 that the

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 church

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 should

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 come

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 back

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 to

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 God,

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 that the

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 church

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 should

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 come

00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:03.520
 back

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 on its

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 knees

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 in

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 humility

00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:06.320
 and that

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 the

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 Lord

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 wanted

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 to break

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 a spirit

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 of criticism

00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:11.460
 in that

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 church.

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 She was

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 sent packing

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 by the

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 leadership.

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 I can tell

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 you now

00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:19.480
 after 30

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 years,

00:11:21.380 --> 00:11:22.200
 that prophecy

00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:23.200
 is as fresh

00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:23.700
 for that

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 church

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 as it

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 was the

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 day it

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 was given,

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 if only

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 they had

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 listened.

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 I'm here

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 this morning

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 with a

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 dog collar

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 on,

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 partly

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 because of

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 a nine

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 year old

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 that spoke

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 prophecy

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 into my

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 life,

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 who spoke

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 out a

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 word of

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 God in

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 the middle

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 of what

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 was a

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 falcon

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 camp,

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 a

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 venture

00:11:45.660 --> 00:11:46.040
 camp,

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 and I'm

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 there doing

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 the thing,

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 you've got to

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 give it all

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 to the

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 Lord,

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 give it

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 all to

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 the Lord,

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 you know,

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 do all

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 that,

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 and a

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 nine

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 year old

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 looks at

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 me in

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 the eye

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 and he

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 said,

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 I sense

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 the Lord

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 saying to

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 me,

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 Clive,

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 are you

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 prepared

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 to give

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 it all?

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 We need

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 to listen

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 to what

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 God's

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 saying,

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 do not

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 quench

00:12:09.739 --> 00:12:10.879
 the spirit,

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 don't

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 dampen it

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 down,

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 don't try

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 and pour

00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:15.619
 cold water

00:12:15.619 --> 00:12:15.879
 on it,

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 yes you

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 can test

00:12:17.099 --> 00:12:17.500
 the word

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 of the

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 God

00:12:17.939 --> 00:12:18.579
 by the

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 tree

00:12:18.959 --> 00:12:19.819
 that it

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 comes

00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:20.659
 from,

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 I'm

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 really

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 sad that

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 I haven't

00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:26.879
 got a

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 film clip

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 for you,

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 no it's

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 even sad

00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.439
 than that,

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 but I

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 do have

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 a sermon

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 illustration,

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 you see,

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 a friend

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 of mine

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 gave me

00:12:38.979 --> 00:12:39.199
 this

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 arrow,

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 and when

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 it comes

00:12:41.719 --> 00:12:43.059
 to actually

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 moving in

00:12:43.659 --> 00:12:44.019
 the power

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 of the

00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:44.639
 spirit,

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 I think

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 it's a

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 really

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 important

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 thing,

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 in

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 Isaiah

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 it says,

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 in Isaiah

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 49,

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 he has

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 made my

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 mouth like

00:12:52.699 --> 00:12:53.539
 a sharpened

00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:53.879
 sword,

00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:54.919
 in the

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 shadow of

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 his hand

00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.279
 he hid

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 me,

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 he made

00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.719
 me into

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 a polished

00:12:58.299 --> 00:12:59.279
 arrow and

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 concealed me

00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:00.519
 in his

00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:00.839
 quiver,

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 this doesn't

00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.539
 come ready

00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.039
 made,

00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:04.860
 cut off

00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.299
 the tree,

00:13:06.339 --> 00:13:06.919
 it has

00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.279
 to be

00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.719
 fashioned,

00:13:08.459 --> 00:13:08.939
 it has

00:13:08.939 --> 00:13:09.219
 to be

00:13:09.219 --> 00:13:09.480
 cut,

00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.259
 it has

00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:10.579
 to be

00:13:10.579 --> 00:13:10.799
 made

00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.120
 straight,

00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.500
 it is

00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:11.939
 a work

00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.899
 in progress

00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:13.740
 that brings

00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.179
 it to

00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:14.439
 this,

00:13:14.659 --> 00:13:15.139
 this is

00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:15.579
 us,

00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:16.319
 people,

00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:17.399
 this is

00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:17.599
 us,

00:13:17.719 --> 00:13:18.039
 this is

00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.240
 our

00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.919
 character,

00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:20.079
 this is

00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:20.319
 our

00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:20.860
 character

00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:21.519
 in God,

00:13:22.959 --> 00:13:23.299
 you know,

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.419
 if you've

00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:25.139
 come with

00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:25.639
 that word

00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:26.299
 already in

00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:26.759
 your mind

00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:27.599
 of criticism

00:13:27.599 --> 00:13:28.419
 then it

00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:28.879
 needs to

00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.539
 be shaved,

00:13:29.719 --> 00:13:30.139
 it needs

00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.480
 to be

00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:30.740
 cut,

00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:31.659
 if you've

00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.099
 come with

00:13:32.099 --> 00:13:32.599
 a problem

00:13:32.599 --> 00:13:33.159
 about your

00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:33.519
 neighbour,

00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.199
 or your

00:13:34.199 --> 00:13:34.899
 brother that

00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.839
 needs to

00:13:35.839 --> 00:13:36.259
 be dealt

00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.620
 with,

00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.240
 and of course

00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:38.839
 you add to

00:13:38.839 --> 00:13:39.299
 the arrow,

00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:40.139
 you add

00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.980
 the flights,

00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.819
 and you add

00:13:41.819 --> 00:13:42.319
 the flights,

00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:43.039
 it's very much

00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:43.599
 like the word

00:13:43.599 --> 00:13:44.000
 of God,

00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:44.939
 the word of

00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:45.360
 God get

00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.059
 back into

00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:46.519
 the Bible

00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.219
 because this

00:13:47.219 --> 00:13:47.659
 gives us

00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:48.259
 balance,

00:13:48.579 --> 00:13:49.159
 it gives us

00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:49.659
 something to

00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:50.399
 get back to,

00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.179
 without the

00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:51.459
 arrow,

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.000
 it goes,

00:13:52.099 --> 00:13:52.500
 without the

00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:52.879
 Bible,

00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.419
 without the

00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:53.779
 flights,

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.679
 it goes all

00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:55.039
 over the

00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.299
 place,

00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:55.799
 it's never

00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:56.059
 going to

00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:56.379
 hit the

00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:56.740
 mark,

00:13:57.179 --> 00:13:57.599
 so we

00:13:57.599 --> 00:13:58.179
 have this

00:13:58.179 --> 00:13:58.740
 at the

00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.039
 end that

00:13:59.039 --> 00:13:59.439
 gives us

00:13:59.439 --> 00:14:00.039
 balance,

00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:01.379
 that helps

00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:01.860
 to give it

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:02.379
 direction,

00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.919
 but then

00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.159
 if you

00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:04.460
 were like

00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:04.759
 me and

00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:05.080
 you made

00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:05.539
 bows and

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.019
 arrows at

00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.439
 school,

00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.340
 you would

00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:08.360
 know that

00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:08.919
 you just

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.500
 shave off

00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:10.120
 the tip,

00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:11.820
 and actually

00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:12.299
 it doesn't

00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:13.039
 hit anything,

00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:14.379
 it just

00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:15.299
 bounces off,

00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:16.759
 and the

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.340
 gift of the

00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:17.980
 Holy Spirit

00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:19.080
 has to be

00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:20.120
 added into

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.500
 us,

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.559
 into our

00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:22.120
 character,

00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:22.960
 to give it

00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.939
 penetrating

00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.700
 power,

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:24.759
 power,

00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.980
 and so

00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.460
 when we're

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:27.900
 fashioned,

00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:28.440
 when we're

00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:28.720
 ready,

00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.240
 we're reading

00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:29.800
 the Bible,

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.120
 we've

00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:30.560
 added the

00:14:30.560 --> 00:14:30.900
 Spirit,

00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:31.680
 added what

00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:32.040
 does the

00:14:32.040 --> 00:14:32.420
 Lord do

00:14:32.420 --> 00:14:32.740
 with us?

00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:33.480
 He hides

00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:33.780
 us in

00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.259
 his quiver,

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.440
 why am I

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.740
 in this

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.400
 dark place,

00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:37.840
 what am I

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.440
 doing here?

00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.720
 Because I've

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.200
 made you

00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:40.680
 ready,

00:14:41.640 --> 00:14:42.259
 because at

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.980
 a moment's

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 notice,

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 I'm going

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 to draw

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 you out and

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 I want you

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 to have

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 penetrating

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 power and

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 to hit

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 the mark,

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 our life

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 is like

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 this,

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 for he

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 has made

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 me a

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 polished

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 arrow,

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 moving in

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 the prophetic

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 is for

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 now,

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 and when

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 the Spirit

00:15:00.540 --> 00:15:01.040
 is with

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 us,

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 we have

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 words for

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 people,

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 usually

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 measured by

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 encouragement,

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 if you

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 hear a

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 word that's

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 coming out

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 for you

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 this morning,

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 there's about

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.200
 negativity

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.800
 and stuff,

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 I would

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 probably test

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.060
 that strongly,

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 you know,

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 as I've

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 said here

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 before,

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 and we've

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 said it

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 time and

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.200
 time again,

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 when people

00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.740
 come to

00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.580
 tell you

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 something in

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 love,

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.080
 head for

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 a nuclear

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.300
 fallout

00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:25.759
 shelter,

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 because it

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 will probably

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 be anything

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 but in

00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.340
 love,

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 test the

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 Spirit,

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 it often

00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:34.340
 involves

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 faith,

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 boldness

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 and confidence

00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.560
 in him,

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 it takes

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 courage and

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 boldness,

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 and that

00:15:43.780 --> 00:15:44.360
 too comes

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:44.660
 from the

00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.020
 power of

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 the Spirit,

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 and you

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.140
 may hold

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 back and

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 you may

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 think,

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 oh,

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 you know,

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 maybe this

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 word,

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 it's,

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 test it,

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 test it

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:54.700
 and see,

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 spring harvest

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.379
 many years

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 ago,

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 we are in

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 the big

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 top,

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 I'm sat

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:01.379
 there,

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.639
 about 20

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.580
 rows in

00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:04.139
 front,

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 somebody said

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 to me

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.279
 about,

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 what does

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 it mean

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.159
 when you

00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.759
 see the

00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:09.519
 Spirit fall

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.120
 on people?

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:11.779
 Clive,

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.680
 how weird

00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.220
 you are,

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 I said,

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 a set of

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 people come

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 into sharp

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.659
 focus,

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 and everything

00:16:20.959 --> 00:16:21.459
 else goes

00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:22.039
 into soft

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.600
 focus,

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 but also

00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.379
 as well,

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 I well up

00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.159
 with tears

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 and that's

00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:27.419
 not emotion,

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.759
 what does

00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.079
 the Lord

00:16:29.079 --> 00:16:29.579
 do to

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:30.219
 seize your

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 attention

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.699
 so we

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 listen?

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 Because in

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 those moments

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:35.079
 we listen,

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:35.779
 what have

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.319
 you got for

00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:36.819
 me today?

00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.579
 On this

00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.059
 particular

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.539
 day,

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.299
 and there,

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.159
 worshipping away,

00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:40.819
 having a great

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.179
 time,

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:41.879
 the Lord

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.159
 shows this

00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.959
 lad who's

00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:44.279
 down the

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.459
 bottom and

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:46.399
 tells me and

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:46.620
 says,

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.659
 just go and

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.440
 tell him to

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.360
 go and do

00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.100
 what I'm

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.700
 asking him

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.120
 to do.

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.100
 That's a bit

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.419
 thin,

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:53.659
 Lord.

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.560
 Could you

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:54.980
 give me some

00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.419
 backstory?

00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:56.779
 No?

00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:57.759
 Just go and

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.060
 do that,

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.379
 would you?

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 So,

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.759
 as bold and

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.500
 courageous as

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:01.960
 I am,

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.639
 I go and

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.140
 do what we

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.640
 all do,

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.940
 sidle up

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.779
 beside him.

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.460
 Now,

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.839
 I don't

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.519
 normally do

00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.079
 this sort

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.519
 of thing,

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:11.900
 and I'm

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:13.039
 probably wrong,

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.159
 but I

00:17:16.159 --> 00:17:16.680
 sense the

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.420
 Lord telling

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.019
 you to go

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.559
 and do

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.180
 what I'm

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.680
 asking you

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.079
 to do.

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.379
 He gets

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:23.819
 a tad

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.440
 emotional,

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:25.740
 and we

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.240
 go for a

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.519
 coffee.

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.799
 He's been

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.779
 studying medicine.

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.460
 His

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:32.079
 granddad was

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.659
 a surgeon,

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.779
 his dad was

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.240
 a GP,

00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.500
 his mother

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.000
 was a

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.899
 practice nurse,

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.899
 his sister

00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.579
 was a

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.420
 biochemist

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.000
 working in

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.579
 a hospital,

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.579
 and he

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.259
 was expected

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.740
 to become

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.200
 a doctor,

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.940
 but what

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.440
 had happened

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.940
 in a gap

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.120
 year,

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.480
 the Lord

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:45.940
 had taken

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.259
 him to

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.920
 Guatemala

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.779
 to work

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.319
 amongst the

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.019
 street children,

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.339
 and he

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.599
 knew that's

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:51.900
 where he

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.519
 had to go.

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.400
 Everything

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.240
 was stacked

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.059
 against him

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.920
 for going,

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.880
 and then he

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.519
 said to me,

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.120
 and you're

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.720
 the sixth

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.599
 person that's

00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.120
 told me that

00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:03.500
 today,

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:06.440
 and I

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.819
 have to

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.039
 go.

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.200
 Don't

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.240
 dampen

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.440
 the spirit,

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.859
 don't

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.720
 dampen

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.579
 the gifts

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.500
 that have

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.000
 been given.

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.559
 It's so

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.220
 important that

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:19.799
 we move

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.460
 in the

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.859
 prophetic,

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.420
 and what

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.759
 you will

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.599
 find often

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.099
 is when

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.759
 you do,

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.319
 that the

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.700
 Lord has

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.259
 already gone

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.859
 before you.

00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.240
 He's already

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.059
 prepared that

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.480
 person,

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.460
 he's already

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:32.880
 doing it.

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.559
 We're just

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.259
 part of the

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.660
 story,

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.380
 we just

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.799
 get to

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.380
 join in.

00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:37.799
 Isn't that

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.079
 great?

00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:43.819
 We need

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.740
 to keep

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.659
 being filled

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:46.139
 with the

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.740
 Holy Spirit

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.579
 to build

00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.139
 up his

00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:48.539
 church,

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.460
 because we

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.940
 are a

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.480
 people under

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.039
 construction.

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.059
 And it

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.960
 says in

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.879
 Ephesians

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:56.539
 5.18

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.500
 that we

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:57.980
 should be

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.299
 filled.

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.819
 Not just

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.500
 filled once,

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.859
 but keep

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.539
 being filled.

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:06.740
 filled.

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:13.819
 Filled to

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.420
 overflowing.

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.839
 Why do we

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.339
 have to keep

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.740
 being filled

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.039
 by the

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.539
 Holy Spirit?

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.000
 Because I

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.379
 leak.

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.259
 I leak

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.740
 badly.

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.720
 I may

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.440
 have a

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.059
 thought or

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.759
 word that's

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.099
 not of

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.319
 God.

00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:31.599
 I leak.

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.859
 I may

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.240
 go out

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.539
 of here,

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:33.899
 I may

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.200
 just

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.839
 slightly

00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.319
 increase

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.920
 my speed

00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.200
 at the

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.359
 wrong

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.799
 place.

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.779
 I leak.

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.839
 I may

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.539
 go home

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.460
 and maybe,

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:43.559
 I don't

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:43.799
 know,

00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.279
 maybe

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.559
 something

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.139
 upsets

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.359
 me,

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.799
 maybe I

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.159
 get a,

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:47.980
 you know,

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.579
 things like

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.899
 I leak.

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.059
 Before we

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.500
 know it,

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.299
 we've just

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.240
 become that

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.940
 floppy,

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.159
 unfilled

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.240
 Christian

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.839
 being.

00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.220
 And we

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.500
 need to

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.200
 be filled

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:08.779
 again and

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.059
 again.

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.319
 To be

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.880
 filled to

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.519
 overflowing

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.200
 with all

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.559
 that God

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.120
 has for

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.400
 us.

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.480
 To move

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.740
 in the

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.080
 prophetic,

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 in our

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 series,

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 in our

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 gifts,

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 to worship,

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 to have

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 the freedom

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 to worship,

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 to make

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 that connection,

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 to be the

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 people that

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 God has

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 called us

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 to be in

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 our joys,

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 in our

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 sorrows,

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 in our

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 needs,

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 in our

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 wants,

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 in all

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 our

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 sexuality,

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 in our

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 disappointments,

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 in our

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 rebellion,

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 to be open

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 to what he

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 wants to

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 say in

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 us and

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 through us

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 into every

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 part.

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 Why?

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 Because we

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 are the

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 church under

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 construction and

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 he hasn't

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 finished with

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 us.

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 Amen?

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 And the

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 people said

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 yes.

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 Yeah!

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 That's

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 I

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 can't

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 perhaps

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 it's

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 I

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 can't