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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>We just thank you for your presence, thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>your ministry to us already. Thank you for the way

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<v Speaker 2>you care for us, the revelation of Jesus in our

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<v Speaker 2>midst thank you for the nearness of your word. We

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<v Speaker 2>welcome you right now to just take us deeper in you,

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<v Speaker 2>take us deeper in the sweetness of relationship with you,

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<v Speaker 2>with the Father, with the Son and Jesus' name. Everybody said, Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be seated. Allelujah. I want to dive into

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<v Speaker 2>some stuff about prayer this morning and just to help

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<v Speaker 2>us grow a little bit in our ability to prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>our ability in prayer, our ability to pray. So because

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<v Speaker 2>this is so vital. Prayer is so vital. Prayer is

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<v Speaker 2>that communion with Father UH through the Holy Spirit. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>we access Father through Jesus UH. And it's UH. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the most important thing that we do as believers. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the most important thing that we're called to His believers.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're called UH to lead our families well, we're

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<v Speaker 2>called to love well, we're called UH into honesty and

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<v Speaker 2>upright living. But everything, you know, everything that we could name,

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<v Speaker 2>actually flows out of a prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>It flows out of our.

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<v Speaker 2>Communion with God, much like much like, Oh, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>I just I.

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<v Speaker 1>Just want you to see that we feed.

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<v Speaker 2>On Him, that we are, you know, he said over Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, at one point he said, open your mouths

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<v Speaker 2>wide and I will fill them. And the picture in

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<v Speaker 2>that passage was the picture of a baby bird. Open

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<v Speaker 2>your mouth wide and I will fill. I will feed right. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And And the the approach that we have to him

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<v Speaker 2>for that very thing is first of all, in prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And historically, historically Abraham knew this, Israel knew this, Judah

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<v Speaker 2>knew this. The focus of our we are of our

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<v Speaker 2>month is Daniel. Daniel knew this.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And And there was a habit of prayer, like a

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<v Speaker 2>prayer habit that was developed with the righteous. Right, there

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<v Speaker 2>was a prayer habit developed where they would seek the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was so common that it was called the

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<v Speaker 2>hour of prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, we're trying to McMuffin everything. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're trying to we're trying to you know, we're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get get.

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<v Speaker 1>McDonald's franchised in the church. Right. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>So everything, everything should be drived through, right, everything should

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<v Speaker 2>be and even you know, even in our region, we

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<v Speaker 2>have plenty of churches doing the MC church. You know

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<v Speaker 2>thing they want one hour church. People want one hour church.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what that was. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>that is that mean? Does that mean hello? Does it

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<v Speaker 2>mean you think that's me? I don't think it's mean Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>But but prayer. Throughout history, prayer with God, a time

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<v Speaker 2>with God was known as the hour of prayer. Prayer

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<v Speaker 2>was known as the hour of prayer, and even in

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<v Speaker 2>Acts chapter three, we're familiar, super familiar with this passage.

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<v Speaker 2>In Acts chapter three, it says that Peter and John

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<v Speaker 2>were going to the temple for.

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<v Speaker 1>The hour of prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's where you know, that's where they came across

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<v Speaker 2>the lame Man, and that's where they said, silver and

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<v Speaker 2>gold we don't have We've heard that sermon a thousand times.

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<v Speaker 2>You heard that sermon a thousand times, anybody, but pay

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<v Speaker 2>attention to pay attention to where they were going. They

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<v Speaker 2>were going to the House of the Lord for the

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<v Speaker 2>hour of prayer. Did you hear the word hour? Heard

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<v Speaker 2>stone it? What time is it? When you think about

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<v Speaker 2>the hour of prayer, it's it's too thirty. No, No,

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<v Speaker 2>that's when you go to the dentist. When you go

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<v Speaker 2>to the dentist, it's two thirty when you the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the hour of prayer, the hour of prayer. Can we

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<v Speaker 2>give up an hour for him? Can we can? We

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<v Speaker 2>can we enter in to the spirit for an hour?

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<v Speaker 2>Can we can we invest in him for an hour?

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<v Speaker 2>The only way he can invest in us is if

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<v Speaker 2>we invest in him. The only way he can invest

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<v Speaker 2>in the world is if we invest in him. The

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<v Speaker 2>avenue of prayer, it's the conduit of the spirit. If

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<v Speaker 2>I if I don't flip on the brake. I got

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<v Speaker 2>a big old electrical panel in my house, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>transmitting two hundred amps through that thing. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we got lots going on in our place, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I get the letters from the power company telling me

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<v Speaker 2>you've exceeded all of your neighbors by you know, fifty percent,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and they, you know, they want to they

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<v Speaker 2>want to regulate me, they want to throttle me down, right.

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<v Speaker 2>But I got to have those breakers on. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>to there's got to be conduit of electricity flowing. If

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have that on, then there's no power distributed

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<v Speaker 2>to my house, and prayer is where we activate those breakers.

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<v Speaker 2>We have to activate those breakers because it's prayer that

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<v Speaker 2>allows the power to come through the conduit into my

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<v Speaker 2>life so that I can receive from God. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>receiving wisdom. I'm receiving revelation. I'm receiving the Word says

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<v Speaker 2>that Luke A. Levin says that his word is seed.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm receiving these thoughts, these words, these revelations, they're

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<v Speaker 2>coming in seed form. So if I'll receive them, then

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<v Speaker 2>they'll give me the power to activate something bigger than

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<v Speaker 2>what they were when they came.

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<v Speaker 1>The harvest on.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm receiving is going to be bigger than what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm receiving because I've positioned myself to receive, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>receiving seeds downloads words from God, and those words empower

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<v Speaker 2>me to know how to live, to know what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what to do. Without that breaker

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<v Speaker 2>flipped on and that conduit flowing and those words were coming,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what to do. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want the satisfaction of a dwayne led life.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want the satisfaction of a flesh led life.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want the satisfaction of the limitations that are

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<v Speaker 2>on me outside of him, because there my whole life

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<v Speaker 2>is just framed with limitation and smallness. If I don't

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<v Speaker 2>tap into him, if I don't flip those breakers on

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<v Speaker 2>through prayer and allow him and get him and embrace

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<v Speaker 2>him and welcome him to flow into my life. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not going to happen in five minutes. Who turns

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<v Speaker 2>on the power and and and you know, the toastakes

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<v Speaker 2>about three minutes. Who's on the power and gets the

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<v Speaker 2>toast popped? And no jelly at this time of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>and get those cinnamon rolls out of the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 1>No jelly, no jelly.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, a little peanut butter of salt, no

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<v Speaker 2>sugar in that peanut butter can have a But who

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<v Speaker 2>does that and then goes to the panel and turns

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<v Speaker 2>the breaker off? Well, that was enough for today. We're

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<v Speaker 2>done with that. We got a little nurishment. No, we

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<v Speaker 2>want more than a little nursehment. We want a fullness

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<v Speaker 2>of joy. We want a fullness of wisdom, We want

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<v Speaker 2>a fullness of understanding.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, and so it was known as the hour of prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the model of Jesus for us in

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew twenty six. This is on the night that he

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<v Speaker 2>was betrayed. And Jesus was always in prayer, always in prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>daily for a time with God in prayer. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>live in prayer. He lived with access to God through prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't live in prayer. He lived eating, he

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<v Speaker 2>lived walking, he lived doing all sorts of stuff. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>there was all sorts of stuff going on. So, and

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<v Speaker 2>if you watch the Chosen Boy, how did they had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of walking to do? Hello, somebody? They had

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<v Speaker 2>busy lives, lots going on. But Jesus began his day

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<v Speaker 2>in prayer. Isaiah fifty says Isaiah, I was gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>it for you, but I don't. But Isaiah's fifty says,

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<v Speaker 2>you awaken my ear every morning. You awaken my ear

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<v Speaker 2>every morning. It's a messianic passage talking about him.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And so Jesus was up in the morning, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is where they would go to find him. They would

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<v Speaker 2>go to find him in the morning. They would find

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<v Speaker 2>him in prayer. They would know he would be off

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<v Speaker 2>in prayer. Because that's before cell phone service was. Cell

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<v Speaker 2>phone service doesn't come on till seven. Well, in those days,

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<v Speaker 2>in those days, Comcast and AT and G, Broadcom, T Mobile, Sprint, Brison,

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<v Speaker 2>none of it came on until seven am. So he

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<v Speaker 2>was up before, he was up before interruption. Now this

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<v Speaker 2>is important. It's important because this is the picture is

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<v Speaker 2>friendship covenant. The friendship isn't were. The picture is not slavery.

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<v Speaker 2>We aren't slaves the picture John fifteen, I no longer

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<v Speaker 2>call you slaves. I call you friends. It's covenant terminology.

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<v Speaker 2>We're brought near like Abraham was. We're brought near like

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<v Speaker 2>Enoch was. We're brought near like David was. We're brought

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<v Speaker 2>near into the bosom of Father. We're brought near into

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of God through prayer. And there he shares

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<v Speaker 2>with this what's going on. He shares with us what

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<v Speaker 2>he's up to, He shares with us what he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to do. He leads us and gives us direction. He

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<v Speaker 2>is And one of the words we don't have up

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<v Speaker 2>here is he is our shepherd. He is our shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's Jehovah Rowa, the Lord, our shepherd, Jehovah

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<v Speaker 2>row Aw. So this is what he's doing, right, and

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<v Speaker 2>so all of this is going on, and it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to do all of that in five, ten, fifteen minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to do all of that with our cell

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<v Speaker 2>phone buzzing, with all the distractions, with everything going on,

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<v Speaker 2>with our phone ringing. So the first fruits of our day,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the best part of our day, the first

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<v Speaker 2>fruits of our day, the best part of our day,

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<v Speaker 2>is the part that we set up part under him

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<v Speaker 2>before everything else starts getting our attention. Here in Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six, it's the night he's betrayed, And here he

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<v Speaker 2>also refers to the hour of prayer, and he goes

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<v Speaker 2>into the garden and he's praying, and he's praying, let

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<v Speaker 2>this cup pass from me verse thirty nine. And he

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<v Speaker 2>brought three of the disciples into the inner part of

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<v Speaker 2>the garden with him, and so they're there with him,

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<v Speaker 2>and he says, would you watch and pray with me?

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<v Speaker 2>And he comes back and they're sleeping. He came back

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<v Speaker 2>verse forty and found them sleeping. You ever fallen asleep praying?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, thank you Jesus for the bean, not the

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<v Speaker 2>pento bean, the coffee bean. Thank you Lord for the

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<v Speaker 2>coffee bean. Right, So, because I'm so guilty of falling

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<v Speaker 2>asleep many times when I'm trying to press into prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I've needed the holy bean, the roasted bean,

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<v Speaker 2>the ground bean, to rescue me. And he came to

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<v Speaker 2>the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,

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<v Speaker 2>so you men could not keep watch with me one hour,

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<v Speaker 2>keep watching and praying. So he's been gone an hour,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been gone from them an hour. He comes back,

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<v Speaker 2>he finds them sleeping. He says, keep watching and keep

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<v Speaker 2>praying with me. He's exhorting them, that he's exhorting them,

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<v Speaker 2>that he needs them.

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<v Speaker 1>This is interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>He's exhorting them that he needs them to stand with him,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he's brought these three, the inner three, the

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<v Speaker 2>close three, the inner circle. He's brought them into the

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<v Speaker 2>depths of the garden with him. And then he exhorts them.

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<v Speaker 2>He says that the spirit is willing, but the flesh

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't say that. He didn't say the sin about

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<v Speaker 2>Govern your earth suit. If you don't discipline this earth suit,

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<v Speaker 2>right there, right, don't recline as you sleep. So he's

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<v Speaker 2>trying to give them wise instruction that, two thousand years

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<v Speaker 2>later is still wise instruction. And the calling that he

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<v Speaker 2>that we're partners, the calling that we co labor with him,

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<v Speaker 2>the calling that we fit into everything that he's up to,

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<v Speaker 1>It's still real today.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing more powerful you could do over your marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>powerful you could do over your future. Nothing more powerful

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<v Speaker 2>you could do over your investments. Nothing more powerful you

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<v Speaker 2>could do over your appetites. Nothing more powerful you could

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<v Speaker 2>do over you name it. There's nothing more powerful you

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<v Speaker 2>could do than spend time with him in prayer. Nothing

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<v Speaker 2>more powerful, nothing more And even today we have to

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<v Speaker 2>examine our hearts, right like, am I into this? Am

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<v Speaker 2>I doing this Daniel thing? Am I? Am I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of diving into it? Am I partaking a little bit?

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<v Speaker 2>sharpening my time? Is this a time where I can

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<v Speaker 2>offer a first fruits under him? For twenty twenty six?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean we have to really kind of examine ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>and ask, Okay, then, do I really.

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<v Speaker 1>Trust the Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>Is the Lord just fire insurance for me, like eternal

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<v Speaker 2>fire insurance? But knowing him, hearing from him, being led

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<v Speaker 2>by him is really not that important. It's that it's

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<v Speaker 2>life on top. I still want to be in charge,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for the most part, I really want to

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<v Speaker 2>we have to ask this question, do I really trust him?

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<v Speaker 2>Because if we're not marking out time for the development

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<v Speaker 2>of this relationship with him, it's not slavery, it's friendship,

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<v Speaker 2>it's covenant. He wants to share with us the depth

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<v Speaker 2>of his heart. He wants to reveal to us what's

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<v Speaker 2>on his heart. He wants to lead us into insight,

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom and blessing beyond our understanding and lift the limit

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<v Speaker 2>of our lives. But if we if we don't, really,

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<v Speaker 2>if we're not pursuing him in that, we really have

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<v Speaker 2>to ask the deep question, how come I'm not what's

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<v Speaker 2>my hang up? What's my hindrance? What's my problem? What's

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<v Speaker 2>my roadblock? What's the source of that roadblock?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>We got to ask that question because it's costing us

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<v Speaker 2>more than we realize. It's costing us so much. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it is, I don't know what it is. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if it's pride. I don't know if it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just a sour you know, a sourness. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if it's unresolved disappointment. I don't know if it's a

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<v Speaker 2>doubt or unbelief or or what you know, what we

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<v Speaker 2>perceived God did for Aunt Sally and Uncle Bob, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, if that's all he could do, I

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<v Speaker 2>really I'm okay without it. I don't know what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>But we have to resolve that. We have to look

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<v Speaker 2>at our lives and really resolve that because we're missing

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<v Speaker 2>out on the most important thing in the whole entire world.

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<v Speaker 2>Kah. I want to talk a little bit about when

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<v Speaker 2>we pray and as we pray, and how we pray,

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<v Speaker 2>what that looks like, and how do we enter in UH,

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<v Speaker 2>and how do we how do we make how do

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<v Speaker 2>we make what we're doing even better?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>How do we make it better? I think on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side of desiring to pray UH, desiring to to

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<v Speaker 2>really press in and to know him more. On on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of that, there's the frailty that he

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<v Speaker 2>talked about there, the frailty of our earth suit, and

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<v Speaker 2>the frailty of our thought life, and the frailty of

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<v Speaker 2>busyness that and maybe the frailty of knowledge, just the

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<v Speaker 2>lack of knowledge where you know, we're five minutes into

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<v Speaker 2>our daily prayer and we're kind of feeling done, We're

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<v Speaker 2>kind of feeling or seven minutes in or ten minutes in,

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<v Speaker 2>or twelve minutes in or fifteen minutes in or twenty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes in, and we're kind of feeling like we've kind

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<v Speaker 2>of tapped out. And so I want to I want

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<v Speaker 2>to address that a little bit by encouraging.

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<v Speaker 1>Us in.

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<v Speaker 2>Knowing how to sustain that intimacy so that it is richer,

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<v Speaker 2>so that it's better, so that it goes deeper, so

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<v Speaker 2>that it's.

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<v Speaker 1>More than just.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when you were thirteen and you held hands for

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<v Speaker 2>the first time. Remember that, and that was that was

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<v Speaker 2>a really big deal. How old were you when you

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<v Speaker 2>held hands for the first time?

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<v Speaker 1>One twenty one?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, there's holy people in the front row, Holy people

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<v Speaker 2>in the front row. Thank you, Pastor Dennis. Of course

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<v Speaker 2>he started kissing at thirteen, but holding hands, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that was that was later.

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<v Speaker 1>That was later.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord wants our intimacy to be a little deeper

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<v Speaker 2>than just holding hands, right, So and we we do this.

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<v Speaker 2>We understand this by looking at the model prayer. And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus gave us the model prayer in Matthew chapter six,

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<v Speaker 2>and it starts, the model prayers starts this way, our Father,

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<v Speaker 2>who are in heaven hell, it would be thy name, right.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's answering the question from the disciples, the disciples,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's all of chapter six talking about prayer. Up

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<v Speaker 2>to that point, he's talking about prayer, he's getting inside

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<v Speaker 2>on prayer, understanding about prayer, he's teaching them about prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he.

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<v Speaker 2>Gets to this point where he says, after this manner, pray,

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<v Speaker 2>pray like this, embrace prayer like this. Now we know

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<v Speaker 2>that this is an outline because you can pray it

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<v Speaker 2>in thirty seconds. Right, wow, So he would have never

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<v Speaker 2>given us a prayer to that we could pray in

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seconds when everybody knew that prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>Is an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about it. And when he has acknowledged that when

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<v Speaker 2>you tarry with him, he would like you to tarry

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<v Speaker 2>for an hour. And even when he went in to

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<v Speaker 2>meet with father, even though it only tells us one

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<v Speaker 2>sentence of the prayer, we know he was gone for

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<v Speaker 2>an hour. And so when he gave us this outline,

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't saying, guys, here's the deal. Just pray this

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<v Speaker 2>and you're done.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good. It'll take you about thirty seconds a day,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll be good. You'll have it.

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<v Speaker 2>He was giving us an outline for prayer. And if

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<v Speaker 2>we follow this outline, or we look into it, or

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<v Speaker 2>we build upon it, and we see the purpose in

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<v Speaker 2>it and the richness of it, then we can develop

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<v Speaker 2>an hour of prayer. And when we begin to develop

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<v Speaker 2>this out and it takes a little bit of time,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, but when we begin to develop out

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<v Speaker 2>a little richer running after him in prayer, the richness

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<v Speaker 2>of the spirit begins to overflow in our lives in

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<v Speaker 2>a beautiful way.

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<v Speaker 1>So he starts this way because this has.

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<v Speaker 2>Been This is like the way you start, right. And

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<v Speaker 2>way Daniel would have started. This is the way David

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<v Speaker 2>would have started. This is the way in the tent

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<v Speaker 2>of Zion. This is the way they would have started.

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<v Speaker 2>And we've got all these verses and psalms that tell

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<v Speaker 2>us very much insight, parallel insight about this is the

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<v Speaker 2>way you start. You, as you draw near to God

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<v Speaker 2>in prayer, you start by hallowing his name ps Psalm

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<v Speaker 2>ninety five two. Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving. Let us

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<v Speaker 2>make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.

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<v Speaker 2>How am I going to come into his presence? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to come into his presence with petition. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to come into his presence with complaint. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to come into his presence with discouragement. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not afraid of that. He's not afraid of that. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't have some riff in our relationship. But the wise

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<v Speaker 2>way to approach him, the wise way to approach him

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<v Speaker 2>is to come into his presence with thanksgiving. Come in

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<v Speaker 2>to his presence hallowing his name, Psalm one hundred, verse three.

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<v Speaker 2>And for enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts

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<v Speaker 2>with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.

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<v Speaker 2>Praise his name. For the Lord is good, and his

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<v Speaker 2>love endures forever, his faithfulness continuous role generations Psalm in

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen nineteen. Open for me the gates of the righteous.

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<v Speaker 2>I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous

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<v Speaker 2>may enter. I will give you thanks for you have

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<v Speaker 2>answered me. What is the gate that we the righteous injury?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the gate?

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<v Speaker 2>The gate the righteous enters through. Is the gate of thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the gate of honor. It's the gate of sanctifying

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<v Speaker 2>It's the name of It's the gate of amplifying his name,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing glory, bringing honor, bringing and making his name Halload.

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<v Speaker 2>art in heaven. Holy is your name sanctified? Is your

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<v Speaker 2>name special? Is your name set apart? Is your name unique?

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<v Speaker 2>Is your name.

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<v Speaker 1>Unbelievable? Is your name inscrutable? Is your name sufficient? Is

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<v Speaker 1>your name? Right? Now? This is how we enter it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you care to, you can blow through thirty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes on point number one of the outline of prayer

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<v Speaker 2>and have barely scratched the surface. But by entering in

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<v Speaker 2>through that gate of hallowing his name, where are you entering.

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<v Speaker 2>You're entering the course of God. You're ascending a It's

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<v Speaker 2>an act of ascension. You're going to come right up

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<v Speaker 2>into the very glory of his throne. With hallowing his name,

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<v Speaker 2>with blessing him, with worshiping him, with lifting up his name.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Take you from Fife to Wallop, Federal Way, Algona.

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<v Speaker 1>Pacific, Gig Harbor Park.

436
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<v Speaker 2>London, Mid London. It's going to take you from where

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<v Speaker 2>you're at right into the very throne of God. It

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<v Speaker 2>is the gate that we open, and it's the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing we do. As we build an altar daily, building

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<v Speaker 2>an alder daily, we're offering ourselves. We're saying today I

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<v Speaker 2>want to live on the altar. Well, you live on

442
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<v Speaker 2>the altar you build, and you build the altar in prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>and the first part of prayer is we enter in

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<v Speaker 2>with thanksgiving, hallowing his name. Now, I wanted to bring

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<v Speaker 2>attention to his name today because here's what he's done

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<v Speaker 2>in his name, is that he revealed his name as Yahweh.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's kind of the best we can say. We

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<v Speaker 2>say Yahweh because there's no vowels in the Hebrew. So

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<v Speaker 2>Yahweh in the Hebrew there's no vowels. We've added vowels.

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<v Speaker 2>We've added vowels so that we can understand potentially how

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<v Speaker 2>to say his name. He's not offended that we've added vowels.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we've transliterated the Hebrew into the English, and so

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<v Speaker 2>we would say Jehovah, or we would say Jehovah. We

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<v Speaker 2>tend to in our transliteration. We tend to say the

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<v Speaker 2>why as a ja. So where where in the Hebrew

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<v Speaker 2>or Hebrew speakers would say Jehovah, or like here, Jehovah girah.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you heard that before? Where we would say Jehovah Girah.

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<v Speaker 2>We sang about it when I was young, Jehovah Jiroh.

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<v Speaker 2>My provider is great, is sufficient?

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<v Speaker 1>For me right.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that, well, we were sounding like Americans. We were

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<v Speaker 2>sounding in our transliteration because the Hebrew way to say

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<v Speaker 2>it would be Jehovah youuay, because the J sounds like

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<v Speaker 2>a y Jehovah youiray. He's not offended, however, you might say,

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<v Speaker 2>this Holy Spirit can handle your poor pronunciations as he

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<v Speaker 2>does mine. But I want you to see this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is where he reveals his name as the I Am.

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<v Speaker 2>This is in Exodus when Moses is drawn to the

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<v Speaker 2>burning bush and there's a conversation, and in the conversation

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<v Speaker 2>he says, who shall I say sent me? And he

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<v Speaker 2>says I Am. He said, yahweh Jehovah, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>I Am.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where he revealed himself as I Am. And

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<v Speaker 2>as it pertains to that name, from then on, that

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<v Speaker 2>name is joined, joined to his character and to his

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<v Speaker 2>attributes and to his person throughout scripture in many other ways,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've listed some of them. Here is this too

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<v Speaker 2>far away? I feel like I'm walking a mile. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>move the podium.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is I Am, and I am the God Superior,

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<v Speaker 2>I am the God Supreme, I am the God above

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<v Speaker 2>all things. And then he joins. He joins this in

484
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:46.640
<v Speaker 2>situation after situation to show them by character in situations

485
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<v Speaker 2>what his name is. So what happens with us is

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<v Speaker 2>that when we read these scriptures, we read these scriptures,

487
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<v Speaker 2>we don't when we read these scriptures, we don't read

488
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<v Speaker 2>these scriptus and understand God's actually giving us one of

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<v Speaker 2>his names like this one here Exodus thirty one, twelve

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<v Speaker 2>through fourteen. Jehovah m Kettish is the God who sanctifies.

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<v Speaker 2>Sanctifized means I've made you special, I've made you holy,

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<v Speaker 2>I've made you special. I've set you apart from every

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<v Speaker 2>other person on the planet. Now, the context of this

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<v Speaker 2>is Exodus thirty one. In Exodus thirty one, the context

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<v Speaker 2>is the Sabbath, and he says to them, guys, I

496
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<v Speaker 2>want you to keep the Sabbath, but you're going to

497
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<v Speaker 2>be the only nation on the planet out of seventy nations,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be the only nation on the planet

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<v Speaker 2>that is going to rest on the seventh day. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you to worry about that. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>you to get nervous. I don't want you to wonder

502
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<v Speaker 2>about your riches, your wealth, or your productivity I want

503
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<v Speaker 2>you to rest on the seventh day because I'm setting

504
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<v Speaker 2>you apart. I am the God who sanctifies you.

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<v Speaker 1>Here it is the verse is up there.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for helping me. Thank you, Thank your team.

507
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<v Speaker 2>So he said, I don't need this if you'll help me.

508
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<v Speaker 2>Bless the Lord. So he's telling them, listen, I'm setting

509
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<v Speaker 2>you apart. I'm making you the most unique people in

510
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<v Speaker 2>the world on the entire earth because you only.

511
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<v Speaker 1>Have to work six days a week.

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<v Speaker 2>Every other nation's going to have to work seven days

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<v Speaker 2>a week just to survive. But you are going to

514
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<v Speaker 2>rest on the seventh day, and you're going to honor

515
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<v Speaker 2>me on the seventh day, and we're going to have

516
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:40.920
<v Speaker 2>communion on the seventh day, and I'm going to get

517
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<v Speaker 2>to speak into you on the seventh day, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a rest for you while every other

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00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:51.039
<v Speaker 2>nation has to work on that day because I sanctify you. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>when he says this, he literally says that you might

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<v Speaker 2>know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. If

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<v Speaker 2>you read that in the English, you don't see that

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<v Speaker 2>he he's actually giving you a name. But actually what

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<v Speaker 2>that says in the Hebrew, it actually says I am

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<v Speaker 2>jehovah Im kedish.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it says.

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<v Speaker 2>If you looked in the Hebrew, you would have never

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<v Speaker 2>known that he's given you one of his names. So

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<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't have known to hallow that name. That's actually

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<v Speaker 2>a name that now you can hallow. Holy Spirit. I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you set me apart. I'm not like anybody else

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<v Speaker 2>on the planet, Holy Spirit. I bless you that you

533
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<v Speaker 2>sanctify you me. You set me apart, you make me holy,

534
00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:38.480
<v Speaker 2>You hallow me, you esteem me, you wash me, you

535
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<v Speaker 2>cleanse me, you preserve me, you deliver me.

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<v Speaker 1>This is part of your worship.

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<v Speaker 2>This is part of you entering in through the Gate

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<v Speaker 2>of Thanksgiving. Is your naming who he is. And as

539
00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:56.480
<v Speaker 2>you name who he is, you participate. You partake. You

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00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:02.679
<v Speaker 2>eat of him, you eat of You partake of what

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00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:05.480
<v Speaker 2>you see him as and what you believe him to be,

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<v Speaker 2>and what you believe he is unto you. That's what

543
00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:12.880
<v Speaker 2>you partake of. That's what you get to enjoy. That's

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00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.559
<v Speaker 2>the baby birdhism that those are the worms that are

545
00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.920
<v Speaker 2>dropping down. That's the conduit. You got certain breakers on

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<v Speaker 2>the panel, right, I've got about forty breakers on my panel,

547
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<v Speaker 2>and one of those breakers is Jehovah m Kidesh hit

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<v Speaker 2>the breaker. As I see him as the one who

549
00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:36.840
<v Speaker 2>sets me apart. He's loosed in my life to begin

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<v Speaker 2>to set me apart. Jehovah sid Canoe. Jehovah sid Canoe,

551
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<v Speaker 2>is my righteousness?

552
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<v Speaker 1>Is?

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<v Speaker 2>This happened when Israel was sinning, and Jeremiah talks about

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<v Speaker 2>it in twenty three. He talks about it in thirty three.

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<v Speaker 2>I pulled this one up. They were sinning, they were

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<v Speaker 2>away from God, they were under delusion, they were separated,

557
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<v Speaker 2>and Jeremiah prophesies at that moment. Behold, the days are coming,

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<v Speaker 2>declares the Lord. When I will raise up for David

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<v Speaker 2>a righteous branch, who do you think that might be?

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<v Speaker 2>And he will reign as king and act wisely and

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<v Speaker 2>do righteous justice and righteousness in the land. And in

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<v Speaker 2>his days, Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell safely.

563
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<v Speaker 2>That's coming by the way, before the rapture, that's coming

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<v Speaker 2>by the way.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is his name.

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<v Speaker 2>By which he will be called, the Lord our Righteousness.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you might not have known that, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>actually giving us a name of God. He was actually saying,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is the name. This is how you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to know this one that's coming, because he is the

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00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:55.920
<v Speaker 2>righteous branch of David, and you're gonna know him as

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<v Speaker 2>Jehovah Sitknue. So this is one of the one of

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<v Speaker 2>the names of God that we can hallow him for.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm telling you what a blessing. Think about this.

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<v Speaker 2>When you come to God out of your trouble, you

576
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<v Speaker 2>come to God, out of your difficulty, out of your faltering,

577
00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:17.679
<v Speaker 2>out of a sin, out of an error, you come

578
00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:21.440
<v Speaker 2>to God and you recognize him. This is you entering in. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you're entering in through the gate of Thanksgiving. That Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>You've got me covered. You are my righteousness. I bless you,

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<v Speaker 2>Jehovah sit Canoe, that you cover me. I bless you,

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<v Speaker 2>Jehovah's sit Canoe, that you've imputed righteousness to me. I

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<v Speaker 2>bless you, Jehovah sit Canoe, that you are the God

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<v Speaker 2>who is beyond my works, who's beyond my righteousness, who's

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<v Speaker 2>beyond anything that I have done or can do. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>entering into you, Father because of your righteousness. Right, Jehovah,

587
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<v Speaker 2>your ray, Jehovah, you ray, the God who is my provision.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you Remember this story Genesis twenty two. This is

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<v Speaker 2>where Abram, Abraham is asked to take Isaac up to

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<v Speaker 2>Mount Mariah, to the top and offer him as a sacrifice. Right,

591
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<v Speaker 2>And this is where he's offered to take him as

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<v Speaker 2>now here's Isaac. Isaac is the promise, the fulfilled promise.

593
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<v Speaker 2>Isaac is the coveted son. Remember Abraham and Abraham and

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<v Speaker 2>Sarah couldn't have children. It takes twenty five years to

595
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<v Speaker 2>get to Isaac. Twenty five years, twenty five years of

596
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<v Speaker 2>waiting for the promise to come to pass. The promise

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<v Speaker 2>first comes in Genesis fifteen, is reiterated in seventeen, reiterated

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty one. All of this stuff's going on. Finally

599
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<v Speaker 2>the promise comes. Now the promise has grown up. Now

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<v Speaker 2>the promise is a young man and Abram who walks

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<v Speaker 2>with God, who's known as a prophet, who is the

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<v Speaker 2>father of faith. Abraham, who has believed God, isn't God

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<v Speaker 2>isn't sure that there's something going on in Genesis twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to read it. Read Genesis twenty two, go

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<v Speaker 2>home and read it. There's something going on where God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like Abraham has kind of exalted the promise above

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<v Speaker 2>the promise giver, and like he's focused more on the

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<v Speaker 2>promise than he is on the promise giver. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>more fellowship with the promise than there is with the

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<v Speaker 2>promised giver. And so the promised giver Father says, I

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<v Speaker 2>need to check your heart. I need to check your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I still number one? I mean, you wanted that

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<v Speaker 2>promise really bad, and I gave you that promise. I

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<v Speaker 2>need to check your heart which would be willing to

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<v Speaker 2>take the promise and offer the promise under me? And

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<v Speaker 2>this is where Jehovah when it says Jehovah jirah, Jehovah,

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<v Speaker 2>rae is my provision or God sees. Another translation is

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<v Speaker 2>God sees. God sees, and he provides, God is my provision.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened is they get up on that mount right.

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<v Speaker 2>And it says in Hebrews chapter eleven that Abraham was

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<v Speaker 2>willing to give up Isaac. And Abraham received Isaac from

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<v Speaker 2>the dead, believing that God could raise him from the

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<v Speaker 2>dead because the promise would still somehow come through him,

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<v Speaker 2>So he was willing to offer him up totally. And

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<v Speaker 2>because of his willingness to offer the promise to Father

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<v Speaker 2>instead of hang on to the promise.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where the provision showed up.

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<v Speaker 2>Suddenly there was a ram caught in a thicket, and

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<v Speaker 2>the angel showed up and said, look, lift up your eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was provision. There was provision. And so you

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<v Speaker 2>might say, Abraham, God his cake, and he got to

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<v Speaker 2>eat it too. He got to keep the son, and

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<v Speaker 2>he got the fullness of the Father. He got both.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because he chose the fullness of the Father. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what it's trying. This is God's character, God's character. What

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<v Speaker 2>God's trying to say is that nothing I asked you

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<v Speaker 2>to sacrifice will ever result in an absence of my provision.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing I ever ask you to sacrifice will ever result

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<v Speaker 2>in the absence of my provision and my promise. If

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<v Speaker 2>you will trust me and the sacrifice, then you will

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<v Speaker 2>still receive your promise. That's what he's trying to say,

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<v Speaker 2>and and and he's trying to say it so deeply.

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<v Speaker 2>He's trying to say, and that's my nature. It's my

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<v Speaker 2>name and my nature. When you look to me, you

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<v Speaker 2>can honor me for this, you can hallow my name

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<v Speaker 2>for this, you can actually worship me, you can actually

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<v Speaker 2>lift me up. According to this because it's my name

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<v Speaker 2>and my nature. I'm true to it. And so this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is part of how we can worship. Like

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<v Speaker 2>what's God been asking of you? What's he asking of

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<v Speaker 2>you right now to do? What is it that when

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<v Speaker 2>he asks you, when he asks something of you, you

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<v Speaker 2>sense the argument, the resistance, and he's trying to say,

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<v Speaker 2>look to my name before you even get into the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your prayer. Look to my name before you

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<v Speaker 2>go on into the prayer outline, Look to my name

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<v Speaker 2>before we go further into having any kind of discussion today.

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<v Speaker 2>I see what's happening with your heart. So look at

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<v Speaker 2>my name, look at my name, amplify my name, magnify

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<v Speaker 2>my name, lift up my name, and watch your heart soften,

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<v Speaker 2>and watch your heart transform before me as you begin

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<v Speaker 2>to restore your trust of me, because I'm good and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never ask you of anything wherein I won't provide

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<v Speaker 2>abundantly for you. Jehova and NII God is my banner.

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<v Speaker 1>Jehovah.

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<v Speaker 2>Thisy this happened when the Amalekites were attacking Israel. The

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<v Speaker 2>Amalakites are attacking Israel, and you know the story Moses

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<v Speaker 2>is up on top of a cliff, and Joshua was

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<v Speaker 2>down in the valley and he's fighting against the Amalekites,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Lord says, lift up the banner, lift up the.

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<v Speaker 1>Rod, lift up the staff, lift up the pole.

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<v Speaker 2>And for us, we've taken this into our armies. We've

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<v Speaker 2>taken this into we have a standard, we have a pole,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a flag. We have we we run with

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<v Speaker 2>the standard. We run with the flag. Well, in that day,

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<v Speaker 2>God was saying, lift up my power, my grace, my

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<v Speaker 2>sufficiency over you.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you will lift.

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<v Speaker 2>Me up as a banner, I will fight the battle

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<v Speaker 2>for you. Jehovah Nissi is God, my banner, God, my warrior, God,

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<v Speaker 2>my standard, God, my overcomer God, God my victory.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you know what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, every time Moses would hold up the banner,

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua would prevail. And when they would let down, when

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<v Speaker 2>he would let down, then the Amalikites would prevail. And

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<v Speaker 2>so Aaron and Her came and held up each arm,

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<v Speaker 2>and Aaron and Her held up his arms so that

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<v Speaker 2>the banner of the Lord, that the staff of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>the rod of the Lord, would be held up. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's where God revealed himself as Jehovah. The scene sad

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<v Speaker 2>with me this morning. I'm trying to help us because

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<v Speaker 2>I know you want to pray. I know you want

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<v Speaker 2>to draw near. I know you want more from God.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you want to be near to him. I

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<v Speaker 2>know you want fellowship with him. I know you want

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<v Speaker 2>more of the Holy Spirit. I know you want that.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Lord said, there's weakness in our flesh, and

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes the weakness is just knowing how to press in

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<v Speaker 2>and knowing how to amplify and magnify the very thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That we want to do. Because we get we get stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>I get stuck with Thank you God, Thank you God,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you Father, Thank you Father, Thank you Jesus, Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you Jesus. I get stuck. But in the word there's

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<v Speaker 2>there's insight, and there's victory. In the Word, there's insight

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<v Speaker 2>and there's understanding. And we can expand our adoration of

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<v Speaker 2>him as we understand his name, his character, and we

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<v Speaker 2>understand that he's faithful to his name and faithful to

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<v Speaker 2>his character and what he revealed himself to be. He

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<v Speaker 2>continued to be over and over again with the people

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Father, we thank you today for helping us

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<v Speaker 2>come on. Would you put up your hands all across

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<v Speaker 2>the room today, welcome Holy Spirit right now. Welcome his

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<v Speaker 2>help in prayer. Welcome his help in prayer. Welcome his help.

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<v Speaker 2>Just lift up your voice and welcome his help in prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome his help. Just you and him, just you and him.

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<v Speaker 2>The Holy Spirit is he is the helper, He's the paraclete.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the helper. He's the one that comes into our

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<v Speaker 2>weakness and helps us. He's the one that comes and

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<v Speaker 2>coaches us and guides us. Holy Spirit is living in

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<v Speaker 2>us to bring us into this deep, fulfilling, fruitful relationship

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<v Speaker 2>with Father, with the son. And we can't really pray

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<v Speaker 2>on our own. We can't, we can't. We can't lay

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<v Speaker 2>hold of this stuff on our own. We aren't meant to.

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<v Speaker 2>We aren't meant to. But what's what's developing is this

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful marriage.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the groom, we're the bride.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's developing as this beautiful, beautiful marriage. And we

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<v Speaker 2>are the Proverbs thirty one wife, and and and he

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<v Speaker 2>can trust our heart fully because we take in his

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<v Speaker 2>words and we cherish his words, and we yearn to

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<v Speaker 2>be with him. We are the Song of Solomon wife

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<v Speaker 2>that he pursues, and and then we pursue back. We

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<v Speaker 2>are we are that lover, and that mystery is unfolding

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<v Speaker 2>and becoming fuller and fuller because we are running after him,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are bringing our earth suit into subjection, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're not letting the world's system or the distractions.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord over us.

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<v Speaker 2>We are bringing those things into subjection, and we're saying,

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit, you're teaching me to pray, and I'm receiving

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<v Speaker 2>from you the grace, the enablement, the strength, the life,

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<v Speaker 2>the essence of your word, and I'm pressing into you

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm embracing this fellowship with you. Parentee, would you

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<v Speaker 2>come as we close, If you're here this morning and

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<v Speaker 2>you're giving your life back to the Lord, don't leave

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<v Speaker 2>without sealing that. If you're here needing and healing in

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<v Speaker 2>your body, if you're here with any heart's cry that

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't been met yet this morning, we want you to

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<v Speaker 2>come as we worship. We're going to close and worship.

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<v Speaker 2>We want you to come and be prayed for a

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<v Speaker 2>ministered to and courage. Don't leave here without receiving fully

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<v Speaker 2>what you came for.

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<v Speaker 1>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>We bless you, We bless this week. As you continue

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<v Speaker 2>in prayer and fasting. Thank you for being a part

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<v Speaker 2>today God bless search