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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, it's Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warrening. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing with this series called Daring Faith The Key

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<v Speaker 1>to Miracles. And in this series you're learning how to

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<v Speaker 1>have a bold, unshakable faith. And so far this series

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<v Speaker 1>is giving all of us powerful tools to share our faith,

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<v Speaker 1>a faith that gives you courage to impact the world

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<v Speaker 1>around you. And right now, here's Pastor Rick with part

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<v Speaker 1>one of a message called Daring to Wait on God.

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<v Speaker 2>A few things make us more irritated than having to wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you agree with that we don't like to wait?

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<v Speaker 2>Waiting in traffic? Does anybody actually like traffic? Yeah, Waiting

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<v Speaker 2>in a waiting room, waiting in a line at Disneyland, waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>We don't like wait. And technology, which has speeded up

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<v Speaker 2>everything in our world, has made us much more accustomed

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<v Speaker 2>to things fast, and so technology has actually made us

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<v Speaker 2>more impatient, far more impatient than say a farmer of

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred years ago. And yet waiting is an important

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<v Speaker 2>part of life. It's an important part of character development.

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<v Speaker 2>There are some things that we only learn in waiting

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<v Speaker 2>that we learn no other way. Would you agree that

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<v Speaker 2>every child has to learn the difference between know and

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<v Speaker 2>not yet.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not the same thing, are they.

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<v Speaker 2>But an immature child doesn't know the difference.

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<v Speaker 3>We know and not yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Our inability to wait is the cause of so many

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<v Speaker 2>problems in our lives. We get in a hurry, our

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<v Speaker 2>inability to delay gratification.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the cause of all debt.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the cause of all debt, the inability to wait

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<v Speaker 2>until you can afford it, you buy it on credit,

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<v Speaker 2>you get in debt. It's why America is in debt.

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<v Speaker 2>So many social problems, even diseases, come from our inability

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<v Speaker 2>to delay sexual gratification until marriage. And so many other

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<v Speaker 2>problems really come from this issue. I want it, I

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<v Speaker 2>want it, and I want it now causes broken hearts.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever been in a hurry when God wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the most frustrating of all. When you're in God's

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<v Speaker 2>waiting room. You can rush your kids, but you can't

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<v Speaker 2>rush God, and that's frustrating. Some of you right now

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<v Speaker 2>are waiting on God. You're in God's waiting You're waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for God to open a door. You're waiting for God

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<v Speaker 2>to give you a job opportunity. You're waiting on God

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<v Speaker 2>for an answer to prayer. You're waiting for clarification, you're

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for new direction, You're waiting for God to remove

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<v Speaker 2>a pain or heal a relationship. And you go, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't get this. I've prayed and nothing happening, and there

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<v Speaker 2>is a delay. Remember no is not not yet. Why

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<v Speaker 2>does God delay things when clearly he could answer every

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<v Speaker 2>prayer instantly? Well, if you had every prayer answered, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>be a selfish little brat because you'd treat God like

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<v Speaker 2>a vending machine. God, I need this pollic trigger boom.

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<v Speaker 3>I got it instantly.

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<v Speaker 2>And God sometimes has to work on you before he

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<v Speaker 2>works on the solution. The Bible says to Ecclesiastes three eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>they're at the top of your outline. God does everything

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<v Speaker 2>just right and on time, but people can never completely

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<v Speaker 2>understand what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, duh.

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<v Speaker 2>If you did understand everything God was doing, you'd be God.

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<v Speaker 2>God is God, and I'm not. And so I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand what is just right, and I don't always understand

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<v Speaker 2>what's on time. So today I want us to look

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<v Speaker 2>at what do you do.

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<v Speaker 3>When you have to wait on God? Daring to wait

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<v Speaker 3>on God?

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to ask two questions, what do I

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<v Speaker 2>need to remember when I'm in the waiting room of life,

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<v Speaker 2>and what do I need to do when I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>the waiting room of life? Because this is an element

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<v Speaker 2>of daring faith. Waiting is as much faith as taking

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<v Speaker 2>the initiative. Waiting can be as much of a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of trust as it is taking a risk or any

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<v Speaker 2>of the other things we've looked at over the last

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<v Speaker 2>ten weeks. What do you need to remember while you're

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<v Speaker 2>waiting on God and what he need to do. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at these first. Let me give you five things

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<v Speaker 2>you need to remember, and you're going to need these

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<v Speaker 2>or write them down. When you have asked God for

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<v Speaker 2>something and it hasn't come yet, and you're in that

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<v Speaker 2>delay period where you haven't seen the answer to your prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you do you remember five things? Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>Remember there's a natural delay between planting and harvesting. And

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about this in the message on the Laws

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<v Speaker 2>of Sowing and reaping. There's a natural delay between planting

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<v Speaker 2>and harvesting. I have a garden, and when I plant seeds, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Plant a seed.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't go out the next date to expect to

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<v Speaker 2>see full grown tomatoes. When I plant carrot seeds. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't expect to go out next day to see carrots.

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<v Speaker 2>There's always a delay between planting and harvesting. There's always

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<v Speaker 2>a delay between sowing and reaping. The Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>Ecclesiastes three you there is a time for everything, and

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<v Speaker 2>there is a season for every activity under heaven. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a time to plant, and there is a time

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<v Speaker 2>to harvest. There is a time to scatter, and there

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<v Speaker 2>is a time to gather. This is simply talking about seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>You always get the results of what you plant in

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<v Speaker 2>life in another season, not in the same season. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't plant and harvest in the same season. Many of

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<v Speaker 2>you have planted seeds in daring, faith, financial seed, seeds

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<v Speaker 2>of service, seeds of sacrifice. You're not gonna have the

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<v Speaker 2>harvest immediately. You just need to understand that it comes,

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<v Speaker 2>but it comes in another season. Write this down. I

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<v Speaker 2>reap in a different season than I sow, and during

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<v Speaker 2>that season of waiting, you wait quietly, you wait expectantly,

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<v Speaker 2>you wait patiently.

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<v Speaker 3>In faith.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember that there's a natural delay between planting and harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I put in a request, it's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be instantly fulfilled.

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<v Speaker 3>There is always a delay. Number two.

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<v Speaker 2>Second thing I need to remember is that there is

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<v Speaker 2>an unseen battle going on. There is an unseen battle

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<v Speaker 2>going on. There is a spiritual warfare going on in

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<v Speaker 2>a realm that we don't even understand. We don't see it,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't feel it. But in the cosmic heavenly is

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<v Speaker 2>there is a spiritual war in other dimensions, between good

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<v Speaker 2>and evil, between God and Satan, between angels and demons.

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<v Speaker 2>And the fact is you're caught right in the middle.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're a child of God, Satan hates you

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<v Speaker 2>and he wants to mess you up. The Bible tells

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<v Speaker 2>us in Ephesians six, verse twelve, we're not struggling and

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<v Speaker 2>fighting against human beings, but against evil spiritual forces in

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<v Speaker 2>the heavenly realm, the rulers and the authorities and the

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<v Speaker 2>powers of darkness. Now what happens. What I'm saying, what

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<v Speaker 2>this versus say, is that when you send up a prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>there's often a battle on how that's going to be answered.

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<v Speaker 2>And Satan starts throwing while you're waiting. While you're in

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<v Speaker 2>the waiting, he starts throwing dart statue, the dart of doubt,

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<v Speaker 2>the dart of discouragement, the dart of disappointment, the dart

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<v Speaker 2>of delay, the dart of depression. And he starts throwing

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<v Speaker 2>these darts at you, and he says, we shouldn't we

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<v Speaker 2>should be aware that he's going to try to get

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<v Speaker 2>you down.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is, we don't really know this much, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible doesn't even tell us that much about the

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual warfare that's going on behind your prayers. But we

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<v Speaker 2>do get a glimpse of it in one book of

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. It's in the Book of Daniel. You may

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<v Speaker 2>have never even seen this passage in Daniel, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>the one time in the Bible it shows the spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>warfare going on behind the answer to the prayers that

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<v Speaker 2>you have prayed and the things that you're trusting God

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<v Speaker 2>for in your life. Let me read it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's here on the screen Daniel. Chapter ten says this

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<v Speaker 2>Daniel had a vision and he had a vision of

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<v Speaker 2>an angel come to him. And the angel says to Daniel.

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<v Speaker 2>In this vision, Daniel, God loves you deeply, and He

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<v Speaker 2>loves you deeply too, and God has heard your prayers

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<v Speaker 2>since the very first day you humbled yourself and let

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<v Speaker 2>me just say this. When you pray a prayer, God

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<v Speaker 2>heard the very first one. It's not like he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>listening until number ninety five. God has heard every prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>He heard your prayer from the very first moment. The

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<v Speaker 2>Angel said, God loves you deeply, and he heard your

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<v Speaker 2>prayer since the very first day you humbled yourself. And

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<v Speaker 2>he says, I, the Angel have come in answer to

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<v Speaker 2>your prayer.

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<v Speaker 3>But now here's the interesting part.

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<v Speaker 2>The evil angel, prince of this kingdom opposed and blocked

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<v Speaker 2>me for twenty one days. He said your prayer hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>been answered for twenty one days. Said I was opposed

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<v Speaker 2>in this spiritual battle. Bok So Michael, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>archangels intervened to fight for me because I had been

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<v Speaker 2>blocked from coming to you with the answer. Is that

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<v Speaker 2>the wildest verse you've ever seen. There is a dimension

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<v Speaker 2>beyond your prayers that we don't need, and we don't

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<v Speaker 2>even have any more than that in scripture about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible tells us that Daniel had a prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't answered.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't answered once I answered.

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<v Speaker 2>He's starting to get discouraged, and the Angel shows up,

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<v Speaker 2>says I'm here to get the answer. We heard it

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<v Speaker 2>from day one, but we've been in a battle over this,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was such an intense battle that Michael Angel

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<v Speaker 2>had to come down and help me with this battle.

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<v Speaker 2>So I can come and tell you the answer is

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<v Speaker 2>on its way. I don't know any more about it

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<v Speaker 2>than that. I just know that this is not as

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<v Speaker 2>simple as you think it is. So I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to write this on your outline. A delay is not

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<v Speaker 2>a denial. A delay is not a denial. When an

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<v Speaker 2>answer to prayer is delayed, it doesn't mean it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be answered. There may be some kind of

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual warfare going on behind it, and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>keep praying. A delay is not a denial. Number three,

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<v Speaker 2>the third thing we remember the first that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>natural delay between planning and harvesting, that there's a spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>delay because of the spiritual warfare that's going on. Number three,

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<v Speaker 2>there's another reason for delay, and it's this. Remember, God

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<v Speaker 2>is preparing me for a blessing. God is preparing me

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<v Speaker 2>for his blessing. When you have an idea and you

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<v Speaker 2>ask God to do something in your life, God usually

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<v Speaker 2>has a bigger idea and usually has a better idea,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's going to have to prepare you to get

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<v Speaker 2>you ready for a bigger and better answer to your prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And he usually has to take some time getting you ready.

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<v Speaker 3>Preparing you.

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<v Speaker 2>And the first thing God wants to do before he

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<v Speaker 2>answers your prayer for a job, for a mate, for

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<v Speaker 2>a child, to get married, whatever your prayer request is,

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<v Speaker 2>he first he wants to get you ready because God's

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<v Speaker 2>more interested in changing your character than he is in

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<v Speaker 2>answering your prayer, because your character is what you're going to.

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<v Speaker 3>Take to heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's what the Bible says in First Peter, chapter one.

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<v Speaker 2>There's wonderful joy ahead. That's the inevitable answers to our prayers,

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<v Speaker 2>even though it is necessary for you to endure many

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<v Speaker 2>trials for a while. And this includes the delays, these

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<v Speaker 2>troubles circle. This test your faith. The troubles you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through right now, this is a test. They test your

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<v Speaker 2>faith so that it is strong and pure, just as

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<v Speaker 2>fire tests and purifies gold. And your faith is far

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<v Speaker 2>more precious to God than mere gold. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are going through the fire right now. Keep going. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you do when you're going through hell? You keep going.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to stay there. You keep walking. When

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<v Speaker 2>you're going through the fire, you keep going. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>these troubles are there to test your faith. You might

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<v Speaker 2>write this down. Waiting is always a test. When you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're in that season between harvest and sewing.

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<v Speaker 3>Waiting is always a test.

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<v Speaker 2>It tests your character, It tests your trust, It tests

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<v Speaker 2>your faith, It tests your endurance, It tests all kinds of.

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<v Speaker 3>Things in your life. Waiting is a test.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, Paul compares waiting in life waiting on God.

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<v Speaker 2>When you really want something it hasn't happened yet. Paul

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<v Speaker 3>He's got a great analogy here. I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>In the message paraphrase Romans eight twenty four to twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, this waiting does not diminish us. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>diminish us anymore than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We

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<v Speaker 2>are enlarged in the waiting. What we don't see is

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<v Speaker 2>what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait the

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<v Speaker 2>larger we become, just like a pregnant woman. The longer

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<v Speaker 2>we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful

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<v Speaker 2>our expectancy. Meanwhile, when we get tired in the waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>God's Spirit is right alongside helping us. And if we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 2>because He, the Holy Spirit, prays in us and for us,

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<v Speaker 2>and he knows far better than we know our He

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<v Speaker 2>knows us far better than we know ourselves, and he

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<v Speaker 2>knows our pregnant condition.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's why we can be so.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure that every d tail in our lives of love

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<v Speaker 2>for God is working into something good. That's a powerful passage.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he's saying here that it's just like being pregnant.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just like being expectant. Now in an expectancyat they

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<v Speaker 2>don't call it expecting for nothing, do they, Because when

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<v Speaker 2>he says, this is what it's like to wait on God.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it's coming, you know it's going to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>but this is what you gotta do.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta wait. Number four.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in the waiting zone. That I'm in good company.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in good company while I'm waiting. Millions of saints

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<v Speaker 2>before you have sat in God's waiting room. You're not alone.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, if you're in the waiting room right now,

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<v Speaker 2>you're waiting on a job, you're waiting on an answer,

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<v Speaker 3>On a prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a lot of other people sitting around you

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<v Speaker 2>right now who are in that same situation. Millions of

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrews eleven, verse two says this, people who lived in

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<v Speaker 2>the past became famous because of their faith, and every

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<v Speaker 2>one of those people had to wait. Think about Hannah

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<v Speaker 2>who had to wait years to have the baby that

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<v Speaker 2>she was praying that God would give her. Think about Joseph,

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<v Speaker 2>who God gave him a dream of being a ruler,

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<v Speaker 2>and he had that vision from a very young childhood age.

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<v Speaker 2>And he ends up being put in prison for fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>years for a crime he did not commit, falsely accrused

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<v Speaker 2>of rape, and he spends fourteen years in a prison

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<v Speaker 2>and dungeon in Egypt, waiting. God knew exactly where he was.

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<v Speaker 2>He is preparing Moses waits forty years in the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>to know his purpose in life, to know his next assignment,

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<v Speaker 2>to know what he's supposed to do with his life.

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham waits one hundred years before he has Isaac, his

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<v Speaker 2>first child through Sarah, the promised child God had promised

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<v Speaker 2>him years before.

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<v Speaker 3>He waits. He's one hundred years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Noah had to wait one hundred and twenty years before

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<v Speaker 2>it rained. You think you're in a waiting period. How'd

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<v Speaker 2>you like to wait one hundred and twenty years? And

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<v Speaker 2>the whole time you're building an ark and everybody's coming

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<v Speaker 2>and say, what's an arc?

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<v Speaker 3>Said, it's a big boat. Why because it's going to rain?

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<v Speaker 3>What's rain? I said? It never rained up to that point.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine building an arc in your front yard

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<v Speaker 2>and how your kids, your teenage kids, are all embarrassed.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how long has he been working on the

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<v Speaker 2>bout one hundred and twenty years? Why because it's gonna flood?

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<v Speaker 2>the Messiah. We get in a hurry. God is not

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrews six says, after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised,

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<v Speaker 2>but the waiting is essential to faith. Number five the

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<v Speaker 2>fifth thing to remember. I remember there's a time to

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<v Speaker 2>lay between planning and harvesting. I remember that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual battle going on. I remember that God is preparing

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<v Speaker 2>me for the answer. I remember that I'm in good

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<v Speaker 2>company while I'm waiting. At number five, I remember that

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<v Speaker 2>God always keeps his promises. That's what you need to

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<v Speaker 2>remember when you're waiting on God, because unlike other people,

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<v Speaker 2>you can count on God to come through. You can

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<v Speaker 2>count on God to come through because over these seven

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<v Speaker 2>thousand promises in the Bible that He has made, he's

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<v Speaker 2>staked his reputation. So what you do in the waiting

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<v Speaker 2>room is you don't focus on what you can't do.

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<v Speaker 2>don't have the connections, I don't have the opportunity. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't focus on what you don't have. You focus on

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<v Speaker 2>what God does have, what God can do. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of the ways you focus on what God can do

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<v Speaker 2>is do the promises of God. Promises can help you

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<v Speaker 2>focus on God and his unlimited abilities instead of you

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<v Speaker 2>and your limited abilities. The Bible says anything is possible

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<v Speaker 2>if you have faith.

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<v Speaker 3>A back at two. Verse three says this on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, at the time I have decided, my words

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<v Speaker 2>will come true. You can trust what I say about

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<v Speaker 2>the future. It may take a long time, but keep

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<v Speaker 2>on waiting. It will happen. Some of you need to

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<v Speaker 2>write that verse down on a card and put it

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<v Speaker 2>up on your refrigerator. God says, my word will come true.

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<v Speaker 2>You can trust that if I say it, it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. It may take a long time, but keep

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<v Speaker 1>What a life giving message from Pastor Rick. And now

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<v Speaker 1>here's Rick with a special message.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship, and we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Great Commission. We believe it Daily Hope that a great

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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