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STEPHANIE IKE OKAFOR: I BELIEVE
THAT DESPERATION
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IS A WOMB FOR TRANSFORMATION
IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER.
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THAT DESPERATION COMES
FROM A PLACE
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WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT
MY LIFE IS NOT MY OWN.
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JUST BECAUSE THINGS
ARE WORKING FOR ME
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DOES NOT MEAN I AM
IN THE THING
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GOD ORDAINED ME TO DO.
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WHEN YOU REALIZE THE NEED
FOR THE VOICE OF GOD
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IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE,
IT ACTIVATES THIS PLACE
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OF COMMUNION WITH GOD.
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IT'S THE GLORY OF GOD TO
CONCEAL A MATTER
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AND IT'S THE GLORY OF KINGS
TO SEARCH A MATTER.
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AND SO THAT ACTUALLY,
THAT DESIRE TO KNOW,
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YEAH.
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GOD PUT ON THE INSIDE
OF YOU TO SEARCH HIM OUT.
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IT STARTS UP WITH, WHY DO YOU
NEED THE VOICE OF GOD?
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IF HE'S - IF HIS VOICE IS
NOT LEADING MY LIFE,
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WHAT AM I LIVING IN?
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HEY, GUYS, WELCOME BACK
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TO THE
REBECCA WEISS PODCAST .
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I'M JOINED TODAY WITH
AUTHOR AND EXECUTIVE PASTOR
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STEPHANIE IKE OKAFOR
- YES.
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BASED IN L.A.,
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BUT SHE'S HERE
WITH US TODAY.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.
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THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT,
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BUT I GOT TO BE FOCUSED
BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE
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SO MUCH TIME.
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YOU'RE SO COOL,
BY THE WAY.
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THANK YOU.
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BUT THERE'S SO MUCH
SPIRITUAL DEPTH,
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AND I THINK OUR AUDIENCE,
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YOU GUYS ARE GOING
TO BE REALLY BLESSED
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LISTENING TO THIS.
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SO JUST KEEP YOUR FOCUS,
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KEEP TUNED.
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SO LET'S GO BACK TO
YOUR CHILDHOOD
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BECAUSE GOD GOT YOUR ATTENTION
AT A REALLY YOUNG AGE.
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YEAH.
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AND BEGAN TO
DISCIPLE YOU.
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YEAH.
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SO TALK ABOUT, IT WAS
EITHER WHEN YOU WERE
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EIGHT OR NINE -
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NINE YEARS OLD.
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YOU HAD YOUR FIRST, KIND
OF, ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD.
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YEAH.
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AND SO AT NINE,
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I HAD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH AN ANGEL.
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I THOUGHT THE
ANGEL WAS GOD
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BUT IT WASN'T.
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AND THAT ENCOUNTER
LITERALLY, LIKE,
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WAS A CATALYST.
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PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS - I
JUST HAD A LOT OF ANGER.
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MY FATHER WAS MURDERED AS
A BABY - WHEN I WAS A BABY.
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AND I THINK MY LIFE,
LIKE I TELL PEOPLE,
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LIKE, GOD NOT ONLY - LIKE, HE
REALLY SAVED MY LIFE.
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NOT EVEN FROM A PLACE
OF JUST SALVATION,
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HE SAVED THE
COURSE OF MY LIFE.
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WHERE I WAS GOING,
YOU KNOW, IN MY MINDSET,
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WHAT I WAS
MEDITATING IN MY HEART
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WAS VERY DARK.
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AND THE LORD
ENCOUNTERED ME
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AND HE JUST STARTED
DEALING WITH ME.
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SO AFTER I HAD THE
ENCOUNTER WITH THE ANGEL,
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I STARTED HEARING
THE VOICE OF GOD.
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AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED
HAVING ENCOUNTERS WITH
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THE LORD IN DREAMS.
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AND HE WOULD TEACH ME,
LIKE LITERALLY, LIKE,
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THE LORD RAISED ME.
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AND SO IT WOULD BE THIS
FLUID CONVERSATION FROM DREAMS.
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I WOULD WAKE UP.
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I WOULD TALK TO
HIM ABOUT THINGS.
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I COULD HEAR HIS
VOICE SO CLEARLY.
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AND HE REALLY DEALT
WITH MY HEART BEFORE
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HE STARTED GIVING
ME ANY OTHER WORDS.
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MY HEART POSTURE BEFORE
HIM WAS A VERY KEY THING.
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WHAT'S SO IMPACTFUL
ABOUT YOUR STORY
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IS YOU LOST YOUR FATHER,
LIKE YOU SAID,
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WHEN YOU WERE A BABY.
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BUT THE ENCOURAGING
THING TO TAKE OUT OF
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SUCH A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT,
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IS THAT GOD BECAME
YOUR FATHER.
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YEAH.
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I RECOGNIZED, LIKE PEOPLE
WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE THAT,
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BUT I'M LIKE, NO,
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
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IS VERY REAL.
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IT'S VERY TANGIBLE.
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I, LIKE, I ENJOY SPENDING
TIME WITH THE LORD.
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YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS - LIKE
WHEN I WOULD
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SAY THIS TO PEOPLE I'M LIKE,
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NO, I REALLY MEAN IT,
LIKE. GOD IS AS REAL,
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IS MORE REAL TO ME
THAN PEOPLE I SEE.
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THAT'S AMAZING.
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YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, LIKE,
HE REALLY RAISED ME UP.
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EVEN UNTIL TODAY, THERE
ARE TIMES WHERE
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YOU KNOW, BEFORE I'M
ABOUT TO PREACH
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AND HE WILL TALK
TO ME ABOUT A SCRIPTURE
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THAT I'VE NEVER READ.
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AND HE'S LIKE, HEY,
THIS IS WHAT I WANT
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YOU TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE,
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AND HE'LL BREAK
THINGS DOWN TO ME.
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AND THEN I WOULD WAKE UP
AND I'LL READ THE SCRIPTURE
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AND I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOD,
THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
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BUT IT'S A REAL
TANGIBLE RELATIONSHIP
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THAT THE LORD WANTS
TO HAVE WITH US.
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AND YOU SEE, FOR ME,
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I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY
BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
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GOD AS MY FATHER UNTIL
JUST RECENTLY.
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AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AROUND
THE PASSING OF MY OWN FATHER,
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WHEN I TOLD GOD,
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I SAID, BECAUSE
FOR A SECOND,
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I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT PRAYING,
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BRING A FATHER FIGURE
INTO MY LIFE
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IN THE FORM OF
LIKE A HUMAN.
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AND THEN I THOUGHT, NO.
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I SAID, I WANT YOU
TO BE MY FATHER NOW.
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AND HE'S THE BEST AT IT.
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NO, HE'S AMAZING.
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AND FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE LISTENING,
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FATHER,
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IF YOUR FATHER'S NOT HERE,
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GOD CAN BE THAT FOR YOU.
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YEAH.
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AND IT WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
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AND EVEN SEEING
THE SECURITY YOU HAVE,
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THE SELF-ASSUREDNESS,
THAT COMES FROM SOMEONE
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WHO KNOWS WHO
THEIR FATHER IS
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AND THEY KNOW WHO
THEY ARE IN HIM.
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AND THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT CAN'T -
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YOU CAN'T PRODUCE
ON YOUR OWN,
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IT CAN ONLY COME FROM
YEARS OF BEING IN
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RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
- THAT'S RIGHT.
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AND I JUST LOVE THAT.
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SO WHEN YOU - DID YOU GET
SAVED WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT?
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NO.
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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YOUR STORY IS SO WILD.
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IT'S LIKE THE
GRACE OF GOD,
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BUT HE CALLED YOU
OUT AND HE BEGAN -
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YEAH.
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AND I LOVE THAT YOU SAID
HE WORKED ON YOUR HEART
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BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE
YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS.
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SO IF IT'S HARD, WHICH WE
ALL STRUGGLE WITH THAT,
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YOU CAN'T COMMUNE.
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EXACTLY.
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WHAT WAS CRAZY
IS THAT EVEN THOUGH
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I EMBRACED HIM AS
FATHER BEFORE SAVIOR,
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I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT HIM AS SAVIOR.
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I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TREE OF THE GARDEN
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OF GOOD AND EVIL.
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I WAS LIKE, GOD,
YOU ARE DRAMATIC, OKAY.
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YOU PUT THE TREE.
YOU DID.
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BECAUSE IT
WAS HARD FOR ME -
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THIS IS JUST
BEING SO HONEST -
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IT WAS LIKE EVEN IN SUNDAY
SCHOOL OR CHURCH,
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DURING EASTER SERVICES
OR, YOU KNOW,
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RESURRECTION SUNDAY,
PEOPLE START CRYING.
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AND I'LL BE SITTING
DOWN IN CHURCH
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AND I'M LIKE TALKING TO GOD.
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I'M LIKE, DAD,
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I DON'T KNOW WHY
THEY'RE CRYING.
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YOU CAUSED THIS.
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YOU CAUSED IT.
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YOU FIX IT.
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I COULDN'T CONNECT AT THAT
TIME WITH THIS WHOLE IDEA
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OF LIKE SAVIOR, YOU KNOW,
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BECAUSE I HAD
SO MANY QUESTIONS.
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AND I'M LIKE,
I DON'T GET IT.
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LIKE, JESUS, OKAY,
YOU DIED FOR US,
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BUT YOU PUT THE TREE.
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YEAH.
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AND THEN I
REMEMBER ONE OF -
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SO THERE ARE TWO VERY
SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS FOR ME.
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SO ONE WAS WHEN I WAS
AT A POINT, YOU KNOW,
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BECAUSE EVEN JUST LIKE
HOW CHILDREN WOULD DO
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WITH THEIR FATHERS,
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YOU LOVE YOUR DAD,
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BUT YOU MIGHT BE A
LITTLE REBELLIOUS SOMETIMES.
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YEAH, ESPECIALLY
THOSE TEENAGE YEARS
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WHERE YOU'RE LIKE,
I KNOW MORE THAN YOU.
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I KNOW MORE THAN YOU.
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SO, FOR ME, HE WAS
MY DAD, YOU KNOW.
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IT WASN'T JUST LIKE -
I LOVED HIM
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BUT I DIDN'T FEAR HIM.
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YEAH.
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I DIDN'T HAVE THIS
REVERENCE,
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RESPECT FOR HIM, RIGHT,
AT THE TIME.
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AND THAT WAS WHERE, THAT
WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
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THAT HE STARTED,
HE WAS WORKING ON.
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BUT IT WAS A TIME
WHERE I JUST FELT LIKE,
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OKAY, GOD, YOU'RE
A BIT BORING, YOU KNOW,
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JUST LIKE YOU
DO WITH A DAD.
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DAD, YOU DON'T KNOW,
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YOU DON'T KNOW BETTER.
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YOU'RE BORING.
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YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS
ARE FUN.
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BUT THAT'S HOW - PEOPLE GO
THROUGH THAT PHASE IN REAL LIFE
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WITH THEIR REAL
PARENTS, TOO, IT'S WILD.
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AND I WENT THROUGH
THAT WITH GOD.
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I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE
BORING, YOU KNOW.
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I WANT TO HAVE FUN.
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LIKE, YOU DON'T REALLY -
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WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT
IS FUN RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW.
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AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FUN
WAS NOT BECAUSE ALL THAT -
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ALL OF THAT STUFF
LEFT ME EMPTY.
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AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I WANTED -
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I WAS LIKE EVERYONE
IS GOING OUT,
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THEY'RE HAVING FUN,
THEY'RE DOING THIS,
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THEY'RE GOING TO THE CLUB.
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SO I WANTED TO
LIVE THAT LIFE.
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AND I WAS IN THAT LIFE
AND I WAS DOING IT,
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YOU KNOW, A LOT.
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AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY
I WAS AT A CLUB
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AND, LITERALLY, LIKE
THE LORD GIVES ME
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A PROPHETIC
MESSAGE FOR A YOUNG LADY,
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WHO HAD - WHO WAS GOING
THROUGH THINGS WITH HER FATHER,
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LIKE, HER FATHER WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL.
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AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS
JUST IN THE CLUB
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FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
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IT'S LIKE TRYING
TO ESCAPE, YOU KNOW,
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THE REALITY OF LIKE,
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OH, MY GOSH, I MIGHT
LOSE MY DAD.
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AND THE LORD TOLD ME
THIS WORD TO GIVE HER.
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AND I GAVE HER THE WORD
AND SHE'S CRYING
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AND SHE GOES HOME.
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AND WHEN I GOT HOME
I'M LIKE, MAN, LORD,
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I DON'T WANT TO -
THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD
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ENCOUNTER ME AND SPEAK TO
ME IN THIS VERY DARK PLACE,
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THAT SHIFTED ME.
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IT WAS LIKE, I REALLY WANT
TO LIVE THIS LIFE FOR YOU,
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BUT I STILL HAD QUESTIONS
BECAUSE I WANT TO -
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I'M SOMEONE THAT, LIKE,
I REALLY WANT
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TO UNDERSTAND THINGS.
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YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO
REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW.
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SO I WAS AT A POINT
WHERE I'M LIKE,
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GOD, I'M SURRENDERED, YOU KNOW,
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LIKE WHATEVER YOU
WILL HAVE ME DO,
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I'M ALL IN, BUT
I HAD QUESTIONS.
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I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND
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YOU KNOW, JESUS DYING FOR US.
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YEAH.
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AND I REMEMBER ONE
RESURRECTION SUNDAY AT CHURCH,
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AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
ARE EMOTIONAL.
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AND I JUST,
I WASN'T THERE.
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I WASN'T IN THE
PLACE OF LIKE,
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OH, MY GOD, JESUS
DIED FOR ME, YOU KNOW.
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BECAUSE I'M LIKE, GOD,
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PLEASE HELP ME
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,
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WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.
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AND WHILE I WAS SAYING IT,
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I HAD THIS VISION.
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AND I SEE THE LORD
ON THE CROSS.
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AND I SEE BLOOD, LIKE
ALMOST LIKE IN THE SAND,
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AND IN THE BLOOD
WAS MY NAME WRITTEN IN IT.
00:08:31.133 --> 00:08:32.499
AND I HAD THIS
UNDERSTANDING.
00:08:32.599 --> 00:08:33.766
IT WAS LIKE IN
THAT MOMENT,
00:08:33.866 --> 00:08:37.900
THERE WAS THIS IMPARTATION
OF REVELATION OF WHAT IT MEANT
00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.432
FOR THE LORD TO DIE
FOR US ON THE CROSS,
00:08:40.532 --> 00:08:43.032
THAT IN HIM
WE TRULY HAVE LIFE.
00:08:43.132 --> 00:08:45.766
AND IT JUST TOOK ME TO
THIS JOURNEY OF
00:08:45.866 --> 00:08:47.599
WHAT HAPPENED FROM
THE BEGINNING,
00:08:47.699 --> 00:08:49.932
WHY THE TREE WAS EVEN
THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:08:50.032 --> 00:08:53.633
LIKE, I WAS LIKE, WAIT, GOD,
YOU'RE NOT REALLY DRAMATIC.
00:08:53.733 --> 00:08:55.166
YOU'RE LIKE - YOU'RE
YOU'RE REALLY LIKE,
00:08:55.266 --> 00:08:58.333
OH, MY GOD, YOU DIED FOR -
LIKE IT DAWNED ON ME.
00:08:58.433 --> 00:09:02.633
LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, LIKE YOU
CAME IN THE FORM OF MAN.
00:09:02.733 --> 00:09:04.333
AND YOU DID THIS SO THAT I
WOULD HAVE LIFE,
00:09:04.433 --> 00:09:08.166
LIKE THE REVELATION OF THE
DEATH OF CHRIST
00:09:08.266 --> 00:09:10.099
AND THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
00:09:10.199 --> 00:09:12.866
IT TOOK OVER MY HEART AND
I THINK THAT BROUGHT ME
00:09:12.966 --> 00:09:15.699
INTO A PLACE WHERE I
REALLY CAME INTO
00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.066
THIS UNDERSTANDING
OF, OH, WOW.
00:09:18.166 --> 00:09:21.466
YOU ARE REALLY LORD
AND SAVIOR, YOU KNOW.
00:09:21.566 --> 00:09:23.366
BUT, YEAH, IT HAD
BEEN A JOURNEY,
00:09:23.466 --> 00:09:25.733
YOU KNOW, GETTING TO
THAT POINT, BUT YEAH.
00:09:25.833 --> 00:09:27.333
THERE'S A VERSE
IN PROVERBS, IT SAYS,
00:09:27.433 --> 00:09:29.666
IT'S THE GLORY OF GOD
TO CONCEAL A MATTER,
00:09:29.766 --> 00:09:31.633
AND THE GLORY OF KINGS TO
SEARCH A MATTER,
00:09:31.733 --> 00:09:34.399
AND SO THAT, ACTUALLY THAT
DESIRE TO KNOW -
00:09:34.499 --> 00:09:35.233
YEAH.
00:09:35.333 --> 00:09:36.533
GOD PUT ON THE
INSIDE OF YOU
00:09:36.633 --> 00:09:38.766
TO SEARCH HIM OUT
AND TO KNOW HIM.
00:09:38.866 --> 00:09:41.899
AND SO WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING
WANTING TO UNDERSTAND,
00:09:41.999 --> 00:09:44.366
IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO
GENUINELY CONNECT TO GOD
00:09:44.466 --> 00:09:46.433
IN YOUR HEART,
IN YOUR MIND,
00:09:46.533 --> 00:09:47.966
AND THE FULLNESS
AND ALL OF YOU.
00:09:48.066 --> 00:09:48.733
YEAH.
00:09:48.833 --> 00:09:49.799
SPIRIT, SOUL, BODY.
00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:51.633
BECAUSE I WAS - I WAS
ALREADY AT A PLACE WHERE
00:09:51.733 --> 00:09:53.532
I'M LIKE I WHATEVER
YOU HAVE ME DO
00:09:53.632 --> 00:09:55.732
I'M YOUR
PERSON, YOU KNOW.
00:09:55.832 --> 00:09:59.133
BUT I WANTED TO, FROM
A HEART POSTURE,
00:09:59.233 --> 00:10:00.533
UNDERSTAND THE CROSS.
00:10:00.633 --> 00:10:01.533
YEAH.
00:10:01.633 --> 00:10:04.000
YOU KNOW, LIKE, LITERALLY,
IT USED TO BE
00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:05.632
THE FUNNIEST THING,
LIKE I WOULD BE IN CHURCH
00:10:05.732 --> 00:10:07.899
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION
00:10:07.999 --> 00:10:09.499
OF CHRIST,
AND IN MY HEART
00:10:09.599 --> 00:10:11.599
I'M LIKE, GOD, YOU'RE
REALLY DRAMATIC.
00:10:11.699 --> 00:10:12.866
YEAH.
00:10:12.966 --> 00:10:15.432
ISN'T IT FUNNY WHEN WE
LOOK AT SCRIPTURE
00:10:15.532 --> 00:10:17.066
AND WE SEE IT ONE WAY,
LIKE I REMEMBER BEING
00:10:17.166 --> 00:10:19.366
IN BIBLE SCHOOL,
OR NOT BIBLE SCHOOL,
00:10:19.466 --> 00:10:21.099
I WAS IN A
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
00:10:21.199 --> 00:10:22.266
THIS IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL,
AND I REMEMBER
00:10:22.366 --> 00:10:23.766
READING THE GOSPELS
AND I THOUGHT
00:10:23.866 --> 00:10:24.866
SOME OF THE STUFF
JESUS SAID, I WAS LIKE,
00:10:24.966 --> 00:10:26.432
THAT IS THE STRANGEST RESPONSE.
00:10:26.532 --> 00:10:27.599
YEAH.
00:10:27.699 --> 00:10:28.499
BECAUSE HE WAS
NOT OF THIS WORLD.
00:10:28.599 --> 00:10:29.433
HE CAME INTO THIS WORLD,
00:10:29.533 --> 00:10:30.966
BUT HE WAS PREACHING
THE KINGDOM -
00:10:31.066 --> 00:10:31.766
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:10:31.866 --> 00:10:33.232
INTO THE EARTHLY MIND.
00:10:33.332 --> 00:10:34.600
IT DIDN'T MAKE
SENSE TO ME.
00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:37.532
BUT IN TIME, AS GOD
BEGAN TO UNFOLD,
00:10:37.632 --> 00:10:38.566
WHEN YOU GET
REVELATION FROM HIM,
00:10:38.666 --> 00:10:40.666
WHICH ONLY HE CAN
GIVE TO YOU -
00:10:40.766 --> 00:10:42.099
WE THINK ABOUT THAT
STORY WITH PETER.
00:10:42.199 --> 00:10:44.199
HE SAYS WHO DO
YOU SAY THAT I AM?
00:10:44.299 --> 00:10:46.132
AND HE SAYS YOU'RE
THE MESSIAH.
00:10:46.232 --> 00:10:48.333
AND HE SAYS FLESH AND BLOOD
DO NOT REVEAL THIS UNTO YOU,
00:10:48.433 --> 00:10:50.433
BUT MY FATHER WHO
WAS IN HEAVEN.
00:10:50.533 --> 00:10:51.932
THAT IS HOW GOD
GIVES US REVELATION.
00:10:52.032 --> 00:10:54.399
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT
IS BECAUSE YOU SEE THAT
00:10:54.499 --> 00:10:57.966
THERE IS A PLACE IN YOUR
GROWTH WITH GOD,
00:10:58.066 --> 00:11:01.999
THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE INTIMACY
AND COMMUNION WITH HIM
00:11:02.099 --> 00:11:05.299
BECAUSE IT CEMENTS SOMETHING
IN YOUR HEART.
00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:06.333
YEAH.
00:11:06.433 --> 00:11:07.766
BECAUSE MANY TIMES, LIKE
YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE
00:11:07.866 --> 00:11:09.433
WHO GREW UP
IN CHURCH, YOU KNOW,
00:11:09.533 --> 00:11:11.166
THEY CAN RECITE
ALL THE VERSES,
00:11:11.266 --> 00:11:12.232
THEY KNOW ALL THE LINES.
00:11:12.332 --> 00:11:13.933
BUT THEY'RE NOT
ANCHORED IN IT
00:11:14.033 --> 00:11:15.266
BECAUSE THE
REVELATION OF WHAT
00:11:15.366 --> 00:11:16.433
THAT MEANS HAS NOT REALLY.
00:11:16.533 --> 00:11:17.966
COME INTO THEIR HEART.
00:11:18.066 --> 00:11:22.432
AND SO CHRISTIANITY IS
NOT THIS PRACTICE, RIGHT,
00:11:22.532 --> 00:11:23.666
IT'S RELATIONSHIP.
00:11:23.766 --> 00:11:24.499
YEP.
00:11:24.599 --> 00:11:25.799
AND THAT IS ONE
OF THE REASONS
00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:27.099
WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE,
00:11:27.199 --> 00:11:29.632
EVEN ABOUT THE BOOK
BECAUSE IT GOES BEYOND
00:11:29.732 --> 00:11:31.432
JUST ABOUT DREAMS.
00:11:31.532 --> 00:11:34.333
IT'S REALLY HEARING AND
UNDERSTANDING GOD'S VOICE,
00:11:34.433 --> 00:11:37.233
BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO
THAT WHILE YOU SLEEP.
00:11:37.333 --> 00:11:39.266
SEE, AND I WANT TO
ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT TOPIC,
00:11:39.366 --> 00:11:42.133
BUT I WANT TO TOUCH
ON ONE THING,
00:11:42.233 --> 00:11:43.532
IS THAT FOR ME,
LIKE YOU'RE SAYING,
00:11:43.632 --> 00:11:45.133
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS,
THAT'S THE FOUNDATION.
00:11:45.233 --> 00:11:46.200
YES.
00:11:46.300 --> 00:11:47.999
AND SO MANY PEOPLE, THEY'RE
RAISED IN CHURCH,
00:11:48.099 --> 00:11:49.999
AND CHRISTIANITY IS
A CULTURAL THING.
00:11:50.099 --> 00:11:50.766
YES.
00:11:50.866 --> 00:11:52.099
IT'S AN
EXPERIENTIAL THING,
00:11:52.199 --> 00:11:55.366
BUT IT'S NOT A PERSONAL
COMMUNION WITH JESUS.
00:11:55.466 --> 00:11:58.166
AND WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT
THE CROSS IS THAT
00:11:58.266 --> 00:12:01.366
WHEN HE DIED AND THAT VEIL
WAS TORN TOP TO BOTTOM -
00:12:01.466 --> 00:12:02.299
YEAH.
00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:03.933
HE WAS OPENING THE WAY
FOR US TO HAVE
00:12:04.033 --> 00:12:05.299
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.466
YES.
00:12:06.566 --> 00:12:08.433
EXACTLY, BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE
TO CLEANSE THE TEMPLE
00:12:08.533 --> 00:12:09.499
WITH HIS BLOOD.
00:12:09.599 --> 00:12:10.666
OUR BODY AS
BEING THE TEMPLE,
00:12:10.766 --> 00:12:13.133
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SENT 50
DAYS LATER AND HE COMES
00:12:13.233 --> 00:12:14.832
AND DWELLS IN BELIEVERS.
00:12:14.932 --> 00:12:16.432
NO LONGER IS IT
IN A BUILDING.
00:12:16.532 --> 00:12:17.733
HE'S GOING TO
ABIDE IN US.
00:12:17.833 --> 00:12:18.899
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:12:18.999 --> 00:12:21.033
AND SO THAT'S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE
00:12:21.133 --> 00:12:23.733
WHO ARE LISTENING, THAT
THAT IS THE FOUNDATION
00:12:23.833 --> 00:12:25.432
OF OUR FAITH.
00:12:25.532 --> 00:12:26.466
YEAH.
00:12:26.566 --> 00:12:29.999
AND IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN
STEADY AND ROOTED,
00:12:30.099 --> 00:12:31.499
YOU HAVE TO BE ROOTED
AND GROUNDED IN HIM.
00:12:31.599 --> 00:12:32.833
NOT IN OTHER
PEOPLE'S FAITH.
00:12:32.933 --> 00:12:33.966
NOT IN YOUR EXPERIENCES.
00:12:34.066 --> 00:12:34.933
BUT IN HIM.
00:12:35.033 --> 00:12:35.799
AND GOD DID THAT IN YOU.
00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.899
YEAH.
00:12:36.999 --> 00:12:38.966
SO, LET'S BREAK
DOWN FOR PEOPLE WHO -
00:12:39.066 --> 00:12:40.399
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT -
00:12:40.499 --> 00:12:42.866
WHO ARE TRYING
TO NAVIGATE,
00:12:42.966 --> 00:12:45.266
WELL, DO THE VOICE OF GOD
AND THEN WE'LL DO DREAMS.
00:12:45.366 --> 00:12:46.933
SO, LET'S DO THE
VOICE OF GOD.
00:12:47.033 --> 00:12:49.199
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:50.200
YEAH.
00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:52.000
SO JUST TAP ON HOW
DO PEOPLE HEAR FROM GOD?
00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:53.832
HOW DO THEY KNOW IT'S HIM?
00:12:53.932 --> 00:12:54.899
YEAH.
00:12:54.999 --> 00:12:55.699
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS
THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE
00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:57.400
GOD'S VOICE.
00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:59.833
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT
ONE OR THE OTHER.
00:12:59.933 --> 00:13:04.032
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
EVERY, YOU KNOW, MEANS.
00:13:04.132 --> 00:13:05.599
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS I DISCUSSED IS
00:13:05.699 --> 00:13:07.166
THERE ARE FOUR
PRIMARY WAYS THAT WE CAN
00:13:07.266 --> 00:13:08.399
EXPERIENCE HIS VOICE.
00:13:08.499 --> 00:13:11.166
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN
EXPERIENCE IT THROUGH EMOTIONS.
00:13:11.266 --> 00:13:12.966
I CALL THEM LIKE FEELERS.
00:13:13.066 --> 00:13:13.866
MM-HMM.
00:13:13.966 --> 00:13:14.799
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:17.666
GOD IS SHARING HIS
EMOTION WITH YOU
00:13:17.766 --> 00:13:21.299
CONCERNING A THING, AND SO
THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE SAY LIKE -
00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:21.966
OH, LIKE
SHARING HIS HEART.
00:13:22.066 --> 00:13:22.966
YES.
00:13:23.066 --> 00:13:24.666
SO IT'S LIKE, OH, I
HAVE PEACE ABOUT THIS,
00:13:24.766 --> 00:13:27.233
OR I DON'T HAVE PEACE
ABOUT THIS
00:13:27.333 --> 00:13:30.266
BECAUSE PEACE IS A
DIRECTIONAL EMOTION, RIGHT.
00:13:30.366 --> 00:13:32.566
SO THERE ARE TIMES WHERE
YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT BE
00:13:32.666 --> 00:13:35.333
LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT ON PAPER,
00:13:35.433 --> 00:13:38.866
BUT YOUR HEART IS NOT SETTLED
AND YOU'RE NOT AT PEACE.
00:13:38.966 --> 00:13:39.833
AND SO THE LORD
IS SHOWING YOU,
00:13:39.933 --> 00:13:41.200
HEY, I'M NOT IN THIS.
00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:42.599
YOU KNOW, WALK
AWAY FROM IT.
00:13:42.699 --> 00:13:44.466
SO, YES, IT'S
PERFECT ON PAPER,
00:13:44.566 --> 00:13:47.000
BUT GOD IS LIKE THERE'S
MORE TO IT
00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:49.266
THAN MEETS THE EYE, RIGHT.
00:13:49.366 --> 00:13:50.632
SO THERE'S THE FEELERS.
00:13:50.732 --> 00:13:51.732
THEN THERE ARE
THE KNOWERS.
00:13:51.832 --> 00:13:55.400
THIS IS THIS INSTINCTIVE
KNOWING OF WHAT TO DO.
00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:57.900
LIKE, IT'S NOT THAT
YOU HEARD SOMETHING,
00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:59.866
YOU JUST KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:13:59.966 --> 00:14:03.166
AND THIS IS ALSO CONNECTED
TO THE GIFT OF FAITH.
00:14:03.266 --> 00:14:04.733
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE
MANIFESTATIONS OF
00:14:04.833 --> 00:14:06.666
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS FAITH.
00:14:06.766 --> 00:14:09.799
AND IT'S LIKE GOD LITERALLY
SHARING WITH YOU
00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:13.266
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, LIKE
WITHOUT EVEN COMMUNICATING IT.
00:14:13.366 --> 00:14:16.033
HE BRINGS IT IN
YOUR INNER KNOWER.
00:14:16.133 --> 00:14:19.200
WHEN PETER, WHEN
JESUS ASKS PETER,
00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:21.300
HE SAID, WHO DO
MEN SAY THAT I AM?
00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:24.832
IF YOU NOTICE, PETER
DID NOT SAY I HEARD.
00:14:24.932 --> 00:14:27.533
HE DIDN'T SAY, YOU KNOW,
I HAD THIS ENCOUNTER.
00:14:27.633 --> 00:14:29.366
HE JUST HAD A KNOWING.
00:14:29.466 --> 00:14:32.700
HE'S LIKE, YOU ARE THE
SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:35.166
AND SO EVEN JESUS GIVES
HIM LANGUAGE
00:14:35.266 --> 00:14:36.466
FOR HOW HE KNOWS IT.
00:14:36.566 --> 00:14:38.999
HE SAYS FLESH AND BLOOD DID
NOT REVEAL THIS TO YOU,
00:14:39.099 --> 00:14:41.599
BUT MY FATHER
WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
00:14:41.699 --> 00:14:43.832
AND SO THERE ARE TIMES
WHERE YOU JUST KNOW SOMETHING
00:14:43.932 --> 00:14:45.733
AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW,
BECAUSE GOD IS SHARING
00:14:45.833 --> 00:14:47.499
THAT KNOWLEDGE
WITH YOU, RIGHT.
00:14:47.599 --> 00:14:50.566
THE SAME REASON WHY THE
DISCIPLES WOULD JUST
00:14:50.666 --> 00:14:53.599
LEAVE THEIR JOBS,
LEAVE THEIR FISHING BUSINESS
00:14:53.699 --> 00:14:58.100
AND FOLLOW JESUS BEFORE HE
WAS EVEN REVEALED AS THE CHRIST.
00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.599
THERE WAS A KNOWING THAT, I
NEED TO FOLLOW THIS MAN.
00:15:01.699 --> 00:15:02.966
YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE
TIMES WHERE PEOPLE JUST
00:15:03.066 --> 00:15:07.066
HAVE THIS INSTINCTIVE
STRONG KNOWING OF WHAT TO DO,
00:15:07.166 --> 00:15:08.900
AND UNTIL THEY - THEY
CAN'T SHAKE IT OFF
00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.033
UNTIL THAT THING IS DONE.
00:15:11.133 --> 00:15:12.999
AND THEN YOU HAVE
THE HEARERS,
00:15:13.099 --> 00:15:15.200
WHERE, YOU KNOW,
EITHER MAYBE THAT YOU -
00:15:15.300 --> 00:15:16.600
THEY CAN HEAR
THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD,
00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:18.866
WHICH IS NOT AS
COMMON TODAY.
00:15:18.966 --> 00:15:20.866
BUT IT CAN HAPPEN, YOU
KNOW, IF MAYBE GOD
00:15:20.966 --> 00:15:23.300
REALLY WANTS TO GET YOUR
ATTENTION IN A MOMENT.
00:15:23.400 --> 00:15:26.333
BUT THEN IT'S WHEN
YOU CAN DISCERN GOD'S VOICE
00:15:26.433 --> 00:15:29.666
AS A THOUGHT,
OR A SERIES OF THOUGHTS.
00:15:29.766 --> 00:15:30.866
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD
00:15:30.966 --> 00:15:31.832
COMMUNES WITH YOU,
00:15:31.932 --> 00:15:33.799
HE COMMUNES WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:36.532
AND WHEN YOUR SPIRIT IS
TRANSLATING THAT TO YOUR SOUL,
00:15:36.632 --> 00:15:38.899
YOU KNOW, IN YOUR -
WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE,
00:15:38.999 --> 00:15:42.932
IT CAN SOMETIMES BE
RECEIVED AS THOUGHTS, RIGHT.
00:15:43.032 --> 00:15:44.966
THAT'S WHY EVEN IN
THE SCRIPTURES
00:15:45.066 --> 00:15:46.099
THERE IS THIS -
00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:49.033
THERE'S ALWAYS THIS
WARFARE CONCERNING THE MIND.
00:15:49.133 --> 00:15:51.200
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
MAY HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE,
00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:53.333
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE
DREAM YOU MIGHT
00:15:53.433 --> 00:15:54.666
SEE SOMEONE YOU DON'T -
00:15:54.766 --> 00:15:55.966
YOU JUST KNOW THEIR NAME,
00:15:56.066 --> 00:15:57.233
LIKE YOU JUST KNOW
WHO THEY ARE.
00:15:57.333 --> 00:15:59.433
YOU HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING.
00:15:59.533 --> 00:16:01.433
EVEN PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD DREAMS
00:16:01.533 --> 00:16:03.933
OR HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH
ANGELS OR THE LORD,
00:16:04.033 --> 00:16:06.099
THEY DON'T SPEAK
WITH THEIR MOUTH.
00:16:06.199 --> 00:16:09.433
IT'S LITERALLY LIKE
SPIRIT TO SPIRIT, RIGHT.
00:16:09.533 --> 00:16:10.333
AND YOU JUST HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING
00:16:10.433 --> 00:16:11.466
OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
00:16:11.566 --> 00:16:12.899
THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
00:16:12.999 --> 00:16:15.199
BECAUSE IN THE
SPIRITUAL REALM
00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:18.666
IT'S LIKE - IT'S NOT THAT
THERE IS, LIKE, DIALOG,
00:16:18.766 --> 00:16:19.466
LIKE, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
00:16:19.566 --> 00:16:20.632
LIKE, I'M NOT
TALKING TO YOU,
00:16:20.732 --> 00:16:23.233
I'M COMMUNICATING YOU
FROM SPIRIT TO SPIRIT.
00:16:23.333 --> 00:16:26.032
SO THAT NOW TRANSLATES
AS THOUGHTS.
00:16:26.132 --> 00:16:28.433
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
CAN DISCERN WHEN
00:16:28.533 --> 00:16:30.099
OH, THIS IS NOT MY THOUGHT,
00:16:30.199 --> 00:16:32.832
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE
LORD COMMUNICATING TO ME.
00:16:32.932 --> 00:16:34.700
AND IN THE SAME WAY, THAT
COULD HAPPEN
00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:36.099
EVEN ON THE DARK SIDE
AND THAT'S WHY
00:16:36.199 --> 00:16:38.399
THERE IS ALWAYS
THIS GUARD, YOU KNOW,
00:16:38.499 --> 00:16:40.666
CASTING DOWN
EVERY ARGUMENT.
00:16:40.766 --> 00:16:42.299
WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:43.799
THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE.
00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:45.299
YOU KNOW, THEN IT STARTS
TALKING ABOUT
00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.733
THINGS WITH THE MIND, RIGHT.
00:16:47.833 --> 00:16:48.866
SO THEY'RE THE HEARERS.
00:16:48.966 --> 00:16:50.466
AND THEN THERE ARE
THE SEERS.
00:16:50.566 --> 00:16:52.666
AND THE SEERS IS - THERE'S
NATURAL SIGHT
00:16:52.766 --> 00:16:54.033
AND THERE'S SPIRITUAL SIGHT.
00:16:54.133 --> 00:16:56.533
AND SO YOU CAN BE IN
A ROOM LIKE THIS
00:16:56.633 --> 00:16:58.066
AND YOU SEE PEOPLE AROUND,
00:16:58.166 --> 00:16:59.799
BUT THEN THERE ARE
ANGELS IN THE ROOM
00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:02.399
AT THE SAME TIME,
BUT YOU MAY NOT SEE.
00:17:02.499 --> 00:17:04.599
BUT THEN THE LORD MIGHT
OPEN YOUR EYES TO SEE
00:17:04.699 --> 00:17:06.766
WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE
NATURAL THAT IS HIDDEN
00:17:06.866 --> 00:17:09.500
FROM YOUR NATURAL EYES, RIGHT.
00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:10.533
AND THEN THERE'S A
SPIRITUAL SIDE,
00:17:10.633 --> 00:17:12.999
WHICH IS VISIONS AND DREAMS.
00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:14.599
AND ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT I REALLY,
00:17:14.699 --> 00:17:17.066
LIKE, I'M VERY HEAVY ON THE
SPIRITUAL SIDE,
00:17:17.166 --> 00:17:19.599
IS BECAUSE WHEN
YOUR SPIRITUAL EYES
00:17:19.699 --> 00:17:21.466
ARE, YOU KNOW, OPEN
IN THE SENSE OF
00:17:21.566 --> 00:17:23.266
WHEN YOU'RE EXPERIENCING
THE VOICE OF GOD
00:17:23.366 --> 00:17:25.166
THROUGH YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES,
00:17:25.266 --> 00:17:26.666
OR YOUR SPIRITUAL SIGHT,
RATHER,
00:17:26.766 --> 00:17:30.666
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE EVERY
MANNER IN ONE.
00:17:30.766 --> 00:17:32.266
YOU CAN HEAR, YOU CAN FEEL,
00:17:32.366 --> 00:17:33.799
YOU CAN KNOW, YOU CAN SEE.
00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:37.066
SO, IT'S A VERY POTENT
WAY OF EXPERIENCING
00:17:37.166 --> 00:17:38.499
THE VOICE OF GOD.
00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.733
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED
HEARING GOD THAT WAY,
00:17:40.833 --> 00:17:43.066
THROUGH
THE SPIRITUAL SIGHT?
00:17:43.166 --> 00:17:44.866
CAN YOU GIVE LIKE AN
EXAMPLE OR A STORY?
00:17:44.966 --> 00:17:46.333
YEAH. SO SPIRITUAL SIGHT,
00:17:46.433 --> 00:17:47.533
SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW,
00:17:47.633 --> 00:17:48.599
EVEN THE BOOK IS BIRTHED.
00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:50.532
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S
VISIONS, IT'S DREAMS
00:17:50.632 --> 00:17:53.933
AND I'VE HAD -
THAT'S BEEN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW.
00:17:54.033 --> 00:17:55.199
EVEN WITH A VISION,
00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:57.566
I REMEMBER WHEN
I WAS IN COLLEGE,
00:17:57.666 --> 00:17:59.233
WE WERE - A
FRIEND OF MINE,
00:17:59.333 --> 00:18:01.032
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LIKE -
WE WERE GOING TO
00:18:01.132 --> 00:18:01.800
THE GROCERY STORE.
00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.866
IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.
00:18:02.966 --> 00:18:04.800
WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WE BOTH
NEED TO GET GROCERIES.
00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:06.566
AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, STEPHANIE,
LET ME JUST GO.
00:18:06.666 --> 00:18:07.966
I'LL GET MY CAR
AND LET'S GO.
00:18:08.066 --> 00:18:09.866
THE MOMENT SHE, YOU
KNOW SHE TOLD ME
00:18:09.966 --> 00:18:11.266
SHE WAS GOING
TO GET HER CAR,
00:18:11.366 --> 00:18:12.499
I HAD THIS VISION.
00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.266
AND RIGHT AS SHE WAS
GETTING ON THE FREEWAY,
00:18:14.366 --> 00:18:15.733
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
00:18:15.833 --> 00:18:17.466
AND IT WAS THE
PASSENGER SIDE
00:18:17.566 --> 00:18:18.766
THAT GOT CRUSHED IN.
00:18:18.866 --> 00:18:20.599
BUT THEN I WAS STILL
A BIT IMMATURE
00:18:20.699 --> 00:18:21.866
IN HOW I -
00:18:21.966 --> 00:18:24.733
YOU KNOW, WHAT
I DID WITH WHAT I KNEW.
00:18:24.833 --> 00:18:26.399
AND I SHOULD HAVE
CALLED HER TO SAY,
00:18:26.499 --> 00:18:27.899
HEY, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
00:18:27.999 --> 00:18:30.266
I WAS SELFISH AND I
WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD.
00:18:30.366 --> 00:18:31.466
I WAS JUST LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT -
00:18:31.566 --> 00:18:34.166
AND LITERALLY SO
SHE GOES BY HERSELF,
00:18:34.266 --> 00:18:36.466
AND A FEW MINUTES
LATER SHE CALLS ME,
00:18:36.566 --> 00:18:37.733
I JUST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT.
00:18:37.833 --> 00:18:41.200
AND IT WAS EXACTLY WHEN
SHE WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY,
00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:42.933
A CAR SMASHED.
00:18:43.033 --> 00:18:44.333
AND I WAS LIKE,
BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE
00:18:44.433 --> 00:18:46.399
BEEN SITTING THERE.
00:18:46.499 --> 00:18:48.032
SO THAT WAS A
BIG MOMENT FOR YOU.
00:18:48.132 --> 00:18:49.666
YEAH.
00:18:49.766 --> 00:18:52.966
BUT I'VE SEEN LIKE GOD
LITERALLY HAS SAVED MY LIFE
00:18:53.066 --> 00:18:55.266
LITERALLY THROUGH
DREAMS AND VISIONS,
00:18:55.366 --> 00:18:56.366
THROUGH THE MESSAGES.
00:18:56.466 --> 00:18:58.499
YOU KNOW, GROWING UP,
00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.366
THEY WERE PEOPLE
THAT WANTED TO HARM US
00:19:00.466 --> 00:19:04.100
IN DIFFERENT WAYS,
POISON, ASSASSINATION.
00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.966
BUT THE LORD LITERALLY
PROTECTED US
00:19:06.066 --> 00:19:07.832
BY GIVING US A FOREWARNING,
00:19:07.932 --> 00:19:09.866
HEY, THIS PERSON IS GOING
TO BRING THIS,
00:19:09.966 --> 00:19:13.399
OR THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN,
AND TOLD US WHAT TO DO.
00:19:13.499 --> 00:19:15.733
AND THAT'S JUST, I DON'T
KNOW, THAT BRINGS SO MUCH
00:19:15.833 --> 00:19:17.733
REASSURANCE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.
00:19:17.833 --> 00:19:21.099
IF WE JUST KEEP
OUR FOCUS ON HIM
00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:22.466
AND, LIKE, THAT'S PSALMS 91,
00:19:22.566 --> 00:19:24.100
HE IS OUR DWELLING PLACE.
00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.900
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.933
HE WILL PROTECT US.
00:19:26.033 --> 00:19:28.166
WE'LL ABIDE IN THE
SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.
00:19:28.266 --> 00:19:30.499
NOW, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT DREAMS.
00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.466
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING
PROPHETIC DREAMS,
00:19:33.566 --> 00:19:35.666
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE,
AND HOW DOES SOMEONE
00:19:35.766 --> 00:19:37.299
STEWARD THAT?
00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.899
YEAH. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL,
00:19:38.999 --> 00:19:41.566
IT BEGINS WITH
A PLACE OF HUNGER.
00:19:41.666 --> 00:19:44.166
I BELIEVE THAT
DESPERATION IS A WOMB
00:19:44.266 --> 00:19:46.433
FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THE
LIFE OF A BELIEVER.
00:19:46.533 --> 00:19:48.199
WHEN WE GET TO THAT PLACE
WHERE WE ARE DESPERATE
00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.332
FOR THE VOICE OF GOD,
00:19:49.432 --> 00:19:51.433
WE'RE DESPERATE FOR THE
LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:19:51.533 --> 00:19:53.400
IN OUR LIVES.
00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:55.499
AND IT'S - THAT DESPERATION
COMES FROM A PLACE
00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.366
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT MY
LIFE IS NOT MY OWN.
00:19:59.466 --> 00:20:02.066
JUST BECAUSE THINGS
ARE WORKING FOR ME
00:20:02.166 --> 00:20:03.366
DOES NOT MEAN
I'M IN THE THING
00:20:03.466 --> 00:20:05.199
GOD ORDAINED ME TO DO.
00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:08.433
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REALIZE
THE NEED FOR THE VOICE OF GOD
00:20:08.533 --> 00:20:10.566
IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE,
00:20:10.666 --> 00:20:15.099
IT ACTIVATES THIS PLACE
OF COMMUNION WITH GOD, RIGHT.
00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:17.499
SO IN THE BOOK I
GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY
00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:19.966
WHERE IT DOESN'T JUST
DIVE IN, BOOM, TO DREAMS.
00:20:20.066 --> 00:20:22.933
IT STARTS OFF WITH WHY YOU
NEED THE VOICE OF GOD.
00:20:23.033 --> 00:20:24.766
BECAUSE SO OFTEN
WE GET COMFORTABLE,
00:20:24.866 --> 00:20:27.133
WE GET INTO OUR
ROUTINES, OUR PATTERNS,
00:20:27.233 --> 00:20:30.366
AND THEN WE DON'T REALIZE,
LIKE, I CAME FROM GOD.
00:20:30.466 --> 00:20:33.633
AND SO IF HIS VOICE
IS NOT LEADING MY LIFE,
00:20:33.733 --> 00:20:35.366
WHAT AM I LIVING IN?
00:20:35.466 --> 00:20:37.033
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT THERE IS A WAY
00:20:37.133 --> 00:20:39.433
THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN,
BUT IN THE END
00:20:39.533 --> 00:20:41.466
IT LEADS TO DEATH, RIGHT.
00:20:41.566 --> 00:20:43.466
SO WHEN WE COME TO
THIS PLACE OF KNOWING WHY
00:20:43.566 --> 00:20:46.333
WE NEED THE VOICE OF GOD,
AND WE HAVE THE FAITH
00:20:46.433 --> 00:20:49.699
TO BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN
SPEAK TO ME IN THIS WAY,
00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.600
IT STARTS FROM THAT
FOUNDATION.
00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:53.400
AND THEN WHEN IT
COMES TO DREAMS,
00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.766
I THINK DREAMS IS
SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S
00:20:54.866 --> 00:20:56.366
A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS.
00:20:56.466 --> 00:20:56.932
YEAH.
00:20:57.032 --> 00:20:57.733
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE -
00:20:57.833 --> 00:20:59.066
THAT'S WHY THIS BOOK
IS SO GREAT.
00:20:59.166 --> 00:21:00.699
PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, LIKE,
I'M NOT A DREAMER,
00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.933
AND IT'S LIKE, YOU ARE.
00:21:02.033 --> 00:21:04.399
EVERYBODY IS A DREAMER.
00:21:04.499 --> 00:21:06.199
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN,
00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.966
WE DREAM EVERY NIGHT.
00:21:08.066 --> 00:21:10.900
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE
DON'T REMEMBER OUR DREAMS.
00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:13.733
AND IF I HAVE
THE ABILITY TO -
00:21:13.833 --> 00:21:14.933
I ALREADY DREAM EVERY NIGHT.
00:21:15.033 --> 00:21:18.333
NOW, HOW CAN I INVITE THE
LORD INTO THAT SPACE, RIGHT?
00:21:18.433 --> 00:21:19.932
OR IS THE LORD
IN THAT SPACE
00:21:20.032 --> 00:21:21.732
AND I'VE JUST NOT
PERCEIVED IT?
00:21:21.832 --> 00:21:24.333
YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF GOD
TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE LORD SAID,
00:21:24.433 --> 00:21:27.032
BEHOLD, I DO A
NEW THING, RIGHT.
00:21:27.132 --> 00:21:28.600
AND HE SAYS ALL THESE
BEAUTIFUL THINGS
00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.366
AND HE'S LIKE,
00:21:29.466 --> 00:21:31.466
BUT DO YOU NOT
PERCEIVE IT?
00:21:31.566 --> 00:21:32.499
SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOD.
00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.666
GOD IS ALWAYS MOVING.
00:21:33.766 --> 00:21:34.400
HE'S ALWAYS SPEAKING.
00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.500
THE PROBLEM IS
00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:37.932
ARE WE RECEIVING
AND PERCEIVING
00:21:38.032 --> 00:21:40.166
YOU KNOW, THE MOVE
OF GOD IN OUR LIVES?
00:21:40.266 --> 00:21:42.600
AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE
PLACE OF RECOGNIZING
00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:45.932
WOW, MY SLEEP CAN BE
HOLY GROUND, RIGHT,
00:21:46.032 --> 00:21:48.100
AND THEN HOW YOU
GO TO BED MATTERS.
00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.433
YOU KNOW, A DREAM IN
THE SIMPLEST TERMS,
00:21:51.533 --> 00:21:53.033
IT'S A CONVERSATION.
00:21:53.133 --> 00:21:55.666
IT'S EITHER GOD
STARTING A CONVERSATION
00:21:55.766 --> 00:21:57.933
OR CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
00:21:58.033 --> 00:21:59.432
THE DIFFERENCE
IS, YOU KNOW,
00:21:59.532 --> 00:22:02.032
GOD HAS MANY WAYS
TO SPEAK TO US.
00:22:02.132 --> 00:22:03.333
HE CAN SPEAK
THROUGH IMAGERY.
00:22:03.433 --> 00:22:05.599
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
IMAGES THAT WILL
00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:08.333
FEEL LIKE A PARABLE, BUT
IN THE PLACE OF INTIMACY
00:22:08.433 --> 00:22:10.566
YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING
OF IT, RIGHT.
00:22:10.666 --> 00:22:12.999
JESUS SOMETIMES WILL
SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN PARABLES.
00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.533
BUT THEN HE WILL BRING
HIS INNER CIRCLE
00:22:14.633 --> 00:22:16.266
AND EXPLAIN THE PARABLE.
00:22:16.366 --> 00:22:17.933
AND DREAMS ARE
LIKE THAT, TOO.
00:22:18.033 --> 00:22:19.366
DREAMS CAN FEEL
LIKE A PARABLE.
00:22:19.466 --> 00:22:21.733
IT'S LIKE ALL THESE
IMAGES AND IT'S LIKE,
00:22:21.833 --> 00:22:23.366
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:22:23.466 --> 00:22:25.033
I WAS STANDING
BY A FIRE TRUCK
00:22:25.133 --> 00:22:27.099
AND THEN THE CLOUD TURNED
BLUE, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.766
LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON?
00:22:28.866 --> 00:22:31.866
BUT WHEN YOU START
STUDYING ALL THE SYMBOLS
00:22:31.966 --> 00:22:34.066
AND YOU BRING IT IN
THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
00:22:34.166 --> 00:22:36.899
THEN THAT BECOMES - IN
THE PLACE OF INTIMACY
00:22:36.999 --> 00:22:39.833
YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT IT IS.
00:22:39.933 --> 00:22:41.566
BASICALLY WHEN
YOU HAVE A DREAM,
00:22:41.666 --> 00:22:42.599
WRITE IT DOWN.
00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.533
YES.
00:22:43.633 --> 00:22:45.399
AND THEN BRING IT TO A
PLACE OF PRAYER.
00:22:45.499 --> 00:22:46.666
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WITH
00:22:46.766 --> 00:22:47.933
PROPHETIC WORDS AS WELL,
00:22:48.033 --> 00:22:50.266
AND I USED TO BE GUILTY
OF THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW,
00:22:50.366 --> 00:22:53.333
I WOULD RECEIVE IT AND
THEN I'D BE LIKE, OKAY.
00:22:53.433 --> 00:22:54.299
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO WRITE DOWN
00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:56.066
THE THINGS THAT
THE LORD SHOWS YOU,
00:22:56.166 --> 00:22:57.333
THE THINGS THAT HE
TELLS YOU,
00:22:57.433 --> 00:23:00.400
AND THEN BRING IT IN PRAYER AND
STEWARD THAT, YOU KNOW,
00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.866
KEEP LOOKING BACK
ON THOSE THINGS.
00:23:01.966 --> 00:23:03.366
YEAH.
'CAUSE
SOMETIMES
00:23:03.466 --> 00:23:05.299
THERE'S AN INTERPRETATION
YOU MAY GET RIGHT AWAY.
00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:07.266
THERE'S SOME THINGS
THAT TAKE TIME.
00:23:07.366 --> 00:23:10.066
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE,
YOU KNOW, THIS JOURNAL,
00:23:10.166 --> 00:23:12.399
THIS INVENTORY OF
THE WORD OF GOD,
00:23:12.499 --> 00:23:13.966
THERE ARE THINGS YOU
CAN LOOK BACK ON AND SAY
00:23:14.066 --> 00:23:16.266
OH, MY GOSH,
I UNDERSTAND THIS NOW.
00:23:16.366 --> 00:23:17.866
THERE ARE DREAMS THAT
YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND
00:23:17.966 --> 00:23:19.366
FOR 20 YEARS.
00:23:19.466 --> 00:23:20.832
I CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
00:23:20.932 --> 00:23:22.766
BUT THEN THERE'S A
REASON GOD GAVE IT TO YOU
00:23:22.866 --> 00:23:25.133
BECAUSE WHEN GOD - GOD
ALWAYS SPEAKS WITH PURPOSE.
00:23:25.233 --> 00:23:28.599
HE NEVER SPEAKS TO GOSSIP
OR TO JUST RANDOMLY INFORM.
00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:31.266
EVERY WORD HAS PURPOSE
AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT
00:23:31.366 --> 00:23:33.433
GOD WILL GIVE YOU A WORD
AHEAD OF TIME
00:23:33.533 --> 00:23:35.733
SO THAT WHEN YOU STEP INTO
THE SEASON OF THAT WORD,
00:23:35.833 --> 00:23:36.866
YOU'RE ANCHORED.
00:23:36.966 --> 00:23:39.700
MM-HMM. AND IT KIND OF
MAKES - IT GIVES YOU PEACE,
00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:41.166
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
OH, WOW, YOU KNEW
00:23:41.266 --> 00:23:42.766
THIS WAS COMING AND YOU
GAVE ME A HEAD'S UP.
00:23:42.866 --> 00:23:43.433
EXACTLY.
00:23:43.533 --> 00:23:44.332
BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT ME.
00:23:44.432 --> 00:23:45.233
EXACTLY.
00:23:45.333 --> 00:23:46.499
ONE OF THINGS YOU
TALK ABOUT AS WELL
00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:50.332
IS THAT THE FRUIT OF WHAT,
LIKE, WHAT THE DREAM PRODUCES
00:23:50.432 --> 00:23:52.533
HELPS INDICATE IF IT'S
FROM THE LORD OR NOT.
00:23:52.633 --> 00:23:53.366
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:23:53.466 --> 00:23:54.132
CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT?
00:23:54.232 --> 00:23:55.232
YEAH.
00:23:55.332 --> 00:23:58.666
BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE
THIS, YOU KNOW,
00:23:58.766 --> 00:24:01.599
LIKE, DIFFICULTY WITH
RECOGNIZING, LIKE WAS IT GOD?
00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.533
WAS IT THE ENEMY?
00:24:02.633 --> 00:24:03.599
WAS IT ME?
00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.500
YEAH.
00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:07.699
AND YOU WOULD KNOW
IN THE NATURE -
00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:10.933
FIRST OF ALL, THE NATURE
OF WHAT IT DOES IN YOU
00:24:11.033 --> 00:24:13.233
BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN
NEVER SEPARATE
00:24:13.333 --> 00:24:15.533
A FRUIT FROM A SEED, RIGHT.
00:24:15.633 --> 00:24:19.566
IF YOU SEE - IF YOU SEE
THE FRUIT OF A TREE,
00:24:19.666 --> 00:24:22.299
IT TELLS YOU WHAT WAS PLANTED
IN THE GROUND, RIGHT.
00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:25.266
WATERMELON SEED
CANNOT GROW ORANGES.
00:24:25.366 --> 00:24:27.166
AND SO IN OUR LIVES,
00:24:27.266 --> 00:24:28.166
THERE'S CERTAIN
DREAMS WE HAVE.
00:24:28.266 --> 00:24:29.633
FOR EXAMPLE,
WHEN SOMEONE IS LIKE
00:24:29.733 --> 00:24:31.499
HOW DO I KNOW A DREAM
IS FROM THE ENEMY,
00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.699
THE NATURE OF WHAT IT
PRODUCES IN YOU
00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.633
REPRESENTS HIS IMAGE.
00:24:35.733 --> 00:24:37.332
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW JESUS,
00:24:37.432 --> 00:24:39.399
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,
AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
00:24:39.499 --> 00:24:41.333
AND THE WORD WAS GOD, RIGHT.
00:24:41.433 --> 00:24:43.666
SO THE WORD IS
A PERSONALITY.
00:24:43.766 --> 00:24:45.566
IT'S NOT JUST,
YOU KNOW, WORDS.
00:24:45.666 --> 00:24:46.699
IT'S A PERSONALITY.
00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:49.499
SO WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A
WORD IN HOW -
00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:51.700
IN WHICHEVER PLATFORM,
HOWEVER HE DOES IT,
00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:53.899
IT COMES WITH HIS NATURE.
00:24:53.999 --> 00:24:56.799
SO WHAT IT PRODUCES
IN YOU IS HIS NATURE.
00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:58.966
SO THERE ARE THINGS
THAT MAY BE SCARY,
00:24:59.066 --> 00:25:01.566
BUT THEN YOU DON'T
FEEL CRIPPLED IN FEAR, RIGHT.
00:25:01.666 --> 00:25:03.766
IT'S NOT THE SPIRIT OF
FEAR THAT OVERTAKES YOU.
00:25:03.866 --> 00:25:07.033
THERE MIGHT BE A CAUTION
IN YOUR SPIRIT, RIGHT.
00:25:07.133 --> 00:25:08.866
THE ENEMY - THE DREAMS
OF THE ENEMY
00:25:08.966 --> 00:25:11.133
BRINGS THIS TORMENT, RIGHT.
00:25:11.233 --> 00:25:12.699
GOD DOES NOT TORMENT US.
00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.900
YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS
US ANXIETY.
00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.366
YOU KNOW, IT COULD
CAUSE DEPRESSION.
00:25:16.466 --> 00:25:18.033
OR IT PRODUCES HIS NATURE
00:25:18.133 --> 00:25:20.366
WHERE YOU
MIGHT SEE SOMETHING,
00:25:20.466 --> 00:25:23.900
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE
YOU DREAMT ABOUT A PERSON
00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.533
IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT AND
THE OUTCOME OF THE DREAM
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WAS YOU JUST GOSSIPING
ABOUT IT.
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LIKE, OH, I SAW I HAD A DREAM
ABOUT THIS PERSON.
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I THINK THEY'RE,
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
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I THINK THEY'RE
A WITCH OR SOMETHING.
00:25:37.833 --> 00:25:39.533
YOU DIDN'T - YOU
NEVER PRAYED.
00:25:39.633 --> 00:25:41.566
YOU NEVER ASKED THE
LORD CONCERNING THIS.
00:25:41.666 --> 00:25:43.533
YOU DIDN'T SEEK INSIGHT.
00:25:43.633 --> 00:25:44.866
YOU'RE JUST GOSSIPING.
00:25:44.966 --> 00:25:46.200
LIKE, IT LITERALLY
ENDS IN GOSSIP.
00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.200
YOU'RE CALLING
YOUR FRIENDS.
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YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW,
X, Y AND Z.
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THAT'S NOT THE
NATURE OF GOD, RIGHT.
00:25:51.266 --> 00:25:53.166
AND SO IF THE LORD IS
GIVING YOU A DREAM ABOUT
00:25:53.266 --> 00:25:54.633
WARNING YOU ABOUT
A PERSON,
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THEN THERE'S ACTIONS
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE,
00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:57.866
BUT YOU WOULD TAKE
THOSE ACTIONS
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FROM THE PLACE OF LOVE.
00:25:59.366 --> 00:26:00.166
YOU'RE RECOGNIZING, HEY,
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THIS PERSON IS NOT
GOOD IN MY LIFE
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FOR THIS SEASON I'M IN
00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.900
OR WHATEVER IS
GOING ON WITH THEM,
00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.200
BUT THERE IS STILL
A LEVEL OF PROTECTION
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IN WHAT YOU DO.
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THERE ARE DREAMS FROM THE
ENEMY THAT LITERALLY JUST
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STEALS TIME
FROM YOU, RIGHT.
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YOU HAVE DREAMS WHERE
SOMEONE MIGHT SEE SOMEONE
00:26:15.766 --> 00:26:16.466
AND BELIEVE LIKE,
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OH, I DREAMT
ABOUT MY HUSBAND.
00:26:17.966 --> 00:26:19.966
BUT THAT PERSON IS NOT IN
AN ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP
00:26:20.066 --> 00:26:20.833
WITH THEM.
00:26:20.933 --> 00:26:22.433
THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
00:26:22.533 --> 00:26:25.732
AND THEY'RE LITERALLY
LETTING OTHER PEOPLE KNOW
00:26:25.832 --> 00:26:27.666
BECAUSE THEY HAD THIS
DREAM THAT, MR. WHATEVER
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OR MRS. WHATEVER
IS THEIR SPOUSE.
00:26:29.966 --> 00:26:32.699
AND SO WHAT THAT DOES, THE
ENEMY'S STEALING TIME.
00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.766
HE'S DERAILING YOU.
00:26:33.866 --> 00:26:34.699
EXACTLY.
00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:36.166
HE WANTS TO STEAL
YOUR YOUTH FROM YOU.
00:26:36.266 --> 00:26:37.866
AND SO HE HAS YOU
WASTING TIME
00:26:37.966 --> 00:26:40.366
LONGING AND OBSESSING
OVER SOMEBODY
00:26:40.466 --> 00:26:44.299
WHO IS NEVER - WAS NEVER
YOURS TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT.
00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:46.133
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE
NATURE OF THE ENEMY
00:26:46.233 --> 00:26:47.666
IS TO STEAL,
KILL AND DESTROY.
00:26:47.766 --> 00:26:50.432
SO YOU SEE THAT EVEN IN
WHAT IT PRODUCES IN A PERSON.
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WE ARE ALMOST
OUT OF TIME.
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THE LAST QUESTION
I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU,
00:26:53.832 --> 00:26:55.266
IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT THE LORD
00:26:55.366 --> 00:26:57.000
HAS PUT ON YOUR HEART THAT
YOU WANT TO SHARE
00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.433
WITH THE AUDIENCE,
OR AN ENCOURAGING WORD
00:26:58.533 --> 00:27:01.166
FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE
HUNGRY FOR MORE OF GOD?
00:27:01.266 --> 00:27:02.199
YEAH.
00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.399
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE, HONESTLY,
00:27:03.499 --> 00:27:06.132
TO KNOW THAT GOD SPEAKS.
00:27:06.232 --> 00:27:09.933
OUR WALK WITH CHRIST
IS NOT SOMETHING -
00:27:10.033 --> 00:27:11.566
IT'S NOT LIKE
AN OUTFIT, YOU KNOW,
00:27:11.666 --> 00:27:13.499
IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE PUT ON,
00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:15.466
AND RELIGIOUS DUTIES
AND ACTIVITIES.
00:27:15.566 --> 00:27:17.033
IT IS INTIMACY.
00:27:17.133 --> 00:27:20.466
IT IS A COMMUNION
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:27:20.566 --> 00:27:22.633
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU
00:27:22.733 --> 00:27:23.766
GAVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS,
00:27:23.866 --> 00:27:26.433
YOU RECEIVED
THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:27:26.533 --> 00:27:29.633
WHO IS GOD, GOD IN YOU.
00:27:29.733 --> 00:27:30.699
AND SO THE QUESTION IS,
00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.000
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
KNOWING THAT
00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:34.166
GOD IS IN YOU,
00:27:34.266 --> 00:27:38.199
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD, RIGHT?
00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.933
AND SO IT'S NOT FOR US
TO SHY AWAY FROM IT,
00:27:40.033 --> 00:27:42.666
BUT IT'S FOR US TO GET
BACK TO A PLACE OF HUNGER
00:27:42.766 --> 00:27:45.532
AND DESPERATION AND KNOW
THAT NOBODY IS SPECIAL,
00:27:45.632 --> 00:27:48.200
BUT WHAT ACTIVATES, YOU
KNOW, A PERSON'S WALK
00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:50.433
IN INTIMACY WITH
GOD IS HUNGER.
00:27:50.533 --> 00:27:53.633
CAN YOU DO JUST A PRAYER
FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING
00:27:53.733 --> 00:27:55.666
THAT WANT TO
HAVE THAT INTIMACY
00:27:55.766 --> 00:27:56.766
WITH HOLY SPIRIT?
00:27:56.866 --> 00:27:58.066
ABSOLUTELY.
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HEAVENLY FATHER, I JUST THANK
YOU FOR EVERYONE LISTENING.
00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:03.133
AND, LORD GOD, I JUST PRAY
THAT EVEN FOR
00:28:03.233 --> 00:28:06.233
YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WHO ARE SAYING THAT,
00:28:06.333 --> 00:28:08.666
LORD, I WANT TO HAVE THIS
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
00:28:08.766 --> 00:28:09.699
WITH YOU,
00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:11.433
LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU
WOULD REVEAL TO THEM
00:28:11.533 --> 00:28:13.532
WHAT IS KEEPING THEM FULL,
00:28:13.632 --> 00:28:15.399
THE WRONG THINGS THAT ARE
KEEPING THEM FULL,
00:28:15.499 --> 00:28:18.166
THAT THEIR APPETITE IS NOT
GETTING TO THAT PLACE
00:28:18.266 --> 00:28:19.399
OF HUNGER AND DESPERATION.
00:28:19.466 --> 00:28:21.933
AND THAT, LORD, AS
YOU REVEAL IT, O, GOD,
00:28:22.033 --> 00:28:23.566
THAT THEY WILL COME IN
AGREEMENT WITH YOU
00:28:23.666 --> 00:28:25.733
FOR THOSE THINGS TO BE
STRIPPED AWAY
00:28:25.833 --> 00:28:27.466
IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:28:27.566 --> 00:28:29.699
AND SO, HEAVENLY FATHER,
I THANK YOU.
00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.099
OUR LIFE ONLY HAS
MEANING IN YOU.
00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:34.566
THE END OF OUR LIFE
CAN ONLY BE CALLED GOOD
00:28:34.666 --> 00:28:37.933
WHEN IT HAS FOLLOWED THAT
WHICH YOU WROTE
00:28:38.033 --> 00:28:39.566
EVEN BEFORE WE GOT HERE,
00:28:39.666 --> 00:28:40.866
THE COUNSEL OF GOD.
00:28:40.966 --> 00:28:43.133
AND SO I PRAY, LORD GOD,
THAT YOUR CHILDREN
00:28:43.233 --> 00:28:44.566
WILL GET TO A PLACE
00:28:44.666 --> 00:28:46.433
WHERE THEY KNOW
THAT, LORD GOD,
00:28:46.533 --> 00:28:48.799
THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS
KNOWING WHEN I HAVE
00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:51.400
THE CONFIDENCE THAT I'M
WALKING WITH THE LORD
00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.066
IN ALL THINGS,
00:28:52.166 --> 00:28:53.333
AND I'M LED BY HIS VOICE.
00:28:53.433 --> 00:28:54.399
AND SO, HEAVENLY FATHER,
00:28:54.499 --> 00:28:56.299
I PRAY THAT YOU
WILL OPEN YOUR EYES
00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.433
AND YOU WILL LEAD THEM,
00:28:57.533 --> 00:28:58.899
IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
00:28:58.999 --> 00:29:01.033
AMEN. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
00:29:01.133 --> 00:29:02.066
WELL, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
00:29:02.166 --> 00:29:03.099
THANK YOU.
00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:05.299
YOUR BOOK IS,THE POWER
OF YOUR DREAMS.
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WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET IT?
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EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD.
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AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE
IN SPANISH, ACTUALLY.
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WOW. THAT'S AMAZING.
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YEAH. YEAH.
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WELL, STEPHANIE,
IT'S AN HONOR.
00:29:15.632 --> 00:29:16.999
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.566
THANK YOU.
00:29:17.666 --> 00:29:18.766
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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