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Let’s Ride | Pastor Trev Evans · Koinonia Christian Center

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  Come on, grab your Bibles and go with
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  me. Now, we're gonna do our confession.
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  We ain't gonna speed this up.
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  >> No, we not gonna speed this up.
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  >> Come on, take your Bible. Whether it's a
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  paper Bible, electronic, phone, tablet,
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  whatever you have, if you're able to
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  stand, stand on your feet. All who are
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  able to stand, stand on your feet.
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  That's it. Come on, say, "This is my
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  Bible.
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  >> This is my Bible.
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  >> It is God's word.
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  >> It reveals to me.
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  >> It reveals to me
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  >> God's will.
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  >> Therefore,
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  >> therefore,
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  >> it's the final authority."
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  >> It's the final authority
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  >> to which I submit.
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  to settle all the issues
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  >> settle all the issues
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  >> of my life
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  >> is the standard
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  >> the standard
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  >> of my conduct
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  >> of my life
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  >> and the basis
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  >> of all my expectations of all my
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  >> Come on shout it out I am
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  >> I am
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  >> what it says I am what it says
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  >> I possess I
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  >> what it says I possess possess
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  >> and I can do
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  >> I can
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  >> absolutely everything it says I can do
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  >> I'm a believer
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  >> not a doubter
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  >> I'm a believer not a doubter not a dou
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  I'm I'm a believer.
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  >> I'm a believer.
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  >> Not a doubter.
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  >> Not a dou.
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  >> I'm a doer.
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  >> Not just a hearer.
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  >> And my life.
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  >> My everyday life.
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  >> Not a hearer.
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  >> Is the better.
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  >> After having heard
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  >> the word of faith.
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  >> The word of faith.
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  >> Faith comes by hearing
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  >> comes by hearing
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  >> and hearing.
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  >> And hearing
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  >> and hearing by
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  >> hearing by
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  >> the word of God.
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  >> Let's rise.
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  >> Joshua.
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  >> The book of Joshua.
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  Let me just get to verse seven and then
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  we'll make our way. Joshua chapter 1
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  verse 7 in the NIV. It says, "Be strong
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  and very courageous.
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  >> Be careful to obey all the law my
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  servant Moses gave you. Do not turn from
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  it to the right or to the left that you
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  may be successful wherever you go. Keep
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  this book of the law always on your
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  lips. Meditate on it day and night so
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  that you may be careful to do everything
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  written in it. Then you will be
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  prosperous and successful. Have I not
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  commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
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  Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged,
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  for the Lord your God will be with you
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  wherever you go.
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  So Joshua ordered the officers of the
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  people
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  >> go through the camp
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  >> and tell the people, "Get your
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  provisions ready.
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  >> 3 days from now, you will cross the
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  Jordan here to go in and take possession
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  of the land the Lord your God is giving
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  you for your own."
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  >> Uh for the next few moments, I want to
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  preach from the subject Let's ride.
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  Let's ride.
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  >> Bump the person next to you. Say, "Let's
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  ride."
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  >> Transitions.
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  >> Transitions can be challenging.
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  Whether it's moving to a new city or
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  starting a new job or stepping into a
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  new role, transitions often bring
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  feelings of uncertainty,
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  >> feelings of discomfort.
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  >> And if we be real honest, sometimes
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  feelings of fear,
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  >> transitions require us to leave the
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  familiar and to step into the unknown.
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  >> For some, it's the fear of failure. For
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  others, it's the weight of new
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  responsibility.
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  And yet, transitions are also
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  opportunities.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> Yeah. Opportunities to grow,
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  >> to become,
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  >> to trust God more deeply
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  >> and to see his promises fulfilled in a
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  new way.
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  >> Life is filled.
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  >> Oh, I hear my himno talking to me. Life
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  is filled with swift transitions.
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  >> Yeah. graduating from school, getting
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  married, becoming a parent, or even
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  saying goodbye to a loved one. Each of
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  these moments mark the end of one
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  chapter and the beginning of another.
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  Today, as we gather on this New Year's
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  Eve, we stand on the brink of a
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  transition,
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  >> not only into a new year,
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  >> but also into a new season of leadership
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  for our church.
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  >> After 37 years
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  >> of faithful, consistent, tireless,
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  loving service, our beloved bishop has
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  retired.
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  or if we put it in her words,
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  restructuring.
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  >> And we have humbly stepped into the role
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  of pastor
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  >> in three days. On Saturday,
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  >> Saturday,
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  >> y'all heard, bishop, on Saturday,
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  >> January the 3
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  >> is the official pastoral installation.
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  >> Hallelujah.
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  This is a moment of transition.
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  >> Not just for the Evans and the Joneses.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> But for all of us.
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  >> Oh yeah. Let me just sit there for a
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  minute. Not just for us, but for us.
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  >> Yet the transition is not just for us,
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  but it's for us.
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  >> THE ELEVATION IS NOT JUST FOR US. It is
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  for
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  >> us.
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  God is so faithful
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  >> cuz just a few weeks ago while at the
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  retirement I'm standing in the back
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  parking lot and one of the veterans of
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  our church comes up to me and he tells
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  me he says pastor Trev you know in the
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  military there's a there's a scripture
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  that is read often especially when
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  there's a change of leadership
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  >> I said well what is that he said it's
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  Joshua chapter 1 verse 9
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  >> it says says in the King James, it says,
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  "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong
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  and of a good courage. Be not afraid,
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  neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord
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  thy God is with thee, whethersoever thou
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  goest." What a powerful reminder that
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  even in the midst of change, God's
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  presence remains the same.
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  Woo.
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  >> Although transition brings change, there
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  are some things, beloved, that remain
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  the same.
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  >> These unchanging truths gave Joshua the
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  confidence to respond to the people with
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  a bold declaration of let's ride.
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  >> In our text, we find Joshua standing at
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  a pivotal moment in Israel's history.
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  >> Moses, the great leader who had brought
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  the Israeliites out of Egypt. out of
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  bondage and through the wilderness was
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  now dead.
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  >> The mantle of leadership had passed to
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  Joshua and the task before him was
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  daunting.
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  >> He was to lead the people across the
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  Jordan River and into the promised land.
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  >> This was a moment of transition.
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  >> But it was also a moment of opportunity.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Yeah. In the middle of transition, God
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  reminded Joshua of three unchanging
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  truths.
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  >> That the mission is still the same.
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  >> That the mantle is still the same.
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  >> And that his message to them is still
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  the same.
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  >> Yeah. Although Moses was gone, number
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  one, the mission God had given them was
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  still the same.
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  >> Look in verse two. It says, "God tells
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  Joshua, Moses, my servant, is dead.
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  >> Now then, you and all these people get
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  ready to cross the Jordan into the land
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  that I'm giving to them
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  >> to the Israelites." Verse three, I will
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  give you every place, listen to this,
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  where you set your foot
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  >> as I promised Moses, your territory will
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  extend from the desert to Lebanon
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  >> and for talk Bible and from the great
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  river, the Euphrates to the
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  Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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  >> Now, I know that doesn't mean anything
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  to you, BUT FLIP BACK ONE CHAP, ONE book
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  to Deuteronomy chapter 11.
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  Deuteronomy 11, this is God talking to
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  Moses.
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  >> He says in VERSE 24, "EVERY PLACE,
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  MOSES, WHERE YOU SET YOUR foot
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  >> will be yours.
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  >> Your territory will extend." Listen,
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  from the desert of Lebanon,
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  >> and from the Euphrates River to the
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  Mediterranean Sea, no one will be able
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  >> to stand against you.
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  Yeah, HE TOLD JOSHUA THE same thing he
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  told Moses.
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  >> THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GOD GIVING JOSHUA
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  THE SAME mission that he gave to Moses
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  is PROFOUND BECAUSE IT REMINDS US CORNIA
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  THAT GOD'S PLANS ARE NOT DEPENDENT on
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  one person.
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  >> OH, GOD'S PLAN IS NOT DEPENDENT on one
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  person.
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  >> Not on me, not on you. AS MY GRANDMAMA
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  WOULD SAY, NO, NOT ONE MONKEY. NOT ONE
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  MONKEY.
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  >> One monkey,
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  >> don't stop the show.
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  I remember Bishop about 20some years ago
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  telling us at Hust and Ward. She would
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  look at us right square in the face and
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  she would say, "This ain't O'Neal
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  Tabernacle."
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  >> That's right.
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  >> This is God's church.
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  >> And the church of God is moving on.
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  >> That sounded harsh then,
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  >> but I understand it now.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> That one monkey don't stop no show.
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  >> God's church is moving on. Woo!
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  >> Leaders may change,
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  >> but the mission remains the same.
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  >> For Cornia, I need you to hear me. Our
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  mission does not change.
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  >> OUR ASSIGNMENT FROM God does not change.
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  >> WE ARE STILL CALLED TO EQUIP THE
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  BELIEVER,
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  >> to grow,
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  >> to build, to serve, and to share.
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  We're still called to equip the believer
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  >> to grow,
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  >> to build, to serve, and to share.
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  WE'RE STILL CALLED
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  >> TO EQUIP THE BELIEVER
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  >> to grow, to build, to serve, to share,
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  to grow, to build, TO SERVE, TO SHARE,
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  TO GROW, TO BUILD, TO SERVE, to share,
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  to grow, to build, to serve, TO SHARE. E
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  CHURCH
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  >> grow to build to serve TO SERVE
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  >> ADDITIONAL SEATING to build to serve to
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  share
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  >> the mission is still the same.
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  >> Yes sir.
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  THE ASSIGNMENT FROM God is still the
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  same
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  >> that God has equipped us to grow
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  >> in his word
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  >> because the GRASS WITHERS,
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  >> THE FLOWER FADES,
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  >> BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL stand
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  forever.
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  >> WE'RE CALLED TO BUILD real relationships
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  >> BECAUSE WE'RE STILL NOT MADE.
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  >> WE'RE CALLED TO SERVE WITH PURPOSE.
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  God has called us to serve because it's
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  our serving that makes impact in the
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  lives of other people.
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  >> I'M NOT JUST CALLED TO GET. I'M CALLED
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  to give.
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  >> I'm not just called TO CONSUME. I'M
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  CALLED TO CONTRIBUTE.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> We're called to grow, to build, to
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  serve, and to share our faith.
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  >> Because there still is a heaven to gain
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  >> and a hell to shun. God has given us the
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  same mission. The mission has not
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  changed.
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  >> And can I just insert this? Neither has
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  the method.
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  >> Yeah. In in verse three, just let me
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  just let me get that a little bit in. In
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  verse three, God says, he says, "Every
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  place that the sole of your foot shall
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  tread upon, that I have given to you."
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  >> Understand something. The promise that
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  God has made in your life is not
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  passive.
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  The promises that God has made in your
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  life is not passive. If he's telling you
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  you're going TO HAVE ABUNDANCE, YOU
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  GOING TO HAVE TO go after it. If he tell
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  you your family's GOING TO BE SAVED, YOU
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  GOING to have to go after it. If he said
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  BETTER HEALTH IS YOURS, YOU GOING TO
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  HAVE TO GO AFTER IT.
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  >> He told them to put their foot ON IT.
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  >> HE TOLD MOSES, "PUT YOUR FOOT ON IT."
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  >> HE TOLD JOSHUA, "PUT YOUR FOOT ON IT."
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  HE TOLD THEM, "PUT YOUR FOOT ON IT." BUT
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  CORNELIA, HE'S TELLING US, PUT OUR FAITH
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  ON IT.
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  >> FOR WE WALK BY FAITH
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  >> AND NOT BY SIGHT. THE JUST SHALL LIVE
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  >> by faith. Let me tell you something.
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  EVERYTHING THAT CORNIA HAS DONE, IT HAS
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  BEEN DONE BY FAITH.
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  >> EVERY PERSON THAT HAS BEEN FED HAS BEEN
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  FED BY FAITH. EVERY BOX OF CHICKEN
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  THAT'S BEEN GIVEN HAS BEEN GIVEN BY
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  FAITH. EVERY BAG OF GROCERIES THAT'S
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  BEEN HANDED OUT HAS BEEN HANDED OUT BY
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  FAITH. EVERY BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN
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  BUILT HAS BEEN BUILT BY FAITH. EVERY VAN
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  PAID FOR HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY FAITH.
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  >> AND WE TOO MUST WALK BY FAITH.
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  >> We're too we too are going TO HAVE TO
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  ASK GOD FOR WHAT we want.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> BELIEVE GOD FOR WHAT WE WANT.
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  >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFESS WHAT WE
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  WANT. THEN WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT
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  IT IS WE'RE BELIEVING FOR.
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  >> THEN WE HAVE TO EXPECT
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  >> WHAT IT IS WE'VE ASKED FOR.
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  >> THEY DON'T LIKE THIS ONE, BISHOP, BUT WE
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  GOING TO HAVE TO FORGIVE.
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  >> WE GOT TO WALK BY FAITH.
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  >> Pump your neighbor and say, "The mission
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  is still the same."
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  >> The mission still
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  >> and the method hadn't changed.
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  >> The method has changed.
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  >> The mission is the same. The method is
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  the same. But number two, the mantle is
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  the same.
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  Not only did God give Joshua the same
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  mission,
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  >> but he also gave him the same mantle.
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  >> In verse 5, God says, "As I was with
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  Moses," God help me. Don't get stuck
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  here. "As I was with Moses,
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  >> SO SHALL I BE WITH YOU.
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  >> AS I WAS WITH MOSES,
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  >> SO SHALL I BE WITH YOU. AS I WAS WITH
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  MOSES, SO SHALL I BE WITH AS I WAS,
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  >> SO SHALL I BE.
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  >> AS I WAS, SO SHALL I BE. AS I WAS, SO
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  SHALL I BE. MAMA MAY BE GONE, BUT AS I
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  WAS, SO SHALL I BE.
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  >> THE MANTLE OF GOD'S PRESENCE
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  >> WAS STILL THE SAME.
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  >> God said, "I'm still with you." STILL
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  WITH
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  >> YOU. YOU GOT THE MANTLE OF MY PRESENCE
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  WITH YOU.
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  >> AND CORINIA, CAN I TELL YOU THAT THAT
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  THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE THE MANTLE OF OUR
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  BISHOP ON US STILL?
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  >> SHOUT OUT LOUD. SAY, SAME GRACE.
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  >> WE GOT THE SAME GRACE, THE SAME MANTLE
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  OF OUR PASTOR OWNERS.
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  >> YET TO HAVE REAL JOY IN SERVING JESUS.
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  I'M NOT SAD ABOUT SERVING.
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  >> I'M NOT MAD ABOUT SERVING. I'M NOT
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  MUMBLING AND GRUMBLING ABOUT SERVING.
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  BUT I GOT AN AUTHENTIC JOY TO SERVE
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  JESUS. BUMP YOUR NEIGHBOR. SAY, "SAME
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  GRACE."
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  >> Same grace TO MAKE TO HAVE FAITH TO MAKE
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  REAL IMPACT.
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  >> I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE IN A CHURCH THAT'S
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  MAKING REAL IMPACT.
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  NO. SEE, SEE, if you didn't GROW UP IN
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  CHURCH, IT AIN'T NO KNOCK TO NOBODY
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  ELSE, BUT JUST LET ME JUST let me tell
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  you, if if you have ever been in a
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  church where you was doing and doing and
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  doing and doing and you wasn't sin,
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  like, what's the point?
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  >> I I KNOW IT. I KNOW IT. JUST LET ME GET
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  THROUGH HERE. YOU YOU YOU DON'T KNOW
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  WHAT IT'S LIKE
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  >> TO REALLY BE IN A PLACE NOW THAT WHAT WE
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  DO MATTERS.
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  >> THAT WHEN I SHOW UP, IT MATTERS. THAT
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  WHAT I DO MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN
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  SOMEBODY LIFE. IT MATTERS.
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  >> That's the grace on us
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  >> that we have A FAITH TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S
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  lives
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  >> to change THEIR ETERNITIES.
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  >> WHAT WE DO IS NOT JUST FOR TIME.
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  >> BUT WHEN PEOPLE CLOSE THEIR EYES ON THIS
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  TIME,
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  >> THEY'LL OPEN THEIR EYES IN THE PRESENCE
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  OF THE LORD.
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  >> Touch somebody. Say it matters.
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  >> God the mantle. The mantle. Catch this
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  y'all. WE STILL WE GOT A MANTLE to live
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  better and die better.
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  >> We got a mantle to live better and die
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  better. We got A MANTLE TO GO AFTER
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  everything that's in our hearts to do.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Woo. AIN'T THAT WHAT THEY TOLD HIM IN
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  SAMUEL? DO ALL THAT'S IN YOUR HEART.
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  >> YEAH. GO. STOP SINGING COULD HAVE,
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  WOULD. IT'S THE SADDEST SONG EVER SUNG.
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  IF GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO START THE
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  BUSINESS, START THE BUSINESS.
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  Live better.
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  >> Live better so you can die better.
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  >> So that you can die with no regrets.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> That when it comes DOWN TIME TO CLOSE
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  YOUR EYES ON this side,
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  >> that you can lay back and kiss everybody
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  around you and said, "It's been a good
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  ride."
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  >> AND I CLOSE MY EYES ON THIS SIDE and
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  open them in the presence of God.
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  >> I live in a way. I forgive the people
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  that have hurt me. YEAH,
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  >> I'M NOT DRAGGING THAT THING INTO 2026.
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  NO, NO, NO. I'M GOING TO FORGIVE.
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  >> I want to live better.
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  >> So I can die better.
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  >> Woo.
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  >> Touch your neighbor. Say, "Same mantle."
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  >> Oh, God. Same mant. Not only is the
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  method the same, not only is the mantle
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  the same, but the message is the same.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> Finally, God gave Joshua the same
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  message. He gave it to him over and over
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  again. Can I just tell you? Anytime God
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  repeats himself, you and I got to pause.
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  >> ANYTIME GOD REPEATS HIMSELF, YOU AND I
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  HAVE TO PAUSE. HE TOLD JOSHUA, he said,
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  "Be strong
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  >> and courageous
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  >> in verse six."
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  >> Be strong and very courageous in verse 7
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  >> AND BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS IN VERSE 9.
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  GOD IS repeating himself.
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  >> YEAH. WHY IS GOD REPEATING HIMSELF?
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  CATCH THIS. BECAUSE HE KNEW JOSHUA AND
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  THE PEOPLE WOULD FACE CHALLENGES and he
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  wanted them to be reminded that courage
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  is needed.
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  >> Courage is still needed in what it is
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  that he's calling them to do.
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  >> Be strong.
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  >> Be strong
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  >> and courageous.
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  >> DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU FEEL IT BEFORE YOU
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  GO AFTER IT.
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  >> BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS.
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  IT REMINDED HIM THAT COURAGE IS NOT THE
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  ABSENCE OF FEAR,
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  >> but the presence of faith.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> MY COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR.
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  >> Pump your name and say, "Do it scared."
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  >> Do it scared.
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  >> Yeah. Do it scared.
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  >> Do it nervous.
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  >> DO IT UNSURE OF YOURSELF. BUT IF GOD
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  TOLD YOU TO DO IT, GO DO IT.
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  >> HALLELUJAH.
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  >> AND CAN I TELL YOU, CORNELIA, THE
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  MESSAGE IS STILL THE same for us. that
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  Jesus
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  >> is still Lord,
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  >> that Jesus still saved.
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  >> THAT THE BLOOD STILL WORKS.
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  >> THAT'S OUR MESSAGE TO DYING MEN AND
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  WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, THAT JESUS STILL
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  SAVED.
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  >> Touch your neighbor. Say it's still the
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  same message.
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  >> IN THEIR TRANSITION WITH CHANGE ALL
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  around them,
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  >> God reminded them that the mission is
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  still the same. the mantle of his
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  presence is still the same
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  >> and that his message to them and to
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  others is still the same.
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  >> Joshua remind Joshua responds to God's
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  command and his reminder in verse 10 and
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  11.
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  >> Boy, it's 11:58.
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  JOSHUA RESP RESPONDS TO GOD'S COMMAND
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  and his REMINDERS
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  >> BY TELLING THE OFFICERS,
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  >> "GO THROUGH THE camp
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  >> and tell the people,
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  >> GET YOUR PROVISIONS READY."
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  >> Oh yeah.
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  >> GO THROUGH THE CAMP. GET YOUR PROVISIONS
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  READY.
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  Go through the camp. Get your provisions
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  ready. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD SAID,
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  >> "Let's ride." TOUCH THE PERSON BESIDE
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  YOU AND SAY, "LET'S RIDE."
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  HERE COMES 2026. LET'S RIDE. BYE-BYE.
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  2025. LET'S RIDE.
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  11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Happy New Year.
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  Let's ride in additional seating. Let's
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  ride
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  E church. That's right.
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  >> Give me my next slide.
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  >> BECAUSE I WANT TO DEFINE WHAT let's ride
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  means.
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  >> Give me my next slide. Let's ride. What
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  my definition of Let's ride.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  >> Yeah. THIS IS WHAT LET'S RIDE MEANS.
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  LET'S RIDE is a bold yes
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  >> to the will AND PROMISE OF GOD.
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  >> IT IS THE SOUND OF confidence
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  in THE ONE AT THE HELM.
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  >> AND A YIELDED HEART READY for the
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  journey.
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  >> LET'S RIDE IS A BOLD YES.
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  >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TUCKING YOUR TAIL.
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  I'M TALKING ABOUT A BOLD YES. WHEN WE
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  SAY LET'S RIDE, WE'RE NOT WHISPERING IT.
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  WE'RE PUTTING OUR CHEST OUT. STICK YOUR
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  CHIN UP AND DECLARE, "Let's ride."
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  >> GIVE ME MY SLIDE BACK. GIVE ME MY SLIDE
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  BACK. IT IS THE SOUND. WOO! Faith has a
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  sound.
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  >> IF YOU BELIEVE GOD, IT HAS A SOUND. IT'S
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  THE SOUND OF CONFIDENCE.
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  NOT IN MYSELF,
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  >> NOT in my own ability,
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  BUT IT'S CONFIDENCE IN THE ONE THAT'S AT
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  THE HELM.
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  >> SEE, understand something.
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  >> WHEN I SAY LET'S RIDE,
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  >> I'm not driving.
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  >> SEE, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS HOW MANY OF US
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  ARE.
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  >> WE'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
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  BUT I'M BELIEVING GOD THAT BY THE TIME
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  YOU LEAVE HERE THAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF
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  THE DRIVER'S SEAT,
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  tell Jesus, "Take the wheel
• 24:28
  and let's ride." I'm not driving, I'm
• 24:32
  riding. I'm not worried, I'm riding.
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  Let's ride.
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  TO THE MISSION IS STILL THE SAME. LET'S
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  RIDE.
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  WILL WE GROW IN GOD'S WORD?
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  >> Will you serve with purpose?
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  >> Will you build real relationship?
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  WILL YOU SHARE YOUR FAITH?
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  Will we feed the hungry? Will we
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  remember the forgotten? WILL WE STILL
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  HAVE DAD? OR HOW ABOUT PRESENTATION OF
• 25:13
  FAMILY? Will we still pray? Will we
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  fast? Will we give? SOMEBODY SHOUT,
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  "LET'S RIDE.
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  The mission is still the same, but the
• 25:32
  mantle is still the same.
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  I DON'T KNOW WHAT 2026 HOLDS, but I know
• 25:41
  but I know who holds 2026.
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  Yes, Lord. Somebody tonight needs TO GET
• 25:49
  OUT OF THE DRIVER'S seat and let Jesus
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  take the wheel.
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  >> My bishop reminded me.
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  >> Yes, sir.
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  that when you are riding
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  you have a whole different temperament.
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  >> WHEN YOU DRIVING, YOU GOT TO BE ALERT.
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  WHEN YOU DRIVING, YOU GOT TO STAY AND
• 26:15
  HAVE ALL THIS TENSION.
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  But when you ride,
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  THERE'S A RELAXATION.
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  WHEN YOU RIDE, THERE'S a resting in your
• 26:25
  spirit. When you ride, I want to tell
• 26:30
  you that God will, HE'LL RESTORE YOU. IF
• 26:34
  YOU'LL SIT BACK AND RIDE, take your
• 26:37
  hands off the wheel. Stop worrying. Stop
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  complaining. Don't chase every lie. Let
• 26:45
  them talk. I'm going to ride. Let them
• 26:48
  text. I'm going to ride. Let them post.
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  I'M GOING TO RIDE. SCANDALIZE MY NAME,
• 26:56
  but I'm going to rise. If God be for me,
• 27:02
  if God be for me, IF GOD BE FOR ME, then
• 27:06
  who can be against me? No weapon formed
• 27:11
  against me shall be able to prosper.
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  Let's ride.
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  I can't go till I say this one. Be not
• 27:26
  dismayed.
• 27:29
  Be not dismayed. WHATEVER BE time
• 27:33
  because God will. Yes, he will. God will
• 27:39
  take care of you. Stop worrying. Stop
• 27:43
  pulling YOUR HAIR OUT. LET'S RIDE.
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  WARNING.
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  WHAT?
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  I'm not saying
• 28:19
  >> that 2026 won't have its challenges.
• 28:24
  >> He said in this world you shall have
• 28:28
  >> tribulation,
• 28:30
  >> but be of good cheer for I have overcome
• 28:33
  the world.
• 28:36
  I'm not saying people won't walk away.
• 28:39
  >> What I'm saying is that God will never
• 28:41
  walk away.
• 28:46
  And I don't want to spend my life
• 28:48
  >> behind the wheel.
• 28:51
  >> Not when he is a better driver than I
• 28:53
  am.
• 28:58
  >> Thank you, Holy Ghost.
• 29:00
  And God said he don't need a backseat
• 29:02
  driver.
• 29:05
  >> Stop sitting ON THE PASSENGER SIDE
• 29:06
  TELLING GOD WHAT HE OUGHT TO do and how
• 29:09
  soon he ought to DO IT. YOU BACKSEAT
• 29:11
  DRIVING.
• 29:20
  Let's ride.
• 29:23
  >> It's our bold declaration.
• 29:25
  >> It's bold.
• 29:27
  It's bold.
• 29:29
  >> It's bold. And can I just tell you this
• 29:32
  in verse 10? It says Joshua commanded
• 29:36
  the officers and the officers went and
• 29:39
  told the people. Let me tell you
• 29:42
  something. My ass timing here tonight is
• 29:44
  Joshua to tell the officers
• 29:47
  and you go tell the people, "Let's
• 29:50
  ride."
• 29:51
  >> When they ask you on your job, you still
• 29:53
  a member AT CORNELIA? YES, I AM. Let's
• 29:57
  ride. When they ask you in the city, ARE
• 29:59
  YOU STILL GOING TO THAT CHURCH? DIDN'T
• 30:01
  BISHOP RETIRE? YES, she did. She's
• 30:04
  enjoying herself. I'm still a member.
• 30:08
  Let's ride.
• 30:13
  The mission is still the same.
• 30:16
  >> The mantle is still the same.
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  >> And the message
• 30:21
  is still the same.
• 30:24
  >> Cornia,
• 30:26
  >> in every room in this church,
• 30:29
  >> online, in the bedroom, in the bathroom,
• 30:32
  in the car, at the truck stop.
• 30:34
  >> Hear me good. 2026 is going to be an
• 30:37
  amazing year.
• 30:44
  God
• 30:47
  is still on the throne.
• 30:49
  >> His assignment to us is still the same.
• 30:52
  His mantle on us is still the same. His
• 30:55
  message to us and through us is still
• 30:58
  the same. And our response will be
• 31:02
  >> Let's ride.
• 31:04
  >> Let's pray.
• 31:09
  Father in Jesus name,
• 31:13
  we thank you
• 31:15
  >> for your goodness
• 31:17
  >> and your tender mercies.
• 31:20
  >> Lord, we thank you because you have you
• 31:23
  won't leave us nor will you forsake us.
• 31:26
  Father, you you told Joshua, "As I was
• 31:28
  with Moses,
• 31:30
  so shall I be with you."
• 31:33
  >> Father, we thank you for the promise of
• 31:35
  your word.
• 31:37
  Thank you for the mandate of the
• 31:38
  mission, the assignment that you've
• 31:40
  given us. Thank you, Lord, for
• 31:42
  entrusting us with your message. And
• 31:45
  Lord, we'll be faithful
• 31:48
  to tell those that you send us to
• 31:52
  that there's still a God that rules
• 31:54
  above with a heart of mercy and a hand
• 31:57
  of love.
• 31:59
  God, we thank you for being so kind and
• 32:02
  so good to us and being with us and
• 32:04
  giving us what we need. Lord, we realize
• 32:06
  we have everything we need to go forth.
• 32:10
  So Lord, help us to arise
• 32:13
  in great boldness.
• 32:16
  Help us, Lord, not to be consumed by
• 32:19
  worry and fear cuz we're not driving.
• 32:22
  Father, we're riding.
• 32:24
  Jesus, take the wheel. And wherever you
• 32:28
  take us, wherever you lead us, we will
• 32:31
  follow. and we give you praise and glory
• 32:36
  in Jesus name.