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Living An Audacious Life | Apostle I.V. Hilliard · Koinonia Christian Center

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Amen. God bless you. You may be seated.
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This is the day the Lord has made and I
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will rejoice and be glad in it.
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>> Amen and amen. I don't know where you
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got that little picture from.
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[laughter]
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Can we celebrate this woman of faith and
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woman of God again? Can we do that?
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>> THIS REAL QUICK. GOD'S GETTING READY TO
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DO Totally
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amazing.
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Everything that has been done has been
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done first class which is a reflection
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of who you are and reflection of what
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you know you have meant to so many many
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people. And so um uh we celebrate you
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today. And can we celebrate this church
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that has gone all out? [applause]
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[music]
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I mean, you you took you took retirement
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to a whole another level today.
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>> And Taurus is happy and the boys are
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happy and their wives are happy.
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[laughter]
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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So, uh, we honor you today. It was my
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joy to be here. And I know you've been
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talking about it. You told me, "Don't
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you put nothing on that date. Don't you
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put nothing on that date." And so we're
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here and we're so happy to be here. And
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of course, uh, can you all just, uh,
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celebrate, uh, my partner in ministry
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for 50 years,
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>> Lady Bal,
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[music]
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Hallelujah.
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for all of the pastors and leaders,
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especially pastors who took out their
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time uh from their churches on Sunday
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morning to come and be here. Um I'm
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we're just all honored that you did that
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and you made your sister in Christ feel
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real good when she could look out and
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see uh the the amazing sacrifice that
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you made by being here today. Amen.
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Amen.
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>> And so, uh, I also want to just say
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from, uh, New Light, New Life, uh, you
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know, I have restructured. I didn't
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retire. I restructured and I speak
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restructure on you. You can't quit
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preaching, lady.
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>> Now, you can't know. So, we, we call
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this retirement, but slashreststructure.
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>> Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And so uh um our pastor, my my daughter
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is the pastor and she loves some Bishop
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O'Neal.
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>> She I mean she really loves Bishop
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O'Neal and uh I want to thank you Bishop
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on behalf of New Light and my daughter
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for being there for us when we needed
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you.
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>> Y'all don't know about it.
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[applause]
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Bishop does. Thank you there. Uh our
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family thanks you for being there for us
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>> when we needed you.
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>> Amen. And if I put a hashtag, I'd say
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real daughter.
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[applause]
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>> So I think I've covered everything I
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wanted to cover before we get into the
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word. And I'm not going to hold y'all
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long, but I do need my water.
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>> Amen.
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>> I think I started it. Yeah, I do need my
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water. And um I'm going to pray. Would
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you stand? I'm going to pray and then we
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going to get into this.
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>> Amen.
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>> Thank you, Lord.
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>> Now, let's have a smiling exercise.
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Turn. Look at the person next to you.
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Smile real big. Show them your pretty
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whites, your 32s, 22s, tens, whatever
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you got left. Amen.
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Father, in the name of Jesus, want to
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thank you for this time together as we
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celebrate this woman of faith and this
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church. And we celebrate, Father, we
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thank you for the precious Holy Spirit
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who is our teacher and our guide. And we
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believe he will manifest himself today
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as the teacher causing the complex to be
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made simple. It is our prayer today,
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Father, since you know us name by name
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and situation by situation that you will
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tailor this word for every individual.
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That is our prayer. So in advance, we
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give you alone the praise, the glory,
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the honor, and the adoration for all
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that shall be accomplished, all that
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shall be revealed in Jesus' name. And
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the people said,
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>> "Amen."
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>> And the people shouted,
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>> "Amen."
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>> Hallelujah. God bless you. You may be
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seated there in the I think they will
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use the screen and help me. But those of
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you have your Bibles, we're going to
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start off with Ephesians 3 and 20. And
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then we have a dual text, Romans chapter
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4. And there now unto him that is able
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to do exceeding abundantly above all
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that we ask or think according to the
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power that workketh in us. And then uh
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our anchoring scripture is going to be
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found there in Romans chapter 4. Who
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against hope believed in hope that he
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might become the father of many nations
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according to that which was spoken so
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shall thy seed be. And being not weak in
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faith, he considered not his own body
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now dead,
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>> which is about 100 years old. Neither
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neither yet the deadness of Sarah's
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womb.
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He staggered not at the promise of God
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through unbelief,
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>> but was strong in faith, giving glory to
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God, and being fully persuaded
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>> that what he had promised, he was able
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also to perform.
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>> Here's what we're going to talk about.
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Living an audacious life.
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>> Living an audacious life. A life of
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believing. a life of boldness and a life
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of breakthrough. Now, I know that sounds
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kind of arrogant.
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But it's not really arrogance. It's
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really assurance
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>> because God wants us to be audacious.
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Everybody say audacious.
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>> Audacious.
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>> And it's about having the courage to
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buck the odds,
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>> the courage to believe what God's word
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says. You know, the choir just finished
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singing believe. and it's like we got
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together but we really didn't. It's the
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Holy Spirit that's orchestrating it. But
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when we talk about an audacious person,
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audacious, we're saying a person who
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will look at the odds and say that does
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not define me. When you look into the
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hall of faith, all of the people in the
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hall of faith there in Hebrews are
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people who were audacious.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Dared to believe, dared to act and got
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results.
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>> In the contemporary
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hall of faith, Bishop Rosie is there.
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But the odds,
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>> dared to believe,
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>> dared to take steps others would not
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take and got results. Can we applaud our
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audacious person today?
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[applause]
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Now we are here to celebrate HER BUT HER
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LIFE IS LIKE an example even as the life
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of those who are in the scripture uh
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serves as an example for those who are
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really saying can I make it
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>> there are those who have
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oh it's okay right here
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>> [clears throat]
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>> There are those people who are saying,
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"Can I make it?
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>> Can I do it?"
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>> The kingdom of God does not need
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cautious people.
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The kingdom of God needs people who are
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audacious with their faith,
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>> who will dare to believe,
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>> and who will dare to say God can do
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exactly what he said he would do.
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>> And that is what is the key to stepping
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beyond your comfort zone. stepping
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beyond the comparison you are you are
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making with the status quo. And so we're
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going to celebrate her, but we're going
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to we're going to be inspired by her
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when you look at everything she has
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done. Oh my god, she is definitely
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audacious.
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>> Amen. And amen. And amen. Now, I'm not
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going to be long. I only have two
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points, but I got sub points under the
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two points.
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First point is noteworthy. What I call
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the noteworthiness of audacious uh
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living or the audacious life. And and
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then we're going to talk about the
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necessity of it.
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>> Yeah.
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>> All right. Now, in 1980, I'm uh 28 years
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old. Praise the Lord.
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>> Amen. 1980, I'm [clears throat] 28 years
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old, and I'm in a little raggedy,
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rundown building, and uh that's where I
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got my start.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> Yeah. And um I'm the laughingtock of the
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community. I had gone through a church
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fight and uh I was feeling pretty sad
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about myself and my future. And the Lord
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talked to me there. He told me he had
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great things for me, but I had to be
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bold. Now, he didn't give me the word
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audacious back then, but he told me I
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had to be bold and I wanted to go back
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in industry, but he said no. He said,
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"I'm going to teach you how to trust me.
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I'm going to teach you how to live by
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faith."
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>> I didn't really want to be I didn't want
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to do that. I want to go back in the
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industry. I knew how to make these
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monies
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[laughter]
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and and I and I didn't believe God could
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take care of me at the level I wanted to
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be taken care of because I did not know
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any preachers that were where I wanted
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to be.
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Y'all can judge me if you want to. It
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don't matter right now.
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>> So, so, so, so, uh, I was a reluctant
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student, uh, but I obeyed.
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>> But I had to have this kind of faith.
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God taught me to believe
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um, beyond my circumstances, believe
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beyond what I could figure out because
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God is able. Yes.
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>> And as a result of taking bold steps, we
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went from one level to another. Now,
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only reason I'm doing this because I'm
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presenting to some my resume.
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>> So, I'm not teaching audacious faith and
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not being a representative of the
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audacious faith community.
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>> And and [clears throat and laughter] put
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the next picture up there. So we move
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from there. Uh now that's inside. No,
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let's go to Jensen. We seen nothing.
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Yeah. Now that's great. I thought I made
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it then. And God said, "No, I've got
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much more." Had I stopped then, it
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required audacious spade from there. Put
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the next f photo up there. Yes. Inside.
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Because from the little raggedy building
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to that building and on television
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>> in less than three years.
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Now, television back then wasn't like it
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is now. You know, like you can go on
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YouTube and all that. No, no, no, no,
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no. You had to have you had to have
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these monies.
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Amen.
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But in less than two years, from a
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little raggedy rundown building to being
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on television in a major city in America
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because I had to be what's the word?
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>> Oh, y'all got it. Y we are. Let's go to
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the next prayer. Next. Next. Next photo.
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Next photo. Next photo. Yes. Audacious
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faith
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>> produced in 33 years.
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>> A million square ft of property,
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500 acres of land.
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>> And we grew from 23 to 28,000.
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>> But every step required
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audacious faith. Believing beyond
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statistics. Believing beyond what folks
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said could be done.
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>> Believing beyond prejudices.
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>> Trusting God knowing that God's able.
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>> Bible teaches us that be not slothful,
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but followers of them who through faith
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and patience inherited promises.
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>> It is the order of God to teach us and
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to train us by example. I got to keep my
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[clears throat] time because I don't
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want to go too over time because you
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know Yes. I should have had Y'all don't
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have a clock in here. You should have
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had clock in here preaching like me. Got
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to have a clock. Okay. Yeah. All right.
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All right. All right. Watch. We good. We
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good though. We good. If I can just get
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my my phone.
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Amen.
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>> Now,
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here's here's my point. Because it takes
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some audaciousness,
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living the audacious life to climb out
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of whatever situation you're in.
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>> Some of you are believing for homes.
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Some of you are believing to send your
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kids to school
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>> and nobody in your co in your family has
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gone to college. Some of you are
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believing to to do that that you know to
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to start that business and all of that.
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But yet when you look at the statistics,
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they are in your odds. They are against
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you.
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>> But I'm here today to tell you from the
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from the word of God, as we will also
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learn from the reflection of this uh
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this this audacious person who's trying
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to retire.
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It's possible. Everybody say it's
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possible.
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>> It's possible.
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>> All right. Number one, we're going to
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look at what I call the traits of an a
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of an audacious person. The audacious
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life. Number one, it's a life of
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defiance. Y'all put that up there. Yeah.
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Yeah. It the traits. Yeah. Go to the
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next one. Yes. Did y'all put them all
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three of them? Y'all put put them up
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there. Well, it's audacious faith. You
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have to defy the odds. Abraham looked at
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his situation, but he did not let that
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define him. It's a life of defiance. He
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hoped against hope.
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>> Right? It is a life of um of
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determination.
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>> You have to determine that you're going
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to win. What do you mean determine?
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You're going to live in your future.
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>> You might as well live in a future that
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you plan.
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>> Look at the person next to you and say,
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"You're going to live in your future."
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>> You might as well live in a future
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>> that you plan.
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>> The audacious life is a life of
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durability. The Bible says he staggered
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not at the promise of unbelief.
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>> He staggered. HE DID NOT MAKE the
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mistake that Thomas made. Thomas
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staggered. Why did he staggered? Because
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his criteria for believing was flawed.
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>> He said, "If I can examine him, I will
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believe. What's up?
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>> If I can touch him, if I can put my
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finger in that hole that was in his
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hand, if I can put my hand in the hole
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that was in his side, I will believe.
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Believing is a matter of your will. You
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can will to believe or you can will not
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to believe. That's powerful because the
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Bible says if you can believe all things
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are possible to him that believeth. So
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possibility for you is not defined by
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what others have done or whether others
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have not done. Possibility for you is
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defined by your capacity to believe.
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>> So if you can't believe things become
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possible for you. Amen and amen. Now, so
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what Thomas had, his flawed criteria
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was, I got to touch him to believe.
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Well, Bible says eight days later, Jesus
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appeared. Come here, Thomas. Put your
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hand in my side. Put your finger in the
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hole in my hand. Thomas starts shouting.
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Jesus shut him down. He said, "No, no,
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no, no, Thomas." Uh uh uh. He said, "I'm
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not going to stay around here long
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enough. Everybody touch me and examine
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me." And then he said, "Blessed are
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those who will believe and have not
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seen."
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>> So he's saying here that believing is to
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accept something as a fact even though
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you have no sens.
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The evidence we have is what the word of
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God says.
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>> So then now audaciousness, the audacious
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life is a life of of determination. It's
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a life of defying the odds. It's a life
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of durability. And it is a life of
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devotion. The Bible says in verse 20
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there, "And giving glory to God."
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>> See, you give glory while you're
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waiting. You don't wait to give glory
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until you see the results.
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>> Audacious faith. Now let's go through
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the hall of faith and just look at the
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some of the testimonies. The Bible says
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they overcame by the blood of the lamb
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which is our covenant. But then he says
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they overcame by the word of their
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>> testimony. Testimonies are good. Amen.
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Testimonies are good because every time
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I hear a testimony of what God has done,
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I understand he can do the same for me.
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Amen and amen. So audacious faith
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believes when everything around looks
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hopeless. Believes when others quit.
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Believes. And we have the God-given
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capacity to believe.
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>> Amen and amen. Well, Moses is on the
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testimony block now. And Moses is
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audacious because he believed he could
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stretch out his rod and the water would
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part.
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>> Amen. David is on the testimony stand.
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He's audacious because he's audacious in
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his confrontation. He's willing to fight
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a giant that never lost a battle.
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>> And because he believed he won. Amen.
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Then Esther, can we call Esther and let
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Esther testify? Esther testifies because
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she was audacious in her advocacy. What
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do you mean? She was bold enough to
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believe that even though it doesn't look
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good, I can step forward and be the
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advocate for the innocent and win. Peter
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is on the testimony stand now and Peter
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is audacious in his action
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>> because on the words of Jesus while
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others was in the boat he steps out of
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the boat
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>> and he walks on water. Now I don't think
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you heard me.
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>> Ezekiel was great but he never walked on
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water.
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>> Daniel was awesome but he never walked
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on water. Three Hebrew boys never walked
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on water. When you GO THROUGH THE TEXT,
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NOBODY'S WALKING ON THE water but Jesus
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and Peter because of audacious faith.
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>> Joshua is on the stand. Why? Because he
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had an audacious strategy.
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>> Doesn't make sense. HIS STRATEGY THAT HE
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GOT from God that was to just to walk
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around the wall and God would give him
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the victory. It takes audaciousness to
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believe that I can walk around the world
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and never raise my sword and get the
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victory.
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>> Elijah is on the stand and he's
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audacious BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE COULD
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CALL DOWN fire
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>> and fire would fall.
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>> Three Hebrew boys are on the stand
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because they were audacious to say,
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"King, if you don't put us in THE FIRE,
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WE STILL AIN'T going to bow." And even
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though in the fire, they were audacious
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enough to believe they would get out.
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And Jesus visited them.
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>> Yeah. Audacious faith. Audaciousness.
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Yeah. The woman with the issue of blood.
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Audacious in her pursuit. She pressed
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THROUGH THE CROWD BELIEVING IF I CAN
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JUST TOUCH THE HIM. [laughter] YEAH.
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AUDACIOUSNESS. AMEN. And amen. You know,
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I could go on, but for time's sake, just
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let me stop here. I could talk about
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Nehemiah, but I want to do that. I could
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talk about Caleb in his old age being
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audacious, but I don't want to do that.
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I'm almost on my last point.
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>> The last point is the necessity of the
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audacious life.
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H
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>> yeah, it's on it's it's necessary
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because God needs audacious believers
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>> to inspire others.
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>> Now, y'all think y'all missed it.
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He needs audacious believers
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>> in every generation
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>> so they can inspire those who are
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sitting on the sidelines saying, "I
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don't know if I can do it."
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>> Amen and amen. Amen. God depends on the
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courageous faith of believers who will
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partner with him so that they can see
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him move supernaturally
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>> because God just can't do anything he
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wants to do. He has designed the system
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where he needs human permission and
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human participation.
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>> Yeah. So what he's saying, what I'm
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saying to you now is for you to be where
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you want to be. God says he's ready. But
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are you willing to be bold in your
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believing? That's the key. Amen and
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amen. All right. So the you need
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audacity. Those of you who may be taking
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[clears throat] notes, you need audacity
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to defeat adversity.
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>> You need audacity. I'm going to give
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them to you and I go back. You need
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audacity uh um uh I call it an audacious
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resolve to develop you know uh uh to
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yeah let me put it like this you you
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need it so that you can have determined
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action
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under pressure.
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>> Everybody say under pressure.
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>> Under pressure.
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>> You need to get audacious. Watch. Watch
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this. So that you have this divine
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assurance. You know a lot of times when
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you have assurance when you have a
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confidence people call you arrogant.
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>> They do they call you arrogant but
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that's all right. We know it's just our
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assurance.
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>> It's just our assurance. And so when we
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look at these to defeat adversity,
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>> first of all, situation adversity
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when things don't look good.
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>> Amen. Everybody say situation adversity.
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>> Situation adversity.
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>> David faces a giant never lost battle.
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Everybody else is afraid. Those are not
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good quote winning conditions,
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>> right?
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>> So I need to be audacious. That's what I
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mean. I need to believe it's possible. I
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need to believe God's with me. I believe
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that whatever God said he'll do, he'll
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do. Even if everybody else is doubting,
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>> Jehoshaphat
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adversity,
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>> situational adversity,
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>> three armies against him,
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>> not knowing what to do. Paul and Silas,
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situation adversity. God told him, "Go
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start a church."
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>> And now here they are in jail.
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So, I'm saying you may be in a bad
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situation,
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>> but that's all right.
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>> THAT'S THE SETUP FOR MIRACLES.
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>> That's the setup for your breakthrough.
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[applause]
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Amen. And the Bible teaches us on the
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ever on the other side. Everybody say
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other side.
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>> Other side.
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>> THE ON THE OTHER SIDE of adverse
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situations
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>> is a victory.
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>> Watch this. and you always come out
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better.
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>> Well, see, see, some of y'all, you got
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to believe that. See, you you got to
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believe in the midst of your struggle,
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in the midst of the situation, I'm
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coming out better.
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>> It's all throughout the scripture. It
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says, "NOW FOR YOUR SHAME, YOU'LL GET
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DOUBLE."
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>> But that's not what people see, the will
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of God, though expressed in the word of
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God does not automatically come to pass.
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>> Right?
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So what most people do is they get
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through it and go, "Praise the Lord."
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And the Lord is over HERE SAYING, "COME
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ON, GET YOUR DOUBLE."
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>> STAY IN FAITH FOR YOUR DOUBLE.
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>> HALLELUJAH.
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>> So now, not only do you need faith uh
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that this audaciousness for um uh uh
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situational adversity, but also to face
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uh spiritual adversaries.
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>> Amen.
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Everybody say spiritual adversary.
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>> Spiritual adversary.
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>> WE DON'T BACK down from the devil's
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fight.
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>> The gates of
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>> hell can't stop us.
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>> But do you believe it?
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>> Look at the person and say he I believe
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it. Come on. Tell my brother.
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And then we need audacious faith and
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audacious living when it comes to
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defeating self-imposed limitations.
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>> Oh, that's good.
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>> Every person, well, not every most of
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the people in the Bible had this this
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self-imposed limitation. Moses talking
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about he I can't talk. Are you talking
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to God?
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>> Gideon says I you CAN'T USE ME. MY
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FAMILY IS THE WORST FAMILY AROUND.
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Jeremiah said, "Oh, I'm I'm nothing but
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a child." All throughout the Bible,
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>> people had to overcome
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>> their own
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>> selfimposed
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limitation.
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>> That's right.
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>> And so there you are. I I can't do it
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because this I can't do IT CUZ I DROPPED
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OUT of school. I can't do it cuz I got
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all these children. I can't do it. You
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got all of these self-imposed. But
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here's why the audacious life works.
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Because it's not dependent on you.
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>> It's dependent on him.
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>> You got to have the conict [laughter]
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the conviction. The conviction, watch
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this, of God's ability to work.
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Everybody say, "God's ability."
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>> God's ability.
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>> You have to have the conviction of the
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accuracy of the word. THE WORD SAYS IT.
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THE word [laughter]
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and his he honors his word. Abraham said
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he was ABLE TO PERFORM WHAT HE PROMISED.
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>> You got to have the conviction uh
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believing the accounts of the witnesses.
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>> Oh my.
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>> Are you getting this?
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>> The ability of God to work.
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>> Accuracy of his word, accounts of his
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witnesses, AND ANGELS DOING GOD'S WILL.
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>> Everybody say, "Angels."
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>> Angels
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>> doing God's will.
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>> Doing God's will. You got to believe in
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angels. They You got one. Amen. Some of
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you got more than one in in certain
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situations. And watch this. The
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accuracy. Watch it. No. The assurance of
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God's will. Now, what do you mean by
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that? God's willingness.
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>> I discovered
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>> God wants to.
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>> Oh, y'all didn't even get that.
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>> You ain't got to begging.
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He wants to
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>> He wants to.
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>> I found out that he wants to. I grew up
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in a church setting where they begged
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him, "Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, but
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but I found out he's ready,
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>> willing,
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>> and able."
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>> Amen. And amen.
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>> I'm I'm just about ready to to wrap this
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up because all I wanted to do today was
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to inspire you. that hey yes we are
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seeing and we are seeing a contemporary
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example of audacious living.
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>> I I've watched the progression of her
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ministry.
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>> What a great celebration it is today.
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>> But I want you to be able to say so can
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I. No not necessarily building ministry
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but my dreams can come to pass.
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that what God promised me in the word
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>> and watch this stepping forward. Watch
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this. Denying circumstances. The Bible
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says he considered not he he was not in
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denial but he did not let circumstances
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shut off his faith
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>> and define his future.
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>> Amen and amen.
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>> You got to choose to believe.
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>> May I start my closing?
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A story is told.
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>> The story is told of
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two trees
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growing in the forest.
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>> One was a giant oak tree.
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>> Uhhuh.
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>> And the other tree was a young tree.
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Young oak tree.
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growing next to him.
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>> Oak trees are known for their
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durability,
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>> their stamina,
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>> so this young oak tree, while he's
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growing, he's asking the question to the
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old oak tree.
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>> Year after year, am I an oak tree?
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>> Looked at him and said, not yet.
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>> Not yet. [clears throat]
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>> Years went by. The young oak tree then
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says again,
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"Am I an oak tree?"
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>> The old oak tree says,
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>> "Not yet."
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>> Not yet.
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>> He argues with him. He says, "I'm as
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tall as you are."
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>> God.
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>> But the old priest says,
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"Not yet." He said, "No, no, no. My
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limbs are as broad as yours."
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Yes sir. Yes sir.
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>> And the old oak old tree says
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>> not yet.
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>> Not yet.
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>> HE AUGUST I PROVIDE SHADE JUST LIKE YOU
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DO. But he says
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>> not yet.
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>> Not yet.
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>> Then a storm comes
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>> and knock trees down all over the forest
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>> causes even the old oak tree to bend
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under the weight of the storm.
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The young oak tree is also bent under
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the weight of the storm.
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>> But after the storm passes,
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>> the old oak tree straighten himself out.
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>> Shook its limb. Yes, sir. [cheering]
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>> Stood tall.
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>> And looked down
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>> at the old at the young oak tree.
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He watched the young oak tree struggle
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>> stand
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>> and stretch his limbs.
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>> And then he looked
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>> and he said, "Today
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>> you are
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>> AN OAK TREE."
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>> [applause]
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>> I WANT TO CLOSE WITH this
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>> because Rosie sir,
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>> I've watched you
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>> and I want to say today,
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>> you are an oak tree. [cheering]
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>> Can I get a witness in the house?
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In the area of teaching,
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>> you are
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>> an oak tree.
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>> In the area of preaching, yes, sir,
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>> you are an oak tree.
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>> In the area of family,
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>> yes, sir,
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>> you are
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>> an oak tree.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> In the area of leadership,
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>> sir.
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>> You are an oak tree.
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>> I'm here to announce
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>> Yes, sir. In the area of boldness,
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>> you are an oak tree.
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>> In the area of a worshipper,
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>> you are an oak tree.
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>> In the area of overcoming,
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>> can I get a witness?
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>> You are an oak tree.
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>> I'm here to tell you today.
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>> Can I celebrate just a little bit?
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I'm here to tell you today
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>> you stand as an oak tree
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>> and I'm happy to announce
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>> that you are an oak tree.
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>> You know I I start preaching when I was
34:34
young.
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>> And I wish when I was young I could
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close like the old guys clothes.
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>> Here's how they would close. Hallelujah.
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>> I lived long enough. Yes, sir.
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>> But I was only 12 years old,
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>> but I've been around a little bit. Yes,
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sir.
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>> I'm 73 now.
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>> I think I've earned the right
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> to make this testimony.
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>> I've lived
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>> long enough
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>> to know that God will. [cheering]
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>> He will make a way.
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I've lived [screaming]
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>> long enough
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>> and I can tell you
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>> with conviction
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>> with coniction.
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>> There is
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>> there is
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>> no shadow
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>> he won't light up.
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>> There is
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no mountain
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>> that he won't climb up.
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coming after you.
35:41
There is
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>> no wall
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>> he won't kick down
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>> and no lie
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>> that he won't tear down
35:54
coming after you.
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>> IT IS NO SECRET
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>> all
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what God can do.
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What he's done for us, he will
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>> do for you. I'm out of time.
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[music]
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>> Has thou not known?
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>> Had thou not heard? God the everlasting
36:34
father.
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>> Creator of the ends of the earth
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>> faintth not,
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>> neither is he weary.
36:43
>> And there is no searching of his
36:44
understanding. Yes, sir.
36:46
>> He giveth power
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>> to the faint.
36:50
>> And to them who have no might,
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>> Yes, sir.
36:52
>> He increasth strength.
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>> Even the youth shall faint
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>> and be weary.
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>> Yes, sir.
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>> And the young men shall utterly fall.
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But they that wait,
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>> they that wait
37:07
upon the Lord.
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>> Yeah. [music]
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>> Hallelujah.
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Father, we thank you for this word is
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falling on good ground
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>> and it produces fruit and we thank you
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for the boldness to move forward
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>> in Jesus name pursuing our dreams
37:32
>> using this example before us.
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>> Thank you Jesus
37:36
>> knowing that it is no secret
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>> what you can do
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>> in Jesus name.
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>> Amen.
37:43
And
37:43
>> amen.