Conforming to Christ and His Will

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Summary

TLDRThe speaker elaborates on the theme of conforming to Christ and His will, starting with the significance of Romans 12:2, which advises believers not to conform to the world's pattern but to be transformed by renewing their minds. This transformation enables believers to discern God's perfect will, described as good, pleasing, and perfect. Pursuing God's will involves resisting worldly desires and maintaining a strong biblical belief system to combat spiritual challenges. The speaker warns against listening to selfish desires and philosophies opposed to God, such as atheism and relativism. The speaker shares personal experiences, seeking prayers for ministry work at a conference in California, emphasizing the importance of representing their church well. They reflect on the season of their life, prioritizing executing past prophecies rather than seeking new ones. Discussing marriage, the speaker challenges reliance on signs or prophetic words for marriage decisions, stating that true biblical teachings on marriage involve love, respect, and avoiding immorality. Love in marriage, according to 1 Corinthians 13, is patient, kind, and enduring beyond prophecies. Finally, to truly represent God, one must strive to become more like Christ, focusing on character and humility rather than spiritual gifts. The message is about knowing and acting on God's will through transformation and alignment with Christ's character.

Takeaways

  • 🙏 Importance of prayer in ministry and life.
  • 📖 Romans 12:2 emphasizes non-conformity to the world.
  • 🛡️ God's will is good, pleasing, and perfect.
  • ⚠️ Warning against conforming to worldly patterns.
  • 🔄 Transform through renewing the mind with Biblical truth.
  • ❤️ Marriage involves love, respect, and avoiding immorality.
  • 🚫 Avoid listening to selfish desires and worldly philosophies.
  • 🤔 Strong spiritual gifts should align with Christ-like character.
  • 💪 Love in marriage is enduring and patient.
  • 🧩 Marriage is about two imperfect people growing together.
  • 🏆 Strive to conform to the image of Christ.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker discusses the importance of conforming to Christ and His will based on Romans 12:2, which advises against conforming to the world's patterns. He explains the value of pursuing God's will, as it is good, pleasing, and perfect. He stresses that difficulties should not deter one from this pursuit, comparing it to the commitment people have towards education despite challenges. Conforming to the world means following selfish desires, which leads away from God's will.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Continuing on the topic of conforming to the world's pattern, the speaker discusses the influence of worldly philosophies such as atheism, relativism, humanism, paganism, and hedonism, which are contrary to God's teachings. He warns against spiritual attacks that come as lies, condemnation, accusation, and shame. To combat these, one must renew their mind with Biblical truth. The speaker shares personal experiences related to prophetic ministry and emphasizes the need to test and approve God’s will by renewing one's mind.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The speaker shares a personal anecdote about prophetic ministries and his new season of life. Having turned 60, he reflects on past prophetic words he received and focuses on walking them out rather than seeking new ones. He stresses the importance of understanding God's view of us rather than how the world sees us, and aligning one's life with past prophecies. He also mentions having a principle against prophesying marriage, viewing it as fortunetelling rather than foretelling, and emphasizes individual responsibility in working out God's will in one's life.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Exploring the biblical concept of marriage, the speaker explains that marriage involves two different and complicated puzzle pieces working out differences over a lifetime. The Bible teaches avoiding sexual immorality, and emphasizes love, respect, and submission within marriage. The speaker warns against premarital sex and adultery, highlighting the pain and confusion they cause. Ultimately, marriage is about forgiveness, grace, mercy, commitment, growth, and mutual maturity, not driven by prophetic words or signs.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:29:11

    The final part reiterates that to understand God's will, one must conform to the image of Christ, contrary to worldly patterns. The speaker highlights the importance of character over spiritual gifts, noting that true representation of God comes through character more than powerful gifts. Spiritual gifts without Christ-like character lead to misrepresentation. The speaker concludes by encouraging participants to meditate on James 3:13-17, focusing on wisdom and understanding that come from a life transformed into the image of Christ.

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Video Q&A

  • What does Romans 12:2 teach?

    It teaches that we should not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind.

  • Why is God's will worth pursuing?

    God's will is worth pursuing because it is described as good, pleasing, and perfect.

  • What causes us to conform to the world?

    Conforming to the world means listening to the wrong voice, selfishness, and the world's philosophies, which are hostile to God.

  • How should Christians handle spiritual attacks?

    Christians should establish a strong biblical belief system to overcome spiritual attacks by renewing their minds with Biblical truth.

  • Does the speaker believe prophecies should guide marriage decisions?

    No, the speaker believes relying on prophecies for marriage decisions is akin to fortune-telling and not Biblical.

  • What challenges do married couples face according to the speaker?

    Married couples face mistakes, selfishness, misunderstandings, sin, and hurt, requiring forgiveness and grace.

  • What key biblical teaching about marriage does the speaker highlight?

    The speaker highlights the importance of love, respect, submission, and avoiding sexual immorality in marriage.

  • What is the role of love in marriage according to 1 Corinthians 13?

    Love is patient, kind, does not envy, boast, is not proud, and protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres.

  • How should one truly know the will of God according to the speaker?

    One should conform to the image of Christ and not to the pattern of this world to truly know God's will.

  • What concern does the speaker express about people with strong spiritual gifts?

    The speaker is concerned about the character flaws and self-centeredness in people with strong spiritual gifts, despite their abilities.

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    confirming conforming uh to Christ and
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    his will conforming uh to Christ and his
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    will it's part one uh and then you know
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    I'm I'll be please pray for me uh I'll
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    be in the lead pastor's meeting uh you
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    know like it happens twice a year uh uh
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    but then the weekend I'll be ministering
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    at Southland Chino uh the over the
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    weekend and really hunger for your
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    prayer uh because I I represent this
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    church you know if I do a bad job they
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    ah Catalyst must not be a that great a
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    church but if I do a really good job wow
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    Catalyst must be a great church so
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    please pray for me uh as I minister in
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    south manino southern
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    California uh conforming to Christ and
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    his will part one and part two I'll
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    continue when I come back uh Romans chap
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    12:2 do not conform to the pattern of
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    this world but be transformed by the
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    renewing of your mind and then you will
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    be able to test and approve what God's
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    will is is good pleasing and perfect
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    will uh um so God's will think about
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    God's will is worth
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    pursuing why the Bible says it is good
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    pleasing and perfect right and so
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    anything that is genuinely good
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    pleasing and
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    perfect you don't give up on it okay and
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    difficulties does not stop you from
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    pursuing it you know uh
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    um uh if you feel okay
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    like you know people in this church you
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    feel education is good right education
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    is good
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    so high tuition and student loan doesn't
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    stop you from pursuing it right because
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    you feel education is good you stay up
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    all night studying right bad grades
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    makes you work
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    harder so because it's good you don't
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    give up right
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    difficulties doesn't stop you from
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    pursuing
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    education God's will is good but not
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    just good it says it is pleasing and
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    perfect so as a Christian we can't give
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    up on pursuing and knowing and obeying
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    the will of
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    God difficulty does not stop us from
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    pursuing knowing and obeying the will of
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    God Amen and so if you want to know the
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    will of God based on Romans 12 right it
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    first gives us a warning
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    and what is the warning it says don't
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    first point don't conform to the pattern
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    of this world okay say that to your
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    neighbor see and so because when you
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    conform to the pattern of this world you
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    won't know and you won't do the will of
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    God what does it mean to conform to the
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    pattern of this world is you're
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    listening to the wrong voice you're
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    listen not God's voice God's will you're
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    listening to the wrong
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    voice if you conform to the pattern of
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    the world what you're doing is you're
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    listening to selfishness in you okay not
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    God's will but my will there's a
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    selfishness in you the Bible calls that
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    our sinful nature as a Christian you
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    know we're sin we're Sinners but saved
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    by grace saved by grace there's a sinful
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    nature the Bible calls the
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    Flesh and our flesh our sinful nature it
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    is
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    self-centered it is self-righteous it is
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    there self
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    idolatry and it comes out okay that that
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    sinful nature comes out as Pride as
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    egotism arrogance
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    possessiveness and it comes out as
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    someone in the way it comes out is
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    there's notot of judgment you judge
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    people around you that's you're very
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    judgmental towards you're critical
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    toward others there's Envy there's
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    jealousy right and you know if there's
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    critical heart if there's envy and
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    jealousy you're not going to know the
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    will of God you're not going to know the
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    will of God instead of doing God's will
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    it is about self willll okay self-will
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    and when you listen to selfishness
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    you're conforming to the pattern of this
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    world and you will not know and follow
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    the will of God when you're conforming
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    to the pattern of this world you're also
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    listening to the philosophy of the
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    world that is hostile to God and I just
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    jot down some uh philosophy of the world
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    what's some of the philosophy of the
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    world atheism which says there is no God
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    relativism is is says that all belief
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    are valid there's no absolute truth
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    humanism human being are able to change
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    by ourself okay that we can improve by
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    ourself and capable of anything by
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    ourself there's paganism
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    worship the creation we worship the tree
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    we worship the son instead of the
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    Creator that's paganism right
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    Hedonism most important thing is
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    pleasure that's the goal in life
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    pleasure that's the philosophy of the
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    world that leads God out okay but more
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    personal when conforming to the pattern
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    of the world okay you listen to your
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    sinful nature you listen into the
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    world's
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    philosophy but more in your heart you
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    conf you listen to
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    condemnation
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    accusation and
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    shame okay so as a
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    Christian you'll be spiritually
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    attacked and and the demons the devil
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    and the demons will lie to you so when
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    you're spiritually attacked
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    you think those
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    lies you know you think the you know the
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    condemnation the accusation the shame
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    but as a Christian you need to
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    establish a strong
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    biblical belief system in order to O
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    overcome the spiritual attack again
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    Romans 12:2 what it says you need to do
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    is you need to renew your mind say that
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    to your neighbor renew your
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    mind so when you are being lied to right
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    when your thoughts are filled with
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    condemnation accusation and shame you
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    need to fight the lies with Biblical
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    truth right you have to know who you are
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    in Christ that there's no condemnation
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    for those who are in Christ Jesus Romans
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    chapter 8 verse1
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    and if your
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    thoughts you know and it's filled with
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    lies and those lies are louder than
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    biblical
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    truth okay your your behavior will just
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    go up and down up and down up and down
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    and eventually the lies will be your
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    truth okay and you will not be able to
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    test and approve what God's will is for
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    your life you
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    know it seems like in the sermon I'm
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    kind of going off topic but it isn't you
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    know bear with me I'm going to bring it
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    together at the end okay you know I was
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    so blessed uh uh uh during uh Revival
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    Reign I was so blessed to see you get
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    blessed during Revival Reign and I am
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    thankful for Paul you know that he he
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    has such I am thankful for his prophetic
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    gift and I I am so thankful that the
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    prophetic was released over the church
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    during Revival
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    Reign but okay I need to warn you about
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    prophetic Ministry and how it is related
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    to the will of God okay you know because
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    in prophetic Ministry we wrongly believe
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    we wrongly uh believe just because the
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    prophetic word is released that is going
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    to happen God's will is going to happen
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    the will of God will be done you know
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    the prophetic word is release it's going
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    to
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    happen and and you know during that
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    weekend Paul prophesied over many people
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    in the church I'm so thankful for that
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    he prophesied over many people in the
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    church but there's uh one person that he
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    didn't prophesy over you know who that
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    is me okay you didn't prophesy me yeah I
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    spent all weekend and you know I ate
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    with him dinner he didn't prophesy over
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    me yeah and there's a reason during this
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    season of my life you know uh uh uh you
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    know again for like last those like 20
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    25 year period i s after the prophetic
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    words personal prophetic words I and I
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    received many powerful prophetic and
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    encouraging words you know you know
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    recorded them well my wife recorded them
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    I didn't recorded them you know I
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    treasure them I have it in my heart I
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    meditate upon it because I receive many
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    different encouraging and Powerful
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    prophetic words over like 20 25 year
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    period right but I'm in a new
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    season okay gu you I turned 60 okay
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    yesterday I turned 60 come on
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    come and
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    so I know I'm not depressed but when I
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    say this okay but I'm in a new season
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    what I call the Twilight season of my
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    life okay the Twilight season of my life
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    and in this Twilight season okay I'm
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    older than you so you know but if you're
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    younger you know hey keep
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    but in the Twilight season of My Life um
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    it's not just receiving new prophetic
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    words
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    anymore yeah you know it's not about
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    receiving new prophetic words in this
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    Twilight season of my life I just want
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    to walk out some of the prophetic words
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    that I received in the past I just want
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    to walk it
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    out like I know you know I know this if
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    Paul prayed for me you know you know
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    what he's going to pray
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    Sam you are an
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    apostle you are you know how many times
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    I have received that word in that 25 Sam
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    you are an AP and by very famous people
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    too you are an apostle you are an
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    apostle I heard it again and again and
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    again
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    but when I think about I I'm thankful
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    for that word but I'm just speaking
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    honest I'm so far from
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    it I'm so far from
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    it I just want to if I could just take a
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    small step towards it I'll be
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    happy I need to walk it out I need to
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    walk it
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    out now prophetic
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    word are to speak into all the great
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    potential that you have in Christ right
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    uh and and and you know to speak into
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    how God sees you instead of how the
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    world sees you even how you see yourself
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    because the way God sees you the Bible
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    says beyond what you can
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    imagine beyond what you can imagine you
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    know and and I was thinking about this
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    you know and it's related again it will
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    be related you know we have many more
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    singles in our church give them a hand
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    we we love you we bless you yeah
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    they they always sit on this side don't
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    know and and the youth sit on this side
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    and all the old people stay in the
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    mle I don't know why and and and and you
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    know uh um
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    U you know when it comes to because
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    singles you know you you know you think
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    about marriage right you're thinking
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    about marriage and with prophetic
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    Ministry I have this principle
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    I never prophesy
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    marriage I have this
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    principle because why because I think
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    that is fortunetelling and not
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    foretelling that's fortune telling not
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    for but it's kind of strange because
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    over the many years some people will
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    come up to me a few people told me
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    Pastor Sam you pray for me and Pastor
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    Sam you prophesied about my marriage to
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    this person I go I
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    did I I I it's a principle I never
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    prophesy marriage right I never prophesy
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    marriage and when they tell me that
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    there's a few people that came up to me
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    that told me that right and I in my
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    heart I highly doubt
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    it you know but I'm thinking what could
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    have happened that made them say that I
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    prophesied over their marriage and there
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    supposed to marry this specific person
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    and I think this is what might have
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    happened you know I'm praying for
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    somebody and I see an image you know and
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    I say you know you're in this church and
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    the church is the bride of Christ and
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    all they hear is
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    bride and that Pastor prophesied that I
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    should marry Tiffany or something like
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    that I I just said bye and that's they
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    just focus on that
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    word right but there's a reason why I
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    don't prophesy
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    marriage you know because I don't think
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    it this biblical to prophesy
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    marriage what do you mean by that Pastor
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    Sam young you know young people singles
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    they you know when it comes to marriage
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    they look for signs dreams and visions
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    and miracles and prophetic words to find
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    their marriage
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    partner okay it's not biblical
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    hello I nobody everywhere singles are so
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    mad at
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    me no no it's not biblical then you know
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    one of you will come up what about Isaac
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    and
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    Rebecca in the Bible about how God
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    supernaturally brought them together so
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    that they got married right they always
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    bring up that example
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    well so in so to share what happened
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    there Abraham's servant prayed to God
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    for guidance right because he was
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    looking for the wife of Isaac for Isaac
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    and and he was asking uh uh that the
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    woman who will offer water to him and
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    his camel will be the one chosen for
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    Isaac right he prayed that God guide me
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    and what happened l behold
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    Rebecca offers water to him and to his
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    camel and the servant recognize this as
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    a sign from God a sign from
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    God but I need you to know that
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    chapter this pass that passage is not a
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    Biblical teaching on
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    marriage did you hear me it's not a
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    Biblical teaching on marriage because if
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    it's a Biblical teaching on marriage
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    right we all need to practice arrange
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    marriage now that's what they practice
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    there Isaac and Rebecca never saw each
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    other right they never saw each other
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    right the other thing that you you see
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    in that chapter
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    is there needs to be diary system for
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    your spouse you got to try to if so if
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    it's a teaching on marriage we got to
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    figure out how many camels and cattle
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    your future spouse is
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    worth right because of a diary
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    system and so why do they is it in the
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    Bible okay we got to when we look at
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    Isaac and Rebecca there marriage God
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    moved supernaturally in their marriage
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    why not because this is a
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    model you know uh for the future you
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    know for all of us when it comes to
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    marriage it is because Isaac and Rebecca
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    are in the line of the
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    Messiah right God moves supernaturally
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    because through this family through this
  • 00:18:49
    marriage Jesus is going to
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    come and work out salvation and
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    Redemption for the whole
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    world okay
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    so and this is for all of us what does
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    the Bible say about marriage
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    then that's what you got to look at
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    doesn't talk about prophetic words and
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    signs and visions and dreams does not
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    talk about M you know those things but
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    when you look at the Bible okay in
  • 00:19:20
    Genesis 2 and Matthew 19 it talks about
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    when it comes to
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    marriage Oneness
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    Oneness what does that mean well God has
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    a sense of
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    humor this marriage is like two very
  • 00:19:42
    complicated different puzzle
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    pieces and what is marriage is through
  • 00:19:52
    your just two very complicated puzzle
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    pieces right through your whole man
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    marriage marriage is about how the
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    working out the differences and
  • 00:20:05
    personality differences and trying to
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    fit this puzzle piece
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    together and it's going to take your
  • 00:20:14
    whole life to do this I got this piece
  • 00:20:17
    and that piece is got that you got
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    that's what you got and when it comes
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    together it is so beautiful it's so
  • 00:20:25
    clear you will know the will of God
  • 00:20:29
    okay what else does the bible teach
  • 00:20:32
    about marriage it teaches that you need
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    to avoid sexual
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    immorality right Hebrews 13 it says let
  • 00:20:43
    marriage be held in honor among all and
  • 00:20:47
    let marriage bed be
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    undefiled okay and I have found this to
  • 00:20:53
    be true and I humbly say this in love
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    and not
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    condemnation right I humbly say this in
  • 00:21:03
    love premarital
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    sex and adultery will always bring
  • 00:21:12
    pain
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    bondage
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    confusion about God's Will and
  • 00:21:20
    marriage I found this to be
  • 00:21:25
    true the Bible also address about
  • 00:21:28
    marriage
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    this is a challenge to the men the W of
  • 00:21:33
    the husband as the head and leader of
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    the
  • 00:21:37
    home okay wies say to your husband
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    you're the leader of the
  • 00:21:44
    home and you know husband don't
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    go receive this biblical truth this is a
  • 00:21:51
    Biblical
  • 00:21:54
    truth Ephesians 5 Colossians 3 1
  • 00:21:57
    Corinthians 11
  • 00:21:59
    the husband's leadership is to be
  • 00:22:02
    model after Christ okay not model by
  • 00:22:07
    Stalin or it's like no it needs to be
  • 00:22:10
    model after Christ's sacrificial love
  • 00:22:13
    for the church leading with humility and
  • 00:22:17
    love in the family okay that's biblical
  • 00:22:21
    this is
  • 00:22:23
    biblical and this is very important when
  • 00:22:25
    you look at what the Bible says about
  • 00:22:28
    marriage marriage the Bible says in
  • 00:22:30
    marriage there needs to be love respect
  • 00:22:34
    and
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    submission okay in 1 Corinthians 13 is
  • 00:22:40
    the love chapter and I did 40 weddings
  • 00:22:43
    you know how many weddings that I did
  • 00:22:45
    they had this passage in the
  • 00:22:48
    ceremony yeah and what does it say
  • 00:22:53
    okay love is
  • 00:22:57
    patient okay
  • 00:22:59
    love is
  • 00:23:02
    kind it doesn't say love is prophetic
  • 00:23:06
    word I don't say that but I'm going to
  • 00:23:09
    share with you with about love is kind
  • 00:23:11
    it does not envy it does not boast it is
  • 00:23:16
    not
  • 00:23:17
    proud it does not dishonor others it is
  • 00:23:21
    not
  • 00:23:22
    self-seeking it is not easily angered it
  • 00:23:25
    keeps no record of wrong love does not
  • 00:23:29
    Delight in evil but rejoices with the
  • 00:23:32
    truth it always protects always trust
  • 00:23:38
    always hope always
  • 00:23:44
    perseveres prophetic word for marriage
  • 00:23:49
    will not make your marriage
  • 00:23:53
    strong it's
  • 00:23:55
    love right and this is what the Bible
  • 00:23:58
    bble says I didn't put it up there but 1
  • 00:24:00
    Corinthians 13:8 you look it up 1
  • 00:24:04
    Corinthians Chapter 13 Verse 8 you know
  • 00:24:07
    what it says it says this love never
  • 00:24:13
    fails but where there are
  • 00:24:16
    prophecies they will
  • 00:24:20
    cease and then other the rest of the
  • 00:24:23
    verse talks about all this dreams and
  • 00:24:25
    miracles and it will cease
  • 00:24:29
    Love Never
  • 00:24:33
    Fails marriage is about two imperfect
  • 00:24:36
    and broken people coming
  • 00:24:39
    together and so you know singles ask the
  • 00:24:42
    all the married couples here right
  • 00:24:44
    all there will be
  • 00:24:47
    mistakes there will be
  • 00:24:50
    selfishness there will be
  • 00:24:52
    misunderstanding there will be
  • 00:24:55
    sin you will hurt each other when you
  • 00:24:58
    get married okay and the most important
  • 00:25:02
    thing about marriage what the Bible says
  • 00:25:05
    is not the prophetic words it's not the
  • 00:25:08
    signs it's not the dreams and
  • 00:25:11
    Miracle you know what it
  • 00:25:14
    is it's about forgiving each
  • 00:25:17
    other it's giving grace and mercy to one
  • 00:25:20
    another it's taking responsibility for
  • 00:25:23
    the marriage it's about commitment it's
  • 00:25:27
    about growing together it's about
  • 00:25:30
    changing together it's about maturing
  • 00:25:34
    together that's biblical
  • 00:25:39
    marriage and that's where I'm going to
  • 00:25:41
    put it together okay why the pastor s go
  • 00:25:44
    there talk about will of God and like
  • 00:25:46
    the prophetic and marriage and all this
  • 00:25:49
    okay to know God's will point was don't
  • 00:25:52
    conform to the pattern of this world
  • 00:25:56
    okay to know the will of God
  • 00:25:58
    God you have to do the opposite of
  • 00:26:01
    conforming to the pattern of this world
  • 00:26:04
    truly know the will of God Point number
  • 00:26:06
    two conform to the image of
  • 00:26:11
    Christ okay say that to your
  • 00:26:17
    neighbor okay okay 2 Corinthians chapter
  • 00:26:21
    5 verse1
  • 00:26:23
    17 this means that anyone who belongs to
  • 00:26:26
    Christ has become a new new person the
  • 00:26:29
    old life has gone the new life has
  • 00:26:34
    begun you know uh in my all the years of
  • 00:26:40
    doing Ministry you know I met people
  • 00:26:42
    with amazing spiritual
  • 00:26:45
    gifts amazing spiritual powerful
  • 00:26:48
    spiritual gifts yet you know I was
  • 00:26:52
    concerned about their character
  • 00:26:56
    flaws heart flaws
  • 00:26:59
    I would see sometime
  • 00:27:01
    narcissism you know they believe they
  • 00:27:03
    were better than others they looked down
  • 00:27:06
    on others they crave attention they
  • 00:27:09
    really crave they lack
  • 00:27:12
    empathy expect special treatment and
  • 00:27:15
    believe they deserve more than others
  • 00:27:18
    their selfish
  • 00:27:19
    ambition they manipulate people they
  • 00:27:22
    cause
  • 00:27:23
    division yet they have powerful
  • 00:27:27
    spiritual gift when they pray they get
  • 00:27:29
    slain when they pray there's healing
  • 00:27:32
    there's very specific prophetic words
  • 00:27:34
    that that they will
  • 00:27:36
    receive and because of the powerful
  • 00:27:38
    spiritual gift people think they
  • 00:27:41
    represent
  • 00:27:43
    God that they represent God Catalyst for
  • 00:27:48
    this
  • 00:27:48
    church
  • 00:27:50
    no they do not represent
  • 00:27:56
    God they do not represent God they
  • 00:27:59
    represent
  • 00:28:01
    themselves but not God to truly
  • 00:28:05
    represent God it's not how powerful
  • 00:28:09
    their spiritual gift
  • 00:28:11
    is it is that it they're yeah they're
  • 00:28:15
    not perfect I'm not perfect you're not
  • 00:28:18
    perfect but you see them become more and
  • 00:28:22
    more like Christ okay you see that that
  • 00:28:28
    was that was the the conclusion I
  • 00:28:32
    want you become more and more like
  • 00:28:36
    Christ you conform to the image of
  • 00:28:40
    Christ
  • 00:28:42
    amen okay H I don't know this that the
  • 00:28:45
    Lord uh uh put this in my heart this
  • 00:28:48
    passage and this is more for
  • 00:28:51
    application you know more specific stuff
  • 00:28:54
    uh James chapter 3: 13-1 17 I want you
  • 00:28:57
    to meditate on this Wei thing come
  • 00:29:02
    up and
  • 00:29:06
    uh yeah ushers also come out for the
  • 00:29:09
    communion
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