JUNE- MIND MAZE (Mastering Mental Health, Imagination, and Intelligence)

In this study, we will journey through the mind. Romans 7:25 tells us that we serve the Lord with the mind; therefore, Satan seeks to disrupt our mental health. Many feel trapped in their minds, and we have to learn how to journey through the maze of thoughts, memories, opinions, traumas, pressures, and emotions. The Mind Maze can be overwhelming, and some never find their way through it. The good news, though, is that Jesus Himself is the way through and the way over. We will realize that when we focus on Christ, peace and victory will fill our hearts and guide us through The Mind Maze!

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Well, bless God, everybody.

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Welcome to Refresh Night.

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I am Adrian Taylor Jr.,

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your favorite apostle and

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senior pastor at Lighthouse United.

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So grateful that you could

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join me tonight.

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I hope that you are doing well.

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I pray that this has been

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and is a day that is filled

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with excitement.

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The Bible says surely goodness and mercy.

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will follow me all the days of my life.

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Come on.

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This is one of the days of your life.

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Praise the Lord.

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And you just need to look

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over your shoulder.

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And if you look closely,

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you're going to see the

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goodness and the mercy of

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God coming and overtaking

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you tonight in the name of Jesus.

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As you can see,

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our prayer call information

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is on the screen.

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I want to invite everybody

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to join me tomorrow morning,

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first thing in the morning at 7 a.m.

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Just get your phone and join

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me at 339-207-7982.

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You can call from anywhere

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around the world just as

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long as you are on Central

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Standard Time because it'll be 7 a.m.

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sharp.

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And we will pray and thank

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God and give him praise for

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about a good 20 minutes or so.

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And during that time frame,

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we will be blessed and link

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our faith and believe God

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to do tremendous things.

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And we will go forth in the

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name of the Lord.

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Take a moment, if you would,

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and just share this post.

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Send this video out to a few people,

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invite them in tonight so

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that we can grow in our

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faith and just be

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strengthened in the things of God.

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So let's see this past Sunday.

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There was terrible technical

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difficulties that took

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place that prevented us

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from being able to stream

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our service on Sunday.

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And as many of you know,

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we began teaching under the

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heading and the subject for the month,

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The Mind Maze.

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The mind maze, mastering mental health,

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imagination and intelligence.

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The mind maze,

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many people getting lost and

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stuck in the maze of their mind,

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can't find their way through.

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So we started a wonderful

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teaching called the mind maze.

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And I don't know,

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it was just it was a was

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one of the weirdest

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technical problems that

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that we've ever encountered.

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It didn't make hardly any sense.

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But in those types of instances,

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we just almost kind of

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discern that the enemy is

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fighting to keep the word

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of God from going forward

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in certain times.

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So our amazing media team

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who we celebrate and honor

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tonight and thank God for them,

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for their work.

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quick, um, quick,

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quick thinking and their

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fast resolve to be able to jump in and,

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and, uh, and get the, the, the,

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the message on Sunday

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recorded because this week

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what I did was different.

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I actually had a whole message prepared.

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You know, I, I, you know,

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I had it all ready to go.

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And, you know, we were going to talk about,

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uh,

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the carnal mind on carnal mind on

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Sunday and,

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Well,

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as I was studying and preparing this

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lesson on the carnal mind,

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I guess it was maybe Saturday.

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It had to have been Saturday

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night as I was going back,

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just kind of doing a review.

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I was looking at some verses,

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just thinking and man,

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I got over there and I got

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into Luke chapter four and I got stuck.

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I mean,

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I got sucked into that 18th verse and man,

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it just,

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I just started thinking and

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meditating and I just couldn't,

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couldn't get out of it.

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That verse just had me.

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And so, um,

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Just changed the whole thing

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that I was going to minister.

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I just went and deviated

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from our normal routine.

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And we ministered and shared

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a powerful word called the

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dangers of a broken heart.

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Really coming out of Luke 4

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when Jesus says,

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he sent me to heal the broken heart.

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Man,

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that phrase just drew me in that Jesus

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was sent for that purpose, right?

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It's like when your mom or

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whoever it is says,

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go down to the store and

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and get, you know, some eggs and, you know,

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pick up, you know,

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some milk or whatever it is.

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You know,

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you were sent with a specific

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list of things that you had

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to bring back.

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And that's what Jesus came.

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Jesus came.

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He was sent.

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And one of the things he was

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sent to do was to heal the broken heart.

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And I was like, well, sent for that.

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Right.

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So I just I just got just

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started swimming all on all

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in that all in that idea.

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And and that message is out there.

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So if you didn't get a

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chance to actually hear

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that word from Sunday,

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I encourage you go back now.

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You know, and listen to it,

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get it and hear it two or three,

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four times.

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It will bless you.

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In fact,

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I've heard all week long people

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reflecting and commenting

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and sending me messages

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about how they've gone back

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and listened to it three and four times.

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just reflecting on it and

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just how it just really spoke to them.

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I mean,

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the altar was just loaded and

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filled with people on

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Sunday after we ministered

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just to bring healing and

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wholeness to brokenness

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within our hearts.

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I just encourage you get to it.

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So, you know,

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go go to YouTube and download

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that message and just

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listen to it at the

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Lighthouse United channel on YouTube.

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I think it's on Facebook as well.

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You can get that and just

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listen to it just and just

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meditate think on it you

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know I i can remember as a

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kid growing up you know we when we were

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servers,

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they would line up and buy the

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cassette tapes and CDs

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after service to get the

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word of God to listen to it

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over and over and over and

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over again for your own

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spiritual edification and growth.

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So get the word of God.

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The beautiful thing is with

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technology is that you can

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archive everything.

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It's boom.

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It's all there on YouTube.

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It's there.

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You can go back and just

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listen to each message.

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I was talking to a gentleman

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the other day.

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He was like, man,

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I got to do a better job of

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taking notes in church.

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And I was like, well,

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Yeah.

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But, you know,

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you can go and listen to it on YouTube.

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And he was like, yeah,

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I think I should do that.

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So, of course,

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I helped him and I just sent

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the link to him and said, here you go.

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Praise the Lord.

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He was like, thank you, apostle.

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So, you know, we we help one another,

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help each other to grow in

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the things of God.

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But but yeah,

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if you were one of those who

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were online and there's so

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many of you that are online

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every Sunday in service.

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And we thank God for all of

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you that are linked in all

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around the world in various places.

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That was what was going on.

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I mean, it was just weird.

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And honestly,

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anytime that you see that

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kind of situation, just pray, you know,

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really just pray because it

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was a strange moment.

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But thank God for our quick thinking,

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wise media team who thought

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on their feet and just ran

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and were able to record

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that message and then get

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it edited up and streamed it out.

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I think it was Tuesday,

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I guess it was when it went

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out officially.

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So we give God praise for that.

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Do want to also remind

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everybody about the U5

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conference that's coming up

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in just a few days.

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Let's see,

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August the 21st through the 23rd.

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We want to encourage you to

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get your registration for

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that $75 registration.

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You'll be tremendously

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blessed to support this conference.

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And the link and of course,

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the QR code is there.

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But go and get registered,

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set aside your time and

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reserve your space and get ready,

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because we're really

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focusing in on becoming a

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house of prayer.

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We're focusing in on the

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idea of becoming a house of prayer.

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And to that, you know,

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this morning we had 5 a.m.

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prayer at the church.

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And I tell you, that group was growing.

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I'm excited to see such a

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consistent group that is coming.

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Most of you know that, you know,

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I guess four or five months ago,

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the Lord said,

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turn this church into a house of prayers.

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Yes, sir.

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And so what I did was I just

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started praying.

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I started going to the

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church at very strategic times, praying,

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and I started going at 5 a.m.

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on Thursday mornings by

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myself for a while.

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before I even let anybody

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else know what I do.

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There's another time that I go as well.

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And it's even more of a

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sacrifice than 5 a.m.

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on Thursday.

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But it's another time I go

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as well where I just spend

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a lot of time just praying,

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just seeking God in the seating.

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And I'm inviting people to

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come and be a part of this,

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to just to go and to grow.

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So many of us, we know God wants more.

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We're like,

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I know God wants more and I

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need to do more.

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But, you know, for some reason,

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we just don't.

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And so instead of getting up

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here and going off on everybody,

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talking about y'all better

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get y'all act together, no, no, listen,

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I'm going to seed,

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I'm going to seed the word

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of God in your heart and

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I'm going to encourage you

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and invite you to come be a

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part of things.

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But I invite you to come be

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a part of what I do, too.

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It's not just me as an apostle saying, hey,

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you got to do this.

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God gave me a word for, you know,

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to become a house of prayer,

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something that we all as a

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body have to embrace.

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And it's not just for our local, you know,

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Lighthouse United family.

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It's for everybody.

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Right.

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But.

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I'm engaging the

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congregation and the

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covenant people that I have

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a spiritual oversight of and saying,

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listen,

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let's move deeper into the things of God.

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The Bible says if you draw nigh to God,

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he draws nigh to you.

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So as you step closer, he gets closer.

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He pulls you as you draw

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closer to him and you

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become more in tune and

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more enlightened in the things of God.

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So, you know, our our 5 a.m.

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prayer group has been

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growing and expanding.

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And I'm excited because

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that's part of what we're praying.

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We're believing we're asking

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God to fill the house with

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people of prayer,

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because if it's going to be

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a house of prayer,

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it has to be then built and

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based on a people of prayer.

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That's all.

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That's what it's about.

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So as as as people who love

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to pray and who who are engaging God now,

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I'm looking at you,

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and I know some of y'all,

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I ain't getting up that early.

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You need to get up there early.

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You need to.

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Why?

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Because it's one day.

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One day.

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One day you can get up two

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hours ahead of time or

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three hours ahead of time

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or one hour ahead of time

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and come and do that.

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It's not going to hurt or

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harm you to adjust your

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schedule and sacrifice just

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to be able to be a part of

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something that's going to

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not only encourage you,

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but it encourages others.

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I mean,

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it's an encouragement when other

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people see other

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individuals showing up at 5 a.m., right?

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You get there, you know, it's just you.

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You're like, oh my God, it's just me.

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But

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Don't ever be discouraged.

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Stay consistent and committed because, man,

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that group is growing.

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It's expanding.

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Right.

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And so we're excited about

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that as we're believing God.

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I want you to continue to

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believe God with us.

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Also, you get on up and come and join us.

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5 a.m.

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Thursday mornings.

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You may not be able to make

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every single Thursday, but look,

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make it a part of your routine.

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Make it a priority.

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If you can't make it to the house,

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pray with us where you are.

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We do not stream this.

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OK, so no,

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you have to be in the house to

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be a part of this

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particular prayer moment.

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But you can release your

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faith and be in prayer with

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us in the spirit wherever you are.

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OK, so.

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We're excited about that.

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And so we're going to spend

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quite a bit of time during

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our U5 gathering this year

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talking about being a house of prayer.

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We're going to deal with that.

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We're going to talk about it.

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We're going to really encourage people.

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We're going to put out

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materials and resources

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that are going to help you.

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We've got none other than, you know, the

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The prayer warrior herself, a prophetess,

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Barbara Calloway,

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who is going to be there to

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just pour into us and to be

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a friend to our ministry as

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she has been throughout the years.

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We're so grateful that she

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can make it back this year.

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So I want you to be a part.

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You five is going to be tremendous.

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It's going to be wonderful.

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And I believe that you're

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going to walk away with

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something that's going to

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help you to be able to

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carry out the purposes that

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God has placed in your heart.

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Amen.

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Praise the Lord.

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OK, let's let's pray.

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And then, well, let's give,

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let's go ahead and give.

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Okay.

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So now look today, this, this,

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so every Thursday, you know,

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we ask everybody to give $10 to say,

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listen, just give an offering of $10.

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Listen, tonight, starting tonight,

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praise the Lord, starting tonight,

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we are going to begin to

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use our Thursday night offerings for very,

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very important purpose.

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We are launching a new focus

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with our campus ministry,

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and we're going to be

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specifically undergirding

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collegiate ministry in a very unique way.

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And I want everyone to help us to do it.

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So on Thursday nights,

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our offerings are going to

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go towards our campus ministry.

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We're going to serve these

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young people and try to

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help guide their lives and

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pour into them and help

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make their collegiate experience better.

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not just one that they can get through,

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but one that they can

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dominate through the principles of God.

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OK, so from starting tonight on,

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we are asking everyone who

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gives in our Thursday and

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offering to support and to

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know that you are

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strengthening the next

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generation of leaders as

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we're going to be

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discipling and evangelizing

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young people in the college area.

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Amen.

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So Thursday night offerings

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is for our college ministry.

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So you see tonight,

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give in the name of Jesus.

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We ask you to support what supports you.

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You love this ministry.

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You love this word.

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Take a moment and give in to it.

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OK, give what you have.

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We ask we ask a simple ten

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dollar offering.

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But whatever you have,

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so that given in the name of Jesus,

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simple ways to give, give the five.

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at Lighthouse Breakthrough

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International Ministries, PayPal,

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PayPal me at Lighthouse United, Cash App,

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Dollar Sign, Lighthouse United,

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and giving online at

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lighthouseunited.org.

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Praise the Lord.

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You can give in any sort of

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way that works best for you.

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But as I said before, these offerings,

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or as I'm saying tonight,

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our Thursday night offering

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is now going to support our

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campus college ministry.

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Oh, listen, we're so excited.

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We had a meeting just the other night.

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Oh, my God.

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It was like revival broke

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out at the table.

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Oh, help me, Jesus.

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We are just ready.

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And we're going to be making

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great preparations

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throughout the summer to

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get ready for the fall

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season that's coming next.

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And we're asking everyone

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that will share that $10 seed and give,

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you'll be supporting a

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powerful movement for

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evangelism and discipleship.

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So that's what we're going to do.

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We're going to begin some

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training in evangelism

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within the next 30 days to

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prepare for evangelism.

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and all out what I call a

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full court press on

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reaching young people for the Lord.

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Amen.

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So so give your gift tonight.

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We thank God for all of you

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who do give so many of you

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that give every Thursday.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Amen.

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Because if if if we can link

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together with the vision and a seed.

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I'm telling you,

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we can accomplish so much

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stuff for the Lord.

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So thank you for all that

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give and thank you.

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And we're praying for God's

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blessing to continue to

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flow in your life in the name of Jesus.

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All right.

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Let us pray tonight.

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Father.

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In the name of Jesus,

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we thank you for everyone that is with us,

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everyone that is gathering, Lord,

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here locally and around the world.

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We pray that your peace and

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wisdom and strength would

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be with every person today.

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We thank you, Lord God,

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that we are walking in

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wisdom and filled with grace and favor.

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And we just appreciate all

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that you're doing in us now

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as we prepare our hearts to

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grow and to move and to

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function with you in the

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name of the Lord.

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God bless every person.

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Open our hearts, prepare us,

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equip us that we might

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receive of your wisdom and

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your divine instruction.

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Teach us to walk by faith

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and not by sight.

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We do honor you and we thank

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you for all of this.

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And it is in the powerful

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name of Jesus we pray.

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Amen.

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and amen glory to god all

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right get your bible with

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me we're going to go to

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romans chapter 8. so here's

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what I'm going to do

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tonight I'm going to teach

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what I was going to minister

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Sunday morning, okay?

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So I'm going to attempt to teach it.

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We'll see.

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The Lord may break out in revival tonight.

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Who knows?

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Glory to God.

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But I want us to go there,

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and we're going to kind of

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focus in on what we call

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the carnal mindset.

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Well, I'll tell you what.

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Let me do a review of the

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overview of our month.

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Month of June,

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we're teaching the subject of mind maze,

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right?

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The mind maze.

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And the overview is this.

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In this study,

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we will journey through the mind.

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Romans 7.25 tells us that we

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serve the Lord with the mind.

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Therefore,

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Satan seeks to disrupt our mental health.

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and many feel trapped in their minds.

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We have to learn how to

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journey through the maze of thoughts,

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memories, opinions, traumas, pressures,

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and emotions.

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The mind maze can be overwhelming,

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and some never find their way through it.

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The good news, though,

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is that Jesus himself is

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the way through and the way over.

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We will realize that when we

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focus on Christ,

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peace and victory will fill

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our hearts and guide us

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through the mind maze.

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And there's a lot there.

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But basically what it says

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is that a lot of us get

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lost and inundated by sin.

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a constant bombardment of thoughts, ideas,

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emotions, opinions, feelings, traumas,

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memories.

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And, you know,

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you can be good and holy and

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spiritual and you still struggle up here.

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Okay?

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You struggle up here.

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You struggle knowing

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that you're really flowing with God.

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You struggle when things get hard,

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challenges arise,

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and you start to feel like a failure,

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and the enemy brings to

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your mind things that are

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completely against

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everything that God is

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saying about you and to you.

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And so you start to think

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about previous seasons in

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your life that didn't work

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and you start to feel

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similar emotions and that deja vu,

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if you will.

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tricks you and traps you and

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it pulls you out of a

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divine mind and it traps

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you into what we call the carnal mind,

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okay?

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So in our first week of teaching,

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we talked about the

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double-minded syndrome that

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you can have a split mindset.

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OK, or a split personality.

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Right.

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A bipolar perspective in behavior,

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in thought process.

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Right.

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See,

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modern science and clinical studies

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and psychologists and

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psychiatrists have put

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names and labels to the

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various disorders that that

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happen in people's lives.

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But what I always try to say

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is for every fruit,

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there is a root and the

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root of all things is

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something spiritual or

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should I say a spirit?

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OK,

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so when we when we learn this and we

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start to handle and deal

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with the spiritual causes

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and the spiritual roots of certain things,

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we can cut off the fruits

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of certain things.

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Right.

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This is what Jesus meant in

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Matthew 12 when he says

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either make the tree good.

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or make the tree evil.

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Some translations in

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different passages use the term corrupt,

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okay?

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Make it good or make it corrupt,

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make it evil,

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meaning that you have a

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choice in what type of tree

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you're going to be based

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off of whatever fruit you

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actually produce.

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So I can choose to be a

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different tree than what I've been

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And I do that by changing

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the spirit or the spiritual

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influence that is operating

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and functioning within my mind.

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So when we were dealing with

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the double-minded syndrome,

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we dealt with the idea.

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Matter of fact, I'll read this verse.

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I'll read James 1 and 5

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through 8 from the New

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Living Translation to give

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you a little bit of a framework.

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If you need wisdom, ask God.

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Our generous God and he will

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give it to you.

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He will not rebuke you for asking.

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But when you ask him,

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be sure that your faith is in God alone.

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OK.

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Your faith isn't anywhere else,

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not in your money.

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It's not in the economy.

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It's not in the weather.

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Your faith is in God alone.

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Do not waver for a person

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with divided loyalty.

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Okay?

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So the King James says the

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double-minded man,

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in New Living Translation

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says a person with divided loyalty.

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So it's essentially saying

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you're trying to be

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committed to two or more things.

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The Bible says you can't

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serve two masters.

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You've got to hate one and love the other.

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OK, divided loyalty.

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The person with divided

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loyalty is as unsettled as

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a wave of the sea that is

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blown and tossed by the wind.

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So the wind has a huge

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impact on the waves of the sea.

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If the wind is not blowing much,

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then the water is still.

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He leadeth me beside still waters, right?

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Why is that?

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Because biblically,

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winds symbolize spirits.

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Either we're dealing with the Holy Spirit,

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as in the day of Pentecost,

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and suddenly there was a

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sound like a rushing mighty wind, okay?

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Genesis two and seven,

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when the scripture says

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that he breathed from man's nostrils,

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the breath of life and man

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became a living soul.

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Right.

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So we're speaking about the spirit of God,

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the Holy Spirit.

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Right.

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But now we also see that wins.

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symbolize other spirits other than God,

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such as when Jesus and his

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disciples are on the sea

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and the winds are blowing

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and the waves are crashing

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upon the ship and the boat

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is filling with water.

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and they're close to death, right?

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So the waves are responding to the winds.

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The winds are the contrary

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forces that are blowing against them,

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causing the waves to crash upon the boat,

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causing them to rock,

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causing the boat to fill up with water,

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and then, of course,

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they're going to sink and possibly drown.

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And so what's the real problem?

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The water's really not the problem.

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The waves are not really the problem.

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The real problem is the wind,

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because when Jesus rises up,

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what does he do?

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He rebukes the wind.

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He doesn't say, waves, stop.

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The waves are responding to

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something else.

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So the wind,

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wind symbolizes a spiritual force.

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Now,

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the Bible is saying that our mind is

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like the waves that are

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being blown by different winds.

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That when we have a divided

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loyalty or a split

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perspective on how we think about God,

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ourselves, church, and life,

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we become unstable as waves

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being blown by winds.

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Do not waver for the person

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with divided loyalty is as

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unsettled as a wave of th