Fuel - Your Breakout Year

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Welcome to another inspirational
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will good morning and welcome to

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Real Life Church.
Go ahead and stand to your feet.

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Whether you're with us in
person, here, Kentucky, Trail,

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or you are joining us online.
We are so pumped to see you this

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morning.
We're so excited to worship god

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with you.
Just experience his presence

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together today.
So we're going to worship Him

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big.
You can go ahead and put those

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hands together and let's worship
Him.

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Any broken?
I call you Faithful for

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everything.
You start.

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My soul was made.
To respond.

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I will respond.
I know you want calls.

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You deserve every single.
To be free to be.

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Come on.
I know you've all calls.

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You deserve every single one.
Why I always lose.

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To be amazing.
I know you've all 1,000 it

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all the names of Jesus, we sing
the right arm.

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Next song, We intro last week's
called make room as I was

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thinking about it this week, the
perfect story happened.

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My youngest Hattie was up in bed
and she hollered at me mama, can

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you come up to bed with me?
Ran up the stairs said, sure

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baby.
But mommy's not going to fit

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your bed with you.
So she said, mom Aus couch so

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she's food stove and she made
room for me to get in.

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I crawled riding and she laid
her head down in the tears

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stopped, and she took a breath.
She had his children.

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You just reminded me.
Just a scooch over a little bit.

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Make some room for a we can
experience that joy in that

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fullness to take breath even if
just for me.

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So we're going to do that
together.

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Today, I'm going to scoot over a
little bit.

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We're just going to make
this is my surrender.

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This is my surrender.
Here is where I live.

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This is my servant
You surround me a song deliver.

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From my enemies.
I know.

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You.
Let's sing it out one more time.

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Come on church.
We are no longer slaves, who is

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thankful for that?
Truth today that we are no

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longer slaves.
I believe somebody in this room

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today needs to hear or be
reminded that there is a God who

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loves you, a God, who was
pursuing, you a God, who is

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fearlessly, wanting the The best
for you this year in 2023.

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Do you guys believe that church?
Yeah.

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Well, if you are joining us here
today, whether you're here in

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person, whether you were online,
we are so pumped that you

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decided to spend your Sunday
here with us at real life

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church.
And we want to say a special

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hello to those of you guys that
are joining us online.

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Whether the snow kept you away,
whether you were feeling a

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little cozy to come here on
Sunday morning.

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We are just so glad that you're
here.

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Would you guys give them a warm?
Welcome Church online.

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Yeah and if you are new with us
here in person we're glad you're

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Here, thanks for coming.
Thanks for saying, yes to

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spending your Sunday with us
here at real life church.

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And there are a couple ways you
want to connect with you.

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We just want to thank you for
choosing to come and spend some

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time with us.
There's a QR code that's on the

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fat on the back of the seat.
That's right.

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In front of you, can scan that
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You can text RL new to 97,000.
Also we have a special gift for

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you.
Just to say, thanks, you can

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stop by our.
We have a new here, Booth out in

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the hug, you can stop by there
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That's just from us.
You just to say, thanks for

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spending your morning with us.
If you don't know anything about

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us, we are a church that is on
Mission.

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And when I say on Mission, I
mean everything that we did here

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this morning with on purpose
with a purpose and that was to

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reach people in our city outside
of the walls of this church for

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Jesus, everything that we do,
every chair that is set up

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everything out in our Hub,
everything in our children's

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ministry, even Beyond at our
Hope Center it because we have a

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mission to see people who are
far from.

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God, really discover that real
life and purpose in Jesus.

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And you may be here today, If
your new, as a result of

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somebody who was on Mission,
maybe they decided to invite you

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to take a step of Faith, may be
to create a new habit, this year

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and invite somebody new to
church.

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And if you guys are like me were
really working on these New

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Year's resolutions, aren't we?
We're trying to try and figure

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out all these things that we can
do this year to be the best

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version of ourselves.
And sometimes we go way too big.

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If you want to do all of these
things and conquer, all these

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things in the year of Sue 2023.
But sometimes it starts with

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small habits and such as just
deciding to say yes to those

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small things.
Like inviting someone to church

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because those small things, the
small choices that we make.

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Ultimately make a big impact on
the person that we're becoming

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the person that God really wants
us to become.

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And as we continue in this
series, our breakout year, your

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breakout year, I want to invite
you guys to welcome Pastor

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Shawn, putria joining us on
stage and to continue hearing

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about all of this, that we can
do this year in 2023.

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Thanks Gary.
Appreciate you guys should be

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seated.
Oh man, I just gotta know who's

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feeling the power of God in
their life this year so far.

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Come on, jump telling you.
I'll know just the power guys.

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Place.
Just been on our church, the

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last few weeks and it has been
awesome.

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And I just want to believe that
really, the heartbeat of the

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serious is to put the power and
presence of God in our life this

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year.
And I let our faith take off.

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Amen.
Just derive everything we do.

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And so, the whole point of the
series your breakout year is

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really the center lies on Jesus
and let him drive everything you

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do and we launched a few weeks
ago and man, Reigniting.

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Our faith, like our personal
passion for Jesus and just track

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down the story of Paul.
And just a little bit, we can

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cover in last week, man, just
talking about cutting out the

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negative voices that hold us
back.

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They keep us grounded.
And we just drove into just, I

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mean, an amazing story in the
Bible, David and Goliath, right?

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And how just one man or woman of
God can show up to the

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battlefield and everything
changes.

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Amen.
Through the power of Jesus and

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literally that the school of, of
Goliath, Has buried and Golgotha

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and that Jesus is cross was on a
place marked at the battle

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belongs to God already.
Amen.

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And so today, we get to continue
really in that same vein and

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really kind of a little
different angle.

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And we talked about what is be
marked by prayer, really

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tapping, the fuel of the
presence and power of God,

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you've talked about your
condition and finding your

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passion, your call through Paul.
We talked about taking off and

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really cutting out those voices
to hold you back.

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But, today, we're going to talk
about sustained flight, amen.

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There's the power and presence
of God, the fuel of God and

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really Person marked by prayer.
So today's message called fuel

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tapping into the power presence
of God.

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I can't think of a really a
better Sunday to talk about the

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power of prayer because there's
something special today that is

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a reminder of prayer across our
nation 20 days ago, 13 million

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people gathered around to watch
what they thought would be a

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Monday night football game.
The epic battle, right?

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The Buffalo Bills vs.
Cincinnati Bengals.

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And what they didn't know is
that they were going to that

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there were tuning in, they would
be probably participating in one

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of the most unscripted.
With prayer meetings in history.

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The reality is set in is on a
few watch the game.

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You've all heard about this
already but Demar, Demar

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Homeland as he is, he's
collapsed on the field became

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very apparent.
Pretty quickly.

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This was real serious.
And something significant

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happened as they were doing CPR
and they were shocking, his

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heart back into life, something
that is rarely seen.

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So that's hidden behind through
the veil of policies, and

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Regulation, and really pushed
behind the scenes, you saw

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coaches and owners, and multi
millionaires, and, and players,

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and fans, and participants and
refs.

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Literally get on your knees and
cry out to God, asking God, for

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a miracle and it happened.
Amen.

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It happened in front of the
whole world to watch.

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And it's just a reminder that no
matter how much money you have

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that, it didn't need money that
night, they didn't need a w or

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Super Bowl ring.
They need a miracle of God.

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And for some of you guys, you
were watching that game that

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night and I was tuned in, and I
was watching it.

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And I grabbed my oldest son, I
grabbed Jack.

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And I told my city, I come here
and I said, watch this, I said

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this is so impressive.
In it.

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But what is happening on this
field?

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This means battling for life and
we get the opportunity, not the

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only thing to do.
But the greatest thing we can do

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is we can pray for him.
And so me and my little boy, we

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pray for tomorrow, Hamlin, but
we also pray for something

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different.
We prayed that prayer would no

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longer be behind the curtain.
We prayed that prayer would be

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no longer Last Resort, but a
first response for our nation.

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Like, we were praying for
something bigger like the glory

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of God to go out across the
Nations across the world,

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because there are so many People
watching this and are afraid and

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they'll throw their own reality.
That the death is right there

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and that God can really come
back to the presence of him in

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America.
Amen.

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And so it's interesting that
night into that next morning how

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people did pray, it didn't
matter what the regulations were

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demerit.
The FCC said in a fell or even

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ESPN that they broke the rules.
Amen.

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And they're crying out to God.
And so to me for today, it is

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not just Just a rematch today is
a reminder of the power of God.

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Amen, through prayer.
That's what I'm saying to watch

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this game and so the reality is
this.

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So many of us, we believe in
prayer, we may be believed

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deeply in prayer.
We may even go to church, we

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might be on a team but we might
even serve on a regular basis.

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We might even be on staff but
all we marked by prayer.

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And for so many people, their
prayers are hidden in fear of

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what other people think.
And you might relate to this.

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This has been my experience that
people especially when they when

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they get into groups.
Maybe it's at a huddle like this

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morning or if you're on our
teams or maybe it's around your

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family.
It's like, is that Thanksgiving

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meal or whatever?
And somebody says, who's going

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to pray, right?
And for most people, this is

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reality.
They may be like Oh, I'm love

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with Jesus and it's like they do
this thing.

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Don't make eye contact and they
start saying, oh, dear lord,

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don't don't let him take me.
I don't know what I'd say it.

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I'm just a A fool.
It's not gonna be good.

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Don't do it.
Lord, I never cussed again.

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Come on somebody, I'll never
Speed.

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Come on, I'll clean the dishes.
So, I mean, I'm gonna do it.

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I'm put the seat up and down
every time.

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Lord, just don't let me pray and
in start praying, right?

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Don't pick me for love of God.
No, pick me, right?

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There's Lily.
Crying out to God.

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It's interesting because for so
many people, they're praying not

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to pray instead of praying.
It's true, isn't it?

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It's so true.
So many people are so worried

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about the power and presence of
God through prayer.

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But I just want to say, how many
of us would be have the courage

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to be marked by boldness of
prayer, really breaking through

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over fear and put her faith.
We just sang a song.

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I'm no longer a slave of fear,
come on somebody, but I'm a

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child of God, and what a perfect
fitting song for the message

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today.
I know a bakery, relate to the

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story, being afraid to pray and
really, not will be picked to be

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in prayer and be like, I can
relate to that story of being

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like, Oh man, don't pick me.
I mean, we've all been there,

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right?
I mean, when you first started a

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Christian and you're like, oh
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face starts to grow.
And so I just believe today is

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really going to speak to you
guys are in that season where

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prayer is on the back seat.
And today it's going to move up

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into the front seat next to you,
I'll believe this.

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If Satan can't defeat you, which
by the way, he can't, amen.

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If you can't defeat you, he will
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woman of prayer.
My fact, he says thanks into

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your life that you need be.
Be delivered from they.

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Do you see yourself through?
He'll say stuff you like this?

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Well what will the people think
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I don't know what to say.
And I just encourage you is less

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about the words and it's more
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Amen.
Like Lily come before God Like

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You Are God, I'm thankful for
you just humble yourself if you

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choke on the words, who cares
Your Heart Is Right.

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Amen.
But the reality is so many

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people that mean, what if I mess
this up or man?

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I'm not qualified to pray, but
you're qualified of the Cross to

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pray.
I get this a lot.

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I'm just too.
Easy.

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Now, you may not say it that way
but that's what you're saying,

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right?
I can't, I can't find time and

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just so unregulated.
I can't just now my heart.

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I just it's too busy to pray.
I love this one.

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You see it all the time.
I'll pray for you brother.

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I'll pray for you brother,
right?

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And he's like will you are you
and we've all been guilty of

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like I'll pray for your brother
and then like oh yeah like two

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months later be like you found
out like everything went

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sideways and you don't know D
about it and you didn't pray

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about it, right?
It's so easy.

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I just believe that our church
these aisles are Hall's, your

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homes should be filled with
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Amen.
I mean, it spontaneous prayer.

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I mean, of all places in the
world, this is where we should

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be praying, amen?
And so we don't have to be shy

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like in a Huddle's like we're
going to pray and you know we

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bowled prayer before Jesus.
Amen.

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We gotta stand into it and lean
into it to be marked by prayer.

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There's the reality if we're not
careful we can really Drift from

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God in really Literally be
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This will do is I'm gonna zoom
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that I believe is going to
really Mark, really overcoming

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fear and really be marked by
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through a single person whose
life is marked by prayer, we're

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going to go for Daniel in the
Lion's Den kill somebody is

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gonna be good and it's one of
those stories that we probably

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heard of or maybe known about,
but I think going to get a

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perspective and God's presence
going to meet.

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You just beat us here today, I
want you to know that you guys

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put your hands up, like this is
we're going to be starting out.

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In prayer.
Now, I want you to take a moment

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in silence to invite God.
To teach you how to pray to

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remind, you not the words, but
of the power of Prayer in your

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life and to invite God to Mark,
You by prayer that the end of

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this message.
And in this year, you look back

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and say it was all because of
Jesus, through prayer that made

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all the difference.
So, I'm gonna give you guys a

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little time to pray as if I God
speak to you,

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Father.
Teach us how to pray today.

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Get the even, if we don't the
words, you know, we haven't

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prayed before our lives.
Got to be reminded of your power

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through prayer guy.
The means happened to the source

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that the battle belongs to you,
and that I can only make a

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difference worth making through
your power and strength.

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And for those of us who are
tired today or weary of going

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through the battles of Life
today.

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I pray a special blessing on
them the life, we founded and

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really truly marked by your
presence through prayer today.

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Day.
And I pray this in the church

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said, amen.
Amen.

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We're going to jump into the
story of Daniel Lyons day and

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I'm going to do my best and it's
going to be it's there's a lot

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in this story and I'm going to
give you like some background to

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Daniel and man, I, you cannot
give this story enough.

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There's just so much that goes
into it.

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I'm gonna, I'm gonna skip a rock
across the background and we'll

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get there.
And then be in, Daniel chapter 6

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for pretty much the rest of the
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We're gonna pick up Daniel
chapter 1 says this the king,

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These guys start what we talkin
about here?

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This is Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon.

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He says, he talked with him and
he found none equal to Daniel

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hananiah, mishael and Azariah.
And so, the area of the king

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service and every manner of
wisdom, understanding about

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which the king had questioned
them, he found them ten times

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greater than all the magicians
and enchanters in the whole

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Kingdom.
Now, what is happening?

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What is going on here?
You gotta realize the context.

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Three years earlier, this
Kingdom of Babylon, it had

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invaded into Jerusalem, it had
gone into the The temple courts,

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it hit it.
Tore down the temple.

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It had gone in and taken,
Daniel.

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He was serving the really the
king, Ander the nation of

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Israel.
He was inside the family and

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they took these Jewish people
captive, they marched them back

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into in the nation or the really
the nation of Babylon and send

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the servanthood into bondage and
brought them back to the course

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of the king's Palace.
And Nebuchadnezzar himself said,

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hey, train some of these men
that we've taken from their

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Kingdom and really in their
courts.

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I want you to train them up and
in three years, we'll see.

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Some of those as advisors and
leaders over our kingdom after

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we've indoctrinate him and
cultured them into the things of

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our kingdom.
Now, that was a really fast skip

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over a lot of things right
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So I would encourage you to read
more because there's so much in

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the story, but here's the
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Here's the tension for Daniel,
Daniel and he's three friends.

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We just mentioned the minute
ago, they're being forced into

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Traditions into regulations into
rituals into Customs, that are

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really removing their allegiance
and their Faith to the one true

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God.
This is a very first thing that

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they want to do.
And so what they do is they

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actually they gave them new
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They merely took them captive,
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And you see this in Daniel
chapter 1 verse 7 says, the

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chief official give them new
names are trying to erase

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through identity.
They're trying to remove their

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allegiance, to God.
They're trying to put fear into

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them and to make them men and
women not marked by prayer.

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And so Daniel the game, the name
belteshazzar made.

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What a downgrade.
Come on somebody, right your

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enemy belches are that's great
and to hand now, you might His

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name's they gave Shadrach the
Michelle.

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They gave me shocked into as a
Riley, gave a Bendigo and the

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you might be today's years old
and you start to realize that

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all those years been talking
about the fiery furnace and

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Shadrach Meshach, and Abednego,
they actually call them by the

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names of their enemy.
Gave them to remove the mark of

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God on their life in that crazy
to think about like these are

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new names given to them as their
older in their life.

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Guys.
Tell you today that they could

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change their names, they could
change your address and location

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their job description.
They can kill.

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He'll family members and their
nation and destroy their Temple,

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and their course, but they could
not destroy, or take away their

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allegiance and their faith, and
their prayer life.

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Amen.
This is the story that they're

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walking through that, they can
hope through endurance and all

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things.
It's amazing.

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They first thing they do is they
want to serve them the King's

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food and drink the Kings Wine.
And Daniel and his three friends

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are like hey no thanks.
We're not going to file

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ourselves by having this food
from this this area, and so they

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became vegetarians and so
they're like, oh there's no way

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you can be strong enough and
they're going to kill.

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Just watch and Dana and his
buddies man, they grew strong

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after the vegetables.
Come on somebody, right and God

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washed over them, became strong
in the king, selected them, and

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promoted them, and put them in
prominent seats.

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And then three, and then Daniel
chapter 3, the you

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Nebuchadnezzar's got an ego
stroked, like they all do,

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right?
And he builds its own statue of

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himself and they said bow before
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Otherwise you get thrown in the
fiery furnace, great story

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right?
It's amazing and so Shadrach

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Meshach Abednego like man, we're
not going to bow down, I guess

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was putting the fire and so he
got thrown into the fire and

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there was nothing to fire.
Amen.

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You guys know.
The song, right?

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They then were consumed in the
fire, they just stood there.

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Like this is it bro?
And then there's there's Jesus

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like appears like a
pre-incarnate Christ, they

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called a christophany like Jesus
always been there, right?

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But he came down is just in the
fire with these other three.

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And they're not being consumed
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Then you move on to Daniel
chapter 16 and jump into into

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another dire situation.
But every time Daniel, his

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friends were always marked by
prayer.

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There was a Divine flow in
Daniels life, their spiritual

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protection.
There's Power of God, there's

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the fuel from the fuel source.
God himself.

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Amen.
And so they may be thinking,

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man, what am I lacking this
year?

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It's like, how was your prayer
life?

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Like do you have a prayer life?
Are you marked by prayer?

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It's like trying to vacuum your
house up, plugging it in.

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That's what it's like not to
have the power of Prayer in your

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life.
You just going to drop, you can

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drive in circles and just, you
know, just push around the dirt.

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Come on somebody right.
Just make the Messier, just keep

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it on going, right?
And here, we pick it up in

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Daniel, chapter 6, and all of a
sudden, there's a new kingdom

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that comes in.
It's no longer Nebuchadnezzar in

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Babylon.
Now it is the Persian Empire and

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seriously great is taken down.
The Babylonian Kingdom had

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partnered up with all the other
kings around him and took down

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Nebuchadnezzar.
And there is so much prophecy

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about this.
I mean, if you really struggle

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with faith, you're skeptic I
would encourage you to look at

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this story, I mean hundreds of
years in advance from Isaiah to

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First Chronicles to Daniel.
You have the story of this giant

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king and we're talk about
Babylon.

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I mean you're talking about what
would be the greatest King.

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On Earth, the time like the
Roman Empire, the Greek Empire

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you back up and you get to the
Persian Empire.

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You go back to Babylon.
You're talking like the Great's

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of the great when I love about
this is that all the history of

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the world, it just lays right
with the Bible, doesn't it?

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It's so amazing.
You can line up the Kings and

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the Pharaohs and you put it
right next to the Bible stories

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and they line up absolutely
perfectly and so often you

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actually learn way more from the
bible stories than you do from

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history and it's accurate.
Amen.

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And it's amazing to watch
Bucyrus the great defeats Ilan.

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And to even as a prophecy of how
King Nebuchadnezzar he is, he is

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feared.
He is feared greatly, especially

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by his, by sons, he dies, they
actually dig them up.

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They stabbed him to kill him
again.

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They dragged him through the
cities of Babylon to make sure

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he's dead, because he was such a
violent tyrannical, leader, as

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prophesied in the Bible.
Absolutely crazy.

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Well, you know, Daniel chapter 6
that I told her, there's so much

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that goes in this, but Daniel
chapter 6.

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We read the text verse 1.
It says this, it, please,

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Darius.
Now, you got really serious.

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Is this?
This The Persian king of the

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Chaldeans and so what you have
is, you have Cyrus the Great who

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is the king of all Persia and
then he is given Darius a

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section of his kingdom.
So he's a kind of a subordinate

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King and he says this ad, please
diri, standpoint 120 say traps.

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These are Governors are rulers
to rule throughout the kingdom.

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00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,100
It was three administrators over
them.

450
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,500
One of whom was Daniel Janos
promote up pollution pipeline.

451
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,200
So the say traps are made
accountable to them, so the king

452
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,300
may not suffer loss, so get the
pictures, an org chart.

453
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:54,100
Are you got Cyrus the Great?
You've Got King Darius, you've

454
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,800
got Daniel and two other
administrators and they probably

455
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,700
have somewhere around 40 say
traps under each of them.

456
00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:01,800
And this is how they establish
it.

457
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,700
And I love this verse verse 3,
it says this now, Daniel, so

458
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:10,500
distinguished himself among the
administrators and the say,

459
00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:15,500
traps by his.
Help me out by his, what, that

460
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:17,800
was a good one, right?
It was a hard words that

461
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:22,000
exceptional qualities.
That the king plan to set him

462
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,700
over the whole Kingdom man.
I love this that he stood Out

463
00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:28,800
Among the rest like he
distinction self because he had

464
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,800
strong character forged in the
things of God.

465
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:34,800
You know, he was he was
trustworthy from the Kings

466
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,100
perspective.
He's like, man, if I'm going to

467
00:38:36,107 --> 00:38:39,300
hand this off to more somebody
else, man this guy Daniel, he's

468
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:41,300
getting it done.
And I think about us as

469
00:38:41,300 --> 00:38:43,200
Christians.
This is what every one of our

470
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,400
bosses should say about us.
Amen.

471
00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:49,900
They should mean that guy's does
exceptional work.

472
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,300
That guy goes above and beyond
and here's the reality.

473
00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:55,700
When you're working on a home
you got to work on as if it's

474
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:56,900
Jesus as home.
Amen.

475
00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,700
And if you're working on
finances you get to work on it

476
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:02,600
as if it's Jesus as finances.
If you're mowing the grass,

477
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,700
who's already Ramon, you're
moaning.

478
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:08,600
Jesus is yard amen.
We work on to God, not unto men

479
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,800
and so we just stand out above
the crowd.

480
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,900
It's ultimately, this character
of Daniel, that really gets the

481
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,500
attention of the world and God
will use to share his glory and

482
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:19,400
show his glory, not just to a
nation.

483
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,500
But to the IT world all because
of the daily things.

484
00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:24,500
He did every single day in his
life.

485
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,700
Matter of fact, don't be
surprised in the stories, you'll

486
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:29,600
find an often in life.
That is God.

487
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,900
Promote you new enemies.
Start to arise.

488
00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:36,500
People get jealous because God's
hand is on you and there's favor

489
00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:38,500
on you and you kind of stood up
the bones arrest.

490
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,000
And well, what is this guy doing
here?

491
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,700
He's not really from Babylon.
I can't believe in.

492
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:43,100
You can hear all these things,
right?

493
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,200
And so when you're growing and
you're exceptional, you get

494
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,300
promoted.
Just expect the fact, there's

495
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:49,200
some enemies.
They're going to rise around

496
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:49,800
you.
Amen.

497
00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:53,600
Y'all been there, right?
Unless you have been promoted.

498
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,200
Come on somebody, right.
Just kidding.

499
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,900
Daniel chapter 6 verse 4 says
this.

500
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,100
And at this, the administrators
and the state traps, try to find

501
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,400
grounds to charges against
Daniel and his conduct of

502
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,700
governmental Affairs.
I mean, they're looking for a

503
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,200
reason, like, they don't like
him personally, they're jealous

504
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,000
or upset, is like, there's gotta
be a reason that we can get rid

505
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,200
of Daniel.
We're going to look through his

506
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,300
books.
We're going to check out his

507
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,200
life.
We're going to put him out of

508
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,300
the race.
We're going to find something

509
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:19,400
against them and says this, they
could not find or they could not

510
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,900
find no.
Eruption in him, this man was a

511
00:40:22,900 --> 00:40:25,400
man of character, man.
He crossed the t's, he died.

512
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,200
The eyes, he looked, he was
trustworthy and either corrupt

513
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,500
or negligent, may God help us to
be those kind of people.

514
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,600
Amen.
I'm you sift through the stuff

515
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,000
and it's like, man.
I'm trying to shoot some arrows,

516
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
and then I can't find a weak
point in his armor.

517
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,800
This guy is just got it figured
out how he is, just subject to

518
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,600
the things of God.
And finally has been said, we

519
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,700
will never find any basis for
charges against this man.

520
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:51,100
Daniel, like, if we're going to
win, we got to find a Front

521
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,700
approach said this unless he has
something to do with the law of

522
00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:57,800
God, there's got to be some way
we can trap Daniel, like we're

523
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,700
not going to find his character.
So we're going to go out to him

524
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:01,600
personally sound familiar,
right?

525
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,000
This happens all the time, we're
going to, we're going to take

526
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,600
him down a different level at
this point.

527
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,100
It really becomes the beginning
of the end for these accusers.

528
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:12,400
Because at this point, they
shifted from trying to find real

529
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,400
things to really battling, God
himself agreed to make this

530
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,300
person about faith and it just
began to war against God and

531
00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:21,900
faith.
He says this in verse 6, it says

532
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:26,000
these administrators.
These say traps went as a group

533
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,500
to the king now.
Yes, I think about this.

534
00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:30,100
There's only three
administrators.

535
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,100
Right?
So the administrators.

536
00:41:32,100 --> 00:41:34,800
So the two other administrators
right there, the Cahoots.

537
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,700
They realize like we don't like
this demo guy.

538
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:39,200
He's taking our promotion.
This isn't fair.

539
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,300
They're crying behind the scenes
are doing all the things that

540
00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:43,800
the small people do, right?
And they gather up the say traps

541
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,600
around them and they go as a
group to the king.

542
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:49,400
Can I just tell you today?
That even if the whole world is

543
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,000
against you?
Amen.

544
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:55,100
Even if even if every rallies
against you, even if the only

545
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:59,700
person standing that this battle
already belongs to God.

546
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:03,200
Amen.
And not to be afraid of going

547
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,200
against the grain.
Even if a nation stands against

548
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,000
you, if a group of people or
friends or your bosses, or your

549
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,200
co-workers, or your Associates,
that the battle belongs to God

550
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,500
and he will win.
Amen.

551
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,900
Goes on, the save my king Darius
who lives forever.

552
00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:22,900
This group went to them and
they're just, you know, patting

553
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:24,900
his ego.
Oh, the King live forever, you

554
00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:27,200
can hear this like, wow, this is
gonna be great cheesy movie,

555
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,800
right?
And the role administrators

556
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,200
these perfect, another name for
different rulers and the

557
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,300
government, they say traps
advisors Governor's we have all

558
00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:37,000
agreed it.
Can I just tell you as a just

559
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,400
maybe leadership principle is
just just food for thought.

560
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,300
But if you're in leadership and
a group of people below, you

561
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:44,100
come together and they all agree
on something.

562
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:48,500
There is 100% Personal Agenda.
Come on somebody like Paul

563
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:51,100
talked about it without you
because you're a very smart and

564
00:42:51,107 --> 00:42:53,300
we all agreed, this should
happen in the king.

565
00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:55,500
He just doesn't have the
wherewithal, or the maturity or

566
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,700
whatever to understand, like
he's going to get set up.

567
00:42:57,900 --> 00:43:01,100
And so the king should issued
you create and enforce a decree

568
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:04,300
that anyone who prays to any God
or human being during the next

569
00:43:04,300 --> 00:43:08,400
30 days except you your majesty.
You know just patted his ego

570
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,600
stroking, his ego and they
should be thrown into what

571
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,400
helped me out into the And the
lions den.

572
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:16,500
I mean, if they're going to
worship any other God or

573
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:20,500
anything or any other person
besides you, it's be executed

574
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,900
just just stroke that he go.
Now your majesty Majesty issued

575
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:26,800
a decree of put in writing so it
cannot be altered.

576
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:29,500
And of course the law of the
medes and Persians which cannot

577
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:31,400
be repealed.
And so, King Darius, put the

578
00:43:31,408 --> 00:43:36,300
decree in writing this trap is
now laid that King took it Hook

579
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,000
Line & Sinker.
This is incredible about the

580
00:43:39,008 --> 00:43:40,500
story.
Daniel, this is what stuck out

581
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:42,900
to me.
What stuck out to me is that all

582
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:46,200
the They could pick about Daniel
if everything in their life that

583
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:48,600
they can say, we're going to
come after that Daniels prayer

584
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:53,500
life was so consistent that it
stood out so much, that Dana was

585
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:57,900
marked by God so much.
They picked to attack his prayer

586
00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:00,700
life.
There was a grain in his DNA.

587
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,100
Like Dana was the kind of guy he
got around and he just got off

588
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:05,700
the phone with Jesus.
Come on somebody like he did, he

589
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:08,800
just walked with God.
He continually walked with God

590
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,100
and it's just amazing to me that
they would pick prayer.

591
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,700
Whereas a thing attacked Daniel,
that that will be the thing that

592
00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,000
would Mark him out there.
What stands out about doing old

593
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,500
man, is a man of prayer, we got
to take down his prayer life

594
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,400
may, God help us to be those
kind of people.

595
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,700
Amen.
Like if our accusers were

596
00:44:25,700 --> 00:44:28,300
looking for the obvious place to
shoot an arrow or still put a

597
00:44:28,308 --> 00:44:31,000
knife in our back.
It would be our prayer life that

598
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,100
that would be incredible.
I mean how humbling.

599
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:34,900
Thank you.
I mean Daniel, Pauly was tickled

600
00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:38,200
to death, you know me, God help
us to be the kind of people that

601
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,800
are above board on character.
Like, if somebody were look

602
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,300
through our books, come on
somebody.

603
00:44:42,500 --> 00:44:44,600
If somebody was sick, You are
finances, man.

604
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,300
Squeaky clean clean.
If there to talk to her

605
00:44:47,300 --> 00:44:49,800
Associates or coworkers or a
boss, has this.

606
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,200
Like I can't find anything about
him but you know what?

607
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:57,500
Got you praise that you praise.
We're going to trap them somehow

608
00:44:57,500 --> 00:45:00,400
in his prayer life.
Well, this is about to get real

609
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,400
verse 10.
Now, Daniel learned that the

610
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,900
cream and published like he knew
full well like he heard through

611
00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:08,600
the grapevine as you know, the
find out and often leadership,

612
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:10,000
right?
He's one of the three.

613
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,500
His two buddies didn't tell him
I was going on.

614
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,000
He found out somewhere.
He heard about it.

615
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,200
It.
And as soon as you heard about,

616
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,200
he knew that, if he were to
pray, he'll be executed.

617
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,100
That's the first thing that
stuck out to him.

618
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,500
Obviously, it's like, I'm going
to a lion's den.

619
00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:22,900
He knew very well that was.
And so, the first thing he does,

620
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:26,000
I love this.
He went home to his upstairs

621
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,500
room, were the windows opened
toward Jerusalem.

622
00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:33,200
Come on somebody and three times
a day.

623
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,400
He got down on his knees and
what?

624
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:39,800
And prayed, he didn't give a
rip.

625
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,400
Come on somebody, he didn't care
that.

626
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,200
This decree of been issued.
It didn't matter.

627
00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:48,000
Like, he literally got on his
knees.

628
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,300
It's amazing.
Get the picture.

629
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:50,900
Here's the window.
You guys are like at the window

630
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,100
and here's Danny was like, oh
the decrees issued that I'm

631
00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:55,200
going to be killed.
Okay, I'll take care of this.

632
00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:56,900
Okay.
Well actually kill the window

633
00:45:56,900 --> 00:45:59,300
display in the window.
All right guys, hey, if you're

634
00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:02,800
going to stab me through right
here and it gets on his knees

635
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:07,000
and he starts praying.
As he always says to God and

636
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,300
humble humility.
Now the fact nothing changed

637
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:13,300
about Daniel that day except for
his prayer requests.

638
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:15,700
Come on somebody.
That's the only thing that

639
00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:17,100
changed.
They thought they're going to

640
00:46:17,100 --> 00:46:19,300
trap it, that know they're
coming after a living God.

641
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,900
I mean, Dana was really not too
concerned about his own life or

642
00:46:22,900 --> 00:46:25,600
what was going to happen to him.
He prayed giving thanks to God

643
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,800
just as he's done before he was
so consistent.

644
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,800
He goes, well, you know where to
find me.

645
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,500
I've been doing this for a long
time, so you come about 10:00,

646
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,300
Or 2:00 or six, but whatever
times it is just look for me.

647
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:39,200
I'll be that guy on my knees so
you can stab you in the back,

648
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:40,600
I'll be ready for it.
I'll be praying.

649
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,700
I mean, that's what courage.
Amen.

650
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:46,700
I mean, what boldness of faith?
I mean, We Gather in a circle

651
00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:51,300
sometimes and pray and people
like you can't pray right now.

652
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,600
What are you nervous about?
You know, there's a sphere of

653
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,400
like oh we're going to people
think of me, who cares if you

654
00:46:57,408 --> 00:46:58,400
think of you.
Amen.

655
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,600
I mean here's the, here's the
reality, you can either bow

656
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:06,200
before God and stand against
people or you can bow before

657
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:10,100
people and stand against God,
but make no mistake about it.

658
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,500
There was absolutely no third
option in your life.

659
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:15,100
So when the words come down your
mind that a lot of want to

660
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:17,300
offend somebody.
Well, I got some news for you.

661
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,500
It's going to offend somebody It
is going to offend somebody,

662
00:47:20,900 --> 00:47:22,600
he's got to pick which side of
the fence, you're going to be on

663
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:26,500
because as for Daniel and his
side, he actually was promoted

664
00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:29,000
through this whole piece.
I'ma give you a spoiler, he

665
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,200
didn't die.
Come on somebody, and he was

666
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:34,000
actually promoted in the name of
the glory Jesus went out.

667
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:39,400
Because one man, one man had the
courage to go against the grain

668
00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:42,100
and to stand up to people.
That's why I saw my night

669
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:45,700
football, come on somebody that
there's like this Awakening that

670
00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:47,500
could potentially happen on our
country.

671
00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:49,700
So for Daniel, he didn't show
The windows.

672
00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:51,500
Come on somebody.
He didn't relegate to a

673
00:47:51,500 --> 00:47:53,900
compromise.
He didn't find a new room.

674
00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:55,400
I'm sure it plenty of places in
that house.

675
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:56,900
He's a high administrator,
right?

676
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,200
He didn't just you pray.
Once a day, he didn't limit his

677
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,200
prayer, he didn't prayer in
silence.

678
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,300
He prayed three times a day at
the windows open.

679
00:48:04,300 --> 00:48:06,500
Nothing changed for him down on
his knees, giving.

680
00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:09,900
Thanks to God the just as he's
done before.

681
00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:12,300
See if he's got any prayer
requests.

682
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,600
It's awesome.
But don't be fooled into the

683
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:17,200
third option.
Here's the reality.

684
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:20,900
Playing it safe.
Never changed a nation.

685
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,000
Playing it.
Safe, won't change your family.

686
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,300
Now, in fact, won't change your
marriage.

687
00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:29,300
It sure won't change this church
and it won't change this

688
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:31,800
community or the world playing
it safe.

689
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,100
It comes to your prayer life and
so this year, there's anything

690
00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:37,100
that we're going to do.
We're going to men and women

691
00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:38,400
marked by prayer.
Amen.

692
00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:42,200
That's what we're going to do.
It's kind of those things that's

693
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,700
like, is got in it, or is it
built by human hands?

694
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,600
If we want God in it, we're
going to put God in it and we're

695
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,900
going to say, okay Faith, we no
longer a child to fear a men

696
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:52,700
were a child.
Of God.

697
00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:55,300
And so if you don't like what
I'm doing, that's okay because

698
00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:57,400
God's got my back.
You try to stab that but it's

699
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:58,300
not going to work.
Amen.

700
00:48:59,500 --> 00:49:01,900
For Daniel, it didn't matter
when Earthly King decree said

701
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:03,500
here's here's here's what the
stake for Daniel because you

702
00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:05,000
read these stories and it's
like, oh really, what's a

703
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,500
matter?
And for Daniel, I mean it wasn't

704
00:49:07,500 --> 00:49:12,600
just as life but his career.
I mean maybe it's a leadership

705
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:14,900
principle, every news, getting
promoted before he's promoted,

706
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,400
probably not a great idea.
But the reality is, he knew he

707
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,700
was going to be in charge of a
large portion of the Kingdom,

708
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,100
but he's gonna be the CEO.
Come on somebody.

709
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,500
Well, all he had to do is just
go to the king and apologize and

710
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:27,700
say, all, I'm really sorry I
did.

711
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,200
I shouldn't be praying.
You're right.

712
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:33,200
All relegate to the last resort
and then I'll stop doing it.

713
00:49:33,700 --> 00:49:37,400
But that's not what he did.
He was bold in his faith.

714
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:40,200
I hope people can say about us.
We walk so close to the god,

715
00:49:40,300 --> 00:49:44,200
that even if an Earthly King
you're seeing in, or the NFL, or

716
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:48,000
some policy said to stop it,
maybe maybe it's a district,

717
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:49,600
right?
Or a company that we just say,

718
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,100
hey, no thanks.
I'm just going to continue what

719
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:52,900
I was doing before I got here.
Amen.

720
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,300
I'm just going to keep pushing
into the things of God.

721
00:49:56,700 --> 00:49:59,700
Verse 11 says this, these men
went as a group Up and found

722
00:49:59,700 --> 00:50:04,900
Daniel praying and what they
find doing, asking God for help

723
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,400
you.
This is a secret weapon right

724
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,600
here.
Being Unleashed all about you

725
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:11,600
but this is their sign.
Come on somebody.

726
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,500
You know they went up to that
Tower and that room and the new

727
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:16,100
what time is going to pray and
they probably saw him through

728
00:50:16,100 --> 00:50:18,000
the window and said, yeah, go in
that have walkie-talkies.

729
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,400
They're like tapping rocks or
something, you know, Morse code

730
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:21,700
or something.
And you know, the dudes on the

731
00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:26,100
door like well here in praying,
he's praying about us.

732
00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:32,100
Yes, he's asking God for That
was their sign that it was time

733
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:36,100
to sit down and shut up.
It really was and Daniel Neal

734
00:50:36,100 --> 00:50:38,500
he's praying.
And I wondered, like, I'm just

735
00:50:38,500 --> 00:50:42,000
like thinking myself, you know,
frame like what would I be

736
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,900
praying, right?
I just I got a theory on this

737
00:50:44,900 --> 00:50:46,400
and this is something that God
from the heart.

738
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:48,100
I did it.
Take your leave it, right.

739
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:49,700
But I'm just thinking, Daniels
like this.

740
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,100
God just shut the mouths of my
accusers that are going to come

741
00:50:53,100 --> 00:50:55,100
through that door or shut the
mouths.

742
00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:57,700
Aligned Because I'm not going to
shut up.

743
00:50:58,700 --> 00:51:02,300
Come on somebody, in the reality
is God answered both.

744
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:07,000
He did, it's incredible.
It didn't matter who was coming

745
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,000
through the door or who's
against him, he was going to

746
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:14,300
pray that day.
Daniel 6:12 says this.

747
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,300
So they went to the king and
spoke to him about the Royal

748
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:19,700
Decree.
Did you not publish a decree

749
00:51:19,700 --> 00:51:22,100
that during the next three days?
Anyone who prays to God or any

750
00:51:22,100 --> 00:51:24,200
human beings have to you?
Your majesty be throwing the

751
00:51:24,207 --> 00:51:28,000
line soon.
Mmm, well, the tree stairs and

752
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,200
of course, for the wall, the
medes and Persians.

753
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:31,500
I cannot be replaced, I can't
repeal it, read it down, he

754
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:33,600
wrote it down.
They said the king.

755
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:38,000
Hope for Daniel we found him
like they cared.

756
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,500
Right?
Daniel who's the one of those

757
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:44,900
exiled from Judah who Who will
those heathens to our country?

758
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,100
He pays no attention to you your
majesty or the decree you put in

759
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:49,800
the riding.
He still praised three times a

760
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,400
day.
When the king heard this, he was

761
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,800
greatly distressed.
He had known.

762
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,900
He'd been trapped at that moment
came together for he'd been used

763
00:51:57,900 --> 00:52:01,200
as a tool in the box and he was
determined to rescue Daniel make

764
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:03,500
every effort into until sundown
to save him.

765
00:52:03,500 --> 00:52:06,300
He loses like this is a
trustworthy servant of mine.

766
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:07,700
There's something I want to
promote his and take the

767
00:52:07,700 --> 00:52:10,500
kingdom.
I've been trapped and he was he

768
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:13,800
was hurt by campaign and being
In his life and he did

769
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:15,500
everything he could in his own
power.

770
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:17,700
But like I said, he's not the
king king, right?

771
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:19,500
He's trapped in the law of the
medes and Persians.

772
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:21,400
Put it in decree that it cannot
be changed.

773
00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:24,300
And so these men dark, they all
day long.

774
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:27,000
They waited they came back as a
groups that King again and said

775
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,800
to him.
He remember, Majesty, the Corn

776
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,100
Law, and medes and Persians.
No decree to the king issues can

777
00:52:31,100 --> 00:52:33,900
be changed.
And so, the king gave the order

778
00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:36,800
and they brought Daniel and
threw him into a lion's den.

779
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,600
And the King said to Daniel, I
love this, may your God.

780
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:45,000
Whom you helped me out what to
do whom you, who you serve

781
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:51,000
continually, don't miss that
Daniels character of serving

782
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,200
God, stood out to the king that
that that's how that's how Faith

783
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,000
moves by the way because people
are watching us not on the

784
00:52:58,008 --> 00:52:59,500
mountain top, that's where they
get jealous.

785
00:52:59,500 --> 00:53:02,900
But in the valley and the hard
things and they're gone, is it

786
00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:04,900
really real?
And they're watching him and

787
00:53:04,900 --> 00:53:08,200
this king is being sturdy, seen
David service God continually.

788
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,900
It says may your God whom you
serve continually Squ.

789
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,800
So now not only Daniel is
praying now you have a heathen

790
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:19,100
God or Heathen King.
I mean, praying for Daniel, come

791
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:23,400
on somebody because of his
character and a stone was bra

792
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:24,900
and placed over the mouth of the
den.

793
00:53:25,100 --> 00:53:28,700
And the King sealed it, with his
own Signet ring with the rings

794
00:53:28,700 --> 00:53:31,600
of his Nobles.
I love the So, Daniel situation

795
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,900
might not be altered WHO news
can take a little more than an

796
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,800
Earthly King.
Seal not to change the

797
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:37,800
situation.
Amen.

798
00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:40,700
I'm just telling you guys to
encourage you today.

799
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:44,900
Not let your situation,
determine your faith, but let

800
00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:48,700
your faith.
Determine your situation like

801
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:51,700
urban place where you've been
beat down and you feel like your

802
00:53:51,700 --> 00:53:55,200
fate is sealed and you kind of
relegate and you kind of quit

803
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:57,600
and you get afraid and you start
worrying.

804
00:53:58,300 --> 00:54:00,000
You like, man, what's going to
happen?

805
00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:03,800
Kindness, tell you that the
miracle is often marked and

806
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:07,100
reserved for those who battle
through prayer through the

807
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:08,400
valley.
Amen.

808
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:12,100
Because you want the miracle but
But I mean, get it home myself

809
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:15,400
from this bumps into go here.
The reality is this is that the

810
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,700
god that rescued Daniel from The
Lions Den is the same God that

811
00:54:18,700 --> 00:54:21,900
put Daniel in the Lion's Den
come on somebody.

812
00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:25,100
And so if you're walking through
a hard season and your faithful

813
00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:29,000
to God what God is doing, he's
preparing you in this season to

814
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,300
show off the glory of God.
Amen.

815
00:54:31,900 --> 00:54:34,800
He's preparing you for a miracle
and it may not be something like

816
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,000
this, but he's gonna bring you
through it.

817
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,100
And you're going to go, it's
only because of Jesus, and

818
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:40,700
people around, you know, I can't
believe you made it through

819
00:54:40,700 --> 00:54:41,900
that.
How in the world that happened?

820
00:54:41,900 --> 00:54:44,300
He's like, is only because of
Jesus, and people will grow in

821
00:54:44,300 --> 00:54:45,900
their faith because they saw
your story.

822
00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:50,100
Amen.
But if you quit in doing good,

823
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,700
if you weary and the hard
season, if you're only the god

824
00:54:53,700 --> 00:54:56,800
of the mountain top and like
have an Instagram life with God,

825
00:54:56,900 --> 00:54:59,400
but you don't have to publish
the hard things then you're not

826
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,200
going to make it through the
valley on the side with Jesus,

827
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,200
you're going to get bitter and
you're going to fall into all

828
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,100
these things.
You'd be delivered from and you

829
00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:08,600
start saying, well, I'm a victim
and I can't do it all these

830
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,500
things we tell ourselves, but
for Daniel, he said, hey Hey, I

831
00:55:11,500 --> 00:55:13,500
am bold and faith.
I trust God.

832
00:55:13,500 --> 00:55:15,700
And sometimes the fear, I don't
care who's gonna split the

833
00:55:15,700 --> 00:55:17,700
Sakura.
I'm gonna follow Jesus.

834
00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:20,800
I'm like, my faith in God.
Even though my fate is sealed,

835
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,600
it's not really sealed.
So then the king returns to the

836
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:26,000
palace and spent the night
without eating, and without any

837
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:29,200
entertainment being brought to
him and he could not sleep.

838
00:55:29,300 --> 00:55:31,400
Now, I love this.
Now, the king is like, praying

839
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:34,500
and fasting for Daniel.
Come all somebody right, I'll

840
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:36,200
know if you did, the Daniel
faster, probably make it in

841
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:39,900
here, but the reality is this,
literally this man who doesn't

842
00:55:39,900 --> 00:55:43,400
know anything about the God.
Of all gods is praying and not

843
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:47,300
eating and just focusing on his
well-being and his health and

844
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:49,800
asking God to save him.
This is what / in fact this is a

845
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,600
great model of prayer and
fasting in the do diamond.

846
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:54,200
Oh God.
It's amazing.

847
00:55:54,700 --> 00:55:56,900
And just because your fate is
sealed, doesn't mean that God

848
00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:59,900
isn't working or answering your
prayers throughout.

849
00:55:59,900 --> 00:56:03,700
Is this this wouldn't be the
last time that a stone was moved

850
00:56:03,700 --> 00:56:06,500
in the place to hold back the
power and the presence of God.

851
00:56:06,500 --> 00:56:10,100
Amen.
It just wouldn't be a just slide

852
00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:12,300
it over there, put a seal on it.
I was going to take more than a

853
00:56:12,308 --> 00:56:13,200
stone.
Amen.

854
00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:17,500
And Jesus breaks through the
Daniel was put in that Den.

855
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:20,900
Math fact, you think about
Daniel situation that God of the

856
00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:24,000
mountain, top was also the god
of the death sentence.

857
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:28,000
Like, literally, you talk about
your faith being tested.

858
00:56:28,300 --> 00:56:30,900
Like, we gotta get bigger Faith.
Amen.

859
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,100
We gotta kind of people were
like, all odds are stacked

860
00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:36,700
against us, we're putting in the
chair, the lines.

861
00:56:36,700 --> 00:56:40,500
Are you in loose?
And were like, well, God's got

862
00:56:40,500 --> 00:56:43,300
it, something's going to happen.
I'm either going to die today

863
00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:45,600
and God gets the glory or
knocking the dye and this

864
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:47,600
miracle of God is going to point
the glory to all Humanity but

865
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:49,500
either way I'm trusting God.
Amen.

866
00:56:49,900 --> 00:56:51,900
And we walk through the season
alive to get so discouraged

867
00:56:51,900 --> 00:56:54,200
because the hard things it's
like dude that's the best time

868
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:55,100
to shine the light.
Item.

869
00:56:55,100 --> 00:56:59,800
In the light shines.
Brightest in the darkness, the

870
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,300
darkness and your faith can't be
tested at.

871
00:57:02,300 --> 00:57:04,200
Can't be trusted.
And so you're in these hard

872
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:07,200
Seasons that this tree is go.
Okay, God, what are you teaching

873
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:08,500
me?
Well, maybe just want to show

874
00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:10,100
off a little bit.
Like I'm gonna give you

875
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:12,100
something.
You can't handle today, guys,

876
00:57:12,100 --> 00:57:14,800
tell you this.
That God is the god of the

877
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:18,100
layoffs.
God's the god of cancer.

878
00:57:19,100 --> 00:57:21,600
God is over the dark days of
divorce.

879
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:25,000
He's over your tragic loss, he
was over the one percent vote.

880
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,600
I didn't get in to go to be a
passion of my home church.

881
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:29,200
Amen.
Praise God.

882
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,400
Hallelujah.
The I thank God for that one

883
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:33,600
percent every day of my life
I'll be real.

884
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:35,500
And so we post this, I hope
somebody sees it, they men.

885
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:42,400
I'll stop.
The god of Resurrection.

886
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:44,800
Sunday is the god of Good
Friday.

887
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:47,500
Come on somebody.
I'm going to Jesus being

888
00:57:47,500 --> 00:57:48,800
crucified and killed another
cross.

889
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:53,200
They had no idea that they
planted that on the mountain

890
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,700
where they buried the head of
Goliath and being and I don't

891
00:57:55,700 --> 00:57:58,000
know, Dave's Rocky he just gave
me another one today man,

892
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,400
Genesis 3:15, he's got something
in the protoevangelium, right?

893
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,000
Like you know saying things
going to bite your heel, bruise

894
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,700
your heel and you're gonna crush
his head, right?

895
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,500
And here you have the foot of
the cross is driven down on the

896
00:58:09,500 --> 00:58:12,400
hill of Golgotha.
On the skull of Goliath crushing

897
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,500
the skull of Goliath.
Come on somebody that this is

898
00:58:15,500 --> 00:58:17,600
built on the power of God.
The Battle Belongs to him and

899
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:19,900
we're worried about the next
president.

900
00:58:19,900 --> 00:58:21,500
The finances are all the stuff
around us.

901
00:58:21,500 --> 00:58:23,000
It's like God's got this.
Hallelujah.

902
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:24,200
Amen.
Praise God.

903
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,200
Like, that's where we're at
today.

904
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:28,200
Like I don't care what's going
on here because I know what's

905
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,400
going on there.
And I'm right on his way they

906
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:33,500
men on the words, taking me, but
I'm just gonna go with that.

907
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:37,500
But it's always darkest before
Dawn and it, but check this out.

908
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:41,400
Verse 19 at the first light of
dawn, come on somebody, the

909
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:45,100
first moment, light strikes over
the mountain top, the king got

910
00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:49,200
up and hurried to the Lions Den.
We were he came near the den.

911
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:51,100
He called out to Daniel an
English voice.

912
00:58:51,100 --> 00:58:54,300
Daniel serve a living.
God has your God.

913
00:58:54,300 --> 00:58:58,300
Whom you serve continually.
Has he been able to rescue from

914
00:58:58,300 --> 00:59:04,300
the Lions 21?
Daniel answered, come.

915
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:08,400
Somebody he answered.
I'm here baby.

916
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,600
I'm alive, unreal.
It, this is where the chooses

917
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:16,500
poop their pants, you know?
I mean like, oh dang, I wish I

918
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:18,000
need the fastest.
Don't get out of town.

919
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:22,100
You know, I really go May the
King live forever, my God sent

920
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:25,000
Angels, they shut the mouths of
lions who has so much fun down

921
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:26,300
here.
I'm going to place all these

922
00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:28,500
kitties all night.
It was amazing.

923
00:59:28,700 --> 00:59:32,000
All my gosh, it was so cool.
Come down and check it out.

924
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:35,300
Didn't hurt me because I was
found that instance In his sight

925
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:37,400
like I was in this world God
like I was my character killed

926
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,100
me.
Kept me alive nor I had ever

927
00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:42,900
done anything wrong before your
majesty on the King was

928
00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:45,300
overjoyed.
When he gave the orders to lift,

929
00:59:45,300 --> 00:59:48,500
Daniel out of the den, it would
be looked after and then do

930
00:59:48,500 --> 00:59:51,100
wounds found on him because he
had what he had.

931
00:59:51,900 --> 00:59:56,400
He had trusted God, he put his
faith in God even as a lion

932
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:58,500
standing across from his.
Okay.

933
00:59:58,500 --> 01:00:00,600
God, I've been praying about
this moment.

934
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:02,700
I pray to shut these mouse.
Let's see what's going to

935
01:00:02,707 --> 01:00:04,200
happen.
If not come on board, a guy.

936
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:07,000
But if so even bigger glory to
God, this is gonna be amazing.

937
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:08,700
And at this the king, he gets
pulled.

938
01:00:08,700 --> 01:00:10,700
All of a sudden, he was kind of
weak at the knees.

939
01:00:10,700 --> 01:00:12,900
He was, he knew his trap, he
would stand up against his own

940
01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:14,700
trap, but now he's like, you
know, I don't care what the law

941
01:00:14,700 --> 01:00:16,300
says.
I'm gonna do what I gotta do,

942
01:00:16,500 --> 01:00:18,700
and he stands up against people
and he battles were things of

943
01:00:18,700 --> 01:00:20,300
God.
He said, the men had falsely

944
01:00:20,300 --> 01:00:22,700
accused Daniel, hey, bring him
here and they threw in the

945
01:00:22,700 --> 01:00:25,100
Lion's Den along their wives.
And the children before they

946
01:00:25,100 --> 01:00:28,700
reach the floor, the den, the
Lions overpowered them, and

947
01:00:28,700 --> 01:00:31,900
crushed all their bones.
Those lines were salivating all

948
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:33,500
night.
Trying to hold Daniel may they

949
01:00:33,500 --> 01:00:36,800
were hungry.
Re come on somebody and he said,

950
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:38,500
just throw them in.
Dude, these guys are come

951
01:00:38,500 --> 01:00:40,200
against me.
This got to try to stab me in

952
01:00:40,207 --> 01:00:41,400
the back.
I'm not trying to get him there,

953
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:44,700
trying to count to be as well
and God's silence the mouth

954
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:46,800
literally, of their accusers.
Amen.

955
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,300
I'm just telling this is the
power of God.

956
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,100
So here's the mistake that would
have made.

957
01:00:51,300 --> 01:00:53,900
This has been probably a fairly
easy mistake at the always look.

958
01:00:53,900 --> 01:00:57,400
People are trying to gain power
in the trying to be big.

959
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,700
What's the Bible say?
The New Testament, the first

960
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:03,700
shall be last and Hoover's,
great among you shall be.

961
01:01:04,300 --> 01:01:07,600
Servant.
A servant if you only get

962
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,200
promoted, you serve.
But with these guys that they

963
01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:13,800
are self-serving, it is all
about them and they were calm,

964
01:01:14,900 --> 01:01:16,700
Daniel, they would have called
him Daniel.

965
01:01:16,900 --> 01:01:18,800
There is a dangerous called a in
the Book of Daniel because

966
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:23,000
written by Daniel, listen else
wrote a column Balthazar, right?

967
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:25,900
Let's just call him, Jeremy
Shack, in Bendigo, they're

968
01:01:25,900 --> 01:01:28,300
called him by his Babylonian
name.

969
01:01:28,700 --> 01:01:29,900
And so, these are, these are
accusers.

970
01:01:29,900 --> 01:01:33,100
These other administrators there
was a baltazar is gotta gotta

971
01:01:33,100 --> 01:01:37,100
gotta get this guy.
Filters are He's a heathen,

972
01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:39,500
builds his arm and he's praying
to other God.

973
01:01:39,500 --> 01:01:41,900
Those are he's a problem.
We got your belt has are what

974
01:01:41,900 --> 01:01:46,800
they forgotten.
They had forgotten his Hebrew

975
01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:48,800
name.
They erased it.

976
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:52,300
They canceled culture that
sucker come on somebody that

977
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:54,000
they produced a regulations on
it.

978
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:57,400
They say, oh, you can't do that.
That they diminished it and

979
01:01:57,400 --> 01:02:01,600
erased it, and push it down
regulated tonight.

980
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,600
An after thought, it was against
the law to mention this name.

981
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:07,600
They'd forgotten Daniels name,
simply means this and it's

982
01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:11,700
amazing.
God is my judge.

983
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:16,200
Come on somebody.
They I do not mean prayed to

984
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,600
Living God there was a God who
is a God of Justice and he

985
01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:23,100
wasn't gonna be in that Lion's
Den for long because he wasn't

986
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:25,500
allowed some injustice to happen
upon Daniel.

987
01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:28,000
The villain own that maybe the
thought, maybe old, man, I

988
01:02:28,008 --> 01:02:30,900
should have gone after this guy
because God's team is all on

989
01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:32,200
him.
Visit me in a prayer, he

990
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:35,100
believes ultimate gods in
control throughout is this?

991
01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:37,500
They were they were trying to
attack a man who wasn't afraid

992
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:39,300
to open his windows and pray.
Amen.

993
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:43,700
Made all the difference for
Daniel, there's a lot of ways.

994
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,600
This could have gone down as
thing about this direction of

995
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,700
it.
What did Daniel not do?

996
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:53,500
I'll tell you what they'll do
you didn't do a lot of us have

997
01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:58,500
done a lot of us do.
He didn't go run to the next

998
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:01,400
person leadership and getting
mad.

999
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:05,800
It caused an uproar drag you to
Mutiny, he didn't tear down

1000
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:10,600
people's names, he didn't gather
an army, he didn't go cry to

1001
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:13,700
somebody.
He didn't be a he was a victim.

1002
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:18,700
He didn't go out and say, poor
me, this isn't fair, it just

1003
01:03:18,700 --> 01:03:20,000
can't happen.
I've worked so hard.

1004
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:23,300
I can't believe it.
He didn't do all these things,

1005
01:03:23,700 --> 01:03:27,300
there's so many of us so easily.
Do he just simply do, did what

1006
01:03:27,300 --> 01:03:31,700
all this can do and he prayed
amen.

1007
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,000
And you think about the battles
you're in who's the first person

1008
01:03:36,100 --> 01:03:37,500
that you pick up the phone and
call?

1009
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:40,900
I'm telling you we got to put
that speed dial on Jesus.

1010
01:03:40,900 --> 01:03:42,900
Amen.
Like you're walking through a

1011
01:03:42,900 --> 01:03:44,900
battle.
Do nobody else really needs to

1012
01:03:44,900 --> 01:03:46,400
know?
Now, I'm not saying you

1013
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:48,800
shouldn't connect him.
Have people cheer, you on, and

1014
01:03:48,900 --> 01:03:50,900
encourage you, but the First
Column people.

1015
01:03:50,900 --> 01:03:55,900
So, people feel like us so many
times, there's not there's Lily

1016
01:03:55,900 --> 01:03:57,300
and Leadership side.
We can goes by that.

1017
01:03:57,300 --> 01:04:01,500
You don't take a shot Come on
and I just go like this.

1018
01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:05,400
Hey guys.
We're gonna hit me right there.

1019
01:04:06,400 --> 01:04:07,900
It's be marked by prayer.
Amen.

1020
01:04:08,700 --> 01:04:09,900
Because you can cut somebody at
the knees.

1021
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:12,400
You can stab in the back but the
reality is, the power of God is

1022
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:14,400
on you.
There's nothing that's going to

1023
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,300
stop.
God's will in your life, Matt

1024
01:04:16,300 --> 01:04:18,800
Factor.
Daniel, it was the safest place

1025
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:21,500
to be.
If you think about where it

1026
01:04:21,508 --> 01:04:23,400
could have gone.
If he said O King.

1027
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,000
I'm so sorry.
And he apologized and he cowered

1028
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,300
out ladies.
Do what killed him.

1029
01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:33,700
What would have been if he
didn't have the faith to stand

1030
01:04:33,700 --> 01:04:36,400
against all his things?
And the route is this, when they

1031
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:40,100
came after Daniel and they tried
to attack his / life and his

1032
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:41,700
faith.
They thought they're going to

1033
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:44,500
determine Daniels fate.
But the reality is, they only

1034
01:04:44,500 --> 01:04:48,000
determine their own and change
their fate.

1035
01:04:48,600 --> 01:04:50,700
In fact, I will say, though, we
actually did kind of change

1036
01:04:50,700 --> 01:04:55,200
Daniels Faith because Daniel
actually got promoted, he

1037
01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:58,400
prospered and the glory of God.
This is so cool.

1038
01:04:58,900 --> 01:05:03,300
It went out to all of the World
all because this man stood his

1039
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:06,000
ground on his knees praying to a
living.

1040
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:11,100
God verse 25 says this, then
King Darius, he wrote to who

1041
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:15,800
helped me out all the nations.
Do they have the ear of the guy

1042
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:18,800
that can put a pen to paper and
write to every single country in

1043
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:22,400
the world and the peoples of
every language he put on every

1044
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:26,500
single language that the entire
Earth all Earth this way.

1045
01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:29,000
He says, I mean imagine have the
ear of somebody who could send a

1046
01:05:29,008 --> 01:05:31,600
letter to every single person.
What in the world and this way

1047
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:33,800
he says, hey may you prosper
greatly.

1048
01:05:33,900 --> 01:05:35,900
I usually decree that every part
of my kingdom.

1049
01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:40,000
People must fear and reverence
the god of Daniel, because a

1050
01:05:40,008 --> 01:05:43,700
miracle happened, a man of Faith
with bold Faith.

1051
01:05:43,700 --> 01:05:45,600
Had courage to go through the
hard season.

1052
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,700
I recognize, now that was only
the Living God that protected

1053
01:05:48,700 --> 01:05:50,600
him.
It says this, I mean, this is my

1054
01:05:50,600 --> 01:05:52,700
Me Like Jesus wrote itself right
here.

1055
01:05:52,900 --> 01:05:57,300
It says may be he for, he is the
Living God and he endures

1056
01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:59,200
forever.
His kingdom will not be

1057
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,400
destroyed his Dominion.
I'll Never End.

1058
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:04,000
I'll look at this.
He rescues and he saves he

1059
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,500
performs signs and wonders and
Heavens on Earth.

1060
01:06:06,500 --> 01:06:10,800
He has rescued Daniel from the
power of the Lions.

1061
01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:12,900
I mean what a testimony.
Amen!

1062
01:06:13,700 --> 01:06:15,600
This letter goes to the entire
world.

1063
01:06:16,500 --> 01:06:21,900
One man had the courage to stand
and so Daniel what to say,

1064
01:06:21,900 --> 01:06:27,700
Daniel, Prospered during the
reign of Darius and the reign of

1065
01:06:27,700 --> 01:06:34,600
Cyrus the Persian because Daniel
didn't Babble for people, he

1066
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:40,800
stood before God, the entire
world heard of the glory of God

1067
01:06:41,700 --> 01:06:44,300
guys.
Encourage you today to be the

1068
01:06:44,300 --> 01:06:48,200
one for your marriage.
Amen.

1069
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:51,000
Some of y'all like it's her
fault.

1070
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:55,700
It's his fault, dude.
You follow God, Amen, take

1071
01:06:55,700 --> 01:06:57,200
responsibility.
Take time to follow God with

1072
01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,300
this.
I'm gonna love her because God

1073
01:06:59,300 --> 01:07:01,900
loves me and I love him because
God loves me.

1074
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:04,500
I'm not quitting on.
This is not dead yet.

1075
01:07:04,500 --> 01:07:06,800
Amen.
God has his here.

1076
01:07:07,700 --> 01:07:09,100
Can you be the one for your
family?

1077
01:07:09,900 --> 01:07:11,400
The one that point your family?
Jesus.

1078
01:07:11,700 --> 01:07:14,900
He could, you be the one for our
church?

1079
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:17,400
He'd be the one don't assume.
Some of us is doing it.

1080
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,700
Come on somebody.
Just be the one, be the one for

1081
01:07:20,700 --> 01:07:22,800
our community, be the one for
our nation.

1082
01:07:22,900 --> 01:07:25,500
Be that one guy on ESPN that
stood up and prayed on live

1083
01:07:25,500 --> 01:07:28,400
television, come on, somebody
boldness.

1084
01:07:28,900 --> 01:07:35,800
All he got to remit, I'm sure
right here at their be the ones

1085
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,100
and maybe might be the one for
the world.

1086
01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:43,200
Be the one for the world because
you just deal the small stuff.

1087
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:46,300
He had no idea that a lion said
we're leads to the whole world

1088
01:07:46,300 --> 01:07:48,700
knowing the glory and the power
of God.

1089
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:51,600
And here's how it changed
people's hearts are so amazing.

1090
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:54,400
The heart of Darius was
obviously so changed that he's

1091
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:57,100
put his faith in this.
God, he's writing a letter to

1092
01:07:57,100 --> 01:07:59,000
the whole world.
He's coming out man.

1093
01:07:59,100 --> 01:08:01,700
You know, he's like baptism.
Like I I follow this.

1094
01:08:01,700 --> 01:08:03,800
God man, we had these Gods,
those gods are real.

1095
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,500
This is the god that letter
officer made to his boss, the

1096
01:08:07,500 --> 01:08:11,200
boss would have the ear of him.
Cyrus the Great, the biggest

1097
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:14,300
leader of the known, time of
Persia all the nations will be

1098
01:08:14,300 --> 01:08:16,200
than pretty much subjected this
man he ruled.

1099
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:20,100
All right, and the Cuban soften
Ins by the story.

1100
01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,600
For the things of God, is
something very special happens.

1101
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,000
First Irish degree, he does
something.

1102
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:27,200
Remember, I told you these
Jewish people in captivity,

1103
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:29,300
their March out of their homes
and families were slaughtered,

1104
01:08:29,300 --> 01:08:32,300
and he put in a judgment, you
read all costs Old Testament and

1105
01:08:32,300 --> 01:08:35,899
they marched off to Babylon and
Persia comes in all of a sudden,

1106
01:08:35,899 --> 01:08:39,000
God starts moving because people
like gain on Bold faith.

1107
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:44,000
It says, in verse 1 of it as r
1, this is the first year of

1108
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:47,899
Cyrus King of Persia.
This was filled the message of

1109
01:08:47,899 --> 01:08:52,700
God preached by Thank God,
prodded Cyrus, King of Persia,

1110
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,700
to make an official announcement
throughout his kingdom and wrote

1111
01:08:55,700 --> 01:08:58,000
out as follows.
And I just believe this.

1112
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:00,899
I believe that the story of
Daniel is a lion's den Maybin

1113
01:09:00,899 --> 01:09:03,700
that thing that God used to
prod, Cyrus the Great as he

1114
01:09:03,700 --> 01:09:06,100
recognized that.
He did the Living God with his

1115
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:08,800
side of.
He won his kingdom terrain and

1116
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:12,399
so he issues his decree.
He says, from Cyrus King of

1117
01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:16,000
Persia a proclamation, God, the
god of Heavens has given me all

1118
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:18,399
the kingdoms of the earth.
He has also signed me to build a

1119
01:09:18,407 --> 01:09:20,399
temple.
Of worship that we destroyed

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01:09:20,399 --> 01:09:22,399
will debit can is restored in
Jerusalem and we're going to

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01:09:22,407 --> 01:09:25,899
rebuild it in Judah who among
you belongs to these people.

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01:09:25,899 --> 01:09:30,100
These are all the Jewish people
go God be with you and go to

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01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:34,000
Jerusalem, which is your Judea
or Judah and build the temple of

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01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,500
God.
The god of Israel Jerusalem's.

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01:09:36,500 --> 01:09:39,000
God, he releases the people of
God.

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01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:42,399
Amen.
He lets the captives free one

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01:09:42,399 --> 01:09:43,100
man's.
Bold Faith.

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01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:46,200
Played a part.
Just a small part of this story

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01:09:46,399 --> 01:09:48,700
and those who stayed behind
whoever they happen to live.

1130
01:09:48,700 --> 01:09:51,000
Where Live who will hear a
support them?

1131
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:53,600
A silver gold and tools of pack
animals along with fool

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01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:55,300
offerings for the temple of God.
In Jerusalem.

1133
01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:58,200
We're not going to let you go.
We're going to fund this baby.

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01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:00,300
Come on somebody.
We're going to bring back the

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01:10:00,300 --> 01:10:02,300
glory of God in Jerusalem.
Build that Temple.

1136
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:10,800
All because a few men stood up
to people they prayed and about

1137
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:11,900
you really Church marked by
prayer.

1138
01:10:11,900 --> 01:10:14,000
Amen.
Are you willing to be the one

1139
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:16,700
today that goes against the
grain of everybody else in your

1140
01:10:16,700 --> 01:10:18,200
life?
Because that's what's going to

1141
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:20,100
change?
And it's a, I'm gonna get my

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01:10:20,100 --> 01:10:23,000
knees and pray and it's just not
going to change because this is

1143
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:26,100
the fuel that moves me forward
in 2023.

1144
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:28,500
This is the mark of my life if
you can take me down.

1145
01:10:28,500 --> 01:10:30,900
But here's the obvious, I'm a
man or woman of prayer.

1146
01:10:30,900 --> 01:10:32,800
Amen.
Father.

1147
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:37,100
Come before you I spray our
church will be marked by prayer.

1148
01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:39,100
Maybe somebody's here today and
say you know, others have

1149
01:10:39,100 --> 01:10:42,100
drifted from prayer prayer is
kind of Relic has been Renegade

1150
01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:44,700
her relegated to the past or
it's just the last resort.

1151
01:10:44,700 --> 01:10:46,200
I mean I just screwed by
different prayers.

1152
01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:49,800
Got to be in my heart, I've been
afraid of praying, the prayer to

1153
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,900
pray out loud of afraid, leading
a prayer, but nobody knows I

1154
01:10:52,900 --> 01:10:56,100
pray, but today, recognizing
God's call me to be the one

1155
01:10:56,500 --> 01:10:58,300
that's you today.
We just lift your hands high to

1156
01:10:58,300 --> 01:11:00,000
God and say that's me.
I'm the one today.

1157
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:02,300
Come on somebody, but those
hands up high crosses room.

1158
01:11:02,300 --> 01:11:04,600
God has called me out.
He wants me to live that.

1159
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:08,000
Bold prayer has two hands across
the space all across the space.

1160
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:10,700
God, you see the hand, you know,
the hearts, gotta pray that our

1161
01:11:10,700 --> 01:11:13,800
prayers would shape a nation got
to give us our city.

1162
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:17,000
Got change our families that we
can't change circumstances but

1163
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:20,000
God you change situations.
You changed circumstances, got

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01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:23,300
your the miracle and God has we
get promoted and people come

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01:11:23,300 --> 01:11:25,000
behind us.
God, I pray that we'd fall more

1166
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:28,400
in love with you and God, we
push further into your will and

1167
01:11:28,400 --> 01:11:31,200
through our valleys God, we
trust you to the Lions Den.

1168
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:34,500
We trust you even if Our Fate is
sealed, we trust you.

1169
01:11:34,800 --> 01:11:37,200
He got, we pray for you to do,
only, you can do we just give

1170
01:11:37,200 --> 01:11:39,700
the glory trust in the fact that
you're going to use our heart

1171
01:11:39,700 --> 01:11:42,200
situations.
And what looks like a defeat For

1172
01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:44,400
Your Glory today to see lives
changed.

1173
01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:48,100
So God, we are the one for Our
Generation where I can go quiet.

1174
01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:50,600
We're not gonna sit down and I
can be regulated knocking,

1175
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:52,600
putting the corner.
God really bold with our faith

1176
01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:54,400
today.
I'll pray for one more group of

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01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:56,400
people in the house and that's
those, you say, you know what,

1178
01:11:57,100 --> 01:12:00,300
I'm like, Daniel, I'm the guy
that day that he's a cry out to

1179
01:12:00,300 --> 01:12:04,600
God because I need help on the
guys would do my own power.

1180
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:07,800
No strength at the Battle of
things against gotta realize.

1181
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:09,500
I don't have a relationship with
God.

1182
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:12,400
Who is Jesus, Jesus in the Son
of God.

1183
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:15,600
He came to die on the cross for
you two thousand years ago, the

1184
01:12:15,608 --> 01:12:19,100
award on Good Friday.
What looked like was defeat was

1185
01:12:19,100 --> 01:12:22,900
actually a set up, the biggest
set up in history and God won

1186
01:12:23,100 --> 01:12:25,700
the Battle of your sin.
He paid for your death on the

1187
01:12:25,700 --> 01:12:27,300
cross.
He paid for all of your

1188
01:12:27,300 --> 01:12:30,500
punishment for your sin and he
rose Victorious, to give you

1189
01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:32,400
freedom in the stone was rolled
away.

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01:12:32,700 --> 01:12:35,500
And so today, if you need
freedom in Jesus, you need the

1191
01:12:35,500 --> 01:12:39,000
power source you to get plugged
in the things of God, there's

1192
01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:42,000
nothing for me to do the call
the name of Jesus, it's a day

1193
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:46,600
for be forgiving Maiden new set,
free today that she was let your

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01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:47,800
hand as place I'm looking
around.

1195
01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:49,500
So I need Jesus.
Come on.

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01:12:50,300 --> 01:12:52,700
This is your moment.
I see your hand because I need

1197
01:12:52,700 --> 01:12:56,200
Jesus today, maybe online.
This is for you, I'll invite you

1198
01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:57,500
to pray.
This prayer is not the Princess

1199
01:12:57,500 --> 01:12:59,100
Saves you, but it's your heart
towards God.

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01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:03,200
Say, God, thank you so much for
giving me an example, like,

1201
01:13:03,200 --> 01:13:06,100
Daniel to be bold, my faith got
in recognize.

1202
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:07,900
I've been going the wrong way,
but the day I'm like that.

1203
01:13:07,900 --> 01:13:10,100
King Darius.
I see the power and the

1204
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:12,500
presence.
Eric of God and today I'm

1205
01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:15,300
turning to you goddamn declared
to the world.

1206
01:13:15,300 --> 01:13:17,300
Not to buy a letter to everybody
and tell them that your power

1207
01:13:17,300 --> 01:13:20,800
and your presence today.
So guys saving for my sin, got

1208
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:22,200
to use me.
God.

1209
01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:26,200
I'm a servant of you got make me
a vessel that praise in Jesus

1210
01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:28,800
name and everybody said.
Amen.

1211
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:30,300
Come on, give us the power of
God today.

1212
01:13:30,300 --> 01:13:32,200
Come on.
Amen.

1213
01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:36,500
If you prayed that prayer today,
we are just so excited for you.

1214
01:13:36,500 --> 01:13:39,700
And I just want you to know that
that's not like the end of your

1215
01:13:39,700 --> 01:13:43,000
journey.
The exciting New Beginning, that

1216
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:45,900
new chapter for your life and we
are just so pumped for you.

1217
01:13:45,900 --> 01:13:48,000
And hey, if that's you, I'm
talking to you today.

1218
01:13:48,300 --> 01:13:50,700
I have some action steps.
I want you to take them the very

1219
01:13:50,700 --> 01:13:55,100
first one is, don't leave here
without telling somebody.

1220
01:13:55,300 --> 01:13:59,800
Don't log off, without telling
somebody about this, exciting

1221
01:13:59,900 --> 01:14:03,100
decision.
You've made to just lay your

1222
01:14:03,100 --> 01:14:07,400
life of sin down and just start
a new life with Jesus and some

1223
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:10,200
other steps you could take.
As I just encourage you to get

1224
01:14:10,200 --> 01:14:14,600
your Out and text our own next
to 97,000.

1225
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:17,100
And when you do that, some of
our team lose reach out to you

1226
01:14:17,100 --> 01:14:20,400
this week, completely digitally
just to check in on you and just

1227
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:23,100
see you know, what are some
questions you have about?

1228
01:14:23,100 --> 01:14:27,200
Some next steps you can take now
that you've made this awesome

1229
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:29,300
awesome decision.
We also just want to hook you up

1230
01:14:29,300 --> 01:14:33,000
with some resources to that way.
And another thing you could do,

1231
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:35,100
if you're here, live is on the
table.

1232
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:38,100
In the back of the room, we have
some red bags and those bags are

1233
01:14:38,100 --> 01:14:40,400
Bibles and we just encourage you
just take one of those.

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01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:44,300
Home with you today, start
diving in the word and just

1235
01:14:44,300 --> 01:14:49,200
learning about all God has for
you and your life after you just

1236
01:14:49,200 --> 01:14:51,800
made this awesome decision.
And again there's there's more

1237
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:55,300
links to more resources and
we're just we're just pumped for

1238
01:14:55,300 --> 01:14:57,100
you.
If that's you today.

1239
01:14:57,700 --> 01:15:01,400
You know, Sean has talked to us
today kind of the big theme is

1240
01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:05,400
about being marked by God
through prayer.

1241
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:09,200
And one of the best ways we can
just kick off this new gear at

1242
01:15:09,200 --> 01:15:12,100
this new year is Kicking it into
high gear.

1243
01:15:12,300 --> 01:15:16,200
And by telling people about
Jesus, giving people some Jesus

1244
01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:19,700
and all of you on your, on your
chairs on your seats, you got

1245
01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:22,400
these cards and we just humor me
for a while.

1246
01:15:22,400 --> 01:15:24,300
You just pick those up.
I'm not going to make you like

1247
01:15:24,300 --> 01:15:26,700
hold them up high and they are
anything but just get him in

1248
01:15:26,700 --> 01:15:27,900
your hand.
Go ahead, wave them.

1249
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:30,900
Like you just don't care.
I see you know but just just

1250
01:15:30,900 --> 01:15:35,000
hold them just get him in your
hand and Something cool about

1251
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:39,700
these cards, you may not know
every week, Pastor Sean prays

1252
01:15:39,700 --> 01:15:45,000
over these cards and Just Praise
about really their ultimate

1253
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:49,200
destination where they end up
after we take him out of the

1254
01:15:49,208 --> 01:15:54,700
worship center and out into the
community, and these cards are a

1255
01:15:54,708 --> 01:15:57,300
tool for you.
There are tool for us there a

1256
01:15:57,300 --> 01:16:02,800
way that we can just be equipped
to, to share Jesus with the

1257
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:05,900
people in our lives with If
people that are close to us with

1258
01:16:05,900 --> 01:16:08,600
strangers leaving and places,
really.

1259
01:16:08,600 --> 01:16:12,700
It's it kind of just takes a
barrier away from from sharing

1260
01:16:12,700 --> 01:16:14,500
Jesus, with people in a real
practical way.

1261
01:16:14,500 --> 01:16:18,500
So I want you to hold these in
your hand and I just, you know,

1262
01:16:18,500 --> 01:16:21,300
Sean talked about earlier about
how it's so easy like, oh yeah,

1263
01:16:21,300 --> 01:16:24,100
I'll pray for you brother.
I'll pray for you but really

1264
01:16:24,100 --> 01:16:25,400
this is a place that we could
praise.

1265
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:26,700
We're going to do that.
We're gonna do that right now

1266
01:16:26,700 --> 01:16:28,500
actually.
So you just bow your heads and

1267
01:16:28,500 --> 01:16:31,400
join me in a quick prayer, as we
pray over these cards.

1268
01:16:31,700 --> 01:16:35,800
And we just say, father, we just
come You prayer and we just pray

1269
01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:41,800
father over these cards and we
pray over the destination where

1270
01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:45,200
these cards end up.
We pray over the souls that come

1271
01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:49,000
in contact with with these cards
and God I just pray for

1272
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:52,600
everybody in this room today and
everybody that can hear my voice

1273
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:56,500
God that you will give us
boldness that you won't let us

1274
01:16:56,500 --> 01:17:01,500
be scared that you won't let us
feel shame that you won't let us

1275
01:17:01,500 --> 01:17:03,900
just be comfortable sitting on
the sidelines.

1276
01:17:04,300 --> 01:17:07,500
We pray father that we can just
go out into our world this week

1277
01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:13,400
and share you unashamedly and
invite people to Real Life

1278
01:17:13,400 --> 01:17:16,300
Church that we can.
In let them know that we have a

1279
01:17:16,300 --> 01:17:20,100
seat with their name on it that
we have people that will love on

1280
01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:22,700
them and be here just to walk
with them.

1281
01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:27,600
No matter the season that their
income as they are.

1282
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:32,300
God just use us as we got not
for our Glory but for yours help

1283
01:17:32,300 --> 01:17:37,300
us to be bold and brave and
Jesus name, we all say amen.

1284
01:17:37,700 --> 01:17:41,700
And I just encourage you to
really just take these and run

1285
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,400
this week and guys, I'm just
super pumped for another

1286
01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:49,100
exciting opportunity.
We have coming up this

1287
01:17:49,100 --> 01:17:53,000
afternoon, we have a big mission
in 2023.

1288
01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:57,800
We are just excited to see the
teams that we currently have

1289
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,300
grow.
And we're excited to bring back

1290
01:18:00,300 --> 01:18:04,200
the refreshments team and just
really just overhaul the kids.

1291
01:18:04,300 --> 01:18:07,700
Ministry and just keep that
movement along, because, man, I

1292
01:18:07,700 --> 01:18:10,700
love how sean always says is.
There's no Junior, Holy Spirit,

1293
01:18:10,700 --> 01:18:12,700
right?
The same God, the same Holy

1294
01:18:12,700 --> 01:18:16,700
Spirit in US is working through
our kids back there and just We

1295
01:18:16,700 --> 01:18:19,900
Believe big things for them as
we lift them up in a courage and

1296
01:18:19,900 --> 01:18:22,800
we have an awesome team back
there that just pours into our

1297
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,600
kids each week and we just want
to capitalize on that and

1298
01:18:25,608 --> 01:18:32,100
there's so many other teams and
just people that keep Real Life

1299
01:18:32,100 --> 01:18:36,800
Church going and keep We can so
we just want to invite you.

1300
01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,600
If you don't feel like you're
currently planted anywhere or if

1301
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:43,200
you're not currently serving man
today you have an awesome

1302
01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:47,100
opportunity this afternoon at 2
p.m. is crash course.

1303
01:18:47,100 --> 01:18:49,800
It's going to be a pastor,
Shawna Diane's house and you're

1304
01:18:49,808 --> 01:18:52,600
going to get to meet with m.e.
Gonna get to connect with them

1305
01:18:52,600 --> 01:18:55,400
really in a in a way that's hard
to do on a Sunday morning.

1306
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:58,500
Really good to hear their heart
and mission for what's going

1307
01:18:58,500 --> 01:19:00,800
forward.
And also what's really cool

1308
01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:04,200
about Crash courses, you get to
really take a moment and discuss

1309
01:19:04,300 --> 01:19:08,800
Discover how God has gifted and
talented you, what's your

1310
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:10,500
purpose?
What are you good at?

1311
01:19:10,500 --> 01:19:13,000
And then just really find a way
that we can align what you're

1312
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:17,300
already good at and just find a
team, find a way that you can

1313
01:19:17,300 --> 01:19:20,700
serve here at real life church
and just really drive the

1314
01:19:20,700 --> 01:19:24,600
mission forward and 2023 couple
cool things.

1315
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:27,200
If you show up today, you won't
be alone, it won't be awkward.

1316
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:29,900
We already got a good group of
people and really, the only

1317
01:19:29,900 --> 01:19:33,800
thing missing is you if you just
are feeling that tug right now.

1318
01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:37,300
So we would Love to have you
come out hang out with us 2 p.m.

1319
01:19:37,700 --> 01:19:40,500
this afternoon all the
informations at real life church

1320
01:19:40,500 --> 01:19:44,100
kc.com.
And another thing I wanted to

1321
01:19:44,100 --> 01:19:46,600
share with you guys is just
really Hammer this point home.

1322
01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:51,100
Your generosity makes a huge
difference, a huge difference

1323
01:19:51,100 --> 01:19:54,400
here, at real life church and
your generosity plays a part in

1324
01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:58,100
stories, just last week.
And this first Gathering five,

1325
01:19:58,100 --> 01:20:01,800
people raise their hand and made
that decision for Jesus.

1326
01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:03,900
Can you give up for that really
quick, man?

1327
01:20:03,900 --> 01:20:08,200
God God is moving at real life
church and, and it just doesn't

1328
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,700
happen without generosity.
And, you know, one of the things

1329
01:20:11,700 --> 01:20:14,800
on our heart is to start a
course in these next, coming

1330
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:18,800
months for people that are
raising their hands or anybody

1331
01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:21,100
that just needs a good
foundation, the faith.

1332
01:20:21,100 --> 01:20:25,600
That course is called, no God
knnow, no God.

1333
01:20:25,700 --> 01:20:28,700
And just really, we can't do
things like that.

1334
01:20:28,700 --> 01:20:33,300
We can't offer programming like
that without resources and

1335
01:20:33,300 --> 01:20:36,500
without your generosity.
See, your generosity drives the

1336
01:20:36,500 --> 01:20:41,600
mission for your generosity is
directly connected to souls here

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in our community.
I just want to encourage you to

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keep that going in 2023.
Now, I will step back step off

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the gas here for a second.
And say this, if you are

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brand-new with us, I'm not
talking to you in this moment.

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Okay?
I'm not expecting anything from

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you.
In fact, the opposite of that

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this gift is our, this Gathering
is our gift for you.

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We're not going to ask anything
from you.

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Today, we're just pumped, you're
here.

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And encourage you to come back
and hang out with us again next

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week.
But if you do call real life

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home, here's some ways that you
can be a part of generosity.

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01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:14,200
You go to Real Life Church
kc.com.

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01:21:15,100 --> 01:21:19,500
You can text any amount to 8, 4
3, 2 1, there's a giving box in

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the back.
You could drop cash or envelopes

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and of course our Usher's are
going to be handing buckets down

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the aisles here in just a
moment.

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You could utilize those as well.
Finally, if you are finding

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yourself this week in immediate
need of food, clothing or

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shelter.
Alter, we just invite you to

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01:21:35,500 --> 01:21:38,500
reach into those buckets, as
they pass by grab any loose

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cash.
You see and take that to meet

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01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:45,900
those immediate needs guys.
One more final thing I'm super

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pumped about is this today and
this week starts, life groups

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and with more info on that.
I want you to check out this

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video We clinking, are we
clinking?

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01:22:04,200 --> 01:22:06,200
You want us to clink?
And then I just start talking

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01:22:08,100 --> 01:22:10,700
searching.
Are you sure?

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Hey, guys, life groups start
meeting this week.

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We are so excited and just
expect it of all that God is

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going to do through this
semester.

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But groups, I just know, we are
super pumped for another season

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of Life groups.
I just know how much life groups

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mean to Holly, and I to our
whole family.

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01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:35,500
Really, one thing that's always
kind of fun is when the last

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season of Life groups ends our
kids are, like, what do you

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01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:40,600
mean?
There's no life group this week

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because they make connections
with other real-life kids each

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01:22:44,500 --> 01:22:47,100
week, just hanging out playing
kind of doing their own thing

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01:22:47,100 --> 01:22:48,500
while we're doing our thing
upstairs.

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01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:52,800
So it's really just an exciting
season just to get the ball

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01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:55,800
rolling again, on life groups.
They mean so much for our

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family.
Yeah, I mean, like you said,

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we've just had such Good
experiences and made such deep

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rich connections with people.
Each life group that we've let

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over these last five years and
we want you to experience that

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01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:12,500
and to feel what we feel every
semester as we walk through life

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together, with other people.
And so, yeah, here's our

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01:23:15,500 --> 01:23:17,800
Shameless plug, not even
Shameless honestly.

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01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:20,100
Hey, no, shame.
Today is a day to sign up for a

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life group, you know, whatever.
You've been waiting for, like a

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01:23:22,100 --> 01:23:24,800
Sean has encouraged us even over
these last few weeks to make

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2023 a breakout year and to make
gathering together with the

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people of God, such a big
priority.

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01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:33,200
Artie, this is the best way to
do that, what an awesome easy

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01:23:33,200 --> 01:23:37,500
opportunity for you to make 2023
your breakout year by doing

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01:23:37,500 --> 01:23:39,400
this.
So if you're with us in person,

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you can head out to the life
groups.

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01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,400
Well, out in the hub and scan,
the QR code to sign up, or you

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can go to Real Life Church
kc.com and find all of our

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01:23:46,300 --> 01:23:49,400
groups there.
And we're just so excited for

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you guys to take part in life
groups, a semester.

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01:23:51,500 --> 01:23:54,400
Hope to see you in a life group.
This week.

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Have a good one, that was
awkward.

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01:24:04,500 --> 01:24:08,100
For Life groups.
Awesome.

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01:24:08,100 --> 01:24:11,000
Hey, let's fuel up on some
prayer this week and remember

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01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:15,100
the simple recipe to do.
So invite God in talk to him,

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01:24:15,100 --> 01:24:18,200
listen to him, through prayer,
and say, yes to what he has for

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01:24:18,200 --> 01:24:19,900
you.
So, we'll see you back here next

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01:24:19,900 --> 01:24:22,400
week. 9:30, to 11:00 at
Kentucky, Trail Elementary, or

1407
01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:25,500
we live Church online, if you
need prayer, that's the theme

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01:24:25,500 --> 01:24:28,200
for today for any reason.
Well, the team member here up

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01:24:28,300 --> 01:24:30,800
immediately after the Gathering.
And remember, Who fight over

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find Jesus.
Discovers real life and purpose.

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01:24:34,100 --> 01:24:34,900
See you next week.