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HOW ARE YOU DOING?
READY TO GO, LET'S DO WHAT WE DO.
LET'S DO WHAT WE DO.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
THEY ARE GETTING ON THEIR KNEES.
LORD JESUS, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE LORD.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU OFFER US ETERNAL HOPE.
HOLY SPIRIT WE WELCOME YOU INTO OUR SERVICE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE, BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE,
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR POWER AND DESIRE TO GLORIFY THE FATHER AND
TO BRING US INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER.
SO WE INVITE YOU TO DO THAT.
WE PRAY FOR YOU TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S BODIES, EVEN NOW, HEAL
PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
AND DEVIL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE ALSO LISTENING AND WE
REBUKE YOU IN JESUS' NAME, AND CAST YOU OUT OF THIS PLACE.
AND WE PRAY TO EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF A HOLY GOD, THAT THY
WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS SAID IN HEAVEN.
THAT THY WILL BE DONE IN THIS ROOM AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
LET'S SEE YOUR BIBLES.
LET'S SEE YOUR BIBLES.
ALL CAMPUSES SAY, WORD!
GOOD, TURN IN GENESIS CHAPTER 1.
FIRST PAGE.
OF THE BIBLE.
I AM NOT USUALLY A JOKE PERSON.
I AM NOT.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, IF YOU NOTICE, I AM FUNNY.
BUT I DON'T TELL JOKES, I JUST SAY FUNNY THINGS.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, OKAY.
SO -- BUT SOMETIMES I GET JOKES AND I GOT THIS PACKET OF JOKES.
I WANT TO READ A JOKE TO YOU.
OKAY.
THIS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE DOING
THEIR BEST TO RAIN ON YOUR PARADE.
REMEMBER THIS STORY WHEN SOMEONE KNOWS NOTHING AND CARES LESS TO
MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW A PERSON LIKE THAT IN YOUR LIFE.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THAT PERSON.
A WOMAN IS GETTING HER HAIR DID, THAT'S AN URBAN TERM, I GET MY
HAIR DID, AND SHE MADE A TRIP TO THE HAIR DRESSER, AND SHE WAS
GOING TO ROME, WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO THERE, YOU ARE CRAZY IT'S
DIRTY.
AND HOW ARE YOU GETTING THERE.
WE ARE TAKING CONTINENTAL, AND SAYING THEIR PLANES ARE OLD AND
LATE AND THEY'RE PEOPLE ARE UGLY.
BUT IF YOU ARE A STEWARDESS, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEY GO TO TESTY, AND IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL AND EXCLUSIVE
BUT IT'S A DUMP.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO THE VATICAN AND MAYBE SEE THE POPE,
YEAH, WHATEVER.
YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SEE HIM.
YOU WILL LOOK LIKE AN ANT.
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR LOUSY TRIP, YOU WILL NEED IT.
AND A MONTH LATER THE LADY WENT TO THE HAIR DRESSER AND SHE SAID
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP TO ROME.
IT WAS WONDERFUL, WE WERE ON CONTINENTAL AND IT WAS
OVERBOOKED AND BUMPED TO FIRST CLASS.
EVERYONE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I HAD A 21 YEAR-OLD STEWARD WAITING ON
ME HAND AND FOOT -- OKAY, WHERE IS YOUR HUSBAND.
THE HOTEL IS GREAT AND FINISHED A REMODELING JOB AND IT'S THE
FINEST HOTEL IN ROME.
AND THEY TOO OVERBOOKED AND GIVE US THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE FREE
OF CHARGE.
AND SEE SAID, WELL, THAT'S FINE BUT I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THE
POPE.
NO, WE WERE TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER AND IF WE WANTED TO
MEET THE POPE IN A PRIVATE ROOM.
THE POPE WOULD MEET US.
SHOR NUF, FIVE MINUTES LATER THE POPE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR AND
I KNELT DOWN AND HE SPOKE A FEW WORDS TO ME.
AND THE HAIR DRESSER SAID, WHAT DID HE SAY?
WHO IN THE WORLD DID THAT LOUSY HAIR JOB ON YOUR HEAD.
OH, SNAP.
WE ALL HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE THAT EVERYTHING IS
NEGATIVE.
CAN I GET AMEN.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY OR DO OR WHAT PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE, THEY
WANT TO TURN IT AROUND TO THE NEGATIVE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS GOD.
AND WHEN GOD LOOKS AT YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THE CONDITION YOUR
LIFE IS IN TODAY, HE SEES THE POSITIVE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT DOES NOT MEAN HE APPROVES EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
GOD UNCONDITIONALLY LOVES YOU BUT NOT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
DONE.
BUT HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO MOVE YOU PASS YOUR DRAMA.
WE WERE TALKING IN MATTHEW THAT THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT
IS IN HEAVEN.
THAT WE WANT TO USHER IN THE KINGDOM OF WORK ON THE EARTH
NOW.
AND WE LOOKED AT GOD DESIGNED AND CREATED THE EARTH AS HE
WANTED.
AND TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW GOD WILL USHER HIS KINGDOM
THROUGH US.
THAT GOD'S PLANS FOR US WERE SO AMAZING.
THAT HE SAID, I CREATED YOU OVER AND ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE
WORLD.
THAT THROUGH YOU MY WILL, WILL BE DONE ON EARTH.
I SAY IT AGAIN SLOW.
THAT GOD CREATED US LIKE NO OTHER CREATURE ON THE EARTH AND
THROUGH US EXCLUSIVELY HIS WILL BE DONE.
THAT IS AND WAS HIS ORIGINAL INTENT FOR YOU AND ME.
NOW DO A REVIEW.
HOW MANY OF YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK?
BY A SHOW OF HANDS.
LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LIVING-ROOM STARTER KIT.
NOW I AM NOT GOING TO TRY TO TRICK YOU.
I WILL ASK YOU SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY THINK ARE TRICKS.
THEY ARE NOT.
SAY AMEN IF YOU AGREE THERE IS A LIVING ROOM HERE.
AMEN.
SOME OF YOU THINK THIS IS A TRICK.
IT'S A COUCH.
A LITTLE RUG.
TABLE.
MAGAZINES.
LAMP.
AND THIS IS WHAT I MEAN BY LIVING ROOM.
IF YOU SEE THAT, SAY AMEN.
SAY AMEN IF YOU AGREE ALL OF THESE THINGS HAD TO BE MADE AND
DESIGNED BY SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE THINGS THEMSELVES.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE COUCH DIDN'T MAKE ITSELF AND THE PILLOWS
DIDN'T MAKE ITSELF AND WHATEVER THAT IS DIDN'T MAKE ITSELF.
AND THE LAMP AND MAGAZINES.
SAY AMEN IF YOU AGREE THAT ALL OF IT HAD TO BE MADE BY SOMEBODY
ELSE.
AMEN.
OKAY.
JUST SO WE ARE CHECKING.
DOES ANYBODY HERE BELIEVE THAT IT MADE ITSELF?
DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THAT NOTHING MADE IT?
YOU ALL AGREE THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO MAKE IT AND DESIGN IT, CAN I
GET AMEN.
GOOD, THE REASON THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE LIMITED
OBJECTS.
IN OTHER WORDS IT HAS A LIMIT, IT CAN'T CREATE ITSELF OR GIVE
ITSELF A PURPOSE.
OR A BEGINNING, EVERYTHING HAD TO BE GIVEN BY SOMEONE ELSE OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S NOT ONLY LOGIC IT'S SCIENCE.
WE AGREE THAT THIS IS HERE AND THAT SOMEONE ELSE DESIGNED AND
MADE IT.
AND WE AGREE THAT THE PERSON THAT DESIGNED IT AND MADE IT IS
THE PERSON THAT GAVE IT ITS PURPOSE AND DESIGN.
IT'S DESIGN IS COMPATIBLE WITH ITS PURPOSE.
IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, THE PERSON THAT DESIGNED IT GAVE IT
ITS DESIGN AND PURPOSE, SAY AMEN.
AMEN.
GOOD, THAT MEANS THAT THE COUCH ONCE MADE CAN'T DECIDE ON
ITS OWN, OWN PURPOSE, IT DIDN'T MAKE ITSELF AND SOMEONE MADE IT
FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
MAKE SENSE?
SAY AMEN IF YOU AGREE.
AMEN.
IF THAT IS TRUE, HOW MANY AGREE THAT THE UNIVERSE IS HERE
AND IT'S HERE.
AMEN.
NOW THE UNIVERSE IS A LIMITED OBJECT.
THE UNIVERSE CAN'T GIVE ITSELF ITS PURPOSE, THE UNIVERSE CAN'T
CREATE NOTHING, BECAUSE NOTHING CREATES NOTHING.
THAT'S LOGIC AND SCIENCE.
HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THAT SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE UNIVERSE
IT HAS TO CREATE THE UNIVERSE AND DESIGN THE UNIVERSE.
AMEN.
HOW DO YOU AGREE THAT NOTHING MADE THIS GRAND THING CALLED
SOMETHING, SAY AMEN IF YOU AGREE THAT NOTHING MADE THAT
SOMETHING.
THAT MEANS THAT 100% OF YOU DENY EVOLUTION.
I KNOW THAT 100% OF YOU DON'T DENY EVOLUTION.
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T FIVE MINUTES AGO.
EVOLUTION SAYS NOBODY OUT THERE AND IT BANGED BY ITSELF, IT
HAPPENED.
THEY GIVE NO EXPLANATION ABOUT WHERE IT BEGAN.
EVOLUTION IS NOT SCIENCE.
SOMEBODY HAD TO START IT.
AND THAT SOMEBODY IS GOD.
JUST LIKE SOMEBODY DESIGNED THAT AND GAVE THAT PURPOSE, GOD
ORIGINATED EVERYTHING AND GAVE IT ITS PURPOSE, INCLUDING US.
AND AS A PARENTHETICAL THOUGHT YOU MAY THINK WHO STARTED GOD.
GOD IS GOD.
HE DOESN'T EXIST BY OUR RULES.
ONE THING THAT HE PUT RULES IN CREATION THAT STATED EVERYTHING
HAS A BEGINNING.
BUT HE EXISTS OUTSIDE OF THAT ON ON HIS OWN RULES.
HE'S GOD, THAT'S WHY HE IS WORSHIP WORTHY.
THAT'S WHY WE WORSHIP HIM.
WE CAN'T GET THAT, WE ARE LIMITED TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
THE UNIVERSE.
HE'S OUTSIDE OF OUR REALITY.
HE'S AMAZING.
THIS IS THE THING ABOUT GOD, WHEN HE MADE THE HEAVENS AND
EARTH HE SAID IT IS GOOD.
READ THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK, GENESIS 1, I WILL FLY THROUGH
IT, VERSE 4, HE SAW THE LIGHT AND THE LIGHT WAS GOOD.
SAY GOOD.
AND HE CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH AND THE WATER AND SEAS.
AND SAW IT WAS GOOD.
AND THE GRASS AND THE TREES HAVE SEED IN THEM, THEY ARE GOOD.
SAY GOOD.
AND IN VERSE 18, THE SUN AND LIGHT WERE GOOD, AND THE 21 THE
SEA CREATURES WERE GOOD.
AND VERSE 31, EVERYTHING HE MADE WAS GOOD.
SAY EARTH WAS GOOD.
SAY IT WAS GOOD.
THIS IS WHAT GOD DID, GOD SAID I AM MAKING EVERYTHING.
I DO THAT, YOU DIDN'T DO IT.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU AGREE THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO MAKE THAT, AND
YOU AGREE THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO DESIGN.
THAT AND YOU AGREE THAT THE DESIGNER GAVE THE PURPOSE BUT
DISAGREE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE, YOU CONTRADICT YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ONE ANOTHER, EITHER NO ONE MADE THAT OR
SOMEBODY DID, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
SO GOD SAID, I MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND THEY ARE
EXACTLY WHAT I WANT.
MY WILL IN HEAVEN IS NOW ON EARTH.
THEN WE SEE THAT GOD'S WILL IN HEAVEN WAS ALSO IN HIS DESIGN OF
MAN.
THIS IS WHERE WE COME IN.
YOU AND I WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTED.
YOU WERE NOT MADE IN THE IMAGE OF IDIOT OR FAILURE OR SOMEBODY
STUPID, YOU WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF A HOLY GOD WITH A
PURPOSE.
GENESIS 1:26, LET US, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT MAKE MAN IN
OUR, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR
LIKENESS.
VERSE 27, SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD HE CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE.
GOD'S WILL WAS DONE IN CREATION.
GOD'S WILL WAS DONE WHEN HE CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE.
GOD SAID, I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU LIKE ME.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
GOD MADE YOU IN HIS IMAGE FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
BUT ONE BIG REASON HE WANTED TO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
GOD SAYS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD BUT THEN
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE.
SO MAN CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT WE ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING, WHO IS
WE?
FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
THE FATHER, THE SON, HOLY SPIRIT WERE EXPERIENCING A LOVING
RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
AND FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT SAYS WE WILL MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN
IMAGE.
NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUT THEY
CAN EXPERIENCE LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
GOD MADE YOU A PERSON LIKE HE IS A PERSON.
NOW LET ME DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A PERSON AND A HUMAN.
A HUMAN IS A PERSON WITH THIS BODY.
BUT YOUR PERSONHOOD, WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON IS NOT THIS.
THIS IS A SHELL.
IF YOU HAVE NO LEGS OR ARMS YOU STILL WOULD BE A PERSON.
IF YOU CAN'T SPEAK OR HEAR, YOU ARE A PERSON.
YOU ARE NO LESS THAN A PERSON, YOU ARE A COMPLETE PERSON
BECAUSE YOUR PERSONHOOD IS THE INVISIBLE NONPHYSICAL PART OF
YOU THAT CAN LOVE AND HAVE EMOTIONS AND THOUGHT AND
RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE.
THAT'S YOUR PERSONHOOD.
THAT'S THE PART OF YOU THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER AND GO BE WITH GOD.
WHEN YOU DIE THIS GOES IN THE GRAVE.
BUT YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY.
GOD IS A PERSON, THREE PERSONS, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
GOD SAID LET'S MAKE HUMANS IN OUR IMAGE.
SO WE CAN HAVE RELATIONSHIP.
SO GOD CAN LOVE YOU.
AND THEN SO MAN BECAUSE THEY HAVE OUR MIND AND OUR HEART, AND
MAN WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THEM.
WE CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH THEM.
WE CAN RULE, FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT CAN RULE THROUGH YOU.
NOT ONLY IS THE WILL OF GOD DONE IN YOU, THE WILL OF GOD WILL BE
DONE THROUGH YOU.
THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR.
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING IT NOW, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO
TEACH ON THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LIVING IT NOW.
BUT WHAT YOU WERE CREATED FOR IS THAT GOD'S WILL BE DONE IN YOU
AND THROUGH YOU.
NOW HE SAYS, I WILL TRUST YOU TO BE MY AMBASSADOR THAT YOU WOULD
EXECUTE MY WILL ON EARTH.
LOOK AT 1:26, FIRST IT SAYS, DO THE EASY ONE FIRST.
THREE WAYS THAT GOD'S WILL BE DONE BY MAN.
VERSE 28, GOD BLESSED MAN.
MAN AND WOMAN AND SAID, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
EVERYONE SAY FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
SIMPLE, HE TOLD ADAM, THERE IS YOUR WOMAN, HAVE BABIES.
GOT IT.
NO PROBLEM.
ADAM AND EVE HAD NO SIN.
YOU HAVE A BABY, THAT BABY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE SIN.
AND THAT BABY WILL GROW UP AND HAVE BABIES AND NOT HAVE SIN.
AND YOU WILL MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
MADE IN MY IMAGE WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH ME WHO WILL
GOVERN THE EARTH ACCORDING TO MY HEART.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT.
WHAT HE WANTS.
AND VERSE 26, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE ACCORDING TO OUR
LIKENESSES AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT THEM TO HAVE, DOMINION
OFFER THE FISH AND BIRDS AND CATTLE AND ALL THE CREEPS.
[LAUGHTER]
CREEPS ARE BUGS, AND GUYS.
SOME GUYS.
CAN I GET AN AMEN, FELLAS.
AMEN -- AMEN.
CREEPS.
DOMINION MEANS TO RULE.
TO HAVE POWER, AUTHORITY.
GOVERN.
MY WIFE AND I WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST DAUGHTER AND DID THIS FOR
ALL OF OUR KIDS.
THE FIRST ONE WE CREATED A ROOM.
PREPARED A ROOM FOR HER, AND COLORED THE WALLS AND MADE IT
LOOK LIKE A SALAD, AND HAD BARBED WIRE AROUND THE ROOM AND
ROCKET LAUNCHES AND CAMERAS AND TRIP WIRES AND A CRIB.
BECAUSE WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR
HER.
WHAT WE WERE DOING IS A BIBLICAL, OUT OF OBEDIENCE TO
GENESIS 1, WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
WE WERE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH SHE CAN GROW AND
BECOME THE PERSON THAT GOD INTENDED HER TO BECOME.
IT WAS SAFE AND CLEAN.
AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE HER AND STIMULATE HER AND HAVE
HER GROW UP AND DEVELOP AS AN INFANT IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH AND
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR.
BY THE WAY HE NEVER TOLD ADAM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER EVE.
ALL YOU LADIES SAY -- HI.
AND ALSO DIDN'T TELL EVE TO HAVE DOMINION OVER ADAM.
CAN I GET AN AMEN, FELLAS?
BUT BECAUSE OF SIN -- THERE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY WHEN WE
GET TO THAT.
HE SAID I WANT YOU TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH.
IN OTHER WORDS, ADAM, THE EARTH HAS A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT.
IT ALL WORKS.
THE PLANTS BREATHE OUT WHAT YOU BREATHE IN.
THE PLANTS BREATHE IN WHAT YOU BREATHE OUT.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, PLANTS BREATHE OUT OXYGEN AND WE
BREATHE IN OXYGEN. THE PLANTS BREATHE IN CO 2 AND THAT'S NOT A
COINCIDENCE.
NOT ONLY MAKE PLANT AND MAN BUT TO HAVE A SYMBOLIC RELATIONSHIP.
GOD MADE BIRDS AND THE TREES FOR THEM TO LAND IN.
AND THEN MADE SEED TO GROW IN SOIL WHERE THE BIRD CAN CONVERT
THE SEED FOR MAN TO EAT.
THAT TAKES COORDINATION.
NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING CAME FROM NOTHING.
BUT TO BELIEVE THAT IT ALL GREW IN COORDINATION BY NO DESIGN IS
UNSCIENTIFIC AND UNLOGICAL.
GOD ACCORDED ALL OF THAT.
HE PUT THE FISH IN THE OCEAN TO GET OXYGEN OUT OF THE WATER.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE TIME YOU EVOLVED BY THE TIME YOU GET IT
OUT YOU WOULD DROWN.
I WILL SAY THAT SLOW FOR YOU THAT MISSED IT.
IF YOU SAY THAT THE FISH FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET OXYGEN OUT OF THE
WATER, WHAT DID THEY DO IN THE MEANTIME?
THEY WOULD DO, THEY HAD TO HAVE THAT ABILITY ON DAY ONE.
AND FOR GOD TO MAKE IT WORK TOGETHER, BECAUSE HE'S
INTELLIGENCE ON STEROIDS.
AND TOLD ADAM, EVERYTHING WORKS, ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS MAINTAIN
THE GOOD THAT I SAID IT IS.
IT HONORS ME AND GLORIFIES ME AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE
HEAVENS GLORIFY GOD.
AND TOLD ADAM I WANT YOU AUTHORITY OVER THIS BUT NOT TO
DO WHAT YOU WANT.
I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GLORIFIES.
THERE IS A PROGRAM AROUND THE COUNTRY CALLED HUG A THUG.
AND HUG A THUG IS -- I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.
IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE YOU TAKE THE INMATES AND PUT THEM IN A
CLEAN ROOM WITH NICE BEDDING AND THEY TREAT THEM LIKE STUDENTS.
AND THESE PARTICULAR GUYS ARE GUILTY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THEY PUT THEM IN, THEY DON'T SAY THIS, BUT WHAT IT IS, IT'S A
GOD-HONORING ENVIRONMENT.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A PRISON, IT'S JUST COMBAT.
CURSING AND YELLING AND BEAT PEOPLE DOWN.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
THIS WAS MORE OF A LOVING ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE MEN RESPONDED BY HAVING MORE RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES AND
EACH OTHER.
WHY?
BECAUSE IT WAS A GOD-HONORING ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGED THEM TO BE WHAT GOD
CALLED THEM TO BE.
SO HE TOLD US, MY WILL ON EARTH IS GOING TO BE DONE THROUGH YOU
WHEN YOU HAVE DOMINION LIKE I HAVE DOMINION.
WHEN YOU ARE RULING AND EXERCISING AUTHORITY THE WAY I
WOULD DO IT.
AND EXERCISE AUTHORITY IN A WAY TO BRING ABOUT MY GLORY AND
ATMOSPHERE.
WHEN YOU COME IN THIS ROOM ON SUNDAY, THE WHOLE GOAL OF US IS
TO NURTURE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU EXPERIENCE GOD.
IF YOU EXPERIENCE GOD, GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE CAN'T FIX YOUR LIFE, GOD DOES THAT.
HE SAID MY WILL WILL DONE, I CREATED YOU AND BE SURE THAT MY
WILL IS DONE ON EARTH BY CREATING ENVIRONMENTS THAT HONOR
ME.
MY WIFE AND I HAD AN ARGUMENT YEARS AGO IN A HOUSE WE USED TO
LIVE IN.
AND WE WERE IN THE HALLWAY IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOOR AND I
WAS ALL JAWED UP SOME SOMEONE-KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND
I LOVE THE KIDS BUT I WAS JAWED UP BECAUSE OF THE ARGUMENT.
I HAD TO CHECK MY ATTITUDE.
I HAD TO DO MY BRUCE LEE -- AHHHH
AND I HAD TO CALM DOWN AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW I COULDN'T ANSWER
THE DOOR WITH THAT ATTITUDE.
I HAD TO BE LIKE, WHAT IS UP KIDS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
I HAD TO BREAK IT DOWN.
I HAD TO GET CONTROL OF THIS ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN PEOPLE COME IN YOUR SPACE, YOUR BIBLICAL RESPONSIBILITY IS
THAT THEY WALK INTO A GOD ENVIRONMENT.
NOT YOURS. SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
NOT ONLY THIS ENVIRONMENT BUT YOUR HOUSE AND CLASSROOM AND
OFFICE WHERE YOU WORK.
AND YOUR COACH ENVIRONMENT, IT SHOULD ALL HONOR GOD.
THAT'S YOUR BIBLICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT GOD
DESIGNED YOU FOR THAT YOU ARE A TOOL THAT THE WILL OF GOD COMES
INTO EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
ARE Y'ALL FOLLOWING ME?
THEN THERE IS A MYSTERIOUS -- TO ME IT'S MYSTERIOUS, COMMAND,
VERSE 28.
GOD BLESSED THEM.
AND SAID, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
AND THEN IT SAYS, SUBDUE.
NOW PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL SUBDUE MEAN TO CONTROL.
IT DOES MEAN TO CONTROL.
IT MEANS TO PUT IN BONDAGE OR IN SLAVERY.
AND ABSOLUTELY IT WOULD MEAN ORGANIZE THINGS AND GET CONTROL
OF THINGS.
BUT AT THIS TIME EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CONTROL.
THERE WERE NO THORNS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TILL THE GROUND AND TOIL, THAT WAS A
CURSE OF SIN.
THORNS ARE A CURSE BECAUSE OF SIN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AND THEY PUT THE
THORNS ON HIS HEAD.
HE WAS DYING BECAUSE OF THE CURSE OF THE SIN ON EARTH, AND
THORNS IS THE SYMBOL OF SIN.
AT THE TIME OF CREATION, THE DEVIL WASN'T PART OF THE PLAN.
IT WASN'T GOOD THAT HE WAS THERE.
PROBABLY NOT THERE AT THAT TIME.
BUT AT SOME TIME HE CAME TO THE EARTH, THROWN DOWN LIKE
LIGHTNING.
BECAUSE THE DEVIL WAS AN ANGEL AND BECAUSE OF THE PRIDE HE
WANTED TO BE GOD, AND GOD SAID NO, AND SENT ALONG WITH OTHER
ANGELS.
NEXT WEEK WHEN I START THE SERIES ON THE DEVIL.
YOU NEED TO BE THERE, YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR SIN AND THE
TEMPTATION AND THE AGREEMENTS YOU MAKE WITH THE DEVIL.
BUT BEFORE EVERYTHING IS GOOD, EVERYTHING IS GOOD, DEVIL OUT OF
THAT.
HAVE DOMINION AND SUBDUE.
IN OTHER WORDS I AM GIVING YOU AND ASSIGNING YOU TO SUBDUE
ANYTHING THAT WILL CONFRONT YOU.
GOD WOULDN'T COMMAND US TO DO ANYTHING THAT HE'S NOT EQUIPPED
US TO DO.
AND THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN THEY RAN INTO AN
ADVERSARY, NOT A PART OF THE ORIGINAL CREATION, THE DEVIL.
NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE THAT CONFLICT.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE AFTER THE TEMPTATION, WE WILL TALK ABOUT
IT IN OUR LIFE.
GOD TELLS US AND AS A MATTER OF FACT HE TOLD ADAM'S AND EVE'S
SON THAT SIN KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR BUT YOU MUST OVERCOME IT AND
CONTROL IT.
SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND
COMMANDED BY GOD AND EQUIPPED BY GOD TO HAVE DOMINION AND TO
SUBDUE, YET WE ARE BEING SUBDUED.
WE WERE COMMANDED TO CONTROL, BUT WE ARE BEING CONTROLLED.
AND WE WERE COMMANDED TO ENSLAVE BUT WE ARE BEING ENSLAVED.
THAT'S BACKWARDS.
ONE REASON IT'S BACKWARDS BECAUSE WE SURRENDERED OURSELVES
TO SIN.
AND WE ARE CONVINCED IN OUR MIND THAT WE ARE JUST SLAVES.
IN OTHER WORDS WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH LIFE.
LIFE IS HARD.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
THE DEVIL IS STRONGER THAN ME.
I AM DEFEATED.
I AM A FAILURE AND WE WALK AROUND DEFEATED.
AND GOD SAYS THAT IS NOT THE INTENT I HAD WHEN I MADE YOU.
I MADE YOU TO BE A COUCH.
WHY DON'T YOU BE A COUCH.
I MADE YOU TO BE A CONQUERER AND LIVE VICTORIOUS AND SUBDUE ANY
PRINCIPALITY IN YOUR LIFE, YET YOU ARE NOT LIVING LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY AM I NOT LIVING LIKE THAT.
NUMBER ONE, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU ARE CONVINCED THAT YOU
LIVING UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES AND SPIRITUAL OPPRESS.
AND UNDER LIES.
AND JESUS SAID NO, AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE HOW ADAM AND EVE
MESS IT UP FOR US.
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE MESSED UP AND LET'S FAST FORWARD TO JESUS.
THIS WILL MAKE MORE SENSE NEXT WEEK.
JESUS SAID BECAUSE YOU ARE SIN SINNERS AND MESSED UP AND
ENSLAVED ON OUR SIN AND IN BONDAGE TO OUR SIN.
BY THE WAY HOW MANY OF YOU FELT THAT YOU ARE BEING HELD DOWN AND
IN BONDAGE.
YOU HAVE THIS SPIRITUAL ATTACK ON YOUR LIFE THAT YOU SEEM TO
CAN'T BEAT.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE ALL KNOW IT.
WHETHER IT BE ADDICTION OR DISCOURAGEMENT, YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME AGAINST LIFE.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU AND LYING, AND GOSSIP.
AND UNFAIR THIS AND UNFAIR THIS AND UNFORTUNATE THINGS,
SICKNESS.
ALWAYS DRAMA.
CAN I GET AN AMEN.
GOD SAID, I CREATED YOU TO LIVE VICTORIOUS, I CREATED YOU TO
HAVE DOMINION.
I CREATED YOU TO SUBDUE.
YET I AM BEING SUBDUED.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS POWER.
AND HE HAS AUTHORITY OVER US THAT WE GIVE HIM.
JESUS SAID, AND BY THE WAY, TODAY THE DEVIL IS THE PRINCE OF
THE AIR, AND HE IS RUNNING THINGS IN A LOT OF PLACES.
BUT JESUS SAID, I AM GOING TO COME AND DIE ON THE CROSS AND
DEFEAT THE DEVIL.
I WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD AND REGAIN AUTHORITY FOR YOU.
THAT'S WHY WE CAME AS A MAN.
AND I WILL REGAIN AUTHORITY AND GIVE AUTHORITY BACK TO YOU SO
YOU CAN SUBDUE THE DEVIL IN YOUR LIFE.
SO YOU CAN SUBDUE TEMPTATION IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU CAN'T OVERCOME IT IN YOUR OWN FLESH.
YOU CAN TRY AS HARD IN YOUR OWN POWER.
BUT IT'S SPIRITUAL.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN BONDAGE.
BUT GOD SAYS I AM GOING TO BREAK THAT BONDAGE.
AND I AM GOING TO SET YOU FREE OF THE SLAVERY.
JESUS CAME AND DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND GOT THE KEYS
FROM THE KINGDOM.
AND GOING TO GIVE THE KEYS OF KINGDOM BACK TO YOU, I WILL GIVE
YOU AUTHORITY SO WHEN YOU PRAY IN MY NAME, THE DEVIL HAS TO
FLEE.
WHEN YOU PRAY IN YOUR OWN NAME--
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WHEN YOU PRAY IN
YOUR OWN NAME AND POWER, THE DEVIL GOES, I HAVE TO LISTEN TO
YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME.
AND WHO IS STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL, HAS TO FLEE.
IN JOHN 3, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CAME TO OVERCOME THE WORKS
OF THE DEVIL.
IN JAMES 4, THE BIBLE TELLS US TO RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL
FLEE.
HOW DO WE RESIST THE DEVIL?
BY FAITH IN CHRIST.
JESUS WANTS TO GIVE YOU BACK THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY WE HAD BEFORE
SIN.
THAT'S SALVATION.
AND WHEN CHRIST BECOMES YOUR SAVIOR AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES
IN YOUR HEART.
YOU HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE SINFUL POWER AND NATURE.
I USED TO DO ***, I STOPPED IN ONE DAY.
I USED TO DO MARIJUANA, I STOPPED IN ONE DAY.
WHY?
BECAUSE I HAVE AUTHORITY AND POWER I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
IN A MINUTE WE ARE GOING TO PRAY, AND PRAY THAT YOU AND GIVE
YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AND SAY, LORD, I AM BEING SUBDUED.
BUT YOU CALLED ME AND CREATED ME TO SUBDUE.
AND TO HAVE DOMINION.
NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL EARTH BUT THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
WE HAVE THAT.
BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT, AND WE WALK AROUND SCARED.
NO, GOD SAID I ORIGINALLY MADE YOU TO SUBDUE EVERYTHING.
SO IN A MINUTE WE WILL PRAY, AND YOU CAN SAY LORD JESUS, I WANT
ONE, SALVATION AND I WANT THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO SUBDUE
THE SINFULNESS IN MY LIFE.
AND TO TAKE MY RIGHT PLACE AND FUNCTION ON THIS EARTH.
IF YOU CREATED ME TO BE A COUCH, I WANT TO BE A COUCH.
IF YOU CREATED ME TO BE A MOUTH, I WANT TO BE A MOUTH.
IF YOU CREATED ME FOR VISION, I WANT A VISION.
AND I DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEVIL CHEATING ME AND
ENSLAVING ME AND PUTTING ME IN BONDAGE, BECAUSE HE HAS NO
AUTHORITY OVER ME IF MY LIFE IS IN CHRIST.
I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS AND CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN VERY
CAREFULLY.
LORD GOD, YOU HAVE NOT CALLED US TO LIVE IN BONDAGE.
BUT TO BE FREE.
YOU HAVE NOT CALLED US TO LIVE BLIND BUT TO SEE ON A SPIRITUAL
LEVEL.
YOU HAVE NOT CALLED US TO BE WEAK BUT STRONG.
YOU HAVE NOT CALLED US TO BE IGNORANT BUT WISE.
BUT IT'S YOUR POWER AND WISDOM AND INSIGHT AND CREATIVITY.
BUT LORD WITHOUT CHRIST IN OUR LIFE, WE ARE WEAK AND IN BONDAGE
AND DOOMED.
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED AND ROSE FROM THE
DEAD.
THANKS BE TO GOD THAT HE IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE
FATHER, VICTORIOUS AND HAS ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
AND EVERY PRINCIPALITY AND DOMINION IS SUBJECT TO HIM.
AND THANKS BE TO GOD THAT HE OFFERS THAT TO THOSE THAT PUT
THEIR FAITH IN HIM.
AMEN.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU REALIZE I WANT CHRIST IN MY LIFE, I WANT
SALVATION.
I WANT TO SUBDUE EVIL IN MY LIFE.
I WANT TO LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE.
I WANT TO BE FORGIVEN OF MY SIN.
I WANT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY LIFE THAT JESUS
TALKED ABOUT IN ACTS 1:8.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR
HEART, PRAY, DEAR GOD, YOU CREATED ME TO HAVE DOMINION.
YOU CREATED ME TO HAVE SUBDUE.
TO CONTROL.
IN YOUR NAME.
FOR YOUR GLORY.
BUT I AM A SLAVE SPIRITUALLY WITHOUT CHRIST.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
FOR MY SIN.
JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN.
FILL ME NOW WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
GRANT ME THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU POSSESS OVER PRINCIPALITY AND
DOMINION OF DARKNESS.
I RECEIVE YOUR FORGIVENESS.
I RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE.
AND I RECEIVE MY ETERNAL CALLING.
AS OUR EYES CLOSED AND HEADS ARE BOWED.
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER IN A MINUTE, I WILL ASK YOU TO STAND
UP.
NO MATTER WHAT CAMPUS YOU ARE IN, PEOPLE ARE THERE THAT WILL
PRAY WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.
BUT IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, AND SAY, YES, LORD, FORGIVE ME.
I DON'T WANT TO BE SUBDUED.
I WANT TO SUBDUE.
I DON'T WANT THE DEVIL TO HAVE DOMINION OVER ME, I WANT TO HAVE
DOMINION OVER HIM.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO RESIST HIM.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, EYES CLOSED AND HEADS
BOWED, STAND TO YOUR FEET AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FORGIVENESS IN
YOUR LIFE AND EMPOWERMENT.
VERY GOOD, GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
COUPLES STAND UP WITH YOUR SPOUSE AND SURRENDER YOUR
MARRIAGE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
WE SEE IT ALL OVER AND IN THE BALCONY.
VERY GOOD.
GOD BLESS YOU.
PEOPLE WITH ADDICTIONS, STAND UP AND CLAIM VICTORY OVER YOUR
ADDICTION OR IF YOU ARE SICK, STAND UP AND CLAIM YOUR VICTORY
OVER ILLNESS IN JESUS' NAME.
STAND UP.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
VERY GOOD, GOD BLESS YOU.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
DOZENS OF YOU ALL OVER THE ROOM.
IN A MINUTE I WILL ASK YOU IF YOU ARE STANDING TO COME DOWN TO
THE ALTAR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE BALCONY, WE HAVE A LOT TO CHEER FOR, THE
ANGELS ARE CHEERING IN HEAVEN.
STAND UP AMEN, JESUS!
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
COME OVER TO THE STAGE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
HEY -- GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
AMEN.
AMEN.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
SHAKE YOUR HAND, GOD BLESS YOU.
AMEN, AMEN.
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WHENEVER I SEE A HOMELESS
PERSON, I THINK OF HOW GLORIOUS A PERSON GOD ORIGINALLY INTENDED
THAT PERSON TO BE.
AND THEN I SEE A PERSON COVERED IN DIRT, EATING OUT OF GARBAGE.
AND THE DEVIL IS SAYING, LOOK AT WHAT I DID TO YOUR CREATION.
I HAVE THEM LIVING LIKE AN ANIMAL.
THAT'S HOW YOU NEED TO SEE PEOPLE THAT GOD HAD AN AMAZING
INTENT FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO BEAT YOU DOWN BUT STILL GOD HAS HOPE
THAT ONE DAY YOU CAN GET BACK TO WHAT HE ORIGINALLY.
AND HE HAS A DESIRE TO GET YOU BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE INTENDED
TO BE.
THAT'S HIS HEART.
NOW HE WILL LET YOU DESTROY YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING ON
TO FORCE HIMSELF ON YOU.
BUT HE'S INTENT IS TO BE VESSEL THROUGH, AND THAT'S HIS INTENT.
BUT THE FAILURE IN YOUR HEAD IT'S A LIE.
I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH STARTING NEXT WEEK THAT YOU COME
TO THE REST OF THE SERIES, IT WILL BE ALL BE VERY POWERFUL.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL NEXT WEEK, YOUR EYES WILL BE
OPEN TO THE LIES AND BONDAGE THAT YOU ARE IN.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF YOU, ALL OF US, EVERYONE OF YOU
HAVE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVIL AND GOD WANTS TO SET YOU
FREE.
I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH NEXT WEEK TO COME ON TIME.
AND COME TO THE 8 O'CLOCK SERVICE THERE IS MORE SEATS AND
12 O'CLOCK CAN GET MORE IN.
BUT THE DEVIL HAS YOU BLINDED.
AND I AM TALKING TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, IT'S BLOWING MY MIND
AS I PREPARE FOR THIS.
I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH.
GIVE THESE PEOPLE A HAND, GOD BLESS YOU.
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SO HERE'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
LORD JESUS, WE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE.
LORD JESUS WE PRAY YOU SET THEM FREE.
HOLY SPIRIT WE PRAY THAT YOU FALL ON THEM, THAT YOU BAPTIZE
THEM, YOU FILL THEM AND WATCH THEM AND OVERCOME THEM AND
ANOINT THEM.
SO THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS YOU SEE THEMSELVES.
THAT THEY BELIEVE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT YOU BELIEVE FOR THEM.
MAY THEY STOP BELIEVING THE LIES.
AND I PRAY FOR ALL OF US THAT WE ARE SET FREE, YOUR WILL BE DONE,
AND YOUR KINGDOM COME IN EARTH AND THROUGH US AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN.
AMEN.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO.
WE WILL PRAY THEM OUT AND PASTOR GEORGE WILL COME AND PRAY FOR
THE OFFERING.
LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY WALK OUT.
LET'S GO THIS WAY.
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AMEN.
AMEN.
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