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Jentezen Franklin - Have You Prayed About It? (Part 1)

January 26, 2025 | S25:E20

Jentezen Franklin - Have You Prayed About It? (Part 1)
Pastor Jentezen Franklin brings practical meaning to spiritual truths found in God’s Word.
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Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin | Jentezen Franklin - Have You Prayed About It? (Part 1) | January 26, 2025
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  • >> if you're looking
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  • Is to simply point you to him.
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  • Kingdom connection
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  • With jentezen franklin.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> psalms 109, psalms 109:2,
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  • >> psalms 109, psalms 109:2, "for the mouth of the wicked
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  • "for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
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  • And the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me:
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  • Have opened against me: they have spoken,"
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  • They have spoken," they, they, they.
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  • They, they, they. "they have spoken against me
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  • "they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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  • With a lying tongue. they have also surrounded me
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  • They have also surrounded me with the words of hatred;
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  • With the words of hatred; and fought against me
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  • And fought against me without a cause.
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  • Without a cause. in return for my love,
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  • In return for my love, they are my accusers."
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  • They are my accusers." then get this,
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  • Then get this, "but i," all you've heard
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  • "but i," all you've heard about is they, they, they.
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  • About is they, they, they. "but i give myself to prayer,
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  • "but i give myself to prayer, thus they have rewarded me
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  • Thus they have rewarded me evil for good."
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  • Evil for good." and then i want you
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  • And then i want you to notice verse 20,
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  • To notice verse 20, "let this be the lord's
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  • "let this be the lord's reward to my accusers."
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  • Reward to my accusers." and you have to back up
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  • And you have to back up and read all those previous
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  • And read all those previous verses before that verse
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  • Verses before that verse to see the reward of
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  • To see the reward of the lord on the enemies.
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  • The lord on the enemies. when one man, david,
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  • When one man, david, was surrounded with enemies,
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  • Was surrounded with enemies, and they were lying,
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  • And they were lying, and they were trying
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  • And they were trying to destroy him,
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  • To destroy him, threatening to kill him,
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  • Threatening to kill him, they were plotting,
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  • They were plotting, they were scheming.
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  • They were scheming. they, they, they, they.
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  • They, they, they, they. i did good to them,
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  • I did good to them, they did evil to me.
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  • They did evil to me. and then he said,
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  • And then he said, "they, they, they, they,"
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  • "they, they, they, they," and then the narrative changes,
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  • And then the narrative changes, "but i will give
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  • "but i will give myself to prayer."
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  • Myself to prayer." preaching today on
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  • Preaching today on "have you prayed about it?"
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  • "have you prayed about it?" have you prayed about it?
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  • Have you prayed about it? my dream for this message
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  • My dream for this message would be that when
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  • Would be that when you leave this room,
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  • You leave this room, what anybody else,
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  • What anybody else, any other name,
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  • Any other name, any other circumstance
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  • Any other circumstance in your life
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  • In your life will be pushed aside.
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  • Will be pushed aside. any other crisis,
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  • Any other crisis, any other thing
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  • Any other thing that makes your heart
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  • That makes your heart tremble in fear.
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  • Tremble in fear. any other thing that
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  • Any other thing that torments you with worry,
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  • Torments you with worry, any addiction that someone
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  • Any addiction that someone you love is being held,
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  • You love is being held, not physically as a hostage,
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  • Not physically as a hostage, but spiritually by
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  • But spiritually by addiction or bondage.
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  • Addiction or bondage. and when you think of it,
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  • And when you think of it, you feel so helpless.
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  • You feel so helpless. i want, by the time
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  • I want, by the time we get to the end
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  • We get to the end of this message,
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  • Of this message, all of that stuff to be
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  • All of that stuff to be pushed to the side.
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  • Pushed to the side. they will not matter.
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  • They will not matter. what they are doing,
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  • What they are doing, what they are saying,
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  • What they are saying, what they are scheming.
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  • What they are scheming. i can't control
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  • I can't control what anybody else does,
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  • What anybody else does, what they do,
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  • What they do, what they say,
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  • What they say, but i, but i will
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  • But i, but i will give myself to prayer.
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  • Give myself to prayer. the issue is not what they did,
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  • The issue is not what they did, the issue is not what
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  • The issue is not what they continue to do.
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  • They continue to do. if you're praying for
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  • If you're praying for somebody to be set free,
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  • Somebody to be set free, the issue is not
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  • The issue is not what they continue to do,
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  • What they continue to do, the issue is but i.
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  • The issue is but i. you wanna know
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  • You wanna know what my response is?
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  • What my response is? i will give myself
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  • I will give myself not to worrying about them,
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  • Not to worrying about them, not to being frustrated
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  • Not to being frustrated about them, i will give
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  • About them, i will give myself to prayer.
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  • Myself to prayer. they lied,
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  • They lied, but i'm gonna pray.
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  • But i'm gonna pray. they hurt,
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  • They hurt, but i'm going to pray.
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  • But i'm going to pray. i cannot be responsible.
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  • I cannot be responsible. i am never, never
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  • I am never, never ceased to be amazed
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  • Ceased to be amazed at what people can do,
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  • At what people can do, how evil people can be.
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  • How evil people can be. you cannot control
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  • You cannot control "they" all the time.
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  • "they" all the time. and if you'd allow it,
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  • And if you'd allow it, that will destroy
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  • That will destroy all that is any
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  • All that is any good in your life.
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  • Good in your life. what do you do
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  • What do you do when you can't control
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  • When you can't control "they" is you say,
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  • "they" is you say, "but i will give
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  • "but i will give myself to prayer."
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  • Myself to prayer." the phrase, "i give
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  • The phrase, "i give myself to prayer,"
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  • Myself to prayer," translates literally
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  • Translates literally in the hebrew language,
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  • In the hebrew language, "but i am prayer.
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  • "but i am prayer. i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i'm prayer."
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  • I'm prayer." in other words,
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  • In other words, i'm not frustration,
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  • I'm not frustration, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i'm not fear of the future,
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  • I'm not fear of the future, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i'm not addicted,
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  • I'm not addicted, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i'm not a failure,
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  • I'm not a failure, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. prayer is not something
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  • Prayer is not something i do, prayer is
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  • I do, prayer is something that i am.
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  • Something that i am. it's impossible to be
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  • It's impossible to be in prayer and be bitter.
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  • In prayer and be bitter. so, you're either
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  • So, you're either gonna give yourself
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  • Gonna give yourself to bitterness or you're
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  • To bitterness or you're gonna give yourself to prayer.
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  • Gonna give yourself to prayer. you're either gonna
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  • You're either gonna give yourself to grief
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  • Give yourself to grief the rest of your life
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  • The rest of your life and being a scarred,
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  • And being a scarred, marred person,
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  • Marred person, or you're gonna give
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  • Or you're gonna give yourself to prayer and say,
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  • Yourself to prayer and say, "i give myself to prayer.
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  • "i give myself to prayer. and the only thing
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  • And the only thing that i can do is control me.
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  • That i can do is control me. and if i pray, god can heal.
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  • And if i pray, god can heal. and if i pray, god can deliver.
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  • And if i pray, god can deliver. and if i pray, god gives hope.
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  • And if i pray, god gives hope. and if i pray, god give comfort
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  • And if i pray, god give comfort to those that mourn
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  • To those that mourn because he's a good god
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  • Because he's a good god and he knows how to take
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  • And he knows how to take care of his creation."
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  • Care of his creation." you've got to get
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  • You've got to get in prayer about it.
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  • In prayer about it. you've gotta get
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  • You've gotta get to the place that
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  • To the place that if you're in trouble,
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  • If you're in trouble, you get into prayer about it.
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  • You get into prayer about it. if you're in a trial,
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  • If you're in a trial, you better not
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  • You better not just be in a trial.
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  • Just be in a trial. you better be in
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  • You better be in prayer about it.
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  • Prayer about it. you better not just have
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  • You better not just have a need for a physical
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  • A need for a physical situation remedied.
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  • Situation remedied. you better be
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  • You better be in prayer about it.
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  • In prayer about it. don't just go
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  • Don't just go to the treatments,
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  • To the treatments, be in prayer about it.
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  • Be in prayer about it. don't just be in
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  • Don't just be in a bad marriage,
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  • A bad marriage, be in prayer about it.
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  • Be in prayer about it. pray about it.
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  • Pray about it. don't just have a child
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  • Don't just have a child who is addicted to alcohol,
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  • Who is addicted to alcohol, pray about it.
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  • Pray about it. "i am not worry,
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  • "i am not worry, i'm prayer."
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  • I'm prayer." hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. "i am not discouraged,
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  • "i am not discouraged, i am not defeated,
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  • I am not defeated, i am not depressed,
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  • I am not depressed, and i am not disappointment,
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  • And i am not disappointment, i am prayer.
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  • I am prayer. and if anybody
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  • And if anybody has ever disappointed me,
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  • Has ever disappointed me, i'm not mad at them.
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  • I'm not mad at them. i'mma pray until i see
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  • I'mma pray until i see what god showed me they are."
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  • What god showed me they are." come on, somebody.
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  • Come on, somebody. clap your hands
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  • Clap your hands and believe god.
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  • And believe god. i will pray about this.
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  • [applause]
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  • I'm not giving up,
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  • I'm not giving up, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i'm not throwing in the towel...
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  • I'm not throwing in the towel... >> congregation: i'm prayer.
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  • >> congregation: i'm prayer. >> i'm not backing up, i'm...
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  • >> i'm not backing up, i'm... >> congregation: prayer.
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  • >> congregation: prayer. >> don't just be in a valley,
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  • >> don't just be in a valley, but since you're in it,
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  • But since you're in it, and everybody is,
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  • And everybody is, sooner or later,
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  • Sooner or later, you're either coming --
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  • You're either coming -- going into one,
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  • Going into one, that's why you're
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  • That's why you're not in it yet,
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  • Not in it yet, but you're going into one.
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  • But you're going into one. you're either in one
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  • You're either in one or you're coming out of one.
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  • Or you're coming out of one. and when you get out of it,
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  • And when you get out of it, you're gon' go into
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  • You're gon' go into another one.
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  • Another one. doesn't that make
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  • Doesn't that make you feel good?
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  • You feel good? that's called life.
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  • That's called life. but you better not
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  • But you better not just be in a trial,
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  • Just be in a trial, and be in trouble,
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  • And be in trouble, and be in need,
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  • And be in need, but be in prayer.
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  • But be in prayer. i want you to understand
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  • I want you to understand that if you're in
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  • That if you're in a financial crisis,
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  • A financial crisis, you need to be
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  • You need to be in prayer about it.
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  • In prayer about it. you need to be praying
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  • You need to be praying and fasting about it.
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  • And fasting about it. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. i love the fact that
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  • I love the fact that there's a whole church
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  • There's a whole church that's fasting
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  • That's fasting and praying right now.
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  • And praying right now. and if you had a big mac attack
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  • And if you had a big mac attack and you messed up,
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  • And you messed up, pray right now and say,
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  • Pray right now and say, "lord, forgive me,"
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  • "lord, forgive me," and jump right back
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  • And jump right back on the wagon.
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  • On the wagon. we just pulled the reins back,
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  • We just pulled the reins back, get back on.
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  • Get back on. i said get back on.
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  • I said get back on. i mean what i'm saying.
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  • I mean what i'm saying. i'm telling you right now
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  • I'm telling you right now that we're called
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  • That we're called to pray and fast.
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  • To pray and fast. and if you're fasting
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  • And if you're fasting and you're not praying,
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  • And you're not praying, you're just on a serious diet.
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  • When you make a choice to pray,
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  • When you make a choice to pray, you are deciding what you
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  • You are deciding what you give your emotions to,
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  • Give your emotions to, what you give yourself to.
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  • What you give yourself to. when you decide to pray,
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  • When you decide to pray, you're saying, "i'm choosing
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  • You're saying, "i'm choosing to give myself to god
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  • To give myself to god and give this circumstance
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  • And give this circumstance that i cannot do
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  • That i cannot do anything about the them,
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  • Anything about the them, so i'm going to give it to god.
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  • So i'm going to give it to god. as for me, i give
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  • As for me, i give myself to prayer."
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  • Myself to prayer." don't you dare give
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  • Don't you dare give yourself to bitterness
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  • Yourself to bitterness when you can give
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  • When you can give yourself to prayer.
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  • Yourself to prayer. don't you dare give
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  • Don't you dare give yourself to revenge
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  • Yourself to revenge when you can give
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  • When you can give yourself to prayer.
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  • Yourself to prayer. don't you dare give
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  • Don't you dare give yourself to hopelessness,
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  • Yourself to hopelessness, and suicide, and cutting
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  • And suicide, and cutting yourself when you can
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  • Yourself when you can give yourself to prayer.
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  • Give yourself to prayer. don't you dare give yourself
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  • Don't you dare give yourself to alcoholism the rest
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  • To alcoholism the rest of your life, or vaping,
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  • Of your life, or vaping, and smoking weed
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  • And smoking weed everyday of your life
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  • Everyday of your life numbing your brain
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  • Numbing your brain when you can give yourself
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  • When you can give yourself to prayer and the shackles
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  • To prayer and the shackles can be broken off of you,
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  • Can be broken off of you, and you can be limitless
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  • And you can be limitless in your potential and purpose.
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  • In your potential and purpose. and god can restore to you
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  • And god can restore to you the years that satan
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  • The years that satan has stolen and ruined
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  • Has stolen and ruined if you will pray.
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  • If you will pray. don't give
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  • Don't give yourself to failure.
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  • Yourself to failure. give yourself to prayer
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  • Give yourself to prayer and god will make
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  • And god will make something beautiful
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  • Something beautiful out of what is left.
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  • Out of what is left. somebody give him a shout
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  • Somebody give him a shout of praise in the overflow.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • You see, i'm afraid
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  • You see, i'm afraid a lot of christian's default
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  • A lot of christian's default is to give yourself to
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  • Is to give yourself to frustration instead of
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  • Frustration instead of giving yourself to prayer.
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  • Giving yourself to prayer. to give yourself to anger
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  • To give yourself to anger and rage instead of giving
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  • And rage instead of giving yourself to brokenness
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  • Yourself to brokenness and intimacy with god
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  • And intimacy with god that changes you,
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  • That changes you, that changes
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  • That changes your whole attitude,
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  • Your whole attitude, that changes -- folks,
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  • That changes -- folks, you just don't get out of
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  • You just don't get out of every little crisis
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  • Every little crisis just like that.
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  • Just like that. you have to walk
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  • You have to walk through some things.
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  • Through some things. you have -- sometimes
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  • You have -- sometimes they last for decades.
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  • They last for decades. and what do you do?
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  • And what do you do? do you give
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  • Do you give yourself to that?
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  • Yourself to that? the wound, a victim
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  • The wound, a victim the rest of your life?
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  • The rest of your life? i am not --
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  • I am not -- i am not a victim,
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  • I am not a victim, i'm prayer.
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  • I'm prayer. i refuse those titles.
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  • I refuse those titles. "i am not a sexual
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  • "i am not a sexual abuse survivor,"
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  • Abuse survivor," is what some of you
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  • Is what some of you need to say.
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  • Need to say. you need to say.
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  • You need to say. "i am prayer."
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  • "i am prayer." i refuse all of the baggage
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  • I refuse all of the baggage from the past,
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  • From the past, in jesus' mighty name.
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  • In jesus' mighty name. and it's not mind over matter,
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  • And it's not mind over matter, it's the word over
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  • It's the word over what hell has tried to do,
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  • What hell has tried to do, and the word is more powerful.
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  • And the word is more powerful. they tried to destroy
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  • They tried to destroy you with it,
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  • You with it, but all things are
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  • But all things are working together
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  • Working together for your good when you
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  • For your good when you turn it into prayer.
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  • Turn it into prayer. life is going to happen.
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  • Life is going to happen. tragedies are going to happen.
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  • Tragedies are going to happen. trials and setbacks
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  • Trials and setbacks in life are going to happen.
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  • In life are going to happen. fast all you wanna fast,
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  • Fast all you wanna fast, you're still going
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  • You're still going to go through stuff.
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  • To go through stuff. pray all you can pray.
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  • Pray all you can pray. so, go on and understand
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  • So, go on and understand jesus taught this lesson:
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  • Jesus taught this lesson: it rains upon the just
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  • It rains upon the just and the unjust.
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  • And the unjust. trouble comes to everybody.
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  • Trouble comes to everybody. the issue is not
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  • The issue is not what happened to you,
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  • What happened to you, the issue is
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  • The issue is what's gonna happen
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  • What's gonna happen to what happened to you.
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  • To what happened to you. prayer is where i go to deal
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  • Prayer is where i go to deal with what life has dealt me.
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  • With what life has dealt me. when life deals you something,
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  • When life deals you something, and a tragedy happens,
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  • And a tragedy happens, and somebody is killed,
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  • And somebody is killed, or a bad doctor's report,
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  • Or a bad doctor's report, or a financial contract
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  • Or a financial contract gets canceled, and it
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  • Gets canceled, and it changes your life,
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  • Changes your life, and everything's different,
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  • And everything's different, or you go through,
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  • Or you go through, or you get cheated on,
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  • Or you get cheated on, or whatever we can
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  • Or whatever we can stay up here and name,
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  • Stay up here and name, all day long, trials,
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  • All day long, trials, and crisis, and things that
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  • And crisis, and things that people are walking through.
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  • People are walking through. and when it happens to you,
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  • And when it happens to you, my point in this message
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  • My point in this message is prayer is where i go
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  • Is prayer is where i go to deal with what
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  • To deal with what has been dealt to me.
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  • Has been dealt to me. and the only way to keep it
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  • And the only way to keep it from getting in your heart
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  • From getting in your heart is to get it in your knees.
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  • Is to get it in your knees. and if it gets in your knees,
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  • And if it gets in your knees, then it will stay out
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  • Then it will stay out of your heart.
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  • Of your heart. the more you say,
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  • The more you say, "i give myself
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  • "i give myself to pray about it,"
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  • To pray about it," the less it will
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  • The less it will get in your heart.
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  • Get in your heart. bitterness will get
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  • Bitterness will get in your heart,
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  • In your heart, revenge will get
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  • Revenge will get in your heart,
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  • In your heart, hatred will get
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  • Hatred will get in your heart,
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  • In your heart, unforgiveness will get
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  • Unforgiveness will get in your heart,
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  • In your heart, offense will get
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  • Offense will get in your heart.
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  • In your heart. and he said,
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  • And he said, "you cannot control that."
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  • "you cannot control that." they lied, they hurt,
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  • They lied, they hurt, they did this, they did that,
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  • They did this, they did that, but i am responsible for me.
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  • But i am responsible for me. i will give myself to prayer.
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  • I will give myself to prayer. offense, listen to me carefully,
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  • Offense, listen to me carefully, offense is an event,
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  • Offense is an event, but being offended is a choice.
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  • But being offended is a choice. jesus said, "every person
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  • Jesus said, "every person will be offended."
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  • Will be offended." every person.
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  • Every person. offense, jesus said
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  • Offense, jesus said it like this,
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  • It like this, "offense must come."
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  • "offense must come." part of god's process
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  • Part of god's process of making you a mature
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  • Of making you a mature christian will be people
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  • Christian will be people will be put in your life
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  • Will be put in your life specifically released
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  • Specifically released to unjustly hurt you,
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  • To unjustly hurt you, and offend you,
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  • And offend you, and do you wrong.
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  • And do you wrong. and in those seasons
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  • And in those seasons of being offended,
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  • Of being offended, you're in the most
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  • You're in the most serious test season,
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  • Serious test season, testing that is determining
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  • Testing that is determining whether god get to take
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  • Whether god get to take what was meant for your evil
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  • What was meant for your evil and turn it for your good
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  • And turn it for your good in your response
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  • In your response because offense is a moment,
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  • Because offense is a moment, but being offended from
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  • But being offended from the offense is a choice.
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  • The offense is a choice. "well, i don't understand.
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  • "well, i don't understand. what am i supposed to do,
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  • What am i supposed to do, just pray about it?"
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  • Just pray about it?" no, i'm gon' really
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  • No, i'm gon' really make your day.
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  • Make your day. fast and pray about it,
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  • Fast and pray about it, and if that don't work,
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  • And if that don't work, do it again.
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  • Do it again. and if that --
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  • And if that -- 'cause my jesus said,
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  • 'cause my jesus said, "if you seek, you will find.
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  • "if you seek, you will find. if you knock,
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  • If you knock, it will be opened unto you.
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  • It will be opened unto you. and if you -- and blessed
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  • And if you -- and blessed are they that hunger
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  • Are they that hunger and thirst for they
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  • And thirst for they shall be filled."
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  • Shall be filled." so yeah, yeah that's you're --
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  • So yeah, yeah that's you're -- welcome to being a christian.
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  • Welcome to being a christian. "just pray about it?"
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  • "just pray about it?" yeah.
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  • Yeah. turn it into prayer.
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  • Turn it into prayer. and you know what's happening?
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  • And you know what's happening? you're becoming like jesus.
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  • You're becoming like jesus. you know, the one they beat.
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  • You know, the one they beat. he said, "father, forgive them."
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  • He said, "father, forgive them." you know, the one they slapped,
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  • You know, the one they slapped, and he turned the other cheek.
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  • And he turned the other cheek. you know the one.
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  • You know the one. you know that guy
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  • You know that guy that even today,
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  • That even today, he's already forgiven you.
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  • >> maybe you are knowing
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  • >> maybe you are knowing that you're at a crossroad
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  • That you're at a crossroad and you need a change
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  • And you need a change in your life,
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  • In your life, just receive jesus christ
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  • Just receive jesus christ at the beginning
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  • At the beginning of a brand-new year.
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  • Of a brand-new year. and he will give you
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  • And he will give you that future today.
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  • That future today. pray, “jesus, be lord
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  • Pray, “jesus, be lord of my life.
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  • Of my life. i surrender all to you.
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  • I surrender all to you. hear my cry.
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  • Hear my cry. hear my heart.
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  • Hear my heart. i dedicate my life to you,
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  • I dedicate my life to you, jesus christ.”
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  • Jesus christ.” praise the lord.
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  • If you just prayed that prayer,
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  • If you just prayed that prayer, we would love to hear from you,
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  • And it blesses us to know
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  • That people around the world
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  • Get saved every week
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  • Through this telecasts.
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  • Call the number on the screen
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  • Or visit the website,
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  • Or visit the website, there are free resources
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  • There are free resources and all kinds of aids
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  • And all kinds of aids that will help you and we'd
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  • That will help you and we'd love for you to join us
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  • Love for you to join us on this 21-day fast.
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  • On this 21-day fast. fasting is one of the pillars
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  • Fasting is one of the pillars in the faith that needs to be
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  • In the faith that needs to be rediscovered in our generation.
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  • Rediscovered in our generation. when you say, “god, i want
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  • When you say, “god, i want more of you."
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  • More of you." look out, god will find you.
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  • Look out, god will find you. god will bless you
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  • God will bless you and god will do great
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  • And god will do great and mighty things in your life.
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  • And i wanna invite you
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  • And i wanna invite you to get involved this year
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  • To get involved this year in our latest initiative
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  • In our latest initiative in israel
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  • “light over darkness.”
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  • This project
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  • Is the largest commitment
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  • This ministry has made.
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  • It's a 15-million-dollar project
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  • That will protect and save lives
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  • In the eshkol region in israel.
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  • Would you consider giving
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  • Would you consider giving a first fruit offering
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  • A first fruit offering at the beginning
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  • At the beginning of a brand-new year to help us?
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  • God himself said,
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  • “i will bless those
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  • Who bless israel,"
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  • "i will curse those who
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  • Curse israel.
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  • And in israel
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  • All the families
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  • Of the earth shall be blessed.”
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  • I want you to watch this
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  • I want you to watch this and see and pray about
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  • And see and pray about how you can be a part
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  • How you can be a part of this miracle.
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  • >> on october 7,
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  • Israel was attacked by
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  • The dark forces of hamas.
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  • It was the worst massacre
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  • The jewish people experienced
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  • Since the holocaust.
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  • The eshkol region
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  • In southern israel
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  • Was attacked directly.
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  • This is where
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  • Jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries,
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  • In partnership with
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  • The jewish national fund,
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  • Have been working
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  • The last five years
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  • To build fortified schools,
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  • Bomb shelters, and other
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  • Life-saving projects.
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  • Thankfully, these projects
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  • Did save many lives that day.
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  • And now we stand
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  • At a pivotal moment,
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  • Poised to provide a lifeline
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  • For the people of eshkol,
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  • Who continue to be attacked
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  • By terrorists every day.
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  • Jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries
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  • Recently committed
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  • The largest amount of funding
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  • Ever towards the initiative,
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  • Representing our unwavering
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  • Dedication to not just help
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  • Rebuild communities in eshkol,
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  • But to mend hearts
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  • And restore what
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  • Seemed irrevocably lost.
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  • We have a comprehensive plan
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  • That will be completed
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  • In three phases.
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  • Phase number one,
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  • Provides physical safety.
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  • That is why we are building
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  • Civil defense centers,
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  • And over 800 safe houses,
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  • Making sure every family
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  • In the region has a safe room,
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  • In case of terrorist attacks.
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  • When you give to
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  • A project like this,
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  • There is a promise for you
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  • Found in genesis 12:3,
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  • “i will bless those
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  • Who bless you israel.”
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  • Together we can demonstrate
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  • That faith combined with
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  • Collective action can
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  • Illuminate the darkest moments
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  • And forge a brighter,
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  • More hopeful future
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  • For the eshkol community.
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  • Call or go online today.
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  • You're in for a tremendous --
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  • You're in for a tremendous -- a tremendous experience.
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  • A tremendous experience. i don't know exactly
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  • I don't know exactly what else to call it.
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  • What else to call it. we received a contact,
  • 00:20:10.490 --> 00:20:12.358
  • We received a contact, and they said,
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  • And they said, “we know that this
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  • “we know that this ministry loves israel,
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  • Ministry loves israel, we know that you stand
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  • We know that you stand and support israel.”
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  • And support israel.” there are 98 hostages
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  • There are 98 hostages that are still being held
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  • That are still being held in the hands of the terrorists,
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  • In the hands of the terrorists, even as we speak.
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  • Even as we speak. two of those families flew over,
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  • Two of those families flew over, and one of their requests
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  • And one of their requests was could they come
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  • Was could they come to free chapel.
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  • To free chapel. they know there's a church
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  • They know there's a church that's praying and fasting,
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  • That's praying and fasting, and they're here by
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  • And they're here by divine appointment today,
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  • Divine appointment today, and i want you to meet them,
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  • And i want you to meet them, and i want you to greet them,
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  • And i want you to greet them, and i want you to hear
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  • And i want you to hear what they have to say
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  • What they have to say for the next few moments,
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  • For the next few moments, and then i'm gonna bring
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  • And then i'm gonna bring the message this morning.
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  • The message this morning. i want you to give our warm
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  • I want you to give our warm welcome to our friends
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  • Welcome to our friends from israel.
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  • From israel. would you give ‘em a big,
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  • Would you give ‘em a big, big, wonderful welcome?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • First of all, thank you
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  • First of all, thank you for being here,
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  • For being here, and i hope you feel the love
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  • And i hope you feel the love because this is a ministry
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  • Because this is a ministry and a church that loves israel.
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  • And a church that loves israel. and we don't just love
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  • And we don't just love the land of israel,
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  • The land of israel, we love the people of israel,
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  • We love the people of israel, the jewish people.
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  • The jewish people. you have given us our faith.
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  • You have given us our faith. you have given us our bible.
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  • You have given us our bible. everything in it
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  • Everything in it is jewish roots.
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  • Is jewish roots. and so, we don't have
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  • And so, we don't have what we have without you.
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  • What we have without you. and we know the bible
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  • And we know the bible says in genesis 12:3,
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  • Says in genesis 12:3, “i will bless those
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  • “i will bless those that bless israel.
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  • That bless israel. i will curse those
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  • I will curse those that curse israel.”
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  • That curse israel.” and that's not just
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  • And that's not just the land, that's the people.
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  • The land, that's the people. and that's why
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  • And that's why we love you and we care,
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  • We love you and we care, we stand with you
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  • We stand with you and we wanna hear your story.
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  • And we wanna hear your story. >> first of all,
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  • >> first of all, i wanna say
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  • I wanna say thank you to everybody.
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  • Thank you to everybody. i can feel your heart,
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  • I can feel your heart, i can feel your heart with us
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  • I can feel your heart with us and it means so much for me
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  • And it means so much for me to know that there's people
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  • To know that there's people that aren't jews
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  • That aren't jews that are with us.
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  • That are with us. and we really,
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  • And we really, really need you.
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  • Really need you. so, i'm aviva siegel,
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  • So, i'm aviva siegel, i'm keith's wife,
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  • I'm keith's wife, you can see him on my shirt.
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  • You can see him on my shirt. i was in gaza with
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  • My husband for 51 days.
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  • So i saw everything,
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  • Felt everything.
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  • And i wanna take you
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  • There that you'll --
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  • That you'll be able
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  • To feel a little bit
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  • Of what i went through.
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  • The worst moments for me were
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  • When they tortured my husband,
  • 00:22:49.549 --> 00:22:51.350
  • When they tortured my husband, and they tortured
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  • And they tortured the girls with us.
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  • The girls with us. i'll never forget keith's face
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  • I'll never forget keith's face when they pushed him.
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  • When they pushed him. keith is 65 years old.
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  • Keith is 65 years old. he's an american,
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  • He's an american, he's from north carolina,
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  • He's from north carolina, chapel hill, and he was
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  • Chapel hill, and he was brought up to love.
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  • Brought up to love. one of the times,
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  • One of the times, they took keith and us
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  • They took keith and us underneath the ground,
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  • Underneath the ground, and they just left us there.
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  • And they just left us there. they left us there to die.
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  • They left us there to die. i touched death.
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  • I touched death. i said goodbye to the world.
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  • I said goodbye to the world. when i looked at my husband
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  • When i looked at my husband and he said to me that
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  • And he said to me that he feels that he can't breathe.
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  • He feels that he can't breathe. he was like this...
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  • He was like this... [breathing heavily]
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  • [breathing heavily] i was the same.
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  • I was the same. and i was scared
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  • And i was scared to look at him
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  • To look at him because i was scared
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  • Because i was scared to look at my husband
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  • To look at my husband dead in front of me.
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  • Dead in front of me. and my keith, and romi,
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  • And my keith, and romi, and the hostages, and the girls
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  • And the hostages, and the girls that i was with
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  • That i was with are still in gaza.
  • 00:23:48.207 --> 00:23:50.109
  • Are still in gaza. so, i'm not gonna
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  • So, i'm not gonna lose my hope.
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  • Lose my hope. i'm gonna shout for
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  • I'm gonna shout for them to come home.
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  • Them to come home. and that's what i'm doing.
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  • [applause]
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  • >> yarden, tell us your story.
  • 00:24:05.858 --> 00:24:09.795
  • >> yarden, tell us your story. >> so, my name is yarden.
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  • >> so, my name is yarden. i was blessed to be
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  • I was blessed to be the oldest sister among
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  • The oldest sister among five sibling that one
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  • Five sibling that one of them is romi.
  • 00:24:18.304 --> 00:24:20.706
  • Of them is romi. romi is the third one,
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  • She's 24 years old.
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  • She was kidnapped
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  • When she was 23.
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  • And she called me ten minutes
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  • After the rockets started.
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  • But she told me several times
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  • But she told me several times during those four and a half
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  • During those four and a half hours of talking on the phone
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  • Hours of talking on the phone and trying to get away
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  • And trying to get away from the area,
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  • From the area, hiding inside bushes
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  • Hiding inside bushes for two hours while
  • 00:24:46.933 --> 00:24:48.401
  • For two hours while terrorists are spraying
  • 00:24:48.467 --> 00:24:51.837
  • Terrorists are spraying all the area with bullets,
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  • All the area with bullets, and rpg, and rockets.
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  • And rpg, and rockets. she told me that she trusts me
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  • She told me that she trusts me and that she knows
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  • And that she knows i can help her.
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  • I can help her. and that she's so
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  • And that she's so grateful to be my sister.
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  • Grateful to be my sister. in the same deal that
  • 00:25:11.591 --> 00:25:12.925
  • In the same deal that aviva was released,
  • 00:25:12.992 --> 00:25:14.260
  • Aviva was released, romi was supposed
  • 00:25:14.327 --> 00:25:14.860
  • Romi was supposed to be released as well.
  • 00:25:14.927 --> 00:25:18.164
  • To be released as well. but on the day that she was
  • 00:25:18.230 --> 00:25:19.332
  • But on the day that she was supposed to be released,
  • 00:25:19.398 --> 00:25:20.466
  • Supposed to be released, hamas broke off the deal.
  • 00:25:20.533 --> 00:25:24.036
  • Hamas broke off the deal. and i told that earlier that
  • 00:25:24.103 --> 00:25:28.641
  • And i told that earlier that i don't know why i got this job,
  • 00:25:28.708 --> 00:25:32.178
  • I don't know why i got this job, why this misfortune happened
  • 00:25:32.244 --> 00:25:35.615
  • Why this misfortune happened to my sister, to our family,
  • 00:25:35.681 --> 00:25:38.985
  • To my sister, to our family, but it has to mean something.
  • 00:25:39.051 --> 00:25:43.055
  • But it has to mean something. and when i look at aviva,
  • 00:25:43.122 --> 00:25:45.191
  • And when i look at aviva, i feel hopeful.
  • 00:25:45.257 --> 00:25:47.326
  • I feel hopeful. and i have this necklace
  • 00:25:47.393 --> 00:25:48.694
  • And i have this necklace on my -- on me every day.
  • 00:25:48.761 --> 00:25:53.933
  • On my -- on me every day. that means in hebrew, tikvah,
  • 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:56.602
  • That means in hebrew, tikvah, which it means hope.
  • 00:25:56.669 --> 00:25:59.605
  • Which it means hope. i need your help.
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  • I need your help. please reach out to
  • 00:26:02.208 --> 00:26:03.442
  • Please reach out to your elected officials
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  • Your elected officials or throughout social media.
  • 00:26:06.345 --> 00:26:09.148
  • Or throughout social media. your elected officials
  • 00:26:09.215 --> 00:26:10.516
  • Your elected officials are brave enough to say
  • 00:26:10.583 --> 00:26:13.185
  • Are brave enough to say that the hostages need to
  • 00:26:13.252 --> 00:26:15.421
  • That the hostages need to come out as soon as possible.
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  • Come out as soon as possible. they need your support.
  • 00:26:17.423 --> 00:26:19.625
  • They need your support. they need your backup
  • 00:26:19.692 --> 00:26:22.261
  • They need your backup and to join forces
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  • And to join forces together against evil.
  • 00:26:23.262 --> 00:26:26.265
  • Together against evil. ‘cause we can only eliminate
  • 00:26:26.332 --> 00:26:28.501
  • ‘cause we can only eliminate darkness with a lot of light.
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  • [applause]
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