Make it count

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Man.
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God bless you. All of you are looking great. We're
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going to the book of first Corinthians very familiar scripture.
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Amen.
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That we can relate to. I wanna constantly push the
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church to remember who we are.
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Amen.
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I wanna push our church to remember who we are,
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to know who we are, and then to remember who
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we are, and then to fulfill who we are. But
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we are evangelistic entrepreneurs.
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Hallelujah.
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We share the gospel of our lord and savior Jesus
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Christ and entrepreneurially.
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Amen. We Come up with great ideas. Amen. Because he
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who wins souls is wise. Hallelujah. Amen. He who wins
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souls is wise. Hallelujah.
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So we thank God for you on today. We appreciate
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you and your presence on today.
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Amen.
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We want to continue to again to let us know
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who we are and what we do. We thank God
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for our leadership team, all of our ministers on today.
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Thank you so much.
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For being here. Amen. Again, 1 Corinthians chapter number 9. Okay.
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And we'll begin verse number 24. Very familiar scripture. If
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you will, when you have it, say amen. Y'all don't
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sound good to me.
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Oh, hallelujah. Now y'all around me, so y'all need to
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be loud and boisterous. Hallelujah. No, whatever that is. Amen.
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So again, the Bible says, 1 Corinthians 9 and 24.
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The Bible says, know ye not. The day which run
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in a race. He's talking about racing, amen? He said,
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realize that all is running. He said, but only one
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receive the prize. In other words, if we in the race,
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all of us are in the race, all of us
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are running. I say all of us are running.
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I don't care. I don't care, Taniqua.
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If all of us is running, we running. And while
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we're running, I'm going to do my best to outrun you.
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If it's not you, to outrun myself. But when we run,
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we run this race.
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Amen. But only one, somebody shout one, receive the prize.
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And that we know.
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That then, and so since you have been conditioning yourself
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to run this race and training to run this race,
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when you get in the race, you also run that
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ye may win.
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I wish I had somebody. If you're going to run, run.
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Come on. And then he says, and every man that
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strives for.
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Mastery is temperate or have self-control in all things. Now
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they that do it, do it, watch this, to obtain
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or win a corruptible crown.
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Not us though.
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Because a corruptible crown fades away. But for us, when
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we run this race of the gospel, we run it
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for an eternal crown that lasts forever. And then the
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writer says, I therefore so run. Not as uncertainly. In
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other words, he said, I'm not running to think I'm
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going to come in second place.
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He said, I'm assured that when I run, as I run,
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that I'm going... You got an attitude like that? If
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you're going to do it, you're going to do it.
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I wish I had. Amen? Uh-huh. Uncertainty. So fight.
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I'm not as one that beat it at the air.
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So if you're going to fight, don't shadow box.
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Hit something. You with me?
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And then he said, but I keep under my body
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and bring it under subjection, lest that by any means,
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when I have preached... To others, I myself shall be disqualified.
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Or cast away. From those scriptures, I'd like to speak
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to you today on the message.
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The Lord finally, I finally remembered what he wanted me
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to talk about. And today, I want to talk about
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make it count. Tell your neighbor, make it count. Just
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don't beat at the air and shadow box. Just don't
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run just to be running. But if you're going to run,
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make it count. If you're going to fight, make it count.
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Tell your neighbor, say, neighbor, make it count.
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Make it count.
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Father, we thank you now for your loving kindness, your
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tender mercies. We thank you, God, for what you would
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speak to our hearts on today. Help us, God, as
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we encourage, inspire, and empower the people of God to
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draw closer to you, God. Give us more strength, more might,
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more power And so, God, we thank you for it now.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Would you high-five at
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least seven people and tell them, make it count.
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Come on, do it real hard like you're in a
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football game, like the captain.
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Y'all don't sound loud at all. Make it count. Come on.
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I thought I had some preachers. All these preachers I
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got up in here, y'all ain't saying nothing?
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Come on, make it count. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. we love you
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make it count man it's interesting to understand.
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That when I thought about this message I thought about
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that if we're going to make it count this one
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count or something count then it's important for us to
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understand that if it's going to count, we can't do
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stuff half-heartedly. The second thing I thought about that if
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we're going to make it count, not only are we
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going to not do it half-heartedly, but we can't do
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what we're going to do heartless. In other words, if
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we're going to do it, we're going to have to
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put our mind to it in order to do it.
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In order to win, we got to do it from
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our heart. It's important that we just don't physically win
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fights or win races, but we also psychologically win fights
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and races. So it's important that we think about this
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is that we have to psychologically understand that I.
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Have to have my mind invested in.
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What I'm doing. Not only that, I ought to have
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my emotions intact.
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Come on.
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If I'm going to win, I just, you know, some folks,
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you're just too emotionally imbalanced.
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Hallelujah.
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Mentally imbalanced. If I'm going to win, I got to
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be physically fit. And not only that, sometimes we can't
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do it because we don't have finances. But if we're
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going to make it count, if we're going to sing,
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sing to make it count. I wish I had a
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neighbor here If you're going to dance, dance to make
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it count. If you're going to speak, come on somebody.
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Hallelujah.
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Speak to make it count. If you're going to sow seed,
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sow a seed to make it count. Just don't do
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stuff just to be doing stuff. Don't come to church
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just to be coming to church. You know, don't show up.
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If you ain't going to show up, if I'm going
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to be in the classroom and I'm in the classroom
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and I tell most of my students, if you go
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into the class, you're going to be since you in
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the class, be the best that you can possibly be.
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And if you don't compete with anybody else with yourself,
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I wish I had somebody here. If you made a C.
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Last time, the next time you got to challenge yourself,
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I ain't going to make a C. I'm going to
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make a B this time. And if you increase and improve,
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come on, if you become productive from a B, you
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ought to get to an A.
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You ought to compete against yourself that when I'm involved
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in whatever I'm involved in, because I'm on the team.
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I'm going to make a difference.
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I wasn't the best in basketball, but I had this
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little fade. And so when I had the little fade
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and somebody looked taller than me, you know, I would
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hit it like....
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And so people get mad on the other team, talking about.
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Why you letting that little dude do that? Come on, somebody, hallelujah.
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I wasn't the best, but since I was on the team,
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I was going to make a difference. Because I was
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on the team, because, glory to God, I feel the
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Holy Ghost. Listen, because I was on the team. I'm
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a child of God. I've been conditioned and training for this.
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Since I'm on the team, I'm going to make it count.
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Come on now. I ran in the real world.
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When they gave it to me, I know it don't
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look like it now. Don't worry about it. Don't laugh
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at that. But when I got that baton, I made
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it count. I wasn't mediocre. In doing what I was
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supposed to do.
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Mediocre kills potential. I wish I had somebody. Hallelujah.
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Because you only do what's called of you to do
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and not above or beyond what you do. That's why
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you're still where you are today. Because you ain't put
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no more in it than what you can put in it.
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And you have help. your potential. Oh, I wish I
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had a neighbor right there. If you're gonna preach, man,
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make it count. You think I'm gonna get up here
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on Sunday morning just doing something? I don't care if
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you hear me or not.
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Like it or not.
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But while I'm up here with this mic in my hand.
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I want to make it count. I want to help somebody.
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I want to see somebody encouraged. I want to see
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somebody inspired. I want to see somebody empowered. I want
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to see, I don't know about you, I want to
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see somebody go to the next level.
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I want to see.
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How a message have transformed your life, transitioned you to
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the next level.
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If you're going to do it, make it. Somebody shout
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make it. Make it count.
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If you're going to lead, make it count. Whatever you do,
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Do things. And if you don't attach what you do
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to a purpose, that's why you just do things.
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You got to answer the why. Why are you doing it?
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You got to have a reason.
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You got to have an end statement of why you
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do what you do. You need to know the purpose
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because if you don't have no purpose, can I talk
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to you today? If you ain't got no purpose, that's
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why you ain't got no passion. And if you ain't
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got no passion, you ain't got no tribe. You ain't
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got no fuel to get you past the point you
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are right now because you don't have no purpose. And
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without purpose, my brother, you don't have no passion. That's
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why you have heart and do what you do. Just
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do enough to get by. Some of you, we making
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money just to get by. Living week to week, paycheck
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to paycheck. I wish I had somebody.
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Hallelujah. Glory to God. We ain't putting in.
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No extra work or extra duty in order to get
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past what we are.
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And that's why we still what we are. Yeah.
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Purpose pushes your passion. The passion is what's now. Because see,
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if you ain't got no passion, you sure ain't going
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to put no plan.
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Hallelujah. You ain't got no passion. I know you ain't
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got no workout plans. You ain't got no plan. Come on, somebody.
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I know you ain't got no financial plan.
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Hallelujah.
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You just talking. Hallelujah. You just talking.
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See, words don't become reality until you write it down
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and put it on paper, rather than be on a
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physical paper or the paper of your heart.
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I wish I had a neighbor here. Somebody shout glory.
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And if you put that plan together, if you put
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that plan together, God said, I'll give you provision, and
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not only provision, but I'll help you persevere when you're drunk.
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Tell your neighbor, say neighbor. Neighbor. Make it count.
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Make it count.
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Tell her, make it count. Make it count.
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When we look at this text on today, we see
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now that we're dealing in the church at Corinth. And
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we remember this church was one of the most prominent
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areas in which Paul had visited.
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Somebody say the church at Corinth.
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We remember that the church of Corinth, besides That struggle
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because they had many struggles. Just like many of us
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have many struggles.
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Can I get a witness? Yet they had that struggle.
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They struggled as a church with division. In other words,
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there was division among the saints.
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And he said, y'all all have the same judgment.
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This particular church not only had struggles with division, but
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they also had struggle with lawsuits. In other words, they
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were taking each other to court. Each other to court
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as if they couldn't judge among themselves to get it right.
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Nobody wanted to lose to win. They took on the
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Gentile thought process because they thought winning was winning, but
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if you lose in the kingdom of God, you actually win.
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Amen.
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When you die, you actually live. I wish I had somebody.
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Hallelujah. If you humble yourself and go down, God will
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raise you up. Uh-huh. Yeah.
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With the court and not only that, in this particular church,
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like a generation we're living in right now, sexual immorality. Say,
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y'all have done things, not even the Gentiles. Now, you
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know the Gentiles did things. I wish I could spell
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it out. I won't spell it all out, but they
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did everything. But this man took another man's wife.
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Come on, somebody. Hallelujah. He said, you ought to have
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cast him over to Satan, his flesh.
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Amen.
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That he might be saved. Come on, somebody.
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This church has some struggles. Tell your neighbor, say, neighbor,
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I got some struggles too. I don't want you to
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confess it right now.
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Wait later. Okay. All right. I'll see the priest. Hallelujah.
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But go ahead and admit, I got some struggles too.
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I got some struggles in making it count from time
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to time. I got some paths. I got a path
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behind me that caused me to have frustrations, that caused
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me not to make it really count. I just start
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doing stuff, but I'm not really doing it with everything
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that I got because I'm still dealing with my struggles.
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never get to the place of success. You got to
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overcome your struggles.
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In order to get. Somebody ought to shout glory right there.
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I need to talk to some real people who have
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overcome some struggles in one.
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Area of your life.
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Maybe not all of them, but you done overcome some
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struggles in one part of your life.
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Whether it be drugs or alcohol, fornication, whatever the case
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may be.
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You give God praise because God brought you out.
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I wish I had.
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Hey, God, y'all act like you ain't got no struggle,
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had no struggles in your past. Still dealing with struggles,
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but thank God, hallelujah, that God helped.
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Me in my struggles. They also had problems and struggles
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with confusion.
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Even with their spiritual gifts to abuse gifts and underused
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gifts in the church. Had problems with adultery and fornication.
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But on the other hand, although they had struggles, can
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I talk about Corinthians? Corinth was a boom town. In
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other words, it was a place, a melting pot that
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people came into. It was populated by freedom or free
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men who were former slaves. It was also populated with
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merchants and veterans and fortune seekers from all over the world,
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all over the empire. Not only was it that, but
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it was also popular as a tourist destination. temples and
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temples such as Apollo and shrines and Aphrodite. It was
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also a famous for his wealth and culture. So, in
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other words, there was some good things about Corinth.
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Come on, somebody.
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Lastly, was known for his games. In other words, games
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was held every two years. It was similar to the Olympics.
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You know, the Olympics, we have it once every four years.
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But with the Isthmian Games, these games was held every
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two years and every four years of the year.
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Amen?
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So they held it every two years and every four years.
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And like any other competitive sport, you got to understand
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that athletes have to condition through training and exercise in
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order to compete in the games. So in these games
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that they did in Greek or in Corinth, Needed for
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a perishable crown.
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Tell your neighbors it's a perishable crown.
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We assume that we understand desires, but we.
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Don't fight for a perishable crown.
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In other words, we fight and we run for an
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imperishable crown that lasts forever. So Paul in his teaching
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frequently used metaphors to encourage the church to condition themselves.
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Tell your neighbors, neighbor, If you're going to win, you're
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going to have to condition yourself. You're going to have
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to train for this one. You're going to have to
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fight for this one. So whatever you're looking to aim for,
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you're going to have to condition.
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Yourself for this prize.
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So frequently he used these metaphors in the church and
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said to you, you got to condition yourself. You got
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to condition yourself to run. You got to condition yourself
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to fight. You got to condition yourself to win the crown.
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Not with uncertainty though. You got to think in your
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mind that because you are on this end, even though
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there was only one winner, but in the kingdom of God,
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tell your neighbor all of us win.
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And the only way that.
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We win is because we stay in the fight and
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we stay in the race and we never throw in
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the towel. Tell your neighbor, say neighbor, make it count.
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ah yes in the Greek games only one could win
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the prize but then I run for life and fight
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for the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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turn to your neighbor and say neighbor in this race
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and in this fight we all win if we keep
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running though if we keep fighting though it's the only
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time we can win Turn to your neighbor one more
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time and tell them we all win.
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But you got to keep on running and you got
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to keep on fighting.
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The question I propose then is what do you do
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to keep running?
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What do you do to keep fighting? What do you
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do to obtain.
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The prize and reaching those that are lost and equipping
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those that are found To send those that are chosen.
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To fulfill the great commission. Actually there was a name
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of what.
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Do you do. What do you do. When you lose.
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All of your physical strength. What do you do. When
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the spirit of apathy. And you just don't want to
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do it again. What do you do when your emotions,
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my God, are deprived? What do you do when your
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bank account calls to be insufficient and resources dry up?
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What do you do?
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Yes, when you're tired. What do you do? I wish
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I talked to some real people. What do you do
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to keep running? What do you do to keep fighting
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when you feel worn out? What do you do when
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you feel frustrated about life and look like life keep
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causing you to go around the same mountain over and
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over again? Ask your neighbor, what do you do? What
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do you do? What do you do when you get
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weary in well-doing? But the Bible declares don't get weary
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in well-doing. Because if you hang in there, God will
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reward you in due season. Tell your neighbor, get ready
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for due season. Get ready for due season. So Paul
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understands from his experience that to keep running and fighting
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to win, you must condition yourself. Tell your neighbor if
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you're going to win, you must condition yourself. There are
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four things I want to share with you quickly. You
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got to condition yourself psychologically. You got to condition yourself emotionally.
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You got to condition yourself physically.
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Physically. And you got to condition yourself financially. Tell your
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neighbors and.
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Neighbor, if you're going to keep on running and keep
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on fighting, you're.
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Going to have to condition yourself.
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Psychologically, you're going to condition yourself by, come on somebody,
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training your mind.
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In other words, you got to put your mind to
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it in order to do it.
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When you put your mind to it, you're willing to
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face difficult situations and problems with the end in mind.
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In other words, if you're going to win, you got
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to make sure that the price is bigger than the problem.
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You got to realize that the price is bigger than
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your dilemma. You got to see the price bigger than
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your obstacle. Oh, I wish I had a neighbor right now.
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Hallelujah.
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Because you see the end game of what you're doing.
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That what you gain will be more than what you lost.
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But you got to lose some things.
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In the process. But in your comparison, the suffering of
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this world. Come on, somebody. I might be going through
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what I'm going through.
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But the suffering of this world cannot compare to the
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price or the.
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Glory that God has for me. Tell your neighbor, say, neighbor,
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you got to put your mind in it. You got
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to put your mind in it.
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You got to see the price being greater than your situation.
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The Bible said, know ye not. The day that Ron
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in the.
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Race that all of us run, but only one received
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the price. And so he encouraged them and say, so Ron,
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if you're going.
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To run, make it count. He said, Ron, that you
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may obtain.
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Then he says, I therefore, in verse number 26, so
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run not with uncertainty, but assure that if I keep
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running and I keep fighting, tell your neighbor if I
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keep on, I will win.
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Tell him if I stay in the run and stay
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in the fight, I will win.
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The Bible declares that the race is not given to
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the swift nor.
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To the strong.
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Ah, but the battle, not to the strong, but to
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the one That endured to the end.
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Tell your neighbors and neighbors, you got to hold on
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in there.
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Hold on to God's unchanging hands.
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Hallelujah.
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I don't throw in the towel until you cross the
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finish line. So even though people might come in before you,
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that doesn't mean they won.
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Hallelujah.
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The win is considered that if you continue this race
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and this fight and finish the finishing line, then you win.
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Tell your neighbors, hey neighbor, don't give up, don't give up.
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The Bible declares, let this mind be in you. was
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also in Christ Jesus. In other words, Jesus Christ himself
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had to go through some problems, but the price was
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greater than the problem.
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Come on, somebody.
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Hallelujah. The Bible declares that he learned obedience to the
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things that he suffered, that he didn't have to go
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to that rugged cross, but he saw the price.
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In other words, he saw you and me. He's seen
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the whole world and.
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They will be in a better condition if he had
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to go through what he had to go through.
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But the price, glory.
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To God, I wish I had somebody. The price was
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bigger than the problem. The Bible declares that even Christ
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Jesus himself learned obedience to.
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The things that he suffered. Hallelujah.
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And that he went to the cross and died on
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that rugged cross. The Bible said that at his name,
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every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that
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he is the Lord.
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Tell your neighbors, hey neighbor, you got to put your
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mind in it. Hallelujah.
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You got to realize that the price is bigger than
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your problem.
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The second thing I see here is emotionally.
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In other words, you got to train emotionally by training
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your emotions.
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To diffuse impulsive responses.
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Sometimes you respond without thinking. I wish I had somebody.
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you hurt and get you killed.
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Come on, somebody. Hallelujah.
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Kill your plan and kill your dream. And that was
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wrong with Moses. God told Moses, Moses.
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Speak to the rock.
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But Moses, because he was impulsive in his attitude and
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emotionally imbalanced with anger. I wish I had somebody here.
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Instead of speaking to the rock, he struck the rock.
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And God told Moses, listen, you just counseled out your
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purpose and your plan.
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You will not go into the promised land.
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High five your neighbor's neighbor. Don't counsel God's plan for
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your life. Come on, don't be impulsive in your decision making.
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Hallelujah.
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man that competes for the prize, somebody shout every man
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that competes for the prize is tempered or self-controlled in
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all things. In other words, we got to learn how
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to navigate. Tell your neighbor, navigate. We got to learn
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how to navigate friction. We got to learn how to
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navigate stress. We got to learn how to navigate discomfort.
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In other words, we can't do shadow boxing. In other words,
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we're going to expand all of our energy. Hallelujah, because
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we swing it at something and don't have a target
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to hit.
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Come on, somebody.
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Sometimes, my brothers and sisters, we fighting things that they
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won't even be fighting. Hallelujah, that somebody else fight, but
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you fighting it. You expending all your energy on somebody
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else's stuff and not your own.
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And oh God, I wish I had.
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And that's why it don't count for you because you
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trying to do something for somebody else.
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But you got to understand you got to quit shadow boxing.
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You got to quit fighting at the air and find
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a target that you need to hit. And whatever that
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target is that makes sure that you don't miss a punch.
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Because every punch that you punch is a combination and
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a power punch. I wish I had somebody in collective
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impact who would make a fist right there and go
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ahead and swing at the devil and your situation and
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knock him O-U-T out. In other words, you got to
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learn that if you're going to control your emotions, you.
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Got to learn how to de-escalate situations. Hallelujah. Sometimes people
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come to.
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You loud and boisterous, but the Bible tells us that
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a soft answer turn around wrath.
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Come on somebody.
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I've had some people talk loud to me and I
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just cut them off with a soft answer.
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They think I'm hollering at them or screaming at them.
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I'm just speaking to him softly hallelujah sometimes your soft
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words is more and more clear than your loud words
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he says you got to learn how to de-escalate.
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In other words don't put no fuel on.
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The fire come on somebody hallelujah the more you talk
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the more y'all argue hallelujah the more y'all argue is
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because the more you talk but if you learn how
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to hold your peace come on man let the lord
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fight your battle Tell your neighbor, say, victory shall be mine.
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Tell your neighbor, you got to learn how to hold
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your peace sometimes.
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You don't have to answer every situation and problem that
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you have to face.
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Hallelujah.
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You got to understand again that don't be weary and well-dened.
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The Bible says don't overly be defensive. Sometimes we overly defensive.
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We have to defend ourselves for everything. I say something
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to you. No, that ain't me. I tell you this. No,
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that's you. You overly defensive.
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But the Bible declares, amen, that if you can't control
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your own emotion, you're like a city without walls. Allow
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the enemy to come in at any time. Tell your neighbors,
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hey neighbor, you got to have self-control.
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Hallelujah.
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You got to be able to control your emotions. You
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got to be able to control your words. You got
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to be able to control your attitude. You can't go
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from zero to 100. You can't go from A to Z.
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Sometimes you got to have some filter Just in the middle.
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I wish I had somebody. Hallelujah. Sometimes you just need
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to close your mouth. Hallelujah.
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And watch what God will do. Glory to God. Come
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on and clap your hands and give God a praise.
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The Bible says you ought to be quick to hear.
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Somebody shout quick to hear. slow to speak and slow
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to wrath because it does not work the righteousness of
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God God said I'm working some things out as long
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as you hold your peace get out of the way
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and let me step up in front of you come
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on I've already got your battle hallelujah I've already won
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the battle for you I'll be your forefront I'll be
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your rear guard I'll be a fence all around you
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tell your neighbor say neighbor hold your peace let the
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Lord let the Lord fight Let the Lord fight your battle. Thirdly,
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you got to condition yourself physically by training your body
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through controlling exercise and appetite.
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So fight on, he says. In verse number 27.
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Fight on and keep my body and I got to
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bring this body into subjection. In other words, I train
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my senses to know between good and evil.
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In other words, I.
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Control my eyes to see what I need to see.
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I control my ears to hear what they need to hear.
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I control my nose to sense what they need to sense.
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I control my mouth to speak what only God would
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help me to speak.
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I wish I had somebody.
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In other words, you got to understand that some of
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us are dull of hearing and we have need to
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be taught again. But thank God, hallelujah, our God, that
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we are trained, that we can train our senses right
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here on earth.
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Some tell your neighbor, say, neighbor, control, control, control your
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feeble body. Hallelujah. Some of us can't do what we
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could do.
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But I come to prophesy to somebody that God is
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getting ready to renew your strength. Come on, I come
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to prophesy to somebody that God is about to renew
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your strength. I know that the devil is after you.
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The reason he after you because you got something of value. Oh,
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he wouldn't be after you if you didn't have something
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of value. Many of you who've been called into ministry,
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he see the weapon, come on somebody, that you have
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inside of you. And so he's trying to kill it
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before it's fulfilled.
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But tell your neighbor, say neighbor, no weapon formed against me.
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Shall prosper I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing until
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I can't do it no more and I'm gonna give
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it the best that I got tell your.
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Neighbor you got to make it count you got to.
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Make it you got to make it count some of
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you will come to tell you that God is about
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to strengthen your body you about to renew your strength
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as the eagle hallelujah let the weak say that I
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am strong Oh, God, I feel like preaching up in
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here on today. Begin to speak to your body. Begin
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to speak to your mind. Begin to speak to your spirit.
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Begin to speak to your situation. Speak to your children.
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Say to this mountain, mountain, be thou removed. And because
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of your faith, I wish I had some faith people
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that are going to start speaking to your situation. And
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speak into your circumstance. Things about to change and shift
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in your life. Come on and clap your hands and
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give cards and pray. Somebody shout glory. Somebody shout speak it. Speak, speak, speak.
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Talk about the strength in you. Hallelujah. You're going to
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stop flopping like a chicken. Start soaring like an eagle. Hallelujah.
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I know about you. I want my wings. I want
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my eagle wings. Hallelujah. I want to soar even into
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the storm.
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Realize that my storm only gets up under my wings and.
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Elevate me higher. I come to tell you God is
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getting ready to elevate you higher. Hallelujah. Say your name
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if you're about to elevate me higher. Hallelujah. financially by
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training yourself. Hallelujah.
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If you're not awarded here by men that God will
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award you. Here now I will come to my clothes
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that Apostle Paul says when I preach and I preach
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to others I myself shall not be disqualified. Well they
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had a problem with Apostle Paul because they didn't think
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that he was Qualified. I wish I had a neighbor here.
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And this is the only church besides the other 12
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that he spoke to. This is the only church that
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he had some friction with them approving.
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Him for his calling.
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They say you're not qualified and that you're not qualified
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we're not going to give you no money. Because if
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your ministry is not financed then you're not qualified.
638
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Now how you going to.
639
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Judge my qualification on my finances? You telling me you
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didn't look at my psychological, emotional, and physical being and
641
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you're going to disqualify me because I don't have support
642
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for ministry? Paul began to say, listen, I'm going to
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preach anyhow. Brother, you give it to me or not,
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I'm still going to preach. Oh, I wish I had somebody.
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Because when you know what God called you to do
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and not what other people are calling you to do, hallelujah,
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because at any time that I can stop you doing
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what God called you to do, maybe you're not qualified
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to do what God has called you to do.
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Oh, I wish I had somebody. Hallelujah.
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Oh, the pastor won't show me no favor. He won't
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call my name. I'm just not going to do it
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no more. You're not qualified.
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Huh?
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Because you can't take hold of the plow at any
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time and look back. If God gave it to you
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to do it, then you're going to have to do it.
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The problem with us is we don't know that God
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called us to do it. We think that man has
660
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called us to do it. Man ain't called Paul to preach.
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He said, you didn't call me. I'm one who was
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born out of order. Come on, somebody. He said, I
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went into the backsides of Arabia and I got a
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word from God. So you didn't call me and you
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can't stop me from doing what God called me to
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do and you can't disqualify me because you won't support me. See,
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00:36:46.909 --> 00:36:50.929
some folks are disqualifying you because they ain't supported you.
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In other words, they can support you with a hand clap.
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They ain't did that yet. They ain't going to encourage
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you along the way. They ain't did that yet.
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Even though they don't clap for you or encourage you
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or pat you on the back, tell your neighbor, I'm
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still qualified. Oh, I wish I had somebody here. I
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feel like moving forward here. Tell your neighbor, I'm still qualified.
675
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In other words, he said, I'd rather you pay me
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or not, even though I have a right.
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To receive pay.
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Because Jesus Christ even said we all live by the gospel.
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He said, how can I give you, I give you
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my spirit to not receive your corner, but don't worry
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about it.
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For y'all that's incorrect, so.
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That I do not cause an offense to this gospel.
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I don't want to receive anything from you anyhow.
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In other words, I go out and make some tent
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and be self-sufficient just that this gospel don't be stopped.
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Tell your neighbor, say neighbor, you got to make it count.
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Whether people support you or not, glory to God, you
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still got to make it count. Whether people be on
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your side or not, you still got to make it count.
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Whether people approve you or not, you still got to
692
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make it count. He says, now what is my reward then?
693
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Since I'm not going to receive nothing and I'm in self-denial. Yeah,
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I'm denying my own rights just so I can Get
695
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some of y'all. He said, what should I do now?
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He said, what is my reward? He says, I don't
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receive or charge you for the gospel. And yet I'm
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still preaching this gospel. What is my reward? And then
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he says, and I'm closing, he says, now, for though
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I'm free, though I'm free from.
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All men, He said, I still made myself a slave
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just to make it count.
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In other words, you can't stop me from preaching. I'm
704
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going to keep on preaching. And if I stop preaching,
705
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woe unto me. If I stop preaching, then this dispensation
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of stewardship of gospel that God has given me is
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in vain.
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No, no, I got to make it count.
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Not only when things are going well, but when things
710
00:39:24.349 --> 00:39:27.070
are not going so well, I still.
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Got to make it count.
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Even though I got some with me, some not, I
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still got to make it count. Even though I'm in prison,
714
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I still got to make it count.
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Even though I'm locked.
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Up behind chains, yet I still got to make it change.
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Even though I'm dropped down in a basket and they're
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about to kill me and throw me, I still.
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Got to make it count.
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Although I've been shipwrecked, my God, and up to the
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point of death committing suicide, but yet I still got
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to make it count.
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High five your neighbor and say, neighbor, you still got
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to make it count.
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He said, now I got to make it count that
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no matter what I'm going through, And when I preach
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this gospel, that I'm not disqualified.
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In other words, I can't stop.
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And I got to keep on moving because I know
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what my prize is. My prize is to deliver this gospel.
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No matter where I go, I'm going to deliver this man.
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Tell your neighbors and neighbor, don't give up. Don't throw
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in the towel, but keep on running. And keep on
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fighting because there is a prize with your name on it.
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If you hold on in there, tell your.
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Neighbor, say neighbor, when we cross the finish line, we
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still win.
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The apostle Paul.
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Said, even though I'm free, I made myself a slave
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just to make it count. With your approval or not,
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I'm still going to prove myself that I'm fit for
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the kingdom and I can't be turned back. I'm going
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to reach the lost. I'm going to equip the found.
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I'm going to send the chosen to fulfill the great commission.
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I'll find your neighbor and say, neighbor, you got to
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make it count. Well, how do you make it count?
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You got to get out of these four walls and
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you got to go to people that you typically don't
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go to. You got to go to Pimp Corner. You
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got to go to 7-Eleven. You got to go across University.
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You got to go to 82nd Street. But you got
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to get out of your comfort zone. Tell your neighbor,
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say neighbor, get out of.
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Your comfort zone.
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Clap your hands and give God praise. VIP, get out
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of your comfort zone. We got a race to run.
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We got a fight to fight. And we got to
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finish until the fight is over.
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We got to finish until we cross the crossing line.
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Tell your neighbor, say neighbor, I'm getting ready to cross
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the finish line.
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Well, this is what you're going to have to do.
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He said, I became all things to all men.
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He said, I went to the Jews.
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And when I went to the Jews, I became like
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the Jews and started doing what Jews do so that
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I can.
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Win some of them.
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How many of you are going to get out of
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your comfort zone and go.
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To somebody that's not like you? Or somebody.
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Who's living in your household. Somebody shout yes. You got
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to get out of your comfort zone. You got to
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make it count. If you're going to do it. Go
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ahead and do it. With the best that you got.
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He said not only the Jews. But I went to those.
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Who were outside the law. Being not in the law.
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I became just like them. So that I may win.
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Some of them too. Tell your neighbor. Say neighbor. You
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got to make it count. You got to keep on preaching.
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You got to.
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Preach in season and preach out of season. You got
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to preach when they want to hear it and when
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they don't want to hear it.
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We're living in a last stage.
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That people will have itching ears, heaving up to themselves,
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stuff they want to hear.
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But tell your neighbor, say neighbor, preach. I don't care
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what they call it. Preach.
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Even if they say you ain't got to preach to me,
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somebody shall preach. When they want to hear it, preach.
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When you make them feel bad, preach. When they feel good, preach.
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Under a bridge, preach. In your house, preach. Wherever you are, preach.
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I wish I had some preachers in here that would
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give God praise and shout, I'm going to make it count.
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I'm going to make it count. Regardless of what it is,
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I'm going.
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To make it count.
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Even those who are weak.
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To our children lost generation. By the foolishness of preaching
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the gospel. It's foolish to them who are lost.
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For those that are being saved, it's a sweet smelling song.
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We preach death to some. Hallelujah. This race. This gospel race.
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This gospel race. I could have talked about your house.
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And your car.
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Don't worry about that. That'll come. You take care of
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God's business. God will take care of your business. Preach
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this gospel. Hallelujah. Conditioning builds character. Hallelujah. It builds character
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because it.
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Takes self-discipline to get there.
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Hallelujah.
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It builds champions because at the end of the day,
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a champion never give up.
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Never throw in the towel. Even though they may come
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in second, third, yet they still feel.
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Like I'm a champion. Hallelujah. Yes.
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Condition calls us to be more committed what God called
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us to be committed to.
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You got to make it count. Just can't keep coming
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to church just to be coming. You just can't do
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what you do. Can't even go to work and just
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be going to work and not make a difference.
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Hallelujah.
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Because they have you on staff. You make a difference.
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In your classroom, you make a difference. In your community,
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you make a difference. In your home, you make a difference.
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You got to make it count We're all standing, if
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you will, to.
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Make it count today. There may be somebody now.