(216) “Our Father Is the God of Restoration” with Pastor Larry Mauriello

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It's never too late for God to move in our lives,

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for promises that we think have become barren

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and dried up to become alive,

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awaken and give birth to new things.

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It's not time to say I quit.

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It's time to say, Lord, I'm ready.

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Use me however you like.

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God promises in Joel 2, 28 to pour out His Spirit on all humanity.

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Welcome to Global Outpouring,

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where we contend for that promised outpouring

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and we equip for that outpouring

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so that we may engage in that very outpouring.

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I'm Philip Buss.

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And I'm Sharon Buss.

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Welcome to the podcast today.

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We have with us our dear friend, Pastor Larry Moriello,

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who used to be the pastor for Benny Hinn's staff.

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He's just such a wonderful man of God

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and so full of passion for the Lord.

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And he's going to share with us what he's going to bring

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at our Global Outpouring Convention 2024,

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June 11th through 14th, 2024.

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It's starting tonight,

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if you're hearing this as soon as it's released.

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And so we invite you to join us for that.

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But he is going to be sharing with us today a sneak preview

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of his message about God being the God of restoration.

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Thank you so much for joining us today.

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We're so glad that you're with us.

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And we are so excited about this convention coming up.

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So be sure, if you haven't already done so,

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to go to our website, globaloutpouring.net,

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and make sure that you have signed up for our email lists

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and we'll be staying in touch with you that way.

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And you can also access our media department

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and our live stream either on Facebook or on YouTube

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from that website.

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And so we just encourage you to join us

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for these wonderful services that we're going to be having.

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It's going to be a time of glory.

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Come and be with us if you possibly can.

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It's going to be a wonderful time.

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And we look forward to just having the power of the Lord

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poured out and changing lives and drawing us deeper into Him

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and closer to His heart and all of the things

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that He desperately wants to do with us

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because He's our Father.

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Well, Pastor Larry Moriello, it's such a pleasure

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to have you with us again.

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We had you on our podcast, oh, not quite a year ago,

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almost a year ago.

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And what a glorious, glorious testimony

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that was about how you just kept saying yes to God.

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And God kept opening doors and doing the things

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that were on your heart.

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So we're so glad that you're with us again.

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Thanks so much for joining us.

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Yes, amen.

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Well, I want to say it was really my privilege and honor

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to be able to give back, if you will,

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because Global Outpouring, your ministry and the founder

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just imparted so much in my life, met so much to me,

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such dear friends.

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And now, Sharon, you and Philip really are dear friends to me.

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I honor you.

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I'm so thankful for your lives, your examples,

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your heart for Jesus.

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I so enjoy your podcast that I'm kind of amazed

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you even want me to be a part of it.

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But I thank you, and I'm glad to be.

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I really am.

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I'm honored.

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Well, I'm really glad that you are available

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to do a podcast with us because you're going to be with us

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very shortly for our convention,

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June 11th through the 14th, 2024, coming right up.

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Yes, it is.

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I think this podcast is actually going to go live

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on the day that we start.

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So we just want to encourage any of our listeners

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that if you're hearing this on the day that it releases,

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that you can go to our Facebook page,

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our Global Outpouring Facebook page,

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or our YouTube channel, Global Outpouring YouTube channel,

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and watch and participate in this convention.

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We'll be starting Tuesday night

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and going through Friday night.

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We're starting with a beautiful worship time about 8.15 a.m.

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And then we're going to start our morning service at 9.30

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and then our evening service at seven.

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This is central time.

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So we're really excited that you wanted to come.

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And when we found you wanted to come, we said,

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well, why don't you share with us

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on a couple of our services?

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So we're excited to see what God is going to do

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in this gathering.

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We call it a convention because we are convening.

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We're convening together.

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And we're getting together to see what God wants to do

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and what God wants to say and to worship him

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in a powerful way.

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You've been in our conventions before.

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It's a little smaller now because things just slowed down

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with that virus business that went around.

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And anyway, it's going to be glorious no matter what.

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So we're really excited that you're joining us for that.

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Well, it does say we're two or three gathered in his name.

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But even more, it's the fellowship,

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forsake not the fellowship of the believers of the church.

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And coming together with like-minded, life-spirited,

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people who know how to pray, have a heart that's open to serve,

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that their lives and their outlook reflects Jesus.

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Their attitude is one of humility and grace

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and following the Lord and believing in the power

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of the Spirit and the fruits of the Spirit.

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Where can you find two or three people

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to get in a room who really are like that?

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If you can get more than that in a room that are like that,

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that is heaven on earth.

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That's the place I want to be.

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And listen, anyone listening, it's not too late.

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If this is Tuesday, come for Thursday.

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Come for Wednesday.

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Come for Friday.

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Don't miss this opportunity.

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I believe God has got a message specifically for you,

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a word for you.

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Someone during that conference is

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going to deliver and say something

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or have a prophetic word or a message,

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or you're just going to hear God's voice while other people

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are talking.

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There's going to be a word from heaven for you that will impact

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and change your life.

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Amen.

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We are believing for that, absolutely.

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And we are just encouraging everyone to come.

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If you're able to get here, please get here.

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It's in the beautiful Ozark Mountains in Arkansas.

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And just jump in your car and come.

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And the Lord will help you to find a place to stay.

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We've got some room here.

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I don't know that we will by then,

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but I know that the Lord will make a way.

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Well, they can bring their camper.

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Oh, yeah.

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They can stay at your campground.

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You've got spaces.

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I forget how many, but I know you have spaces.

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I'm bringing my camper.

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I'm going to stay up there.

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And Jasper is just an amazing area.

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And where you folks are, if they could stay on property

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at Engle Tell, it's the Valley of Angels, right?

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Isn't that what it means, if I remember correctly?

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Yes, that's correct.

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Yeah.

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And there's angelic activity.

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There's supernatural.

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There's a portal to heaven that's

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been opened up because of the hours of prayer

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that have gone up, the hours of worship,

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the honoring of the word and the Lord.

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It's a very special place, very special place.

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Come to Engle Tell.

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Come to the Global Outfory.

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And bring your tent.

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You can tent.

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We have a shower house and that.

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Yeah.

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Bring your tent.

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Yeah, you can come and camp in your tent.

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You can even come with just a tent.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Don't miss the opportunity.

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Beautiful.

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I really do believe that there's a special word for you there.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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I believe that too.

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So can you give us just kind of a sneak peek,

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a sneak preview of what the Lord has put on your heart

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to share at this convention?

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Sure.

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Thank you for asking.

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I'd love to.

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What God put on my heart to really share about

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and to talk about is to really speak

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about how He is the God of restoration, hope, redemption.

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His heart is for you, not against you.

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God is the God who redeems life.

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He's the Father who runs to the wayward, who's

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coming home to Him.

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He's looking for opportunities to welcome you and bring you

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closer to Him.

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Everything, every opportunity, He is looking for a bridge

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to build.

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If you've broken any bridges to God, He's looking to build one.

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Of course, the cross is the greatest bridge.

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Amen.

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Yeah.

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Jesus on the cross is the great bridge,

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the great redeeming restore.

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But I know people who come to Jesus,

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had a moment at the cross, who repented and sins,

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and walked to life and then fell away.

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Or they feel like they missed an opportunity.

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And maybe one time something got it away,

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or they didn't say yes, or they missed hearing, or they stopped.

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We can walk in a lifestyle where we're like, man, I just missed it.

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And I want to encourage everyone who's coming,

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that God will be sure you don't miss it.

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And He will, and He is faithful to restore.

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He's going to bring back opportunities in your life.

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Things are going to cycle back around.

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That's the word.

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And give you an opportunity again to say yes.

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It will cycle around again.

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Those who've been faithful will be exalted.

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Those who've been humble or willing to become humble

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will be exalted.

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He's a God who removes reproach, and He brings gladness and joy.

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I'm going to teach or share.

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I don't like to say teach.

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I'm going to share some insight that I believe the Holy Spirit gave me

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from the Gospel of Luke and the stories about the birth and life of Jesus,

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particularly around the birth of Jesus, and about how so many things that

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happened that give us great hope that it's never too late for God

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to move in our lives, for promises that we think have become barren

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and dried up to become alive, awaken, and give birth to new things.

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It's not time to say I quit.

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It's time to say, Lord, I'm ready.

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Use me however you like.

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Yes, amen.

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I think the events, the testimonies, the history of Jesus' birth,

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you're going to be able to look at it in a way I think that you probably

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never looked at it before.

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I never had.

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I was reading it one day, and I just went, wow, look at this.

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And then I saw this pattern throughout the Gospel of Luke,

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throughout the Gospels.

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It's amazing.

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It really is.

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I'm going to show you in layers and share with you in layers

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that this helped you to find some meaningful details that

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may have been overlooked.

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I say, you've heard me say this, I think, that when we read the Bible,

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it's like the peeling of an onion.

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Oh, yeah, layers.

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Just all these layers, you can get the thinnest little skin of that onion

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away.

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Or you can cut big chunks, of course, and get big pieces.

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But there are so many layers to the Bible that we can look at,

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and we can get that as we look at it.

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Sometimes they become obvious to us.

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Sometimes the Holy Spirit show us.

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But sometimes it takes a friend.

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Sometimes it takes a friend of the Lord, a friend in faith, to say, hey,

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have you seen this this way?

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I'm not talking about religious.

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I'm not talking about doctrine.

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You've got to have these.

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I'm saying just looking at the life-giving Word,

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the Gospel, the Bible is a living Word.

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It's alive.

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It's energizing, inspiring, uplifting.

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Yes.

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And it continues to speak.

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Yes, certainly does.

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I love what you said about it being cyclic.

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As you were talking about it, before you said the word cyclic,

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I'm thinking people have to understand that everything that God has created

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is cyclic.

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I mean, even the turning of the earth to make day and night,

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every day the sun goes down and every day the sun comes up.

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In Hebrew, in biblical thought, the day begins with night.

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Then the night goes by and the day comes.

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And then the day goes and the night comes.

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It's cyclic.

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Cyclic, yeah.

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And then the week is cyclic.

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And then the month is cyclic.

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And then the year is cyclic.

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The water cycle.

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Yeah, sure.

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It's the hydraulic cycle.

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The rain comes down.

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It goes through the soil.

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It brings forth fresh life.

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It waters the seed.

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The things bloom.

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It evaporates, goes back up into the heavens, if you will.

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The clouds are formed.

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And then the cycle begins again.

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The rain comes down.

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And it waters the earth.

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So you get a second chance.

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And you get a third chance.

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And you get a fourth chance until the Lord says, now, that's it.

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This is your last chance.

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Once in a while, He'll do that.

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Well, yeah.

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But it's usually after a lot.

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It's usually after a lot of input where you've

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had chance after chance.

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I think if we're open at all in our mind and our hearts,

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God's going to continue to give us a chance.

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Because His heart is for restoration.

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Absolutely.

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It actually is the heartbeat of God.

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Redemption.

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Redemption.

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Salvation.

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Salvation.

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You know that song.

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I am a friend of God.

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Yeah.

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That is His song.

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That's the Father.

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He's ready.

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He's looking.

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He's waiting for us.

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And He's going to find a way and bring an opportunity

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and bring things all the way back around to give you

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and to remove any shame or guilt,

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to remove anything that people have tried to put on you

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or the enemies tried to speak into your life

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or on your shoulder.

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He's the God of love and of redemption, of restoration,

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and of second chance.

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It's amazing.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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He's always ready to show us His love.

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That's His heart.

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Certainly.

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He loves you.

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He calls you.

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He believes in you.

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He calls you His beloved.

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Absolutely.

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So I'm just excited that I'll be able to share this with you

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all.

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I know we're just going to have a great time.

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I know that the favor of God will be on it, I believe,

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will sense the presence of the Holy Spirit falling among us

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that will be filled with gladness and joy

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as we recognize and really sense the heart of God for us

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in every way possible.

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Yes.

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I really think we're in a new season of the joy of the Lord.

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I think it's kind of like, how shall I say it?

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The word inoculation is coming to me

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when we get filled up with joy.

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It enables us to kind of like ride a wave.

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You see those surfers and they get up on the wave

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and they just ride it.

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Regardless of what's going on, I mean,

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a wave can be devastating, but somebody

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who knows how to ride it, it's like joy is your surfboard

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that you can ride whatever is coming.

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There's probably some tough times ahead of us.

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With the things that go on, we are

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having some issues in our nation and the nations of the world.

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And there's turmoil and struggle and trouble.

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But the joy of the Lord is our strength.

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And when we get into His presence,

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in His presence is fullness of joy.

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And you come into His presence with thanksgiving.

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So as we build a place in worship,

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as we build a place in praise, as we build,

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just getting into His presence, that

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restores our joy and our gladness.

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And if we have gotten off track in some way,

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just coming back into His presence,

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see the enemy wants to keep us from coming into His presence.

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So He wants to keep us from being restored.

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So He's going to try and shame us.

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Oh God, I'll never want you back.

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That's a lie.

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That's a lie.

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He's our Father.

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He wants us.

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He wants us in relationship with Him.

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So I'm excited about what you're bringing.

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This is going to be wonderful.

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Well, I love what you just said.

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You shouldn't stop talking about that,

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because people can't hear that enough.

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The world today will say, oh well, what God's judging,

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instead of what God's moving on heaven and earth

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to bring you closer to Him.

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What He's willing to do.

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I mean, we think about it.

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There is nothing He's not willing to do

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to bring you closer to Him.

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Now, He's not a magic genie.

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You don't rub the vase, and you say,

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well, give me the winning lottery ticket,

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and I'll come to you.

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We're not talking about that kind of thing.

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But He is going to bring and do and draw you closer.

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That's what He wants.

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He's looking and waiting for you.

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Looking and waiting for you.

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You asked me if I had any personal stories

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to share about second chances.

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And actually, I do, if that's all right.

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I'd like to tell the story about how

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I was supposed to be there to speak in April.

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Do you remember?

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Oh, yeah.

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Do you recall what happened?

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Yeah, you wound up in a terrible place.

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Yeah, so I was going to be there.

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Was it April 10th I was scheduled to speak, or the 11th?

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It was just before the eclipse on the 8th.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So I was going to be there, the 8th,

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through whatever, the 11th or 12th,

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and Friday night or Saturday night.

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And plus, I was going to be in the campground area sharing

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the love of God and the love of Jesus with everyone there.

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Just by being kind, compassionate,

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by carrying the presence of God within us,

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to let them hear Jesus in my voice, see Jesus in my eyes.

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I think what we do more than just standing on a soapbox

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to talk the gospel is to be the living gospel.

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The more that we can be like Jesus,

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the more people want to come towards Him.

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That's what draws them in.

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So anyway, I was going to come and hang out with you guys

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and share a little bit.

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And I was so excited about the opportunity.

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I had gotten my camper all ready.

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I had it loaded.

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It was packed.

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It was ready the weekend before.

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I was so looking forward to it.

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And then on April 2nd at about 11, 15, I began,

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well, it began bleeding before that, obviously.

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But I began to hemorrhage out and pass blood out

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at a very alarming rate.

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I had an internal bleed somewhere in my intestines,

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in my upper or lower intestines or bowels.

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And Ludd was just blowing out.

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I was actually at a meeting, sitting in a meeting

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with another pastor.

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We were in his office, and Ludd just suddenly came out of me.

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And I stood up, and there was blood on the chair

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where I had been sitting.

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And I rushed to the restroom, almost passed out,

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just from what I saw as I did it.

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And I grabbed a roll of paper towels

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and stuffed paper towels in the bottom of my pants,

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wrapped my backpack, my laptop, and things

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we had in the meeting.

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And I got in my car, and I called the emergency room

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in my hometown, and I drove 30 miles to get there,

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which, you know, don't do what I do.

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That wasn't necessarily wise.

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But I wanted to be in the emergency room

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closest to where my family was.

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And yet, as I was driving, I realized, this may be it.

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Jesus, if this is going to be it, if this is the way,

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then I can't wait to see you.

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Wow.

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I understood the seriousness of the condition.

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As I talked to the emergency room on the phone

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while I'm racing to them on the interstate,

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I realized that the acute situation, how serious

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this really was.

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And I had a peace that came over me.

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Some people say they had an out-of-body experience.

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I didn't have that.

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But I had a peace that was almost like disconnected

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from the situation that I was living in and going through.

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When I walked in the emergency room,

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they asked me to fill out all these forms.

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I'm like, I'm the guy who talked to you on the phone, remember?

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And they were like, well, you still in.

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I said, I don't have time for this.

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You're going to have to figure.

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Here's my wallet.

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Here's my card.

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And I said, I need to go into the restroom.

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And so I went in, and then I pushed the button.

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And when the nurse came in to see what was there

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and what happened and the condition I was in,

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she hit the alarm, code whatever.

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Next thing I know, I'm being escorted.

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And they tell me I passed out twice

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before I made it to the triage, the special ICU unit.

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And there were 10 people in my room.

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Now, you don't get 10 people in an emergency room

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in five minutes.

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They were around me.

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They were trying to wake me up.

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I didn't realize I had passed out.

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I was like, why are you bothering me?

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I've just closed my eyes to rest.

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You know, no, they said you passed out.

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I said, they go, do you know you passed out?

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I go, no.

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I passed out.

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But one other thing that I did besides call the emergency room

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on the way there, do you remember?

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I called you.

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Yeah, I called us.

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Yes.

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And you prayed over me.

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And you prayed that when they went to look inside,

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they wouldn't find anything.

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Wow.

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That God would supernaturally hear it.

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There would be nothing.

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When the surgeons went in, when they went to call,

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when to go, they would not find a thing that might colon,

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my intestines, everything would be normal and healed,

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restored, and renewed, if you will,

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redeem a second chance, we could say.

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Wow.

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Look at that.

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Second chance.

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So I was in such a state, they didn't

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want to do surgery right away.

529
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,880
They wanted to see if it would stop bleeding or slow down.

530
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,840
But they rushed me to a hospital where

531
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,480
there was a special surgeon on call

532
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,040
ready to operate immediately.

533
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,160
So I went by ambulance back the direction

534
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,960
I had already come from.

535
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:38,600
Oh, dear.

536
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,440
Because that was where there was a specialist.

537
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,920
Oh, my.

538
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,520
When I got there, everything, they

539
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,000
had done tests in the emergency room.

540
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,520
They brought x-ray equipment to me.

541
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,880
And then they brought me to a CAT scan.

542
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,760
And I went right through a CAT scan.

543
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,520
I don't hardly remember it, but I know they did that.

544
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:00,840
And they did x-rays.

545
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:05,240
And they even did stuff for my heart, check my heart.

546
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,360
They did sonogram heart echograms.

547
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:12,920
They believed they saw some diureticulosis,

548
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,320
not diureticulitis, but diureticulosis,

549
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,360
and a thinning of my testing wall.

550
00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,720
And maybe that was it.

551
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,040
They couldn't find a hemorrhage.

552
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,040
And by the time they got me in the ambulance,

553
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,320
I had stopped bleeding.

554
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,480
When they did the EKG and the ambulance and the blood

555
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:39,240
pressure, the gentleman who did the EKG said, Mr. Mariello,

556
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,760
if I didn't know what was just going on with you, he said,

557
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:48,880
I have to tell you, and this is textbook perfect EKG.

558
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,200
Wow.

559
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,920
He said, I've never in an ambulance taken an EKG

560
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,000
on someone that was this perfect.

561
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,680
This is textbook.

562
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,760
Wow.

563
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:01,600
Glory to God.

564
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,680
Yeah.

565
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,240
That's tremendous.

566
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,360
I hadn't lost my sense of humor at all.

567
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:08,880
I was cracking gantos.

568
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,440
I called it through the whole thing, or trying to,

569
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,120
because I just had such peace.

570
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:19,160
I actually called my grandson.

571
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,760
And then I sent him a little video

572
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,760
that I recorded wishing him.

573
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,120
It was his birthday.

574
00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:26,280
Oh, my.

575
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,360
And so they were having a birthday party for him.

576
00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:32,040
But I'm actually riding in an ambulance.

577
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,560
I record a little video and said, happy birthday.

578
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:35,880
Sorry I'm not there.

579
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,480
But who can say that their grandfather sent them

580
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,800
a happy birthday and sang them happy birthday

581
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,840
from an ambulance?

582
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:43,360
Ambulance.

583
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,000
You know?

584
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000
Wow.

585
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,480
Yeah.

586
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,000
When I got in the emergency room,

587
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,080
and the specialist, the surgeon they had brought me to,

588
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,800
came to examine me and looked at me, he said, well,

589
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,160
everything looks fine now.

590
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,200
You're not hemorrhaging anymore.

591
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,840
He said, I don't want to go in there and disturb anything

592
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,000
and maybe redo the hemorrhage.

593
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,840
He said, we're going to observe you.

594
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,120
We're going to keep you, obviously, overnight.

595
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,760
He said, you may be here several days.

596
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,280
He said, once we feel like you have settled,

597
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:20,560
and maybe we'll come in and we'll do the colonoscopy

598
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,200
and we'll look to repair.

599
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,240
We'll be ready to do whatever surgery we need.

600
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,760
He tried to assure me that I was in good hands

601
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,240
and that I would be monitored around the clock.

602
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,880
And I was brought up to a room.

603
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,400
Fast forward.

604
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,160
They had me scheduled all the way through Friday.

605
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,960
So this was Tuesday night.

606
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,200
So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, they still had IVs.

607
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,560
They still had prescriptions.

608
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:51,480
They still had things ready for me through Friday.

609
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,240
By Wednesday night, they said, we believe you're stable enough.

610
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,280
You're doing well enough.

611
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,320
Your signs are good.

612
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,240
We're going to give you the preparation

613
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,320
for the colonoscopy.

614
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,600
So I went through that, where you have to drink two liters.

615
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,840
If you know, you know.

616
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,560
That's fine.

617
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,640
I hope you don't.

618
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,480
And they said, we're going to do your colonoscopy at 8 o'clock.

619
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,240
And the doctor pretty much read me

620
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,920
what they were expecting because of the symptom

621
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,320
that I had when I came in and what might be the possibilities.

622
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,600
And that I would at least need to be coming back

623
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,520
every year for colonoscopy.

624
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,920
I'd have to be watched.

625
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,440
Maybe they might find diverticulitis

626
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,520
or they might find a hemorrhage.

627
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,320
There could have been a tumor.

628
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,800
Could have been things they hadn't shown.

629
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,400
So it was with great concern that they were approaching this.

630
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,200
But I had that peace that passes all other standards.

631
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,160
Hallelujah.

632
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:54,640
Amen.

633
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:55,800
Hallelujah.

634
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,120
So 8 o'clock, I go in.

635
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,160
When I come out of that, I'm waking up.

636
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,720
I'm surrounded by three smiling faces, the surgeons,

637
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,240
the assistant surgeon, the anesthesiologist,

638
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,280
and the same doctor that told me I'd have to come back every year

639
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:16,360
and that don't go that long without colonoscopy,

640
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,040
and especially now.

641
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,520
And all of what it could have been said, Mr. Mariello,

642
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:29,080
we found a perfectly healthy colon that actually looks much

643
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,840
younger than what your age would represent.

644
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:32,520
Oh, wow.

645
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,000
Hallelujah.

646
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,560
Nice God.

647
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,920
We find absolutely no reason and nowhere

648
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,880
where the hemorrhage would have come from.

649
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,600
We can't explain it.

650
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,640
We don't understand it.

651
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,240
But I recommend you take Menomusil,

652
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,120
and I'll see you in five years.

653
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,280
Five years.

654
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:52,920
I love it.

655
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,720
Five years, that's great.

656
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,800
I was discharged by 11 AM.

657
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,120
Wow.

658
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,160
Wow, yeah.

659
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,720
Glory to God.

660
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:02,400
Praise God.

661
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,920
That's just awesome.

662
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,760
That is a tremendous testimony.

663
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,160
But I had missed the opportunity to come to you,

664
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,720
and I was weakened still and recovering

665
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,040
from all that loss of blood.

666
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,080
And I didn't think it was wise for me

667
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,480
to travel to a whole other state after just having

668
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,520
experienced that.

669
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:31,400
And with no explanation why, I'm like, I'm hesitant to come

670
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,360
to talk at that Jesus rallow we were having.

671
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,960
But look at how God has redeemed that opportunity for me.

672
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,280
Isn't that beautiful?

673
00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,200
That's wonderful.

674
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,040
Restored, redeemed, He brought around another opportunity

675
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,840
for me to say yes.

676
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:49,960
Oh, beautiful.

677
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,460
Yes.

678
00:30:50,460 --> 00:30:51,040
Beautiful.

679
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,280
To come and be with my dear friends,

680
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,800
and even in a greater opportunity

681
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,040
to be with all of those of like spirit and like mind,

682
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,520
to come and share the word, the fellowship,

683
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:07,200
to receive also personally and to hear from God

684
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,880
in a deeper way.

685
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,840
Not just to be able to share, but also to come and receive

686
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:17,320
and be imparted to and to give my testimony like this.

687
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,520
Yeah, that's beautiful.

688
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,440
Well, in the end, we didn't have a whole bunch of people show up.

689
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,000
We didn't have a great big rally.

690
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,840
There were just a handful of folks that came.

691
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,720
And you might have been disappointed

692
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:30,880
if you had come.

693
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,360
Yeah, that's true.

694
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,360
But I trust that when you come this time,

695
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,560
all of the pieces of the puzzle will be together.

696
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,600
And God is going to do something really, really remarkable

697
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,520
in this convention.

698
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,000
I believe this convention is going

699
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,840
to be something like we've never had before,

700
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,800
and we've always had the glory in our conventions.

701
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:52,960
It's always been wonderful.

702
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,800
And God has always showed up and changed lives

703
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,040
and all that sort of thing.

704
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:02,720
But I'm expecting something new, something fresh, something

705
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,680
that we've never experienced before,

706
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,600
because we're in that era.

707
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,080
It's time for that.

708
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,920
It's time.

709
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,800
The thing we were talking about earlier,

710
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,280
about troubled times, the Lord gives the word

711
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,240
that he's going to shake everything that can be shaken

712
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:24,440
so that that which cannot be shaken will remain.

713
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,480
And that's what he's doing in our lives,

714
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,920
to shake off the stuff that doesn't belong there.

715
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,160
I mean, it could be any kind of a shaking.

716
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,840
We all go through things.

717
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,400
Everybody's been through stuff.

718
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,960
Stuff happens.

719
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,200
Like you went through a shaking.

720
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,640
That was a shaking.

721
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:46,120
But there's something so redemptive about the shaking,

722
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:52,440
because he's after that rock, solid, foundational,

723
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,160
not able to be moved kind of a thing

724
00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:00,640
that he's building in us, that he's building his temple in us

725
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,960
that cannot be shaken.

726
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,240
Yeah, I agree.

727
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,520
I experienced it.

728
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,880
Yeah, that peace that passes understanding is that.

729
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:10,760
Yes.

730
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:11,440
Yes.

731
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:16,600
You can't touch it like you touch a rock wall or bedrock.

732
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,480
But there's something bedrockish,

733
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,400
if I can use that term to coin a term.

734
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,360
There's something bedrockish about that peace.

735
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,640
And that peace is your umpire.

736
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,560
And in today's world and culture,

737
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,960
there's chaos all around us at every level.

738
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,000
There's disagreement.

739
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,440
There's not really unity.

740
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,360
It's divisive, division.

741
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,600
But that's why it's so important to come together

742
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,880
with like-minded, like-spirited believers.

743
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,640
You come to the global outpouring,

744
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,960
because in the world today and the culture that's

745
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,720
going on today, we need to have another culture.

746
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:04,480
We need to find our tribe that will help us to have that peace

747
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:08,640
in the midst of the chaos and in the midst of the dust

748
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,360
of the earth.

749
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,000
We still can find an atmosphere of heaven.

750
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,360
Amen.

751
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,400
Amen.

752
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,280
So we welcome all of you who are listening to come,

753
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,240
if you can possibly get here.

754
00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:23,160
If you can't get here, second best

755
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:27,440
is to join us online on our Facebook page,

756
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,560
our global outpouring Facebook page, or our global outpouring

757
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:31,800
YouTube channel.

758
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,360
But there's something so special about being in the room.

759
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,600
There's nothing like being in the room.

760
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:36,360
That's right.

761
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,440
There's an atmosphere.

762
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,600
It will spill over into your living room

763
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:41,840
or wherever you watch from.

764
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,800
But there's just something.

765
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,320
It's a little harder to lay hands on people

766
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,040
when they're not present in the room.

767
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,800
So we encourage you to come if you possibly can.

768
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,320
And Pastor Larry, we're so grateful

769
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,800
that you are going to be with us.

770
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,680
And we're going to be having Pastor Tony Kemp with us

771
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:58,400
as well.

772
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,440
And Valerie Melroy and I. And also,

773
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,920
we're going to have our Israel team is going

774
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,280
to be ministering, our folks, Gina Mary Lois Little,

775
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,720
that run our house in Israel.

776
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:13,760
So it's going to be a tremendous.

777
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:14,280
Wonderful.

778
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,480
I haven't seen them in a while.

779
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:15,960
Oh, yeah.

780
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,000
It's going to be a tremendously glorious time.

781
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,280
And we hope that everyone who's listening

782
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,600
will be able to join us in some way or other.

783
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,560
And even if you're not able to watch live,

784
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,720
you can watch it from the archives.

785
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:30,880
So Pastor Larry, we look forward to seeing you very, very soon.

786
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,120
Yes.

787
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,800
I look forward to being with you.

788
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,040
I guess tonight we could say, right?

789
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,040
Yes, I guess you could.

790
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,960
So would you pray for our listeners before we close this?

791
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,160
Absolutely.

792
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,400
Those who are hearing our voice right now,

793
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,960
I pray that the message and the truth that God is for you,

794
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,560
not against you, just resonates within you,

795
00:35:55,560 --> 00:36:00,880
that it permeates every cell, every fiber of your being,

796
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,680
that it gets into your mind and your mind

797
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,240
sets in your spirit, and that you would just

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sense the love of God surrounding you, being for you,

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the favor of God upon you.

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We just release the favor of God on your life.

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Yes.

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Father, we ask that you would pour oil

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on any woundings, any hurting, remove any shame.

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And through the blood of Jesus Christ,

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the bridge of the cross, I invite you, come closer to Jesus.

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Yes.

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Come closer that you might hear the heartbeat of the Father.

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He loves you.

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He's for you.

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He's forgiving, redeeming, restoring Father,

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who wants nothing more than to embrace you

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and have you sit at His lap.

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May you be blessed in the name of the Father, Son,

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and Holy Spirit.

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May the anointing of the Lord touch you, be upon you,

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enrich in you, heal you.

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Any of you who are sick of body, I

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pray that same touch of God, that same healing virtue

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of Jesus, that touch and restored me

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in the midst of my crisis, we come upon you and touch you,

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even now we declare, be healed, be well.

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In Jesus' name, to God be the glory.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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And I'm Philip Buss.

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God bless you with this overwhelming, loving presence.

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And I'm Philip Buss.