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The Spirit of Excellence

Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin

September 16, 2020

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Pastor Jentezen Franklin brings practical meaning to spiritual truths found in God’s Word.

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- Open your Bibles
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- Open your Bibleswith me to Daniel 6.
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with me to Daniel 6."It pleased Darius to set over
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"It pleased Darius to set overthe kingdom 120 satraps,
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the kingdom 120 satraps,to be over the whole kingdom;
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to be over the whole kingdom;and over these three governors
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and over these three governorsof whom Daniel was one,
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of whom Daniel was one,that the satraps might give
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that the satraps might giveaccount to them so that
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account to them so thatthe king would suffer no loss."
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the king would suffer no loss."Notice that, "so the king would
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Notice that, "so the king wouldsuffer no loss.
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suffer no loss.Then this Daniel distinguished
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Then this Daniel distinguishedhimself above the governors
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himself above the governorsand the satraps
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and the satrapsbecause an excellent spirit
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because an excellent spiritwas in him.
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was in him.And the king gave thought
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And the king gave thoughtto setting him over
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to setting him overthe whole realm.
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the whole realm.So the governors and the satraps
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So the governors and the satrapssought to find some charge",
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sought to find some charge",they got jealous because
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they got jealous becausehe was promoted over
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he was promoted overall of them.
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all of them."And the governors
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"And the governorsand the satraps sought to find
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and the satraps sought to findsome charge against Daniel
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some charge against Danielconcerning the kingdom,
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concerning the kingdom,but they could find no charge
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but they could find no chargeor fault because
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or fault becausehe was faithful.
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he was faithful.Nor was there any error
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Nor was there any errorof fault found in him.
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of fault found in him.Then these men said
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Then these men said'We shall not find any charge
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'We shall not find any chargeagainst this Daniel unless
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against this Daniel unlesswe find it against him
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we find it against himconcerning the law of his God.'"
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concerning the law of his God.'"I want to talk to you
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I want to talk to youparticularly from verse 3.
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particularly from verse 3."This Daniel distinguished
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"This Daniel distinguishedhimself above the others because
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himself above the others becausean excellent spirit was in him."
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an excellent spirit was in him."I preached many times
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I preached many timesthrough the years,
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through the years,there's certain themes that
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there's certain themes thatI guess every ministry feels
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I guess every ministry feelsan affinity with,
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an affinity with,and when I first came
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and when I first cameto Free Chapel,
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to Free Chapel,I guess it's been 26 years now.
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I guess it's been 26 years now.I came and this particular
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I came and this particularchapter and this particular
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chapter and this particularverse, to be specific,
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verse, to be specific,in the first year
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in the first yearof my pastoring this great
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of my pastoring this greatchurch, the Holy Spirit
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church, the Holy Spiritlit it up in my soul.
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lit it up in my soul.Lit it up in my spirit.
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Lit it up in my spirit.I don't know why it stood out
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I don't know why it stood outso strong to me,
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so strong to me,and God gave me this desire
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and God gave me this desireto research and search,
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to research and search,and look into that.
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and look into that.What does it mean?
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What does it mean?Daniel distinguished himself
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Daniel distinguished himselfamong his brothers because
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among his brothers becausehe had an excellent spirit.
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he had an excellent spirit.And I began to preach
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And I began to preachand teach a lot on this subject
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and teach a lot on this subjectin the beginning years
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in the beginning yearsof this church,
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of this church,because I believe that we need
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because I believe that we needan excellent spirit.
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an excellent spirit.In our Christian character,
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In our Christian character,we need to ask God
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we need to ask Godfor an excellent spirit.
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for an excellent spirit.An excellent spirit literally
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An excellent spirit literallymeans an excellent attitude.
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means an excellent attitude.It exemplifies Christ.
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It exemplifies Christ.When we have an excellent
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When we have an excellentspirit we exemplify
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spirit we exemplifyJesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ.Daniel, the Bible said,
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Daniel, the Bible said,was flawless in his character.
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was flawless in his character.He was impeccable
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He was impeccablein his willingness to be great
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in his willingness to be greatfor God.
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for God.He existed in a terrible
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He existed in a terriblesetting, he had been taken
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setting, he had been takencaptive into a secular idol
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captive into a secular idolworshiping Babylon culture.
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worshiping Babylon culture.The Bible said to build his
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The Bible said to build hiskingdom that Nebuchadnezzar
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kingdom that Nebuchadnezzarused the smartest,
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used the smartest,the most gifted, he gave them
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the most gifted, he gave themand made them learn a new
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and made them learn a newlanguage, the Chaldean language.
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language, the Chaldean language.No longer were they allowed
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No longer were they allowedto speak Hebrew.
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to speak Hebrew.He changed their names
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He changed their namesfrom Hebrew names
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from Hebrew namesto Babylonian names.
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to Babylonian names.He even changed their diet,
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He even changed their diet,and all of those things were
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and all of those things werefine, but then he recognized,
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fine, but then he recognized,Nebuchadnezzar,
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Nebuchadnezzar,I'll never really change
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I'll never really changethese people until I change
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these people until I changetheir worship.
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their worship.As long as they're worshiping
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As long as they're worshipingin my culture,
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in my culture,their God, their worship
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their God, their worshipthat connects them to their God
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that connects them to their Godis more powerful
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is more powerfulthan my culture.
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than my culture.And so, I didn't have time
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And so, I didn't have timeto read it, he built an idol,
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to read it, he built an idol,a statue and he made a command
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a statue and he made a commandthat when the music plays,
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that when the music plays,it's what it said,
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it's what it said,when the music starts playing,
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when the music starts playing,when you start hearing
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when you start hearingthe music play,
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the music play,everybody in Babylon is to bow
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everybody in Babylon is to bowdown and worship the statue.
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down and worship the statue.I couldn't help but think,
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I couldn't help but think,you know, if we're not careful,
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you know, if we're not careful,we just like that generation,
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we just like that generation,the Bible said that everybody
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the Bible said that everybodybowed down but Daniel.
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bowed down but Daniel.He would not bow down when
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He would not bow down whenhe heard the sound
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he heard the soundof the music.
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of the music.If we're not careful,
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If we're not careful,music can have a powerful
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music can have a powerfulinfluence on our lives
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influence on our livesfor the negative.
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for the negative.If you're listening to music
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If you're listening to musicthat disconnects you from God,
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that disconnects you from God,if you're -- notice that when
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if you're -- notice that whenthe music played,
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the music played,then you had to bow down.
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then you had to bow down.And Daniel said, I'm not going
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And Daniel said, I'm not goingto let the music of this culture
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to let the music of this culturecause me to disconnect
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cause me to disconnectfrom my worship to God
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from my worship to Godand start worshipping idols.
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and start worshipping idols.I can't help but believe
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I can't help but believethat some of the most filthy
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that some of the most filthymusic that's being put out
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music that's being put outwith profanity,
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with profanity,with pornography,
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with pornography,it's musical pornography.
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it's musical pornography.I don't understand how
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I don't understand howChristians, particularly
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Christians, particularlyyoung people, think that
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young people, think thatthey can listen to that,
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they can listen to that,pour that into their spirit
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pour that into their spirithour after hour,
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hour after hour,day after day, week after week.
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day after day, week after week.Pouring profanity,
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Pouring profanity,pouring musical pornography
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pouring musical pornographyand filth into your spirit
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and filth into your spiritand not think that it won't
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and not think that it won'tdisconnect you from God.
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disconnect you from God.Something as seemingly innocent
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Something as seemingly innocentas rhythm and raps and songs
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as rhythm and raps and songsand lyrics can absolutely
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and lyrics can absolutelycause you to bow down
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cause you to bow downto idols and disconnect
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to idols and disconnectfrom God.
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from God.It matters what we listen to,
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It matters what we listen to,what we listen to matters.
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what we listen to matters.The enemy is thrilled when
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The enemy is thrilled whenhe can manipulate your thinking.
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he can manipulate your thinking.When he can cause you to break
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When he can cause you to breakyour relationship with God,
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your relationship with God,and just as Daniel had to make
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and just as Daniel had to makea decision in a secular culture,
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a decision in a secular culture,he was away from his mother,
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he was away from his mother,away from his father,
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away from his father,away from his pastor,
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away from his pastor,away from everybody,
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away from everybody,and he had to make a decision.
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and he had to make a decision.I know everybody here listens
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I know everybody here listensto it, I know everybody
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to it, I know everybodyresponds to this music,
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responds to this music,but I have a higher call.
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but I have a higher call.I must stay committed
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I must stay committedand connected to my God
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and connected to my Godno matter where I am.
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no matter where I am.I don't just praise Him in
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I don't just praise Him inyouth group, I don't just
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youth group, I don't justpraise Him when I go to church
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praise Him when I go to churcharound church folks.
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around church folks.I am who I am
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I am who I amin the college dorm.
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in the college dorm.I am who I am wherever I go,
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I am who I am wherever I go,and nothing is going to be more
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and nothing is going to be morepowerful in my life
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powerful in my lifethan Jesus Christ.
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than Jesus Christ.I worship Him, I don't worship
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I worship Him, I don't worshipthe idols of this world,
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the idols of this world,especially the music.
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especially the music.Come on and clap your hands,
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Come on and clap your hands,I'm preaching the truth.
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I'm preaching the truth.I'm preaching the truth.
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I'm preaching the truth.Daniel was a spiritual
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Daniel was a spiritualyoung man.
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young man.He had the ability
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He had the abilityto interpret dreams.
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to interpret dreams.He had the ability to have
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He had the ability to havevisions and operated
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visions and operatedin the gifts of interpretation
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in the gifts of interpretationof dreams, but the thing that
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of dreams, but the thing thatimpressed people more than
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impressed people more thananything else was the way
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anything else was the waythat he carried himself.
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that he carried himself.He caught, listen carefully,
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He caught, listen carefully,he caught the eye of leadership
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he caught the eye of leadershipbecause he distinguished
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because he distinguishedhimself with
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himself withan excellent spirit.
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an excellent spirit.There was something
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There was somethingabout the way
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about the waythat he conducted himself.
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that he conducted himself.There was something about
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There was something aboutthe way that he did what he
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the way that he did what hedid that distinguished him
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did that distinguished himfrom everybody else.
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from everybody else.Your Bible said that there
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Your Bible said that therewere 120, we would call them
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were 120, we would call themgovernors, over 120 provinces,
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governors, over 120 provinces,and then out of those
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and then out of thosewere three presidents,
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were three presidents,and then on top of the triangle
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and then on top of the trianglewas the king.
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was the king.So you had 120 powerful
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So you had 120 powerfulpoliticians, then you had
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politicians, then you hadthree presidents,
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three presidents,Daniel was one of the three,
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Daniel was one of the three,and then the Bible said
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and then the Bible saidthat the king watched those
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that the king watched thosethree and decided to put Daniel
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three and decided to put Danielover all of them, including
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over all of them, includingthe other two that were supposed
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the other two that were supposedto be his equal.
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to be his equal.What was Daniel like?
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What was Daniel like?I believe that if you gave
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I believe that if you gaveDaniel a vacuum cleaner,
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Daniel a vacuum cleaner,he wouldn't just vacuum clean,
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he wouldn't just vacuum clean,he would take the dust buster
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he would take the dust busterand go in between the cracks
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and go in between the cracksof the seat and make sure
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of the seat and make surethat everything looked right.
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that everything looked right.He didn't just do a get by,
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He didn't just do a get by,get over job.
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get over job.He had an excellent spirit.
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He had an excellent spirit.The church today needs
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The church today needsan excellent spirit.
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an excellent spirit.When an excellent spirit
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When an excellent spiritcomes on you, you become
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comes on you, you becomeexcellent in what you do.
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excellent in what you do.You do it with diligence,
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You do it with diligence,you do it with professionalism.
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you do it with professionalism.People look at the way you
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People look at the way youwork, people look at the way
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work, people look at the wayyou succeed, and they say,
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you succeed, and they say,you've got it together.
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you've got it together.That brings glory to the God
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That brings glory to the Godthat we serve, that causes
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that we serve, that causesHis Kingdom to suffer no damage
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His Kingdom to suffer no damagewhen we live excellent lives.
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when we live excellent lives.We have excellent marriages,
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We have excellent marriages,we have excellent lives
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we have excellent livesand lifestyles because we want
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and lifestyles because we wantto bring glory and honor
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to bring glory and honorto Jesus Christ.
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to Jesus Christ.I'm tired of the innuendos
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I'm tired of the innuendosabout Christians.
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about Christians.Some people make fun
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Some people make funof Christians and say,
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of Christians and say,they're only just a bunch
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they're only just a bunchof emotional people who go
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of emotional people who goto church and cry and shout,
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to church and cry and shout,and they're mental pygmies.
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and they're mental pygmies.All we can do is dance and cry
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All we can do is dance and cryand praise God a little bit,
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and praise God a little bit,and play some music,
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and play some music,but we can't work.
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but we can't work.We can't start businesses.
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We can't start businesses.We can't have success in life.
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We can't have success in life.I hate to tell you this,
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I hate to tell you this,but you're
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but you'rea old school somebody.
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a old school somebody.The new Christian doesn't
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The new Christian doesn'tlook like that anymore.
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look like that anymore.We've come to a place where
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We've come to a place wherewe understand we're the head
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we understand we're the headand not the tail.
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and not the tail.We're above only
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We're above onlyand not beneath.
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and not beneath.We belong in politics,
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We belong in politics,we belong in every aspect
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we belong in every aspectof our society.
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of our society.We belong in government,
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We belong in government,we belong in entertainment,
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we belong in entertainment,we belong in medicine,
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we belong in medicine,we belong in law,
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we belong in law,we belong in Hollywood.
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we belong in Hollywood.We belong wherever we go.
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We belong wherever we go.We don't bow down,
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We don't bow down,we influence the culture
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we influence the culturefor the glory of Jesus Christ,
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for the glory of Jesus Christ,and we'll do it with excellence.
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and we'll do it with excellence.Excellence affects every aspect
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Excellence affects every aspectof our life,
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of our life,every part of our life ought
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every part of our life oughtto be excellent.
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to be excellent.If an excellent spirit
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If an excellent spiritis on you,
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is on you,we should be excellent
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we should be excellentin our hygiene.
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in our hygiene.Whew.
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Whew.You know, it don't take a lot
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You know, it don't take a lotof money to be clean.
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of money to be clean.It don't take a lot of money
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It don't take a lot of moneyto make yourself look
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to make yourself lookpresentable and nice.
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presentable and nice.You're never gonna get out
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You're never gonna get outof poverty until you get
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of poverty until you geta job opportunity and you show
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a job opportunity and you showup looking like a winner.
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up looking like a winner.It don't take a lot of money
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It don't take a lot of moneyto press your pants.
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to press your pants.It don't take a lot of money
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It don't take a lot of moneyto comb your hair.
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to comb your hair.It don't take a lot of money,
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It don't take a lot of money,be excellent,
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be excellent,and brush your teeth.
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and brush your teeth.It doesn't take --
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It doesn't take --I'm gonna preach like I feel
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I'm gonna preach like I feellike, because this is what built
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like, because this is what builta great church.
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a great church.I just started getting up
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I just started getting upand preaching just like it is.
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and preaching just like it is.You know, tell your neighbor,
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You know, tell your neighbor,if you're excellent,
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if you're excellent,come on tell 'em.
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come on tell 'em.Say, if you're excellent
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Say, if you're excellentit'll show up in your armpits,
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it'll show up in your armpits,you'll put some deodorant on.
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you'll put some deodorant on.It'll show up in your breath,
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It'll show up in your breath,you'll get a breath mint.
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you'll get a breath mint.It's the truth.
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It's the truth.We need a excellent spirit.
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We need a excellent spirit.When you're excellent you
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When you're excellent youwon't be slack on your job.
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won't be slack on your job.Just throw it together
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Just throw it togetheron the spur of the moment.
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on the spur of the moment.That's what we do.
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That's what we do.You know, when I came up
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You know, when I came upin church I guess they did
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in church I guess they didthe best they could,
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the best they could,but they'd get up and the guy,
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but they'd get up and the guy,old brother Joe, or whatever his
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old brother Joe, or whatever hisname was would bring his guitar.
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name was would bring his guitar.He didn't come to practice,
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He didn't come to practice,he didn't believe in practice.
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he didn't believe in practice.He believed that he just relied
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He believed that he just reliedon the anointing.
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on the anointing.He'd come in and hook his guitar
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He'd come in and hook his guitarup and you'd hear him just
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up and you'd hear him justas dad would be getting up
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as dad would be getting upto open, and back then
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to open, and back thenthey used to read a scripture
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they used to read a scriptureor something to open.
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or something to open.And dad would be reading,
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And dad would be reading,he'd be over there
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he'd be over there[Imitating guitar]
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[Imitating guitar]tuning his guitar.
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tuning his guitar.[Imitating guitar]
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[Imitating guitar]Somebody else would come in late
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Somebody else would come in lateand sit on the drums and start
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and sit on the drums and starthitting the cymbals,
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hitting the cymbals,and just -- you know,
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and just -- you know,PA sets blurring out.
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PA sets blurring out.Didn't get there early
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Didn't get there earlyto make sure everything's good.
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to make sure everything's good.That stuff drives me crazy.
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That stuff drives me crazy.We ain't gonna have it
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We ain't gonna have itaround here.
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around here.God deserves the best.
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God deserves the best.Oh we're just Christians.
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Oh we're just Christians.No, we are just Christians,
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No, we are just Christians,therefore we don't go by,
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therefore we don't go by,get by, slack by.
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get by, slack by.I don't believe in just
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I don't believe in justshowing up and you know,
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showing up and you know,people gonna come in here,
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people gonna come in here,it ought to be this good all
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it ought to be this good allthe time.
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the time.We don't just do this --
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We don't just do this --we didn't just know you were
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we didn't just know you werecoming today and made this
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coming today and made thislook like this, this is what
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look like this, this is whatwe do, this is who we are.
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we do, this is who we are.We don't have to do a lot
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We don't have to do a lotof stuff when somebody real
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of stuff when somebody realspecial, some big shot governor,
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special, some big shot governor,or if the President
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or if the Presidentwere coming in here today we
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were coming in here today wewouldn't do anything different,
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wouldn't do anything different,this is what we do,
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this is what we do,because He deserves the best.
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because He deserves the best.Jesus Christ,
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Jesus Christ,the one that we represent.
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the one that we represent.All of you listening to me
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All of you listening to meright now, you ought to have
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right now, you ought to havean excellent spirit
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an excellent spiriton the jobsite,
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on the jobsite,clean up after
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clean up afteryou did your work.
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you did your work.Fix things up, do excellent,
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Fix things up, do excellent,do excellent.
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do excellent.Don't just get by
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Don't just get byand leave stuff.
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and leave stuff.I can't stand for somebody
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I can't stand for somebodyto come into my house
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to come into my houseor whatever and do something,
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or whatever and do something,and I'm paying them to do it,
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and I'm paying them to do it,and then they leave the mess
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and then they leave the messfor me to clean up.
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for me to clean up.We need an excellent spirit,
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We need an excellent spirit,because, notice that the king
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because, notice that the kingwas watching 123 leaders,
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was watching 123 leaders,and out of the 123,
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and out of the 123,out of the 120 there was
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out of the 120 there wasthree on the top, and the king
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three on the top, and the kingnoticed how Daniel
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noticed how Danieldistinguished himself,
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distinguished himself,because he had
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because he hadan excellent spirit.
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an excellent spirit.Get an excellent spirit,
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Get an excellent spirit,because your competitor has one.
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because your competitor has one.Go clean up your closet.
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Go clean up your closet.Go wash your car.
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Go wash your car.Go clean out the trash
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Go clean out the trashfrom your car.
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from your car.I'm bad, I eat in the car.
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I'm bad, I eat in the car.I'm bad about living basically
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I'm bad about living basicallyout of the car,
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out of the car,but at some point,
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but at some point,I really believe what
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I really believe whatI'm telling you,
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I'm telling you,at some point the Holy Spirit
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at some point the Holy Spiritwill convict you and say,
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will convict you and say,your car is nasty,
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your car is nasty,clean the car up.
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clean the car up.Come on.
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Come on.Is this too strong?
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Is this too strong?You okay?
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You okay?Be excellent on your jobsite.
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Be excellent on your jobsite.Clean your truck up, wash it.
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Clean your truck up, wash it.You got bumper stickers all
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You got bumper stickers allabout Jesus, and the thing
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about Jesus, and the thinghasn't been washed
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hasn't been washedin four months.
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in four months.At least -- I'm not saying --
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At least -- I'm not saying --it don't matter what kind
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it don't matter what kindof car or how old, just make
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of car or how old, just makesure what you got is clean.
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sure what you got is clean.If you've got one pair of jeans
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If you've got one pair of jeansand two shirts, make sure
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and two shirts, make surethey're clean, and kept,
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they're clean, and kept,and go -- you go like --
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and go -- you go like --whatever God's given you,
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whatever God's given you,do it with excellence.
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do it with excellence.And if it's got a hole in it,
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And if it's got a hole in it,wear it with --
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wear it with --wear that hole with excellence.
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wear that hole with excellence.Rip it a little more
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Rip it a little moreand it'll be better in style.
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and it'll be better in style.I love it because he didn't
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I love it because he didn'thave a just get over attitude.
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have a just get over attitude.Do enough to look
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Do enough to looklike I'm doing it.
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like I'm doing it.Oh, are you one
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Oh, are you oneof those employees?
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of those employees?That you do enough to look
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That you do enough to looklike you're doing it?
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like you're doing it?Find something on him,
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Find something on him,his colleagues said.
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his colleagues said.We've gotta find something
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We've gotta find somethingon him and sabotage his success.
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on him and sabotage his success.And I love this,
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And I love this,this is my last point.
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this is my last point.They started checking
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They started checkinghis record, they started
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his record, they startedchecking his work,
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checking his work,they started checking
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they started checkinghis integrity,
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his integrity,they started looking, you know,
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they started looking, you know,let's find him in a lie.
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let's find him in a lie.Let's find him
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Let's find himstealing something.
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stealing something.Let's find him cheating.
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Let's find him cheating.Let's find him having an affair.
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Let's find him having an affair.Let's find him sleeping
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Let's find him sleepingwith somebody, and let's leak it
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with somebody, and let's leak itto the king and then he'll lose
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to the king and then he'll losehis power because he ain't
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his power because he ain'tall that, he doesn't really
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all that, he doesn't reallyhave that kind of excellence
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have that kind of excellencein every aspect of his life.
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in every aspect of his life.But when you have an excellent
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But when you have an excellentspirit it also hits
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spirit it also hitsyour character.
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your character.It hits your integrity.
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It hits your integrity.You carry yourself in a way
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You carry yourself in a waythat you understand,
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that you understand,I am to be who God has called me
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I am to be who God has called meto be no matter where I am.
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to be no matter where I am.No matter what setting I'm in,
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No matter what setting I'm in,and I don't have secrets.
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and I don't have secrets.And they tried to find a lie,
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And they tried to find a lie,they tried to find a theft,
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they tried to find a theft,they tried to find him cheating,
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they tried to find him cheating,but notice that when
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but notice that whenthe Holy Spirit really gets
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the Holy Spirit really getsahold of you,
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ahold of you,He'll make you dependable.
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He'll make you dependable.He'll make you trustworthy.
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He'll make you trustworthy.He'll make you faithful.
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He'll make you faithful.The Bible said they could not
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The Bible said they could notfind a lie,
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find a lie,they could not find thievery,
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they could not find thievery,they could not find
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they could not findsexual affairs,
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sexual affairs,they could not find things
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they could not find thingsthat were -- you know,
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that were -- you know,there that they could attack
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there that they could attackhis character with.
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his character with.He was what he was because
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He was what he was becausehe had an excellent spirit.
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he had an excellent spirit.And I'm telling you today,
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And I'm telling you today,that this little sermon may
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that this little sermon maynot be about miracles,
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not be about miracles,signs and wonders in the third
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signs and wonders in the thirdrealm of the angel band
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realm of the angel bandof the seventh horn of the book
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of the seventh horn of the bookof Revelation,
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of Revelation,but boy I tell you what,
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but boy I tell you what,if you get an excellent spirit,
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if you get an excellent spirit,just like 26 or 27 years ago
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just like 26 or 27 years agothe Lord said,
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the Lord said,preach that into this church,
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preach that into this church,preach it.
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preach it.And I've preached it over
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And I've preached it overand over in different ways.
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and over in different ways.I've preached it over and over
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I've preached it over and overin different ways,
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in different ways,but I kept going back
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but I kept going backto the theme,
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to the theme,we need an excellent spirit,
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we need an excellent spirit,we need excellent ushers,
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we need excellent ushers,we need excellent choir,
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we need excellent choir,we need excellent music,
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we need excellent music,we need excellent --
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we need excellent --we didn't have but one camera
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we didn't have but one cameraup in the balcony,
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up in the balcony,a VCR camera and a cassette
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a VCR camera and a cassettetape ministry, and one that
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tape ministry, and one thatdid three tapes at a time
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did three tapes at a timeand you had to go to a little
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and you had to go to a littletable out in the lobby
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table out in the lobbyand get a cassette tape.
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and get a cassette tape.But we did it with excellence,
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But we did it with excellence,we bought little t-shirts
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we bought little t-shirtsfor the video man.
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for the video man.We bought little t-shirts
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We bought little t-shirtsfor the girls that were selling
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for the girls that were sellingthe tapes, and they did it.
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the tapes, and they did it.And we got some little stickers
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And we got some little stickersand put 'em on there and put --
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and put 'em on there and put --Church on Fire,
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Church on Fire,that's what we called
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that's what we calledit back then, Church on Fire.
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it back then, Church on Fire.And we were selling those
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And we were selling thoselittle -- you know it's just
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little -- you know it's justa little thing but we got
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a little thing but we gotexcellent with it.
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excellent with it.One camera,
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One camera,now we got I don't know,
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now we got I don't know,how many six, seven,
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how many six, seven,eight, nine?
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eight, nine?I don't know how many,
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I don't know how many,big 'ole cameras,
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big 'ole cameras,expensive cameras.
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expensive cameras.And we go to 200 nations
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And we go to 200 nationsaround the world,
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around the world,but we were excellent
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but we were excellentwith one little camera.
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with one little camera.We did the best we could,
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We did the best we could,we took it serious.
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we took it serious.We would pray, and get together
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We would pray, and get togetherand hold hands.
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and hold hands.Lord, we're sending out 25 VCR
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Lord, we're sending out 25 VCRtapes this week,
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tapes this week,cause we're getting orders
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cause we're getting ordersfrom all over the world, 25.
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from all over the world, 25.Basically from ball grounds,
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Basically from ball grounds,somebody ordered one
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somebody ordered onein Tacoma, Cleveland,
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in Tacoma, Cleveland,but we were excellent.
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but we were excellent.Now, I don't care who walks
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Now, I don't care who walksin here, now, I'm never
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in here, now, I'm neverembarrassed at anybody
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embarrassed at anybodycoming in here, cause I know
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coming in here, cause I knowwe prayed, I know we fasted,
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we prayed, I know we fasted,I know we've sought God's face.
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I know we've sought God's face.I know our teams are excellent,
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I know our teams are excellent,I know our worship is excellent,
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I know our worship is excellent,and we do it with
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and we do it withan excellent spirit.
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an excellent spirit.We're not here to glorify us,
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We're not here to glorify us,our name, we're not even here
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our name, we're not even hereto glorify Free Chapel,
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to glorify Free Chapel,who cares.
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who cares.We're here to glorify
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We're here to glorifyJesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ.We must be excellent.
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We must be excellent.Come on and shout amen somebody.
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Come on and shout amen somebody.I don't want you to leave,
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I don't want you to leave,I want you to stand to your feet
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I want you to stand to your feetat every campus,
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at every campus,all over this room,
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all over this room,and all of our rooms.
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and all of our rooms.Just stand to your feet.
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Just stand to your feet.Every head bowed,
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Every head bowed,every eye closed.
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every eye closed.If you would say,
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If you would say,Pastor Jentezen,
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Pastor Jentezen,I'm not living an excellent life
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I'm not living an excellent lifefor Jesus Christ.
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for Jesus Christ.Pastor pray for me,
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Pastor pray for me,I know I'm not right with God,
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I know I'm not right with God,but I want to be, pray for me.
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but I want to be, pray for me.If that's you, boldly raise
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If that's you, boldly raiseyour hand right
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your hand rightwhere you're standing.
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where you're standing.I want to see it.
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I want to see it.That's fantastic,
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That's fantastic,that's amazing.
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that's amazing.It's fantastic.
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It's fantastic.They're going up.
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They're going up.Every campus lift your hand,
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Every campus lift your hand,right here, lift your hand high.
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right here, lift your hand high.If you're in overflow lift
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If you're in overflow liftyour hand if God's speaking
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your hand if God's speakingto you.
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to you.Every one of you that have
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Every one of you that haveyour hand high,
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your hand high,I want you to get out
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I want you to get outof the seat where you're
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of the seat where you'restanding right now,
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standing right now,and I want you to come down
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and I want you to come downfront just as quick as you
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front just as quick as youcan come.
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can come.Come on, just as quick
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Come on, just as quickas you can come.
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as you can come.You're so close to it.
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You're so close to it.You're so close to it.
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You're so close to it.You know you were born
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You know you were bornfor greater things.
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for greater things.You know you were not born
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You know you were not bornfor mediocracy.
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for mediocracy.You know you were not born
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You know you were not bornfor common life.
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for common life.You know you were not born
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You know you were not bornjust to be ordinary.
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just to be ordinary.Let's pray this prayer.
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Let's pray this prayer.Pray it from your heart,
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Pray it from your heart,everybody in this room under
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everybody in this room underthe sound of my voice.
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the sound of my voice.Every campus, say these words.
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Every campus, say these words.Lord Jesus, I surrender.
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Lord Jesus, I surrender.I give my life to you.
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I give my life to you.I believe in you.
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I believe in you.I thank you that the chains
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I thank you that the chainsthat have bound me have been
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that have bound me have beensevered by the truth of your
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severed by the truth of yourword, and I know there's
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word, and I know there'san excellent life.
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an excellent life.There's an excellent life
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There's an excellent lifethat you have called me to.
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that you have called me to.I receive it, I thank you Lord
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I receive it, I thank you Lordthat you bled and died,
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that you bled and died,and rose on the third day
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and rose on the third dayto give me a brand new life,
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to give me a brand new life,and today I embrace it,
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and today I embrace it,and today I receive it,
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and today I receive it,and today I declare Jesus Christ
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and today I declare Jesus Christis my Lord and my savior,
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is my Lord and my savior,and I will live for Him,
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and I will live for Him,and I will be excellent for Him
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and I will be excellent for Himin Jesus' name.
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in Jesus' name.Now just give God a mighty
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As you know,
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As you know,the most significant election
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the most significant electionin our nation's history
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in our nation's historyis coming up
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is coming upin just eight weeks.
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in just eight weeks.And while I don't ever tell
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And while I don't ever tellanyone who to vote for,
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anyone who to vote for,I do believe
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I do believeit is a tremendous duty
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it is a tremendous dutyof every follower of Christ
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of every follower of Christto do these three things.
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to do these three things.Pray for nation,
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Pray for nation,pray for the will of God,
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pray for the will of God,and pray about
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and pray aboutwho you will vote for.
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who you will vote for.And thirdly, you need
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And thirdly, you needto only fast and pray,
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to only fast and pray,but you need to vote.
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but you need to vote.And if you want to register
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And if you want to registerto vote, we've made it
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to vote, we've made itso easy for you.
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so easy for you.All you have to do
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All you have to doto register in your state
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to register in your stateis you can go on our website.
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is you can go on our website.Just click
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Just clickthe banner right there,
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the banner right there,and at the top to confirm
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and at the top to confirmyour registration.
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your registration.And I'll also, in closing,
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to all of you
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to all of youwho have been so generous
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who have been so generousto give to this ministry.
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to give to this ministry.Your support helps us,
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Your support helps us,number one,
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number one,preach the Gospel
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preach the Gospelto 200 nations
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to 200 nationsaround the globe.
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around the globe.We have millions of dollars
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We have millions of dollarsof air time.
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of air time.What we do with any money
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What we do with any moneyleft over is we do amazing
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left over is we do amazingsupport for outreach projects,
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support for outreach projects,mission projects,
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mission projects,ongoing projects in nations
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ongoing projects in nationslike Israel to feed
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like Israel to feedand bring comfort
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and bring comfortto some of the remaining,
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to some of the remaining,Holocaust survivors
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Holocaust survivorsin Israel.
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in Israel.You know, God said,
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You know, God said,"If you bless Israel,
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"If you bless Israel,I'll bless you.
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I'll bless you.I'll bless your business.
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I'll bless your business.I'll prosper the work
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I'll prosper the workof your hands."
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of your hands."Here's my announcer
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- We are entering a critical
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election season
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in the United States.
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And times like these always
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require action from the body
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of Christ.
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That's why we, as a ministry,
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have been fasting and praying.
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So this is our three-step
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strategy for restoration,
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renewal, and revival
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in America.
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Pray, fast, vote.
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The stakes are high for America
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and its friends and allies
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around the world, too.
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Especially Israel.
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We share common values,
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and common civilization,
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and most importantly,
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we share the same God
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of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
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Jentezen Franklin Media
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Ministries continues to do
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everything we can to bring
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help and comfort
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to the elderly Holocaust
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survivors of Israel.
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And this month, when you give
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your best gift of $500 or more
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to help these precious survivors
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on CD, an anointing oil set,
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and the Jentezen Franklin
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Legacy Study Bible.
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And, with your gift of $50
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or more this month we want
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to send you Jentezen Franklin's
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Pray, Fast, Vote book
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and the "Spirit of Honor"
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CD and DVD combo.
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Your support is fulfilling
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biblical prophecy by
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bringing comfort to the nation
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of Israel, preach the good news,
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and helping those
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in desperate need around
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the globe.
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Call now, or visit us
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- Cherise and I
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wanna invite you to join us
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on our Holy Land Tour.
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It's an amazing trip,
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unlike anything
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you've ever experienced,
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and we'll be on the trip,
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we get on the busses,
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our family will be on there,
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and I promise you,
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it will change your life.
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You've been thinking about it,
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you've been praying about it,
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this is the year to go.
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God's gonna open your eyes
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to things you've never
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seen and experienced before
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in the holy land.
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- We hope you've enjoyed
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this teaching
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by Jentezen Franklin,
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and thank you
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for your continued support
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of this ministry.
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Your prayers
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and financial support
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