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The Broken Borders of Marriage

September 16, 2019

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John Hagee

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The Broken Borders of Marriage

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PASTOR MATT HAGEE: THE REASON
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THAT THE BIBLICAL BORDERS
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OF MARRIAGE ARE BROKEN
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IS BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS,
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MEN AND WOMEN,
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HAVE REFUSED TO TAKE
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THE RESPONSIBILITY
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THAT IS UPON THEM TO MAINTAIN
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A HEALTHY MARRIAGE.
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IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW
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WHAT TO DO;
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IT'S THAT WE'VE NOT WILLING TO
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DO WHAT GOD'S ASKED US TO DO.
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IN THE UNITED STATES,
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WE'VE GOT MARRIAGE BOOKS.
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WE'VE GOT MARRIAGE SEMINARS.
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WE'VE GOT MARRIAGE PODCASTS.
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WE'VE GOT MARRIAGE
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SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
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WE'VE GOT MARRIAGE GROUPS.
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WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS
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TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE.
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AND WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING
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A HEALTHY MARRIAGE,
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WE'RE JUST NOT WILLING TO DO
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THE WORK.
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YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT ANYTHING
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOOD AT
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IN LIFE REQUIRES EFFORT.
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GOOD GOLFERS ARE GOOD GOLFERS.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE THEY WORK AT GOLF.
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THEY DON'T HIT 30-FOOT PUTTS
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ON ACCIDENT;
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THEY PRACTICE THAT.
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GOOD MUSICIANS ARE GOOD
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MUSICIANS BECAUSE THEY PRACTICE
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THEIR INSTRUMENT.
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GOOD BUSINESSMEN ARE GOOD
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BUSINESSMEN BECAUSE THEY WORK
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AT BEING GOOD BUSINESSMEN.
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GOOD HUSBANDS AND GOOD WIVES
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DID NOT BECOME GOOD HUSBANDS
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AND WIVES BECAUSE THEY WERE
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THE LUCKY ONES.
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THEY WORKED AT DOING WHAT WAS
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REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BUILD
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A GOOD FAMILY.
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SO IN ORDER TO HELP US
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UNDERSTAND THE BROKEN BORDERS
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OF MARRIAGE AND WHAT WE NEED
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TO DO,
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I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO
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THE SONG OF SOLOMON.
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I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO PSALMS
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OR PROVERBS WHERE ALL
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OF THE LOVE VERSES ARE FOUND.
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I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE LIFE
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OF NEHEMIAH,
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BECAUSE HE WAS A WALL BUILDER.
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AND I WANT YOU TO SEE
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THE PRINCIPLES THAT HE USED
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IN HIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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AND ALLOW THEM TO BLESS YOU
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IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING
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A GOOD FAMILY,
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BECAUSE THE BORDERS
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OF THE FAMILY IN THIS NATION
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ARE BROKEN.
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AND BY GOD'S GRACE,
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BY THE TIME THIS SERVICE
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IS OVER,
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WE WILL ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR
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RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SEE THEM
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REBUILT IN AMERICA TODAY.
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LET'S READ NEHEMIAH 2:17.
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IF YOU'RE THERE, SAY, AMEN.
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[Amen!]
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"THEN I SAID TO THEM,
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'YOU SEE THE DISTRESS
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THAT WE ARE IN,
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HOW JERUSALEM LIES WASTE
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AND ITS GATES ARE BURDENED
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WITH FIRE.
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COME LET US BUILD THE WALL
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OF JERUSALEM;
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THAT WE MAY NO LONGER BE
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A REPROACH.'
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AND I TOLD THEM OF THE HAND
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OF GOD,
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WHICH HAD BEEN GOOD UPON ME,
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AND ALSO OF THE KING'S WORDS
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THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO ME.
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SO THEY SAID,
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'LET US RISE UP AND BUILD.'
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AND THEN THEY SET THEIR HANDS
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TO DO THIS GOOD WORK."
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HEAVENLY FATHER,
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LET YOUR WORD COME ALIVE IN US
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TODAY;
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THAT WE,
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LIKE THE PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM
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IN NEHEMIAH'S DAY,
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WOULD SET OUR HANDS TO DO
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THE GOOD WORK OF BUILDING
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GODLY FAMILIES.
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LET THE POWER
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OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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CARRY THIS WORD PAST
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THIS SERMON AND THIS SANCTUARY
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INTO OUR HEARTS AND LIVES;
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THAT WE COULD CHANGE THE FUTURE
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OF THIS NATION FOR THE CAUSE
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OF CHRIST' AND RIGHTEOUSNESS'
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SAKE.
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IT'S IN JESUS' NAME
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THAT WE PRAY AND ASK.
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AND ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN SAID,
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PRAISE THE LORD.
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[Praise the Lord!]
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YOU MAY BE SEATED.
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I LIKE WHAT NEHEMIAH 2:18 SAYS.
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IT SAYS,
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"THEY SET THEIR HANDS TO DO
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GOOD WORK."
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"GOOD WORK."
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NOTICE THAT THERE'S
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A DISTINCTION THAT NEHEMIAH
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MAKES ABOUT THE WORK
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THAT'S BEING DONE.
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IT'S NOT JUST ANY WORK;
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IT'S GOOD WORK.
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ONE OF THE THINGS
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THAT I BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT,
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BEFORE WE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO
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EXPECT MARRIAGES TO GET BETTER,
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IS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE
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A DECISION THAT WE ARE GOING
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TO DO GOOD WORK.
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BECAUSE WHETHER YOU KNOW IT
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OR NOT,
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WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT,
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RIGHT NOW EACH AND EVERY ONE
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OF US ARE WORKING ON
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OUR MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP.
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YOU SAY, "WELL, I'M SINGLE."
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DON'T WORRY;
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YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON
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YOUR MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP.
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YOU'RE EITHER DOING GOOD WORK,
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GETTING READY TO BE
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A GOOD SPOUSE;
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OR YOU'RE DOING BAD WORK,
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GETTING READY TO BE A PROBLEM
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FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
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SINGLE PEOPLE SAY,
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"I'M WAITING FOR MARRIAGE
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TO COMPLETE ME."
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BELIEVE ME,
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JERRY MCGUIRE LIED.
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(LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE)
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IF YOU ARE A BROKEN PERSON
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BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED,
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MARRIAGE IS NOT GOING TO FIX
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YOUR BROKENNESS.
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IT'S JUST GOING TO BREAK DOWN
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WHAT'S ALREADY BROKE.
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(APPLAUSE)
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SO WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS
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MESSAGE TODAY ABOUT MARRIAGE,
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DON'T TUNE ME OUT
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BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A RING
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ON YOUR FINGER.
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RECOGNIZE THAT THESE PRINCIPLES
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ARE REQUIRED OF ALL OF US.
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SOME OF YOU SAY,
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"WELL I'VE BEEN MARRIED
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40 YEARS."
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HALLELUJAH.
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YOU HAVE THE SECRET TO HELPING
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OTHERS SUCCEED
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IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
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DON'T TUNE ME OUT
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BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'VE
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ALREADY GOT THIS THING FIXED.
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YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE
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WHO NEED YOUR HELP
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GETTING THINGS FIXED.
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SO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE
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TO THEM.
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND,
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THROUGH NEHEMIAH'S LIFE,
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THE PRINCIPLES THAT GOD WANTS
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US TO APPLY TO OUR LIFE.
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BUT THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS
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WE HAVE GOT TO DO GOOD WORK.
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SAY THAT WITH ME.
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GOOD WORK.
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BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO
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GOOD WORK,
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WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN
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INSTEAD OF BUILD UP.
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WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR WORDS,
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NOT TO ENCOURAGE,
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BUT TO CREATE BITTERNESS
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AND STRIFE.
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WE'RE GOING TO WEAKEN
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RATHER THAN STRENGTHEN
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THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT GOD
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HAS GIVEN US.
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WHEN WE COMMIT OURSELVES
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TO DOING GOOD WORK,
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WE GIVE OUR MARRIAGES
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THE PRIORITY THAT THEY DESERVE.
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THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND SCIENCE
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CENTER DID A STUDY.
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AND IT SAID THAT 80%
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OF MARRIED COUPLES TODAY
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WILL NOT CELEBRATE
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THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
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THINK ABOUT THAT.
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WHEN WE GATHER AT A WEDDING,
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DO WE TOAST THE BRIDE AND GROOM
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BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT
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FOR THE NEXT 19 YEARS,
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THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE
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EACH OTHER MISERABLE?
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(LAUGHTER)
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NO.
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WE TOAST THEIR POTENTIAL.
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WE TOAST WHAT WE BELIEVE
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WE SEE IN THEIR FUTURE.
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WE TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS
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THAT ARE TO COME.
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WE DON'T FLIP A COIN AND SAY,
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"WHICH ONE WILL YOU BE?
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DIVORCED OR TOGETHER?"
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THE THING THAT REQUIRES
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YOUR MARRIAGE TO CONTINUE IS
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YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE
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TO DO GOOD WORKS.
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WHEN PEOPLE STOP AND THEY SEE
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ALL OF THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN
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DONE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP,
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RATHER THAN START TO REBUILD
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THE BROKEN BARRIER
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OF THEIR MARRIAGE,
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THEY THINK IT'S JUST EASIER
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TO START OVER WITH A BRAND NEW
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CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
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BUT GUESS WHAT THEY FIND
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WHEN THEY GET THERE?
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MORE WORK.
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WE'VE GOT TO DO GOOD WORK.
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AND NEHEMIAH GIVES US
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PRINCIPLES FOR DOING GOOD WORK.
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AND THE FIRST PRINCIPLE THAT
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HE GIVES US GOES RIGHT BACK
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TO TALKING TO SINGLE PEOPLE,
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AND THAT IS THIS;
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE WORK,
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YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A PERMIT.
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THINK ABOUT THAT.
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NEHEMIAH IS THE CUPBEARER
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FOR KING ARTAXERXES.
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NOW THESE MIGHT SOUND LIKE
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INSIGNIFICANT NAMES.
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BUT IN THEIR DAY,
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THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE KING ARTAXERXES WAS
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THE RULER OF THE KNOWN WORLD.
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HE WAS THE KING IN BABYLON.
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AND BABYLON HAD CONQUERED
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PRETTY MUCH ALL
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OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD.
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NEHEMIAH STOOD IN FRONT OF HIM
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ON A DAILY BASIS
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AS HIS CUPBEARER.
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WHEN YOU'RE A CUPBEARER,
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YOU HAVE GOT A PRETTY PATHETIC
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EXISTENCE.
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AND THE REASON YOU'VE GOT
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A PATHETIC EXISTENCE
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IS BECAUSE YOUR JOB IS
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TO BRING THE KING HIS WINE.
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AND YOUR PURPOSE IS NOT TO BE
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THE SOMMELIER THAT TELLS HIM
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ALL OF THE WONDERFUL FLAVORS
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HE'S ABOUT TO ENJOY.
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YOUR JOB IS TO SIP THE WINE
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BEFORE THE KING DOES
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SO THAT IF ANYBODY'S TRYING
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TO POISON THE KING,
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YOU DIE.
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(LAUGHTER)
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SO NEHEMIAH KNOWS THAT
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WITH HIS NEXT SIP,
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HE COULD TAKE HIS FINAL TRIP.
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NOW I KNOW SOME OF YOU THINK
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YOU'VE GOT STRESSFUL
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WORK ENVIRONMENTS,
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BUT THINK ABOUT HIS JOB.
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(LAUGHTER)
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IF NEHEMIAH DIES,
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THEY JUST DRAG HIM OUT AND THEY
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BRING IN A BRAND NEW CUPBEARER.
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NOT ONLY IS HIS JOB STRESSFUL,
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BUT THE MEN HE'S WORKING FOR
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IS TEMPERAMENTAL.
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KING ARTAXERXES IS NOT KNOWN
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FOR BEING A MILD-MANNERED
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KIND OF GUY.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT,
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ONE OF THE EDICTS THAT
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ARTAXERXES WROTE IS RECORDED
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IN THE BOOK OF EZRA.
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AND IN THE BOOK OF EZRA,
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HE WRITES IN 7:26,
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"WHOEVER DOES NOT OBSERVE
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THE LAW OF THE KING,
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LET JUDGMENT BE BROUGHT UPON
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HIM SPEEDILY,
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WHETHER IT BE DEATH,
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BANISHMENT,
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CONFISCATION OF GOODS,
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OR IMPRISONMENT."
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HOW MANY OF YOU SEE A LITTLE
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BIT OF TYPE A IN ARTAXERXES?
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(LAUGHTER)
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HERE'S NEHEMIAH'S PROBLEM;
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IN CHAPTER 1,
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HIS BROTHER COMES
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FROM JERUSALEM,
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HIS HOMETOWN,
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AND HE TELLS HIM,
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"THE WALLS ARE BROKEN DOWN.
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THE GATES ARE BURNED."
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IT BREAKS NEHEMIAH'S HEART.
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HE GOES BEFORE THE LORD
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WITH FASTING AND PRAYER.
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HE ASKS THE LORD TO DO
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SOMETHING ON HIS BEHALF.
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AND IF HIS OUTSIDE SITUATION
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WASN'T BAD ENOUGH,
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NEHEMIAH HAS GOT TO GO TO WORK.
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SO HE GETS UP
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AND HE GOES BEFORE THE KING.
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AND HE SAYS,
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"I TOOK THE KING HIS WINE
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AND I HAD NEVER BEEN SAD
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IN HIS PRESENCE BEFORE."
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NOW THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE IF NEHEMIAH,
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THE CUPBEARER, LOOKS SAD,
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ARTAXERXES WONDERS
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE DRINK.
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AND IF ARTAXERXES
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SUSPECTS THAT NEHEMIAH
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IS A PART OF THE CONSPIRACY,
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HE'D JUST HAVE HIM KILLED.
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SO GOING TO WORK WITH A BAD
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ATTITUDE FOR ARTAXERXES
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DOESN'T GET YOU TIME OFF;
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IT GETS YOUR HEAD OFF.
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(LAUGHTER)
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AND XERXES LOOKS AT NEHEMIAH,
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AND HE SAYS,
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"YOU HAVE NEVER HAD
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A SAD COUNTENANCE BEFORE.
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ARE YOU SICK
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OR IS THIS SORROW OF HEART?"
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AND NEHEMIAH SAYS,
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"I BECAME DREADFULLY AFRAID."
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AND NEHEMIAH GIVES HIM
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THE ANSWER.
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HE SAYS,
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"THE GATES OF MY CITY
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ARE BURNED.
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THE WALLS HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN."
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AND XERXES RESPONDS.
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HE SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?"
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SAY THAT WITH ME.
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"WHAT DO YOU REQUEST?"
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NOW THAT'S A SERMON
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FOR ANOTHER DAY.
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WHEN THE KING ASKS YOU,
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"WHAT DO YOU REQUEST,"
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DON'T WASTE IT.
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BUT NEHEMIAH LOOKS AT HIM
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AND HE SAYS,
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"I NEED TWO LETTERS.
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I NEED A LETTER THAT I CAN TAKE
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WITH ME TO THE GOVERNORS
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IN JUDEA SO THAT
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WHEN I REBUILD THESE WALLS,
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THEY KNOW I'M DOING SO
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WITH YOUR BLESSING.
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AND I NEED A LETTER
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THAT I CAN TAKE TO ASAPH,
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THE KEEPER OF THE FOREST,
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SO THAT I CAN GET THE TIMBER
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THAT'S NECESSARY TO REBUILD
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THE GATES."
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YOU SEE NEHEMIAH KNEW
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WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE
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CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN.
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HE HAD TO GET A PERMIT.
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SO HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING
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TO SINGLE PEOPLE;
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BEFORE YOU MOVE IN AND START
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PLAYING HOUSE WITH SOMEBODY,
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YOU'VE GOT TO GET A PERMIT.
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YOU HAVE GOT TO GET PERMISSION
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FROM GOD ALMIGHTY
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TO BE MARRIED.
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(APPLAUSE)
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THE BIBLE SAYS,
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"UNLESS THE LORD BUILD
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THE HOUSE,
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THEY LABOR IN VAIN
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WHO BUILD IT."
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WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE,
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YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A PERMIT
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BEFORE YOU START BUILDING.
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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
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THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA TODAY
00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.030
IS THAT 49% OF COUPLES
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IN THE UNITED STATES
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ARE LIVING TOGETHER
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OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
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WHEN THOSE COUPLES GET MARRIED,
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ONLY 60% OF THEM STAY TOGETHER
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FOR THREE YEARS.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE LIVING
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TOGETHER,
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IT'S SELFISH LOVE;
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AND WHEN THEY'RE MARRIED
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TOGETHER,
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IT'S SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
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AND YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH
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OF THOSE IN THE SAME SENTENCE.
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BIBLICAL MARRIAGE IS BUILT
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UPON SACRIFICE,
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LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
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SELFISH RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT
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ON WHAT YOU DO PLEASES ME.
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HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE HAS
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TO SAY ABOUT IT.
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EXODUS 20:14: "THOU SHALT NOT
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COMMIT ADULTERY."
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THAT'S STILL IN THE BOOK,
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FOLKS.
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"MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE."
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SAY THAT WITH ME.
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"MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE."
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WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
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BECAUSE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,
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WHO ARE LIVING TOGETHER,
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SAY, "WHAT'S THE POINT
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OF GETTING MARRIED?"
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GOD SAID,
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"MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE.
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AMONG ALL,
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THE BED OF MARRIAGE
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IS UNDEFILED."
00:11:57.160 --> 00:11:58.220
BUT HERE'S HOW THE REST
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OF THE VERSE READS.
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"FORNICATORS AND ADULTERERS,
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GOD WILL JUDGE."
00:12:02.060 --> 00:12:05.060
THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:06.030
ENGAGED IN SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
00:12:06.030 --> 00:12:07.260
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
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THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT
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THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP THAT GOD
00:12:10.140 --> 00:12:12.020
ENDORSES FOR TWO PEOPLE
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TO SHARE A BEDROOM IN IS
00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.000
THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE.
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THAT'S HIS POLICY.
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AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN
00:12:18.020 --> 00:12:19.050
YOUR RELATIONSHIP,
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MUSIC HIS PERMISSION.
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EVERY YEAR,
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MILLIONS VISIT THE WESTERN WALL
00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:26.150
TO WORSHIP AND FEEL
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THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
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PASTOR MATT HAGEE: THE
00:12:29.290 --> 00:12:30.210
PRAYER SHAWL IS A POWERFUL
00:12:30.210 --> 00:12:31.180
REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENS
00:12:31.180 --> 00:12:32.270
WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN PRAYER.
00:12:32.270 --> 00:12:35.160
MUSIC
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THROUGH PRAYER,
00:12:36.290 --> 00:12:38.020
YOU, TOO, CAN RECEIVE
00:12:38.020 --> 00:12:39.110
GOD'S SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS
00:12:39.110 --> 00:12:41.000
AND BE MADE WHOLE.
00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.200
FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIFT
00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:43.240
OF ANY AMOUNT
00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.180
TO HAGEE MINISTRIES,
00:12:44.180 --> 00:12:45.270
YOU'LL RECEIVE
00:12:45.270 --> 00:12:46.150
AN EXODUS PENDANT.
00:12:46.150 --> 00:12:47.280
FOR YOUR GIFT OF $200 OR MORE,
00:12:47.280 --> 00:12:50.100
YOU'LL RECEIVE
00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:51.080
THE EXODUS PENDANT;
00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:52.180
MEGEMERIA CANDLE HOLDERS,
00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:54.190
HAND-CRAFTED BY JEWELERS
00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:55.280
IN JERUSALEM;
00:12:55.280 --> 00:12:57.070
AND A PRAYER SHAWL
00:12:57.070 --> 00:12:58.090
MADE IN ISRAEL.
00:12:58.090 --> 00:12:59.190
PASTOR MATT HAGEE: WELCOME
00:12:59.190 --> 00:13:00.140
THESE GIFTS INTO YOUR HOME
00:13:00.140 --> 00:13:01.160
TODAY,
00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:02.110
AND RELEASE THE POWER OF GOD
00:13:02.110 --> 00:13:04.000
THROUGH PRAYER.
00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.000
I URGE YOU TO REQUEST
00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.200
THESE RESOURCES NOW.
00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:08.230
SEND YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT
00:13:08.230 --> 00:13:10.050
TODAY.
00:13:10.050 --> 00:13:10.290
CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN
00:13:10.290 --> 00:13:12.130
OR VISIT JHM.ORG/JEHOVAH.
00:13:13.060 --> 00:13:16.060
MUSIC
00:13:17.190 --> 00:13:20.190
(APPLAUSE)
00:13:22.260 --> 00:13:25.260
PASTOR MATT HAGEE: SO NEHEMIAH
00:13:25.260 --> 00:13:26.250
WANTS TWO PERMITS.
00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:28.090
AND YOU NEED TWO PERMITS.
00:13:28.090 --> 00:13:31.010
ONE,
00:13:31.010 --> 00:13:31.190
YOU NEED A PERMIT
00:13:31.190 --> 00:13:32.090
FROM THE KING.
00:13:32.090 --> 00:13:33.100
YOU NEED PERMISSION FROM GOD.
00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:35.170
TWO,
00:13:35.170 --> 00:13:36.070
YOU NEED PERMISSION FROM
00:13:36.070 --> 00:13:37.110
THE GIRL'S SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY.
00:13:37.110 --> 00:13:40.100
DON'T SHOW UP AT HIS HOUSE
00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:42.210
AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR
00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:44.010
THE FIRST TIME AS HER FIANCE.
00:13:44.150 --> 00:13:47.150
YOU ASK THAT MAN FOR HER HAND.
00:13:48.150 --> 00:13:51.150
WHY?
00:13:51.150 --> 00:13:52.060
BECAUSE HE IS THE REASON
00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:53.140
SHE'S HERE.
00:13:53.140 --> 00:13:55.120
YOU DON'T GET HER WITHOUT HIM.
00:13:55.250 --> 00:13:58.250
AND I'M SAYING THIS,
00:13:58.250 --> 00:13:59.240
NOT ONLY AS A YOUNG MAN
00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.020
WHO ASKED FOR MY WIFE'S HAND,
00:14:01.020 --> 00:14:02.290
BUT I'M SAYING THIS, AS A MAN,
00:14:02.290 --> 00:14:04.200
WHO HAS TWO DAUGHTERS,
00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:05.200
THAT WILL REMOVE YOUR HAND FROM
00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.040
YOUR BODY IF YOU DON'T DO THAT.
00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:09.270
(APPLAUSE)
00:14:14.290 --> 00:14:17.290
THE SAME WAY THAT NEHEMIAH GETS
00:14:17.290 --> 00:14:19.160
TWO PERMITS THAT ALLOWS HIM
00:14:19.170 --> 00:14:22.170
TO MAKE PROGRESS;
00:14:22.170 --> 00:14:23.180
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:14:23.180 --> 00:14:25.100
YOU'VE GOT GOD'S PERMISSION.
00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:27.130
"UNLESS THE LORD BUILD
00:14:27.130 --> 00:14:28.190
THE HOUSE,
00:14:28.190 --> 00:14:29.040
THEY LABOR IN VAIN
00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:29.280
WHO BUILD IT."
00:14:29.280 --> 00:14:31.090
PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN LIVING
00:14:31.090 --> 00:14:32.010
TOGETHER,
00:14:32.010 --> 00:14:32.130
SAY, "WELL WE'VE BEEN DOING
00:14:32.130 --> 00:14:33.080
THIS FOR A LONG TIME."
00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:34.000
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FREE
00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.280
AND SIMPLE ADVICE;
00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:36.030
STOP IT.
00:14:36.030 --> 00:14:39.000
STOP IT.
00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.250
YOUR BEHAVIOR DOES NOT CAUSE
00:14:39.250 --> 00:14:41.090
GOD TO AMEND OR ALTER
00:14:41.090 --> 00:14:43.080
HIS POLICIES.
00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.120
YOU CORRECT YOURSELF
00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.000
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD.
00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.060
HIS WORD DOES NOT CORRECT
00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:48.180
ITSELF TO MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE.
00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:51.050
[Amen!]
00:14:51.050 --> 00:14:52.010
PRINCIPLE TWO,
00:14:52.010 --> 00:14:54.110
JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT
00:14:54.110 --> 00:14:55.130
PERMISSION DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET
00:14:55.130 --> 00:14:56.290
A DAY OFF.
00:14:56.290 --> 00:14:59.060
NEHEMIAH GOT PERMISSION
00:14:59.060 --> 00:15:00.240
TO GO CUT THE TIMBER.
00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:02.000
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.240
THAT MEANS HE HAD TO GO
00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.220
TO WORK.
00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:04.260
NEHEMIAH GOT PERMISSION
00:15:04.260 --> 00:15:05.290
TO REBUILD THE WALLS.
00:15:05.290 --> 00:15:07.020
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:07.210
THAT MEANS HE HAD TO GO
00:15:07.210 --> 00:15:08.240
TO WORK.
00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.260
HE DIDN'T GET THE PERMITS
00:15:09.260 --> 00:15:11.050
AND OUTSOURCE THE WORK.
00:15:11.050 --> 00:15:12.150
HE GOT THE PERMITS AND HE WENT
00:15:12.150 --> 00:15:14.000
TO GO DO THE WORK.
00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:15.150
THE SECOND PRINCIPLE THAT
00:15:15.150 --> 00:15:16.190
NEHEMIAH TEACHES MARRIED PEOPLE
00:15:16.190 --> 00:15:18.240
IS THAT ONCE YOU GET MARRIED,
00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.180
GO TO WORK.
00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:22.120
WHEN YOU SAY THAT I'M DATING
00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.060
AND THIS IS A PREVIEW OF THINGS
00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:25.260
TO COME,
00:15:25.260 --> 00:15:26.230
MAKE SURE THAT WHAT COMES NEXT
00:15:26.230 --> 00:15:28.090
IS BETTER THAN WHAT WAS.
00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:31.100
PEOPLE WORK LIKE CRAZY
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AT BEING ROMANTIC.
00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:34.050
AND THEN WHEN THEY GET MARRIED,
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IT TURNS INTO,
00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:36.000
"HE USED TO..."
00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.260
"HE USED TO BRING ME FLOWERS."
00:15:37.260 --> 00:15:39.060
"HE USED TO WRITE ME LETTERS."
00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:40.190
"HE USED TO TELL ME
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HE LOVED ME."
00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:42.130
"HE USED TO PICK UP THE PHONE
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AND CALL ME
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JUST TO HEAR ME BREATHE."
00:15:44.170 --> 00:15:46.240
(LAUGHTER)
00:15:47.140 --> 00:15:50.140
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
00:15:52.050 --> 00:15:55.050
(LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE)
00:15:55.050 --> 00:15:57.120
(LAUGHTER)
00:15:57.230 --> 00:16:00.250
NOW WHEN THE PHONE RINGS,
00:16:00.250 --> 00:16:01.250
HE PICKS IT UP AND SAYS,
00:16:01.250 --> 00:16:02.160
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:04.050
(LAUGHTER)
00:16:04.050 --> 00:16:06.020
THE THIRD PRINCIPLE
00:16:06.020 --> 00:16:07.100
THAT NEHEMIAH TEACHES US
00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.200
IS THAT WHENEVER YOU RECOGNIZE
00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.140
THAT THERE'S DAMAGE,
00:16:10.140 --> 00:16:11.180
EVALUATE YOUR PROBLEM
00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:13.020
PRIVATELY.
00:16:13.020 --> 00:16:15.020
YOU SEE THE BIBLE SAYS
00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.000
THAT NEHEMIAH,
00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.210
IN CHAPTER 2:11,
00:16:16.210 --> 00:16:18.270
HE WENT TO JERUSALEM
00:16:18.270 --> 00:16:20.010
WITH THE PERMITS.
00:16:20.010 --> 00:16:22.150
AND BEFORE HE TOLD ANYBODY
00:16:22.150 --> 00:16:24.160
WHY HE WAS IN TOWN,
00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:25.270
BEFORE HE SHOWED ANYBODY
00:16:25.270 --> 00:16:27.110
THE PERMITS,
00:16:27.110 --> 00:16:28.050
BEFORE HE MADE IT KNOWN
00:16:28.050 --> 00:16:29.090
THAT HIS PURPOSE WAS TO REBUILD
00:16:29.090 --> 00:16:30.200
THE WALLS,
00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.120
FOR THREE DAYS,
00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:32.200
HE RODE AROUND AND HE SURVEYED
00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:34.190
THE DAMAGE,
00:16:34.190 --> 00:16:35.060
BUT HE DIDN'T SPEAK TO A SOUL.
00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:38.040
THERE'S A LESSON THERE.
00:16:38.040 --> 00:16:40.080
IN YOUR MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP,
00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.230
THERE WILL BE SEASONS WHERE
00:16:41.230 --> 00:16:43.110
THINGS WILL GET DIFFICULT,
00:16:43.110 --> 00:16:44.150
AND DAMAGE AND HARM WILL COME
00:16:44.150 --> 00:16:46.040
TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP.
00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:47.050
IT'S JUST PART OF LIFE.
00:16:47.050 --> 00:16:48.030
IT'S PART OF HUMANITY.
00:16:48.030 --> 00:16:49.120
TWO IMPERFECT PEOPLE
00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.180
BEING MARRIED TO EACH OTHER,
00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:51.260
SOONER OR LATER,
00:16:51.260 --> 00:16:52.200
THEY'RE GOING TO HURT
00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.060
ONE ANOTHER.
00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:54.290
WHEN THAT HAPPENS,
00:16:54.290 --> 00:16:56.220
SURVEY YOUR DAMAGE PRIVATELY.
00:16:56.290 --> 00:16:59.290
DON'T TELL EVERY THIRD PERSON,
00:16:59.290 --> 00:17:01.290
"WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM."
00:17:01.290 --> 00:17:03.240
DON'T UPDATE YOUR FACEBOOK
00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.080
STATUS WITH
00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:05.280
"HAVE A MARRIAGE QUESTION."
00:17:05.280 --> 00:17:07.240
(LAUGHTER)
00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.160
DON'T WALK INTO CHURCH
00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.170
AND LOOK AT EVERY OTHER PERSON,
00:17:11.170 --> 00:17:12.170
AND GO,
00:17:12.170 --> 00:17:13.110
"UNSPOKEN; JUST PRAY."
00:17:13.110 --> 00:17:16.090
(LAUGHTER)
00:17:16.090 --> 00:17:17.240
NO!
00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.180
SURVEY THAT PROBLEM ALL BY
00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:21.170
YOURSELF AND CONSIDER WHAT ROLE
00:17:21.210 --> 00:17:24.210
AND RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE
00:17:24.210 --> 00:17:26.180
IN SOLVING IT.
00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:28.180
DON'T ASK EVERYBODY ELSE
00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:30.040
TO HELP YOU SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
00:17:30.040 --> 00:17:31.220
AND THEN WHENEVER YOU GO ABOUT
00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:33.100
SOLVING THE PROBLEM,
00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:34.100
SOLVE IT ON PURPOSE.
00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:36.160
CONSIDER THE STRATEGY AND
00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.020
THE WISDOM OF NEHEMIAH'S PLAN.
00:17:38.020 --> 00:17:39.220
HE DIDN'T COME TO TOWN AND TELL
00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:41.160
ANYBODY WHY HE WAS IN TOWN.
00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.030
WHY?
00:17:43.030 --> 00:17:43.220
BECAUSE AS SOON AS HE WOULD
00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.250
HAVE,
00:17:44.250 --> 00:17:45.090
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR
00:17:45.090 --> 00:17:46.150
OPINION ABOUT HOW TO BEST
00:17:46.150 --> 00:17:48.030
PROCEED.
00:17:48.030 --> 00:17:49.060
THE JEWS WOULD HAVE SAID,
00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:50.040
"WELL LET'S REBUILD
00:17:50.040 --> 00:17:50.280
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST."
00:17:50.280 --> 00:17:52.030
THE PRIESTS WOULD HAVE SAID,
00:17:52.030 --> 00:17:53.060
"WELL LET'S REBUILD THE TEMPLE
00:17:53.060 --> 00:17:54.120
FIRST."
00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:55.020
THE NOBLES WOULD HAVE SAID,
00:17:55.020 --> 00:17:56.050
"WELL LET'S REBUILD THIS AREA
00:17:56.050 --> 00:17:57.280
OF TOWN FIRST."
00:17:57.280 --> 00:17:58.290
BUT RATHER THAN LET
00:17:58.290 --> 00:17:59.220
EVERYBODY'S OPINION
00:17:59.220 --> 00:18:00.200
GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS,
00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.070
HE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE,
00:18:02.070 --> 00:18:03.200
HE MADE A PLAN,
00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:04.250
AND THEN HE WENT TO WORK
00:18:04.250 --> 00:18:05.240
ON HOW TO GET THAT PLAN FIXED.
00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:08.010
TAKE A JOURNEY OF
00:18:08.010 --> 00:18:08.260
SELF-EXAMINATION AND UNDERSTAND
00:18:08.260 --> 00:18:10.290
WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
00:18:10.290 --> 00:18:12.120
ASK THE LORD TO LEAD
00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:13.200
AND GUIDE YOU.
00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.220
AND I ASSURE YOU,
00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.190
HIS HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WORD
00:18:15.190 --> 00:18:17.120
WILL HELP YOU FIX A LOT MORE
00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:18.220
PROBLEMS THAN THE UNQUALIFIED
00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:20.240
EXPERTS AROUND YOU.
00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.240
WHEN YOU, IN YOUR MARRIAGE,
00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.260
WALK AWAY
00:18:24.260 --> 00:18:25.250
FROM GOD'S PRINCIPLES,
00:18:25.250 --> 00:18:27.100
SUDDENLY OUTSIDE ATTACKS
00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:29.060
NOW HAVE VALUE.
00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:31.130
WHEN YOU SURVEY YOUR DAMAGE,
00:18:31.130 --> 00:18:32.250
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE WALKING
00:18:32.250 --> 00:18:35.010
IN THE RIGHT PATH
00:18:35.010 --> 00:18:36.200
OF GOD'S WORD.
00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.050
THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE
00:18:38.050 --> 00:18:39.040
THAT NEHEMIAH GIVES US
00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:40.080
IS WORK WITH THOSE YOU TRUST.
00:18:41.040 --> 00:18:44.040
NEHEMIAH SAW WHAT NEEDED
00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:45.100
TO BE DONE.
00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:45.280
AND HE GATHERED THE PEOPLE
00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:47.070
AND HE TOLD THEM THE VERSES
00:18:47.070 --> 00:18:48.190
WE READ.
00:18:48.190 --> 00:18:49.250
HE SAYS,
00:18:49.250 --> 00:18:50.120
"YOU SEE THE DISTRESS WE'RE IN,
00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:51.100
HOW JERUSALEM LIES WASTE.
00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:54.120
LET US BUILD THE WALL SO THAT
00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:55.280
WE'LL NO LONGER BE A REPROACH."
00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:58.090
WHEN IT COMES TO REBUILDING
00:18:58.090 --> 00:18:59.170
THE WALLS OF YOUR MARRIAGE,
00:18:59.170 --> 00:19:01.030
YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THOSE
00:19:01.030 --> 00:19:02.130
YOU TRUST.
00:19:02.130 --> 00:19:04.130
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST?
00:19:04.130 --> 00:19:07.030
THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST NEED TO BE
00:19:07.030 --> 00:19:08.080
PEOPLE WHO TALK TO GOD
00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:09.160
MORE THAN THEY TALK TO OTHERS.
00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.240
THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST NEED TO BE
00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.070
THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:19:14.070 --> 00:19:15.090
NO PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT HOW
00:19:15.090 --> 00:19:17.080
YOUR RELATIONSHIP SHOULD WORK;
00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:18.180
THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IT
00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.110
RESTORED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:19:19.280 --> 00:19:22.280
THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST NEED TO
00:19:22.280 --> 00:19:23.290
HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN YOU.
00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:27.120
DON'T ASK SOMEBODY,
00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:28.200
WHO'S GETTING
00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:29.090
THEIR THIRD DIVORCE,
00:19:29.090 --> 00:19:30.040
HOW TO FIX YOUR MARRIAGE.
00:19:30.040 --> 00:19:32.030
(LAUGHTER)
00:19:32.030 --> 00:19:34.270
AND AS SILLY AS THAT SOUNDS,
00:19:34.270 --> 00:19:36.030
THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE DO.
00:19:36.030 --> 00:19:38.110
PEOPLE IN THIS CONGREGATION,
00:19:38.110 --> 00:19:39.140
WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED
00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.040
FOR DECADES,
00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:41.010
NEED TO INVEST THEMSELVES
00:19:41.010 --> 00:19:42.220
IN HELPING PEOPLE,
00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:43.140
WHO'VE ONLY BEEN MARRIED
00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.060
A FEW DAYS,
00:19:44.060 --> 00:19:45.040
HOW TO SURVIVE THROUGH
00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:46.090
THOSE DECADES.
00:19:46.090 --> 00:19:48.050
THEY'RE PEOPLE YOU TRUST.
00:19:48.050 --> 00:19:50.180
THE LAST PRINCIPLE THAT
00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.150
NEHEMIAH SHARES WITH US IS THAT
00:19:51.150 --> 00:19:53.070
HE KICKS THE OUTSIDERS OUT.
00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:57.040
AS SOON AS HE BEGINS BUILDING,
00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:59.030
IN VERSE 19,
00:19:59.030 --> 00:20:00.050
HE HAS THREE ADVERSARIES,
00:20:00.050 --> 00:20:02.040
SANBALLAT,
00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:03.120
TOBIAH,
00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.100
AND GESHEM.
00:20:04.100 --> 00:20:06.040
THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS CAME
00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:08.060
TO JERUSALEM AFTER THE WALLS
00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:10.000
HAD BEEN TORN DOWN,
00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.010
AFTER BABYLON HAD TAKEN OVER.
00:20:11.010 --> 00:20:13.020
AND THEY BEGIN TO CREATE ALL
00:20:13.020 --> 00:20:14.220
KINDS OF TROUBLE FOR NEHEMIAH.
00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:16.180
THEY DON'T WANT THE WALLS
00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.290
REBUILT.
00:20:17.290 --> 00:20:18.170
AND THE FIRST THING
00:20:18.170 --> 00:20:19.110
THAT NEHEMIAH TELLS THEM IS,
00:20:19.110 --> 00:20:20.220
"THE GOD OF HEAVEN
00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:22.140
WILL PROSPER US."
00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.130
SAY THAT WITH ME.
00:20:23.130 --> 00:20:24.080
"THE GOD OF HEAVEN
00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:25.280
WILL PROSPER US."
00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:26.210
HE WAS LETTING HIS ENEMIES
00:20:26.210 --> 00:20:28.070
KNOW,
00:20:28.070 --> 00:20:28.200
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO ME
00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.050
WHAT YOU SAY,
00:20:30.050 --> 00:20:31.060
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME
00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:32.080
WHAT YOU DO.
00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:33.100
WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU DO
00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:34.260
HAS NO BEARING ON MY OUTCOME.
00:20:34.260 --> 00:20:37.010
MY OUTCOME IS DETERMINED
00:20:37.010 --> 00:20:38.210
BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
00:20:38.210 --> 00:20:40.010
HE'S THE ONE WHO'S GOING
00:20:40.010 --> 00:20:41.230
TO PROSPER ME.
00:20:41.230 --> 00:20:43.070
AND THEN HE LET THESE OUTSIDERS
00:20:43.070 --> 00:20:44.250
KNOW,
00:20:44.250 --> 00:20:45.180
"YOU HAVE NO HERITAGE."
00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:47.060
THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:48.000
IN NEHEMIAH 2:20,
00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.010
"YOU HAVE NO HERITAGE
00:20:50.010 --> 00:20:51.220
OR MEMORIAL IN JERUSALEM."
00:20:51.280 --> 00:20:54.280
HE WAS SAYING,
00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:55.180
THIS IS A COVENANT LAND.
00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:58.000
THIS HAS BEEN GIVEN BY GOD
00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.200
TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB,
00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.170
AND THEIR GENERATIONS FOREVER.
00:21:01.170 --> 00:21:03.070
I, NEHEMIAH,
00:21:03.070 --> 00:21:04.150
AM A PART OF THAT COVENANT.
00:21:04.150 --> 00:21:06.000
BUT YOU OUTSIDERS HAVE NO ROLE
00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.050
IN THAT COVENANT.
00:21:08.050 --> 00:21:09.010
SO YOU NEED TO LEAVE TOWN NOW.
00:21:11.010 --> 00:21:14.010
THIS IS THE PURPOSE
00:21:14.010 --> 00:21:15.190
OF REBUILDING THE BORDERS
00:21:15.190 --> 00:21:17.000
IN YOUR MARRIAGE.
00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:18.020
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
00:21:18.020 --> 00:21:19.140
OF MARRIAGES DESTROYED
00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:21.000
BY OUTSIDERS.
00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.120
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.200
OF FAMILIES RIPPED APART,
00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:25.160
BECAUSE PEOPLE,
00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.040
WHO HAD NO PART
00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:27.030
IN THAT COVENANT,
00:21:27.030 --> 00:21:28.050
CAME INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP,
00:21:28.050 --> 00:21:30.110
AND THEY SCATTERED IT
00:21:30.110 --> 00:21:31.110
LIKE STRAW IN THE WIND.
00:21:31.110 --> 00:21:32.190
YOU HAVE A BIBLICAL PLACE TO
00:21:32.190 --> 00:21:34.280
TAKE A STAND AND LET THEM KNOW,
00:21:34.280 --> 00:21:36.230
IF YOU ARE NOT A PART
00:21:36.230 --> 00:21:37.280
OF THIS COVENANT,
00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:38.250
IF YOU ARE NOT A PART
00:21:38.250 --> 00:21:39.260
OF THIS RELATIONSHIP,
00:21:39.260 --> 00:21:41.030
IF YOU ARE NOT A PART
00:21:41.030 --> 00:21:41.290
OF THIS FAMILY,
00:21:41.290 --> 00:21:42.250
YOU NEED TO LEAVE TOWN NOW!
00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:47.080
(APPLAUSE)
00:21:48.280 --> 00:21:51.280
RIGHT AFTER NEHEMIAH BUILT
00:21:51.280 --> 00:21:54.070
THE WALLS,
00:21:54.070 --> 00:21:56.040
HE REHUNG THE GATES.
00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:58.250
AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION
00:21:58.250 --> 00:21:59.210
BETWEEN WALLS AND GATES.
00:21:59.210 --> 00:22:01.000
THEY WORK TOGETHER BUT THEY
00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.000
DON'T HAVE THE SAME PURPOSE.
00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.080
YOU SEE WALLS
00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:05.020
ARE FOR PROTECTION,
00:22:05.020 --> 00:22:07.140
BUT GATES ARE FOR ACCESS.
00:22:08.010 --> 00:22:11.010
AND NEHEMIAH KNEW THAT GATES
00:22:11.010 --> 00:22:12.170
WERE NO GOOD IF THE WALLS
00:22:12.170 --> 00:22:13.180
WERE BROKE DOWN.
00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:15.090
SO HE REBUILT THE WALLS
00:22:15.090 --> 00:22:16.120
TO PROTECT THE CITY.
00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:17.160
AND THEN HE PUT UP GATES
00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.240
SO THAT THE RIGHT THINGS COULD
00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:20.140
COME IN AND THE WRONG THINGS
00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:22.190
COULD GO OUT.
00:22:22.190 --> 00:22:24.250
AND I WANT TO CLOSE
00:22:24.250 --> 00:22:25.130
THIS SERVICE THIS WAY;
00:22:25.130 --> 00:22:27.080
BY ASKING YOU IN YOUR ROLE
00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:29.080
AS A HUSBAND,
00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:30.010
BY ASKING YOU IN YOUR ROLE
00:22:30.010 --> 00:22:31.140
AS A WIFE,
00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.080
BUT ASKING YOU AS YOUR ROLE
00:22:32.080 --> 00:22:33.260
AS A CHILD OF GOD;
00:22:33.260 --> 00:22:35.040
TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
00:22:35.040 --> 00:22:36.240
SHOW YOU THE THINGS THAT NEED
00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.120
TO GO OUT AND THE THINGS
00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:40.120
THAT NEED TO COME IN.
00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:42.210
FOR SOME OF YOU IN THIS PLACE
00:22:42.210 --> 00:22:43.170
TODAY,
00:22:43.170 --> 00:22:45.040
THE THINGS THAT NEED TO GO OUT
00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:46.190
ARE THE BITTERNESS,
00:22:46.190 --> 00:22:47.140
AND THE HURT,
00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.270
AND THE PAIN OF YOUR PAST.
00:22:47.270 --> 00:22:50.070
FOR SOME OF YOU
00:22:50.070 --> 00:22:50.210
IN THIS PLACE TODAY,
00:22:50.210 --> 00:22:51.240
IT'S A GRUDGE
00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.220
THAT YOU'RE HOLDING ONTO;
00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.030
THAT UNTIL YOU LET GO OF IT,
00:22:54.030 --> 00:22:55.150
GOD CAN'T SEND IN PEACE,
00:22:55.150 --> 00:22:57.050
AND GOD CAN'T SEND IN JOY,
00:22:57.050 --> 00:22:58.230
AND GOD CAN'T SEND IN MERCY.
00:22:59.120 --> 00:23:02.140
FOR SOME OF YOU,
00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:03.260
IT'S BEHAVIORS,
00:23:03.260 --> 00:23:04.190
AND IT'S HABITS,
00:23:04.190 --> 00:23:05.140
AND IT'S PROBLEMS THAT YOU
00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:07.010
JUST DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS.
00:23:07.010 --> 00:23:08.040
YOU'RE IGNORING THEM,
00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:09.060
HOPING THEY'LL GO AWAY.
00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:10.200
YOU NEED TO OPEN UP THE GATES
00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:12.030
AND GET THAT PROBLEM OUT --
00:23:12.030 --> 00:23:14.010
MUSIC
00:23:14.010 --> 00:23:15.290
-- SO THAT THE POWER OF GOD CAN
00:23:15.290 --> 00:23:17.070
COME IN AND REBUILD THE BROKEN
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BORDERS IN YOUR FAMILY.
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CHURCH,
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WE CAN'T FIX EVERY FAMILY
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IN AMERICA.
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BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO
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OUR PART TO FIX EVERY FAMILY
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IN THIS CHURCH,
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WHICH REQUIRES THAT EACH OF US
00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:33.220
ARE WILLING TO DO OUR PART.
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YOUR COMMITMENT IN YOUR HOUSE
00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:37.250
DOES NOT IMPACT MY HOUSE.
00:23:37.250 --> 00:23:39.260
BUT MY COMMITMENT IN MY HOUSE
00:23:39.260 --> 00:23:41.190
CAN CHANGE MY HOUSE
00:23:41.190 --> 00:23:42.290
AND CHANGE THIS CHURCH,
00:23:42.290 --> 00:23:44.080
JUST LIKE YOURS CAN CHANGE
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YOUR HOUSE
00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.050
AND CHANGE THIS CHURCH.
00:23:46.050 --> 00:23:47.190
MUSIC
00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:50.200
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE,
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I WANT YOU TO STAND
00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.270
TO YOUR FEET.
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MUSIC
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AND WITH YOUR HEAD BOWED,
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YOU'RE IN THIS PLACE TODAY,
00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:59.110
AND YOU SAY, PASTOR,
00:23:59.110 --> 00:24:00.080
THERE ARE SOME BROKEN BORDERS
00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:02.230
IN MY MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP.
00:24:02.230 --> 00:24:05.210
THERE ARE SOME BOUNDARIES
00:24:05.210 --> 00:24:06.220
THAT I NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:08.050
OF GOD TO REBUILD.
00:24:08.050 --> 00:24:10.230
I NEED TO OPEN UP MY GATES
00:24:10.230 --> 00:24:12.110
TODAY AND LET BAD OUT;
00:24:12.110 --> 00:24:14.070
AND BRING IN THE LOVE,
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AND THE JOY,
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AND THE PEACE,
00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:16.200
AND THE POWER OF GOD.
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IF THAT DESCRIBES YOU
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IN ANY WAY,
00:24:20.110 --> 00:24:21.010
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE,
00:24:21.010 --> 00:24:21.210
I WANT YOU TO HOLD YOUR HAND UP
00:24:21.210 --> 00:24:23.030
AS A SIGN OF CONFESSION BEFORE
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THE LORD THAT THIS IS WHAT
00:24:25.210 --> 00:24:26.290
YOU NEED.
00:24:26.290 --> 00:24:29.030
AND WITH THAT HAND RAISED,
00:24:29.030 --> 00:24:30.160
THIS IS A HAND OF CONFESSION.
00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:32.070
NOW I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE.
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RAISE A HAND OF SUBMISSION.
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PUT THAT OTHER HAND IN THE AIR
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TO SAY, LORD,
00:24:36.030 --> 00:24:36.180
I'M SUBMITTING TO YOUR WORD
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FOR MY LIFE.
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AND I WANT EVERYONE
00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.270
IN THIS ROOM TO REPEAT
00:24:39.270 --> 00:24:40.260
THIS PRAYER WITH ME.
00:24:40.260 --> 00:24:41.230
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
00:24:41.230 --> 00:24:44.020
TODAY I THANK YOU
00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:46.020
THAT YOUR WORD WILL NOT
00:24:46.020 --> 00:24:47.210
RETURN VOID.
00:24:47.210 --> 00:24:50.080
YOUR PROMISES ENDURE
00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:52.130
AND ARE FOR ME.
00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:55.240
TODAY I RECEIVE YOUR WORD
00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:59.060
TO REBUILD MY MARRIAGE,
00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:01.260
TO REBUILD MY FAMILY,
00:25:01.260 --> 00:25:04.200
TO OPEN UP THE GATES
00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:06.010
OF YOUR JOY,
00:25:06.010 --> 00:25:07.200
TO OPEN UP THE GATES
00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.240
OF YOUR MERCY,
00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.130
TO OPEN UP THE POWER
00:25:10.130 --> 00:25:11.230
OF YOUR PEACE.
00:25:11.230 --> 00:25:13.280
AND RECONSTRUCT MY HOME;
00:25:14.070 --> 00:25:17.070
THAT BITTERNESS,
00:25:17.070 --> 00:25:19.020
THAT ANGER,
00:25:19.020 --> 00:25:20.200
THAT ENVY,
00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:22.040
THAT PRIDE,
00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:23.200
AND SELFISHNESS,
00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.080
WOULD LEAVE,
00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:27.030
IN JESUS' NAME,
00:25:27.030 --> 00:25:29.000
SO THAT MY HOUSE.
00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.090
WILL BE A HOUSE
00:25:31.090 --> 00:25:33.030
OF GOD'S PRESENCE,
00:25:33.030 --> 00:25:35.100
HIS POWER,
00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.270
AND HIS PEACE,
00:25:36.270 --> 00:25:38.150
IN JESUS' NAME.
00:25:38.150 --> 00:25:40.120
AMEN.
00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.170
NOW GIVE THE LORD A HANDCLAP
00:25:41.170 --> 00:25:42.180
OF PRAISE.
00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.240
(APPLAUSE)E: THANK YOU
00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:47.280
FOR JOINING US TODAY.
00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:49.080
PASTOR JOHN HAGEE: THINK OF
00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.290
THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE
00:25:49.290 --> 00:25:50.180
OF BLOOD.
00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.190
MATTHEW 9:21 TELLS US
00:25:51.190 --> 00:25:53.090
THAT SHE TOUCHED THE HEM
00:25:53.090 --> 00:25:54.170
OF HIS GARMENT
00:25:54.170 --> 00:25:55.210
AND WAS INSTANTLY HEALED.
00:25:55.210 --> 00:25:57.260
WHAT SHE ACTUALLY TOUCHED
00:25:57.260 --> 00:25:59.070
WAS THE TASSEL
00:25:59.070 --> 00:26:00.170
OF HIS PRAYER SHAWL.
00:26:00.170 --> 00:26:02.070
HER HEALING WAS INSTANTANEOUS,
00:26:02.070 --> 00:26:04.080
AS GOD'S POWER WAS RELEASED.
00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:06.110
PASTOR MATT HAGEE: THIS SAME
00:26:06.110 --> 00:26:07.160
HEALING POWER IS AVAILABLE
00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.150
TODAY.
00:26:08.150 --> 00:26:09.130
JESUS CHRIST IS A HEALER,
00:26:09.130 --> 00:26:11.070
A PROVIDER,
00:26:11.070 --> 00:26:12.050
AND A GOD OF MORE THAN ENOUGH.
00:26:12.050 --> 00:26:13.280
EXPECT HIS TOUCH IN YOUR LIFE.
00:26:13.280 --> 00:26:15.240
MUSIC
00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.150
GO. INVITES YOU
00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:18.020
TO FEAST '19,
00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:19.150
OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH.
00:26:19.150 --> 00:26:21.110
JOIN US FOR THREE DAYS
00:26:21.110 --> 00:26:22.120
FULL OF MIDWAY GAMES,
00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.180
FOOD,
00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.020
FREE RIDES,
00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:24.190
AND SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS.
00:26:24.190 --> 00:26:26.070
EACH EVENING OFFERS
00:26:26.070 --> 00:26:26.290
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS,
00:26:26.290 --> 00:26:28.050
SPECIAL GUEST, TONY EVANS;
00:26:28.050 --> 00:26:29.170
AND WORSHIP IS WITH
00:26:29.170 --> 00:26:30.080
CECE WINANS,
00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.070
INCLUDING PASTOR MATT HAGEE.
00:26:31.070 --> 00:26:33.020
SUNDAY EVENING WILL CONCLUDE
00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:34.050
WITH A NIGHT TO HONOR ISRAEL,
00:26:34.050 --> 00:26:35.200
FEATURING PASTOR JOHN HAGEE.
00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:37.060
CELEBRATE AT CORNERSTONE CHURCH,
00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:38.280
OCTOBER 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH.
00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:40.170
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:41.090
CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN,
00:26:41.090 --> 00:26:42.110
OR VISIT
00:26:42.110 --> 00:26:42.270
SACORNERSTONE.ORG/FEAST.
00:26:42.270 --> 00:26:45.150
MUSIC
00:26:45.150 --> 00:26:46.230
GO AND TELL THE WORLD
00:26:46.230 --> 00:26:47.280
THAT JESUS CAME, DIED
00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:49.180
AND ROSE AGAIN
00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.200
FOR THE FORGIVENESS
00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.070
OF YOUR SINS.
00:26:51.070 --> 00:26:52.130
GO AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS
00:26:52.130 --> 00:26:53.100
OF YOUR SALVATION.
00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.240
TAKE IT INTO THE FURTHERMOST
00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:56.040
CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:57.040
THIS CHARGE IS FOR EVERY
00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:58.060
CHRISTIAN.
00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.280
BUT NOT EVERY CHRISTIAN KNOWS
00:26:58.280 --> 00:27:00.110
HOW TO PREACH AMONGST
00:27:00.110 --> 00:27:01.110
THE DAY-TO-DAY RHYTHMS OF LIFE.
00:27:01.110 --> 00:27:02.270
WE DO AND WE CAN DO THIS
00:27:02.270 --> 00:27:04.170
TOGETHER.
00:27:04.170 --> 00:27:05.140
CONNECT YOUR PASSION WITH OURS.
00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:07.130
BECOME A LEGACY PARTNER TODAY.
00:27:07.130 --> 00:27:09.000
CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN
00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.080
OR GO TO JHM.ORG/LEGACY.
00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:13.240
MUSIC
00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.050
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING
00:27:15.050 --> 00:27:16.050
HAGEE MINISTRIES.
00:27:16.050 --> 00:27:18.030
IF YOU NEED PRAYER,
00:27:18.030 --> 00:27:19.120
CALL OUR PRAYER LINE
00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:21.070
OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
00:27:21.070 --> 00:27:22.250
MUSIC
00:27:22.250 --> 00:27:23.290
BE BLESSED
00:27:23.290 --> 00:27:25.020
AND JOIN US TOMORROW.
00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:26.210

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The Broken Borders of Marriage

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