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Hey , welcome back to the

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Imperfect People's Podcast

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, and here at TIP we are a podcast

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for the hurting and we're cured by

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grace . I'm Yoho Ski

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. I'm a medically retired

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firefighter . I'm a former youth leader

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, way speaker of the United Methodist

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Church . I did some church planning

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, along with nursing home and hospital

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and jail ministry . Our

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goal is to share as

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a struggling Christian family

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that has dealt with death , addiction

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, mental health , and though we

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are imperfect , we are perfected

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through Christ Jesus in

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the sight of God , and you could be too

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, and we're here to help . We

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are kicking off an official

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season on the topic of

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spiritual warfare , so

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let's get into

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it . All

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, right , we're back . So with

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the new season of spiritual

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warfare , I'm kicking it off

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with this new episode titled

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Illusions of Satan , and then , when

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we're finished with this , we're just going to

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build off it . I'm going to talk about

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demons , black

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magic , things that I have

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done , things that I'm a victim

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of , and different things like that

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, but I'm probably looking at maybe

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four to six episodes , so hopefully

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I will be able to leave you and

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open your eyes to some

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of the illusions , some of the tricks

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that Lucifer , satan

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, doesn't want us to

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know . He wants to keep us blind

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. So let's get into this . We're

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going to look at an Old Testament

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example from 1 Samuel

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, chapter 17 . And then

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we're going to take a look at a

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New Testament example , and

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that example is going to be Matthew

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14 . It's

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going to be 22 to 33

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. So let's go ahead and start

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with 1 Samuel . Now

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, in 1 Samuel , in 1 Samuel

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, chapter 10 , there's an Israelite

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army , king Saul's army

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, horrified by

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the sight of Goliath , who

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is a giant from the Philistines

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, the uncircumcised . Now

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the Philistines gathered their

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armies for battle . They were gathered

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in Soco , which belongs to

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Judah , and encamped between Soco

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and Ezeka in Ephesdamon

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. And Saul and the Israelites

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gathered and they encamped in

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the valley of Elah and

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formed ranks against the Philistines

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. Verse 3 , the Philistines

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stood on the mountain on the other

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side and the Israelis stood

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on the mountain on the other side

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, a valley between them , and

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there came out from the

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camp of the Philistines , a champion

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named Goliath of Gath , whose

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height was six cubits

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and a span . So this

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man stood nine

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to ten feet tall . He had

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a helmet of bronze on his head and

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he was armed with a coat of mail . The

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weight of the coat was 5,000

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shekels of bronze . He

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had greaves of bronze on

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his legs and a javelin of

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bronze slung between his shoulders

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. The shaft of the spear was

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like a weaver's beam and

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his spearhead weighed 600

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shekels of iron , which

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is 15 pounds . And

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his shield bearer went before

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him , now Goliath . So

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he stood and shouted to the ranks

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of Israel why have you come

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out to draw her up for battle ? Am

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I not a Philistine and are you

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not servants of Saul ? Use

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a man yourselves and let him come

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down to me . If he is able to fight

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with me and kill me , then we

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will be your servant , but

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if I prevail against

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him and kill him , then you shall

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be our servants and serve

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. And the Philistines said today

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I defy the ranks of Israel

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. Give me a man that

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we may fight together

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. And King Saul and

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all of Israel heard

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these words of the Philistines . They

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were dismayed and greatly

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afraid . Now

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, david was the son of Ephraim

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of Bethlehem in Judah

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, named Jesse , who had eight sons

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. In the days of Saul

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, the man was already old

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and advanced in years . The three oldest

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sons of Jesse had followed Saul

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to battle and David… I'm

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just ad-libbing this . And David

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went back and forth from

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Saul to feed his father's sheep

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at Bethlehem for 40 days . The

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Philistine came forward and

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took his stand morning and evening . So

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Goliath is every day

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challenging , sending someone , sending

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someone , and all Israelis

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are scared . All

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they see in front of them , besides

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a massive army , is this nine

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, 10-foot guy that's carrying

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chain mail and a helmet of

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bronze that weighs about

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120 pounds , the

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spearhead 15 , and

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then he was nine , 10 feet tall

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. So what would he ? I don't know if it's

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in here , but what is he ? 300 , 500

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pounds maybe , and he's really big . That

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had to be a sight . So the Israel

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army , saul's army , was

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horrified by the sight of Goliath

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. That's all they focused on

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. But David , when he got there

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to bring food to his brothers

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, when he seen Goliath

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, david said to Saul let

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no one's heart fail because

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of him . Your servant will

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go and fight with this Philistine . Saul

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said to David you are not able

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to go against a Philistine to fight

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with him , for you are just a boy

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, probably like 13. , and

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he has been a warrior from his youth

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. But David said to Saul your

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servant used to keep sheep

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for his father and whenever a lion

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or a bear came and took

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a lamb from the flock , I went after

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it and struck it down , rescuing

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the lamb from its mouth , and if

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it turned against me , I would catch it

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by the jaw , strike it down and kill

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it . Your servant has killed both

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lions and bears and this uncircumcised

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Philistine shall be like one of them

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. Since he defied the armies

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of the living God , david said

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the Lord , who saved me

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from the poor of the lion and of the poor

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of the bear , will save me

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from the hand of this Philistine

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. So Saul said to David go

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, and may the Lord be with you . So

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, while everybody's on

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the Israeli side , or Israel side

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, is looking out through

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, you know , into the valley , at

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the mountains , they just see this

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big giant . But David

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, he kept looking up to

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the most high and didn't fall

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to the illusion of Satan

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. The illusion is this fear

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, false evidence , appearing

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real . You heard me mention that before . It's not

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my thing , I heard it somewhere and it's stuck with

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me . The Israelites were used

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to war , but this man , like

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I said , stood nine to ten feet

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. One Latin text says

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16 cubits , which

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is over 24 feet tall

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. David doesn't fit the

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mold of a warrior in man's

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view . But who is David's

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God ? Who is that ? The

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most high , the one and only

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the highest of highs and

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he spans from as far as east

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to west . And man

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, well , a man is just

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a man . Goliath , I told you

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, wore all that bronze , the helmet

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, the scale armor , the

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weight of 120 pounds , and

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I kind of have an idea

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of what that feels like , because

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our turnout here with our SCBA

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and our helmets , I

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want to say it's 80 , 80 to 100

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pounds of extra weight that's put on us . So

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I'm sure for Goliath

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, 120 pounds was like wearing

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a Sunday suit . He also

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had bronze armor , like we mentioned

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, on his shins , or he

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had a bronze sword between his shoulders

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, his spear . Just the iron

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point , like I say , was 15

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pounds . All this was was

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to inflict fear , the illusion

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that Goliath was unstoppable

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. But , as I said , david

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, a young teenager , looked up

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. I always tell you guys , keep looking

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up . He looked past all

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this and kept his faith in God , which

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empowered him to not only face

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this giant but defeated

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him in an embarrassing way

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with a stone and a

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sling . Then he left

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off his head . But the story doesn't

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end . King Saul , after

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David , defeated Goliath

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and , just like nowadays , somebody

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does something , there's fame and everybody's

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crazy right . Well , the story doesn't

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end . King Saul gets jealous

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. He gets a demon

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of jealousy and

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it starts eating at him . That

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demon got in him and he wanted

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to kill David . He tried throwing

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a spear of all things

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. Now , when we have

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a victory in Lord Jesus

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, lucifer and his

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little click of demons will not

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give up . But the more we focus

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on God through Lord Jesus , he

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will give us tools to fight

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back . And he has given us

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those tools , and we'll get into that

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in another episode

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. So if you go one

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step for God , he'll

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take three or as many as

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he needs to . He will always go

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before you . When you have a

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relationship with Lord Jesus

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and the Holy Spirit , through them

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God will act . And

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when you get to a new level a

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new level brings a whole

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new set of devils . We

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have to put the full armor of

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God on every day and

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read Psalm 91 , but as

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you're reading it , pray it . It sounds

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kind of hard , but you'll

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understand when you're reading it , if

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you think about how Lucifer is

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a mirror image of the hate

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, pride , lust et

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cetera that originates from

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our darkened hearts and minds . Goliath

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was so feared by King Saul

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that he hid in his tent . Goliath

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, like we read , called out many times

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. Send someone . If he dies , we will be

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your slaves . If he wins , or

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if he dies , you will be our slaves

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. If he wins , we will be your slaves

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. This is why the demon

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entered Saul with jealousy

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, which led him to

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try to kill David with a spear

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. We can hide in our tents

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, right , and some of us

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, whether we're

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Christians or we're just , you

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know we don't have a relationship yet . We haven't

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been beaten down enough or brought to

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God's , you know , to the foot of the cross

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, or we keep denying him . But

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we run and we hide in our tents

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from whatever giant

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we're facing , whether that is

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losing a job or , you know

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, whatever . Anything that is outside

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of God's love and

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God's will is of the devil , lucifer

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. And Lucifer does not like to be called

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Lucifer because that God

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named him Lucifer . And when

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you call him Lucifer , it reminds

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him who he is subject to

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, because he's only a creation

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, not the most high creator

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of all . So that is also hiding

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in our tents , as much like the

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church today , when we are

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faced with an illusion of

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Lucifer or struck

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by fear . We must be like David

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, though small , if we keep

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our eyes on God through

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faith in Lord Jesus , and not

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the giant , the mountains , the valley , for

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we do not fear , we

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have no reason to fear . The battle

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has already been won , but

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that does not say that

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we don't fight battles , whether

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physically or spiritually

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, and the spiritual warfare

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and the spiritual war that is going

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on all around us will impact

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us if we don't learn tools

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and learn what God

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, our Father , teaches us through

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his word and through the words of his

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son , jesus Christ , when he came here

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. Now let's dive into a quick look

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at Matthew 14 . We'll do our New Testament

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, okay . So , right before

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this , matthew , chapter

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14 , verse 13

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, going to say

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21, . Jesus , I'm just

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going to kind of just go through it

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real quick . I really want to encourage

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you guys to go back and read

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the verses or

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the scripture that I read and read for

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yourself . That's why sometimes I give you

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little bits of it , because I'm hoping

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that it'll . I'm hoping that it'll peak

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your curiosity and you'll

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go research it Once you open that Bible

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. Or you know , be careful

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what you watch on YouTube or who you listen

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to , because there's a lot , not

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just progressive churches

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and Christians , but there's a lot of false

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teachers out there , and I always

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, I always Encourage you to go behind

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me . Just make sure when you do you

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get accurate information . So

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anyway , jesus there

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. I'll read this now . When Jesus

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heard this and he's talking about

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, his Disciples came and took the

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body and buried it and then they went , told Jesus

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this is John the Baptist's

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death . So this is this is what

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it says . Herod Liked

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her so much that he promised

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an on oath to grant her

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whatever she might ask . So that prompted

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her mother , she said , to

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give me the head of John the Baptist

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here on a platter . The

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king was grieved , yet out

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of regard for his oath

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and for the guests , he commanded

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it to be given . He sent

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and had John be headed in prison . The

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head was brought on a platter and given to

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the girl who brought it to her mother . His disciples

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came and took the body and buried it . Then

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they went and told Jesus now here . This

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is where this is , verse 13

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, where he feeds the 5000 . Now when Jesus

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heard this , he would drew from there

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in a boat to a deserted

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place by himself . But when the

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crowds heard it , they followed him on

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foot from the towns . When he

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went ashore he saw a great crowd

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and he had compassion for them

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and cured the sick . When it was

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evening , the disciples came to him

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and said look , hey , we're in this deserted place

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. There's so many people , we

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have nothing to eat . So Jesus

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said Give me the

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five loaves and the two fish . And

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Jesus multiplied it and fed

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. Now , back then they didn't count

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Women and children , they only counted

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men and , and it fed 5000

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. So then you got to think about the children

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and the women that also got

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fed . So it's way over 5000

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people that got fed . Now , after

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this happened , jesus is like this

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is just me thinking . He's probably like look , I

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just I did these miracles and

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and I've been out here and I tried

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to go away because my , my buddy

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, my best friend was killed and

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I'm just trying to get away so I can go

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and be alone and connect

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with my father in heaven . You

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know , and pray , but everybody followed

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Jesus . Heck , I would too . You know , I

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would give them room , though I think , I don't know

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, be amazing Mays

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in the walk with Jesus in the physical

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. So anyway , when Jesus fed the 5000

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, which women and children were not

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counted . Now , keep in mind that

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Satan is the prince of

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the power of the air that's Ephesians

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2 to and the God

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of this world . Second Corinthians

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, 4 4 . Now , lord Jesus

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, after feeding the 5000

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men we don't know how many

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women and children when he

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was done , he needed to rest , to

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get away . So he sent his disciples

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to the other side of the sea , of the sea

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, a Galilee and a boat , and

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he told them that he would

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meet them on the other side when

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he is finished . Now , as the disciples

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were traveling in the night , they

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stop like halfway because

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the winds and the waves

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picked up . Satan used

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the weather , I believe , to stop

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the disciples from something

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they may have Accomplished before

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Jesus met with them . Reread

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that they seen Jesus

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walking on the water and thought

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he was a ghost . Peter

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said Lord , is that you , if

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so , command me to come to you ? And

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Jesus said come . Peter

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, with his faith in Lord , jesus

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stepped out of the boat and started

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walking on the water to him . So

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what happens ? Peter falls

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for the illusion that Satan

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is bigger than God

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and he starts to sink and

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cries out Lord Jesus

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, to save him . And Jesus

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did just that . And Then

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they got in the boat and the

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storms , the winds and the wave

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ceased . Many

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times we see supposed mountains

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or valleys , even a giant

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or maybe a storm , and

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, like I said before , keep looking

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up , like David , and keep

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your eyes set

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on Jesus in the storms

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and the illusions , and keep centered

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on Christ . Though the

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devil knows God's playbook , as

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we learned last week , if

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we have and keep our faith

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, we will not sink and get

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swallowed up by the beast . I'm

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gonna wrap it up there . I think

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I gave you a lot to chew on . If you

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could navigate through my mumbo-jumbo

18:44

, I'm gonna get out of here

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. I'm gonna play a song from

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my friend , eric , named when

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God Is All you have , off of his album

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Keep it Real . You can find Eric

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at ericornercom . He's on

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improve for y'all and

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it keeps me on track . But

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I appreciate y'all spending your time with

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me . I'll see you on the flip

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side later on

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.

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The mailbox is full

19:52

of bills you think that you

19:54

can't pay . Who

19:56

would have ever thought you'd

19:58

find yourself in such

20:00

a way ? And you're wondering

20:03

if you'll ever have the

20:05

means to get you by

20:08

, while fear is working

20:10

overtime to fill your

20:13

hit with lies

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. Now

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the enemy would love

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to see your life go down

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in flames . He's making

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you a list of everyone

20:30

that you should blame , but

20:33

don't forget that the Lord

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, your God , has always

20:37

got your back and

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he is all you need

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to get your train back on

20:44

the track

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. When

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it's down to nothing but just

20:51

you and the Lord . When

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you're broken and you

20:55

think you can't

20:57

take it anymore , you

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can't win any battle

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from right there on

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your knees . When God

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is all you have , you

21:09

have everything you need

21:12

. Those

21:18

you thought were friends have

21:20

left you feeling so alone

21:22

, and those good

21:24

old days seem as if

21:27

they are forever gone

21:29

. And what you've

21:31

given up for sure

21:33

, someone really cares

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, but you're not by

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yourself . The King of

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Kings is always there

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. When it's down

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to nothing but just

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you and the Lord . When

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you're broken and you

21:53

think you can't take

21:55

it anymore , you can't

21:57

win any battle from

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right there on your knees

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. When God is all

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you have . You have everything

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you need . So

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many things in life

22:14

we think we cannot live

22:16

without , but we've got

22:19

it all with Jesus , so

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there's no need to doubt . When

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it's down to nothing

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but just you and

22:29

the Lord , when you're broken

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and you think you can't

22:34

take it anymore , you

22:37

can't win any battle

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from right there

22:41

on your knees . When

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God is all you have

22:47

, you have everything you

22:49

need . When God

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is all you have , you

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have everything

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you need . Thank

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you for watching .