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\f0\b\fs42 \cf2 Pressure Has a Purpose\
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\fs32 \cf2 Forge Night - September 2026\
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\fs26 \cf3 Mark 6
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\fs34 \cf2 September is PRESSURE season. 
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\f2 \cf5 Mark 6:45\'9652 ESV 
\f3\b0 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 
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\f3\b0  And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. 
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\f3\b0  And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land. 
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\f3\b0  And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, 
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\f3\b0  but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 
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\f3\b0  for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, \'93Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.\'94 
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\f3\b0  And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, 
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\f3\b0  for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.\
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\f2\b \cf6 Mark 6:42\'9644 ESV 
\f3\b0 And they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.\
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\f1\b \cf2 Two types of Seasons:\
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\ls1\ilvl0\cf2 {\listtext	1.	}FREE BREAD seasons.\
{\listtext	2.	}ROUGH SEA seasons.\
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\f2\fs28 \cf5 Mark 6:45 ESV
\f3\b0  \'93Immediately
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\f3\b0 His disciples get into the boat\'85\'94\
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\f2\b \cf7 anankaz\uc0\u333 \'97to compel, constrain, strongly urge.\
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\f1\fs36 \cf2 1. PRESSURE puts us in a \'93WEAK to be STRONG\'94 position.\
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\f2\fs28 \cf8 2 Corinthians 12:9\'9610 ESV 
\f3\b0 But he said to me, \'93My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\'94 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my 
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\f3\b0  For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am 
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\f2\b Ecclesiastes 4:9\'9610 ESV 
\f3\b0 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!\
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\f1\b\fs34 \cf2 God does MORE when we think of ourselves LESS\
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\fs36 \cf2 2. PRESSURE forces us into the right PRIORITIES.\
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\f1\b\fs34 \cf2 What is your PRESSURE POINT right now?\
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What if it\'92s POINTING to an unnecessary PRIORITY?
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3. PRESSURE makes us PROGRESS.\
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\f2\fs28 \cf8 2 Corinthians 1:8\'969 ESV
\f3\b0  For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
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\fs34 \cf2 If I want more of JESUS, I must EXPECT more PRESSURED experiences.\
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\f4\fs28 \cf0 Jeremiah 12:5 ESV 
\f5\b0 \'93If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
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