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Dudley Rutherford - The Greek Word THLIPSIS (Part 2)

July 14, 2026 | 27:29

Dudley Rutherford - The Greek Word THLIPSIS (Part 2)
Pastor Dudley Rutherford seeks to "lift up the name of Jesus across the country and the world through uncompromising biblical teaching."
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| Dudley Rutherford - The Greek Word THLIPSIS (Part 2) | July 14, 2026
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  • Pastor dudley rutherford: i know that jesus
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  • Has already defeated satan.
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  • I know that trials forge spiritual strength within me.
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  • I know that this is not the time for me to fall away.
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  • This is my time to trust in the process,
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  • That jesus is my peace.
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor dudley: thank you so much for joining me
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  • Here today on "lift up jesus."
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  • I'm pastor dudley rutherford, and i'm so glad
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  • That you've chosen to tune in to our television broadcast.
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  • Let me ask you this question:
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  • Do you ever visit southern california?
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  • If you do, consider this a personal invitation
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  • To visit us here at shepherd church.
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  • You'll meet some amazing people,
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  • And it would be an honor to have you drop by.
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  • Visit our website at liftupjesus.com
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  • To get service times and locations.
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  • And now, let's get right to today's message,
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  • Because i believe it's a word that you need to hear.
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  • So grab your bible, your notes, and a pen,
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  • And let's begin.
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  • Pastor dudley: for an example,
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  • This is a verse that's in my heart.
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  • I've been thinking about this verse
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  • Since i was all the way back in bible college days.
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  • I remember reading this when i was just in my late--
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  • 18, 19, or 20 years of age,
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  • Back in those years, and i saw this verse and man,
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  • I just grabbed a hold of it.
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  • It says, "am i now trying to win
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  • The approval of men, or of god?
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  • Am i trying to please men?
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  • If i were just trying to please men,
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  • Then i would not be a servant of god."
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  • Like, dudley, read this verse. you gotta choose.
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  • Are you gonna live your life trying to please god,
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  • Or are you gonna try to live your life pleasing man?
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  • And i have that verse deep, deep, deep, deep down within me
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  • Because i know my job
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  • Is simply to please god and not man.
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  • And you see, that way, when i preach on something
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  • And you get mad, and half of you leave
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  • Or half of you get upset
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  • Or, "i don't like this guy anymore,"
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  • I don't care because i'm not here to please you.
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  • I'm here to please god.
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  • If that verse wasn't deep within me
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  • The first time i got criticism, like, "oh, what's that?
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  • I'm gonna quit," and just, i'd quit myself.
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  • And so you gotta have some of these verses.
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  • Now, that's my verse. you gotta get your own verse.
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  • [congregation laughing]
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  • You hear me?
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  • There's a verse called philippians 1:6
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  • That talks about,
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  • And maybe this could be your verse,
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  • When god begins to work in your life,
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  • That he's never gonna stop working in your life,
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  • That he's gonna just work on you.
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  • Does he ever stop?
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  • No, he's gonna work and carry it on to completion.
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  • He's gonna work on you until jesus christ comes back.
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  • Now maybe that's your verse, you just plant there,
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  • So no matter what happens in your life, you just know,
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  • You know, "god's working on me.
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  • I'm not perfect yet, but i know
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  • God's never gonna stop working in my life."
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  • And maybe that's your verse.
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  • Another great verse a lot of you have
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  • Is romans 8:28 that says that, "we know
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  • That in all things," not some things,
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  • But "in all things, that god works
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  • For the good of those who love him,
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  • Those who've been called according to his purpose."
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  • And you read that verse, and you read that verse,
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  • And you read that verse, and you read that verse,
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  • And you make sure you have a soft heart
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  • So it goes down deep, so that way you
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  • Know no matter what you're going through,
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  • If something bad happens, you don't give up on god,
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  • You don't wither away.
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  • The first storm comes your way,
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  • It's just the opposite.
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  • When the storm comes, you start to say,
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  • "well, i know that god's gonna somehow--
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  • I don't know how, but he's gonna turn this
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  • Into something good.
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  • I don't know how, but i'm just gonna keep clinging
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  • To god," amen?
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  • I want you to write this down.
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  • If there's a storm in your life that's unhinging you here today,
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  • It's because it found-- that storm found a place
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  • Where you were just visiting the word,
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  • Instead of living in the word.
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  • Anything that--a storm that comes up
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  • And you get unhinged, it's because you
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  • Are just visiting the word, and not living in the word.
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  • Many people here today are living
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  • Under extreme pressure, extreme pressure.
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  • Some of you who are here,
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  • It feels almost overwhelming to you,
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  • And you don't know how
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  • You're gonna get through the situation.
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  • I want to encourage you to get into the presence of god,
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  • Find yourself a place where you get into the word of god,
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  • And you don't get up from that place
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  • Until you get this deep, deep, deep within you.
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  • And i'm telling you, if you get the word of god
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  • Deep, deep, deep within you
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  • And the plans and the purposes of god for your life,
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  • And knowing that god's at work in your life,
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  • You're gonna be just fine.
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  • You're just gonna be just fine, amen.
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • And number three, number three, pressure is also unfolding.
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  • It's active.
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  • It's actually doing something in your life.
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  • It's causing you to grow.
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  • It's allowing you to grow.
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  • I'm gonna show you something.
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  • I want you to find this passage.
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  • I want you to turn to acts chapter 14.
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  • I wanna explain this to you,
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  • And i think this is gonna help you.
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  • In acts chapter 14, i have a slide up here
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  • That kind of tells you the context.
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  • Paul, everybody say "paul,"
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  • Paul went on four missionary journeys,
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  • And this, what you're reading, is the first mission.
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  • This is the first time he heads out.
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  • This is not the second or the third.
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  • This is the first time, he's like, "you know what?
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  • I'm gonna take the gospel as far as i can--
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  • As many people as i can."
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  • And you can read all this later,
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  • I just kind of summed it up for you.
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  • And the first place he goes is to antioch,
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  • And i want this section right here,
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  • You're gonna be antioch.
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  • Everybody say "antioch."
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  • Say it again.
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  • Wave at me, wave at me.
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  • There's all the antiochians right there.
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  • There they are.
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  • So paul, in this text in acts 13,
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  • He shows up to you all.
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  • What happens when he gets to antioch?
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  • Now, just so you know, all of these cities
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  • Is what we would call today modern-day turkey.
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  • This is the area that's called modern-day turkey.
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  • And so he shows up and he's persecuted.
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  • These folks persecute him.
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  • And so he goes over here, to iconium.
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  • That's the middle section here.
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  • Everybody say "iconium."
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  • One more time.
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  • So he starts off where?
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  • Gets in trouble there, so he comes over here
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  • To iconium.
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  • Now, that's about a 90-mile journey.
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  • That's about from here down to laguna beach.
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  • How long does that take him traveling
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  • 20 hours--20 miles a day, by foot?
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  • They didn't have trains back in those days, people.
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  • So maybe it took him a week, couple weeks.
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  • He goes, "you know what? they mistreated me.
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  • I'm gonna go see those folks in iconium.
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  • They'll surely treat me better."
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  • But he shows up here and he starts to preach,
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  • And guess what they do?
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  • They persecute him in iconium.
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  • So he's forced to flee 'cause they're gonna kill him.
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  • So he comes over here to lystra.
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  • Let me see all the people in lystra right here.
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  • Come on, all the listerines.
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  • There they are.
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  • Now, i don't know for sure, i think it's about 30 miles.
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  • It's just about a 30-mile journey
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  • From iconium to lystra.
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  • He comes into lystra, and he's persecuted there,
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  • And they actually take him outside the city
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  • And they stone him.
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  • In other words, they throw him down the ground,
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  • They gather around and the mob comes,
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  • And they take these big rocks and they start to throw,
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  • And they literally--they think that he's dead,
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  • And they leave, and paul gets up.
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  • And the bible says he starts brushing off his clothes.
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  • He's still alive.
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  • He made it. well, guess where he goes?
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  • He goes right back into the city a second time.
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  • Maybe he got hit in the head with that rock too many times.
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  • But he's brutally stoned in lystra,
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  • So he leaves lystra, and he goes up to the balcony.
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  • All the people in the balcony wave at me.
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  • That's derbe.
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  • Everybody say "derbe."
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  • Like the kentucky derby, but no kentucky.
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  • So he goes to antioch, he goes to iconium,
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  • He goes to lystra.
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  • He got in trouble, persecuted,
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  • Persecuted, persecuted.
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  • So he goes, "you know what?
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  • I'm gonna go to derbe."
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  • Everybody wave at me in the balcony
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  • And say "derbe," say "derbe."
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  • Let me hear you. derbe, derbe, derbe.
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  • So he's up there.
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  • Now, let's look and see what happens.
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  • I want you to read this, acts chapter 14.
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  • We're gonna read, like, four verses,
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  • Starting with verse 19.
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  • "some jews came from antioch and iconium,"
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  • Came to lystra, "and won the crowd over.
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  • They stoned paul and dragged him
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  • Outside the city, thinking that he was dead."
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  • But look what happens in verse 20.
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  • "but after the disciples had gathered around him,"
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  • He gets up, he goes back into lystra.
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  • "the next day he and barnabas left for," where?
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  • "left for derbe." that's about a 60-mile journey.
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  • What did he do when he was in derbe?
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  • Same thing he did in antioch, same thing he did in iconium,
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  • Same thing he did in lystra.
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  • Look what it says in verse 21.
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  • "they preached the good news in that city,"
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  • And good news, "they won a large number of disciples."
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  • [dudley applauding]
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • Now, if it were me, i would have just stayed in derbe.
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  • [congregation laughing]
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  • I might have gone to simi valley.
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  • What did he do after they had this great experience in derbe?
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  • The bible says, "they went back to lystra.
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  • They went back to iconium.
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  • Then he goes back to antioch."
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  • What is wrong with this guy?
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  • What was he doing?
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  • Well, look at verse 22.
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  • This is what i want you to see, "strengthening the disciples
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  • And encouraging them to remain true to the faith."
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  • And then he said these words,
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  • "we must go through thlipsis."
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  • The english word there is "hardships."
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  • I don't--i can't relate to the word "hardships."
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  • It sounds like a shipwreck to me, first of all,
  • 00:11:17.829 --> 00:11:20.598
  • And if it wasn't a shipwreck, the next thing it sounds to me,
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  • It sounds like a junior in college
  • 00:11:23.201 --> 00:11:25.336
  • Who's foregoing his senior year and gonna turn pro.
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  • They call that a hardship.
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  • I can't relate to that.
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  • But what i can relate to is pressure.
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  • And paul said to all these places
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  • Where he was facing persecution,
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  • He goes back a second time.
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  • He goes, "i just want to encourage you guys,
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  • As christians, to remain true in your faith
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  • And just know that to be in the kingdom of god,
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  • We have to go through."
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  • Not that we're gonna go around the pressure,
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  • Not that we're gonna go under the pressure,
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  • Not that we're gonna go over the pressure.
  • 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.908
  • The bible says, paul writes, "we gotta go through
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  • The adversity."
  • 00:12:09.280 --> 00:12:11.783
  • You see, pressure is not the end of the story.
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  • Pressure is part of the process.
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  • Romans 5:3 says that suffering produces perseverance,
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  • That perseverance produces character,
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  • And that character produces a thing called hope.
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  • God doesn't use pressure to crush you.
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  • God uses pressure to develop greatness in you.
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  • God uses pressure to build what comfort
  • 00:12:36.374 --> 00:12:39.644
  • Can never produce in you.
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  • I want you to write this down.
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  • God rarely, he rarely does his deepest work
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  • In the comfort zones of life,
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  • But he shapes us in what we would call
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  • The pressure chambers of life.
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  • He's trying to develop maturity in you.
  • 00:12:56.728 --> 00:12:58.663
  • He's trying to develop christ-likeness in you.
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  • He's trying to develop a deeper trust in god with you.
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  • He's trying to develop a trait called endurance.
  • 00:13:04.435 --> 00:13:08.439
  • A grape cannot become wine without pressure.
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  • An olive cannot produce oil without pressure.
  • 00:13:12.110 --> 00:13:16.447
  • Carbon cannot become a diamond without pressure.
  • 00:13:16.447 --> 00:13:20.018
  • A heart cannot pump blood without pressure.
  • 00:13:20.018 --> 00:13:23.521
  • A sponge cannot release water without pressure.
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  • A pencil cannot leave a mark on a piece of paper
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  • Without pressure.
  • 00:13:30.628 --> 00:13:31.963
  • And clay cannot form a vessel without pressure.
  • 00:13:31.963 --> 00:13:35.900
  • And in the same way, a believer
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  • Is never going to become spiritually mature
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  • Without going through some type of difficult storms.
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  • [congregation applauding]
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  • Most of you know, out in front of our church,
  • 00:13:51.683 --> 00:13:54.719
  • Our main greeter is a guy named
  • 00:13:54.719 --> 00:13:56.054
  • Mr. kendrick, david kendrick.
  • 00:13:56.054 --> 00:13:59.190
  • And most people, if you don't know him personally,
  • 00:13:59.190 --> 00:14:01.960
  • You have no idea of all the storms
  • 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.596
  • That he's been through in his life.
  • 00:14:04.596 --> 00:14:06.998
  • He used to be the superintendent at our school
  • 00:14:06.998 --> 00:14:09.033
  • For many, many years.
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  • He's a dear friend of mine.
  • 00:14:10.368 --> 00:14:13.471
  • And today he's like the main guy out there shaking your hand,
  • 00:14:13.471 --> 00:14:16.741
  • Whether you want your hand shook or not.
  • 00:14:16.741 --> 00:14:21.512
  • And he just welcomes everybody who comes in these doors.
  • 00:14:21.512 --> 00:14:28.219
  • Mr. kendrick has a son named joshua,
  • 00:14:28.219 --> 00:14:32.257
  • And i've known joshua his entire life.
  • 00:14:32.257 --> 00:14:35.226
  • I knew him when he was just a little runt,
  • 00:14:35.226 --> 00:14:37.295
  • A runt kid, just a little troublemaker.
  • 00:14:37.295 --> 00:14:43.301
  • And josh today is grown, he's a grown man,
  • 00:14:43.301 --> 00:14:46.004
  • And he works--he's a police officer
  • 00:14:46.004 --> 00:14:48.406
  • In the burbank police department.
  • 00:14:48.406 --> 00:14:50.575
  • He turned out okay.
  • 00:14:50.575 --> 00:14:53.711
  • But when he was little, josh, i coached him in basketball.
  • 00:14:53.711 --> 00:14:58.917
  • And he was pretty good.
  • 00:14:58.917 --> 00:15:01.986
  • He went on and became a coach himself.
  • 00:15:01.986 --> 00:15:03.755
  • But he eventually went to high school,
  • 00:15:03.755 --> 00:15:06.624
  • And he played high school basketball,
  • 00:15:06.624 --> 00:15:08.092
  • And i followed his career
  • 00:15:08.092 --> 00:15:09.427
  • 'cause i'd coached him when he was younger,
  • 00:15:09.427 --> 00:15:11.362
  • And he went to village christian high school.
  • 00:15:11.362 --> 00:15:15.300
  • But i have an article here, and you don't know this,
  • 00:15:15.300 --> 00:15:17.368
  • But i'm like a junkie, i collect everything.
  • 00:15:17.368 --> 00:15:19.304
  • It's hard for me to throw stuff away,
  • 00:15:19.304 --> 00:15:20.638
  • And i have all these scrapbooks, stuff that i keep.
  • 00:15:20.638 --> 00:15:23.141
  • And this goes--this is a long time ago,
  • 00:15:23.141 --> 00:15:25.977
  • When josh was playing in high school basketball.
  • 00:15:25.977 --> 00:15:28.513
  • And it says that village christian
  • 00:15:28.513 --> 00:15:30.048
  • Wins the alpha championship.
  • 00:15:30.048 --> 00:15:32.784
  • And they won this game in overtime, and josh,
  • 00:15:32.784 --> 00:15:36.220
  • The article says this very clearly,
  • 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.822
  • That josh went in, this is in overtime,
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  • It's for the league championship,
  • 00:15:41.125 --> 00:15:42.660
  • And he does what's called the reverse layup,
  • 00:15:42.660 --> 00:15:45.496
  • Which means that he goes up there
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  • And he kind of goes backwards
  • 00:15:47.131 --> 00:15:48.666
  • And he throws it up over his head,
  • 00:15:48.666 --> 00:15:50.568
  • And it's like a prayer, and miraculously, it went in.
  • 00:15:50.568 --> 00:15:55.940
  • And they won the game. they won the championship.
  • 00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:58.643
  • [congregation applauding]
  • 00:15:58.643 --> 00:16:03.414
  • Now, if you read this, it also says, and i remember,
  • 00:16:03.414 --> 00:16:06.851
  • I was there, that in the middle of that game,
  • 00:16:06.851 --> 00:16:14.759
  • Joshua missed four consecutive free throws.
  • 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:20.465
  • He was worse than shaquille o'neal.
  • 00:16:20.465 --> 00:16:24.702
  • So in the middle of the game, he's shooting out free throws,
  • 00:16:24.702 --> 00:16:26.504
  • Called "free" 'cause nobody's guarding you.
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  • You're just standing up there, nobody's--it's a free shot.
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  • He missed one free throw.
  • 00:16:31.943 --> 00:16:35.046
  • He missed the next free throw. he missed the next free throw.
  • 00:16:35.046 --> 00:16:40.051
  • These are all consecutive free throws.
  • 00:16:40.051 --> 00:16:42.186
  • He misses the fourth free throw,
  • 00:16:42.186 --> 00:16:44.255
  • And he's like walking off through the court.
  • 00:16:44.255 --> 00:16:45.823
  • He's all discouraged, he's all depressed.
  • 00:16:45.823 --> 00:16:49.227
  • But at the end of the game, it goes in and they win.
  • 00:16:49.227 --> 00:16:59.137
  • Now, let's say you knew nothing about that game,
  • 00:16:59.137 --> 00:17:01.172
  • You weren't at the game, you didn't see the game,
  • 00:17:01.172 --> 00:17:03.508
  • But the next day in the paper, you're a village fan,
  • 00:17:03.508 --> 00:17:05.943
  • So you pick up the paper to see who won the game
  • 00:17:05.943 --> 00:17:07.745
  • And you read the story how josh makes
  • 00:17:07.745 --> 00:17:10.081
  • The game winning shot.
  • 00:17:10.081 --> 00:17:13.718
  • And then you say, "you know what i think i wanna do,
  • 00:17:13.718 --> 00:17:15.586
  • I think i wanna go watch the game."
  • 00:17:15.586 --> 00:17:18.489
  • So you get a game tape and you're watching through,
  • 00:17:18.489 --> 00:17:20.158
  • And right in the middle of the game
  • 00:17:20.158 --> 00:17:21.526
  • When it's all pressure, oh, josh is up there
  • 00:17:21.526 --> 00:17:22.860
  • And you watch, he misses one free throw.
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  • [wails]
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  • He misses the second, he misses the third,
  • 00:17:26.297 --> 00:17:28.633
  • He misses the fourth.
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  • When you see, in the middle of the game,
  • 00:17:29.967 --> 00:17:31.602
  • Joshua missing four consecutive free throws,
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  • Are you going to be stressed out?
  • 00:17:34.672 --> 00:17:37.308
  • No.
  • 00:17:37.308 --> 00:17:39.010
  • Are you gonna be full of anxiety?
  • 00:17:39.010 --> 00:17:41.779
  • No, why?
  • 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:45.616
  • 'cause you read the article.
  • 00:17:45.616 --> 00:17:46.984
  • You know, at the end, he wins the game, amen?
  • 00:17:46.984 --> 00:17:50.822
  • Amen, amen, amen.
  • 00:17:50.822 --> 00:17:52.223
  • [congregation applauding]
  • 00:17:52.223 --> 00:17:55.026
  • And my question to you, my question to you,
  • 00:17:55.026 --> 00:17:58.196
  • Have you ever read the end of the bible?
  • 00:17:58.196 --> 00:18:03.768
  • 'cause if you read the end of the bible,
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  • You know that at the very end,
  • 00:18:05.603 --> 00:18:09.340
  • That jesus lives.
  • 00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:18.015
  • I know right now you're in the second quarter
  • 00:18:18.015 --> 00:18:19.750
  • And you feel like you're getting beat up,
  • 00:18:19.750 --> 00:18:21.119
  • Or maybe you're in the third quarter
  • 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:22.453
  • And you feel like you're so far behind
  • 00:18:22.453 --> 00:18:23.788
  • You can't catch up, and maybe you're
  • 00:18:23.788 --> 00:18:25.423
  • At the fourth quarter and you feel like this thing is over,
  • 00:18:25.423 --> 00:18:27.625
  • And maybe you're even in overtime
  • 00:18:27.625 --> 00:18:29.560
  • And you think there is no way possible.
  • 00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:33.865
  • But i've read the end of the story.
  • 00:18:33.865 --> 00:18:36.701
  • I know that right now,
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  • No matter what i'm going through,
  • 00:18:38.035 --> 00:18:39.370
  • God is just simply shaping me,
  • 00:18:39.370 --> 00:18:40.838
  • That god wants me to flourish like a palm tree.
  • 00:18:40.838 --> 00:18:43.574
  • He wants me to grow like a mighty cedar tree in lebanon.
  • 00:18:43.574 --> 00:18:48.146
  • I know that jesus has already defeated satan.
  • 00:18:48.146 --> 00:18:52.150
  • I know that trials forge spiritual strength within me.
  • 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:56.888
  • I know that this is not the time for me to fall away.
  • 00:18:56.888 --> 00:19:00.258
  • This is my time to trust in the process,
  • 00:19:00.258 --> 00:19:03.194
  • That jesus is my peace.
  • 00:19:03.194 --> 00:19:05.496
  • [congregation applauding]
  • 00:19:05.496 --> 00:19:10.434
  • And my prayer is simply, god, that you
  • 00:19:10.434 --> 00:19:12.670
  • Would keep my heart soft,
  • 00:19:12.670 --> 00:19:15.873
  • So no matter what i'm going through right now, god,
  • 00:19:15.873 --> 00:19:17.942
  • Help me just to stay in the presence of god
  • 00:19:17.942 --> 00:19:20.278
  • And to stay in the word of god,
  • 00:19:20.278 --> 00:19:21.746
  • And let these roots go down deep,
  • 00:19:21.746 --> 00:19:23.714
  • Because i don't care what happens to me now.
  • 00:19:23.714 --> 00:19:25.716
  • I know at the end of the day
  • 00:19:25.716 --> 00:19:27.051
  • That jesus wins, and jesus is in me.
  • 00:19:27.051 --> 00:19:29.120
  • I'm gonna be okay.
  • 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.454
  • [congregation applauding]
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  • Pastor dudley: oh, aren't you so glad
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  • That god is faithful in all that he does,
  • 00:19:36.861 --> 00:19:40.064
  • That he's full of unfailing love,
  • 00:19:40.064 --> 00:19:42.833
  • And that he alone saves?
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  • I'm so thankful we serve a god like that, amen?
  • 00:19:45.336 --> 00:19:49.173
  • Amen.
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  • 00:20:44.462 --> 00:21:38.482
  • Brianna: on september 28, 2019,
  • 00:20:54.472 --> 00:21:41.585
  • I lost my brother bailey to suicide.
  • 00:21:41.585 --> 00:21:44.522
  • He struggled with depression
  • 00:21:44.522 --> 00:21:46.257
  • As a result of unresolved grief and traumas.
  • 00:21:46.257 --> 00:21:50.461
  • Bailey was a goofball, always cracking jokes
  • 00:21:50.461 --> 00:21:53.764
  • Or awkwardly throwing dance moves into conversations.
  • 00:21:53.764 --> 00:21:57.835
  • You could feel his warm presence enter a room,
  • 00:21:57.835 --> 00:22:00.604
  • And he had this smile that captivated you.
  • 00:22:00.604 --> 00:22:03.574
  • He loved making people laugh,
  • 00:22:03.574 --> 00:22:05.609
  • And he had a heart to serve and stand up for others.
  • 00:22:05.609 --> 00:22:08.913
  • He was truly one of a kind.
  • 00:22:08.913 --> 00:22:11.615
  • While outwardly bailey was
  • 00:22:11.615 --> 00:22:13.117
  • A gentle and gregarious young man,
  • 00:22:13.117 --> 00:22:15.853
  • He struggled internally.
  • 00:22:15.853 --> 00:22:18.356
  • He sought professional help,
  • 00:22:18.356 --> 00:22:20.091
  • But fell back into cycles of unhealthy coping
  • 00:22:20.091 --> 00:22:22.893
  • To process emotions he couldn't understand.
  • 00:22:22.893 --> 00:22:25.996
  • He wasn't vocal about his struggle either.
  • 00:22:25.996 --> 00:22:28.666
  • It took poking and prodding to get anything out of him,
  • 00:22:28.666 --> 00:22:32.536
  • And conversations were frustratingly one-sided.
  • 00:22:32.536 --> 00:22:36.374
  • The morning after his passing,
  • 00:22:36.374 --> 00:22:38.275
  • I received a call from his girlfriend.
  • 00:22:38.275 --> 00:22:40.644
  • She was crying, and i couldn't understand
  • 00:22:40.644 --> 00:22:42.847
  • Much of what she was saying.
  • 00:22:42.847 --> 00:22:44.915
  • About an hour later, i learned that my brother died by suicide.
  • 00:22:44.915 --> 00:22:49.387
  • He was only 20 years old.
  • 00:22:49.387 --> 00:22:52.056
  • This kind of loss isn't something you can explain.
  • 00:22:52.056 --> 00:22:55.259
  • It's only something you can feel.
  • 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:57.728
  • My world flipped upside down
  • 00:22:57.728 --> 00:22:59.463
  • As doubt, shame, and regret filled me.
  • 00:22:59.463 --> 00:23:03.000
  • I pleaded with god and tried to dismiss these emotions
  • 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.103
  • Because i understood they weren't from him,
  • 00:23:06.103 --> 00:23:09.306
  • But i couldn't just pray the pain away.
  • 00:23:09.306 --> 00:23:11.876
  • I recognized the feeling
  • 00:23:11.876 --> 00:23:13.210
  • Of knowing something intellectually,
  • 00:23:13.210 --> 00:23:15.780
  • But emotionally feeling the opposite,
  • 00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:17.982
  • And i realized this
  • 00:23:17.982 --> 00:23:19.316
  • Was probably a glimpse into how bailey felt.
  • 00:23:19.316 --> 00:23:22.620
  • He knew he was loved,
  • 00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:24.388
  • But emotionally battled feelings that told him otherwise.
  • 00:23:24.388 --> 00:23:28.459
  • I also know bailey didn't want to die.
  • 00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:31.429
  • His mental health worsened, clouding his judgment,
  • 00:23:31.429 --> 00:23:34.398
  • And death by suicide was
  • 00:23:34.398 --> 00:23:36.000
  • The irreversible escape from his pain.
  • 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.136
  • When he passed, i felt as if i took on
  • 00:23:39.136 --> 00:23:41.572
  • Some of the pain he experienced.
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  • Today, a year later,
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  • He no longer has a voice, but i do,
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  • So i've committed myself to learning, understanding,
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  • And bringing awareness to mental health.
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  • I'm still figuring out what that looks like,
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  • But i was honored when shepherd church
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  • Invited me to be a part of renew,
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  • Their new mental health ministry.
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  • Through renew, our church is responding
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  • To the very real need facing our world.
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  • More than ever, people need to know that they are not alone
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  • And that god sees them and loves them,
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  • That because of jesus, we have hope,
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  • Even in dark seasons.
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  • I never want another family to have to feel or experience
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  • What my family has gone through in the wake of losing bailey.
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  • People are more than statistics.
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  • Everyone has value.
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  • Each person's story matters.
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  • Hope is always available.
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  • And even though it's still hard to see or feel right now,
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  • I believe jesus can take something,
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  • Even as broken as this, and make it beautiful.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor dudley: hey, it's pastor dudley rutherford
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  • Here at "lift up jesus" radio and television ministry,
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  • And i want to thank you for being a part
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  • Of this ministry, listening here today.
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  • Our desire is to take the gospel to the entire world,
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  • Not just to your city and not just to your house
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  • But to every city and to every house,
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  • And in order to do that we need people like you
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  • Who believe in this ministry to come alongside us
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  • And to support us faithfully with their prayers,
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  • With their finances, with the word of mouth.
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  • You can share this on social media,
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  • But we need people like you
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  • Who would seriously consider becoming a partner with us.
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  • Go to our website, liftupjesus.com.
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  • There's a button there that says "partner with us."
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  • We ask that you could do anything you possibly can
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  • To help this ministry reach the four corners of this world.
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  • God bless each and every one of you here today.
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  • Michael north: evangelism is so important
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  • To dudley rutherford.
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  • He's written an entire book on the subject called
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  • "compelled: the irresistible call to share your faith."
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  • People across the country have been blessed
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  • By this challenging book,
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  • Like a reader melissa, who shared,
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  • "pastor dudley writes that god is more concerned
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  • With our availability than our ability.
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  • Despite the fact that i am rather introverted,
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  • His book has inspired me
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  • To more freely and confidently share the gospel with others."
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  • In his latest book, pastor dudley
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  • Shares his own experiences
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  • And the tools he personally uses to share jesus with others.
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