Louie Giglio - Hope In The Dark

March 15, 2026 | 27:29

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - Hope In The Dark | March 15, 2026

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>> if there was a title
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>> if there was a title that we were going to put
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That we were going to put on this message today,
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On this message today, it would be, "hope in the dark."
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It would be, "hope in the dark." and i don't know if anybody's
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And i don't know if anybody's been in the dark before
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Been in the dark before in this gathering.
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In this gathering. anybody been in the deep dark
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Anybody been in the deep dark in this gathering?
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In this gathering? no?
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No? well, i know that place.
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Well, i know that place. shelly and i yesterday
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Shelly and i yesterday went to lunch at a place
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Went to lunch at a place that we love here,
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That we love here, a place that probably most of us
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A place that probably most of us have been at some point.
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Have been at some point. and we were just having
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And we were just having a nice lunch together,
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A nice lunch together, really wasn't a lot
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Really wasn't a lot of thought around where
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Of thought around where we were and all that,
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We were and all that, but we're having
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But we're having an amazing lunch.
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An amazing lunch. and things are winding down,
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And things are winding down, and then it dawns on me
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And then it dawns on me what i've been carrying,
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What i've been carrying, this talk that i've been
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This talk that i've been processing coming up to today
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Processing coming up to today about hope in the dark,
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About hope in the dark, that two booths over from
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That two booths over from where we were sitting
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Where we were sitting having lunch yesterday
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Having lunch yesterday celebrating the birthday of
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Celebrating the birthday of passion city church was where,
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Passion city church was where, for a season of life,
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For a season of life, i felt like i had my last meal.
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I felt like i had my last meal. shelly and i had gone to dinner
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Shelly and i had gone to dinner at this very same place.
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At this very same place. later that night,
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Later that night, i woke up in the middle
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I woke up in the middle of the night thinking
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Of the night thinking that was it for me.
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That was it for me. and it started a series
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And it started a series of dominoes falling over
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Of dominoes falling over that pushed me into a hole
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That pushed me into a hole of darkness that i honestly
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Of darkness that i honestly did not even know existed.
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Did not even know existed. and for months,
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And for months, i was out of commission
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I was out of commission after that last supper.
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After that last supper. and it was a long time after
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And it was a long time after that before i had a meal in
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That before i had a meal in a restaurant again.
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A restaurant again. and so, i'm coming today
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And so, i'm coming today realizing that some of you
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Realizing that some of you are living in places that
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Are living in places that a lot of the rest of us in
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A lot of the rest of us in this room don't even really
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This room don't even really fully know about.
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Fully know about. but at least
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But at least knowing in our story,
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Knowing in our story, shelly's in my story,
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Shelly's in my story, that there are deep pits
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That there are deep pits that you don't see coming,
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That you don't see coming, and sometimes you don't know
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And sometimes you don't know how you got in there,
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How you got in there, and you're not really
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And you're not really 100% sure how you got out.
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100% sure how you got out. and that may not be all
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And that may not be all that helpful to anyone today,
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That helpful to anyone today, but the psalmist comes
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But the psalmist comes to us today,
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To us today, and he's speaking about
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And he's speaking about that place.
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That place. and he's encouraging us
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And he's encouraging us that there's hope even
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That there's hope even in the dark.
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In the dark. he says, as the deer pants
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He says, as the deer pants for the streams of water,
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For the streams of water, so my soul pants
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For you, my god.
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For you, my god. i want you just to notice
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I want you just to notice how often the soul
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How often the soul is referenced here.
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Is referenced here. so yes, there's truth
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So yes, there's truth in this psalm.
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In this psalm. but this psalm is about
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But this psalm is about the emotional,
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Spiritual pilgrimage
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Spiritual pilgrimage that the psalmist
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That the psalmist is experiencing.
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Is experiencing. in other words,
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In other words, this psalm is
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This psalm is identifying the fact that
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Identifying the fact that we're not just a brain,
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We're not just a brain, but we're also an emotion.
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But we're also an emotion. we are emotional beings.
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We are emotional beings. we've been created
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We've been created as emotional beings.
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As emotional beings. and he's speaking to the soul,
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And he's speaking to the soul, to the inner man,
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To the inner man, to the emotions
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To the emotions that he's feeling,
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That he's feeling, to the emotional pilgrimage
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To the emotional pilgrimage that he is on.
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That he is on. and he says, "so my soul
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Pants for you, my god.
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Pants for you, my god. my soul thirsts for god,
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My soul thirsts for god, for the living god.
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For the living god. when can i go
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When can i go and meet with god?
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And meet with god? my tears have been
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My tears have been my food day and night,
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My food day and night, while people say to me
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While people say to me all day long,
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All day long, 'where is your god?'
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'where is your god?' these things i remember
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These things i remember as i pour out my soul:
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As i pour out my soul: how i used to go
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How i used to go to the house of god under
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To the house of god under the protection of the mighty one
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The protection of the mighty one with shouts of joy and praise
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With shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng."
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Among the festive throng." now, that's not where
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Now, that's not where i am right now.
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I am right now. so, he says, "why, my soul,
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So, he says, "why, my soul, are you downcast?
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Are you downcast? and why so disturbed within me?
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And why so disturbed within me? put your hope,"
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Put your hope," there's our word, "in god,
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There's our word, "in god, for i will yet praise him,
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For i will yet praise him, my savior and my god.
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My savior and my god. my soul is downcast within me,
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My soul is downcast within me, therefore i will remember you
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Therefore i will remember you from the land of the jordan,
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From the land of the jordan, the heights of hermon,
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The heights of hermon, from mount mizar.
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From mount mizar. deep calls to deep,
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Deep calls to deep, and the roar of your waterfalls,
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And the roar of your waterfalls, all your waves and breakers
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All your waves and breakers have swept over me.
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Have swept over me. by day the lord
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By day the lord directs his love,
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Directs his love, and at night his song
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And at night his song is with me, a prayer
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Is with me, a prayer to the god of my life.
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To the god of my life. i say to god my rock,
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I say to god my rock, why have you forsaken me?
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Why have you forsaken me? why must i go about mourning,
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Why must i go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
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Oppressed by the enemy? my bones suffer mortal agony,
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My bones suffer mortal agony, and my foes taunt me,
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And my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long,
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Saying to me all day long, 'where is your god?'
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'where is your god?' why my soul, are you downcast?
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Why my soul, are you downcast? why so disturbed within me?
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Why so disturbed within me? put your hope in god,
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Put your hope in god, for i will yet praise him,
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For i will yet praise him, my savior and my god."
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My savior and my god." i think the most beautiful
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I think the most beautiful thing right off the bat
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Thing right off the bat about psalm 42 today,
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Talking about hope in the dark,
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Talking about hope in the dark, is that this psalm is telling
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Us today that it's okay
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Us today that it's okay to be in a struggle
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To be in a struggle with mental illness.
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With mental illness. there's no shame in
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There's no shame in struggling with mental illness.
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Struggling with mental illness. there may have been some times
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There may have been some times in the past where no one would
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In the past where no one would say that they were depressed,
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Or that they had anxiety,
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Or that they had anxiety, or that they were having
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Or that they were having a mental struggle,
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A mental struggle, or that they were thinking
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Or that they were thinking about taking their life,
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About taking their life, but fortunately we're
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But fortunately we're moving into a place where
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Moving into a place where the stigma is being lifted,
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The stigma is being lifted, and people can talk about what
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And people can talk about what the psalmist is talking about.
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The psalmist is talking about. and he says it two ways exactly
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And he says it two ways exactly the same in this psalm.
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He says, "why are you
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He says, "why are you downcast, soul?"
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Downcast, soul?" the meaning there behind
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The meaning there behind the word is that the weight
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The word is that the weight of what the psalmist
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Of what the psalmist is experiencing
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Is experiencing has pulled him down,
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Has pulled him down, and even more than
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And even more than pulled him down,
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Pulled him down, has begun to depress him.
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Has begun to depress him. and then, he uses this word,
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And then, he uses this word, "why my soul, are you so
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"why my soul, are you so disturbed within me?"
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Disturbed within me?" in other words,
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In other words, the psalmist is saying,
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The psalmist is saying, i'm depressed,
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I'm depressed, and i'm disturbed.
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And i'm disturbed. and it's right here
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And it's right here for everybody to see.
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For everybody to see. it's not like that god said,
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It's not like that god said, "okay, i want to work
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"okay, i want to work on all this,
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On all this, but don't talk about it.
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Don't write about it.
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Don't write about it. let's don't put it in scripture
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Let's don't put it in scripture for crying out loud."
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For crying out loud." no, god is saying part
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No, god is saying part of the human journey is going
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Of the human journey is going to be an emotional pilgrimage.
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To be an emotional pilgrimage. and i think what i want to begin
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And i think what i want to begin with today is what the psalmist
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With today is what the psalmist is beginning with.
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Is beginning with. and that is, we got a person
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And that is, we got a person who's depressed and a person
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Who's depressed and a person who's disturbed.
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Who's disturbed. but with the honesty
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But with the honesty in this psalm,
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In this psalm, there's still hope.
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There's still hope. in the honesty of it,
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In the honesty of it, there's still hope.
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There's still hope. in the honesty today,
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In the honesty today, i want to just make sure
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I want to just make sure we're kind of all on
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We're kind of all on the same page that it's okay.
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And if you're here today
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And if you're here today and somehow the enemy has
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And somehow the enemy has tried to put a stigma on you
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Tried to put a stigma on you because you're not okay,
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Because you're not okay, the psalmist is saying today,
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The psalmist is saying today, it's okay to not be okay.
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It's okay to not be okay. and we don't want to leave you
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And we don't want to leave you there with that
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There with that being the sum total
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Being the sum total of our message today,
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Of our message today, but it's okay to not be okay.
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But it's okay to not be okay. and in the honesty
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And in the honesty and in the hope,
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And in the hope, the psalmist is trying
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The psalmist is trying to lead us to the place where
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To lead us to the place where we can recover our minds when it
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We can recover our minds when it feels like we're losing them,
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Feels like we're losing them, and he gives us
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And he gives us a few encouragements.
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A few encouragements. and the first one is that
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And the first one is that we must seek the face of god.
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We must seek the face of god. i love how in the message last
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I love how in the message last week at all of our locations,
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Week at all of our locations, the whole thrust of it was
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The whole thrust of it was getting to jesus.
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Getting to jesus. what we were just singing
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What we were just singing in worship today,
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In worship today, give me jesus.
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Give me jesus. and there's something
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And there's something i believe powerful.
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I believe powerful. it sounds simple, i know.
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It sounds simple, i know. and trust me,
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And trust me, there are no simple answers
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There are no simple answers to mental health struggles.
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To mental health struggles. but if we're going to get
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But if we're going to get to that place where we keep our
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To that place where we keep our mind and we are living sane,
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Mind and we are living sane, then we have to get
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Then we have to get face to face with god.
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Face to face with god. there's something about being
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There's something about being face to face with the almighty
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Face to face with the almighty that begins to eliminate
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That begins to eliminate a lot of the fear that
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A lot of the fear that is at the root of all
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Is at the root of all of the depression and anxiety
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Of the depression and anxiety that is in our lives.
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That is in our lives. that's what the psalmist
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That's what the psalmist is saying, "as the deer pants
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Is saying, "as the deer pants for streams of water.
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My soul pants for you, my god,
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My soul pants for you, my god, my soul thirsts for god,
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My soul thirsts for god, for the living god."
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For the living god." and then,
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And then, he asked this question,
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He asked this question, "when can i go
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"when can i go and meet with god?"
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And meet with god?" now, in the context here,
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Now, in the context here, for some reason the psalmist
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For some reason the psalmist wasn't allowed to get
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Wasn't allowed to get to the congregation.
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To the congregation. the psalmist
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The psalmist remembers the congregation,
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Remembers the congregation, remembers the shouts of praise,
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Remembers the shouts of praise, remembers all
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Remembers all the festive throng,
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The festive throng, but can't get there.
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But can't get there. and now the psalmist is asking,
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And now the psalmist is asking, "when can i go
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"when can i go and meet with god?"
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And meet with god?" but in the hebrew,
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But in the hebrew, this phrase is more translated,
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This phrase is more translated, when can i be
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When can i be face to face with god?
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Face to face with god? not just get in the building,
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Not just get in the building, not just get into my quiet time,
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Not just get into my quiet time, not even just get around
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Not even just get around a verse of scripture,
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A verse of scripture, but how through
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But how through the living word of god
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The living word of god can i get face to face with
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Can i get face to face with the sovereign god who reigns
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The sovereign god who reigns above the chaos in my life?
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Above the chaos in my life? and that's one of the things
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And that's one of the things that you and i are going to have
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To fight for if we're going
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To retain our health of mind.
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To retain our health of mind. the second thing the psalmist
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The second thing the psalmist is encouraging us to do
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Is encouraging us to do is to remember,
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Is to remember, he says it right
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He says it right in verse four,
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In verse four, "these things i remember
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"these things i remember as i pour out my soul."
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As i pour out my soul." he says that again and repeats
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He says that again and repeats that in this psalm,
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That in this psalm, that in the dark,
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That in the dark, i know that there are
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I know that there are realities in the dark.
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Realities in the dark. trust me, i know that there
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Trust me, i know that there are realities in the dark,
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Are realities in the dark, like i can't get out of bed.
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Like i can't get out of bed. i know that reality.
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I know that reality. i'm balled up in a corner,
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I'm balled up in a corner, i know that reality.
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I know that reality. i can't feel my face
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I can't feel my face or my leg or my arm.
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Or my leg or my arm. i know all those realities.
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I know all those realities. but i do know this,
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But i do know this, that even in the darkest place,
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That even in the darkest place, you can still exercise memory.
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You can still exercise memory. and what the enemy wants to do
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In the dark is to make us
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In the dark is to make us afraid of the future.
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Afraid of the future. and what god wants to do in
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And what god wants to do in the dark is remind us of his
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The dark is remind us of his faithfulness in the past.
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Faithfulness in the past. the third thing the psalmist
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The third thing the psalmist encourages us to do
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Encourages us to do is to preach to ourselves.
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Is to preach to ourselves. my goodness, we're good
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My goodness, we're good preachers when somebody else
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Preachers when somebody else is across the table.
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Is across the table. don't you wonder sometimes
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Don't you wonder sometimes if you should have
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If you should have like a master's degree in
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Like a master's degree in counseling when you leave
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Counseling when you leave one of those coffees
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One of those coffees and you're like, "man, i just
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And you're like, "man, i just like laid it out for her."
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Like laid it out for her." it was amazing.
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It was amazing. it was so clear
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It was so clear and so concise and so personal
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And so concise and so personal and was full of truth,
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And was full of truth, but full of grace.
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But full of grace. and it was very pointed,
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And it was very pointed, but very kind.
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But very kind. and i mean, i just told her
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And i mean, i just told her if she should just do it.
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If she should just do it. and then, we get to ourselves
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And then, we get to ourselves and we get down in the dark
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And we get down in the dark and we have no idea
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And we have no idea how to talk to ourselves.
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How to talk to ourselves. and what the psalmist is saying
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And what the psalmist is saying is you got to learn how
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Is you got to learn how to preach to yourself.
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To preach to yourself. he says, "why my soul
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Are you downcast?
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Are you downcast? why so disturbed within me?"
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Why so disturbed within me?" well, i'll tell you one reason,
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Well, i'll tell you one reason, because all of these naysayers
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Because all of these naysayers are up here and they are coming
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Are up here and they are coming in from the outside and they're
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In from the outside and they're taunting the psalmist
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Taunting the psalmist the whole day saying,
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The whole day saying, "where is your god?
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"where is your god? oh, really?
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Oh, really? oh, i see how this
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Oh, i see how this is playing out.
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Is playing out. oh man.
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Oh man. amazing.
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Amazing. looks like you are really
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Looks like you are really tight with the almighty."
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Tight with the almighty." might be one reason why
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Might be one reason why he was depressed.
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He was depressed. could have been
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Could have been his circumstance,
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His circumstance, his situation, disturbed.
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His situation, disturbed. why are you
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Why are you so disturbed within me?
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So disturbed within me? and then, he has a short,
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And then, he has a short, powerful message for himself,
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Powerful message for himself, "put your hope in god."
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"put your hope in god." you're like, oh man, please.
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You're like, oh man, please. please do not give me that today
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Please do not give me that today as the helper for my struggle
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As the helper for my struggle with mental health.
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With mental health. feels like
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Feels like a christian band-aid.
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A christian band-aid. no.
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No. if your hope is in god,
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If your hope is in god, it doesn't matter
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It doesn't matter what you're up against.
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What you're up against. the story's not over
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The story's not over until god says it's over.
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Until god says it's over. "for i will," he goes on to say,
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"for i will," he goes on to say, "i will yet praise him."
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"i will yet praise him." in other words,
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In other words, there's something coming
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There's something coming out of this pit.
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Out of this pit. amen.
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Amen. there's praise
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There's praise coming out of this pit.
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Coming out of this pit. i don't know when, how, what,
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I don't know when, how, what, but i'm going to put
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But i'm going to put my hope in god.
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My hope in god. maybe you're like this psalmist
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Maybe you're like this psalmist and you're listening right now
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And you're listening right now to all the voices that are
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To all the voices that are coming in from the outside.
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Coming in from the outside. and there are plenty of them.
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And there are plenty of them. maybe some of them have said
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Maybe some of them have said to you along the way,
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To you along the way, you're not wanted,
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You're not wanted, and that's what's
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And that's what's depressing you.
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Depressing you. and it's been depressing you
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And it's been depressing you for a long time because somebody
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Told you, you weren't wanted.
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Told you, you weren't wanted. maybe they told you "you're
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Maybe they told you "you're defective and you can't be fixed
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Defective and you can't be fixed or you're too far gone and you
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Or you're too far gone and you become a burden to the world."
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Become a burden to the world." maybe somebody told you,
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Maybe somebody told you, "you just should end it all.
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Make the pain go away."
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Make the pain go away." somebody told you, "if people
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Somebody told you, "if people knew your true story,
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Knew your true story, they'd all be gone.
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They'd all be gone. everybody would be better off
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Everybody would be better off without you.
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You're not going
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You're not going to make it, man.
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To make it, man. i'm sorry.
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I'm sorry. you are not going
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You are not going to make it through this."
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To make it through this." or maybe somebody
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Or maybe somebody spoke over your life,
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Spoke over your life, "i don't think god's
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"i don't think god's coming through for you."
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Coming through for you." and the downside is not just
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And the downside is not just that that's a struggle.
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That that's a struggle. it's when we begin
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It's when we begin to parrot what we've heard.
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To parrot what we've heard. and now, we're the voice telling
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And now, we're the voice telling ourselves that, "i'm not wanted,
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Ourselves that, "i'm not wanted, or, i'm defective, or i can't
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Or, i'm defective, or i can't be fixed, or i'm too far gone.
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Be fixed, or i'm too far gone. i'm a burden for the world.
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I'm a burden for the world. i got to end this pain.
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I got to end this pain. if people knew my true story,
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If people knew my true story, everybody would bail on me.
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Everybody would bail on me. everybody would be better off
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Everybody would be better off without me because i don't think
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Without me because i don't think i'm going to make it."
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I'm going to make it." and if you spent 10 minutes
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And if you spent 10 minutes with me this week,
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With me this week, that's what you're
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That's what you're going to hear.
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Going to hear. "man, i don't think
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"man, i don't think i'm going to make it.
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I'm going to make it. and i'm not sure god is going
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And i'm not sure god is going to come through for me."
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To come through for me." and the psalmist is saying,
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And the psalmist is saying, "no, you have to take the mic
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"no, you have to take the mic and stop listening to yourself
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And stop listening to yourself and start speaking to yourself.
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And start speaking to yourself. and then, maybe just
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And then, maybe just finish where we started.
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Finish where we started. it's okay to not be okay,
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It's okay to not be okay, but finish that."
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But finish that." here's the real story that you
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Here's the real story that you need to be telling yourself.
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Need to be telling yourself. i'm not okay, but don't
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I'm not okay, but don't put a period there.
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Put a period there. that's where so many times we
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That's where so many times we just end the sentence.
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Just end the sentence. i'm not okay.
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I'm not okay. anybody want to just
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Anybody want to just say that today?
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Say that today? "hey, heads up.
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"hey, heads up. i'm not okay."
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I'm not okay." but the psalmist
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But the psalmist is helping me understand.
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Is helping me understand. that's the whole truth.
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That's the whole truth. jesus has never been depressed.
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Jesus has never been depressed. he's never had
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He's never had an anxious thought.
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An anxious thought. he's never been afraid.
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He's never been afraid. he's never thought
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He's never thought about ending his life.
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About ending his life. he's never been despondent
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He's never been despondent to the pit of despair,
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To the pit of despair, and he's with me.
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And he's with me. so, i'm not okay,
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So, i'm not okay, but that's not
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But that's not my whole story today.
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My whole story today. so soul, it's okay
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So soul, it's okay to not be okay.
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To not be okay. just want you to know
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Just want you to know you're free to be honest
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You're free to be honest and authentic today,
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And authentic today, and i'm going to be right
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And i'm going to be right there with you.
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There with you. i'm not okay,
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I'm not okay, but i want us to know, soul,
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But i want us to know, soul, that even though we're not okay,
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That even though we're not okay, jesus is okay,
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Jesus is okay, and jesus is in the story
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And jesus is in the story today with us right here
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Today with us right here and right now."
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[applause]
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And jesus, his perfect love,
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And jesus, his perfect love, 1 john 4:18 says,
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1 john 4:18 says, there is no fear in love."
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There is no fear in love." now, fear is the root of so much
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Now, fear is the root of so much of what is disturbing us inside,
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Of what is disturbing us inside, but perfect love,
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But perfect love, and that's the love
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And that's the love that god is giving us,
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That god is giving us, drives out fear.
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Drives out fear. perfect love drives out fear.
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Perfect love drives out fear. so, even that simple statement
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So, even that simple statement from god's word, i am loved,
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From god's word, i am loved, and because of that,
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And because of that, i have nothing to fear.
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I have nothing to fear. if you're struggling right now
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If you're struggling right now with that simple thought and you
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With that simple thought and you don't feel loved or lovely,
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Don't feel loved or lovely, that's creating a void that fear
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That's creating a void that fear is rushing into right now.
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Is rushing into right now. but when you embrace the fact
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But when you embrace the fact that god perfectly loves you,
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That god perfectly loves you, it pushes out the fear
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It pushes out the fear and replaces it with hope
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And replaces it with hope that god is in the story.
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That god is in the story. and i'm here today just as
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And i'm here today just as a reminder that whatever it is,
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A reminder that whatever it is, you are going
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You are going to make it through.
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To make it through. the fourth thing that
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The fourth thing that the psalmist is encouraging us
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The psalmist is encouraging us in is that we must pierce
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In is that we must pierce the darkness when we're
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The darkness when we're in it with worship.
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In it with worship. that's what he says
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That's what he says in this text.
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In this text. look at verse eight.
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He says, "by day, the lord
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He says, "by day, the lord directs his love."
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Directs his love." so we get that.
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So we get that. there's the love,
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There's the love, that perfect love of god.
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That perfect love of god. and at night,
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And at night, his song is with me,
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His song is with me, a prayer to the god
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A prayer to the god of my life.
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Of my life. now, this is intriguing because
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Now, this is intriguing because it's in the night where you
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It's in the night where you think everything ends,
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Think everything ends, but he's saying no
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But he's saying no in the night,
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In the night, worship can still go on.
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Worship can still go on. paul and silas in that prison,
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Paul and silas in that prison, beat up, at midnight are still
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Beat up, at midnight are still singing hymns of praise
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Singing hymns of praise to god and the spirit moves
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To god and the spirit moves and the whole jail is shaken.
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And the whole jail is shaken. and what the psalmist is saying
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And what the psalmist is saying is that god can give a song
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Is that god can give a song even in the darkest place,
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Even in the darkest place, and we've got to sing it.
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I know a few months in
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I know a few months in to this crazy journey,
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To this crazy journey, we're in bed at night,
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We're in bed at night, shelley's asleep next to me.
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Shelley's asleep next to me. i've told this story
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I've told this story so many times,
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So many times, but i want to just
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But i want to just keep telling it.
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Keep telling it. i want to keep telling it.
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I want to keep telling it. i want to keep
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I want to keep testifying from the pit.
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Testifying from the pit. and 2:30 comes again and i hate
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And 2:30 comes again and i hate going to sleep because i know
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Going to sleep because i know 2:30 is coming and i'm going
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2:30 is coming and i'm going to be wide awake and there's
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To be wide awake and there's going to be this weight,
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Going to be this weight, this cloud, this dread,
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This cloud, this dread, this doom is just going
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This doom is just going to descend and i don't
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To descend and i don't know how to manage it.
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Know how to manage it. i don't know what to do with it.
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I don't know what to do with it. i don't know where to put it.
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I don't know where to put it. and on this particular night,
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And on this particular night, i'm done.
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I'm done. i've been through
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I've been through so many doctors.
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So many doctors. nobody has been able to write
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Nobody has been able to write that simple sentence.
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That simple sentence. this is what happened to you
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This is what happened to you and what is happening to you.
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And what is happening to you. do x, y, and z and by tuesday,
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Do x, y, and z and by tuesday, you will be fine.
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You will be fine. it's the intangible.
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It's the intangible. i can't see it.
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I can't see it. i can't put my hands around it.
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I can't put my hands around it. i don't know what to do with it.
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I don't know what to do with it. and in that particular night,
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And in that particular night, just desperate, i said to god,
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Just desperate, i said to god, "god, you gotta help me!"
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"god, you gotta help me!" just so broken down, so weak.
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Just so broken down, so weak. and the holy spirit,
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And the holy spirit, he never leaves us.
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He never leaves us. and in that moment,
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And in that moment, the holy spirit helped me
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The holy spirit helped me and reminded me
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And reminded me of a season of life decades
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Of a season of life decades before, when our family had
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Before, when our family had gone through a huge challenge
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Gone through a huge challenge when i was in college.
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When i was in college. and i'd been up through
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And i'd been up through the nights praying and crying
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The nights praying and crying out to god for a miracle.
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Out to god for a miracle. and i learned in that season,
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And i learned in that season, job 35:10, that god
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Job 35:10, that god gives songs in the night.
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Gives songs in the night. that there are certainly songs
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That there are certainly songs to be sung in the day,
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But god gives songs
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But god gives songs in the night.
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In the night. and i said,
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And i said, right then and there,
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Right then and there, when the holy spirit
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When the holy spirit reminded me of that, i said,
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Reminded me of that, i said, "god, if you
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"god, if you will give me a song,
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Will give me a song, i will sing it to you right now.
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I will sing it to you right now. i'll praise you."
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And just like that,
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And just like that, a song dropped into my heart.
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A song dropped into my heart. could have been, you know,
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Could have been, you know, a huge chris tomlin song
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A huge chris tomlin song or a big matt redman song.
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Or a big matt redman song. they were both journeying
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They were both journeying with us as we were
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With us as we were moving through life.
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Moving through life. but it was just
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But it was just this little heaven song.
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This little heaven song. it probably to anybody else
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It probably to anybody else wasn't anything.
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Wasn't anything. the words after
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The words after the next day or so,
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The next day or so, i wrote down in my journal
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Were these, "be still my soul
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Were these, "be still my soul there is a healer.
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There is a healer. his love is deeper than the sea.
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His love is deeper than the sea. his mercy is unfailing.
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His mercy is unfailing. his arms
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His arms a fortress for the weak."
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A fortress for the weak." and i said to god that night,
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And i said to god that night, "you didn't heal me last week.
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You didn't heal me yesterday.
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You didn't heal me yesterday. you didn't heal me today.
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You didn't heal me today. and i don't know if you're
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And i don't know if you're gonna heal me tomorrow,
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Gonna heal me tomorrow, but i do know that
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But i do know that you're a healer because i have
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You're a healer because i have read the story and i know people
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Read the story and i know people and i've experienced
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And i've experienced in my own life,
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In my own life, the healing power of god.
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The healing power of god. so, i don't know if
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So, i don't know if you're gonna heal me or not,
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You're gonna heal me or not, but i know that you
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But i know that you are a healer.
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Are a healer. so, i'm not gonna praise you
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So, i'm not gonna praise you because you healed me.
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Because you healed me. i'm gonna praise you because
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I'm gonna praise you because you're a healer.
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You're a healer. and i'm gonna
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And i'm gonna sing this little song.
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Sing this little song. it's not much of a song at all,
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It's not much of a song at all, but i'm gonna sing this
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But i'm gonna sing this the rest of the night.
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The rest of the night. be still my soul,
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Be still my soul, there is a healer.
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There is a healer. his love is deeper than the sea.
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His love is deeper than the sea. his mercy is unfailing.
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His mercy is unfailing. and his arms
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And his arms a fortress for the weak."
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A fortress for the weak." and i just had this simple
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And i just had this simple little melody and i would
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Little melody and i would sing it over and over and over
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Sing it over and over and over and over and over and over.
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And over and over and over. finally, fell asleep,
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Finally, fell asleep, woke up the next day.
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Woke up the next day. and guess what?
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And guess what? 2:30 came the next day.
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2:30 came the next day. same cloud, same dread,
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Same cloud, same dread, same doom, same weight,
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Same doom, same weight, same darkness, same heavy.
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Same darkness, same heavy. but i had a song
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But i had a song at 2:30 and i sang it.
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At 2:30 and i sang it. and i kept singing that song
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And i kept singing that song at 2:30 until finally the song
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At 2:30 until finally the song was bigger than the cloud.
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Was bigger than the cloud. and yes, doctors helped me.
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And yes, doctors helped me. and yes, friends
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And yes, friends and prayer helped me.
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And prayer helped me. but i'm telling you,
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But i'm telling you, i believe it was worship
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I believe it was worship that was at the tip
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That was at the tip of the spear that poked
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Of the spear that poked a hole in the darkness and let
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A hole in the darkness and let a ray of the light of god in.
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A ray of the light of god in. and i'm telling you,
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And i'm telling you, worship is amazing at noon,
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Worship is amazing at noon, but it is a wrecking ball
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But it is a wrecking ball to the darkness at night.
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To the darkness at night. and then, lastly, i would
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And then, lastly, i would just close by saying this,
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Just close by saying this, what the psalmist i think
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What the psalmist i think is encouraging us to do
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Is encouraging us to do by just putting his story
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By just putting his story out there is he's saying
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Out there is he's saying to you today,
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To you today, step into the light.
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Step into the light. in a different way, he's saying
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In a different way, he's saying to you today, get help.
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To you today, get help. step over the stigma and just
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Step over the stigma and just come into the light because god
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Come into the light because god is in the light today and you
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Is in the light today and you can put your hope in him.
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Can put your hope in him. you know, in this psalm,
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You know, in this psalm, in psalm 42, two places here,
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In psalm 42, two places here, he repeats himself.
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He repeats himself. "why, my soul,
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Are you downcast?"
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Are you downcast?" and then, in the last verse,
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And then, in the last verse, he repeats it again.
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He repeats it again. if you go over to psalm 43,
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If you go over to psalm 43, it ends and repeats it
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It ends and repeats it a third time.
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A third time. what is that telling us today?
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What is that telling us today? it's telling us today
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It's telling us today that it's possible that
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There's no instant solution
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There's no instant solution to a persistent condition.
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To a persistent condition. so louie, what do i do
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So louie, what do i do if i take the psalmist's advice
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If i take the psalmist's advice and i find a song in the night
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And i find a song in the night and i put my hope in god,
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And i put my hope in god, but then tomorrow i'm right
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But then tomorrow i'm right in the darkness again?
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In the darkness again? put your hope in god tomorrow.
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Put your hope in god tomorrow. what if i have to stay
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What if i have to stay in it for a month?
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In it for a month? put your hope in god
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Put your hope in god every single step of the month.
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Every single step of the month. put your hope in god and keep
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Put your hope in god and keep putting your hope in god.
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Putting your hope in god. not that, oh wow,
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Not that, oh wow, i saw the miracle
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I saw the miracle and the breakthrough and all
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And the breakthrough and all of that happened so quickly.
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Of that happened so quickly. no, just keep putting
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No, just keep putting your hope in god and walk
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Your hope in god and walk towards the light.
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Towards the light. because at the end
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Because at the end of this psalm, it says,
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Of this psalm, it says, put your hope in god.
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Why though?
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Why though? because i don't
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Because i don't want to be depressed.
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Want to be depressed. that's not the only reason, why?
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That's not the only reason, why? because i don't want to be
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Because i don't want to be disturbed anymore.
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Disturbed anymore. i want peace,
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I want peace, i want normalcy,
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I want normalcy, i want wholeness,
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I want wholeness, but that's not the whole story.
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But that's not the whole story. yes, the psalmist's good
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Yes, the psalmist's good is in the story,
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Is in the story, but also god's glory
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But also god's glory is in the story.
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Is in the story. because if i don't die,
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Because if i don't die, i have the opportunity
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I have the opportunity to glorify god.
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And if i put my hope
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And if i put my hope in god in time,
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In god in time, he's gonna bring me
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He's gonna bring me through and i'm gonna have
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Through and i'm gonna have a story to tell and it's gonna
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A story to tell and it's gonna be a powerful story.
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Be a powerful story. because i'm gonna talk about
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Because i'm gonna talk about a place that you don't
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A place that you don't come out of very easy,
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Come out of very easy, but that god can reach down
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But that god can reach down into and can pull you up
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Into and can pull you up and pull you out.
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And pull you out. he's working right now
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He's working right now for your good,
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For your good, but he's also working
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But he's also working right now for his glory.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - Hope In The Dark

March 15, 2026 | 27:29

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