Passion with Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio - Why Give? Cultivation A Lifestyle Of Generosity

April 19, 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 - Why Give? Cultivation A Lifestyle Of Generosity | April 19, 2026

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>> there was a book
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>> there was a book a few years ago that was
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A few years ago that was a major leadership book called
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A major leadership book called "start with why,"
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"start with why," and the book was really
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And the book was really just saying, you know,
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Just saying, you know, unless you know why
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Unless you know why you're doing something,
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You're doing something, you really don't need
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You really don't need to get about doing it.
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To get about doing it. now, i don't know about you,
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Now, i don't know about you, but, you know, in my demographic
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But, you know, in my demographic in the room, the why
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In the room, the why when i was growing up
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When i was growing up was "because i said so,"
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Was "because i said so," that was the answer
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That was the answer to the why this and why that,
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To the why this and why that, and that was good enough
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And that was good enough back in the day.
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Back in the day. but today, we don't want to do
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But today, we don't want to do a just because i said so talk.
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A just because i said so talk. today, we want to stir
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Today, we want to stir around and ask, like,
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Around and ask, like, why are we as a house
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Why are we as a house giving above what we normally
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Giving above what we normally give so that we can go beyond
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Give so that we can go beyond where we normally go?
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Where we normally go? why are we doing that?
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Why are we doing that? and i want to start with maybe
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And i want to start with maybe why we're not doing that today.
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Why we're not doing that today. i loved the message last sunday
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I loved the message last sunday from dr. crawford.
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From dr. crawford. did you love this talk
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Did you love this talk from crawford laritz?
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From crawford laritz? a few of you did.
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A few of you did. that was the smattering.
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That was the smattering. i think we could give
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I think we could give dr. crawford just a little bit
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Dr. crawford just a little bit more than that.
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More than that. what an incredible word.
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What an incredible word. i love this guy.
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I love this guy. he is on our board,
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He is on our board, and i see this
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And i see this happen all the time.
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Happen all the time. he can say more in
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He can say more in a sentence than i can say
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A sentence than i can say in four paragraphs,
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In four paragraphs, and he opens his talk
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And he opens his talk with this kind of front
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With this kind of front and center idea,
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And center idea, and he says to us all
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And he says to us all right at the beginning,
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Right at the beginning, god doesn't need your money.
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God doesn't need your money. and i was like, exactly.
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And i was like, exactly. of course, he doesn't
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Of course, he doesn't need our money.
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Need our money. he has what psalm 50 says
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He has what psalm 50 says is the cattle on
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Is the cattle on a thousand hills.
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A thousand hills. notice this.
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Notice this. have you heard
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Have you heard that phrase before?
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That phrase before? it comes out of this incredible
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It comes out of this incredible psalm where god is dialoguing
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Psalm where god is dialoguing with his people about their
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With his people about their offerings and about their gifts,
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Offerings and about their gifts, and he comes down in verse 8,
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And he says, "i do not
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And he says, "i do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
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Rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings."
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Or your burnt offerings." so they're bringing
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So they're bringing offerings to god,
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Offerings to god, and he's saying,
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And he's saying, "i'm not gonna
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"i'm not gonna push back on that,
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Push back on that, but i need you
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To understand that your motive
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To understand that your motive in bringing the sacrifice
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In bringing the sacrifice is because you think i need it,
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Is because you think i need it, then you've missed
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Then you've missed the point altogether."
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The point altogether." and he unpacks that for them.
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He says, "i have no need
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He says, "i have no need of a bull from your stall
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Of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
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Or of goats from your pens, for every animal
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For every animal of the forest is mine,
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Of the forest is mine, and the cattle
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And the cattle on a thousand hills."
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On a thousand hills." imagine that.
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Imagine that. god is saying, i've got
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God is saying, i've got everything already.
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Everything already. i know every bird
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I know every bird in the mountains,
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In the mountains, and the creatures
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And the creatures of the field are mine.
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Of the field are mine. if i were hungry,
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If i were hungry, now he's not hungry,
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Now he's not hungry, but he's just making a point.
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But he's just making a point. "if i were hungry,
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"if i were hungry, i would not tell you,
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I would not tell you, for the world is mine
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For the world is mine and all that is in it."
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And all that is in it." he has the cattle
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He has the cattle on a thousand hills,
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On a thousand hills, and he doesn't need our money.
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And he doesn't need our money. so, that kind of begs
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The question a little bit,
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The question a little bit, if god doesn't need our money,
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If god doesn't need our money, then why are we giving
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Then why are we giving above and beyond today?
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Above and beyond today? and there are two
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Main reasons that i want us
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Main reasons that i want us to think about together,
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To think about together, and the first one is this,
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And the first one is this, that the mandate of god on
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That the mandate of god on earth does need our money.
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Earth does need our money. the mission of god
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The mission of god on earth does need our money.
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On earth does need our money. the last command of jesus christ
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On earth was this, he said,
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On earth was this, he said, all authority has been given
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All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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To me in heaven and on earth. go therefore and make
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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
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Disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
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Baptizing them in the name of the father, the son,
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Of the father, the son, and the holy spirit,
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And the holy spirit, teaching them to observe
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Teaching them to observe everything i've commanded you,
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Everything i've commanded you, and behold, i'll be with you
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And behold, i'll be with you till the end of the age."
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Till the end of the age." the last command of jesus
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The last command of jesus was to go.
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Was to go. go where?
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Go where? go to every single person
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Go to every single person on planet earth and tell them
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On planet earth and tell them the story of jesus.
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The story of jesus. this is the most essential
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This is the most essential enterprise on the planet today,
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Enterprise on the planet today, and it's expensive,
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And it's expensive, and it requires that we
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And it requires that we lean in with our resources
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Lean in with our resources to fulfill the purposes of god.
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To fulfill the purposes of god. notice the way paul
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Notice the way paul said it in romans 10.
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He said, "but what does it say?
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He said, "but what does it say? the word is near you.
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The word is near you. it is in your mouth
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It is in your mouth and in your heart.
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And in your heart. that is the word of faith
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That is the word of faith we are proclaiming."
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We are proclaiming." that if, if you want
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That if, if you want to know how,
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To know how, like yvette, to go from
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Like yvette, to go from death to life spiritually,
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Death to life spiritually, how to be saved, it's right here
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How to be saved, it's right here in the word of god.
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In the word of god. "that if you confess with
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"that if you confess with your mouth that jesus is lord
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Your mouth that jesus is lord and believe in your heart that
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And believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead,
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God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
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You will be saved." how are you saved?
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Not by works, not by our effort,
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Not by works, not by our effort, not by our good deeds.
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Not by our good deeds. you're saved by confessing
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You're saved by confessing that jesus is lord and believing
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That jesus is lord and believing in faith in your heart that god
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In faith in your heart that god raised him up from the dead,
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Raised him up from the dead, and that is how we are saved.
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And that is how we are saved. "for it is with your heart that
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You believe and are justified,
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You believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that
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And it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
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You confess and are saved." as the scripture says,
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As the scripture says, anyone who trusts in him will
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Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.
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Never be put to shame. amen?
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Amen? for there is no difference
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For there is no difference between jew and gentile.
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Between jew and gentile. the same lord is lord of all
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The same lord is lord of all and richly blesses all
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And richly blesses all who call on him.
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Who call on him. "for everyone, hello,
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"for everyone, hello, who calls on the name
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Who calls on the name of the lord will be saved."
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Of the lord will be saved." oh, come on, passion city.
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This is, this is the mission.
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This is, this is the mission. yes, this is, this is what
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Yes, this is, this is what jesus has left us to do.
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Jesus has left us to do. because every person,
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Because every person, no matter who they are,
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No matter who they are, where they're coming from,
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Where they're coming from, who calls on the name
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Who calls on the name of the lord will be saved.
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Of the lord will be saved. but then look what he says.
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But then look what he says. how?
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How? this is what we're talking
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About today.
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About today. the how.
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The how. "how then can they
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"how then can they call on the one they
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Call on the one they have not believed in?
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Have not believed in? and how can they believe
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And how can they believe in the one whom
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In the one whom they have not heard?
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They have not heard? and how can they hear without
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And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
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Someone preaching to them? and how can they preach
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And how can they preach unless they are sent?
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Unless they are sent? as it is written,
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As it is written, how beautiful are the feet
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How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news."
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Of those who bring good news." and what we're rallying
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And what we're rallying around today is this idea.
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Around today is this idea. it is the sending part
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It is the sending part of the equation.
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Of the equation. it's going, we know the mission
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Is to preach the gospel
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Is to preach the gospel in the whole world.
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In the whole world. we know that this is the most
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We know that this is the most essential thing going on,
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Essential thing going on, on planet earth right now.
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On planet earth right now. but how can people be saved
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But how can people be saved if someone isn't sent?
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If someone isn't sent? and how can someone
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And how can someone be sent if there isn't
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Be sent if there isn't the resource to send them?
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The resource to send them? i was preaching at
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I was preaching at passion city church, dc
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Passion city church, dc last week, and one
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Last week, and one of our team there,
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Of our team there, a new person on our team,
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A new person on our team, was highlighting in
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Was highlighting in the giving section of
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The giving section of the gathering some of the things
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The gathering some of the things they'd done in dc this summer.
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They'd done in dc this summer. and she was talking about one
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And she was talking about one of the meet ups that they had
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Of the meet ups that they had had in lincoln park in dc.
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Had in lincoln park in dc. and it was a ice cream meet up
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And it was a ice cream meet up kind of thing,
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Kind of thing, and a bunch of folks from
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And a bunch of folks from the church were there.
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The church were there. but this one girl wanders
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But this one girl wanders in from the community,
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In from the community, and she sees the free ice cream.
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And she sees the free ice cream. she comes up,
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She comes up, takes an ice cream.
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Takes an ice cream. she starts talking to the person
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She starts talking to the person on our team, and she says,
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On our team, and she says, "yeah, where y'all from?"
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"yeah, where y'all from?" and she says, "we're part
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And she says, "we're part of passion city church, dc.
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Of passion city church, dc. we're just out here with
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We're just out here with our community and meeting folks
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Our community and meeting folks in the community."
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In the community." and she says, "oh, church.
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And she says, "oh, church. yeah, i'm not into
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Yeah, i'm not into the church thing."
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The church thing." she says, "but my boyfriend is.
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She says, "but my boyfriend is. i wish he was here today.
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I wish he was here today. he would love meeting
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He would love meeting all of y'all."
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All of y'all." but she stuck around,
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But she stuck around, spent some time talking to some
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Spent some time talking to some of the door holders from pccdc.
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Of the door holders from pccdc. and about an hour later,
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And about an hour later, she circled back around
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She circled back around and found the person
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And found the person on our team who she'd met
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On our team who she'd met at the beginning.
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At the beginning. and she said, i just had
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And she said, i just had the most incredible conversation
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The most incredible conversation with the people from
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With the people from your church.
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Your church. it was such
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It was such a meaningful conversation.
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A meaningful conversation. and in that moment,
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And in that moment, we were able to tell
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We were able to tell her when church is,
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Her when church is, tell her where
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Tell her where the lincoln theater is
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The lincoln theater is on u street, invite her
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On u street, invite her to come and be a part
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To come and be a part of passion city church.
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Of passion city church. and i don't know, that
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And i don't know, that was just a few weeks ago,
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Was just a few weeks ago, whether she's come yet.
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Whether she's come yet. i don't know where her story
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I don't know where her story is going to end up.
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Is going to end up. but i do know that
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But i do know that it all happened because
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It all happened because of a free ice cream cone.
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[applause]
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And here's the thing about
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And here's the thing about the free ice cream cone.
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The free ice cream cone. it wasn't free.
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It wasn't free. we are not subsidized by
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We are not subsidized by an ice cream cone company.
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An ice cream cone company. we don't have a secret deal
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We don't have a secret deal with ice cream cones.
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We had to pay for
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We had to pay for the ice cream cones.
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The ice cream cones. and i was able to say
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And i was able to say to this young congregation,
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To this young congregation, 60% of them in dc,
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60% of them in dc, under 30 years old,
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Under 30 years old, i was able to say to them,
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I was able to say to them, thank you for paying
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Thank you for paying for the ice cream cones.
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For the ice cream cones. can anybody get excited about
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Can anybody get excited about paying for an ice cream cone?
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Paying for an ice cream cone? because i'm not kidding,
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Because i'm not kidding, who knows in heaven how her
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Who knows in heaven how her story is going to play out.
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Story is going to play out. and if it does play out
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And if it does play out for eternal life,
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For eternal life, that ice cream cone
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That ice cream cone is going to be a major part
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Is going to be a major part of that story of god
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Of that story of god finding her.
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Finding her. sometimes the sending
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Sometimes the sending is literally sending a person
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Is literally sending a person to an outpost on the other
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To an outpost on the other side of the globe.
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Side of the globe. but sometimes the sending
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But sometimes the sending is an ice cream cone
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Is an ice cream cone in lincoln park.
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In lincoln park. it's god's way
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It's god's way of touching someone's life.
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Of touching someone's life. and i love that
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And i love that that's what we're a part of,
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That's what we're a part of, and that we get to give into
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And that we get to give into the most critical thing
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The most critical thing happening on earth.
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Happening on earth. and i pray that we will see
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And i pray that we will see something explode across earth
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Something explode across earth of resource pouring into
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Of resource pouring into this idea of jesus being
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This idea of jesus being lifted up to all people.
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Lifted up to all people. the second reason why we're
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The second reason why we're giving today is because
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Giving today is because your generosity writes you in
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Your generosity writes you in to the story of god.
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To the story of god. i love how psalm 50 ends.
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I love how psalm 50 ends. i quoted cattle on
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I quoted cattle on a thousand hills
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A thousand hills a lot of times in my life,
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A lot of times in my life, but i had never really dug into
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But i had never really dug into psalm 50 from beginning to end,
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Psalm 50 from beginning to end, and broken it down,
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And broken it down, and taken it apart,
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And taken it apart, and put it back together.
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And put it back together. and when i did,
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And when i did, i loved this landing point.
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It says in verse 23,
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It says in verse 23, "he who sacrifices,"
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"he who sacrifices," that word keeps appearing,
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That word keeps appearing, "thank offerings, honors me,"
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"thank offerings, honors me," this is the lord speaking
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This is the lord speaking back to the people,
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Back to the people, "and he prepares the way
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"and he prepares the way so that i may show him
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So that i may show him the salvation of god."
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The salvation of god." not only does
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Not only does the sacrifice honor me,
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The sacrifice honor me, but the sacrifice prepares
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The way for me to move
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The way for me to move into that person's life
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Into that person's life in a greater way with
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In a greater way with the blessing of god.
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The blessing of god. not just financial blessing,
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Not just financial blessing, but with god's blessing
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But with god's blessing of favor on a life
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Of favor on a life for generations to come.
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For generations to come. interestingly, when i was
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Interestingly, when i was digging down into this,
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Digging down into this, i'm using a translation niv 84,
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I'm using a translation niv 84, and that's been updated now.
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And that's been updated now. a lot of you when i'm preaching,
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A lot of you when i'm preaching, you're like, i'm in niv,
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You're like, i'm in niv, but it says a little bit
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But it says a little bit different than yours.
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Different than yours. that's because niv's been
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That's because niv's been updated into a newer version,
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Updated into a newer version, and this verse actually more
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And this verse actually more specifically says what it says
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Specifically says what it says in your bible or whatever
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In your bible or whatever translation you have.
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Translation you have. this verse is really saying,
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This verse is really saying, based on the verses above,
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Based on the verses above, that god wants our heart.
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That god wants our heart. he said your sacrifices
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He said your sacrifices of thankfulness,
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Of thankfulness, when they come from
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When they come from a life that says
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A life that says you can have it all,
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You can have it all, that is what leads you
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That is what leads you into the blessing of god,
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Into the blessing of god, and it's what honors god.
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And it's what honors god. what he's saying is
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What he's saying is it doesn't matter what
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It doesn't matter what you put in the envelope,
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You put in the envelope, if your heart's not in it,
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If your heart's not in it, you can keep it.
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You can keep it. because i got the cattle
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Because i got the cattle on a thousand hills.
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On a thousand hills. so, if you put
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So, if you put a million bucks in here,
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A million bucks in here, but you have bitterness in your
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But you have bitterness in your heart toward your neighbor,
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Heart toward your neighbor, you can keep it.
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You can keep it. i want your heart.
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I want your heart. i want your life.
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I want your life. i want everything that is in you
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I want everything that is in you as a thank offering to me."
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As a thank offering to me." and he says, "when you bring me
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And he says, "when you bring me that offering, that honors me."
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That offering, that honors me." and it puts you in a position
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And it puts you in a position to be blessed by god,
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To be blessed by god, to move into the fullness,
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To move into the fullness, not to earn
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Not to earn salvation from god,
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Salvation from god, but to move into
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But to move into the fullness of the salvation
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The fullness of the salvation from god in your life.
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From god in your life. your giving, generosity,
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Your giving, generosity, sacrifice, thank offering,
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Sacrifice, thank offering, writes you in
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Writes you in to the story of god.
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To the story of god. and we've seen that already
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And we've seen that already in these first few days
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In these first few days of above and beyond.
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Of above and beyond. the first gift i heard about
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The first gift i heard about coming into above and beyond was
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Coming into above and beyond was from a family in our church.
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From a family in our church. they have means, and their gift
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They have means, and their gift today in above and beyond sunday
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Today in above and beyond sunday is $390,000.
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Is $390,000. they have enormous capacity
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They have enormous capacity to be able to bring a gift like
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To be able to bring a gift like that into a moment like this.
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That into a moment like this. but we also heard about
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But we also heard about a single mom who had written
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A single mom who had written on her card and sent it
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On her card and sent it in already to us,
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In already to us, and on the part where it says,
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And on the part where it says, write what you would like
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Write what you would like for us to pray for,
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For us to pray for, she said, "this gift in
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She said, "this gift in this envelope is all that
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This envelope is all that i have saved towards putting
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I have saved towards putting a deposit on an apartment."
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A deposit on an apartment." and this single mom had put $480
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And this single mom had put $480 in the envelope as a part of
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In the envelope as a part of above and beyond.
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Above and beyond. and i just loved it
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And i just loved it in the very first few days.
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In the very first few days. it was $390,480 because it
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It was $390,480 because it highlights again that generosity
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Highlights again that generosity is not about an amount,
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Is not about an amount, it is about our hearts.
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It is about our hearts. it's like that widow
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It's like that widow in scripture who put
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In scripture who put the two small coins in,
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The two small coins in, and jesus acknowledged her,
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And jesus acknowledged her, and heaven applauded.
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And heaven applauded. and so, think about that today.
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And so, think about that today. $480 from a single mom
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$480 from a single mom can set heaven off into
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Can set heaven off into thunderous applause today.
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Thunderous applause today. because it's not about
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Because it's not about the amount.
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The amount. the $390,000 can set heaven off
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The $390,000 can set heaven off into thunderous applause.
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Into thunderous applause. whatever we bring from a heart
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Whatever we bring from a heart of wanting to be obedient to god
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Of wanting to be obedient to god and wanting to give thanks
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And wanting to give thanks to god sets off
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To god sets off the applause of heaven.
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The applause of heaven. and it writes us into
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And it writes us into the story of god.
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The story of god. we have such
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We have such an incredible story here.
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An incredible story here. passion city church's story is
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Passion city church's story is a story of a miracle, miracles.
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A story of a miracle, miracles. we've told this story
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We've told this story a lot here,
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A lot here, and you guys at cumberland,
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And you guys at cumberland, some of you been over
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Some of you been over to this location,
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To this location, some of you not,
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Some of you not, but you probably know
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But you probably know it's over here in trilith.
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It's over here in trilith. same, some of you know
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Same, some of you know there's a 515 up there,
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There's a 515 up there, some of you been, some not.
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Some of you been, some not. but this is where it all
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But this is where it all started right here.
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Started right here. this is why there's a dc.
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This is why there's a dc. this is why
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This is why there's a cumberland.
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There's a cumberland. this is why there's
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This is why there's a trilith from right here.
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A trilith from right here. and this building was a miracle.
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And this building was a miracle. i've told you this
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I've told you this story many times.
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Story many times. we're moving around the city
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We're moving around the city for the first couple of years,
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For the first couple of years, meeting in venues,
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Meeting in venues, the tabernacle downtown,
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The tabernacle downtown, gac, cobb energy center,
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Gac, cobb energy center, but we wanted a home.
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But we wanted a home. and the first week
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And the first week that shelley and i had since
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That shelley and i had since the lord was saying,
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The lord was saying, plant passion city church,
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Plant passion city church, we'd been praying about it,
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We'd been praying about it, talking about it for
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Talking about it for a long time.
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A long time. but at this conference that
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But at this conference that we were at in another country,
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We were at in another country, it clicked and god just put
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It clicked and god just put it all together.
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It all together. this is going to happen.
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This is going to happen. and we knew we're planting
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And we knew we're planting a church by the grace of god
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A church by the grace of god in atlanta, georgia.
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In atlanta, georgia. and then, we had no one
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And then, we had no one to tell because we're in
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To tell because we're in another country.
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Another country. so, there was one other
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So, there was one other speaker at this conference,
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Speaker at this conference, and he was a pastor
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And he was a pastor from atlanta, georgia.
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From atlanta, georgia. i did not know him,
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But i knew of him.
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But i knew of him. and toward the end of the week,
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And toward the end of the week, i felt like i just need to ask
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I felt like i just need to ask somebody for their blessing.
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Somebody for their blessing. that's the way life works,
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That's the way life works, by the way.
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By the way. when you set out
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When you set out to do something,
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To do something, find somebody ahead of you
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Find somebody ahead of you and ask for their blessing.
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And ask for their blessing. especially if you're going
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Especially if you're going to plant a church in a city,
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To plant a church in a city, find somebody already
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Find somebody already in that city building
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The church and ask them
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The church and ask them for their blessing.
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For their blessing. and i didn't know this person,
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And i didn't know this person, but i walked up to him
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But i walked up to him at the end of the week
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At the end of the week and i said,
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And i said, "shelley, really, and i feel
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"shelley, really, and i feel like the lord wants us to plant
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Like the lord wants us to plant a church in atlanta.
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A church in atlanta. you're a pastor in atlanta.
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You're a pastor in atlanta. you have a lot
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You have a lot of influence in atlanta.
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Of influence in atlanta. so, i'm asking for your blessing
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So, i'm asking for your blessing to plant a church in atlanta."
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To plant a church in atlanta." and i was just hoping for a,
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And i was just hoping for a, wow, that's amazing.
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Wow, that's amazing. god bless you.
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God bless you. and hoping not for a,
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And hoping not for a, how close is it going
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How close is it going to be to my church?
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To be to my church? and when are you
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And when are you going to be planting?
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Going to be planting? and atlanta already has
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And atlanta already has a lot of great churches.
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A lot of great churches. you know what the person said?
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You know what the person said? the person was jentezen
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The person was jentezen franklin, by the way.
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Franklin, by the way. you're all trying to figure out
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You're all trying to figure out who the person was.
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Who the person was. and he said, you know what
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And he said, you know what jentezen franklin said to me?
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Jentezen franklin said to me? first sentence.
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First sentence. he said, "i know right where
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He said, "i know right where your church is supposed to be."
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Your church is supposed to be." i was like, we just figured out
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I was like, we just figured out like three days ago
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Like three days ago we were planting a church.
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We were planting a church. so, we're not really looking
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So, we're not really looking for the location right now
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For the location right now because we got, you know,
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Because we got, you know, nothing right now
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Nothing right now because i know right where
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Because i know right where your church is supposed to be."
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Your church is supposed to be." i was like, "really?"
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I was like, "really?" he goes, "yeah, you know,
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He goes, "yeah, you know, when you go up 85,
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When you go up 85, right before you get
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Right before you get to the 400 split,
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To the 400 split, there's a huge flagpole
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There's a huge flagpole that sticks up."
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That sticks up." he goes, "right there's where
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He goes, "right there's where your church needs to be.
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Your church needs to be. we were going to put one
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We were going to put one of our churches there,
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Of our churches there, but we were going to put
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But we were going to put it in a different location
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It in a different location now and you should get
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Now and you should get that location."
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That location." i'm like, okay, thank you.
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I'm like, okay, thank you. i know we're planting a church
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I know we're planting a church and i know there's
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And i know there's a big flagpole.
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A big flagpole. so, this is good so far.
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So, this is good so far. we come home and a few weeks
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We come home and a few weeks go by and i go driving
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Go by and i go driving to the flagpole.
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To the flagpole. but the flagpole i was thinking
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But the flagpole i was thinking about off 85 was different
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About off 85 was different from the flagpole that
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From the flagpole that he was thinking about.
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He was thinking about. and when i got to my flagpole,
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And when i got to my flagpole, i couldn't see anything
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I couldn't see anything that looked like what
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That looked like what he was talking about.
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He was talking about. and so, you know,
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And so, you know, some months went by
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Some months went by and finally i'm, you know,
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And finally i'm, you know, like i got to find
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Like i got to find the right flagpole.
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The right flagpole. so, we call back.
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So, we call back. can you give us
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Can you give us the address to the flagpole?
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The address to the flagpole? and we put it in the gps,
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And we put it in the gps, drive down, get off 400 and turn
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Drive down, get off 400 and turn right on sidney marcus.
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Right on sidney marcus. and i'm like, yeah, no,
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And i'm like, yeah, no, this isn't the right way.
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This isn't the right way. but sure enough,
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But sure enough, we come right around
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We come right around the curve on garson drive
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The curve on garson drive and see the largest flagpole
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And see the largest flagpole i've ever seen before out
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I've ever seen before out in front of this building.
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In front of this building. most all of you know the story.
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Most all of you know the story. this was an abandoned home depot
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This was an abandoned home depot expo design center.
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Expo design center. i think there's a photo
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I think there's a photo of what it looked like
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Of what it looked like kind of back in the day.
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Kind of back in the day. and it had gone out of business,
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And it had gone out of business, but the pga superstore
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But the pga superstore guys had come in.
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Guys had come in. they put a wall down the middle
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They put a wall down the middle of the building about where
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Of the building about where our main hallway is.
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Our main hallway is. and on the other side
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And on the other side over there,
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Over there, you could buy your golf clubs
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You could buy your golf clubs and your golf shirt,
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And your golf shirt, and your golf shoes,
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And your golf shoes, and your tennis rackets
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And your tennis rackets and your tennis skirt
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And your tennis skirt and your tennis balls
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And your tennis balls and all the things you
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And all the things you needed for golf and tennis
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Needed for golf and tennis in the half over there.
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In the half over there. but that also had
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But that also had gone out of business.
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Gone out of business. and so now the only thing left
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And so now the only thing left was the flagpole.
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Was the flagpole. and we had the opportunity
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And we had the opportunity to make a deal
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To make a deal and get this building.
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And get this building. and that deal came to a halt.
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And that deal came to a halt. and we had to walk away from it.
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And we had to walk away from it. and we had to say to the people
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And we had to say to the people who had this property,
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Who had this property, we're going to build
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We're going to build a big condo tower here.
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A big condo tower here. right when the market crashed
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Right when the market crashed in 2008 and this whole thing
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In 2008 and this whole thing just kind of went up in smoke.
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Just kind of went up in smoke. when we got here,
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When we got here, chain link fence around it,
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Chain link fence around it, graffiti tags all
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Graffiti tags all over the building, sinkhole
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Over the building, sinkhole out in the parking lot.
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Out in the parking lot. and the deal that we
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And the deal that we needed to make,
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Needed to make, they wouldn't make.
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They wouldn't make. and so, we had to walk away.
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And so, we had to walk away. a day or day and a half went by
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A day or day and a half went by and they called back and said,
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And they called back and said, we're willing to make the deal
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We're willing to make the deal that you want to make.
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That you want to make. and from the moment they said,
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And from the moment they said, yes, it has been a miracle
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Yes, it has been a miracle in this place.
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In this place. it's been a miracle that
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It's been a miracle that we are in this place.
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We are in this place. and thank you.
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And thank you. thank you,
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Thank you, pastor jentezen franklin,
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Pastor jentezen franklin, for the flagpole because
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For the flagpole because we're sitting in your
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We're sitting in your flagpole right now.
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Flagpole right now. so, we were having a financial
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So, we were having a financial oversight team meeting.
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Oversight team meeting. we weren't meeting in here.
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We weren't meeting in here. the building was completely
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The building was completely as it was left on this side
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As it was left on this side and as it was left on that side.
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And as it was left on that side. but we were having
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But we were having a financial oversight
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A financial oversight team meeting here.
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Team meeting here. and we were meeting over
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And we were meeting over in the pga superstore side
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In the pga superstore side around a folding table.
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Around a folding table. some of the guys that were
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Some of the guys that were pioneers of helping us
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Pioneers of helping us figure out how to do
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Figure out how to do passion city church.
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Passion city church. and you can see in
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And you can see in the picture, interestingly,
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The picture, interestingly, they had this golf gallery
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They had this golf gallery on the wall on one side,
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On the wall on one side, this blown up photograph.
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This blown up photograph. this is our warehouse space now.
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This is our warehouse space now. and so, if you're in there
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And so, if you're in there and you look over your shoulder,
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And you look over your shoulder, don't be freaked out because
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Don't be freaked out because these people are all on
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These people are all on the corner of the wall.
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The corner of the wall. if you were testing your putter,
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If you were testing your putter, you had an audience,
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You had an audience, you know, to do that.
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You know, to do that. i don't know why the lady
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I don't know why the lady has tape over her face,
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Has tape over her face, by the way.
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By the way. it's not some
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It's not some kind of privacy issue
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Kind of privacy issue that we had with her.
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That we had with her. but also in this space
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But also in this space was this right here.
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Was this right here. i mean, they had a place
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I mean, they had a place where you could test out
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Where you could test out your tennis rackets
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Your tennis rackets and check out things.
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And check out things. there was a net there
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There was a net there at one point.
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At one point. and as you can see there,
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And as you can see there, this tennis ball
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This tennis ball is laying around
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Is laying around the court right there.
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The court right there. and one of the times
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And one of the times that we were meeting,
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That we were meeting, we're sitting at this table
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We're sitting at this table and bob day comes to the table.
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And bob day comes to the table. he's walked over and picked up
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He's walked over and picked up one of the tennis balls
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One of the tennis balls and he's taken a sharpie
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And he's taken a sharpie and written on it.
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And written on it. and as we're talking about
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And as we're talking about how are we going to take
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How are we going to take the steps we need to take,
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The steps we need to take, he sets the tennis ball
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He sets the tennis ball in the middle of the table
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In the middle of the table and he says,
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And he says, "our god owns the cattle
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"our god owns the cattle on a thousand hills."
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On a thousand hills." and that became, yes, let's do,
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And that became, yes, let's do, let's celebrate that.
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Let's celebrate that. that's beautiful.
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[applause]
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And that became
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And that became an emblem for us.
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An emblem for us. what's the step?
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What's the step? what do we believe in god for?
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What do we believe in god for? what are we trusting god for?
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What are we trusting god for? well, we're trusting the god
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Well, we're trusting the god who has the cattle
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Who has the cattle on a thousand hills.
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On a thousand hills. we're moving with the god
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We're moving with the god who has the cattle on
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Who has the cattle on a thousand hills.
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A thousand hills. we're moving with a god who is
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We're moving with a god who is writing an incredible story.
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Writing an incredible story. and that's our story,
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And that's our story, our story at
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Our story at passion city church.
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Passion city church. from that moment to now,
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From that moment to now, if we had three days together,
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If we had three days together, we could just
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We could just talk about miracle,
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Talk about miracle, after miracle, after miracle,
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After miracle, after miracle, after miracle, after miracle
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After miracle, after miracle of how god has made a way
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Of how god has made a way and how he has proved
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And how he has proved that i've got it.
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That i've got it. "i've got all the cattle.
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"i've got all the cattle. i've got all the hills.
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I've got all the hills. i've got all
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I've got all the creatures of the earth.
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The creatures of the earth. if i were hungry,
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If i were hungry, i wouldn't tell you because
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I wouldn't tell you because everything belongs to me.
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Everything belongs to me. trust me and follow me
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Trust me and follow me and believe in me
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And believe in me and watch me do a miracle."
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And watch me do a miracle." and that's what god
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And that's what god is inviting you into today.
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Is inviting you into today. we have a miracle story.
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We have a miracle story. and i believe after this
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And i believe after this above and beyond season,
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Above and beyond season, we're going to have
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We're going to have another miracle story.
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Another miracle story. but god wants you
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But god wants you to have a miracle story.
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To have a miracle story. i love when jesus
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I love when jesus met that woman at the well,
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Met that woman at the well, that samaritan woman whose
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That samaritan woman whose life was blown up all
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Life was blown up all over the place.
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Over the place. and he offered her living water
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And he offered her living water that would never end.
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That would never end. she was so blown away,
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She was so blown away, she went back and told
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She went back and told everybody in the town.
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Everybody in the town. and look what happened.
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And look what happened. "many of the samaritans from
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That town believed in him,"
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That town believed in him," in jesus, "because of
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In jesus, "because of the woman's testimony."
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The woman's testimony." her testimony was, he told me
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Her testimony was, he told me everything i ever did.
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Everything i ever did. that sounds like
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That sounds like a terrible testimony,
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A terrible testimony, but it just showed her that
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But it just showed her that you know all the bad stuff
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You know all the bad stuff about me and you're still
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About me and you're still here reaching toward me.
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Here reaching toward me. you're still offering me
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You're still offering me eternal life.
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Eternal life. "so, when the samaritans
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"so, when the samaritans came to him,
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Came to him, they urged him
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They urged him to stay with them,
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To stay with them, and he stayed two days.
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And he stayed two days. and because of his words,
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And because of his words, many more became believers."
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Many more became believers." now, you don't want to be
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Now, you don't want to be the few that didn't, right?
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The few that didn't, right? but many more did.
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But many more did. "and they said to the woman,"
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"and they said to the woman," this is so cool,
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This is so cool, "we no longer believe just
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"we no longer believe just because of what you said.
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Because of what you said. now we have heard for ourselves,
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Now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really
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And we know that this man really is the savior of the world."
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Is the savior of the world." their story went from,
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I heard about
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I heard about what he did for you,
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What he did for you, to no, i heard it myself,
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To no, i heard it myself, and this is what he has
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And this is what he has done for me.
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Done for me. their story went from,
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Their story went from, i know that you have a miracle
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I know that you have a miracle in your meeting with jesus,
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In your meeting with jesus, but now i have a miracle
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But now i have a miracle in my meeting with jesus.
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In my meeting with jesus. and ultimately,
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And ultimately, at the end of the day,
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At the end of the day, i believe this is the why
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I believe this is the why of above and beyond.
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Of above and beyond. our story is a story of a cattle
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Our story is a story of a cattle on a thousand hills god.
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On a thousand hills god. our story, when we look back,
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Our story, when we look back, is from nothing
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Is from nothing to everything we've seen.
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To everything we've seen. we didn't have a sponsor.
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We didn't have a sponsor. we didn't have a gifting
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We didn't have a gifting sending organization.
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Sending organization. we didn't have a dollar
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We didn't have a dollar in our bank account when we
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In our bank account when we started passion city church.
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Started passion city church. and the first gift we got
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And the first gift we got from another church on
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From another church on the other side of the world,
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The other side of the world, when a pastor heard,
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When a pastor heard, "you're planting a church?
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"you're planting a church? great, here's $50,000.
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Great, here's $50,000. we just want to be
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We just want to be a part of that."
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A part of that." and that same group,
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And that same group, sitting around that same table
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Sitting around that same table with that same tennis ball on
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With that same tennis ball on the middle of the table, said,
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The middle of the table, said, we just got $50,000.
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We just got $50,000. that was like $50 million
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That was like $50 million to us in that moment.
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To us in that moment. and that same group of people
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And that same group of people sitting around that same table
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Sitting around that same table with the same tennis ball said,
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With the same tennis ball said, let's give it away.
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Let's give it away. and we gave $25,000
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And we gave $25,000 to a church plant in atlanta
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To a church plant in atlanta that was just getting
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That was just getting off the ground,
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Off the ground, and $25,000 to a church plant on
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And $25,000 to a church plant on the other side of the earth
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The other side of the earth that we knew was just
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That we knew was just getting off the ground.
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Getting off the ground. and we said,
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And we said, we just want to be a conduit
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We just want to be a conduit of the generosity of god.
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Of the generosity of god. and it's a miracle story.
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[applause]
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And even in these next few days,
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And even in these next few days, some of it is ice cream cones,
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Some of it is ice cream cones, but 10% of everything that
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But 10% of everything that we give at above & beyond
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We give at above & beyond is going to our partners
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Is going to our partners globally and locally
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Globally and locally in d.c. and atlanta
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In d.c. and atlanta and around the world.
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And around the world. trilith specific partners,
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Trilith specific partners, cumberland specific partners,
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Cumberland specific partners, 515 specific partners,
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515 specific partners, d.c. specific partners,
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D.c. specific partners, and then some big organizations
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And then some big organizations that are doing phenomenal
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That are doing phenomenal things on planet earth.
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Things on planet earth. and 10% of everything we give
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And 10% of everything we give in this season is going through
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In this season is going through passion city church to other
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Passion city church to other places on the earth that
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Places on the earth that are sending people to share
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Are sending people to share the story of jesus
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The story of jesus everywhere to everybody.
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Everywhere to everybody. our story is a miracle story.
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Our story is a miracle story. so, why should you give?
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So, why should you give? i'll tell you why.
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I'll tell you why. because the why
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Because the why turns our story into your story.
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Turns our story into your story. and it won't just be the miracle
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And it won't just be the miracle that was above & beyond at
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That was above & beyond at passion city church.
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Passion city church. it will become the miracle
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It will become the miracle that is above & beyond
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That is above & beyond in your story.
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In your story. god doesn't just
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God doesn't just want us to have a story.
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Want us to have a story. he wants you to have a story.
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He wants you to have a story. and he's inviting you in today.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - Why Give? Cultivation A Lifestyle Of Generosity

April 19, 2026 | 27:29

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