Better Together LIVE | Episode 93
August 19, 2020
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Are you ready to say "yes" to God? Overcoming doubt is the first step to pursuing His purpose! | TBN Prayer Line: 1-888-731-1000
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Better Together LIVE | Episode 93
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- - Are you ready tostep out in faith?
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- When doubt triesto blur our vision.
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- Instead of questioningour purpose,
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- we must remind ourselvesthat God always has a plan.
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- Come on, let's talk about it.
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- (bright upbeat music)
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- - I think we all have doubtedour purpose from time to time.
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- And when we say iteven on yesterday
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- about reminding ourselves.
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- We always have toremind ourselves
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- who God is,
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- and who we serve,
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- who we belong to.
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- I love the scripturein Jeremiah 1:5
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- how God tells us how
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- he knew us before we wereformed in our mother's womb.
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- Before we were born,
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- he called us.
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- He appointed us.
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- He always has a plan.
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- All things worktogether for our good.
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- God has a plan for us.
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- And so we can't allowour disappointments,
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- our setbacks,
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- even our failures to makeus focus on our failures
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- and forget that God has a plan.
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- God knew we would mess up
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- and he already made a way.
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- And thank God for Jesus.
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- The blood of Jesus coversall of our mistakes,
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- all of our sins,
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- all of our failures.
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- And so we just have tolearn to get back up
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- and to keep going
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- and to step outin faith because,
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- the devil comes to stopus from moving forward.
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- And it's by faith.
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- The Bible says,
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- "Faith comes by hearing
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- and hearing the word of God".
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- Is hearing the word
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- and putting that word in action.
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- And so you can't justsit back and say,
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- "Well, I'm gonna waituntil everything's perfect
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- before I step out".
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- Because how many knowyou will never step out.
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- If you (laughs).
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- Even some of...
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- Some of you arewatching or saying,
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- "I'm gonna go back to church.
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- I'm gonna really serve Godwhen I get myself together".
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- No, no, come as you are.
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- Come as you are.
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- You have to be willingto step out in faith
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- because it's when we step out,
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- that God is able to show up
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- and do the impossible.
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- So it's time to move.
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- Holly, what do you think?
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- Are you ready to step out?
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- Yeah, well, yeah.
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- Somedays.
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- (all laughs)
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- I just was thinking about
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- when you said thatI was thinking about
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- when it was now Joshua's turn
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- to lead the people, right?
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- So, Moses had beentheir hero for so long
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- and now here's Joshua,
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- which is his turn in there.
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- They have to crossthe Jordan river
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- before they canget into Jericho.
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- And so they have this...
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- And the interesting thing is,
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- like when with Moses,
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- the sea parted.
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- But when Joshua cameto the raging waters
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- of the Jordan,
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- nothing moved until thepriests actually put their feet
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- in the water, right?
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- They had to take that step
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- and then the waters parted.
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- And so I think sometimes
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- we look at what Goddoes for someone else.
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- We think, "Oh, thatwas easy for them.
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- So I'm just gonnalike that for me".
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- And it's not.
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- You're gonna have toget your foot wet.
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- You have to take that step.
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- So exactly what you said.
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- In the message translation
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- the Bible and Matthew,Jesus said this.
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- He said, "Don't think I'vecome to make life cozy".
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- And I think we look for cozy.
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- We look for what's easiest.
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- And I just think that,
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- just because it's easy,
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- doesn't always meanthat's God's plan.
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- And I think sometimes whathe would ask us to do,
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- it's bigger than us.
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- Cause why?
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- Has to be, otherwisewhy would we need him?
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- So it's bigger than us.
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- Cece you started...
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- Like you started a church.
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- How long has yourchurch been going?
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- - Wow, eight years now.
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- Yeah.
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- - Okay, so thatwas kind of a risk.
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- - Huge, huge (laughs)
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- - Wait.
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- And the thing I loveabout that is that,
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- you are already reallysuccessful at what you did.
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- You could have juststayed in that cozy life,
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- doing what was comfortable,
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- what you knew.
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- So feel free to sing any...
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- Just break out in songwhenever you want to.
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- (Cece laughs)
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- So you could havejust stayed there.
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- - Yeah.- Right?
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- But you made thedecision to put your foot
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- in the river and try something.
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- Trusting that Godwas gonna lead you.
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- And I'm sure it took...
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- It Wasn't easy.- No.
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- - And I'm sure you've beenthrough the heartbreaks
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- that we all have been through,
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- but I just think ifwe're gonna pursue God,
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- it will involve some risk.
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- And I think we have toresist the temptation
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- to look for what is comfortable
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- because I don't seeany of the disciples
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- living a comfortable life.
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- They took risks everystep of the way.
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- And I just think if we'regonna fulfill God's plan,
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- there will be some risks.
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- Risk to our ego, right?
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- The potential to fail,
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- like Victoria saida few days ago,
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- "The potential to fail", right?
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- You're probably going to,
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- but you will neverfulfill God's plan
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- if we aren't willing tojust step out of the boat,
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- step in that river
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- and let it getmessy for a minute.
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- What do you think, Victoria?
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- - That's so good causeit is about action.
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- It is about action.
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- I think that we have to build,
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- you have to take action.
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- And I think sometimes wefind ourselves struggling
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- and trying to figure outhow we're gonna build this.
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- So we're struggling
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- and you can't build whenyou're just struggling.
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- When you're like ahamster on a wheel,
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- just struggling tofigure it all out.
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- It takes that first step.
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- And I think about,
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- what stops us?
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- What stops us,
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- people, naysayers, criticism.
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- Sometimes we don'tneed any of that
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- because we do such a goodjob of stopping ourselves
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- and criticizing ourselves.
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- - Right.
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- - So we don't need anyof these external things.
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- We're pretty good atstopping ourselves.
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- But the truth isthat God's got this.
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- And if you don't step out,
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- you'll never know.
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- You'll never know.
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- And my father-in-lawused to say,
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- "There's no failures,
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- there's only learners".
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- And so every time
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- that you don't make the mark,
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- you've had an opportunityto learn something.
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- And so...
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- And I think that's howGod likes to lead us.
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- He likes to lead us as learners.
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- We're not perfect by any means
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- and we're not ever gonnaalways get it right.
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- But in our learning,
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- we can be good teachers,
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- we can be good examples,
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- we can show our childrenhow to learn well
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- that it may not always go well,
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- but we can learn well.
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- And how do we learn well?
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- We take the knowledgethat we've been given
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- and we use that knowledge
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- and it becomes wisdom.
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- It becomes wisdom inthe next decision.
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- The next opportunity.
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- And God says just,
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- "Ask for wisdomand I will freely
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- and liberally giveyou that wisdom
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- without finding fault".
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- And I always remind myself,
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- "God, you're not lookingat the I did it yesterday.
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- You're not findingfault in me yesterday.
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- You're giving mewisdom for today".
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- So that's gonna give meconfidence to step out.
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- And so that's kind of how
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- when I doubt my purpose, like...
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- It's interesting because
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- when Joel and I firststarted leading the church,
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- I would look at himand I would think,
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- "Nobody needs to hear from me".
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- He says it all.
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- And he says it so well.
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- And I begin to feel invisible.
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- And I begin to feel likeI really had no place.
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- And then I realized,
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- even if it's in the pulpitor out of the pulpit,
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- my purpose is veryvaluable and strong.
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- I can encourage.
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- I can support.
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- I have so manythings that I can do.
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- And then if God allowsme in the pulpit,
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- he's gonna help me there too.
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- So that's the thing.
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- We need to say.
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- We need to feel andcultivate our purpose
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- whatever season we're in.
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- Whatever we findourselves doing.
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- We can't just say,"Well, what do I do now?"
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- You bring value.
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- And I come back to this
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- because I really think that,
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- value and worth iskey and critical
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- in knowing who you are.
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- And knowing who youare is your purpose.
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- You've got to askyourself some questions.
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- And that's sometimessome tough questions.
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- You got to say,
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- "What has God called me to be?"
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- He's called me to be his child.
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- He's already equipped me.
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- He's called me to lovethe people around me.
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- To be a support.
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- And it's interesting because
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- sometimes people say,
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- "Well, if I give all that away,
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- I won't have anythingleft for myself.
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- If I support someone,
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- if I give them my ideas".
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- But there's aprinciple in scripture.
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- And it says, "If you'll give,
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- it'll be given back to you".
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- So whatever you needtoday for your purpose,
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- if you can find someoneto give something to,
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- I believe that God willgive it back to you.
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- And you will see thatyou have all you need
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- to fulfill your journey
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- and to live out your life withgreat purpose and destiny.
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- - Hm, I love that.
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- Cece you were talking about
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- waiting for the perfect timing.
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- I believe we cancompletely waste our lives
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- if we sat aroundwaiting for the purpose,
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- for the perfect timing
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- to do what God'scalled us to do.
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- And Victoria, youwere just saying,
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- "Be a gap filler".
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- What can I do right now?
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- Maybe we've made a move.
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- Maybe COVID hastaken away my job.
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- Maybe your childrenare gone now.
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- Maybe...
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- There's so manydifferent seasons
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- and I love the scripture.
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- "I can do all thingsthrough Christ",
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- which literally meansI can do all seasons
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- with Christ who strengthens me.
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- And faith is justtaking that next step.
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- That step that
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- when you come to theend of your light
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- until the end of what can see,
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- and then taking that next step.
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- And a lot of times we think that
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- God is looking down onus with a big old hammer
- 00:10:28.250 --> 00:10:31.854
- just waiting for usto make a mistake.
- 00:10:31.854 --> 00:10:35.758
- And then he's justgonna pound us.
- 00:10:35.758 --> 00:10:37.126
- That's not the wayour loving God is.
- 00:10:37.126 --> 00:10:39.395
- God is there to say,
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- "Go, go, go, jump, jump".
- 00:10:40.496 --> 00:10:43.699
- And even though itdoes look foolish,
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- Victoria you're sayingabout the naysayers
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- and even maybe lookingreally dumb to us.
- 00:10:48.370 --> 00:10:51.874
- Just something that maybeGod has put on our heart.
- 00:10:51.874 --> 00:10:54.076
- Just to step out.
- 00:10:54.076 --> 00:10:55.411
- God's never gonna let us fail.
- 00:10:55.411 --> 00:10:57.146
- I'm a huge believer
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- that if we do something in faith
- 00:10:59.882 --> 00:11:02.551
- believing that God has spokento our hearts to do it,
- 00:11:02.551 --> 00:11:06.255
- I don't think we can fail.
- 00:11:06.255 --> 00:11:07.890
- I think if we fallwe fall for forward.
- 00:11:07.890 --> 00:11:10.259
- - That's right.- He's always there.
- 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:11.594
- - It's really about obedience.
- 00:11:11.594 --> 00:11:13.562
- Don't you think?- Yeah totally.
- 00:11:13.562 --> 00:11:14.830
- - And I think whatthe enemy does is,
- 00:11:14.830 --> 00:11:16.232
- he tries to createa spirit of fear
- 00:11:16.232 --> 00:11:18.567
- so that if we falteror if we do a mistake,
- 00:11:18.567 --> 00:11:22.938
- I don't like to say mistakes,
- 00:11:22.938 --> 00:11:25.007
- I say a mistake.
- 00:11:25.007 --> 00:11:26.475
- So when we havea mistake then...
- 00:11:26.475 --> 00:11:29.111
- If we're not careful...- We're in trouble.
- 00:11:29.111 --> 00:11:30.412
- - Yes.- Yeah (laughs)
- 00:11:30.412 --> 00:11:31.347
- - We'll fall into that fear.
- 00:11:31.347 --> 00:11:32.948
- And then fear keeps ushandicapped from moving forward.
- 00:11:32.948 --> 00:11:36.452
- And I'm like you Laurie.
- 00:11:36.452 --> 00:11:38.220
- I don't believe there'sany failure in God.
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- I think that there'sa variety of ways
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- to get to where we need to go.
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- And if one thing doesn'twork in our hardest right,
- 00:11:44.727 --> 00:11:47.429
- God will direct us.
- 00:11:47.429 --> 00:11:48.764
- It's like getting off the exit.
- 00:11:48.764 --> 00:11:50.199
- God knows how toget you back on.
- 00:11:50.199 --> 00:11:52.168
- If you're using your GPSand somehow you miss it,
- 00:11:52.168 --> 00:11:55.671
- the GPS will reroute you.
- 00:11:55.671 --> 00:11:57.473
- He will get youwhere you need to go.
- 00:11:57.473 --> 00:11:59.175
- - Right.
- 00:11:59.175 --> 00:12:00.376
- - As long as you'relooking to him.
- 00:12:00.376 --> 00:12:01.911
- And Victoria said somethingin the last show that we did
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- about in the beginningwhat God did.
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- And I look at a scripture
- 00:12:07.750 --> 00:12:09.018
- that came to memany, many years ago
- 00:12:09.018 --> 00:12:10.586
- when God was creating theheavens and the earth.
- 00:12:10.586 --> 00:12:13.556
- And he was goingthrough each day.
- 00:12:13.556 --> 00:12:15.491
- He would come tothe end of each day
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- and he would say,
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- "It is good".
- 00:12:18.394 --> 00:12:19.295
- It wasn't finished.
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- It wasn't complete.
- 00:12:20.462 --> 00:12:21.897
- There were a lot ofthings that weren't right,
- 00:12:21.897 --> 00:12:23.833
- but he said, "It is good".
- 00:12:23.833 --> 00:12:25.434
- And if we look atour life that way,
- 00:12:25.434 --> 00:12:27.736
- that we're not about failure,
- 00:12:27.736 --> 00:12:30.339
- that every day is a good day.
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- We come to the end of that day
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- where we have a grateful heart.
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- When we have a grateful heart,
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- we're saying, "God I trust you
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- with what you've given me
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- and I'll move forwardon what I know
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- and I won't walk in fear
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- because I know I can trust you".
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- That's an amazing thing.
- 00:12:44.119 --> 00:12:45.087
- - Yeah, I love it.
- 00:12:45.087 --> 00:12:46.555
- - Jeannie you are preachingwith a very calm voice.
- 00:12:46.555 --> 00:12:48.858
- I'm gonna be like you (laughs).
- 00:12:48.858 --> 00:12:50.726
- But she said,
- 00:12:52.161 --> 00:12:53.095
- "It's about being obedient".
- 00:12:53.095 --> 00:12:55.130
- And that's the word
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- that a lot of peopledon't wanna hear.
- 00:12:56.398 --> 00:12:58.167
- We try to make it difficult,
- 00:12:58.167 --> 00:12:59.702
- but it's just...
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- You have to be obedient.
- 00:13:00.569 --> 00:13:02.238
- And going back towhat Holly mentioned
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- about being uncomfortable.
- 00:13:05.207 --> 00:13:06.742
- Yes, we were called to pastorchurch about eight years ago.
- 00:13:06.742 --> 00:13:10.713
- We were like, "Whatare you for real?"
- 00:13:10.713 --> 00:13:13.482
- Why?
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- And it is so beautiful
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- cause what I want toencourage everybody to do,
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- is to focus on...
- 00:13:20.856 --> 00:13:22.591
- Stop focusing on what couldhappen if it's not his will.
- 00:13:22.591 --> 00:13:26.695
- The negative things,
- 00:13:26.695 --> 00:13:27.763
- but what could God actually do
- 00:13:27.763 --> 00:13:30.065
- if I would step out in faith?
- 00:13:30.065 --> 00:13:32.134
- And just talking aboutthe church Nashville Life
- 00:13:32.134 --> 00:13:35.070
- that my husbandand I pastor now,
- 00:13:35.070 --> 00:13:36.839
- it is amazing to see thelives that have been changed.
- 00:13:36.839 --> 00:13:39.775
- People who didn'teven know that I sang.
- 00:13:39.775 --> 00:13:42.144
- They had no idea who I was.
- 00:13:42.144 --> 00:13:44.780
- And it's just amazinghow God will bring you
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- into company of new people,
- 00:13:48.150 --> 00:13:50.486
- to just share thelove of God with them.
- 00:13:50.486 --> 00:13:52.621
- And to see the soulsthat have been saved
- 00:13:52.621 --> 00:13:54.790
- and the lives thathave been changed,
- 00:13:54.790 --> 00:13:56.592
- that I never wouldhave seen in this way,
- 00:13:56.592 --> 00:13:59.461
- just going from stage to stage.
- 00:13:59.461 --> 00:14:02.264
- And everything linesup with the call,
- 00:14:02.264 --> 00:14:04.600
- the assignment, the purpose.
- 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:06.302
- If God tells me tostop singing today,
- 00:14:06.302 --> 00:14:08.904
- I can still worshiphim and praise him
- 00:14:10.706 --> 00:14:13.075
- and magnify his nameand fulfill my purpose,
- 00:14:13.075 --> 00:14:15.711
- in another whole way.
- 00:14:15.711 --> 00:14:17.079
- And so I think weget stuck sometimes
- 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:20.149
- because we try toput God in a box.
- 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:22.117
- And God is saying,
- 00:14:22.117 --> 00:14:23.052
- "No, I want you to step out.
- 00:14:23.052 --> 00:14:24.887
- I want you to get your feet wet.
- 00:14:24.887 --> 00:14:26.455
- I know you're not used to this.
- 00:14:26.455 --> 00:14:27.923
- I know you can'teven believe this.
- 00:14:27.923 --> 00:14:30.559
- But humble yourselfand be obedient".
- 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.729
- Because that's reallywhat it ends up
- 00:14:33.729 --> 00:14:35.864
- coming back around to...
- 00:14:36.732 --> 00:14:38.567
- Do you realizethat God is bigger
- 00:14:38.567 --> 00:14:41.470
- and his plan is biggerthan our plans".
- 00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:45.474
- And if we would just stayfocus on how big he is
- 00:14:45.474 --> 00:14:49.778
- and how awesome he is,
- 00:14:49.778 --> 00:14:51.180
- and that he's into every detail
- 00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.415
- of our lives andjust be obedient.
- 00:14:53.415 --> 00:14:55.217
- Be willing to step out
- 00:14:55.217 --> 00:14:56.652
- and trust that God's got you.
- 00:14:56.652 --> 00:14:58.687
- Cause I do believe too,
- 00:14:58.687 --> 00:14:59.855
- when you walk with God,
- 00:14:59.855 --> 00:15:01.957
- there is no failure in him.
- 00:15:01.957 --> 00:15:05.060
- And it just like whenthe Bible tells us that
- 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:07.162
- "When we study the word
- 00:15:07.162 --> 00:15:10.366
- and we don't let the worddepart from our mouth,
- 00:15:10.366 --> 00:15:12.768
- that we will have good success".
- 00:15:12.768 --> 00:15:14.970
- There's success,
- 00:15:14.970 --> 00:15:15.904
- but then there's good success.
- 00:15:15.904 --> 00:15:17.840
- There's failure,
- 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:19.074
- but then there'sno failure in God.
- 00:15:19.074 --> 00:15:20.743
- There's good success in God.
- 00:15:20.743 --> 00:15:22.211
- When you obey his word,
- 00:15:22.211 --> 00:15:24.747
- you're going toexperience good success.
- 00:15:24.747 --> 00:15:26.882
- And how many know that sometimes
- 00:15:26.882 --> 00:15:28.817
- that success can looktotally different
- 00:15:28.817 --> 00:15:30.953
- from the world success.
- 00:15:30.953 --> 00:15:32.421
- So you have to understandit's important to step out
- 00:15:33.889 --> 00:15:37.026
- because on the other side ofyour faith is the miracle.
- 00:15:37.026 --> 00:15:40.295
- - That's great Cece.
- 00:15:41.130 --> 00:15:43.465
- And I guess...
- 00:15:43.465 --> 00:15:44.666
- I also wanna just addsomething to that.
- 00:15:44.666 --> 00:15:47.302
- Just that the pastor girl here.
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- That sometimes all these,
- 00:15:50.472 --> 00:15:52.574
- younger people they just...
- 00:15:52.574 --> 00:15:54.843
- They might be willingto take a risk,
- 00:15:54.843 --> 00:15:56.545
- but they are step out orI'm gonna just do this
- 00:15:56.545 --> 00:15:59.748
- cause I feel it,
- 00:15:59.748 --> 00:16:01.116
- but they never asked for wisdom.
- 00:16:01.116 --> 00:16:03.018
- They never askedanybody for input.
- 00:16:03.018 --> 00:16:05.821
- And so I think
- 00:16:05.821 --> 00:16:07.356
- that if I could just offer onepiece of advice here is that,
- 00:16:07.356 --> 00:16:11.560
- as you're stepping outand taking a risk and...
- 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:13.862
- Listen, I'm all about it.
- 00:16:13.862 --> 00:16:15.998
- But it would be great
- 00:16:15.998 --> 00:16:17.132
- if you would ask someone
- 00:16:17.132 --> 00:16:18.700
- who's a little furtherup the road than you.
- 00:16:18.700 --> 00:16:21.003
- Someone who perhapshas gone that way,
- 00:16:21.003 --> 00:16:23.972
- get some wisdom from not just...
- 00:16:23.972 --> 00:16:26.708
- Don't just talk to your peers.
- 00:16:26.708 --> 00:16:28.977
- Don't just talk to thepeople you hang with.
- 00:16:28.977 --> 00:16:30.712
- Cause they're gonna say,
- 00:16:30.712 --> 00:16:31.647
- "Get out of that boat, honey"
- 00:16:31.647 --> 00:16:32.581
- and then watch you drown.
- 00:16:32.581 --> 00:16:33.816
- No ask somebody who isfurther up the road.
- 00:16:33.816 --> 00:16:37.419
- Who's done it a little bit.
- 00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:38.821
- Who is a little older and wiser.
- 00:16:38.821 --> 00:16:41.090
- So if I could just say humbleyourself and ask questions,
- 00:16:41.090 --> 00:16:44.293
- don't just assume you knowthe right thing to do,
- 00:16:44.293 --> 00:16:47.029
- but God puts us incommunity with each other.
- 00:16:47.029 --> 00:16:50.899
- And here's the thingI think I've realized.
- 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:53.035
- Is that, "Only part ofmy purpose is in me.
- 00:16:53.035 --> 00:16:57.506
- The rest is in other people".
- 00:16:58.373 --> 00:17:00.742
- Christianity isa communal faith.
- 00:17:01.910 --> 00:17:04.179
- It's about community.
- 00:17:04.179 --> 00:17:05.881
- So only part of whatI'm gonna do is in me.
- 00:17:05.881 --> 00:17:08.150
- The rest is in other people.
- 00:17:08.150 --> 00:17:09.685
- So I think it'sabsolutely arrogance
- 00:17:09.685 --> 00:17:12.488
- to think I can just take a risk
- 00:17:12.488 --> 00:17:14.156
- and step out of the boat
- 00:17:14.156 --> 00:17:15.324
- and not include anybodyin that decision.
- 00:17:15.324 --> 00:17:18.660
- And I just think even Laurie
- 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:21.430
- when we were talkingabout doing the show
- 00:17:21.430 --> 00:17:24.733
- "Better Together", while wedidn't even have a name for it,
- 00:17:24.733 --> 00:17:26.668
- then we were stillcoming up with ideas.
- 00:17:26.668 --> 00:17:28.604
- And one of thethings that you said
- 00:17:28.604 --> 00:17:30.572
- in the verybeginning was that...
- 00:17:30.572 --> 00:17:32.841
- First of all, you didn'teven really wanna do it.
- 00:17:32.841 --> 00:17:34.543
- You're like, "Oh, I don't know.
- 00:17:34.543 --> 00:17:35.777
- What's this gonna be?
- 00:17:35.777 --> 00:17:37.412
- And I don't know,
- 00:17:37.412 --> 00:17:38.347
- I don't even want to show",
- 00:17:38.347 --> 00:17:39.414
- but what made you take that risk
- 00:17:39.414 --> 00:17:42.384
- was that we weredoing it together.
- 00:17:42.384 --> 00:17:44.419
- Like you were in thiswith your friends.
- 00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:48.190
- And so I just think,
- 00:17:48.190 --> 00:17:49.658
- that's just a little picture,
- 00:17:49.658 --> 00:17:51.160
- but I just think that's howour purpose is worked out.
- 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.563
- It's together.
- 00:17:54.563 --> 00:17:56.365
- It's God building his church.
- 00:17:56.365 --> 00:17:58.600
- He's blessing the bride
- 00:17:58.600 --> 00:18:01.703
- and none of us thoughtthe whole thing.
- 00:18:01.703 --> 00:18:04.139
- And so now if I don't fulfillwhat I'm supposed to do,
- 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:07.142
- that will affect otherpeople obviously.
- 00:18:07.142 --> 00:18:09.845
- But I just think weget in so much trouble
- 00:18:09.845 --> 00:18:11.947
- when we just takethat risk and step out
- 00:18:11.947 --> 00:18:14.383
- and we don't bother toinquire with people.
- 00:18:14.383 --> 00:18:17.052
- We don't bother to getwisdom from people.
- 00:18:17.052 --> 00:18:18.420
- And so I could justthrow that out there
- 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:21.456
- as a little motherly spiritualmama, (laughs) caution
- 00:18:21.456 --> 00:18:24.393
- - Yeah so good Holly.
- 00:18:24.393 --> 00:18:25.894
- - Yes wisdom.
- 00:18:25.894 --> 00:18:26.895
- - Get some wisdom from someone
- 00:18:26.895 --> 00:18:28.864
- who's walked a littlebit of this journey.
- 00:18:28.864 --> 00:18:31.400
- - I love that.
- 00:18:33.435 --> 00:18:34.703
- I think that's soimportant because
- 00:18:34.703 --> 00:18:36.171
- sometimes we feel like wehave to do it all on our own.
- 00:18:36.171 --> 00:18:39.107
- And really that's tryingto be independence.
- 00:18:39.107 --> 00:18:43.779
- Independence from community.
- 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:46.682
- And some people'spersonalities are just like,
- 00:18:46.682 --> 00:18:49.685
- "I got to get in thereand I got to get it done".
- 00:18:49.685 --> 00:18:51.787
- But I think when we step back
- 00:18:51.787 --> 00:18:53.322
- and we realize we'rehere for each other.
- 00:18:53.322 --> 00:18:55.924
- And we reallysharpen one another.
- 00:18:55.924 --> 00:18:58.660
- The Bible talks about,
- 00:18:58.660 --> 00:19:00.128
- "The sharpening effect thatwe have on one another".
- 00:19:00.128 --> 00:19:03.432
- And I know just the other day
- 00:19:03.432 --> 00:19:04.800
- I was having adifficult decision.
- 00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:08.804
- There was a...
- 00:19:08.804 --> 00:19:09.638
- I ran into a problem
- 00:19:09.638 --> 00:19:11.306
- and in my mind I'm just like,
- 00:19:11.306 --> 00:19:13.008
- "This is just crazy".
- 00:19:13.008 --> 00:19:15.043
- My mind starts doubting.
- 00:19:15.043 --> 00:19:17.112
- And it's interesting becausedoubts are funny thing.
- 00:19:17.112 --> 00:19:21.350
- If you let that doubt continueto go play in your mind,
- 00:19:21.350 --> 00:19:26.288
- that will drop fromyour head to your heart.
- 00:19:26.288 --> 00:19:29.091
- You don't want doubt to dropfrom your head to your heart.
- 00:19:29.091 --> 00:19:31.793
- We're always gonnadoubt in our mind.
- 00:19:31.793 --> 00:19:33.595
- We'll always havethose moments of doubt,
- 00:19:33.595 --> 00:19:36.331
- but if we can getthose out of our mind,
- 00:19:36.331 --> 00:19:39.468
- they won't dropdown to our heart.
- 00:19:39.468 --> 00:19:41.570
- And I think we have to guardour heart with all diligence
- 00:19:41.570 --> 00:19:44.640
- because the Bible says,"That's the issue of life".
- 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.842
- That's where life flows from.
- 00:19:46.842 --> 00:19:48.210
- Your heart.
- 00:19:48.210 --> 00:19:49.211
- Your heart and your head,
- 00:19:49.211 --> 00:19:51.847
- don't need to line up sometimes.
- 00:19:51.847 --> 00:19:53.582
- Your heart needs to bestronger than your head.
- 00:19:53.582 --> 00:19:56.551
- Because your heart speaks.
- 00:19:56.551 --> 00:19:58.220
- Your God speaks to your heart.
- 00:19:58.220 --> 00:20:01.023
- But...
- 00:20:01.023 --> 00:20:01.957
- So doubt is a funny thing.
- 00:20:01.957 --> 00:20:02.891
- But anyway, I was having...
- 00:20:02.891 --> 00:20:03.925
- Back to my story,
- 00:20:03.925 --> 00:20:05.227
- I was having this problem
- 00:20:05.227 --> 00:20:08.730
- and it's interesting that
- 00:20:08.730 --> 00:20:10.365
- someone invited me overfor dinner and I went,
- 00:20:10.365 --> 00:20:13.835
- and they had aword to my problem
- 00:20:13.835 --> 00:20:17.272
- and they didn't even know it.
- 00:20:17.272 --> 00:20:18.707
- I didn't really...
- 00:20:19.775 --> 00:20:20.842
- I didn't tell them my problem,
- 00:20:20.842 --> 00:20:22.944
- but as they were talking,
- 00:20:22.944 --> 00:20:24.613
- I could hear God speaking to me.
- 00:20:24.613 --> 00:20:27.382
- And he gave me some solutions.
- 00:20:27.382 --> 00:20:29.284
- Then I was able to question them
- 00:20:29.284 --> 00:20:31.453
- and they were able to give mesome resources that I needed.
- 00:20:31.453 --> 00:20:35.090
- So God is so faithful.
- 00:20:35.090 --> 00:20:36.858
- Just asking for wisdom.
- 00:20:36.858 --> 00:20:38.560
- Maybe you don't knowwho to go to today.
- 00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:40.629
- You say, "But Idon't have anybody".
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- We'll ask God togive you the wisdom.
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- Ask him to open an opportunity
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- because really he canspeak through someone
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- that doesn't even knowthey're speaking back to you.
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- Because you have a personalrelationship with God.
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- And I think that's soimportant that we realize
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- that God wants tospeak to us directly.
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- He wants to lead us,
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- he wants to guide us,
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- and he wants to take us.
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- So we need to fillthose kisses from God.
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- That night I left I thought,
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- "Thank you, God.
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- You just gave mea big old smooch.
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- I feel a heck of a lot better
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- because I've got some answers".
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- And I now at leasthave a path to go on.
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- So I am so with you,
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- whether it's someonethat you know
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- that has gone and trusted friend
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- that you can ask for wisdom,
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- which I think is huge.
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- And we should allcultivate people like that,
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- or God can justgive you an answer,
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- but you're never,ever, ever alone.
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- God is always leading,
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- directing and guiding our paths.
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- - So you're lookingat four of the women
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- that I go to (laughs)when I need...
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- Because I love what Holly said,
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- "Our destinies are lockedup inside of each other".
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- That's why God puts us together.
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- We're a part of one body.
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- And talking about purpose,
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- I love the story of Gideon.
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- That God said to him,
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- "How many men do you have?"
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- And he had 30.000 men.
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- And he said, "Okay,get rid of this portion
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- and then get ridof this portion.
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- How many do you have now?"
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- He's down to 300 men.
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- And that was also thatGod would get the glory.
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- So you...
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- I don't believe you can fill
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- what God has reallyintended for you,
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- until you don'thave the resources,
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- until you don't have theability to do it on your own.
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- We need God to help us because,
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- our lives are to give God glory.
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- And if we could seethe big picture,
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- that's why I don't thinkhe shows us the big picture
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- at the beginning too,
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- because I don't think alot of us could handle it.
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- We would say, "There is no waythat God can do that with me
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- and we'd quit".
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- - No, that's so true Laurie.
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- And I just wannapray with you today
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- and I wanna pray for the Lord
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- to just help you findfulfillment in your purpose.
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- Father I just thankyou right now.
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- That every voicethat is listening,
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- that you are speaking intothe depth of their heart
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- and you're lettingthem know Lord
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- that you have definedpurpose for their life,
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- that they don't have to doubt.
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- That they can trust you.
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- That you're sending divinerelationships into their life.
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- That can come alongside.
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- Encourage them with the word.
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- Lord that you're sending people
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- that will speak a word maybe
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- that they don't evenknow is a divine word
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- that's coming from heavento lift their sister
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- or help provide an answer
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- that they haven'tbeen able to find.
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- I thank you for that father.
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- And Lord, we make youthe priority in our life.
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- We make your purposesthe priority in our life.
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- We will not doubt you,
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- but we will trust you.
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- We will trust that you bringus into the right places,
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- the right timing,
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- the right season.
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- And there is no failure in you,
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- but only good thatis ahead of us.
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- For you're a good God.
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- Thank you for that.
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- In your name Jesus,
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- Amen.
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- - Thank you, Lord.
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- - Beautiful Cece anyfinal words, babe?
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- You beautiful thing.
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- You could just sing.
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- (Cece laughs)
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- Just close this outwith a good song.
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- - Have faith in God.
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- Have faith in God.
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- Yeah, God is just so good.
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- And if we just wannaend in a song and just,
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- ♪ God is so good
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- ♪ God is so good
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- ♪ He's so good to me
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- He's good.
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- He's faithful.
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- You can trust him.
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- - Right on, yes he is.
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- Yes he is.
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- And we need each other.
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- - Yeah.
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- - I need you.
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- - [Both] I need you.
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- - And we need you.
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- And you've got us.
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- Our Better Together Communityis always here for you.
- 00:24:50.078 --> 00:24:53.148
- You can connect withus on social media.
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- Let us know how wecan pray for you.
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- So thanks for joiningall of us today.
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- So how early in life canwe understand God's plan?
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- Tomorrow we'regoing to talk about,
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- "How to inspirethe next generation
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- to know their purpose".
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- We will all see you.
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- Then we're gonna talkabout maybe our kids
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- and young people.
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- It's gonna be a good time.
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- Love you.
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- We'll see you tomorrow.
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- Bye.
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- (soft music)
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