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Beyond a Billion: Celebrate the Bible

November 21, 2025 | 116:30

Beyond a Billion: Celebrate the Bible
Be part of history as Christians around the world unite for television debut of Beyond a Billion—a powerful global celebration marking one billion installs of the YouVersion family of bible apps. Join CeCe Winans, Lauren Daigle, Phil Wickham, Christine Caine, Craig Groeschel, Kari Jobe, and more for this unforgettable live event honoring the life-changing impact of God’s Word.
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| Beyond a Billion: Celebrate the Bible | November 21, 2025
  • - i am overjoyed to invite you tonight
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  • To this unique and amazing celebration
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  • Of how the word of god is coming to life
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  • In hearts and lives all around the globe.
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  • A brand-new event called beyond a billion.
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  • We gather with thousands and thousands of believers,
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  • Worshipers, artists, and speakers around the world
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  • To honor a remarkable milestone.
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  • More than one billion downloads of the youversion bible app
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  • And counting.
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  • Wow.
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  • - one billion downloads of the living word of god,
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  • Which is active and powerful and never returns void.
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  • - to point people to a perfect book
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  • That contains the greatest story ever told.
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  • - this isn't just a number, it's a movement.
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  • So tonight, we're not only celebrating
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  • How far the word has reached,
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  • But what happens when it lands in the hands
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  • Of people who need it.
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  • - we are stewards of this moment in history.
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  • His word, once again, is gonna go forth
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  • Into this next generation.
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  • - [speaker] this isn't just a number, it's a movement.
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  • Powerful stories of transformation
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  • And a vision to reach even further,
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  • So every single person can engage with scripture every day.
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  • Let's raise our voices, lift our hearts,
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  • And join together in worship and celebration
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  • Of jesus christ, the king of kings and lord of lords.
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  • Welcome to beyond a billion.
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  • (peaceful music)
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  • (audience cheering and applauding)
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  • ♪ in the beginning
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  • ♪ in the beginning was
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  • ♪ in the beginning was the word ♪
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  • ♪ in the beginning was
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  • ♪ the word
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word was with god, the word was god ♪
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  • ♪ the word with god was god
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  • (audience cheering and applauding)
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  • (peaceful orchestra music)
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  • - in the beginning was the word.
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  • And the word was with god. and the word was god.
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  • He was with god in the beginning.
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  • Through him, all things were made.
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  • Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
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  • In him was life,
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  • And that life was the light of all mankind.
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  • The light shines in the darkness,
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  • And the darkness has not overcome it.
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  • (bright orchestra music)
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  • (bright orchestra music continues)
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  • - god spoke, and from his word came the breath of creation.
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  • It echoed through gardens and valleys,
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  • Through dreams, quiet streams, and burning bushes.
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  • An eternal, hopeful horizon thundering over kingdoms
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  • And whispering to elijah, god spoke.
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  • And when the poets and prophets listened by his spirit,
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  • The word was written on stones and scrolls, on.
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  • - papyrus and parchment, carried through famine and feast,
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  • Chanted by rabbis, guarded by priests,
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  • Sung by shepherds, treasured by the people of god.
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  • One generation proclaimed his wonder to the next.
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  • Until one day, all the prophecies came true,
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  • And the word became flesh, (triumphant music)
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  • The word incarnate, the word with a name, jesus,
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  • The word, the way, the truth, the life,
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  • The one whose sacrifice has saved us,
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  • The one whose righteousness has covered us,
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  • The one whose word was the final word over death.
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  • The son of god spoke, "it is finished," and it was finished.
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  • The resurrection recorded with eyewitness accounts.
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  • The letters of paul, peter, james, john, jude,
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  • Going out through the world, through history.
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  • The church commissioned to announce the victory,
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  • To spread the word.
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  • The scriptures preserved through persecution and trial.
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  • The scriptures, coined by the greeks as ta biblia,
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  • The books, what we call the bible.
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  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
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  • God spoke, and his word is what we carry today,
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  • In our hearts, in our hands.
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  • It is the lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path.
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  • (gentle orchestral music)
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  • ♪ in the darkness we were waiting ♪
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  • ♪ without hope without light
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  • ♪ 'til from heaven you came running ♪
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  • ♪ there was mercy in your eyes
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  • ♪ to fulfill the law and prophets ♪
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  • ♪ to a virgin came the word
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  • ♪ from a throne of endless glory ♪
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  • ♪ to a cradle in the dirt
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  • ♪ praise the father
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  • ♪ praise the son
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  • ♪ praise the spirit
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  • ♪ three in one
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  • ♪ god of glory
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  • ♪ majesty
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  • ♪ praise forever to the king of kings ♪
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  • ♪ to reveal the kingdom coming
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  • ♪ and to reconcile the lost
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  • ♪ to redeem the whole creation
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  • ♪ you did not despise the cross ♪
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  • ♪ for even in your suffering
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  • ♪ you saw to the other side
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  • ♪ knowing this was our salvation ♪
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  • ♪ jesus for our sake you died
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  • ♪ praise the father
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  • ♪ praise the son
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  • ♪ praise the spirit
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  • ♪ three in one
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  • ♪ god of glory
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  • ♪ majesty
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  • ♪ praise forever to the king of kings ♪
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  • ♪ and the morning that you rose ♪
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  • ♪ all of heaven held its breath ♪
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  • ♪ 'til that stone was moved for good ♪
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  • ♪ for the lamb had conquered death ♪
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  • (congregation cheering)
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  • ♪ and the dead rose from their tombs ♪
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  • ♪ and the angels stood in awe
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  • ♪ for the souls of all who'd come ♪
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  • ♪ to the father are restored
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  • ♪ and the church of christ was born ♪
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  • ♪ then the spirit lit the flame ♪
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  • ♪ now this gospel truth of old
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  • ♪ shall not kneel shall not faint ♪
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  • ♪ by his blood and in his name
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  • ♪ in his free
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  • ♪ freedom i am free ♪ freedom i am free
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  • ♪ for the love of jesus christ ♪ for the love of jesus christ
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  • ♪ who has resurrected me ♪ who has resurrected me
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  • - always praise god!
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  • (dramatic upbeat music)
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  • ♪ praise the father ♪ praise the father
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  • ♪ praise the son ♪ praise the son
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  • ♪ praise the spirit ♪ praise the spirit
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  • ♪ three in one ♪ three in one
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  • ♪ god of glory, majesty ♪ god of glory, majesty
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  • ♪ praise forever ♪ praise forever
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  • ♪ to the king of kings ♪ to the king of kings
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  • ♪ praise forever to the king of kings ♪
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  • (audience cheering and applauding)
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  • (gentle soulful music)
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  • (audience cheering and applauding)
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  • - come on and praise the lord, everybody!
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  • (cece speaking faintly)
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  • ♪ i love you, lord
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  • For your mercy never fails me
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  • All my days, i've been held in your hands
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  • From the moment that i wake up
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  • Until i lay my head
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  • Oh, i will sing of the goodness of god
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  • 'cause all my life you have been faithful
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  • And all my life you have been so, so good
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  • With every breath that i am able
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  • Oh, i will sing of the goodness of god
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  • ♪ i love your voice ♪ i love your voice
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  • ♪ you have led me ♪ you have led me
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  • ♪ through the fire ♪ through the fire
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  • ♪ in darkest night ♪ in darkest night
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  • ♪ you are close like no other ♪ you are close like no other
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  • ♪ i've known you as a father ♪ i've known you as a father
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  • ♪ i've known you as a friend ♪ i've known you as a friend
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  • ♪ and i have lived ♪ and i have lived
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  • ♪ in the goodness of god ♪ in the goodness of god
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  • ♪ oh
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  • ♪ 'cause all my life ♪ 'cause all my life
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  • ♪ you have been faithful ♪ you have been faithful
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  • ♪ oh yes, you have
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  • ♪ and all my life ♪ and all my life
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  • ♪ you have been so, so good ♪ you have been so, so good
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  • ♪ with every breath ♪ with every breath
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  • ♪ that i am able ♪ that i am able
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  • ♪ oh, i will sing ♪ i will sing
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  • ♪ of the goodness of god ♪ of the goodness of god
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  • - come on, y'all.
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  • ♪ your goodness is running after, it's running after me ♪
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  • ♪ your goodness is running after, it's running after me ♪
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  • ♪ with my life laid down, i surrendered now ♪
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  • ♪ i give you everything
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  • ♪ your goodness is running after, it's running after me ♪
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  • ♪ your goodness ♪ your goodness
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  • ♪ is running after ♪ oh yeah
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  • ♪ is running after me ♪ is running after me
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  • ♪ keeps running me down
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  • ♪ your goodness ♪ your goodness
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  • ♪ is running after ♪ oh lord
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  • ♪ it's running after me ♪ it's running after me
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  • ♪ with my life laid down ♪ with my life laid down
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  • ♪ i surrendered now ♪ i surrendered now
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  • ♪ i give you everything ♪ everything
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  • ♪ your goodness ♪ your goodness
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  • ♪ is running after ♪ is running after
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  • ♪ it's running after me ♪ it's running after me
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  • (gentle soulful music)
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  • (audience cheering and applauding)
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  • ♪ 'cause all my life ♪ 'cause all my life
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  • ♪ you have been faithful ♪ you have been faithful
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  • ♪ and all my life ♪ and all my life
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  • ♪ you have been so, so good ♪ you have been so, so good
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  • ♪ with every breath ♪ with every breath
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  • ♪ that i am able ♪ that i am able
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  • ♪ oh i'm gonna sing of the goodness of god ♪
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  • (congregation applauding)
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  • ♪ i'm gonna sing
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  • ♪ all my life you have been faithful ♪
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  • ♪ all of my life god's been faithful ♪
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  • ♪ all my life you have been so so good ♪
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  • ♪ so good with every breath
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  • ♪ with every breath that i am able ♪
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  • ♪ every breath i'm able
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  • ♪ i will gonna sing ♪ i'm gonna sing
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  • ♪ of the goodness of god
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  • ♪ of the goodness of god yes i am ♪
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  • ♪ i will sing of the goodness
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  • ♪ the goodness of god ♪ of god
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  • ♪ oh i'm gonna sing of the goodness of god ♪
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  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
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  • ♪ oh oh oh oh oh
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  • ♪ oh oh oh
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  • ♪ oh oh oh oh oh
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  • - [singer] won't be quiet tonight,
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  • Let's sing around this room.
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  • ♪ bless the lord oh my soul
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  • ♪ oh my soul
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  • ♪ worship his holy name
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  • ♪ sing like never before oh my soul ♪
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  • ♪ i'll worship your holy name
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  • ♪ the sun comes up it's a new day dawning ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to sing your song again ♪
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  • ♪ whatever may pass and whatever lies before me ♪
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  • ♪ let me be singing when the evening comes ♪
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  • ♪ we'll still sing your song
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  • ♪ bless the lord oh my soul
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  • ♪ oh my soul
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  • ♪ worship his holy name
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  • ♪ and we sing
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  • ♪ sing like never before oh my soul ♪
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  • ♪ i'll worship your holy name
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  • (singer singing in foreign language)
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  • (singer continues singing in foreign language)
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  • - amen.
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  • ♪ oh jesus
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  • ♪ on that day when my strength is failing ♪
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  • ♪ the end draws near and my time has come ♪
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  • ♪ jesus still my soul is gonna sing your praise ♪
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  • ♪ your praise unending
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  • ♪ ten thousand years and then for ♪
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  • ♪ forevermore
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  • ♪ it's gonna be forevermore
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  • ♪ bless the lord, o my soul
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  • ♪ o my soul
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  • ♪ worship his holy name
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  • ♪ sing, sing
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  • ♪ sing like never before
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  • ♪ o my soul
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  • ♪ i'll worship your holy name
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  • ♪ bless the lord, in this place today ♪
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  • ♪ bless the lord, o my soul
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  • ♪ o my soul
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  • ♪ worship his holy name
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  • ♪ sing like never before
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  • ♪ o my soul
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  • ♪ i'll worship your holy name
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  • ♪ forever, we're gonna
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  • ♪ i'll worship your holy name
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  • ♪ yes, i'll worship your holy name ♪
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  • - bless the lord! (people cheering)
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  • - oh, come on,
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  • Can we please clap our hands for a moment longer?
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  • We have made it to an amazing moment in history,
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  • And all of us are here together
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  • To celebrate the word of god.
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  • Not just being in our hands,
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  • But being around the entire world.
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  • God is moving in this day
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  • And all of us are alive to be a part of it.
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  • (people cheering)
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  • In a day and age where so many are trying to tear apart,
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  • Here is an opportunity for us to come together,
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  • To lift up the name of jesus
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  • And to celebrate the book that has never changed,
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  • Will not change, it's incorruptible,
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  • It is the word of god.
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  • And all night tonight,
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  • You're gonna hear so many different stories
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  • Of lives changed by god's word,
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  • Just like your life has been changed by god's word.
  • 00:22:20.452 --> 00:22:23.321
  • - and throughout this night,
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  • We have special guests joining us,
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  • Adding their voices to this very special celebration.
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  • We can't wait for you guys to hear
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  • All about how god's word has moved in
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  • And through their lives in such powerful ways,
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  • And how these family of apps have been a part of that.
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  • So to kick us off, i'm really excited
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  • To welcome our next two guests.
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  • She's a speaker, an author, and a voice of faith
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  • For so many young people.
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  • - for so many.
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  • He's an artist, a communicator, handsome man of faith,
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  • Filled with strength, a husband and a father,
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  • Touching the globe.
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  • Would you please join us in welcoming
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  • Kb and sadie robertson huff.
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  • (people cheering) (gentle orchestral music)
  • 00:23:03.094 --> 00:23:08.333
  • - well, hello, church.
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  • This is incredible.
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  • How many of you are thankful to be here tonight?
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  • (people cheering)
  • 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:16.942
  • What a day to celebrate.
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  • This is the day that the lord has made
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  • And i'm grateful to be alive and living in it.
  • 00:23:20.378 --> 00:23:23.048
  • - [kb] yes.
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  • - i'm so thankful to be here.
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  • I know they asked me to share a little bit
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  • About what the bible means to me and how it changed my life.
  • 00:23:27.385 --> 00:23:30.755
  • And honestly, it's hard to choose in a few short words
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  • How the bible changed my life.
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  • It's of course changed my whole life, my family's life.
  • 00:23:37.262 --> 00:23:39.798
  • I have no idea where i'd be without the word.
  • 00:23:39.798 --> 00:23:43.001
  • But what i thought of the most was the story of moses.
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  • Anybody else relate to the story of moses?
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  • It's been a go-to, for me, for my whole life.
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  • And specifically, whenever god comes and meets moses
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  • At that burning bush moment, begins to call him by name.
  • 00:23:55.714 --> 00:23:59.184
  • And moses was not expecting the call he was about to get,
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  • He was nervous, he was insecure.
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  • - [kb] that's right.
  • 00:24:04.155 --> 00:24:05.590
  • - he was immediately doubting himself and asking god,
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  • Who am i that i could do that?
  • 00:24:07.092 --> 00:24:09.628
  • And there's this moment where god responds to moses
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  • And doesn't sit there and tell moses who he is,
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  • But he responds and he says, "i am who i am."
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  • And that taught me so much in life
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  • That i need to stop looking in the mirror,
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  • Looking at what i can do in my own strength,
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  • But fix my eyes on god and say, what can you do through me?
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  • It's not about me, it's about you.
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  • And that's changed my life.
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  • - that's powerful. (people cheering)
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  • That's powerful, sister.
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  • I think it was 20 years ago
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  • Where god gave me what became the verse of my life.
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  • I can almost remember where i was sitting down.
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  • It was in psalm 73,
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  • Where asaph was wrestling with this question of,
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  • Why is it does it seem like people
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  • Who are often far from god
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  • Seem to still be doing so well?
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  • Sometimes.
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  • - well, while the righteous suffer.
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  • And asaph finds in that passage as he walks through
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  • This wrestle with god,
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  • That life is not about the abundance of possessions
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  • Or things going very well.
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  • Life is about knowing god. it's better than breathing.
  • 00:25:18.430 --> 00:25:22.233
  • And what asaph does in that passage
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  • That has been an anchor for me for my whole life
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  • Is he shows us how if you have a lot of good things
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  • Going good for you, yet you don't have god,
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  • You don't have anything good going for you.
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  • But if you don't have a ton,
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  • If things are hard or difficult or humbled
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  • Or if there's a bit of suffering in your life,
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  • Yet you still have god,
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  • You have more than you can ever imagine.
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  • Full stop.
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  • And it will take just about an eternity
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  • For us to fully appreciate what that means.
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  • He anchors everything in this verse, psalm 75:23.
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  • He says, "whom do i have in heaven but you?"
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  • There is none on earth that i desire besides you,
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  • My heart and my flesh.
  • 00:26:13.118 --> 00:26:14.853
  • And we could say, our friends, our family,
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  • My career, my fans, it all may fail,
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  • But you, god, are my strength and my portion forever.
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  • This is the word of god.
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  • This unshakeable, unmovable, unbreakable,
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  • Founding doctrine for us
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  • That we get to celebrate has been downloaded
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  • In over a billion places around the globe.
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  • (everyone applauds)
  • 00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:43.248
  • Psalm 73:25. god bless you.
  • 00:26:43.248 --> 00:26:46.284
  • - unbelievable. thank you, sadie, kb.
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  • - can we give it up for them one more time?
  • 00:26:49.054 --> 00:26:50.422
  • - thank you. give it up for them one more time.
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  • (everyone applauds) (gentle music)
  • 00:26:52.457 --> 00:26:57.762
  • There are people joining us from all over the world tonight,
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  • And yet even in the middle of something so global,
  • 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:05.603
  • It's also deeply personal.
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  • That's who our god is.
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  • He hung every star in the sky,
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  • And he knows every hair on your head.
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  • He sees us when we feel unseen.
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  • He turns our deepest hurt into unexpected hope.
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  • He reaches the world, and yet he still chases after the one.
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  • That's why i'm so excited for you to meet our next guest,
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  • A mother and a son who discovered
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  • That even in the hardest chapters of life,
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  • God's word still speaks.
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  • Take a look.
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  • - i lift up my eyes to the hills.
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  • From where will my help come?
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  • My help comes from the lord
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  • Who made heaven and earth.
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  • The lord will keep you from all evil.
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  • He will keep your life
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  • From this time on and forevermore.
  • 00:28:17.809 --> 00:28:24.015
  • (dramatic music)
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  • (crickets chirping)
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  • (dramatic music)
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  • My husband, gabriel jones and i,
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  • We had kent, a beautiful baby boy,
  • 00:28:37.228 --> 00:28:41.800
  • But we noticed that he wasn't reaching
  • 00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:44.369
  • His developmental milestones.
  • 00:28:44.369 --> 00:28:48.206
  • He was nonverbal. he wasn't speaking.
  • 00:28:49.007 --> 00:28:51.409
  • He didn't have any first words. he never called me mom.
  • 00:28:51.409 --> 00:28:56.381
  • After we received a diagnosis
  • 00:28:56.381 --> 00:28:58.516
  • That kent was on the autism spectrum,
  • 00:28:58.516 --> 00:29:00.985
  • We immediately put him into speech and occupational therapy.
  • 00:29:00.985 --> 00:29:05.023
  • But in 2012, my husband started having seizures.
  • 00:29:05.990 --> 00:29:10.428
  • I was seven months pregnant with lacey, our second baby.
  • 00:29:11.563 --> 00:29:16.034
  • (dramatic music)
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  • I was so confused.
  • 00:29:19.504 --> 00:29:22.707
  • Gabe and i felt like god had so many great plans
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  • For our life and our family.
  • 00:29:27.612 --> 00:29:30.715
  • Oh gosh, i'm sorry.
  • 00:29:31.182 --> 00:29:33.117
  • And so when i was at the hospital,
  • 00:29:33.885 --> 00:29:37.822
  • I was sitting next to him as they were working on him,
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  • Begging god to bring him back.
  • 00:29:42.493 --> 00:29:45.930
  • (dramatic music)
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  • On june 21st in 2013,
  • 00:29:50.635 --> 00:29:53.838
  • He had his last and fatal seizure.
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  • The year after gabe died,
  • 00:29:59.210 --> 00:30:00.778
  • I just sat there.
  • 00:30:00.778 --> 00:30:02.981
  • - [narrator] listening to all the activity going on
  • 00:30:04.048 --> 00:30:05.450
  • Around me, the laughter, the talking,
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  • And i couldn't get there.
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  • I couldn't relate.
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  • I was so full of fear.
  • 00:30:14.692 --> 00:30:17.996
  • Fear of the unknown.
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  • What would my child's future looked like?
  • 00:30:20.531 --> 00:30:25.069
  • I felt hopeless.
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  • (tense music)
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  • I think it was about 2014 or 15
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  • When youversion started promoting
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  • For the bible app for kids.
  • 00:30:48.326 --> 00:30:50.628
  • We really wanted to pass our faith down to our children.
  • 00:30:51.763 --> 00:30:54.632
  • I downloaded it and let kent
  • 00:30:55.233 --> 00:30:58.269
  • And lacey play with their tablet and they just loved it.
  • 00:30:58.269 --> 00:31:05.843
  • And kent, although he didn't have any type
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  • Of speech at the time, i just could not believe it.
  • 00:31:09.213 --> 00:31:13.985
  • He would start reciting the stories.
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  • - daniel (indistinct).
  • 00:31:16.621 --> 00:31:21.059
  • It was god who sent them.
  • 00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.894
  • The angel set (indistinct).
  • 00:31:22.894 --> 00:31:26.597
  • Daniel (indistinct).
  • 00:31:26.597 --> 00:31:29.867
  • - [narrator] that would be like one of the only times
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  • That i could hear his voice.
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  • - dad still play to go.
  • 00:31:33.137 --> 00:31:35.707
  • - it was lifted.
  • 00:31:35.707 --> 00:31:37.108
  • - [narrator] he would take the phrases from the
  • 00:31:37.108 --> 00:31:39.110
  • Bible for kids and he would try to apply them
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  • To his daily life.
  • 00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.414
  • Many months and going into years of him learning how
  • 00:31:44.449 --> 00:31:49.287
  • To engage people.
  • 00:31:49.721 --> 00:31:51.622
  • And now more than 10 years later, kent's a teenager.
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  • He's in high school and he's excelling.
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  • He's in the marching band.
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  • He makes the honor roll every quarter.
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  • He loves the word of god.
  • 00:32:05.837 --> 00:32:07.839
  • I believe the word of god gave my son words.
  • 00:32:08.773 --> 00:32:14.245
  • - [narrator and kent] i lift up my eyes to the mountains.
  • 00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:19.150
  • Where does my help come from?
  • 00:32:19.150 --> 00:32:21.786
  • My help comes from the lord.
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  • - the maker of heaven and earth.
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  • He will not let your foot slip.
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  • He who watches over you.
  • 00:32:30.528 --> 00:32:32.530
  • - [narrator] without god's word.
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  • I would not have had the faith to believe god would
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  • Help my son progress.
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  • He has taken care of us.
  • 00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:45.143
  • And every time i read god's word, i'm reminded
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  • That he can give you back everything that you've lost.
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  • And he can turn it around.
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  • Without god's word i would not believe in miracles.
  • 00:32:54.585 --> 00:32:59.657
  • - [kent] the lord will watch over your coming and going
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  • Both now and forevermore.
  • 00:33:03.828 --> 00:33:12.236
  • (audience cheering)
  • 00:33:12.703 --> 00:33:16.340
  • - okay, you can pop a moment longer for god.
  • 00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:18.543
  • What a transformational story.
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  • Wow, lauren, kent, thank you so very much.
  • 00:33:22.447 --> 00:33:27.251
  • 'cause god always uses everyday people just like
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  • Me and just like you.
  • 00:33:30.888 --> 00:33:32.323
  • And in the moment, the actual founder
  • 00:33:32.323 --> 00:33:35.827
  • Of youversion is about to step on this platform.
  • 00:33:35.827 --> 00:33:39.263
  • A man that has laid down his life
  • 00:33:39.263 --> 00:33:41.933
  • For the cause of jesus christ.
  • 00:33:41.933 --> 00:33:43.901
  • An innovator, a pastor, a leader,
  • 00:33:43.901 --> 00:33:46.437
  • And someone that is helping to impact an entire generation.
  • 00:33:46.437 --> 00:33:50.475
  • Would you put your hands together for the one
  • 00:33:50.475 --> 00:33:52.543
  • And only bobby gruenwald as he comes here to share.
  • 00:33:52.543 --> 00:33:56.781
  • Pastor, we're ready to hear from you, sir.
  • 00:33:56.781 --> 00:34:00.017
  • (audience cheering)
  • 00:34:00.485 --> 00:34:19.604
  • (audience cheering continues)
  • 00:34:20.238 --> 00:34:24.876
  • - my heart is just full right now.
  • 00:34:25.643 --> 00:34:30.414
  • It's full.
  • 00:34:30.715 --> 00:34:36.821
  • It is full of gratitude.
  • 00:34:37.321 --> 00:34:39.724
  • I'm so thankful that you're here.
  • 00:34:40.458 --> 00:34:42.560
  • We have people that came from the far corners of the earth
  • 00:34:42.560 --> 00:34:46.230
  • To be a part of celebrating the bible.
  • 00:34:46.230 --> 00:34:48.566
  • When we were planning this, first of all,
  • 00:34:48.566 --> 00:34:51.469
  • When we saw this milestone coming,
  • 00:34:51.469 --> 00:34:55.740
  • We didn't know it was gonna happen this quickly.
  • 00:34:56.741 --> 00:34:59.577
  • And honestly, i'm terrible about celebrate.
  • 00:35:00.511 --> 00:35:03.447
  • - things may not look like that right now,
  • 00:35:04.348 --> 00:35:06.050
  • But i really am terrible about celebrating things
  • 00:35:06.050 --> 00:35:10.087
  • And i just wanted this to be a moment for the bible.
  • 00:35:10.087 --> 00:35:15.426
  • I thought this is something that we have to celebrate,
  • 00:35:16.527 --> 00:35:17.895
  • Not something we've done, not something i've done,
  • 00:35:17.895 --> 00:35:19.397
  • Not something our team has done,
  • 00:35:19.397 --> 00:35:21.132
  • But something that god's done
  • 00:35:21.132 --> 00:35:22.400
  • So the whole world could look on
  • 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.001
  • And couldn't deny that god's word is alive.
  • 00:35:24.001 --> 00:35:26.604
  • (congregation applauding)
  • 00:35:26.604 --> 00:35:27.438
  • - [congregant] whoo!
  • 00:35:27.438 --> 00:35:31.442
  • - and we were planning this, and i said,
  • 00:35:31.442 --> 00:35:33.311
  • "i really don't know any other response,
  • 00:35:33.311 --> 00:35:35.546
  • But for us to worship."
  • 00:35:35.546 --> 00:35:37.081
  • So the reason we're singing so many worship songs
  • 00:35:37.081 --> 00:35:39.317
  • Is 'cause i just don't wanna say, "praise god."
  • 00:35:39.317 --> 00:35:41.152
  • I wanna actually praise god,
  • 00:35:41.152 --> 00:35:43.321
  • Which is what we're doing here tonight, so.
  • 00:35:43.321 --> 00:35:45.223
  • (congregation cheers and applauds)
  • 00:35:45.223 --> 00:35:47.959
  • We're gonna celebrate a billion,
  • 00:35:47.959 --> 00:35:49.527
  • But we're really celebrating god's word.
  • 00:35:49.527 --> 00:35:51.996
  • And i just want you to know that.
  • 00:35:51.996 --> 00:35:53.164
  • So, the way this story started,
  • 00:35:53.164 --> 00:35:55.099
  • The way that god orchestrated all of this started,
  • 00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:57.935
  • Not with a big vision, not with big plans.
  • 00:35:57.935 --> 00:36:00.805
  • I didn't have that kind of faith.
  • 00:36:00.805 --> 00:36:02.640
  • I didn't believe for this.
  • 00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:05.409
  • I just started in an airport security line
  • 00:36:05.409 --> 00:36:08.846
  • In the o'hare airport in chicago, october 27th, 2006.
  • 00:36:08.846 --> 00:36:14.185
  • And in that security line that day,
  • 00:36:14.952 --> 00:36:17.154
  • I was asking this question,
  • 00:36:17.154 --> 00:36:18.456
  • "could technology help me read the bible?"
  • 00:36:18.456 --> 00:36:22.493
  • I felt like i was a below average bible reader,
  • 00:36:23.494 --> 00:36:27.064
  • Just wanted to be more consistent.
  • 00:36:27.832 --> 00:36:30.301
  • And so i had this idea for a website.
  • 00:36:30.301 --> 00:36:32.203
  • It predated apps.
  • 00:36:32.203 --> 00:36:34.071
  • I came up with the name youversion in the airport.
  • 00:36:35.106 --> 00:36:37.808
  • So if you're wondering where the name came from,
  • 00:36:37.808 --> 00:36:40.044
  • It came from the airport.
  • 00:36:40.044 --> 00:36:42.013
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:36:42.013 --> 00:36:43.147
  • Just the best name i came up with.
  • 00:36:43.147 --> 00:36:44.982
  • I didn't have enough faith to believe for this.
  • 00:36:45.950 --> 00:36:47.718
  • I just had enough faith to take one small step.
  • 00:36:47.718 --> 00:36:49.887
  • And that was to register the domain name youversion.com
  • 00:36:49.887 --> 00:36:53.157
  • Before i got on the airplane that day.
  • 00:36:53.157 --> 00:36:56.027
  • And that was of course one step
  • 00:36:56.027 --> 00:36:57.828
  • Among many other steps that we took.
  • 00:36:57.828 --> 00:36:59.897
  • And we launched that website in 2007.
  • 00:36:59.897 --> 00:37:03.301
  • And fortunately it failed.
  • 00:37:03.301 --> 00:37:05.736
  • I say fortunately,
  • 00:37:06.170 --> 00:37:07.638
  • It just simply didn't help us engage with the bible.
  • 00:37:07.638 --> 00:37:09.840
  • But the reason i say fortunately is because it was actually
  • 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:13.444
  • The failure of that website that led us
  • 00:37:13.444 --> 00:37:15.579
  • To try putting it on a mobile phone.
  • 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:18.449
  • And that was a blackberry.
  • 00:37:19.016 --> 00:37:20.918
  • The blackberry was so good.
  • 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:23.854
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:37:23.854 --> 00:37:25.623
  • It was awesome.
  • 00:37:25.623 --> 00:37:27.358
  • That one simple move,
  • 00:37:27.858 --> 00:37:29.994
  • We could all of a sudden see how we were engaging
  • 00:37:30.928 --> 00:37:32.897
  • With scripture in places we hadn't before.
  • 00:37:32.897 --> 00:37:34.799
  • We could see the traffic to the website going up
  • 00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:37.601
  • From people using their blackberrys.
  • 00:37:37.601 --> 00:37:39.503
  • And this is now early 2008,
  • 00:37:39.503 --> 00:37:41.405
  • And steve jobs announces this thing called an app store.
  • 00:37:41.405 --> 00:37:45.576
  • Had we not failed at the website,
  • 00:37:46.310 --> 00:37:48.846
  • We'd have still probably been trying
  • 00:37:48.846 --> 00:37:50.348
  • To make the website work,
  • 00:37:50.348 --> 00:37:51.716
  • But we kinda had eyes to see an opportunity,
  • 00:37:51.716 --> 00:37:54.485
  • And we thought we should try to build a bible app.
  • 00:37:54.485 --> 00:37:57.121
  • The problem is, none of us knew how to build a bible app.
  • 00:37:57.121 --> 00:38:00.791
  • I'm not an engineer.
  • 00:38:00.791 --> 00:38:02.226
  • I don't write code.
  • 00:38:02.226 --> 00:38:03.794
  • We found a 19-year-old on our team.
  • 00:38:03.794 --> 00:38:06.297
  • He loved apple.
  • 00:38:06.297 --> 00:38:07.965
  • The only things you had to have were to be 19
  • 00:38:07.965 --> 00:38:10.134
  • And love apple to build an app.
  • 00:38:10.134 --> 00:38:12.870
  • (congregants laughing)
  • 00:38:12.870 --> 00:38:15.306
  • And we, for three months, worked together
  • 00:38:15.306 --> 00:38:17.675
  • And we built this app
  • 00:38:17.675 --> 00:38:19.543
  • And we submitted to apple.
  • 00:38:19.543 --> 00:38:21.712
  • And to our surprise, on july 10th, 2008,
  • 00:38:21.712 --> 00:38:25.249
  • When the app store launched,
  • 00:38:25.249 --> 00:38:26.951
  • The bible app was there on the very first day.
  • 00:38:26.951 --> 00:38:29.487
  • (congregation cheers and applauds)
  • 00:38:29.487 --> 00:38:37.027
  • This phone
  • 00:38:37.328 --> 00:38:39.563
  • Was the very first phone
  • 00:38:40.064 --> 00:38:42.133
  • To install the bible app.
  • 00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:44.702
  • It's normally on display at the museum of the bible,
  • 00:38:45.770 --> 00:38:48.172
  • But i borrowed it.
  • 00:38:48.172 --> 00:38:49.473
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:38:49.473 --> 00:38:50.741
  • I promised them i'd get it back, won't drop it.
  • 00:38:50.741 --> 00:38:53.544
  • But this phone was number one.
  • 00:38:54.178 --> 00:38:57.481
  • And then the very first weekend we saw it go
  • 00:38:58.382 --> 00:39:00.217
  • From this one phone to 83,000 phones.
  • 00:39:00.217 --> 00:39:03.521
  • - [congregants] wow.
  • 00:39:03.521 --> 00:39:04.321
  • - and it blew our minds.
  • 00:39:04.321 --> 00:39:05.423
  • (congregation applauding)
  • 00:39:05.423 --> 00:39:09.260
  • And since then we've been on this crazy journey
  • 00:39:10.261 --> 00:39:12.496
  • Where i wish i could tell you
  • 00:39:12.496 --> 00:39:14.064
  • That there weren't obstacles and there weren't challenges,
  • 00:39:14.064 --> 00:39:15.699
  • But man, there have been so many obstacles
  • 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:17.501
  • And so many challenges along the way.
  • 00:39:17.501 --> 00:39:19.770
  • But you know what there's also been, is so many miracles.
  • 00:39:19.770 --> 00:39:23.641
  • Miracles like the one you just heard.
  • 00:39:23.641 --> 00:39:26.844
  • Kent's story is incredible.
  • 00:39:26.844 --> 00:39:28.846
  • But god's also used so many people
  • 00:39:28.846 --> 00:39:31.916
  • And so many organizations as part of this miracle
  • 00:39:31.916 --> 00:39:34.618
  • That he's done, that we're celebrating here tonight.
  • 00:39:34.618 --> 00:39:37.721
  • And so when i had an opportunity to share,
  • 00:39:37.721 --> 00:39:40.090
  • I wanted to share this story,
  • 00:39:40.090 --> 00:39:41.525
  • But i really wanted to thank some groups of people
  • 00:39:41.525 --> 00:39:44.628
  • That i feel like god used that don't always get the credit
  • 00:39:44.628 --> 00:39:47.264
  • And don't always get seen.
  • 00:39:47.264 --> 00:39:49.333
  • So the first group of people
  • 00:39:49.333 --> 00:39:50.668
  • That i wanna thank are the bible publishers,
  • 00:39:50.668 --> 00:39:54.438
  • The bible societies and the bible translators.
  • 00:39:54.438 --> 00:39:57.408
  • (congregation applauding) - [congregants] whoo!
  • 00:39:57.408 --> 00:40:02.313
  • You see there-
  • 00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:03.681
  • - they're the heroes of this story,
  • 00:40:04.448 --> 00:40:05.749
  • Not just simply because they took such care
  • 00:40:05.749 --> 00:40:08.719
  • To translate the bible
  • 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:10.020
  • So that we could have it in our language,
  • 00:40:10.020 --> 00:40:11.755
  • But because they took a risk on a crazy idea
  • 00:40:11.755 --> 00:40:15.693
  • To make it available for free, even though
  • 00:40:15.693 --> 00:40:18.195
  • They oftentimes depended on royalties and revenue
  • 00:40:18.195 --> 00:40:21.198
  • To be able to support their ministries,
  • 00:40:21.198 --> 00:40:23.234
  • They took a huge risk.
  • 00:40:23.234 --> 00:40:25.703
  • The bible app would not be the bible app without the bible,
  • 00:40:25.703 --> 00:40:30.140
  • It'd just be an app,
  • 00:40:30.608 --> 00:40:32.042
  • (audience laughing)
  • 00:40:32.042 --> 00:40:33.844
  • So we would not be here today celebrating this
  • 00:40:33.844 --> 00:40:37.214
  • If it weren't for them.
  • 00:40:37.214 --> 00:40:38.682
  • The second group of people that i want to thank
  • 00:40:39.650 --> 00:40:41.819
  • Are our partners, you see as we begin,
  • 00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:44.955
  • Yeah, you can go ahead, we're gonna clap a lot.
  • 00:40:44.955 --> 00:40:46.891
  • (adience applauding)
  • 00:40:46.891 --> 00:40:50.494
  • As we begin to take steps on this journey,
  • 00:40:51.395 --> 00:40:53.931
  • We realized that we're gonna have to meet people
  • 00:40:53.931 --> 00:40:57.234
  • Where they're at and we saw people searching
  • 00:40:57.234 --> 00:40:59.336
  • For so many things that there so many felt needs,
  • 00:40:59.336 --> 00:41:02.339
  • That they have, so many challenges that they're facing,
  • 00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:04.842
  • They're looking for answers in scripture,
  • 00:41:04.842 --> 00:41:06.477
  • And we're like, "man, we need a lot of content
  • 00:41:06.477 --> 00:41:08.779
  • To help guide them in this process."
  • 00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:10.514
  • And so we begin to ask people
  • 00:41:10.514 --> 00:41:12.283
  • If they could contribute bible plans or video content,
  • 00:41:12.283 --> 00:41:15.319
  • Devotional content, verse of the day content,
  • 00:41:15.319 --> 00:41:18.255
  • And we begin to have partner after partners say yes,
  • 00:41:18.255 --> 00:41:21.659
  • And now today, we have tens of thousands,
  • 00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:24.161
  • Over 30,000 partners
  • 00:41:24.161 --> 00:41:25.863
  • That contribute content to the bible app.
  • 00:41:25.863 --> 00:41:28.632
  • I'd like to invite to the stage two of those partners,
  • 00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:32.069
  • Dallas jenkins and tara-leigh cobble,
  • 00:41:32.069 --> 00:41:34.305
  • If they could come join me on the stage here.
  • 00:41:34.305 --> 00:41:36.040
  • (audience applauding and cheering)
  • 00:41:36.040 --> 00:41:40.010
  • These are two incredible partners.
  • 00:41:40.010 --> 00:41:41.579
  • We're so grateful for them.
  • 00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:43.347
  • And dallas is a creator of "the chosen," which i'm sure
  • 00:41:43.347 --> 00:41:47.051
  • Many of you have heard.
  • 00:41:47.551 --> 00:41:48.752
  • (audience applauding and cheering)
  • 00:41:48.752 --> 00:41:51.422
  • And we have been so blessed
  • 00:41:51.422 --> 00:41:53.290
  • To be partners with "the chosen."
  • 00:41:53.290 --> 00:41:55.326
  • And i know that, dallas, i mean,
  • 00:41:55.326 --> 00:41:56.694
  • Obviously the way that you create stories
  • 00:41:56.694 --> 00:41:59.430
  • And the way that you pull people in
  • 00:41:59.430 --> 00:42:01.532
  • Obviously has a connection to your passion
  • 00:42:01.532 --> 00:42:03.667
  • For bible connection, bible engagement.
  • 00:42:03.667 --> 00:42:05.402
  • Tell me how that fits into your vision.
  • 00:42:05.402 --> 00:42:07.471
  • - yeah, i think we can all agree
  • 00:42:07.471 --> 00:42:09.673
  • That it would be a big problem
  • 00:42:09.673 --> 00:42:11.575
  • If people watched "the chosen,"
  • 00:42:12.209 --> 00:42:13.744
  • And said, "okay, now i don't have to read the bible.
  • 00:42:13.744 --> 00:42:16.780
  • "the chosen" is my bible study."
  • 00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:19.116
  • That would be a big problem.
  • 00:42:19.116 --> 00:42:20.317
  • And i think we can all agree on that.
  • 00:42:20.317 --> 00:42:21.719
  • So before episode one,
  • 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:23.153
  • Before anyone watches a single frame of the show,
  • 00:42:23.153 --> 00:42:25.789
  • We have up on the screen, it gives a little disclaimer,
  • 00:42:25.789 --> 00:42:28.692
  • And then it says, viewers are encouraged
  • 00:42:28.692 --> 00:42:30.361
  • To read the gospels.
  • 00:42:30.361 --> 00:42:31.996
  • But when we started making the show,
  • 00:42:31.996 --> 00:42:33.430
  • You never know how it's gonna work.
  • 00:42:33.430 --> 00:42:35.466
  • You don't know if it's gonna be successful,
  • 00:42:35.466 --> 00:42:37.034
  • And you don't know if it's gonna accomplish your goal
  • 00:42:37.034 --> 00:42:39.737
  • Of bringing people towards the bible.
  • 00:42:39.737 --> 00:42:42.139
  • But the first major evidence,
  • 00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:44.008
  • And it remains my favorite story
  • 00:42:44.008 --> 00:42:46.310
  • Since we started making the show,
  • 00:42:46.310 --> 00:42:48.646
  • Is actually when i spoke with you, when i first met you,
  • 00:42:48.646 --> 00:42:50.981
  • And we talked about potentially doing a partnership.
  • 00:42:50.981 --> 00:42:53.917
  • And you shared with me that the engineers of the bible app
  • 00:42:53.917 --> 00:42:57.488
  • Have either a daily or weekly meeting,
  • 00:42:57.488 --> 00:42:59.223
  • I don't remember which it was,
  • 00:42:59.223 --> 00:43:00.658
  • But they were having a meeting discussing the app
  • 00:43:00.658 --> 00:43:02.826
  • And going through potential problems
  • 00:43:02.826 --> 00:43:04.428
  • Or anything, any glitches that they were seeing.
  • 00:43:04.428 --> 00:43:06.363
  • And they said, one of them said,
  • 00:43:06.363 --> 00:43:07.898
  • "we're having a glitch
  • 00:43:07.898 --> 00:43:09.233
  • In the search function of the app right now."
  • 00:43:09.233 --> 00:43:12.436
  • There's an inordinate and abnormal amount of searches
  • 00:43:12.436 --> 00:43:14.838
  • For nathaniel, and we have no idea why.
  • 00:43:14.838 --> 00:43:17.341
  • We're trying to figure out what's going on.
  • 00:43:17.341 --> 00:43:18.642
  • And so they're working through it
  • 00:43:18.642 --> 00:43:19.843
  • And trying to solve the problem.
  • 00:43:19.843 --> 00:43:21.111
  • And they couldn't solve it, technically,
  • 00:43:21.111 --> 00:43:23.380
  • Until someone raised their hand and said, "wait a minute.
  • 00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:25.816
  • Episode two of season two
  • 00:43:25.816 --> 00:43:26.950
  • Of "the chosen" came out last night,
  • 00:43:26.950 --> 00:43:29.253
  • And it introduced nathaniel into the show
  • 00:43:29.253 --> 00:43:31.955
  • For the first time."
  • 00:43:31.955 --> 00:43:37.194
  • And when i heard that, i thought,
  • 00:43:37.861 --> 00:43:43.133
  • (audience applauding)
  • 00:43:43.634 --> 00:43:50.908
  • That's exactly why i do what i do.
  • 00:43:51.675 --> 00:43:53.911
  • This it's been the privilege of a lifetime,
  • 00:43:54.778 --> 00:43:57.848
  • Is to make this show and i love my job
  • 00:43:57.848 --> 00:44:02.252
  • And i love hearing stories of impact,
  • 00:44:03.053 --> 00:44:04.488
  • And they move me every time.
  • 00:44:04.488 --> 00:44:06.757
  • But at the end of the day, it's just a show.
  • 00:44:06.757 --> 00:44:09.993
  • It's not the end game, when we get to heaven
  • 00:44:09.993 --> 00:44:12.429
  • We're not gonna be watching tv shows,
  • 00:44:12.429 --> 00:44:14.732
  • We're gonna be doing stuff like this.
  • 00:44:14.732 --> 00:44:16.266
  • We're gonna be worshiping, we're gonna be getting discipled,
  • 00:44:16.266 --> 00:44:18.936
  • We're gonna be falling more in love with our creator.
  • 00:44:18.936 --> 00:44:21.038
  • (audience applauding and cheering)
  • 00:44:21.038 --> 00:44:26.143
  • And when i hear stories repeatedly since then,
  • 00:44:27.044 --> 00:44:29.379
  • That every time a new episode comes out,
  • 00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:31.281
  • Search terms go up 100%, 200%, 300%
  • 00:44:31.281 --> 00:44:34.485
  • For the characters or the storylines in our show.
  • 00:44:34.485 --> 00:44:37.721
  • It reminds me of a objective fact
  • 00:44:37.721 --> 00:44:40.124
  • That i want you to know that i know
  • 00:44:40.124 --> 00:44:42.326
  • I am a flawed man, using the imperfect medium of television
  • 00:44:43.494 --> 00:44:48.332
  • To point people to a perfect book
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  • That contains the greatest story ever told though.
  • 00:44:52.002 --> 00:44:54.204
  • (audience applauding and cheering)
  • 00:44:54.204 --> 00:44:57.674
  • - thank you, dallas.
  • 00:44:57.674 --> 00:45:00.811
  • Tara-leigh has the most popular.
  • 00:45:01.445 --> 00:45:03.881
  • - read through the bible plan in the bible lab.
  • 00:45:04.815 --> 00:45:06.483
  • (audience cheering)
  • 00:45:06.483 --> 00:45:08.685
  • And sometimes when i look at like your success,
  • 00:45:08.685 --> 00:45:10.754
  • I think why would you need
  • 00:45:10.754 --> 00:45:11.855
  • To even partner with the bible lab
  • 00:45:11.855 --> 00:45:13.357
  • 'cause it looks like your ministry is often running strong
  • 00:45:13.357 --> 00:45:15.492
  • So why do you partner with us?
  • 00:45:15.492 --> 00:45:17.394
  • - oh, bobby, (chuckles)
  • 00:45:17.394 --> 00:45:18.796
  • In the early days of "the bible recap,"
  • 00:45:18.796 --> 00:45:21.198
  • I got an email from a 21-year-old hindu man in mumbai
  • 00:45:21.198 --> 00:45:25.035
  • Named udkarsh.
  • 00:45:25.035 --> 00:45:26.436
  • And udkarsh had started reading the bible
  • 00:45:26.436 --> 00:45:28.138
  • But did not understand what he was reading,
  • 00:45:28.138 --> 00:45:30.340
  • Which i think is very relatable.
  • 00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:32.476
  • And he had found "the bible recap" reading plan.
  • 00:45:33.477 --> 00:45:35.112
  • He started reading with us.
  • 00:45:35.112 --> 00:45:36.547
  • And everything we do is designed to help people read,
  • 00:45:36.547 --> 00:45:38.382
  • Understand, and love the bible.
  • 00:45:38.382 --> 00:45:40.350
  • And udkarsh through reading
  • 00:45:40.350 --> 00:45:42.019
  • And understanding the bible, came to love the bible
  • 00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:44.221
  • And the god of the bible and gave his life to christ, right?
  • 00:45:44.221 --> 00:45:49.493
  • (audience applauding)
  • 00:45:49.993 --> 00:45:52.262
  • And because of our partnership with the bible app,
  • 00:45:52.262 --> 00:45:54.631
  • We hear stories like that every day.
  • 00:45:54.631 --> 00:45:58.335
  • Every day people who are far from god draw near to god
  • 00:45:58.335 --> 00:46:02.472
  • Through his word, understand it, and fall in love with him
  • 00:46:02.472 --> 00:46:04.942
  • And it transforms their life.
  • 00:46:04.942 --> 00:46:06.710
  • - thank you, well, we could not do what we do without you
  • 00:46:06.710 --> 00:46:11.982
  • And without the thousands of partners that we have
  • 00:46:13.016 --> 00:46:14.518
  • So thank you guys so much if you could give them a hand
  • 00:46:14.518 --> 00:46:16.286
  • And all of our partners who could do the bible.
  • 00:46:16.286 --> 00:46:18.822
  • Thank you guys so much.
  • 00:46:18.822 --> 00:46:20.958
  • We've got more than a thousand partners
  • 00:46:21.825 --> 00:46:25.262
  • That are with us here in the room tonight
  • 00:46:25.262 --> 00:46:26.830
  • And i wish we could have every one of them here
  • 00:46:26.830 --> 00:46:28.532
  • To tell their story but we're so honored
  • 00:46:28.532 --> 00:46:30.534
  • To be able to do that
  • 00:46:30.534 --> 00:46:31.935
  • And there's one other group that i wanna thank,
  • 00:46:31.935 --> 00:46:34.738
  • You guys probably know if you don't know
  • 00:46:35.572 --> 00:46:37.107
  • The bible app is free.
  • 00:46:37.107 --> 00:46:38.976
  • Did you know that? hope you did.
  • 00:46:39.610 --> 00:46:42.579
  • It doesn't have any ads.
  • 00:46:43.080 --> 00:46:45.148
  • It doesn't have any sponsors.
  • 00:46:45.148 --> 00:46:46.884
  • We don't sell data, we don't monetize it in any way.
  • 00:46:46.884 --> 00:46:50.921
  • And then god began to bring people alongside that said,
  • 00:46:50.921 --> 00:46:54.258
  • "could we help accelerate this?"
  • 00:46:54.258 --> 00:46:56.526
  • And that group of people now is turned into a community
  • 00:46:56.526 --> 00:46:59.096
  • That we call our sower community.
  • 00:46:59.096 --> 00:47:01.398
  • And this is 70,000 plus people
  • 00:47:01.398 --> 00:47:04.334
  • That actually contribute every month
  • 00:47:04.334 --> 00:47:06.570
  • And many of them very sacrificially.
  • 00:47:06.570 --> 00:47:09.172
  • I remember someone wrote in
  • 00:47:09.172 --> 00:47:10.474
  • And it's a gentleman from india
  • 00:47:10.474 --> 00:47:11.975
  • And he gives 200 rupees every month
  • 00:47:11.975 --> 00:47:14.077
  • And he is so honored that he's able to actually sow in
  • 00:47:14.077 --> 00:47:17.547
  • To the fact that you and i can actually have access
  • 00:47:17.547 --> 00:47:19.650
  • To god's word for free
  • 00:47:19.650 --> 00:47:21.151
  • And by the way that's about $2 is what 200 rupees are.
  • 00:47:21.151 --> 00:47:24.554
  • And so we are so thankful.
  • 00:47:24.554 --> 00:47:26.723
  • There's many sowers
  • 00:47:26.723 --> 00:47:27.991
  • That are represented in the room tonight
  • 00:47:27.991 --> 00:47:29.693
  • And there you guys are unsung heroes.
  • 00:47:29.693 --> 00:47:31.495
  • People don't actually even know you exist
  • 00:47:31.495 --> 00:47:33.497
  • In some cases but we're so grateful
  • 00:47:33.497 --> 00:47:35.499
  • So why don't we thank everyone that actually contributed
  • 00:47:35.499 --> 00:47:38.502
  • To make it possible for us to have access
  • 00:47:38.502 --> 00:47:41.305
  • To the bible, god's word, for free.
  • 00:47:41.305 --> 00:47:43.440
  • (audience applauding)
  • 00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:47.711
  • What we've seen, in part because of how people
  • 00:47:48.612 --> 00:47:51.281
  • Have been sowing into this,
  • 00:47:51.281 --> 00:47:52.816
  • We've seen a massive acceleration
  • 00:47:52.816 --> 00:47:55.552
  • And it's actually really exciting.
  • 00:47:55.552 --> 00:47:57.354
  • I mentioned that this milestone
  • 00:47:57.354 --> 00:47:59.089
  • Caught us a little bit by a surprise.
  • 00:47:59.089 --> 00:48:00.724
  • We initially thought
  • 00:48:00.724 --> 00:48:02.125
  • That we were gonna celebrate 1 billion in 2027,
  • 00:48:02.125 --> 00:48:05.395
  • And then it became apparent that maybe it would be 2026.
  • 00:48:06.530 --> 00:48:10.300
  • We must be bad at estimating
  • 00:48:10.901 --> 00:48:12.569
  • Because all of a sudden, here we are in november
  • 00:48:12.569 --> 00:48:15.505
  • Of 2025 when we're selling this milestone,
  • 00:48:15.505 --> 00:48:19.476
  • And it's incredible to see the acceleration
  • 00:48:19.476 --> 00:48:23.680
  • And the best part about it,
  • 00:48:24.281 --> 00:48:25.615
  • What i think is the best part about it is
  • 00:48:25.615 --> 00:48:27.884
  • That we're not just celebrating a milestone
  • 00:48:27.884 --> 00:48:29.686
  • Of how many people have it on their device
  • 00:48:29.686 --> 00:48:31.922
  • But the number of people that are opening
  • 00:48:31.922 --> 00:48:34.257
  • And in using it are record levels, like last,
  • 00:48:34.257 --> 00:48:38.362
  • The last two sundays have been the two biggest days
  • 00:48:38.362 --> 00:48:42.099
  • In bible app history.
  • 00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:43.533
  • There's never been a bigger day of people opening
  • 00:48:43.533 --> 00:48:46.103
  • And using god's word.
  • 00:48:46.103 --> 00:48:47.437
  • (audience cheering)
  • 00:48:47.437 --> 00:48:51.174
  • We have a world right now
  • 00:48:51.742 --> 00:48:53.844
  • That is trying to understand
  • 00:48:53.844 --> 00:48:55.212
  • If anything that we watch or consume or see
  • 00:48:55.212 --> 00:48:57.681
  • Is even real or true thanks to ai
  • 00:48:57.681 --> 00:49:00.283
  • And all the content that we have out there.
  • 00:49:00.283 --> 00:49:02.252
  • This was not a problem 10 years ago, but it's a thing now.
  • 00:49:02.252 --> 00:49:05.655
  • So what happens when everybody's searching
  • 00:49:05.655 --> 00:49:07.891
  • And wondering about what is real?
  • 00:49:07.891 --> 00:49:09.893
  • They actually start to look for what can be trusted
  • 00:49:09.893 --> 00:49:12.696
  • And what is true.
  • 00:49:12.696 --> 00:49:14.164
  • And god's word stands alone.
  • 00:49:14.164 --> 00:49:15.699
  • There's nothing else like it in the entire world.
  • 00:49:15.699 --> 00:49:19.903
  • And so it's not an accident that people are turning
  • 00:49:19.903 --> 00:49:23.807
  • To him right now.
  • 00:49:23.807 --> 00:49:25.609
  • It's not an accident
  • 00:49:25.609 --> 00:49:27.177
  • That at this very moment in time when more people are open
  • 00:49:27.177 --> 00:49:29.880
  • And more people are searching
  • 00:49:29.880 --> 00:49:31.281
  • And more people are looking that we have tools,
  • 00:49:31.281 --> 00:49:33.583
  • Technologies,
  • 00:49:33.583 --> 00:49:35.018
  • And the ability to actually put it in their hands
  • 00:49:35.018 --> 00:49:37.187
  • And allow god to put it in their hearts.
  • 00:49:37.187 --> 00:49:40.023
  • That's why we're here
  • 00:49:40.023 --> 00:49:41.491
  • And that's what we're celebrating today.
  • 00:49:41.491 --> 00:49:43.393
  • His word, once again is gonna go forth
  • 00:49:43.393 --> 00:49:46.196
  • Into this next generation.
  • 00:49:46.196 --> 00:49:48.498
  • (audience applauding and cheering)
  • 00:49:48.498 --> 00:49:53.503
  • - throughout creation, through incarnation, god spoke,
  • 00:49:53.503 --> 00:50:00.777
  • And the word went.
  • 00:50:01.211 --> 00:50:04.314
  • ♪ forth
  • 00:50:04.581 --> 00:50:06.483
  • ♪ at least 40 writers on three continents ♪
  • 00:50:06.483 --> 00:50:09.519
  • ♪ written across 1500 years or more ♪
  • 00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:13.390
  • ♪ all revealing one story
  • 00:50:13.390 --> 00:50:16.526
  • ♪ god's word
  • 00:50:16.526 --> 00:50:18.361
  • ♪ and the word went forth
  • 00:50:18.361 --> 00:50:22.766
  • ♪ it moved into every sphere
  • 00:50:22.766 --> 00:50:24.901
  • ♪ into laws legacies ethical foundations ♪
  • 00:50:24.901 --> 00:50:27.637
  • ♪ transcending cultures transforming nations ♪
  • 00:50:27.637 --> 00:50:30.407
  • ♪ the word went forth
  • 00:50:30.407 --> 00:50:32.375
  • ♪ into the sculptures of michelangelo ♪
  • 00:50:32.375 --> 00:50:34.144
  • ♪ into the melodies of handel and bach ♪
  • 00:50:34.144 --> 00:50:36.379
  • ♪ into paintings literature architecture ♪
  • 00:50:36.379 --> 00:50:38.849
  • ♪ from hymns to hip hop
  • 00:50:38.849 --> 00:50:40.851
  • ♪ the word went forth
  • 00:50:40.851 --> 00:50:42.419
  • ♪ in the hands of florence nightingale ♪
  • 00:50:42.419 --> 00:50:44.421
  • ♪ in the labs of isaac newton and george washington carver ♪
  • 00:50:44.421 --> 00:50:47.624
  • ♪ men and women who saw the universe designed by a father ♪
  • 00:50:47.624 --> 00:50:50.861
  • ♪ and the word went forth
  • 00:50:50.861 --> 00:50:53.029
  • ♪ into marathi by pandita ramabai ♪
  • 00:50:53.029 --> 00:50:55.732
  • ♪ into spanish by casiodoro de reina ♪
  • 00:50:55.732 --> 00:50:58.535
  • ♪ through samuel crowther
  • 00:50:58.535 --> 00:50:59.870
  • ♪ into the west african yoruba language ♪
  • 00:50:59.870 --> 00:51:02.272
  • ♪ and the word went forth
  • 00:51:02.272 --> 00:51:04.474
  • ♪ in the journey of francis xavier ♪
  • 00:51:04.474 --> 00:51:06.843
  • ♪ sailing towards japan and beyond ♪
  • 00:51:06.843 --> 00:51:09.479
  • ♪ in the dying prayers of the korean martyr ♪
  • 00:51:09.479 --> 00:51:11.748
  • ♪ andrew kim taegon
  • 00:51:11.748 --> 00:51:13.583
  • ♪ in the hands of the abolitionist ♪ princess
  • 00:51:13.583 --> 00:51:15.785
  • Isabel of brazil ♪
  • 00:51:15.785 --> 00:51:17.554
  • ♪ and william wilberforce and frederick douglas ♪
  • 00:51:17.554 --> 00:51:19.823
  • ♪ reading god's word for god's will ♪
  • 00:51:19.823 --> 00:51:23.627
  • ♪ at the forefront of hospitals and charities ♪
  • 00:51:23.627 --> 00:51:27.264
  • ♪ education and university learning ♪
  • 00:51:27.264 --> 00:51:29.933
  • ♪ amidst revolutions and wars
  • 00:51:29.933 --> 00:51:32.502
  • ♪ surviving banning and burning ♪
  • 00:51:32.502 --> 00:51:34.971
  • ♪ and the word went forth
  • 00:51:34.971 --> 00:51:38.141
  • ♪ outliving empires skeptics and dissent ♪
  • 00:51:38.141 --> 00:51:41.178
  • ♪ outliving those who manipulated its words ♪
  • 00:51:41.178 --> 00:51:43.413
  • ♪ for the profit of men
  • 00:51:43.413 --> 00:51:45.081
  • ♪ the word went forth
  • 00:51:45.081 --> 00:51:46.816
  • ♪ on the court the field the pitch ♪
  • 00:51:46.816 --> 00:51:48.919
  • ♪ on the charts on the radio
  • 00:51:48.919 --> 00:51:51.021
  • ♪ in the frames of viola davis
  • 00:51:51.021 --> 00:51:52.789
  • ♪ and the threads of jerry lorenzo ♪
  • 00:51:52.789 --> 00:51:55.225
  • ♪ the word went forth
  • 00:51:55.225 --> 00:51:57.160
  • ♪ it was in the voice of billy graham ♪
  • 00:51:57.160 --> 00:51:58.695
  • ♪ and the prayers of everyday people ♪
  • 00:51:58.695 --> 00:52:00.697
  • ♪ pulling the steeple to the streets ♪
  • 00:52:00.697 --> 00:52:02.866
  • ♪ and the streets to the steeple ♪
  • 00:52:02.866 --> 00:52:04.734
  • ♪ the word went forth
  • 00:52:04.734 --> 00:52:10.974
  • ♪ it came to a pastor
  • 00:52:11.508 --> 00:52:13.310
  • ♪ in a chicago airport
  • 00:52:13.310 --> 00:52:15.412
  • ♪ with an idea he wanted to unpack ♪
  • 00:52:15.412 --> 00:52:18.949
  • ♪ when the website didn't work
  • 00:52:18.949 --> 00:52:20.850
  • ♪ his team turned it into an app ♪
  • 00:52:20.850 --> 00:52:23.920
  • ♪ and the word went forth
  • 00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:26.056
  • ♪ 83,000 installs on the weekend it premiered ♪
  • 00:52:26.056 --> 00:52:29.359
  • ♪ then millions upon hundreds of millions ♪
  • 00:52:29.359 --> 00:52:31.861
  • ♪ and now we are here
  • 00:52:31.861 --> 00:52:34.297
  • ♪ more than 3,500 versions
  • 00:52:34.297 --> 00:52:36.132
  • ♪ in over 2,200 languages
  • 00:52:36.132 --> 00:52:37.901
  • ♪ all for free
  • 00:52:37.901 --> 00:52:39.603
  • ♪ right now the bible is being carried on a phone ♪
  • 00:52:39.603 --> 00:52:41.905
  • ♪ in every single country
  • 00:52:41.905 --> 00:52:43.573
  • ♪ praise god the word went forth ♪
  • 00:52:43.573 --> 00:52:46.309
  • ♪ it's living
  • 00:52:46.309 --> 00:52:47.744
  • ♪ it's active sharper than any two edged sword ♪
  • 00:52:47.744 --> 00:52:51.047
  • ♪ the word has always been
  • 00:52:51.047 --> 00:52:54.150
  • ♪ and today
  • 00:52:54.150 --> 00:52:55.952
  • ♪ the word goes forth
  • 00:52:55.952 --> 00:53:00.757
  • (upbeat celebratory music) (crowd cheering)
  • 00:53:01.625 --> 00:53:23.713
  • ♪ we celebrate the 1 billion
  • 00:53:24.347 --> 00:53:26.950
  • ♪ and now we celebrate the one more ♪
  • 00:53:26.950 --> 00:53:31.655
  • ♪ the one more life
  • 00:53:31.655 --> 00:53:33.256
  • ♪ that will be changed because the word goes forth ♪
  • 00:53:33.256 --> 00:53:38.061
  • ♪ one more teenager who finds meaning ♪
  • 00:53:38.061 --> 00:53:41.164
  • ♪ one more family who finds hope ♪
  • 00:53:41.164 --> 00:53:43.967
  • ♪ one more soul who finds salvation ♪
  • 00:53:43.967 --> 00:53:46.903
  • ♪ because the word goes forth
  • 00:53:46.903 --> 00:53:50.807
  • ♪ more people are engaging with ♪ the bible than ever before
  • 00:53:50.807 --> 00:53:55.312
  • ♪ to the glory of god
  • 00:53:55.312 --> 00:53:58.148
  • ♪ the word goes forth
  • 00:53:58.148 --> 00:54:01.618
  • (upbeat celebratory music) (crowd cheering)
  • 00:54:02.485 --> 00:54:17.867
  • - come on, guys, sing it.
  • 00:54:18.435 --> 00:54:20.203
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:54:20.203 --> 00:54:23.039
  • ♪ he reigns - what an awesome god.
  • 00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:24.874
  • Amen. ♪ from heaven above
  • 00:54:24.874 --> 00:54:26.309
  • ♪ with wisdom - all right,
  • 00:54:26.309 --> 00:54:27.877
  • As loud as you can ♪ power and love
  • 00:54:27.877 --> 00:54:29.179
  • - you guys be choir
  • 00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:30.547
  • In this place ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:54:30.547 --> 00:54:32.048
  • - here we go, our god. ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:54:32.048 --> 00:54:35.985
  • ♪ he reigns
  • 00:54:35.985 --> 00:54:37.654
  • ♪ from heaven above
  • 00:54:37.654 --> 00:54:39.356
  • ♪ with wisdom
  • 00:54:39.356 --> 00:54:41.224
  • ♪ power and love
  • 00:54:41.224 --> 00:54:42.592
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:54:42.592 --> 00:54:49.966
  • (crowd cheering)
  • 00:54:50.333 --> 00:54:53.536
  • ♪ god is great
  • 00:54:53.536 --> 00:54:55.105
  • ♪ give him all the praise
  • 00:54:55.105 --> 00:54:56.706
  • ♪ hallelujah name above all names ♪
  • 00:54:56.706 --> 00:55:00.009
  • ♪ fire in his eyes
  • 00:55:00.009 --> 00:55:01.578
  • ♪ healing in his veins
  • 00:55:01.578 --> 00:55:03.246
  • ♪ everywhere his
  • 00:55:03.246 --> 00:55:04.647
  • ♪ glory on display
  • 00:55:05.115 --> 00:55:06.349
  • ♪ take a look at those stars
  • 00:55:06.349 --> 00:55:07.784
  • ♪ he can name them all
  • 00:55:07.784 --> 00:55:09.419
  • ♪ before his throne every knee falls ♪
  • 00:55:09.419 --> 00:55:12.822
  • ♪ the demons have to run
  • 00:55:12.822 --> 00:55:14.391
  • ♪ the angels have to praise
  • 00:55:14.391 --> 00:55:16.726
  • ♪ even the wind and waves obey
  • 00:55:16.726 --> 00:55:19.996
  • ♪ our god - come on, come on, y'all.
  • 00:55:19.996 --> 00:55:21.731
  • ♪ is an awesome god he reigns
  • 00:55:21.731 --> 00:55:24.100
  • ♪ he reigns
  • 00:55:24.100 --> 00:55:24.968
  • ♪ from heaven above
  • 00:55:24.968 --> 00:55:26.302
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:55:26.302 --> 00:55:29.639
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:31.641
  • ♪ our god
  • 00:55:31.641 --> 00:55:33.009
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:55:33.009 --> 00:55:36.045
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:55:36.045 --> 00:55:39.382
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:55:39.382 --> 00:55:42.619
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:45.688
  • ♪ and even when i ran
  • 00:55:45.688 --> 00:55:46.990
  • ♪ he didn't run away
  • 00:55:46.990 --> 00:55:48.691
  • ♪ he came and put death back in its place ♪
  • 00:55:48.691 --> 00:55:52.228
  • ♪ friday on a cross broken for my shame ♪
  • 00:55:52.228 --> 00:55:55.098
  • ♪ sunday morning rose up from that grave ♪
  • 00:55:55.098 --> 00:55:58.268
  • ♪ take a look at those scars on his hands and feet ♪
  • 00:55:58.268 --> 00:56:01.504
  • ♪ he saved our souls for eternity ♪
  • 00:56:01.504 --> 00:56:04.808
  • ♪ worthy is the lamb
  • 00:56:04.808 --> 00:56:06.309
  • ♪ glory to the king
  • 00:56:06.309 --> 00:56:07.811
  • ♪ come on sing
  • 00:56:07.811 --> 00:56:09.145
  • ♪ let all the saints and the angels sing ♪
  • 00:56:09.145 --> 00:56:11.848
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
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  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
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  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
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  • ♪ our god is an awesome god ♪ our god
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  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:56:24.861 --> 00:56:28.064
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:56:28.064 --> 00:56:31.234
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:56:31.234 --> 00:56:34.471
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:56:34.471 --> 00:56:37.340
  • ♪ eyes on the sky
  • 00:56:37.340 --> 00:56:38.842
  • ♪ there will be a day
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  • ♪ he will come and wipe our tears away ♪
  • 00:56:40.543 --> 00:56:43.746
  • ♪ no more fear no more pain
  • 00:56:43.746 --> 00:56:47.016
  • ♪ no more sorrow sin and shame
  • 00:56:47.016 --> 00:56:50.353
  • ♪ the king is coming back again ♪
  • 00:56:50.353 --> 00:56:53.590
  • ♪ a reign of love that will never end ♪
  • 00:56:53.590 --> 00:56:56.693
  • ♪ for everything you've done
  • 00:56:56.693 --> 00:56:58.394
  • ♪ and everything you do
  • 00:56:58.394 --> 00:56:59.996
  • ♪ and everything you are i'll sing to you ♪
  • 00:56:59.996 --> 00:57:03.833
  • ♪ my god you're an awesome god
  • 00:57:03.833 --> 00:57:06.970
  • ♪ you're great in all you do
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  • ♪ i'm made to worship you
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  • ♪ my god you're an awesome god
  • 00:57:13.376 --> 00:57:17.614
  • - can you lift up a shout of praise tonight?
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  • (congregation cheering)
  • 00:57:20.116 --> 00:57:21.484
  • Come on, you can do better than that in this house.
  • 00:57:21.484 --> 00:57:25.054
  • The god who put stars in the sky and breath in our lungs,
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  • Here in this moment, he deserves it, come on!
  • 00:57:28.458 --> 00:57:31.528
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god - every voice!
  • 00:57:31.528 --> 00:57:34.631
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:57:34.631 --> 00:57:37.834
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:57:37.834 --> 00:57:40.970
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god ♪ oh forever we sing
  • 00:57:40.970 --> 00:57:44.274
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:57:44.274 --> 00:57:47.477
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:57:47.477 --> 00:57:50.647
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:57:50.647 --> 00:57:54.017
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:57:54.017 --> 00:57:55.485
  • ♪ yes our god is an awesome god ♪
  • 00:57:55.485 --> 00:57:57.620
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:57:57.620 --> 00:58:00.423
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:58:00.423 --> 00:58:03.860
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:58:03.860 --> 00:58:06.930
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:58:06.930 --> 00:58:13.403
  • ♪ our god what an awesome god
  • 00:58:10.133 --> 00:58:18.374
  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
  • 00:58:19.208 --> 00:58:24.647
  • - hey, come on!
  • 00:58:25.014 --> 00:58:33.089
  • What an awesome god who meets us right where we're at.
  • 00:58:34.190 --> 00:58:38.995
  • What an awesome god.
  • 00:58:38.995 --> 00:58:40.496
  • The angels can't stop singing about how holy he is.
  • 00:58:41.564 --> 00:58:44.534
  • He holds it all in his hands,
  • 00:58:45.168 --> 00:58:47.136
  • And that alone, it stirs my heart to worship.
  • 00:58:48.037 --> 00:58:50.673
  • But even more so, that awesome god loves you and loves me.
  • 00:58:51.841 --> 00:58:57.447
  • And we open up the scriptures,
  • 00:58:58.081 --> 00:59:00.450
  • And we can read about it over and over,
  • 00:59:00.450 --> 00:59:03.086
  • How he never stops pursuing us.
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  • He's long suffering with us.
  • 00:59:05.722 --> 00:59:08.157
  • He wants us a part of his family forever.
  • 00:59:08.157 --> 00:59:11.194
  • What an awesome god.
  • 00:59:11.194 --> 00:59:13.096
  • So let's fill this place with worship.
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  • Every voice, you guys take it, our god.
  • 00:59:17.033 --> 00:59:20.269
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:59:20.903 --> 00:59:24.641
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:59:24.641 --> 00:59:28.311
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:59:28.311 --> 00:59:32.181
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:59:32.181 --> 00:59:39.756
  • ♪ he reigns from heaven above
  • 00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:43.626
  • ♪ with wisdom power and love
  • 00:59:43.626 --> 00:59:47.563
  • ♪ our god is an awesome god
  • 00:59:47.563 --> 00:59:54.203
  • - praise him tonight, church.
  • 00:59:54.837 --> 00:59:56.439
  • (congregation cheering) come on, praise him.
  • 00:59:56.439 --> 00:59:58.608
  • What an awesome god.
  • 00:59:58.608 --> 01:00:04.814
  • (audience applauding) (gentle music)
  • 01:00:05.581 --> 01:00:16.793
  • (gentle music)
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  • (audience cheering) (gentle music)
  • 01:00:42.585 --> 01:00:46.355
  • ♪ a thousand generations
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  • ♪ falling down in worship
  • 01:00:49.559 --> 01:00:52.862
  • ♪ to sing the song of ages to the lamb ♪
  • 01:00:52.862 --> 01:00:58.935
  • ♪ and all who've gone before us ♪
  • 01:00:59.669 --> 01:01:03.106
  • ♪ and all who will believe
  • 01:01:03.106 --> 01:01:06.409
  • ♪ will sing the song of ages to the lamb ♪
  • 01:01:06.409 --> 01:01:12.448
  • ♪ your name is the highest
  • 01:01:13.049 --> 01:01:16.519
  • ♪ your name is the greatest
  • 01:01:16.519 --> 01:01:19.922
  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:01:19.922 --> 01:01:25.995
  • ♪ all thrones and dominions
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  • ♪ all powers and positions
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  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:01:33.369 --> 01:01:38.674
  • ♪ and the angels cry holy
  • 01:01:39.275 --> 01:01:44.580
  • ♪ all creation cries holy
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  • ♪ you are lifted high, holy
  • 01:01:52.054 --> 01:01:58.995
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:01:59.362 --> 01:02:07.170
  • ♪ if you've been forgiven
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  • ♪ if you've been redeemed
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  • ♪ sing the song forever to the lamb ♪
  • 01:02:14.277 --> 01:02:20.516
  • ♪ if you walk in freedom
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  • ♪ if you bear his name
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  • ♪ sing the song forever to the lamb ♪
  • 01:02:27.590 --> 01:02:32.528
  • ♪ oh, we'll sing the song forever and amen ♪
  • 01:02:32.528 --> 01:02:38.701
  • ♪ and the angels cry holy
  • 01:02:39.302 --> 01:02:45.241
  • ♪ all creation cries holy
  • 01:02:45.842 --> 01:02:51.914
  • ♪ you are lifted high, holy
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  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:02:59.655 --> 01:03:05.161
  • ♪ hear your people sing holy
  • 01:03:05.795 --> 01:03:11.767
  • ♪ to the king of kings, holy
  • 01:03:12.401 --> 01:03:18.474
  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:03:19.075 --> 01:03:25.715
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:03:26.082 --> 01:03:33.522
  • ♪ your name is the highest
  • 01:03:34.123 --> 01:03:37.526
  • ♪ your name is the greatest
  • 01:03:37.526 --> 01:03:40.897
  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:03:40.897 --> 01:03:47.103
  • ♪ all thrones and dominions
  • 01:03:47.737 --> 01:03:51.173
  • ♪ all powers and positions
  • 01:03:51.173 --> 01:03:54.710
  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:03:54.710 --> 01:04:00.049
  • ♪ jesus, your name is the highest ♪
  • 01:04:00.850 --> 01:04:04.854
  • ♪ your name is the greatest
  • 01:04:04.854 --> 01:04:08.124
  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:04:08.124 --> 01:04:12.895
  • - all thrones!
  • 01:04:13.262 --> 01:04:14.697
  • ♪ all thrones and dominions
  • 01:04:14.697 --> 01:04:17.967
  • ♪ all powers and positions
  • 01:04:17.967 --> 01:04:21.203
  • ♪ your name stands above them all ♪
  • 01:04:21.203 --> 01:04:26.509
  • ♪ and the angels cry holy
  • 01:04:27.109 --> 01:04:32.181
  • ♪ all creation cries ♪ holy
  • 01:04:32.848 --> 01:04:38.821
  • ♪ you are lifted high, holy
  • 01:04:39.455 --> 01:04:46.462
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:04:46.829 --> 01:04:52.168
  • ♪ hear your people sing
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  • ♪ holy
  • 01:04:56.539 --> 01:04:59.308
  • ♪ to the king of kings, holy
  • 01:04:59.308 --> 01:05:05.281
  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:05:05.881 --> 01:05:12.488
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:05:12.855 --> 01:05:18.494
  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:05:19.095 --> 01:05:26.469
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:05:26.836 --> 01:05:31.474
  • ♪ and ever
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  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:05:33.209 --> 01:05:39.815
  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:05:40.416 --> 01:05:46.722
  • ♪ you will always be holy
  • 01:05:47.323 --> 01:05:54.897
  • ♪ holy forever
  • 01:05:55.264 --> 01:06:00.770
  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
  • 01:06:01.604 --> 01:06:03.639
  • ♪ yeah
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  • - come on, all together.
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  • All together we sing.
  • 01:06:06.842 --> 01:06:09.211
  • ♪ how great is our god
  • 01:06:09.211 --> 01:06:14.550
  • ♪ sing with me how great is our god ♪
  • 01:06:15.418 --> 01:06:21.524
  • ♪ all will see how great
  • 01:06:22.091 --> 01:06:26.595
  • ♪ how great is our god
  • 01:06:26.595 --> 01:06:33.436
  • How great. how great.
  • 01:06:33.936 --> 01:06:36.105
  • ♪ how great is our god
  • 01:06:36.605 --> 01:06:41.944
  • ♪ sing with me how great is our god ♪
  • 01:06:42.812 --> 01:06:48.117
  • ♪ and all will see how great
  • 01:06:48.751 --> 01:06:53.255
  • ♪ how great (how great) is our god ♪
  • 01:06:53.255 --> 01:06:58.561
  • All right. all you got!
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  • Name above all names.
  • 01:07:00.729 --> 01:07:02.998
  • ♪ you're the name above all names ♪
  • 01:07:03.799 --> 01:07:09.872
  • ♪ you are worthy of all praise
  • 01:07:10.506 --> 01:07:15.911
  • ♪ my heart will sing how great is our god ♪
  • 01:07:16.879 --> 01:07:27.690
  • Name above!
  • 01:07:28.023 --> 01:07:29.959
  • ♪ you're the name above all names ♪
  • 01:07:30.759 --> 01:07:36.098
  • ♪ you're worthy
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  • ♪ worthy of all my praise
  • 01:07:37.766 --> 01:07:43.172
  • ♪ and my heart will sing how great is our god ♪
  • 01:07:44.173 --> 01:07:52.715
  • (bright inspirational music) (congregation applauding)
  • 01:07:53.782 --> 01:08:07.730
  • - it's incredible, isn't it?
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  • To see what god is doing through his word in every language,
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  • In every nation, in every generation,
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  • And yet beyond all of those numbers and milestones,
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  • What really matters,
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  • I'm gonna say it over and over and over again,
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  • Is what's happening in the heart of the one.
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  • I need you to believe that truth tonight.
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  • That one word from god can change everything.
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  • That every one of us, every one of you,
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  • Matters deeply to him.
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  • I believe that. i need you to believe it too.
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  • Our next speaker certainly does.
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  • She's an author, she's a leader, she's a teacher.
  • 01:08:48.204 --> 01:08:51.340
  • She's an incredible advocate
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  • For justice all around the world.
  • 01:08:53.542 --> 01:08:56.212
  • She's the founder of the a21 campaign and propel women.
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  • (congregation cheering) you're cheering
  • 01:08:59.315 --> 01:09:00.816
  • Because you know where i'm going with this. (laughs)
  • 01:09:00.816 --> 01:09:05.454
  • She's radically changed my own life
  • 01:09:06.255 --> 01:09:07.456
  • In so many ways with her words.
  • 01:09:07.456 --> 01:09:09.325
  • Every time i have heard her speak, i am inspired,
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  • I'm convicted, and i'm so excited
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  • To introduce our friend, christine caine.
  • 01:09:15.464 --> 01:09:18.701
  • (congregation cheering and applauding)
  • 01:09:18.701 --> 01:09:26.976
  • - how amazing is this to be part of history?
  • 01:09:27.910 --> 01:09:30.679
  • You know, i think a billion downloads.
  • 01:09:30.679 --> 01:09:32.248
  • I'm definitely one of those billion
  • 01:09:32.248 --> 01:09:35.117
  • And represent the story really of all,
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  • Each one of the billion.
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  • Whether you're watching online, whether you're in the room,
  • 01:09:39.922 --> 01:09:43.225
  • We've all had our story
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  • And have our story with the word of god.
  • 01:09:45.194 --> 01:09:47.630
  • You know, i always say jesus christ saved my soul,
  • 01:09:47.630 --> 01:09:51.133
  • But the word of god absolutely save my mind.
  • 01:09:51.133 --> 01:09:54.970
  • I can categorically say without the word of god,
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  • There is no way that i would be standing here today.
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  • There is no way i would be the wife
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  • Of 30 years that i am today, the mother.
  • 01:10:02.411 --> 01:10:05.381
  • - that i am today, the activist that i am today.
  • 01:10:05.381 --> 01:10:08.183
  • It is god's word that changed my life.
  • 01:10:08.183 --> 01:10:11.020
  • But i grew up and i was very marginalized
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  • Because of being a greek young kid at school
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  • In a very racist australian culture back then,
  • 01:10:17.693 --> 01:10:20.896
  • Definitely against greeks and italians.
  • 01:10:20.896 --> 01:10:22.798
  • And so i felt very, very marginalized.
  • 01:10:22.798 --> 01:10:25.434
  • And i grew up, although my parents
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  • And my brothers were great people
  • 01:10:27.836 --> 01:10:30.239
  • My parents allowed people to come into our home
  • 01:10:30.239 --> 01:10:33.976
  • Who they should have been able to trust,
  • 01:10:33.976 --> 01:10:36.378
  • But proved incredibly untrustworthy.
  • 01:10:36.378 --> 01:10:39.114
  • And i was the victim of childhood sexual abuse
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  • For many, many, many years
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  • And so just as you would imagine i was a young woman
  • 01:10:42.751 --> 01:10:45.154
  • Full of so much shame, so much brokenness, so much anger,
  • 01:10:45.154 --> 01:10:50.492
  • So much bitterness, so much unforgiveness.
  • 01:10:51.393 --> 01:10:53.829
  • Shame is that sense that there's something wrong with me,
  • 01:10:53.829 --> 01:10:58.367
  • Fundamentally, the abusers reinforce that,
  • 01:10:58.367 --> 01:11:01.804
  • The mockery at school reinforced that,
  • 01:11:01.804 --> 01:11:04.039
  • The fact that i never felt like i fitted in anywhere
  • 01:11:04.039 --> 01:11:06.675
  • Reinforced that,
  • 01:11:06.675 --> 01:11:08.077
  • My mother wanted a daughter that would do ballet
  • 01:11:08.077 --> 01:11:09.712
  • And i liked soccer
  • 01:11:09.712 --> 01:11:11.113
  • And it just goes on from there
  • 01:11:11.113 --> 01:11:13.482
  • And there i never quite fitted in.
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  • The very first question in the bible
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  • In genesis chapter 3:1,
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  • The very first question is asked by the enemy of our souls.
  • 01:11:19.688 --> 01:11:23.759
  • And he asked this one question, he said,
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  • "did god really say?"
  • 01:11:25.327 --> 01:11:27.696
  • And to this day, 1 billion downloads later,
  • 01:11:27.696 --> 01:11:30.799
  • It is still the most pertinent question
  • 01:11:30.799 --> 01:11:33.335
  • Because here is the deal.
  • 01:11:33.335 --> 01:11:34.703
  • If you do not know what god has said,
  • 01:11:34.703 --> 01:11:38.040
  • You will believe what culture says, what social media says,
  • 01:11:38.040 --> 01:11:41.977
  • What the abusers say, what the people that have mocked you
  • 01:11:41.977 --> 01:11:45.581
  • And ridiculed you!
  • 01:11:45.581 --> 01:11:47.149
  • The teacher that said, "you'll never amount to anything!"
  • 01:11:47.149 --> 01:11:49.218
  • The parent that said, "you are a mistake!"
  • 01:11:49.218 --> 01:11:51.053
  • "you should never have been born!"
  • 01:11:51.053 --> 01:11:52.354
  • That ex lovable or that ex spouse that said,
  • 01:11:52.354 --> 01:11:54.390
  • "you cannot be lovable!"
  • 01:11:54.390 --> 01:11:55.824
  • You see, if we do not know what god said,
  • 01:11:55.824 --> 01:12:00.229
  • We will believe the lies that surround us.
  • 01:12:00.229 --> 01:12:05.467
  • And i certainly grew up not knowing what god said.
  • 01:12:06.502 --> 01:12:09.238
  • And then i encountered the living, resurrected jesus christ
  • 01:12:09.238 --> 01:12:13.742
  • Who forgave me for all of my sins, gave me a brand new life
  • 01:12:13.742 --> 01:12:18.113
  • And a hope for the future.
  • 01:12:18.113 --> 01:12:19.648
  • And that began a shift in my life.
  • 01:12:19.648 --> 01:12:23.685
  • And because i was so messed up in my mind,
  • 01:12:23.685 --> 01:12:27.423
  • Because i thought i was worth nothing, i could do nothing.
  • 01:12:27.423 --> 01:12:30.426
  • I thought i was used goods, nobody would ever want me.
  • 01:12:30.426 --> 01:12:33.228
  • I thought i had made so many mistakes.
  • 01:12:33.228 --> 01:12:35.230
  • I had developed so many patterns of destructive behavior
  • 01:12:35.230 --> 01:12:38.167
  • That god could never use somebody like me!
  • 01:12:38.167 --> 01:12:41.437
  • I believed that in the very marrow of my bones.
  • 01:12:42.371 --> 01:12:44.706
  • So when i got saved, someone gave me a bible
  • 01:12:44.706 --> 01:12:49.244
  • And that was before we could download it
  • 01:12:49.244 --> 01:12:50.846
  • Because i'm as old as when dinosaurs still roam the earth
  • 01:12:50.846 --> 01:12:54.216
  • So it was a bible.
  • 01:12:54.216 --> 01:12:57.453
  • But i devoured this thing.
  • 01:12:58.020 --> 01:13:00.489
  • I began to memorize not just verses, not just chapters,
  • 01:13:00.489 --> 01:13:04.092
  • But books, because i needed my mind to be renewed.
  • 01:13:04.092 --> 01:13:09.364
  • I needed to replace the lies
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  • That i had internalized about myself that limited me,
  • 01:13:12.100 --> 01:13:15.938
  • That kept me living so far beneath what god had for me.
  • 01:13:15.938 --> 01:13:19.308
  • I needed to replace those lies
  • 01:13:19.308 --> 01:13:21.944
  • With the truth of the word of god you see
  • 01:13:21.944 --> 01:13:23.745
  • Did god really say, "it's so important."
  • 01:13:23.745 --> 01:13:28.150
  • And then i started to discover what god said about me,
  • 01:13:28.150 --> 01:13:31.053
  • That i am not a product of my past,
  • 01:13:31.053 --> 01:13:33.789
  • That my history does not need to define my destiny,
  • 01:13:33.789 --> 01:13:37.459
  • That i am not a victim of my circumstances,
  • 01:13:37.459 --> 01:13:41.129
  • That what jesus did for me at calvary is greater
  • 01:13:41.129 --> 01:13:44.132
  • Than what anybody else has done to me here on earth!
  • 01:13:44.132 --> 01:13:47.936
  • And i started to discover that i was a daughter of the king
  • 01:13:49.104 --> 01:13:51.006
  • And i was his workmanship recreated in christ jesus
  • 01:13:51.006 --> 01:13:54.443
  • For good works that god prepared beforehand
  • 01:13:54.443 --> 01:13:56.378
  • That i should walk in them,
  • 01:13:56.378 --> 01:13:57.646
  • Even someone with my kind of brokenness,
  • 01:13:57.646 --> 01:13:59.648
  • Even someone with my kind of past.
  • 01:13:59.648 --> 01:14:01.950
  • And the word of god began to teach me
  • 01:14:01.950 --> 01:14:04.520
  • That i was created in the image of god
  • 01:14:04.520 --> 01:14:06.955
  • And filled with god-given purpose.
  • 01:14:06.955 --> 01:14:09.258
  • And i started to come alive to purpose, to destiny.
  • 01:14:09.258 --> 01:14:15.063
  • And then two weeks before my 33rd birthday
  • 01:14:15.931 --> 01:14:18.233
  • I got a phone call from my brother, george,
  • 01:14:18.233 --> 01:14:20.669
  • Because when you are greek,
  • 01:14:20.669 --> 01:14:22.070
  • All your brothers are like george, nico, spiro,
  • 01:14:22.070 --> 01:14:23.705
  • Or kahn, you know, it's just the way it is.
  • 01:14:23.705 --> 01:14:26.208
  • George called me and he said,
  • 01:14:26.208 --> 01:14:27.576
  • "christine i got a letter from the government
  • 01:14:27.576 --> 01:14:28.844
  • And it says 'i've been adopted.'"
  • 01:14:28.844 --> 01:14:30.612
  • Now, when he said that to me i started laughing
  • 01:14:30.612 --> 01:14:32.447
  • Because you know when you're growing up you always say
  • 01:14:32.447 --> 01:14:34.149
  • To your siblings we're not related.
  • 01:14:34.149 --> 01:14:35.717
  • You are like adopted.
  • 01:14:35.717 --> 01:14:38.387
  • But he said, "chris, it's true."
  • 01:14:39.021 --> 01:14:40.956
  • He said "they told me the name of my biological mother,
  • 01:14:42.090 --> 01:14:43.659
  • My biological father when i was born when i was immunized
  • 01:14:43.659 --> 01:14:45.561
  • They have a whole file on my life."
  • 01:14:45.561 --> 01:14:47.696
  • Now my mother was at home
  • 01:14:47.696 --> 01:14:50.098
  • And my father had died when i was 19
  • 01:14:50.098 --> 01:14:52.234
  • And i don't know if you know anything about greeks
  • 01:14:52.234 --> 01:14:53.936
  • But they're crazy.
  • 01:14:53.936 --> 01:14:55.437
  • And so i'm thinking that my brother could do anything.
  • 01:14:55.437 --> 01:14:58.273
  • So i jump in my car, i get to my mother's house,
  • 01:14:58.273 --> 01:15:01.343
  • And i walk in at the moment
  • 01:15:01.343 --> 01:15:02.678
  • That my brother is giving my mother this.
  • 01:15:02.678 --> 01:15:05.614
  • - document from the government
  • 01:15:06.248 --> 01:15:07.382
  • That says that he's been adopted.
  • 01:15:07.382 --> 01:15:08.650
  • I saw my mother's face change.
  • 01:15:08.650 --> 01:15:11.253
  • And she started bawling her eyes out
  • 01:15:12.054 --> 01:15:13.622
  • And she said, "george, i am so sorry.
  • 01:15:13.622 --> 01:15:16.024
  • All of the adoption laws in australia in the 1960s,
  • 01:15:16.024 --> 01:15:18.894
  • They were all closed adoptions
  • 01:15:18.894 --> 01:15:21.597
  • And we never thought you would find out.
  • 01:15:21.597 --> 01:15:24.199
  • And one of the last things i promised your dad
  • 01:15:24.199 --> 01:15:26.068
  • Before he died was that i would never tell you,
  • 01:15:26.068 --> 01:15:29.037
  • So i tore up all of the paperwork."
  • 01:15:29.037 --> 01:15:31.506
  • And as you could imagine that was a moment.
  • 01:15:31.506 --> 01:15:33.475
  • My brother was crying, my mother was crying,
  • 01:15:33.475 --> 01:15:36.211
  • The dog was crying, you know, everyone was crying.
  • 01:15:36.211 --> 01:15:38.480
  • So, i'm a good greek daughter.
  • 01:15:38.480 --> 01:15:40.082
  • You're thinking, "what do i do?
  • 01:15:40.082 --> 01:15:42.084
  • I think i'm gonna go and cook
  • 01:15:42.084 --> 01:15:43.251
  • Because food is the answer to life,
  • 01:15:43.251 --> 01:15:44.519
  • The universe, and everything.
  • 01:15:44.519 --> 01:15:46.021
  • I'm gonna go make some baklavas. i go to the kitchen.
  • 01:15:46.021 --> 01:15:48.790
  • And then a few minutes later, my mother walks in after me.
  • 01:15:48.790 --> 01:15:51.159
  • And in greek, she says to me,
  • 01:15:51.159 --> 01:15:52.794
  • "christina, since we're telling the truth today,
  • 01:15:52.794 --> 01:15:57.633
  • Do you wanna know the whole truth?"
  • 01:15:58.433 --> 01:16:00.869
  • And with that, i turned around.
  • 01:16:00.869 --> 01:16:03.705
  • And i was, i don't even know really
  • 01:16:03.705 --> 01:16:05.407
  • Why i said this at first, i went, "i've been adopted too."
  • 01:16:05.407 --> 01:16:08.977
  • And with tears streaming down her face,
  • 01:16:08.977 --> 01:16:10.746
  • She just nodded her head.
  • 01:16:10.746 --> 01:16:12.948
  • Church, i was stunned.
  • 01:16:13.448 --> 01:16:15.417
  • The very foundation of my identity
  • 01:16:16.184 --> 01:16:18.120
  • Was shattered in that moment.
  • 01:16:18.120 --> 01:16:19.855
  • It is a shocking thing to find out
  • 01:16:19.855 --> 01:16:21.823
  • You are not who you thought you were.
  • 01:16:21.823 --> 01:16:23.792
  • You better be rooted and grounded
  • 01:16:23.792 --> 01:16:25.494
  • In something bigger than yourself in that moment.
  • 01:16:25.494 --> 01:16:27.896
  • And so in that moment, i found out that i was adopted.
  • 01:16:27.896 --> 01:16:32.367
  • And i remember my mother was crying.
  • 01:16:32.367 --> 01:16:34.036
  • And i mean, i didn't say anything for a few minutes,
  • 01:16:34.036 --> 01:16:37.139
  • Which in and of itself is a miracle,
  • 01:16:37.139 --> 01:16:38.607
  • Greater than the resurrection of jesus.
  • 01:16:38.607 --> 01:16:40.042
  • But anyway, after that. (congregation laughs)
  • 01:16:40.042 --> 01:16:42.577
  • The very first thing i said, i went, "am i still greek?"
  • 01:16:42.577 --> 01:16:46.515
  • I wanted to make sure there was a reason
  • 01:16:46.515 --> 01:16:48.083
  • For all the persecution at school, so it was worthwhile.
  • 01:16:48.083 --> 01:16:50.919
  • (congregation laughs)
  • 01:16:50.919 --> 01:16:52.788
  • But then i turned around and my mother was weeping.
  • 01:16:52.788 --> 01:16:55.057
  • And because i had spent by then one decade
  • 01:16:55.057 --> 01:16:58.927
  • Filling my mind with the truth of the word of god
  • 01:16:59.861 --> 01:17:03.665
  • And eliminating the lies of the enemy and the abusers
  • 01:17:03.665 --> 01:17:06.501
  • And the mockers and myself.
  • 01:17:06.501 --> 01:17:09.571
  • I grabbed my mother's hands and i said, "mom, it's okay."
  • 01:17:10.739 --> 01:17:15.677
  • Before i was formed in my mother's womb,
  • 01:17:16.545 --> 01:17:18.480
  • Who's ever womb that was, god knew me.
  • 01:17:18.480 --> 01:17:21.450
  • He knitted together my innermost parts.
  • 01:17:21.450 --> 01:17:23.585
  • He fashioned all of my days before us.
  • 01:17:23.585 --> 01:17:25.120
  • Yet there was one of them.
  • 01:17:25.120 --> 01:17:26.722
  • I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
  • 01:17:26.722 --> 01:17:29.925
  • And church, that day, every fact
  • 01:17:30.559 --> 01:17:32.661
  • That i thought to be true about my life changed.
  • 01:17:32.661 --> 01:17:36.064
  • And to this night,
  • 01:17:36.498 --> 01:17:37.999
  • I still don't know the facts surrounding my conception.
  • 01:17:39.101 --> 01:17:42.604
  • But although i don't know the facts,
  • 01:17:42.604 --> 01:17:45.440
  • There is a force on the planet much higher than the facts.
  • 01:17:45.440 --> 01:17:48.343
  • And it's called the truth of the word of god.
  • 01:17:48.343 --> 01:17:51.179
  • In ephesians 2:10, you can download it.
  • 01:17:51.179 --> 01:17:56.551
  • Says that i am the workmanship of christ.
  • 01:17:57.419 --> 01:18:01.523
  • Not the workmanship of an accident.
  • 01:18:01.523 --> 01:18:04.159
  • And when you know that, something shifts.
  • 01:18:05.026 --> 01:18:08.797
  • I got the documents about a year later from the government.
  • 01:18:09.965 --> 01:18:13.235
  • It is really weird to get a birth certificate
  • 01:18:13.235 --> 01:18:14.770
  • When you thought you had one for 30 odd years.
  • 01:18:14.770 --> 01:18:17.506
  • Let me show you what it is.
  • 01:18:18.106 --> 01:18:19.407
  • I got my birth certificate,
  • 01:18:19.407 --> 01:18:20.942
  • And you could bring it in a bit closer.
  • 01:18:20.942 --> 01:18:23.378
  • You'll see here in my birth certificate, it says,
  • 01:18:23.378 --> 01:18:25.480
  • Child's name, unnamed is typed in the word.
  • 01:18:25.480 --> 01:18:28.250
  • Number 2508 of 1966.
  • 01:18:28.717 --> 01:18:32.287
  • You know, it was like a knife went into my heart.
  • 01:18:33.288 --> 01:18:35.257
  • See, christine? your mother didn't even give you a name.
  • 01:18:35.257 --> 01:18:38.226
  • No wonder you were abused. you're worth nothing.
  • 01:18:38.226 --> 01:18:40.262
  • You weren't even a name. you were just a number.
  • 01:18:40.262 --> 01:18:42.931
  • You know how the tape recorder just starts in all our minds.
  • 01:18:42.931 --> 01:18:45.600
  • "you're not good enough, you're not smart enough,
  • 01:18:45.600 --> 01:18:47.936
  • You're not talented enough, you've made too many mistakes."
  • 01:18:47.936 --> 01:18:52.107
  • And then i received the social work report
  • 01:18:52.107 --> 01:18:53.909
  • From the hospital where i was born.
  • 01:18:53.909 --> 01:18:56.378
  • And you'll see this document there and these are all facts.
  • 01:18:56.378 --> 01:18:59.414
  • I'm showing them to you tonight.
  • 01:18:59.414 --> 01:19:01.483
  • They're the facts. i'm not denying these.
  • 01:19:01.483 --> 01:19:03.351
  • I'm not dismissing them. i'm not diminishing them.
  • 01:19:03.351 --> 01:19:05.053
  • There is the fact in front of our face.
  • 01:19:05.053 --> 01:19:08.690
  • And that document,
  • 01:19:08.690 --> 01:19:10.091
  • And i think you could bring it in a bit closer.
  • 01:19:10.091 --> 01:19:11.293
  • It says that she does not seem,
  • 01:19:11.293 --> 01:19:13.428
  • It's talking about my biological mother
  • 01:19:13.428 --> 01:19:14.863
  • Two weeks before i was born.
  • 01:19:14.863 --> 01:19:16.531
  • It says, "she does not seem
  • 01:19:16.531 --> 01:19:17.833
  • To be too emotionally involved with the child.
  • 01:19:17.833 --> 01:19:19.935
  • She seems to wanna get it all over and done with
  • 01:19:19.935 --> 01:19:21.570
  • And get back to work as soon as possible."
  • 01:19:21.570 --> 01:19:23.972
  • So, when i read that, what i heard was unwanted.
  • 01:19:23.972 --> 01:19:28.076
  • The reason i'm saying this is because so many of us,
  • 01:19:29.110 --> 01:19:31.746
  • We define and we limit our lives by what others
  • 01:19:31.746 --> 01:19:34.749
  • Have said about us or to us, or what the experts say.
  • 01:19:34.749 --> 01:19:38.587
  • Now, i thank god,
  • 01:19:38.587 --> 01:19:39.955
  • I thank god for the good work of governments.
  • 01:19:39.955 --> 01:19:43.191
  • I thank god for the medical profession.
  • 01:19:43.191 --> 01:19:45.126
  • I thank god for the education department.
  • 01:19:45.126 --> 01:19:46.661
  • I work with every single one of those sectors,
  • 01:19:46.661 --> 01:19:49.164
  • Every single day of my life.
  • 01:19:49.164 --> 01:19:50.899
  • The difference is though i am not defined by what they say.
  • 01:19:50.899 --> 01:19:54.870
  • I appreciate them,
  • 01:19:54.870 --> 01:19:56.204
  • But i'm not defined by what the experts say.
  • 01:19:56.204 --> 01:19:59.374
  • So, i want you to see these three documents
  • 01:19:59.374 --> 01:20:02.210
  • Because so many of us, this is how we define our life.
  • 01:20:02.210 --> 01:20:06.081
  • - what did that parent say?
  • 01:20:06.681 --> 01:20:08.183
  • What did that teacher say? what did that ex lover say?
  • 01:20:08.183 --> 01:20:09.517
  • What do the experts say?
  • 01:20:09.517 --> 01:20:10.652
  • And i am not denying any of this,
  • 01:20:10.652 --> 01:20:12.387
  • You can see it, it's right in front of you.
  • 01:20:12.387 --> 01:20:14.322
  • It's black and white ink on paper.
  • 01:20:14.322 --> 01:20:17.225
  • The facts are that i was unnamed.
  • 01:20:17.225 --> 01:20:20.829
  • The facts are that i was unwanted.
  • 01:20:20.829 --> 01:20:23.265
  • The facts are that i was unqualified.
  • 01:20:23.265 --> 01:20:26.301
  • But the only issue is, i found another piece
  • 01:20:26.301 --> 01:20:29.604
  • Of black and white ink on paper
  • 01:20:29.604 --> 01:20:31.640
  • And it's called the truth of the word of god.
  • 01:20:31.640 --> 01:20:34.843
  • And the issue is,
  • 01:20:34.843 --> 01:20:37.012
  • If you and i are scrolling amongst the myriad
  • 01:20:37.946 --> 01:20:41.549
  • Of lies in our generation,
  • 01:20:41.549 --> 01:20:43.385
  • And the truth will triumph over the facts every single time.
  • 01:20:44.552 --> 01:20:49.457
  • Jesus said, "if you abide in my word,
  • 01:20:50.258 --> 01:20:53.929
  • "then you will know the truth,
  • 01:20:53.929 --> 01:20:55.830
  • "and the truth will make you free."
  • 01:20:55.830 --> 01:20:57.933
  • And don't you think it would be just like god to say,
  • 01:20:57.933 --> 01:21:01.236
  • "i'm gonna take an unnamed, unwanted, abused,
  • 01:21:01.236 --> 01:21:03.972
  • "adopted chick from the back of sydney, australia,
  • 01:21:03.972 --> 01:21:07.208
  • "and i'm not only gonna rescue her,
  • 01:21:07.208 --> 01:21:09.477
  • "but i'm gonna use her to open up the prison doors
  • 01:21:09.477 --> 01:21:12.280
  • "for those that are still bound
  • 01:21:12.280 --> 01:21:13.748
  • "and set them free in their generation."
  • 01:21:13.748 --> 01:21:16.885
  • It's what jesus does.
  • 01:21:16.885 --> 01:21:18.653
  • (audience clapping)
  • 01:21:18.653 --> 01:21:20.622
  • The way we are not conformed to this world
  • 01:21:20.622 --> 01:21:23.491
  • Is by the renewing of our mind.
  • 01:21:23.491 --> 01:21:27.829
  • There is nothing more important
  • 01:21:28.463 --> 01:21:30.932
  • On the earth than the word of god.
  • 01:21:30.932 --> 01:21:32.934
  • Everything else is gonna fade away,
  • 01:21:33.668 --> 01:21:35.003
  • The grass withers, the flower fades,
  • 01:21:35.003 --> 01:21:36.438
  • But the word of the lord will remain forever.
  • 01:21:36.438 --> 01:21:40.875
  • Nowadays, when we put a trafficker in jail
  • 01:21:40.875 --> 01:21:43.578
  • Or we see a young woman or a child rescued, i think,
  • 01:21:43.578 --> 01:21:46.948
  • "devil, you could stick that in your pipe and smoke it,
  • 01:21:46.948 --> 01:21:49.918
  • "i'll tell you what god really said."
  • 01:21:49.918 --> 01:21:52.454
  • Every time we do that,
  • 01:21:52.454 --> 01:21:53.888
  • I feel like joseph in genesis 50:20,
  • 01:21:53.888 --> 01:21:56.925
  • "he looked at his brothers and he said,
  • 01:21:56.925 --> 01:21:58.893
  • "'you meant this for evil against me,
  • 01:21:58.893 --> 01:22:00.829
  • "but god meant it for this very purpose
  • 01:22:00.829 --> 01:22:03.765
  • "to save many people alive."
  • 01:22:03.765 --> 01:22:06.167
  • In jesus' name, in jesus' name.
  • 01:22:06.167 --> 01:22:08.837
  • (audience clapping) (audience cheering)
  • 01:22:09.704 --> 01:22:14.509
  • - there is a church that is impacting the world,
  • 01:22:14.509 --> 01:22:17.278
  • It is called life.church.
  • 01:22:17.278 --> 01:22:20.048
  • (audience clapping) (audience cheering)
  • 01:22:20.048 --> 01:22:25.553
  • This church, and the pastor would not want me
  • 01:22:26.421 --> 01:22:28.390
  • To tell you this, but i think it's like the largest church
  • 01:22:28.390 --> 01:22:31.359
  • In north american history, okay.
  • 01:22:31.359 --> 01:22:33.428
  • So it is a miracle what is happening.
  • 01:22:33.428 --> 01:22:38.733
  • But then you talk with the pastor, you talk with the team,
  • 01:22:39.868 --> 01:22:42.137
  • And you see a humility, you see a kindness, you see love,
  • 01:22:42.137 --> 01:22:46.241
  • You see authenticity, you see strength, and you see faith.
  • 01:22:46.241 --> 01:22:50.612
  • And tonight the leader and the pastor of life.church
  • 01:22:50.612 --> 01:22:54.682
  • Is here to share god's word.
  • 01:22:54.682 --> 01:22:57.118
  • Would you put your hands together for the author,
  • 01:22:57.118 --> 01:23:00.055
  • The father, the husband, the leader,
  • 01:23:00.055 --> 01:23:03.691
  • Pastor craig groeschel.
  • 01:23:03.691 --> 01:23:06.561
  • (audience clapping) (audience cheering)
  • 01:23:06.561 --> 01:23:12.534
  • - one billion downloads of the living word of god,
  • 01:23:13.568 --> 01:23:17.439
  • Which is active and powerful and never returns void.
  • 01:23:17.439 --> 01:23:21.543
  • One billion opportunities
  • 01:23:22.110 --> 01:23:24.779
  • To experience the word made flesh.
  • 01:23:24.779 --> 01:23:28.416
  • A billion opportunities for god to draw near
  • 01:23:29.317 --> 01:23:32.921
  • To someone that's hurting
  • 01:23:32.921 --> 01:23:35.490
  • And someone that's searching,
  • 01:23:35.490 --> 01:23:38.359
  • And someone that needs saving from brokenness and sin.
  • 01:23:38.359 --> 01:23:44.032
  • And now to imagine that every 39 days,
  • 01:23:44.866 --> 01:23:48.803
  • The app is opened one billion times,
  • 01:23:48.803 --> 01:23:53.441
  • Every 39 days.
  • 01:23:53.441 --> 01:23:55.276
  • Almost 300 times every single second,
  • 01:23:55.276 --> 01:24:00.148
  • 300 times every single second.
  • 01:24:00.148 --> 01:24:02.450
  • And god draws near to every single one
  • 01:24:02.450 --> 01:24:08.556
  • Because god has always been about the one.
  • 01:24:09.457 --> 01:24:12.560
  • And i know because i am one of those lives
  • 01:24:13.461 --> 01:24:17.966
  • That have been changed by the living word of god.
  • 01:24:17.966 --> 01:24:21.870
  • (audience cheering)
  • 01:24:21.870 --> 01:24:23.104
  • I was three miles literally from here
  • 01:24:23.104 --> 01:24:26.574
  • At a little university down the road,
  • 01:24:26.574 --> 01:24:29.210
  • Played college tennis, naia.
  • 01:24:29.210 --> 01:24:32.013
  • If you don't know naia, it stands for mot in ncaa.
  • 01:24:32.013 --> 01:24:36.684
  • That's what it stands for.
  • 01:24:36.684 --> 01:24:37.919
  • So i was a fraternity brother
  • 01:24:37.919 --> 01:24:40.622
  • Lost and dead in my sins.
  • 01:24:40.622 --> 01:24:43.091
  • And i was searching and i thought,
  • 01:24:43.091 --> 01:24:45.360
  • "maybe there is a god,"
  • 01:24:45.360 --> 01:24:46.628
  • And so i said to my fraternity brothers,
  • 01:24:46.628 --> 01:24:48.296
  • "we're gonna have a bible study."
  • 01:24:48.296 --> 01:24:49.797
  • They said, "the bleep you are," bleep was a bad word.
  • 01:24:49.797 --> 01:24:51.733
  • I said, "the bleep, we are."
  • 01:24:51.733 --> 01:24:53.301
  • I announced a bible study tuesday, seven o'clock,
  • 01:24:53.301 --> 01:24:57.872
  • And when i was on my way to a business marketing class,
  • 01:24:57.872 --> 01:25:02.677
  • I went in and didn't have a bible.
  • 01:25:02.677 --> 01:25:04.579
  • And when i walked out, there was a gentleman.
  • 01:25:04.579 --> 01:25:06.381
  • - from an organization known as the gideons
  • 01:25:07.282 --> 01:25:10.018
  • On that very day and said,
  • 01:25:10.018 --> 01:25:11.819
  • "young man, would you like a free bible?"
  • 01:25:11.819 --> 01:25:15.056
  • How good is god? how good is god?
  • 01:25:15.723 --> 01:25:19.260
  • There were seven guys, none of us christians,
  • 01:25:19.260 --> 01:25:21.763
  • Who sat down in a room.
  • 01:25:21.763 --> 01:25:22.830
  • I tried to act pastoral.
  • 01:25:22.830 --> 01:25:24.199
  • I said, "turn to the first book in your bible."
  • 01:25:24.199 --> 01:25:27.635
  • (everyone laughs)
  • 01:25:27.635 --> 01:25:29.337
  • They all turned to genesis, i turned to matthew.
  • 01:25:29.337 --> 01:25:31.706
  • I was like, "no wonder it's free. it's a starter bible."
  • 01:25:31.706 --> 01:25:36.211
  • (everyone laughs)
  • 01:25:36.211 --> 01:25:39.480
  • We started in matthew 1,
  • 01:25:39.480 --> 01:25:41.082
  • Which is not the best place to start with seven lost guys,
  • 01:25:41.082 --> 01:25:44.586
  • And we just started reading the bible.
  • 01:25:44.586 --> 01:25:46.621
  • And we would read the bible and we would pray.
  • 01:25:46.621 --> 01:25:48.389
  • We didn't know how to pray, we'd read the bible,
  • 01:25:48.389 --> 01:25:50.091
  • And just like, literally just open it and read.
  • 01:25:50.091 --> 01:25:51.759
  • And then we'd just pray like, "god, you know,
  • 01:25:51.759 --> 01:25:54.429
  • God, watch over us, god, as we party and drink and drive,
  • 01:25:54.429 --> 01:25:59.400
  • God, keep us safe, god, keep us safe.
  • 01:25:59.400 --> 01:26:01.836
  • We pray for mitch's girlfriend, god.
  • 01:26:01.836 --> 01:26:04.305
  • God, we pray she's not pregnant, oh god,
  • 01:26:04.305 --> 01:26:06.307
  • We ask she's not pregnant."
  • 01:26:06.307 --> 01:26:07.475
  • We didn't know what we were doing.
  • 01:26:07.475 --> 01:26:08.476
  • We didn't know what we're doing
  • 01:26:08.476 --> 01:26:10.011
  • And we just would read the word of god and we'd try to pray.
  • 01:26:10.011 --> 01:26:12.747
  • How many of you know that god's word is living?
  • 01:26:13.748 --> 01:26:16.017
  • How many of you know god's word is active?
  • 01:26:16.017 --> 01:26:17.552
  • (everyone applauds)
  • 01:26:17.552 --> 01:26:18.853
  • And for me, it was when i got to ephesians 2,
  • 01:26:18.853 --> 01:26:24.626
  • I read the word of god.
  • 01:26:25.126 --> 01:26:27.695
  • I read ephesians 2:8-9 that said,
  • 01:26:27.695 --> 01:26:30.832
  • "for by grace you have been saved
  • 01:26:30.832 --> 01:26:35.637
  • Through faith by the unmerited favor of god,
  • 01:26:35.637 --> 01:26:39.140
  • You're made right with god
  • 01:26:39.140 --> 01:26:40.608
  • By the grace of god through faith"
  • 01:26:40.608 --> 01:26:43.444
  • And this is not from yourselves, it's the gift of god,
  • 01:26:43.444 --> 01:26:47.015
  • Not by work so no one could boast.
  • 01:26:47.015 --> 01:26:49.550
  • And when i read ephesians 2:8-9, the word of god,
  • 01:26:49.550 --> 01:26:52.520
  • I went out all by myself and knelt down
  • 01:26:52.520 --> 01:26:54.489
  • In a little softball field and i cried,
  • 01:26:54.489 --> 01:26:56.424
  • And i sobbed out to god,
  • 01:26:56.424 --> 01:26:57.759
  • "if you're there and if you're real,
  • 01:26:57.759 --> 01:26:59.794
  • And if this jesus thing is who he says he is, take my life."
  • 01:26:59.794 --> 01:27:02.730
  • And when i knelt down,
  • 01:27:02.730 --> 01:27:04.032
  • I was one person broken and dead in my sins.
  • 01:27:04.032 --> 01:27:09.137
  • (crying)
  • 01:27:09.404 --> 01:27:13.875
  • When i stood up, i was a new creation.
  • 01:27:14.709 --> 01:27:18.880
  • (everyone applauds)
  • 01:27:19.347 --> 01:27:20.915
  • The old was gone and the new had come and i had been saved,
  • 01:27:20.915 --> 01:27:24.886
  • Not by religious activity and not by my own good works,
  • 01:27:24.886 --> 01:27:30.158
  • But by grace through faith.
  • 01:27:30.758 --> 01:27:33.294
  • And what i want you to know, when we stand here today
  • 01:27:33.294 --> 01:27:35.296
  • And celebrate a billion downloads of the word of god,
  • 01:27:35.296 --> 01:27:38.499
  • That my life was one changed by the word of god.
  • 01:27:38.499 --> 01:27:43.871
  • No one preached to me, no one witnessed to me,
  • 01:27:44.772 --> 01:27:48.042
  • No one played a song to me,
  • 01:27:48.042 --> 01:27:49.510
  • It was the living word of god that changed my life,
  • 01:27:49.510 --> 01:27:53.514
  • And to be a part of the church now
  • 01:27:53.514 --> 01:27:55.450
  • Able to give the word of god away.
  • 01:27:55.450 --> 01:27:58.152
  • (everyone applauds)
  • 01:27:58.152 --> 01:28:00.588
  • I wondered all those years,
  • 01:28:00.588 --> 01:28:02.223
  • I wonder who that guy was
  • 01:28:02.223 --> 01:28:04.092
  • And we didn't ever think to reach out to the gideons,
  • 01:28:04.092 --> 01:28:06.728
  • There'd be no way they'd know.
  • 01:28:06.728 --> 01:28:07.895
  • I asked them, reached out years later,
  • 01:28:07.895 --> 01:28:10.531
  • "is there any way you might know
  • 01:28:10.531 --> 01:28:11.933
  • Who was at oklahoma city university back in 1987
  • 01:28:11.933 --> 01:28:15.937
  • Handing out bibles?"
  • 01:28:15.937 --> 01:28:17.205
  • And they said, "oh yeah, that was mike."
  • 01:28:17.205 --> 01:28:19.440
  • (everyone laughs)
  • 01:28:19.440 --> 01:28:20.341
  • He was the guy who did it.
  • 01:28:20.341 --> 01:28:21.509
  • And i got a picture of mike,
  • 01:28:21.509 --> 01:28:23.644
  • The gentleman who gave me the bible
  • 01:28:23.644 --> 01:28:27.181
  • That changed my life. (everyone applauds)
  • 01:28:28.082 --> 01:28:31.719
  • And to think that god sent one man to one university
  • 01:28:31.719 --> 01:28:34.956
  • On one tuesday afternoon to give me the word of god.
  • 01:28:34.956 --> 01:28:38.593
  • It's always been about the one.
  • 01:28:38.593 --> 01:28:40.328
  • Jesus said, "if a shepherd has 100 sheep
  • 01:28:40.328 --> 01:28:43.398
  • And one wanders away,
  • 01:28:43.398 --> 01:28:45.466
  • He would leave the 99 and go after the one."
  • 01:28:45.466 --> 01:28:48.736
  • And that's why i want to talk today to the one,
  • 01:28:48.736 --> 01:28:53.241
  • Maybe one who's here,
  • 01:28:53.741 --> 01:28:56.577
  • Maybe one who's watching online,
  • 01:28:56.577 --> 01:29:01.149
  • One who's searching and hurting
  • 01:29:01.783 --> 01:29:05.286
  • And dead in your sins.
  • 01:29:05.787 --> 01:29:07.889
  • And i want to share with you the gospel,
  • 01:29:07.889 --> 01:29:09.390
  • The gospel just means good news,
  • 01:29:09.390 --> 01:29:11.025
  • And i want to share with you the good news
  • 01:29:11.025 --> 01:29:12.960
  • Through the word of god.
  • 01:29:12.960 --> 01:29:15.129
  • Can you handle the word?
  • 01:29:15.129 --> 01:29:16.998
  • - [audience member] yeah! (everyone applauds)
  • 01:29:16.998 --> 01:29:18.499
  • - scripture says in isaiah 53:6 that
  • 01:29:18.499 --> 01:29:21.035
  • "we all like sheep have turned our own way."
  • 01:29:21.035 --> 01:29:24.439
  • We've all walked away from the good shepherd.
  • 01:29:24.439 --> 01:29:27.341
  • Romans 3:23 says that "all of us,"
  • 01:29:27.341 --> 01:29:29.677
  • Every single one of us, you, me,
  • 01:29:29.677 --> 01:29:31.312
  • "all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of god."
  • 01:29:31.312 --> 01:29:34.916
  • Romans 6:23 says that "the wages of sin is death,"
  • 01:29:34.916 --> 01:29:39.387
  • That's what we deserve is death,
  • 01:29:39.387 --> 01:29:41.322
  • "but the gift of god is eternal life
  • 01:29:41.322 --> 01:29:44.058
  • Through christ jesus our lord."
  • 01:29:44.058 --> 01:29:46.194
  • Romans 5:8 says that "god demonstrated his love for us,
  • 01:29:46.194 --> 01:29:51.132
  • That while we were still sinners, christ died for us."
  • 01:29:51.132 --> 01:29:55.736
  • John 3:16 says, "for god so loved the world
  • 01:29:55.736 --> 01:29:58.973
  • That he gave his one and only son,
  • 01:29:58.973 --> 01:30:00.975
  • That whosoever believes in him would not perish
  • 01:30:00.975 --> 01:30:03.311
  • But have eternal life."
  • 01:30:03.311 --> 01:30:05.313
  • 1 corinthians 15.
  • 01:30:05.313 --> 01:30:06.681
  • - three and four says,
  • 01:30:07.181 --> 01:30:08.449
  • Christ died on the cross for our sins buried.
  • 01:30:08.449 --> 01:30:11.185
  • But god raised him from the dead three days later.
  • 01:30:11.185 --> 01:30:13.988
  • And romans 10:13 says
  • 01:30:13.988 --> 01:30:15.490
  • "that everyone who calls on the name of the lord
  • 01:30:15.490 --> 01:30:19.293
  • "would be saved."
  • 01:30:19.293 --> 01:30:20.661
  • Every one.
  • 01:30:20.661 --> 01:30:24.632
  • Every one
  • 01:30:22.663 --> 01:30:26.267
  • Who calls on the name of the lord
  • 01:30:26.267 --> 01:30:28.803
  • Would be saved.
  • 01:30:28.803 --> 01:30:30.171
  • And i wanna talk today to whoever might be the one
  • 01:30:30.171 --> 01:30:34.876
  • I wanna talk to the one who's hurting.
  • 01:30:35.710 --> 01:30:38.112
  • I wanna talk to the one who's depressed.
  • 01:30:38.980 --> 01:30:42.116
  • I wanna talk to the one who feels guilty
  • 01:30:42.116 --> 01:30:43.885
  • For what you've done or what you said.
  • 01:30:43.885 --> 01:30:45.653
  • I wanna talk to the one who's ashamed
  • 01:30:45.653 --> 01:30:48.556
  • Of your sins.
  • 01:30:48.556 --> 01:30:50.124
  • And i wanna tell you that the word of god says
  • 01:30:51.092 --> 01:30:53.461
  • "that every one who calls on the name of the lord
  • 01:30:53.461 --> 01:30:57.899
  • "would be saved."
  • 01:30:57.899 --> 01:31:00.101
  • And when i called on the name of jesus,
  • 01:31:00.101 --> 01:31:03.004
  • Not by works, not by religious effort,
  • 01:31:03.004 --> 01:31:06.207
  • But by grace through faith,
  • 01:31:06.207 --> 01:31:08.109
  • I was made new.
  • 01:31:08.109 --> 01:31:10.444
  • And if there is one today
  • 01:31:11.012 --> 01:31:13.648
  • That you don't know where you stand with god,
  • 01:31:13.648 --> 01:31:16.617
  • And you wanna believe there's more, there is.
  • 01:31:16.617 --> 01:31:18.886
  • There is a father in heaven who is drawing you.
  • 01:31:18.886 --> 01:31:21.522
  • And you may be watching right now for this very moment,
  • 01:31:21.522 --> 01:31:25.326
  • Because you're the one that god is drawing.
  • 01:31:26.227 --> 01:31:28.996
  • And so without emotion, without even preaching hard,
  • 01:31:28.996 --> 01:31:31.699
  • I'm just gonna ask you right now,
  • 01:31:31.699 --> 01:31:34.235
  • All over this place,
  • 01:31:34.235 --> 01:31:35.870
  • If you don't know where you stand with god,
  • 01:31:35.870 --> 01:31:37.538
  • And you wanna be right with god,
  • 01:31:37.538 --> 01:31:39.173
  • When you call on the name of jesus, he hears your prayers.
  • 01:31:39.173 --> 01:31:42.276
  • He forgives your sins, he makes you brand new.
  • 01:31:42.276 --> 01:31:45.179
  • Everyone, no matter what you've done,
  • 01:31:45.179 --> 01:31:46.814
  • No matter where you've been,
  • 01:31:46.814 --> 01:31:47.815
  • No matter how guilty you feel,
  • 01:31:47.815 --> 01:31:49.083
  • When you call on the name of jesus,
  • 01:31:49.083 --> 01:31:51.152
  • You will be saved.
  • 01:31:51.152 --> 01:31:52.720
  • Around the room, we're gonna worship god, we're gonna cheer.
  • 01:31:52.720 --> 01:31:54.722
  • The bible says the angel in heaven rejoice
  • 01:31:54.722 --> 01:31:56.724
  • When one person comes to faith in christ.
  • 01:31:56.724 --> 01:31:58.826
  • Around the room right now, if you need the grace of jesus,
  • 01:31:58.826 --> 01:32:02.029
  • And you wanna say, "i turn from my sin
  • 01:32:02.029 --> 01:32:03.864
  • "and i give my life to jesus."
  • 01:32:03.864 --> 01:32:05.499
  • Would you just lift your hand high right now,
  • 01:32:05.499 --> 01:32:07.602
  • Right now, around the room,
  • 01:32:07.602 --> 01:32:09.203
  • Lift your hand up high right now.
  • 01:32:09.203 --> 01:32:10.638
  • Right there say yes.
  • 01:32:10.638 --> 01:32:11.772
  • Right there say yes,
  • 01:32:11.772 --> 01:32:13.307
  • Around the room if you need the grace of jesus, say yes.
  • 01:32:13.307 --> 01:32:15.943
  • Right there, say yes.
  • 01:32:15.943 --> 01:32:16.911
  • Around the room, say yes,
  • 01:32:16.911 --> 01:32:18.112
  • I need the grace of jesus.
  • 01:32:18.112 --> 01:32:20.247
  • And all over the world, would you just pray together?
  • 01:32:20.247 --> 01:32:24.452
  • Just pray aloud.
  • 01:32:24.452 --> 01:32:25.486
  • Pray heavenly father.
  • 01:32:25.486 --> 01:32:27.488
  • - [audience] heavenly father
  • 01:32:27.488 --> 01:32:28.556
  • - forgive me of my sins.
  • 01:32:28.556 --> 01:32:30.091
  • - [audience] forgive me of my sins.
  • 01:32:30.091 --> 01:32:30.958
  • - jesus, save me.
  • 01:32:30.958 --> 01:32:32.593
  • - [audience] jesus save me.
  • 01:32:32.593 --> 01:32:33.694
  • - make me brand new.
  • 01:32:33.694 --> 01:32:34.929
  • - [audience] make me brand new.
  • 01:32:34.929 --> 01:32:36.097
  • - fill me with your holy spirit.
  • 01:32:36.731 --> 01:32:38.299
  • - [audience] fill me with your holy spirit.
  • 01:32:38.299 --> 01:32:40.167
  • - so i could know you,
  • 01:32:40.167 --> 01:32:41.402
  • - [audience] so i could know you.
  • 01:32:41.402 --> 01:32:42.470
  • - and serve you
  • 01:32:42.470 --> 01:32:43.404
  • - [audience] and serve you.
  • 01:32:43.404 --> 01:32:44.305
  • - my life is not my own.
  • 01:32:44.305 --> 01:32:45.539
  • - [audience] my life is not my own.
  • 01:32:45.539 --> 01:32:47.008
  • - i give it all to you.
  • 01:32:47.008 --> 01:32:48.409
  • - [audience] i give it all to you.
  • 01:32:48.409 --> 01:32:49.543
  • - thank you for new life.
  • 01:32:49.543 --> 01:32:51.045
  • - [audience] thank you for new life.
  • 01:32:51.045 --> 01:32:51.979
  • - in jesus' name i pray.
  • 01:32:51.979 --> 01:32:53.414
  • - [audience] in jesus name i pray.
  • 01:32:53.414 --> 01:32:54.615
  • - and all god's people said, amen.
  • 01:32:54.615 --> 01:32:56.684
  • And amen and amen and amen and amen.
  • 01:32:56.684 --> 01:32:58.352
  • And amen and amen and amen and amen
  • 01:32:58.352 --> 01:33:00.421
  • And amen and amen and amen and amen and amen.
  • 01:33:00.421 --> 01:33:04.191
  • I'm gonna tell you right now, i was one life.
  • 01:33:04.191 --> 01:33:06.193
  • One life changed by the word of god.
  • 01:33:06.193 --> 01:33:09.063
  • And when bobby came and said,
  • 01:33:09.063 --> 01:33:10.331
  • "hey, do you wanna give this thing away?"
  • 01:33:10.331 --> 01:33:12.299
  • I said, "can we afford it?"
  • 01:33:12.299 --> 01:33:14.602
  • Because i didn't know how much it was gonna cost.
  • 01:33:15.603 --> 01:33:17.371
  • And our church took a step of faith
  • 01:33:17.371 --> 01:33:20.541
  • And we said, "we're gonna give the word of god away."
  • 01:33:20.541 --> 01:33:22.877
  • And people have said, "why don't you monetize it?
  • 01:33:22.877 --> 01:33:24.912
  • "why don't you do an ad?
  • 01:33:24.912 --> 01:33:26.113
  • "why don't you sell something?
  • 01:33:26.113 --> 01:33:27.715
  • "why don't you charge a dollar?"
  • 01:33:27.715 --> 01:33:29.316
  • I'm gonna tell you right now, i was saved by a free bible.
  • 01:33:29.316 --> 01:33:31.852
  • Our bible's not for sale.
  • 01:33:31.852 --> 01:33:35.222
  • Our bible with the help of our partners
  • 01:33:33.554 --> 01:33:38.592
  • And the generous partners who have god's word,
  • 01:33:38.592 --> 01:33:42.329
  • We will always give it and it is our great honor.
  • 01:33:42.329 --> 01:33:45.733
  • And although it's free to receive,
  • 01:33:46.500 --> 01:33:48.736
  • It is not free to create.
  • 01:33:48.736 --> 01:33:50.638
  • And we remain unwaveringly committed to one vision.
  • 01:33:50.638 --> 01:33:55.943
  • And that is this, until jesus comes back,
  • 01:33:56.811 --> 01:33:58.946
  • Or as long as we live,
  • 01:33:58.946 --> 01:34:00.281
  • Our vision is god's word.
  • 01:34:00.281 --> 01:34:02.249
  • Every one
  • 01:34:02.249 --> 01:34:04.118
  • Everywhere
  • 01:34:04.418 --> 01:34:06.020
  • And every day.
  • 01:34:06.020 --> 01:34:08.189
  • Every one,
  • 01:34:08.189 --> 01:34:09.490
  • And everywhere
  • 01:34:09.490 --> 01:34:10.691
  • And every day.
  • 01:34:10.691 --> 01:34:11.826
  • And i believe in the depth of my soul
  • 01:34:11.826 --> 01:34:14.562
  • That we're standing
  • 01:34:14.562 --> 01:34:16.630
  • On the edge of one of the greatest
  • 01:34:16.630 --> 01:34:18.632
  • Opportunities in history.
  • 01:34:18.632 --> 01:34:20.568
  • As bobby said, there's a spiritual hunger
  • 01:34:20.568 --> 01:34:22.503
  • Like i've never ever seen before.
  • 01:34:22.503 --> 01:34:24.071
  • And people are tired of fake.
  • 01:34:24.071 --> 01:34:26.307
  • And they're crying out for something authentic
  • 01:34:26.307 --> 01:34:28.576
  • And something real.
  • 01:34:28.576 --> 01:34:30.010
  • They are searching for jesus, the word made flesh.
  • 01:34:30.010 --> 01:34:34.315
  • And for the ones of you
  • 01:34:34.315 --> 01:34:36.350
  • That have already been saved by the grace of jesus,
  • 01:34:36.350 --> 01:34:38.619
  • I would just invite you humbly, like humbly as i can,
  • 01:34:38.619 --> 01:34:43.657
  • Would you consider partnering with us
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  • To give away the living word of god
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  • To people around the world?
  • 01:34:50.898 --> 01:34:52.500
  • And i'm not gonna ask hard,
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  • I'm just gonna ask with conviction,
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  • Someone else gave for the first billion,
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  • I'm gonna invite you to help give toward the second billion
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  • Because the first billion,
  • 01:35:02.877 --> 01:35:03.911
  • It took 17 years.
  • 01:35:03.911 --> 01:35:05.613
  • At this trajectory, we.
  • 01:35:05.613 --> 01:35:06.881
  • - we believe the next billion will come in five years,
  • 01:35:07.982 --> 01:35:09.350
  • And the third billion will come in the next three.
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  • The word of god is transforming lives,
  • 01:35:11.719 --> 01:35:14.955
  • And i would just invite you
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  • To consider, bobby talked about it.
  • 01:35:16.056 --> 01:35:18.492
  • We call those who give regularly, we call them sowers,
  • 01:35:18.492 --> 01:35:22.630
  • And those are people that commit just to give
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  • A monthly amount.
  • 01:35:26.066 --> 01:35:27.568
  • If you would give tonight, it would actually mean a lot
  • 01:35:27.568 --> 01:35:29.670
  • Because we have a generous donor who has agreed to match.
  • 01:35:29.670 --> 01:35:33.507
  • Are you ready for this?
  • 01:35:33.507 --> 01:35:35.142
  • Everything given, what you give online,
  • 01:35:35.142 --> 01:35:37.044
  • Everything given in this room, everything given
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  • Around the world
  • 01:35:38.813 --> 01:35:40.347
  • In the next 24 hours, a generous donors agreed to match up
  • 01:35:40.347 --> 01:35:42.683
  • To $1 million what is given to get the word of god out.
  • 01:35:42.683 --> 01:35:49.723
  • We are not looking just back at what god has done.
  • 01:35:50.758 --> 01:35:53.527
  • We're looking ahead, believing that god wants
  • 01:35:53.527 --> 01:35:56.397
  • To do exceedingly
  • 01:35:56.397 --> 01:35:57.998
  • And abundantly more than all we can ask, think or imagine.
  • 01:35:57.998 --> 01:36:02.870
  • God is calling us.
  • 01:36:03.304 --> 01:36:04.738
  • Time is short.
  • 01:36:04.738 --> 01:36:06.140
  • Jesus is returning soon, we're gonna take his word
  • 01:36:06.140 --> 01:36:08.876
  • To everyone everywhere, every day.
  • 01:36:08.876 --> 01:36:12.012
  • If you believe jesus has risen, if you believe he's lord,
  • 01:36:13.147 --> 01:36:16.050
  • If you believe he's coming soon, who is he?
  • 01:36:16.050 --> 01:36:18.118
  • He's the king of all kings.
  • 01:36:18.118 --> 01:36:19.420
  • He is the lord of all lords.
  • 01:36:19.420 --> 01:36:21.555
  • He is the lamb of god and the lion and tribe of judah.
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  • He is my savior.
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  • He is our king.
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  • Could you give jesus some praise?
  • 01:36:27.094 --> 01:36:29.129
  • He is the savior, the lord, our conquer, our redeemer,
  • 01:36:29.129 --> 01:36:33.467
  • Our friend, the door through which we are.
  • 01:36:33.467 --> 01:36:36.403
  • Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
  • 01:36:36.403 --> 01:36:38.305
  • And no one enters to the father except through him.
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  • Jesus is the word made flesh to jesus,
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  • All the glory.
  • 01:36:46.380 --> 01:36:48.115
  • Amen and amen.
  • 01:36:48.115 --> 01:36:51.719
  • (audience cheering)
  • 01:36:52.186 --> 01:36:54.521
  • - come on, is anybody thankful for jesus in the house today?
  • 01:36:54.521 --> 01:36:59.226
  • Is it okay if we praise him, get a little rowdy
  • 01:36:59.226 --> 01:37:01.829
  • For the king of kings and the lord of lord in the house.
  • 01:37:01.829 --> 01:37:05.733
  • Everybody hands up, hands up, hands up.
  • 01:37:05.733 --> 01:37:09.436
  • Let's go, let's go.
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  • ♪ praise the lord
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  • ♪ oh my soul ♪ thank you jesus
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  • ♪ thank you jesus
  • 01:37:16.877 --> 01:37:18.412
  • ♪ praise the lord - come on, if you know it.
  • 01:37:18.412 --> 01:37:22.950
  • ♪ oh my soul - sing, let's praise him.
  • 01:37:22.950 --> 01:37:25.653
  • ♪ i'll praise in the valley
  • 01:37:25.653 --> 01:37:28.822
  • ♪ praise on the mountain yup
  • 01:37:28.822 --> 01:37:33.060
  • ♪ i'll praise when i'm sure
  • 01:37:33.060 --> 01:37:36.563
  • ♪ and praise when i'm doubting
  • 01:37:36.563 --> 01:37:40.968
  • ♪ i'll praise when outnumbered
  • 01:37:40.968 --> 01:37:44.038
  • ♪ praise when surrounded
  • 01:37:44.038 --> 01:37:48.475
  • ♪ 'cause praise is the waters
  • 01:37:48.475 --> 01:37:51.245
  • ♪ my enemies drown in
  • 01:37:51.245 --> 01:37:53.781
  • - come on, you know the tune, you sing it out.
  • 01:37:53.781 --> 01:37:56.116
  • ♪ as long as i'm breathing i've got a reason to ♪
  • 01:37:56.116 --> 01:37:59.887
  • ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:37:59.887 --> 01:38:03.757
  • ♪ oh my soul - yeah, c'mon.
  • 01:38:04.425 --> 01:38:06.794
  • ♪ i'm gonna praise the lord
  • 01:38:06.794 --> 01:38:12.099
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:38:12.466 --> 01:38:15.135
  • ♪ i praise when i feel it
  • 01:38:15.135 --> 01:38:18.005
  • ♪ and i praise when i don't
  • 01:38:18.005 --> 01:38:22.443
  • ♪ i praise 'cause i know
  • 01:38:22.443 --> 01:38:25.045
  • ♪ that you're still in control
  • 01:38:25.045 --> 01:38:27.982
  • ♪ yeah yeah yeah yeah
  • 01:38:27.982 --> 01:38:30.150
  • ♪ my praise is a weapon
  • 01:38:30.150 --> 01:38:32.920
  • ♪ it's more than a sound
  • 01:38:32.920 --> 01:38:37.524
  • ♪ my praise is the shout
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  • ♪ that brings jericho down
  • 01:38:39.960 --> 01:38:43.364
  • - [singer] everybody help you sing.
  • 01:38:43.364 --> 01:38:45.199
  • ♪ as long as i'm breathing i've got a reason to ♪
  • 01:38:45.199 --> 01:38:49.003
  • ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:38:49.003 --> 01:38:53.540
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:38:53.540 --> 01:38:55.709
  • ♪ i'm gonna praise the lord
  • 01:38:55.709 --> 01:39:01.015
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:39:01.382 --> 01:39:02.683
  • ♪ i won't be quiet say
  • 01:39:02.683 --> 01:39:04.084
  • ♪ i won't be quiet my god is alive ♪
  • 01:39:04.084 --> 01:39:07.888
  • ♪ how could i keep it inside
  • 01:39:07.888 --> 01:39:10.891
  • ♪ tonight i'm gonna praise the lord ♪
  • 01:39:10.891 --> 01:39:16.196
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:39:16.563 --> 01:39:21.735
  • - come on, did anybody come (congregation clapping)
  • 01:39:18.499 --> 01:39:22.803
  • To praise him tonight?
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  • Oh, we're gonna sing of his greatness tonight.
  • 01:39:25.939 --> 01:39:29.243
  • ♪ thank you jesus thank you
  • 01:39:29.243 --> 01:39:31.745
  • ♪ thank you jesus my god
  • 01:39:31.745 --> 01:39:34.648
  • ♪ i'll praise 'cause you're sovereign ♪
  • 01:39:34.648 --> 01:39:36.517
  • ♪ praise 'cause you reign
  • 01:39:36.517 --> 01:39:38.052
  • ♪ praise 'cause you rose and defeated the grave ♪
  • 01:39:38.052 --> 01:39:41.889
  • ♪ i'll praise 'cause you're faithful ♪
  • 01:39:41.889 --> 01:39:43.791
  • ♪ praise 'cause you're true
  • 01:39:43.791 --> 01:39:45.692
  • ♪ praise 'cause there's nobody greater than you ♪
  • 01:39:45.692 --> 01:39:49.263
  • ♪ say i'll praise 'cause you're sovereign ♪
  • 01:39:49.263 --> 01:39:51.432
  • ♪ praise 'cause you reign ♪ praise 'cause you reign
  • 01:39:51.432 --> 01:39:52.933
  • ♪ praise 'cause you rose and defeated the grave ♪
  • 01:39:52.933 --> 01:39:56.403
  • ♪ i'll praise 'cause you're faithful ♪
  • 01:39:56.403 --> 01:39:59.006
  • ♪ praise 'cause you're true
  • 01:39:59.006 --> 01:40:00.774
  • ♪ praise 'cause there's nobody greater than you ♪
  • 01:40:00.774 --> 01:40:04.611
  • ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:40:04.611 --> 01:40:09.349
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:40:09.349 --> 01:40:10.851
  • ♪ everybody jump right here
  • 01:40:10.851 --> 01:40:12.453
  • ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:40:12.453 --> 01:40:16.056
  • ♪ oh my soul ♪ praise him
  • 01:40:16.723 --> 01:40:19.726
  • ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:40:19.726 --> 01:40:24.364
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:40:24.364 --> 01:40:26.166
  • ♪ i've got
  • 01:40:26.166 --> 01:40:27.701
  • ♪ praise the lord oh my soul
  • 01:40:28.335 --> 01:40:33.307
  • ♪ i won't be quiet say
  • 01:40:33.807 --> 01:40:35.142
  • ♪ i won't be quiet my god is alive ♪
  • 01:40:35.142 --> 01:40:38.846
  • ♪ how could i keep it inside
  • 01:40:38.846 --> 01:40:42.716
  • ♪ i won't be quiet my god is alive ♪
  • 01:40:42.716 --> 01:40:46.520
  • ♪ how could i keep it inside
  • 01:40:46.520 --> 01:40:50.257
  • ♪ i won't be quiet my god is alive ♪
  • 01:40:50.257 --> 01:40:54.061
  • ♪ how could i keep it inside
  • 01:40:54.061 --> 01:40:57.197
  • ♪ i'm gonna praise the lord
  • 01:40:57.197 --> 01:41:02.536
  • ♪ oh my soul
  • 01:41:02.903 --> 01:41:07.808
  • ♪ hey hey hey hey
  • 01:41:08.275 --> 01:41:11.211
  • - everybody lift your hands like this, here we go.
  • 01:41:12.212 --> 01:41:20.387
  • ♪ kick to the second letter woo ♪
  • 01:41:21.155 --> 01:41:23.524
  • ♪ let everything all creatures and nations bring your song ♪
  • 01:41:23.524 --> 01:41:27.027
  • ♪ heavenly son of god and man is on the throne ♪
  • 01:41:27.027 --> 01:41:30.797
  • ♪ yeah let me sing
  • 01:41:30.797 --> 01:41:31.999
  • ♪ let me bring my vanity
  • 01:41:31.999 --> 01:41:33.834
  • ♪ nothing that he said every failed ♪
  • 01:41:33.834 --> 01:41:35.035
  • ♪ it is well with my soul
  • 01:41:35.035 --> 01:41:36.436
  • ♪ i'm not a rich man but i'm in his hands ♪
  • 01:41:36.436 --> 01:41:38.438
  • ♪ his promises are gold
  • 01:41:38.438 --> 01:41:40.240
  • ♪ yeah i was dead now i'm alive ♪
  • 01:41:40.240 --> 01:41:42.276
  • ♪ i gotta make him known
  • 01:41:42.276 --> 01:41:44.044
  • ♪ your word is life
  • 01:41:44.044 --> 01:41:45.145
  • ♪ saved my life a billion times ♪
  • 01:41:45.145 --> 01:41:47.014
  • ♪ grace downloaded a billion times ♪
  • 01:41:47.014 --> 01:41:48.849
  • ♪ i say this a billion times
  • 01:41:48.849 --> 01:41:51.185
  • ♪ everything ♪ let everything
  • 01:41:51.185 --> 01:41:52.786
  • ♪ that has breath ♪ that has breath
  • 01:41:52.786 --> 01:41:54.588
  • ♪ praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:41:54.588 --> 01:41:56.190
  • ♪ say praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:41:56.190 --> 01:41:58.492
  • ♪ let everything ♪ let everything
  • 01:41:58.492 --> 01:42:00.127
  • ♪ that has breath ♪ that has breath
  • 01:42:00.127 --> 01:42:02.095
  • ♪ praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:42:02.095 --> 01:42:03.964
  • ♪ hey praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:42:03.964 --> 01:42:05.799
  • ♪ let everything ♪ let everything
  • 01:42:05.799 --> 01:42:07.768
  • ♪ that has breath ♪ that has breath
  • 01:42:07.768 --> 01:42:09.670
  • ♪ praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:42:09.670 --> 01:42:11.471
  • ♪ let's praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:42:11.471 --> 01:42:13.407
  • ♪ let everything ♪ let everything
  • 01:42:13.407 --> 01:42:15.275
  • ♪ that has breath ♪ that has breath
  • 01:42:15.275 --> 01:42:17.177
  • ♪ praise the lord ♪ praise the lord
  • 01:42:17.177 --> 01:42:22.449
  • (congregation cheering) ♪ hallelujah
  • 01:42:19.046 --> 01:42:32.059
  • - wow, woo! come on, let's give a big shout of praise.
  • 01:42:33.160 --> 01:42:37.898
  • Come on, let's lift a big shout in this place.
  • 01:42:37.898 --> 01:42:40.901
  • Come on. woo! (congregation cheering)
  • 01:42:40.901 --> 01:42:44.771
  • Just stay standing just for a moment.
  • 01:42:44.771 --> 01:42:47.207
  • What a time to be alive.
  • 01:42:47.207 --> 01:42:50.510
  • This word is alive. - amen.
  • 01:42:51.178 --> 01:42:54.915
  • - and it's on assignment. - amen.
  • 01:42:55.649 --> 01:42:58.619
  • - that's what it says right here.
  • 01:42:58.619 --> 01:42:59.853
  • I open my bible app every day.
  • 01:42:59.853 --> 01:43:03.423
  • And it says in isaiah that,
  • 01:43:04.024 --> 01:43:07.060
  • "this word that goes out from my mouth
  • 01:43:07.060 --> 01:43:11.231
  • Will not return to me empty,
  • 01:43:11.231 --> 01:43:15.102
  • But will accomplish what i desire
  • 01:43:15.102 --> 01:43:18.572
  • And achieve the purpose for which i sent it."
  • 01:43:18.572 --> 01:43:23.910
  • This word is alive and it is on assignment tonight.
  • 01:43:24.978 --> 01:43:28.282
  • (congregation applauding)
  • 01:43:28.282 --> 01:43:31.251
  • I love it. it's not just pixels, but it's pages.
  • 01:43:31.251 --> 01:43:36.623
  • And i like to hold both in my hand every single day.
  • 01:43:37.658 --> 01:43:40.260
  • I praise god for the miracle of the pixels,
  • 01:43:40.260 --> 01:43:45.098
  • And i praise god for the miracle of the pages.
  • 01:43:45.098 --> 01:43:50.103
  • But i'm telling you tonight, it's not just pages and pixels.
  • 01:43:50.103 --> 01:43:55.375
  • It's a person we're celebrating tonight.
  • 01:43:56.243 --> 01:43:59.579
  • (congregation cheering)
  • 01:43:59.579 --> 01:44:01.048
  • I said it's a person that we're celebrating tonight.
  • 01:44:01.048 --> 01:44:04.785
  • His name is jesus.
  • 01:44:04.785 --> 01:44:12.292
  • That's what it says on this page right here.
  • 01:44:13.226 --> 01:44:16.063
  • You're like, why you got a page outta your bible?
  • 01:44:16.997 --> 01:44:20.167
  • Because a friend of mine was kind enough
  • 01:44:20.167 --> 01:44:24.237
  • To take it on a spacex rocket
  • 01:44:24.237 --> 01:44:28.542
  • To the international space station,
  • 01:44:28.542 --> 01:44:31.778
  • And i said, "i want you to take john 1," and he did.
  • 01:44:31.778 --> 01:44:37.751
  • There it is in the cupola right here,
  • 01:44:38.552 --> 01:44:41.088
  • High above the earth, 250 miles above the earth.
  • 01:44:41.088 --> 01:44:46.360
  • You can zoom in just a little bit,
  • 01:44:47.127 --> 01:44:49.096
  • And if you zoom in a little bit,
  • 01:44:49.096 --> 01:44:50.630
  • That's this page that i'm holding right here.
  • 01:44:50.630 --> 01:44:54.401
  • It circled the earth 3,194 times.
  • 01:44:54.401 --> 01:45:01.108
  • So if in the summer of 2021,
  • 01:45:01.708 --> 01:45:06.680
  • You thought that possibly god had forgotten you,
  • 01:45:07.647 --> 01:45:13.120
  • Well, his word, which says that the word became flesh
  • 01:45:14.187 --> 01:45:20.894
  • And made its dwelling among us,
  • 01:45:21.528 --> 01:45:24.231
  • And we have seen his glory.
  • 01:45:24.831 --> 01:45:27.968
  • (gentle music)
  • 01:45:28.335 --> 01:45:29.503
  • - the glory of the one and only
  • 01:45:29.503 --> 01:45:31.705
  • Who came from the father
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  • Full of grace and truth.
  • 01:45:34.374 --> 01:45:37.611
  • This word accomplishes what god sent it to do
  • 01:45:37.611 --> 01:45:41.882
  • Because the word accomplished
  • 01:45:41.882 --> 01:45:44.551
  • What god sent him to do.
  • 01:45:44.551 --> 01:45:46.753
  • (audience cheers and claps)
  • 01:45:46.753 --> 01:45:48.054
  • This word accomplishes its assignment today
  • 01:45:48.054 --> 01:45:51.658
  • Because the word accomplishes his assignment
  • 01:45:51.658 --> 01:45:55.629
  • For your life today.
  • 01:45:55.629 --> 01:45:57.063
  • He is the author and the finisher of our faith.
  • 01:45:57.063 --> 01:46:00.734
  • He is the alpha and the omega.
  • 01:46:00.734 --> 01:46:03.503
  • He is the first and the last.
  • 01:46:03.503 --> 01:46:06.006
  • He is the beginning and he is the end.
  • 01:46:06.006 --> 01:46:09.176
  • He's the first billion, he's the next billion,
  • 01:46:09.176 --> 01:46:12.279
  • And he's every billion after that.
  • 01:46:12.279 --> 01:46:14.881
  • He is the unconquerable living word of god.
  • 01:46:14.881 --> 01:46:22.189
  • To him be the glory
  • 01:46:22.656 --> 01:46:24.191
  • In christ jesus and in the church
  • 01:46:24.191 --> 01:46:28.128
  • Forever and forever, amen and amen.
  • 01:46:28.128 --> 01:46:32.732
  • Let all the people say amen.
  • 01:46:32.732 --> 01:46:43.944
  • Amen.
  • 01:46:44.177 --> 01:46:45.846
  • Amen.
  • 01:46:46.079 --> 01:46:54.688
  • (soft piano music)
  • 01:46:55.121 --> 01:47:10.470
  • - [cody] this is "the blessing" of god to us as children,
  • 01:47:11.571 --> 01:47:14.474
  • Straight out at number six.
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  • Come on, let's sing it together.
  • 01:47:17.110 --> 01:47:22.682
  • ♪ the lord bless you
  • 01:47:23.183 --> 01:47:26.586
  • ♪ and keep you
  • 01:47:26.586 --> 01:47:30.023
  • ♪ make his face shine upon you
  • 01:47:30.023 --> 01:47:33.927
  • ♪ and be gracious to you
  • 01:47:33.927 --> 01:47:36.730
  • ♪ the lord turn his
  • 01:47:36.730 --> 01:47:40.267
  • ♪ face toward you
  • 01:47:40.267 --> 01:47:43.803
  • ♪ and give you peace
  • 01:47:43.803 --> 01:47:50.277
  • ♪ you will see
  • 01:47:50.644 --> 01:47:53.947
  • ♪ the lord bless you
  • 01:47:53.947 --> 01:47:57.450
  • ♪ and keep you
  • 01:47:57.450 --> 01:48:00.921
  • ♪ make his face shine upon you
  • 01:48:00.921 --> 01:48:04.958
  • ♪ and be gracious to you
  • 01:48:04.958 --> 01:48:07.694
  • ♪ the lord turn his
  • 01:48:07.694 --> 01:48:11.097
  • ♪ face toward you
  • 01:48:11.097 --> 01:48:14.768
  • ♪ and give you peace
  • 01:48:14.768 --> 01:48:21.641
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:48:21.875 --> 01:48:29.416
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:48:29.649 --> 01:48:37.891
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:48:38.124 --> 01:48:51.738
  • ♪ the lord bless you
  • 01:48:52.238 --> 01:48:55.742
  • ♪ and keep you
  • 01:48:55.742 --> 01:48:59.045
  • ♪ make his face shine upon you
  • 01:48:59.045 --> 01:49:02.949
  • ♪ and be gracious to you
  • 01:49:02.949 --> 01:49:05.852
  • ♪ the lord turn his
  • 01:49:05.852 --> 01:49:09.356
  • ♪ face toward you
  • 01:49:09.356 --> 01:49:12.859
  • ♪ and give you peace
  • 01:49:12.859 --> 01:49:16.396
  • - god loves us, he's faithful.
  • 01:49:16.396 --> 01:49:19.099
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:49:19.099 --> 01:49:24.404
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:49:24.638 --> 01:49:29.909
  • - [cody] we'll receive the promises.
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  • ♪ amen
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  • ♪ amen
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  • - [cody] we'll receive the love of god.
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  • ♪ amen
  • 01:49:46.359 --> 01:49:58.204
  • ♪ amen, amen
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  • ♪ amen
  • 01:50:00.140 --> 01:50:05.412
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:50:05.645 --> 01:50:16.089
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:50:16.322 --> 01:50:18.525
  • ♪ amen, amen
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  • ♪ mm
  • 01:50:23.029 --> 01:50:26.966
  • ♪ his favor
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  • ♪ be upon you
  • 01:50:28.601 --> 01:50:30.203
  • ♪ and a thousand generations
  • 01:50:30.203 --> 01:50:33.473
  • ♪ and your family
  • 01:50:33.473 --> 01:50:35.208
  • ♪ and your children
  • 01:50:35.208 --> 01:50:36.910
  • ♪ and their children
  • 01:50:36.910 --> 01:50:40.380
  • ♪ may his favor
  • 01:50:38.712 --> 01:50:42.048
  • ♪ be upon you
  • 01:50:42.048 --> 01:50:43.783
  • ♪ and a thousand generations
  • 01:50:43.783 --> 01:50:47.253
  • ♪ and your family
  • 01:50:47.253 --> 01:50:48.888
  • ♪ and your children
  • 01:50:48.888 --> 01:50:50.690
  • ♪ and their children
  • 01:50:50.690 --> 01:50:54.260
  • ♪ may his favor
  • 01:50:52.425 --> 01:50:55.862
  • ♪ be upon you
  • 01:50:55.862 --> 01:50:57.497
  • ♪ and a thousand generations
  • 01:50:57.497 --> 01:51:00.900
  • ♪ and your family
  • 01:51:00.900 --> 01:51:02.569
  • ♪ and your children
  • 01:51:02.569 --> 01:51:04.370
  • ♪ and their children
  • 01:51:04.370 --> 01:51:07.874
  • ♪ may his favor be upon you
  • 01:51:06.139 --> 01:51:11.311
  • ♪ and a thousand generations
  • 01:51:11.311 --> 01:51:14.681
  • ♪ and your family
  • 01:51:14.681 --> 01:51:16.382
  • ♪ and their children
  • 01:51:16.382 --> 01:51:21.588
  • ♪ may his presence
  • 01:51:18.118 --> 01:51:23.256
  • ♪ go before you
  • 01:51:23.256 --> 01:51:24.924
  • ♪ and behind you
  • 01:51:24.924 --> 01:51:26.626
  • ♪ and beside you
  • 01:51:26.626 --> 01:51:28.394
  • ♪ all around you
  • 01:51:28.394 --> 01:51:30.063
  • ♪ and within you
  • 01:51:30.063 --> 01:51:31.798
  • ♪ he is with you
  • 01:51:31.798 --> 01:51:35.235
  • ♪ in the morning in the evening ♪
  • 01:51:33.466 --> 01:51:38.638
  • ♪ in your coming
  • 01:51:38.638 --> 01:51:40.340
  • ♪ and your going
  • 01:51:40.340 --> 01:51:42.041
  • ♪ in your weeping
  • 01:51:42.041 --> 01:51:43.676
  • ♪ and rejoicing
  • 01:51:43.676 --> 01:51:45.478
  • ♪ he is for you
  • 01:51:45.478 --> 01:52:03.129
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:52:03.363 --> 01:52:08.168
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:52:08.401 --> 01:52:22.315
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:52:22.549 --> 01:52:30.023
  • ♪ may his favor
  • 01:52:25.518 --> 01:52:31.691
  • ♪ be upon you
  • 01:52:31.691 --> 01:52:33.526
  • ♪ and a thousand generations
  • 01:52:33.526 --> 01:52:36.863
  • ♪ and your family
  • 01:52:36.863 --> 01:52:38.631
  • ♪ and your children
  • 01:52:38.631 --> 01:52:40.366
  • ♪ and their children
  • 01:52:40.366 --> 01:52:44.070
  • ♪ may his presence
  • 01:52:42.101 --> 01:52:45.438
  • ♪ go before you
  • 01:52:45.438 --> 01:52:47.173
  • ♪ and behind you
  • 01:52:47.173 --> 01:52:48.875
  • ♪ and beside you
  • 01:52:48.875 --> 01:52:50.577
  • ♪ all around you
  • 01:52:50.577 --> 01:52:52.312
  • ♪ and within you
  • 01:52:52.312 --> 01:52:54.047
  • ♪ he is with you
  • 01:52:54.047 --> 01:52:57.517
  • ♪ in the morning
  • 01:52:55.715 --> 01:52:59.219
  • ♪ in the evening
  • 01:52:59.219 --> 01:53:00.887
  • ♪ in your coming
  • 01:53:00.887 --> 01:53:02.589
  • ♪ and your going
  • 01:53:02.589 --> 01:53:04.324
  • ♪ in your weeping
  • 01:53:04.324 --> 01:53:05.992
  • ♪ and rejoicing
  • 01:53:05.992 --> 01:53:07.760
  • ♪ he is for you
  • 01:53:07.760 --> 01:53:14.868
  • ♪ he is for you
  • 01:53:15.268 --> 01:53:17.070
  • ♪ yeah
  • 01:53:17.070 --> 01:53:20.073
  • ♪ he is for you
  • 01:53:20.073 --> 01:53:25.345
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:25.578 --> 01:53:30.750
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:30.984 --> 01:53:39.392
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:39.626 --> 01:53:42.729
  • ♪ we celebrate you father
  • 01:53:42.729 --> 01:53:44.631
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:44.631 --> 01:53:45.965
  • ♪ we celebrate your way
  • 01:53:45.965 --> 01:53:47.734
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:47.734 --> 01:53:53.006
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:53.239 --> 01:53:58.211
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:53:58.444 --> 01:54:11.925
  • ♪ amen
  • 01:54:12.158 --> 01:54:22.502
  • - hallelujah
  • 01:54:22.835 --> 01:54:24.504
  • (audience applauding)
  • 01:54:24.504 --> 01:54:30.877
  • Hallelujah
  • 01:54:31.177 --> 01:54:32.011
  • (audience applauding)
  • 01:54:32.011 --> 01:54:32.845
  • Come on praise the lord.
  • 01:54:32.845 --> 01:54:34.414
  • (audience applauding)
  • 01:54:34.414 --> 01:54:35.782
  • Thank you god.
  • 01:54:35.782 --> 01:54:36.616
  • (audience applauding)
  • 01:54:36.616 --> 01:54:43.790
  • We love you.
  • 01:54:44.123 --> 01:54:45.558
  • Thanks for celebrating with us all over the world.
  • 01:54:45.558 --> 01:54:47.393
  • Goodnight everybody
  • 01:54:47.393 --> 01:54:48.695
  • (audience applauding) (audience cheering)
  • 01:54:48.695 --> 01:54:56.436
  • (soft music)
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