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John Hagee - Joy To The World

December 3, 2025 | 28:30

John Hagee - Joy To The World
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Joy To The World | December 3, 2025
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  • Pastor john hagee: will you
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  • Pastor john hagee: will you please stand for the reading
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  • Please stand for the reading of god's word?
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  • Of god's word? turn to psalms 35:27
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  • Turn to psalms 35:27 as we continue our exciting
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  • As we continue our exciting sermon series,
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  • Sermon series, "being happy in an
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  • "being happy in an unhappy world,"
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  • Unhappy world," with the sermon,
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  • With the sermon, "joy to the world."
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  • "joy to the world." all of this is taken
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  • All of this is taken from my latest book,
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  • From my latest book, "being happy in
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  • "being happy in an unhappy world."
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  • An unhappy world." you can get this
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  • You can get this at the amazon
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  • At the amazon or johnhageeministries.org.
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  • Or johnhageeministries.org. fact, we live in
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  • Fact, we live in an unhappy world.
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  • An unhappy world. all you have to do is listen
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  • All you have to do is listen to the doom and gloom jockeys
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  • To the doom and gloom jockeys on the national news with their
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  • On the national news with their endless litany of despair,
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  • Endless litany of despair, doubt, and pessimism.
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  • Doubt, and pessimism. there's a saddening
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  • There's a saddening lack of old fashioned,
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  • Lack of old fashioned, simplehearted, overflowing,
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  • Simplehearted, overflowing, life-changing joy
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  • Life-changing joy in the church of jesus christ.
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  • In the church of jesus christ. the bible says, "the joy
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  • The bible says, "the joy of the lord maketh rich
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  • Of the lord maketh rich and addeth no sorrow."
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  • And addeth no sorrow." the angels sang on that
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  • The angels sang on that first christmas morning
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  • First christmas morning to the shepherds in the field,
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  • To the shepherds in the field, "do not be afraid for behold
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  • "do not be afraid for behold i bring you good tidings
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  • I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall
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  • Of great joy which shall be to all people."
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  • Be to all people." how can you be happy
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  • How can you be happy in an unhappy world?
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  • In an unhappy world? let's read psalms 35:27
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  • Let's read psalms 35:27 and proceed from there.
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  • And proceed from there. "let them shout for joy
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  • "let them shout for joy and be glad who favor
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  • And be glad who favor my righteous cause,
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  • My righteous cause, and let them say continuously,
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  • And let them say continuously, 'let the lord be magnified
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  • 'let the lord be magnified who has pleasure in
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  • Who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.'"
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  • The prosperity of his servant.'" the emphasis is on
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  • The emphasis is on that first phrase,
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  • That first phrase, "let them shout for joy
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  • "let them shout for joy and be glad who favor
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  • And be glad who favor my righteous cause."
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  • My righteous cause." joy in an unhappy world.
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  • Joy in an unhappy world. father, thank you for
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  • Father, thank you for the joy of the word of god.
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  • The joy of the word of god. thank you that the word of god
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  • Thank you that the word of god has all power in heaven
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  • Has all power in heaven and in earth.
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  • And in earth. let every person in this
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  • Let every person in this audience and every person
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  • Audience and every person watching by television across
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  • Watching by television across the nations of the world feel
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  • The nations of the world feel the anointing of the holy spirit
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  • The anointing of the holy spirit as they receive joy
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  • As they receive joy and happiness into
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  • And happiness into their lives today.
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  • Their lives today. in jesus' name we pray
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  • In jesus' name we pray and ask it, and all of god's
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  • And ask it, and all of god's children said amen.
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  • Children said amen. you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. you go to church and you
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  • You go to church and you look at the faces of the people
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  • Look at the faces of the people around you,
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  • Around you, and their faces sometimes
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  • And their faces sometimes look like a reprint
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  • Look like a reprint of the book of lamentations.
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  • Of the book of lamentations. do you actually think that
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  • Do you actually think that someone who comes searching
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  • Someone who comes searching for answers to their troubled
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  • For answers to their troubled lives wants to have
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  • Lives wants to have what you have?
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  • What you have? get real.
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  • Get real. one man said,
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  • One man said, "it's a mean world
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  • "it's a mean world out there, preacher.
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  • Out there, preacher. the only way you can wake up
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  • The only way you can wake up with a grin on your face
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  • With a grin on your face in the morning is to go to bed
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  • In the morning is to go to bed with a coat hanger
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  • With a coat hanger in your mouth."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Is someone always
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  • Is someone always raining on your parade?
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  • Raining on your parade? are you tired of being served
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  • Are you tired of being served supper at the sound
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  • Supper at the sound of the smoke alarm?
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  • Of the smoke alarm? you probably don't eat
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  • You probably don't eat supper at your home.
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  • Supper at your home. is the bird singing outside
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  • Is the bird singing outside your bedroom window a buzzard?
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  • [laughter]
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  • Did you call suicide prevention
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  • Did you call suicide prevention and they put you on hold?
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  • [laughter]
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  • Our lives are dominated
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  • Our lives are dominated by clocks and calendars
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  • By clocks and calendars and a confused congress.
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  • And a confused congress. we work in an ulcer alley
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  • We work in an ulcer alley called office buildings.
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  • Called office buildings. the pace is maddening,
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  • The pace is maddening, we are exhausted,
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  • We are exhausted, we are burned out,
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  • We are burned out, our faces are jaded,
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  • Our faces are jaded, there is no smile,
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  • There is no smile, there is no laughter,
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  • There is no laughter, there is no joy,
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  • There is no joy, there is no happiness.
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  • There is no happiness. the story is told of a blind man
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  • The story is told of a blind man who was being led across
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  • Who was being led across the street by a seeing eye dog.
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  • The street by a seeing eye dog. the dog laid down
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  • The dog laid down in the middle of the street.
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  • In the middle of the street. the traffic was coming
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  • The traffic was coming and he said to the dog,
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  • And he said to the dog, "get up."
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  • "get up." the dog refused to get up.
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  • The dog refused to get up. a good samaritan that was
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  • A good samaritan that was on the curb helped the blind
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  • On the curb helped the blind man with his wayward dog
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  • Man with his wayward dog to the other side of the street.
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  • To the other side of the street. the blind man was reaching
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  • The blind man was reaching into his coat pocket
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  • Into his coat pocket for a cookie for the dog.
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  • For a cookie for the dog. the good samaritan said,
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  • The good samaritan said, "you're not going to reward
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  • "you're not going to reward that dog after he failed
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  • That dog after he failed to lead you across the street,
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  • To lead you across the street, are you?"
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  • Are you?" he said, "absolutely not.
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  • He said, "absolutely not. but i do have to locate his head
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  • But i do have to locate his head before i can kick his behind."
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  • [laughter]
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  • The point is if you lose
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  • The point is if you lose your joy and lay down
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  • Your joy and lay down on the job god has given you,
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  • On the job god has given you, he will get you in the end.
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  • He will get you in the end. pay attention, folks.
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  • Pay attention, folks. there are people in this
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  • There are people in this auditorium and watching
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  • Auditorium and watching by television suffering
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  • By television suffering from depression,
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  • From depression, from burnout,
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  • From burnout, from resentment,
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  • From resentment, from rejection,
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  • From rejection, from frustration.
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  • From frustration. you feel trapped
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  • You feel trapped in a meaningless life.
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  • In a meaningless life. some of you are
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  • Some of you are enslaved by anger,
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  • Enslaved by anger, by worry, by anxiety,
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  • By worry, by anxiety, by frustration from stress
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  • By frustration from stress some from drug abuse,
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  • Some from drug abuse, some from alcoholism,
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  • Some from alcoholism, some from marriages that
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  • Some from marriages that are as dead as julius caesar,
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  • Are as dead as julius caesar, some have dreams that
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  • Some have dreams that are dead and dying.
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  • Are dead and dying. raging emotional problems that
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  • Raging emotional problems that threaten your mental health.
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  • Threaten your mental health. you have lost your joy.
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  • You have lost your joy. if i could give you
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  • If i could give you a guaranteed formula for joy,
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  • A guaranteed formula for joy, how many of you would
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  • How many of you would be interested?
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  • Be interested? let me see your hand.
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  • Let me see your hand. most of you.
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  • Most of you. i have something to say
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  • I have something to say for the rest of you
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  • For the rest of you in just a minute.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Medical science is now
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  • Medical science is now saying that laughter releases
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  • Saying that laughter releases an enzyme in your brain
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  • An enzyme in your brain that fights disease.
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  • That fights disease. said another way,
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  • Said another way, laughter heals.
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  • Laughter heals. is there a bible verse
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  • Is there a bible verse to go with that?
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  • To go with that? absolutely.
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  • Absolutely. the bible says the joy
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  • The bible says the joy of the lord is your strength.
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  • Of the lord is your strength. say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, the joy of the lord
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  • The joy of the lord is your strength.
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  • Is your strength. being happy in an unhappy world
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  • Being happy in an unhappy world is a healthy way to live.
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  • Is a healthy way to live. jesus is called
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  • Jesus is called the great physician.
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  • The great physician. if he could physically stand
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  • If he could physically stand beside you right now,
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  • Beside you right now, here's his prescription
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  • Here's his prescription for the church of jesus christ
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  • For the church of jesus christ in america.
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  • In america. proverbs 17:22,
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  • Proverbs 17:22, "a merry heart doeth
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  • "a merry heart doeth good like a medicine,
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  • Good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries
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  • But a broken spirit dries the bones."
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  • The bones." listen to this,
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  • Listen to this, "a merry heart does
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  • "a merry heart does good like a medicine,
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  • Good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries
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  • But a broken spirit dries the bones."
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  • The bones." jesus christ believed
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  • Jesus christ believed in being happy now.
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  • In being happy now. it was jesus christ who
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  • It was jesus christ who gave us three cheers.
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  • Gave us three cheers. one, "be of good cheer,
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  • One, "be of good cheer, i have overcome the world."
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  • I have overcome the world." two, "be of good cheer,
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  • Two, "be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee."
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  • Thy sins be forgiven thee." three, "be of good cheer,
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  • Three, "be of good cheer, it is i, be not afraid."
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  • It is i, be not afraid." christianity begins with angels
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  • Christianity begins with angels singing over bethlehem's manger,
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  • Singing over bethlehem's manger, "joy to the world,
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  • "joy to the world, the lord has come."
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  • The lord has come." it ends in the book
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  • It ends in the book of revelation with a saint
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  • Of revelation with a saint standing on the sea of glass
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  • Standing on the sea of glass singing the song
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  • Singing the song of the redeemed.
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  • Of the redeemed. the point is,
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  • The point is, our gospel begins with a song
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  • Our gospel begins with a song and it ends with a song.
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  • And it ends with a song. christianity has its discipline,
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  • Christianity has its discipline, but if we lose our joy,
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  • But if we lose our joy, we have lost our
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  • We have lost our credibility as christians.
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  • Credibility as christians. people say, "pastor hagee,
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  • People say, "pastor hagee, how can you be happy in a world
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  • How can you be happy in a world that's filled with abortion,
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  • That's filled with abortion, with child abuse,
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  • With child abuse, with drug addiction,
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  • With drug addiction, with moral
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  • With moral and political corruption,
  • 00:07:29.877 --> 00:07:31.211
  • And political corruption, with sex trafficking,
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  • With sex trafficking, anti-semitism that's destroying
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  • Anti-semitism that's destroying our colleges and universities?"
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  • Our colleges and universities?" we can be happy because
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  • We can be happy because we have the answer
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  • We have the answer in preaching the gospel
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  • In preaching the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • Of jesus christ. this is not a good book.
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  • This is not a good book. "gone with the wind"
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  • "gone with the wind" is a good book.
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  • Is a good book. this is the living word of god.
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  • This is the living word of god. it is a two-edged sword.
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  • It is a two-edged sword. it is the bread of life.
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  • It is the bread of life. it is living water.
  • 00:07:54.234 --> 00:07:56.136
  • It is living water. it is light in a dark world.
  • 00:07:56.203 --> 00:07:59.439
  • It is light in a dark world. it is the joy of the lord
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  • It is the joy of the lord that gives us strength.
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  • That gives us strength. the bible is the pillow upon
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  • The bible is the pillow upon which the saints of god
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  • Which the saints of god have rested their head
  • 00:08:05.846 --> 00:08:07.014
  • Have rested their head throughout the ages.
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  • Throughout the ages. this is a holy spirit
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  • This is a holy spirit inspired book.
  • 00:08:10.250 --> 00:08:11.418
  • Inspired book. it is greater than other books,
  • 00:08:11.485 --> 00:08:13.854
  • It is greater than other books, as a mountain is greater
  • 00:08:13.921 --> 00:08:15.155
  • As a mountain is greater than a grain of sand.
  • 00:08:15.222 --> 00:08:17.124
  • Than a grain of sand. the holy spirit inspired book
  • 00:08:17.190 --> 00:08:18.959
  • The holy spirit inspired book is greater than the blazing sun,
  • 00:08:19.026 --> 00:08:21.228
  • Is greater than the blazing sun, is greater than a single candle.
  • 00:08:21.295 --> 00:08:23.564
  • Is greater than a single candle. this is the only book in print
  • 00:08:23.630 --> 00:08:25.699
  • This is the only book in print that can change your life.
  • 00:08:25.766 --> 00:08:27.634
  • That can change your life. you can read shakespeare until
  • 00:08:27.701 --> 00:08:29.570
  • You can read shakespeare until you go blind and it will
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  • You go blind and it will not change you,
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  • Not change you, but the gospel of jesus christ
  • 00:08:32.806 --> 00:08:34.908
  • But the gospel of jesus christ will change you.
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  • Will change you. it will forgive your sins,
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  • It will forgive your sins, your broken marriage,
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  • Your broken marriage, your empty, joyless life,
  • 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:41.915
  • Your empty, joyless life, and make it beautiful beyond
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  • And make it beautiful beyond your wildest dreams.
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  • [applause]
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  • The power of this book
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  • The power of this book is greater than the pain
  • 00:08:50.924 --> 00:08:52.125
  • Is greater than the pain of your past.
  • 00:08:52.192 --> 00:08:54.227
  • Of your past. the power of this book
  • 00:08:54.294 --> 00:08:55.529
  • The power of this book is greater than the anxiety
  • 00:08:55.596 --> 00:08:57.331
  • Is greater than the anxiety you have over
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  • You have over your children,
  • 00:08:58.498 --> 00:08:59.433
  • Your children, over your future.
  • 00:08:59.499 --> 00:09:00.834
  • Over your future. there is power to save,
  • 00:09:00.901 --> 00:09:02.669
  • There is power to save, there's power to heal,
  • 00:09:02.736 --> 00:09:04.404
  • There's power to heal, there's power to deliver
  • 00:09:04.471 --> 00:09:05.772
  • There's power to deliver from depression,
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  • From depression, from resentment,
  • 00:09:07.608 --> 00:09:08.575
  • From resentment, from anger,
  • 00:09:08.642 --> 00:09:09.376
  • From anger, from bitterness.
  • 00:09:09.443 --> 00:09:10.310
  • From bitterness. there's power to have joy
  • 00:09:10.377 --> 00:09:11.945
  • There's power to have joy unspeakable in a world that has
  • 00:09:12.012 --> 00:09:14.114
  • Unspeakable in a world that has become an insane asylum where
  • 00:09:14.181 --> 00:09:16.383
  • Become an insane asylum where the inmates are now in charge.
  • 00:09:16.450 --> 00:09:18.685
  • The inmates are now in charge. this book gives you power
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  • This book gives you power to have peace that surpasses
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  • To have peace that surpasses understanding when the storm
  • 00:09:22.189 --> 00:09:23.890
  • Understanding when the storm clouds gather in some
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  • Clouds gather in some personal gethsemane.
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  • Personal gethsemane. power to charge the gates
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  • Power to charge the gates of hell with a water pistol
  • 00:09:28.895 --> 00:09:30.831
  • Of hell with a water pistol and win.
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  • And win. you can be happy now
  • 00:09:32.132 --> 00:09:33.967
  • You can be happy now in an unhappy world.
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  • In an unhappy world. this book says so,
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  • This book says so, god backs it up through
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  • God backs it up through the power of the holy spirit.
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  • The power of the holy spirit. give the lord praise
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  • Give the lord praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • Jesus ordained happiness
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  • Jesus ordained happiness in the sermon on the mount,
  • 00:09:49.016 --> 00:09:50.217
  • In the sermon on the mount, it's the magna carta
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  • It's the magna carta of happiness.
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  • Of happiness. his audience consisted of jewish
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  • His audience consisted of jewish people living under the bitter
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  • People living under the bitter political oppression
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  • Political oppression of the roman empire.
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  • Of the roman empire. jesus' first sermon was how
  • 00:10:01.595 --> 00:10:03.030
  • Jesus' first sermon was how to be happy in an unhappy world.
  • 00:10:03.096 --> 00:10:05.699
  • To be happy in an unhappy world. nine principles of happiness
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  • Nine principles of happiness are given in this message
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  • Are given in this message to revolutionize your life,
  • 00:10:11.505 --> 00:10:13.640
  • To revolutionize your life, principles that will make
  • 00:10:13.707 --> 00:10:15.375
  • Principles that will make your life a thing of joy.
  • 00:10:15.442 --> 00:10:17.911
  • Your life a thing of joy. will give you the ability
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  • Will give you the ability to sing a new song
  • 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:20.947
  • To sing a new song and to shout for joy.
  • 00:10:21.014 --> 00:10:22.649
  • And to shout for joy. his message is happiness does
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  • His message is happiness does not depend on what happens,
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  • Not depend on what happens, happiness is a choice.
  • 00:10:26.653 --> 00:10:28.855
  • Happiness is a choice. happiness is a choice.
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  • Happiness is a choice. the place to be happy is here,
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  • The place to be happy is here, the time to be happy is now,
  • 00:10:32.926 --> 00:10:35.062
  • The time to be happy is now, the way to be happy is
  • 00:10:35.128 --> 00:10:36.596
  • The way to be happy is to forget and forgive the past.
  • 00:10:36.663 --> 00:10:38.498
  • To forget and forgive the past. "serve the lord with gladness,"
  • 00:10:38.565 --> 00:10:40.167
  • "serve the lord with gladness," the bible says.
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  • The bible says. "come into his presence
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  • "come into his presence with thanksgiving
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  • With thanksgiving and into his courts
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  • And into his courts with praise."
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  • With praise." be thankful unto him
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  • Be thankful unto him and bless his name
  • 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:48.108
  • And bless his name for the lord is good,
  • 00:10:48.175 --> 00:10:49.643
  • For the lord is good, and his mercy
  • 00:10:49.710 --> 00:10:50.644
  • And his mercy is from everlasting
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  • Is from everlasting to everlasting."
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  • To everlasting." give the lord a shout of praise
  • 00:10:53.246 --> 00:10:54.815
  • Give the lord a shout of praise in the house of god.
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  • [applause]
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  • Shall be revealed,
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  • And all flesh
  • 00:11:01.188 --> 00:11:02.355
  • Shall see it together.
  • 00:11:02.355 --> 00:11:03.657
  • Friend,
  • 00:11:03.657 --> 00:11:04.391
  • God is still revealing
  • 00:11:04.391 --> 00:11:05.625
  • His glory
  • 00:11:05.625 --> 00:11:06.326
  • In your life, in your family
  • 00:11:06.326 --> 00:11:08.328
  • And your future.
  • 00:11:08.328 --> 00:11:09.529
  • No matter what you're facing,
  • 00:11:09.529 --> 00:11:10.997
  • He is faithful
  • 00:11:10.997 --> 00:11:11.832
  • To turn your mourning into joy
  • 00:11:11.832 --> 00:11:14.301
  • And your midnight
  • 00:11:14.301 --> 00:11:15.168
  • Into mourning.
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  • As this year comes to a close.
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  • Your support makes it possible
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  • That jesus christ is lord.
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  • Together,
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  • Glory to the world.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:11:54.808 --> 00:11:56.643
  • So, i say again,
  • 00:11:57.010 --> 00:11:57.744
  • So, i say again, you are as happy as you
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  • You are as happy as you decide to be.
  • 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.348
  • Decide to be. america's happy hour is where
  • 00:12:01.414 --> 00:12:02.983
  • America's happy hour is where a community of drunks
  • 00:12:03.049 --> 00:12:05.085
  • A community of drunks gets together to cry on
  • 00:12:05.152 --> 00:12:06.286
  • Gets together to cry on each other's shoulder.
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  • Each other's shoulder. hear me church,
  • 00:12:09.289 --> 00:12:10.056
  • Hear me church, the only legitimate happy hour
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  • The only legitimate happy hour is when god's children
  • 00:12:12.292 --> 00:12:13.727
  • Is when god's children get together in the house of god
  • 00:12:13.794 --> 00:12:15.796
  • Get together in the house of god and experience the joy
  • 00:12:15.862 --> 00:12:17.464
  • And experience the joy of heaven that explodes
  • 00:12:17.531 --> 00:12:18.999
  • Of heaven that explodes in our soul.
  • 00:12:19.065 --> 00:12:20.367
  • In our soul. the joy of the lord that maketh
  • 00:12:20.433 --> 00:12:21.968
  • The joy of the lord that maketh rich and addeth no sorrow.
  • 00:12:22.035 --> 00:12:23.804
  • Rich and addeth no sorrow. this is happy hour.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Why?
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  • Why? because in thy presence
  • 00:12:34.548 --> 00:12:35.749
  • Because in thy presence is the fullness of joy.
  • 00:12:35.816 --> 00:12:37.317
  • Is the fullness of joy. you are a child of the king,
  • 00:12:37.384 --> 00:12:38.985
  • You are a child of the king, your sins have been forgiven.
  • 00:12:39.052 --> 00:12:40.687
  • Your sins have been forgiven. the royal blood of heaven is
  • 00:12:40.754 --> 00:12:42.322
  • The royal blood of heaven is flowing through your veins.
  • 00:12:42.389 --> 00:12:44.057
  • Flowing through your veins. you have been created a little
  • 00:12:44.124 --> 00:12:45.759
  • You have been created a little lower than the angels.
  • 00:12:45.826 --> 00:12:47.360
  • Lower than the angels. you are an heir and a joint
  • 00:12:47.427 --> 00:12:49.329
  • You are an heir and a joint heir with jesus christ.
  • 00:12:49.396 --> 00:12:51.097
  • Heir with jesus christ. you are loved, you are special,
  • 00:12:51.164 --> 00:12:53.934
  • You are loved, you are special, you have authority over death,
  • 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.102
  • You have authority over death, hell, and the grave.
  • 00:12:56.169 --> 00:12:57.337
  • Hell, and the grave. we're more than conquerors
  • 00:12:57.404 --> 00:12:58.905
  • We're more than conquerors through christ.
  • 00:12:58.972 --> 00:12:59.773
  • Through christ. the victory is ours.
  • 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:01.408
  • The victory is ours. you have mountain-moving power.
  • 00:13:01.474 --> 00:13:03.777
  • You have mountain-moving power. you can say to this mountain,
  • 00:13:03.844 --> 00:13:05.512
  • You can say to this mountain, "be cast into the sea,"
  • 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:07.280
  • "be cast into the sea," and it will happen.
  • 00:13:07.347 --> 00:13:08.281
  • And it will happen. you have chain-breaking power,
  • 00:13:08.348 --> 00:13:10.317
  • You have chain-breaking power, you have world-changing power.
  • 00:13:10.383 --> 00:13:12.719
  • You have world-changing power. nothing is impossible
  • 00:13:12.786 --> 00:13:14.221
  • Nothing is impossible to those that believe.
  • 00:13:14.287 --> 00:13:15.522
  • To those that believe. give the lord a shout of praise
  • 00:13:15.589 --> 00:13:17.490
  • Give the lord a shout of praise in the house of god.
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  • [applause]
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  • Don't worry, be happy.
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  • Don't worry, be happy. god's on the throne.
  • 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:27.934
  • God's on the throne. be happy now.
  • 00:13:28.001 --> 00:13:29.469
  • Be happy now. jesus began his sermon
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  • Jesus began his sermon on the mount with these words,
  • 00:13:31.104 --> 00:13:34.474
  • On the mount with these words, "happy are
  • 00:13:34.541 --> 00:13:35.141
  • "happy are the poor in spirit,"
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  • The poor in spirit," say that with me,
  • 00:13:37.210 --> 00:13:37.844
  • Say that with me, "happy are the poor in spirit."
  • 00:13:37.911 --> 00:13:40.947
  • "happy are the poor in spirit." there.
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  • There. it doesn't mean some whiny,
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  • It doesn't mean some whiny, trembly-lipped,
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  • Trembly-lipped, sanctified wall flower looking
  • 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:49.122
  • Sanctified wall flower looking for a place to hide.
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  • For a place to hide. it means humble in spirit.
  • 00:13:51.124 --> 00:13:53.260
  • It means humble in spirit. the bible says a broken
  • 00:13:53.326 --> 00:13:54.761
  • The bible says a broken and a contrite spirit
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  • And a contrite spirit god will not despise.
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  • God will not despise. it is the opposite of the proud,
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  • It is the opposite of the proud, pompous, arrogant,
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  • Pompous, arrogant, egotistical prayers that
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  • Egotistical prayers that the pharisees were praying.
  • 00:14:05.839 --> 00:14:07.908
  • The pharisees were praying. success without servanthood
  • 00:14:07.974 --> 00:14:10.510
  • Success without servanthood is something that is saturating
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  • Is something that is saturating the church in america
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  • The church in america and we need to hear more
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  • And we need to hear more about being a servant
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  • About being a servant of jesus christ.
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  • [applause]
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  • Let me say it this way,
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  • Let me say it this way, and don't touch that knob
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  • And don't touch that knob on the television.
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  • On the television. god has no superstars,
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  • God has no superstars, he has servants.
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  • He has servants. and if you're not a servant,
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  • And if you're not a servant, you don't count.
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  • [applause]
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  • If you're more committed
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  • If you're more committed to your ministry than
  • 00:14:43.243 --> 00:14:44.277
  • To your ministry than you are jesus christ,
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  • You are jesus christ, you are in idolatry.
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  • You are in idolatry. it's not your ministry,
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  • It's not your ministry, it's his.
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  • It's his. it's not your glory,
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  • It's not your glory, it's his.
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  • It's his. it's not your kingdom,
  • 00:14:54.721 --> 00:14:55.922
  • It's not your kingdom, it's his kingdom.
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  • It's his kingdom. it's not your power, it's his.
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  • It's not your power, it's his. can i hear an amen there?
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  • [applause]
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  • The bible says,
  • 00:15:07.300 --> 00:15:07.767
  • The bible says, "happy are those who mourn."
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  • "happy are those who mourn." does crying and joy go together?
  • 00:15:09.836 --> 00:15:12.439
  • Does crying and joy go together? can you extract the perfume
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  • Can you extract the perfume of happiness from the gall
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  • Of happiness from the gall of sorrow.
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  • Of sorrow. jesus is not saying,
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  • Jesus is not saying, "blessed are the crybabies
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  • "blessed are the crybabies for they shall
  • 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:20.747
  • For they shall get their way."
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  • Get their way." blessed are those who are
  • 00:15:23.616 --> 00:15:24.517
  • Blessed are those who are dedicated to creative suffering,
  • 00:15:24.584 --> 00:15:27.253
  • Dedicated to creative suffering, those poor souls
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  • Those poor souls who enjoy misery and misfortune.
  • 00:15:28.655 --> 00:15:32.826
  • Who enjoy misery and misfortune. blessed are those who
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  • Blessed are those who are dedicated to overcoming
  • 00:15:33.927 --> 00:15:35.228
  • Are dedicated to overcoming peace of mind.
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  • Peace of mind. those who are whining their
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  • Those who are whining their way to maximum attention.
  • 00:15:38.098 --> 00:15:40.667
  • Way to maximum attention. but let's celebrate those
  • 00:15:40.734 --> 00:15:41.901
  • But let's celebrate those who mourn over sin
  • 00:15:41.968 --> 00:15:43.670
  • Who mourn over sin for they shall be comforted.
  • 00:15:43.737 --> 00:15:45.438
  • For they shall be comforted. sin and happiness
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  • Sin and happiness are not companions.
  • 00:15:46.673 --> 00:15:48.174
  • Are not companions. sin and happiness
  • 00:15:48.241 --> 00:15:49.442
  • Sin and happiness are oil and water.
  • 00:15:49.509 --> 00:15:50.977
  • Are oil and water. sin is a cancer.
  • 00:15:51.044 --> 00:15:52.412
  • Sin is a cancer. you either get the cancer
  • 00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.713
  • You either get the cancer or the cancer gets you.
  • 00:15:53.780 --> 00:15:55.515
  • Or the cancer gets you. then the bible says,
  • 00:15:55.582 --> 00:15:56.783
  • Then the bible says, "if we say we have no sin,
  • 00:15:56.850 --> 00:15:58.785
  • "if we say we have no sin, we are deceived
  • 00:15:58.852 --> 00:15:59.886
  • We are deceived and the truth is not in us."
  • 00:15:59.953 --> 00:16:01.988
  • And the truth is not in us." nothing destroys happiness
  • 00:16:02.055 --> 00:16:03.590
  • Nothing destroys happiness like a mind tormented
  • 00:16:03.656 --> 00:16:05.525
  • Like a mind tormented by jealousy,
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  • By jealousy, by bitterness,
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  • By bitterness, by revenge, by guilt,
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  • By revenge, by guilt, by hatred, by resentment.
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  • By hatred, by resentment. is this you?
  • 00:16:12.732 --> 00:16:14.134
  • Is this you? is this you?
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  • Is this you? these six things are satan's
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  • These six things are satan's weapons of destruction.
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  • Weapons of destruction. one, "can i be happy?"
  • 00:16:19.272 --> 00:16:20.974
  • One, "can i be happy?" not living in resentment,
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  • Not living in resentment, you can't.
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  • You can't. if you resent everything
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  • If you resent everything that happens to you,
  • 00:16:25.378 --> 00:16:27.580
  • That happens to you, you will never be happy.
  • 00:16:27.647 --> 00:16:28.648
  • You will never be happy. someday, you need to decide,
  • 00:16:28.715 --> 00:16:31.151
  • Someday, you need to decide, "i'm going to be
  • 00:16:31.217 --> 00:16:32.185
  • "i'm going to be a happy person."
  • 00:16:32.252 --> 00:16:33.887
  • A happy person." "can i be happy?"
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  • "can i be happy?" not being a tale bearer,
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  • Not being a tale bearer, you can't.
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  • You can't. listen to me, people who are
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  • Listen to me, people who are talking to you about other
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  • Talking to you about other people will talk to other
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  • People will talk to other people about you.
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  • [applause]
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  • "can i be happy?"
  • 00:16:52.672 --> 00:16:53.373
  • "can i be happy?" not living in adultery,
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  • Not living in adultery, you can't.
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  • You can't. "can i be happy?"
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  • "can i be happy?" not stealing your
  • 00:16:56.643 --> 00:16:57.210
  • Not stealing your tithes from god, you can't.
  • 00:16:57.277 --> 00:16:59.012
  • Tithes from god, you can't. god calls you a thief.
  • 00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:00.814
  • God calls you a thief. thieves are not going to heaven.
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  • Thieves are not going to heaven. obviously you're not
  • 00:17:02.682 --> 00:17:03.583
  • Obviously you're not going to be happy.
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  • Going to be happy. "can i be happy?"
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  • "can i be happy?" not abusing your wife,
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  • Not abusing your wife, you can't.
  • 00:17:07.320 --> 00:17:08.354
  • You can't. the bible says, "husbands,
  • 00:17:08.421 --> 00:17:09.389
  • The bible says, "husbands, love your wives even
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  • Love your wives even as christ loved the church
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  • As christ loved the church and gave himself for it."
  • 00:17:12.258 --> 00:17:14.527
  • And gave himself for it." christ was crucified for you.
  • 00:17:14.594 --> 00:17:19.299
  • Christ was crucified for you. "can i be happy?"
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  • "can i be happy?" not if i'm a friend
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  • Not if i'm a friend of the world.
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  • Of the world. the bible says a friend
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  • The bible says a friend of the world is the enemy
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  • Of the world is the enemy of god.
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  • Of god. there's no such thing
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  • There's no such thing as a worldly christian.
  • 00:17:27.674 --> 00:17:30.877
  • As a worldly christian. you might as well talk about
  • 00:17:30.944 --> 00:17:32.112
  • You might as well talk about a heavenly devil
  • 00:17:32.178 --> 00:17:33.546
  • A heavenly devil or a kosher hog.
  • 00:17:33.613 --> 00:17:35.582
  • Or a kosher hog. there's no such thing.
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  • There's no such thing. happiness comes in
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  • Happiness comes in when sin goes out.
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  • When sin goes out. these steps that lead
  • 00:17:40.887 --> 00:17:42.155
  • These steps that lead to happiness are the steps
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  • To happiness are the steps that lead to the house of god.
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  • That lead to the house of god. david said,
  • 00:17:45.992 --> 00:17:46.559
  • David said, "i was glad when
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  • "i was glad when they said unto me,
  • 00:17:47.760 --> 00:17:48.495
  • They said unto me, 'let us go to
  • 00:17:48.561 --> 00:17:49.295
  • 'let us go to the house of the lord.'"
  • 00:17:49.362 --> 00:17:50.196
  • The house of the lord.'" why?
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  • Why? because the living
  • 00:17:50.930 --> 00:17:51.664
  • Because the living god is in this place.
  • 00:17:51.731 --> 00:17:53.299
  • God is in this place. he is almighty,
  • 00:17:53.366 --> 00:17:54.601
  • He is almighty, he is all-knowing,
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  • He is all-knowing, he is all-powerful.
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  • He is all-powerful. he's the alpha and the omega,
  • 00:17:57.337 --> 00:17:59.272
  • He's the alpha and the omega, the first and the last.
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  • The first and the last. he is my rock,
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  • He is my rock, he is my fortress,
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  • He is my fortress, he is my high tower,
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  • He is my high tower, he is my deliverer.
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  • He is my deliverer. in him i will trust.
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  • In him i will trust. he's the light of the world,
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  • He's the light of the world, he is the lamb of god.
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  • He is the lamb of god. he is the lord of glory.
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  • He is the lord of glory. he is the lion
  • 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.521
  • He is the lion of the tribe of judah.
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  • Of the tribe of judah. he is heaven's hope
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  • He is heaven's hope and hell's dread.
  • 00:18:17.457 --> 00:18:18.625
  • And hell's dread. he's coming soon in the clouds
  • 00:18:18.691 --> 00:18:20.593
  • He's coming soon in the clouds of heaven with power
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  • Of heaven with power and great glory.
  • 00:18:22.162 --> 00:18:23.363
  • And great glory. happy day, happy day, happy day.
  • 00:18:23.429 --> 00:18:27.333
  • Happy day, happy day, happy day. give the lord praise.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:18:28.835 --> 00:18:33.673
  • Then jesus said,
  • 00:18:34.274 --> 00:18:34.874
  • Then jesus said, "happy are the meek."
  • 00:18:34.941 --> 00:18:35.842
  • "happy are the meek." what a joke the jewish people
  • 00:18:35.909 --> 00:18:37.076
  • What a joke the jewish people were watching.
  • 00:18:37.143 --> 00:18:38.344
  • Were watching. living under the iron
  • 00:18:38.411 --> 00:18:39.512
  • Living under the iron boot of roman oppression.
  • 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:42.115
  • Boot of roman oppression. in our hardball society,
  • 00:18:42.182 --> 00:18:44.184
  • In our hardball society, meekness is not an asset,
  • 00:18:44.250 --> 00:18:45.818
  • Meekness is not an asset, it's a liability.
  • 00:18:45.885 --> 00:18:47.754
  • It's a liability. "haven't you heard, preacher?
  • 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:50.123
  • "haven't you heard, preacher? good guys finish last."
  • 00:18:50.190 --> 00:18:52.525
  • Good guys finish last." the only way to inherit
  • 00:18:52.592 --> 00:18:53.793
  • The only way to inherit the earth is to be as mean
  • 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:55.295
  • The earth is to be as mean as a junkyard dog.
  • 00:18:55.361 --> 00:18:57.463
  • As a junkyard dog. get aggressive, hard fisted,
  • 00:18:57.530 --> 00:18:59.065
  • Get aggressive, hard fisted, eat raw meat
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  • Eat raw meat for breakfast sauteed
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  • For breakfast sauteed with gun powder.
  • 00:19:01.234 --> 00:19:03.236
  • With gun powder. run over people, chew them up,
  • 00:19:03.303 --> 00:19:04.837
  • Run over people, chew them up, and spit them out.
  • 00:19:04.904 --> 00:19:06.506
  • And spit them out. in america,
  • 00:19:06.573 --> 00:19:07.140
  • In america, we frame slogans
  • 00:19:07.207 --> 00:19:08.341
  • We frame slogans that inspire us.
  • 00:19:08.408 --> 00:19:09.576
  • That inspire us. when is the last time you saw
  • 00:19:09.642 --> 00:19:11.444
  • When is the last time you saw a framed plaque that said,
  • 00:19:11.511 --> 00:19:13.713
  • A framed plaque that said, "blessed are the meek?"
  • 00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:17.016
  • "blessed are the meek?" if you did,
  • 00:19:17.083 --> 00:19:17.684
  • If you did, you're in a bible book store.
  • 00:19:17.750 --> 00:19:20.653
  • You're in a bible book store. remember that jesus is speaking
  • 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.255
  • Remember that jesus is speaking to jewish people living
  • 00:19:22.322 --> 00:19:23.656
  • To jewish people living in roman captivity.
  • 00:19:23.723 --> 00:19:24.924
  • In roman captivity. they are looking for a messiah
  • 00:19:24.991 --> 00:19:26.426
  • They are looking for a messiah of power to conquer these romans
  • 00:19:26.492 --> 00:19:28.761
  • Of power to conquer these romans and send them back to italy.
  • 00:19:28.828 --> 00:19:32.031
  • And send them back to italy. and jesus comes out with,
  • 00:19:32.098 --> 00:19:33.466
  • And jesus comes out with, "blessed are the meek."
  • 00:19:33.533 --> 00:19:35.468
  • "blessed are the meek." and the jewish people
  • 00:19:35.535 --> 00:19:36.369
  • And the jewish people shook their heads,
  • 00:19:36.436 --> 00:19:37.036
  • Shook their heads, "he's no messiah.
  • 00:19:37.103 --> 00:19:39.205
  • "he's no messiah. you can't conquer rome
  • 00:19:39.272 --> 00:19:40.373
  • You can't conquer rome with meekness.
  • 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.642
  • With meekness. but the bible says
  • 00:19:42.709 --> 00:19:43.610
  • But the bible says this very clearly,
  • 00:19:43.676 --> 00:19:45.144
  • This very clearly, meekness is not weakness.
  • 00:19:45.211 --> 00:19:47.547
  • Meekness is not weakness. meekness is not weakness.
  • 00:19:47.614 --> 00:19:49.349
  • Meekness is not weakness. jesus strolled into the temple
  • 00:19:49.415 --> 00:19:51.384
  • Jesus strolled into the temple with a whip of twisted coil.
  • 00:19:51.451 --> 00:19:53.386
  • With a whip of twisted coil. he drove out the money changers.
  • 00:19:53.453 --> 00:19:56.155
  • He drove out the money changers. these were, if you will,
  • 00:19:56.222 --> 00:19:59.058
  • These were, if you will, the criminals who were stealing
  • 00:19:59.125 --> 00:20:01.160
  • The criminals who were stealing from the jewish people.
  • 00:20:01.227 --> 00:20:02.662
  • From the jewish people. he turned over their bingo
  • 00:20:02.729 --> 00:20:04.030
  • He turned over their bingo tables and called
  • 00:20:04.097 --> 00:20:05.064
  • Tables and called the vice squad.
  • 00:20:05.131 --> 00:20:06.432
  • The vice squad. he said, "my house should
  • 00:20:06.499 --> 00:20:07.700
  • He said, "my house should be called a house of prayer."
  • 00:20:07.767 --> 00:20:10.336
  • Be called a house of prayer." he was meek,
  • 00:20:10.403 --> 00:20:11.404
  • He was meek, but he was not weak.
  • 00:20:11.471 --> 00:20:15.141
  • But he was not weak. five hundred roman soldiers came
  • 00:20:15.208 --> 00:20:16.709
  • Five hundred roman soldiers came to arrest him at the antonian
  • 00:20:16.776 --> 00:20:18.811
  • To arrest him at the antonian fortress in gethsemane.
  • 00:20:18.878 --> 00:20:20.780
  • Fortress in gethsemane. and they said,
  • 00:20:20.847 --> 00:20:21.381
  • And they said, "we seek jesus of nazareth."
  • 00:20:21.447 --> 00:20:24.517
  • "we seek jesus of nazareth." and he said,
  • 00:20:24.584 --> 00:20:25.051
  • And he said, "i am he."
  • 00:20:25.118 --> 00:20:25.985
  • "i am he." and they fell on the ground,
  • 00:20:26.052 --> 00:20:27.387
  • And they fell on the ground, the bible says,
  • 00:20:27.453 --> 00:20:28.154
  • The bible says, like dead men trembling.
  • 00:20:28.221 --> 00:20:31.557
  • Like dead men trembling. he was meek, he was not weak.
  • 00:20:31.624 --> 00:20:35.328
  • He was meek, he was not weak. who are the meek?
  • 00:20:35.395 --> 00:20:36.529
  • Who are the meek? those who quietly submit
  • 00:20:36.596 --> 00:20:37.930
  • Those who quietly submit themselves before god.
  • 00:20:37.997 --> 00:20:40.767
  • Themselves before god. who submit themselves
  • 00:20:40.833 --> 00:20:41.668
  • Who submit themselves to the word of god.
  • 00:20:41.734 --> 00:20:43.102
  • To the word of god. who follow his directions
  • 00:20:43.169 --> 00:20:44.604
  • Who follow his directions with joy unspeakable.
  • 00:20:44.671 --> 00:20:46.139
  • With joy unspeakable. those are god's happy people.
  • 00:20:46.205 --> 00:20:49.208
  • Those are god's happy people. you want to be happy?
  • 00:20:49.275 --> 00:20:50.343
  • You want to be happy? surrender to the will of god.
  • 00:20:50.410 --> 00:20:52.612
  • Surrender to the will of god. surrender to the will of god.
  • 00:20:52.679 --> 00:20:55.648
  • Surrender to the will of god. "well, what about my rights?"
  • 00:20:55.715 --> 00:20:57.417
  • "well, what about my rights?" you have no rights.
  • 00:20:57.483 --> 00:20:59.452
  • You have no rights. you are a servant.
  • 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.953
  • You are a servant. i am a servant.
  • 00:21:01.020 --> 00:21:03.289
  • I am a servant. we take orders.
  • 00:21:03.356 --> 00:21:04.190
  • [applause]
  • 00:21:04.590 --> 00:21:09.128
  • "what about my will?"
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  • "what about my will?" crucify it.
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  • Crucify it. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "not my will,
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  • "not my will, but thine be done."
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  • But thine be done." god's will and your will
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  • God's will and your will are not in competition.
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  • Are not in competition. god's will is your will.
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  • God's will is your will. "what about my possessions?"
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  • "what about my possessions?" all those belong to god.
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  • All those belong to god. your house, your car,
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  • Your house, your car, your condo, your boat.
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  • Your condo, your boat. your next breath belongs to god.
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  • Your next breath belongs to god. "what about my future?"
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  • "what about my future?" without christ,
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  • Without christ, your future is
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  • Your future is the lake of fire.
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  • The lake of fire. "happy are those who hunger
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  • "happy are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.
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  • And thirst after righteousness. happy are the merciful,
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  • Happy are the merciful, happy are the pure in heart."
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  • Happy are the pure in heart." does that describe you?
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  • Does that describe you? "happy are the peacemakers.
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  • "happy are the peacemakers. happy are the persecuted.
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  • Happy are the persecuted. happy are you when men shall
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  • Happy are you when men shall revile you and say all manner
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  • Revile you and say all manner of evil against you falsely.
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  • Of evil against you falsely. rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
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  • Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward
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  • For great is your reward which is in heaven,
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  • Which is in heaven, for so persecuted the prophets
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  • For so persecuted the prophets which were before you."
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  • Which were before you." to be persecuted for christ
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  • To be persecuted for christ is an honor.
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  • Is an honor. to be persecuted
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  • To be persecuted for christ is an honor.
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  • For christ is an honor. it puts your name in the hall
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  • It puts your name in the hall of fame with the prophets
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  • Of fame with the prophets of israel.
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  • Of israel. are you happy in
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  • Are you happy in the midst of criticism?
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  • The midst of criticism? the evangelist had just
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  • The evangelist had just preached his best sermon,
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  • Preached his best sermon, and a man ran up to him
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  • And a man ran up to him and said,
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  • And said, "that's the worst sermon
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  • "that's the worst sermon i've ever heard in all my life.
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  • I've ever heard in all my life. it was terrible."
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  • It was terrible." the evangelist went
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  • The evangelist went to the pastor and told him
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  • To the pastor and told him what the man had said
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  • What the man had said and the pastor said,
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  • And the pastor said, "don't worry about that man,
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  • "don't worry about that man, he's simpleminded,
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  • He's simpleminded, he goes around
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  • He goes around and he just repeats what
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  • And he just repeats what he hears other people say."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Happiness is not
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  • Happiness is not found in things.
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  • Found in things. we are a thing society.
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  • We are a thing society. turn on the television
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  • Turn on the television and it's got things for you
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  • And it's got things for you to buy every 30 minutes.
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  • To buy every 30 minutes. we buy things for the body,
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  • We buy things for the body, things for the body,
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  • Things for the body, things to rub on the body,
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  • Things to rub on the body, things for the house,
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  • Things for the house, things for the kitchen,
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  • Things for the kitchen, things for the den,
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  • Things for the den, things for the bedroom,
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  • Things for the bedroom, things for the bathroom,
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  • Things for the bathroom, things to keep things in,
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  • Things to keep things in, things to put things
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  • Things to put things on top of things,
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  • On top of things, things for the car,
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  • Things for the car, things to pull behind the car,
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  • Things to pull behind the car, a boat.
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  • A boat. when you get around to dying,
  • 00:23:17.190 --> 00:23:18.825
  • When you get around to dying, the only thing in
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  • The only thing in the box is you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Now, i went through
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  • Now, i went through that to say this,
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  • That to say this, paul had his things in order.
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  • Paul had his things in order. and the bible says,
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  • And the bible says, he said,
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  • He said, "forgetting those things
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  • "forgetting those things which are behind,
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  • Which are behind, and reaching forth
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  • And reaching forth to the things that are before,
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  • To the things that are before, this one thing i do."
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  • This one thing i do." and if you can get that
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  • And if you can get that scripture in your spirit,
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  • Scripture in your spirit, you'll start living
  • 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.387
  • You'll start living a happy life before
  • 00:23:48.454 --> 00:23:49.422
  • A happy life before the sun goes down.
  • 00:23:49.489 --> 00:23:51.357
  • The sun goes down. happiness is not found
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  • Happiness is not found in quitting,
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  • In quitting, happiness is found in enduring.
  • 00:23:53.793 --> 00:23:55.862
  • Happiness is found in enduring. the bible said,
  • 00:23:55.928 --> 00:23:56.863
  • The bible said, "behold we count
  • 00:23:56.929 --> 00:23:58.164
  • "behold we count them happy which endure."
  • 00:23:58.231 --> 00:24:00.967
  • Them happy which endure." everyone wants to succeed,
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  • Everyone wants to succeed, few do because we have forgotten
  • 00:24:02.902 --> 00:24:05.304
  • Few do because we have forgotten the joy of endurance.
  • 00:24:05.371 --> 00:24:07.440
  • The joy of endurance. america's slogan,
  • 00:24:07.507 --> 00:24:08.674
  • America's slogan, "if at first you don't succeed,
  • 00:24:08.741 --> 00:24:10.810
  • "if at first you don't succeed, lower your standards."
  • 00:24:10.877 --> 00:24:14.614
  • Lower your standards." they that endure
  • 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.381
  • They that endure to the end shall be saved.
  • 00:24:15.448 --> 00:24:17.717
  • To the end shall be saved. "looking unto jesus,
  • 00:24:17.783 --> 00:24:18.951
  • "looking unto jesus, the author and the finisher
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  • The author and the finisher of our faith,
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  • Of our faith, who, for the joy that was set
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  • Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross."
  • 00:24:22.421 --> 00:24:24.357
  • Before him, endured the cross." what a verse that is.
  • 00:24:24.423 --> 00:24:27.527
  • What a verse that is. in closing,
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  • In closing, weeping may endure
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  • Weeping may endure for the night,
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  • For the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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  • But joy cometh in the morning. don't worry, be happy.
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  • Don't worry, be happy. god's in charge.
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  • God's in charge. i've got a feeling that
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  • I've got a feeling that everything's going
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  • Everything's going to be alright.
  • 00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.807
  • To be alright. i want you to stand right now.
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  • I want you to stand right now. i want you to be happy
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  • I want you to be happy in jesus' name.
  • 00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:48.648
  • In jesus' name. as an act of discipline,
  • 00:24:48.714 --> 00:24:50.283
  • As an act of discipline, some of you should smile
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  • Some of you should smile because it's a foreign
  • 00:24:52.385 --> 00:24:54.120
  • Because it's a foreign muscular use of the muscles
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  • Muscular use of the muscles in your face.
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