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Matt Hagee - The Attitude of Praise

May 28, 2025 | 27:29

Matt Hagee - The Attitude of Praise
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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - The Attitude of Praise | May 28, 2025
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  • Pastor matt hagee: king david
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  • Pastor matt hagee: king david tells us very clearly
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  • Tells us very clearly what we have access to through
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  • What we have access to through the power of praise
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  • The power of praise and thanksgiving.
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  • And thanksgiving. he says, "enter into his gates
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  • He says, "enter into his gates with thanksgiving."
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  • With thanksgiving." somebody say, "gates."
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  • Somebody say, "gates." he said, "and enter into
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  • He said, "and enter into his courts with praise."
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  • His courts with praise." somebody say, "courts."
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  • Somebody say, "courts." the reason that david
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  • The reason that david identifies these two places,
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  • Identifies these two places, the gates and the courts,
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  • The gates and the courts, is because in
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  • Is because in every ancient city,
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  • Every ancient city, inside the gates,
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  • Inside the gates, the walls of the city
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  • The walls of the city is where court was held.
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  • Is where court was held. this is where
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  • This is where decisions were made.
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  • Decisions were made. this is where citizens
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  • This is where citizens who wanted judgement
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  • Who wanted judgement came and found
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  • Came and found a ruling on their issue.
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  • A ruling on their issue. and what david is saying you get
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  • And what david is saying you get when you have thanksgiving
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  • When you have thanksgiving and praise in your life,
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  • And praise in your life, is that you go into
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  • Is that you go into the very courts of heaven,
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  • The very courts of heaven, and you receive decisions
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  • And you receive decisions on your behalf from
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  • On your behalf from the king of kings
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  • The king of kings and the lord of lords.
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  • And the lord of lords. in the book of ruth 4,
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  • In the book of ruth 4, we read about ruth and boaz.
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  • We read about ruth and boaz. and boaz decides that he wants
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  • And boaz decides that he wants to find out who has
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  • To find out who has the legal right to marry ruth.
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  • The legal right to marry ruth. and so, the bible says
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  • And so, the bible says in ruth 4:1,
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  • In ruth 4:1, boaz went up to the gate
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  • Boaz went up to the gate and he sat down there.
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  • And he sat down there. and then, he waited for
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  • And then, he waited for the close relative to come by,
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  • The close relative to come by, and he invited him
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  • And he invited him to sit down with
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  • To sit down with the elders of the city.
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  • The elders of the city. why did boaz go to the gates?
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  • Why did boaz go to the gates? because that's where
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  • Because that's where court was held.
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  • Court was held. they enter into a negotiation
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  • They enter into a negotiation and ten verses later,
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  • And ten verses later, the bible says all of the people
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  • The bible says all of the people who were at the gate
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  • Who were at the gate and the elders said,
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  • And the elders said, "we are witnesses."
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  • "we are witnesses." today, through the power
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  • Today, through the power of praise and thanksgiving,
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  • Of praise and thanksgiving, you can go into the very place
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  • You can go into the very place where decisions in heaven
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  • Where decisions in heaven are made concerning
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  • Are made concerning your life here on earth.
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  • Your life here on earth. and the angels that surround
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  • And the angels that surround the throne and the saints
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  • The throne and the saints who have gone before
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  • Who have gone before are nothing more
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  • Are nothing more than witnesses to what god
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  • Than witnesses to what god is declaring on your behalf.
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  • Is declaring on your behalf. when you worship the lord,
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  • When you worship the lord, you don't have to wait
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  • You don't have to wait for a judge to clear his docket
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  • For a judge to clear his docket to hear your case
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  • To hear your case because you are going
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  • Because you are going to the place where
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  • To the place where there is a king who is
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  • There is a king who is above kings and a lord
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  • Above kings and a lord who is above lords.
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  • Who is above lords. it is in that court that you
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  • It is in that court that you don't have an advocate with
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  • Don't have an advocate with a good reputation for all
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  • A good reputation for all of the victories that
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  • Of the victories that he's won here on earth.
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  • He's won here on earth. you have an advocate with a name
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  • You have an advocate with a name that is above every name.
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  • That is above every name. who has risen from
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  • Who has risen from the grave and been seated
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  • The grave and been seated at the right hand
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  • At the right hand of god, the father.
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  • Of god, the father. the bible tells us
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  • The bible tells us that the lord inhabits
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  • That the lord inhabits the praises of his people.
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  • The praises of his people. do you need god
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  • Do you need god to show up in your life?
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  • To show up in your life? are you waiting for his hand
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  • Are you waiting for his hand to do something?
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  • To do something? are you waiting for
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  • Are you waiting for a mountain to move?
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  • A mountain to move? are you waiting
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  • Are you waiting for a breakthrough?
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  • For a breakthrough? if you need god to show up,
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  • If you need god to show up, the lord inhabits
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  • The lord inhabits the praises of his people.
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  • The praises of his people. it means he literally comes
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  • It means he literally comes and sits down in the environment
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  • And sits down in the environment where his name is being praised.
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  • Where his name is being praised. and church, let me tell you,
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  • And church, let me tell you, when god shows up,
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  • When god shows up, the brokenhearted
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  • The brokenhearted are made strong and mended
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  • Are made strong and mended in his presence.
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  • In his presence. when god shows up,
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  • When god shows up, the weeping that has endured
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  • The weeping that has endured for the night is exchanged
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  • For the night is exchanged for a shout of joy that
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  • For a shout of joy that comes in the morning.
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  • Comes in the morning. when god shows up,
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  • When god shows up, those who are sick
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  • Those who are sick in their body are healed.
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  • In their body are healed. the lame can leap,
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  • The lame can leap, the dumb can speak,
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  • The dumb can speak, the deaf can hear,
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  • The deaf can hear, the blind can see again.
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  • The blind can see again. whenever god shows up,
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  • Whenever god shows up, those who are in the battle
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  • Those who are in the battle are crowned
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  • Are crowned more than conquerors.
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  • More than conquerors. when god shows up,
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  • When god shows up, troubles turn into triumphs
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  • Troubles turn into triumphs and trials turn into victories
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  • And trials turn into victories because that's the kind of god
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  • Because that's the kind of god that we serve.
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  • [applause]
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  • Do you need
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  • Do you need a breakthrough today?
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  • A breakthrough today? don't talk about what
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  • Don't talk about what you want to change.
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  • You want to change. praise the name of the god
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  • Praise the name of the god who changes everything.
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  • Who changes everything. do you need hell
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  • Do you need hell to back up today?
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  • To back up today? talk to the one that
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  • Talk to the one that whenever he shows up,
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  • Whenever he shows up, he has the keys to death,
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  • He has the keys to death, hell, and the grave,
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  • Hell, and the grave, and he has already
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  • And he has already triumphed over them
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  • Triumphed over them at a place called calvary.
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  • At a place called calvary. it is through your power
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  • It is through your power and your willingness
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  • And your willingness to give god praise
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  • To give god praise and thanksgiving that you
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  • And thanksgiving that you experience his presence
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  • Experience his presence and walk in the victory
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  • And walk in the victory that the bible declares
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  • That the bible declares you can have in jesus' name.
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  • You can have in jesus' name. when you understand
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  • When you understand the power of praise,
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  • The power of praise, there is no reason
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  • There is no reason for you not to feel like
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  • For you not to feel like a victorious christian.
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  • A victorious christian. i think god gets tired
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  • I think god gets tired of listening to his kids
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  • Of listening to his kids whine about what they're
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  • Whine about what they're enduring here on the earth.
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  • Enduring here on the earth. he's already
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  • He's already given us the victory,
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  • Given us the victory, all we have to do
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  • All we have to do is give him thanks and praise
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  • Is give him thanks and praise for what he has done.
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  • For what he has done. which is why i want you
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  • Which is why i want you to understand today,
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  • To understand today, praise is not
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  • Praise is not something you feel,
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  • Something you feel, praise is a fact.
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  • Praise is a fact. it's something you do whether
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  • It's something you do whether you feel like it or not.
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  • You feel like it or not. praise is an attitude.
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  • [applause]
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  • Praise is an attitude.
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  • Praise is an attitude. have you ever met somebody
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  • Have you ever met somebody with an attitude?
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  • With an attitude? trust me, as many years
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  • Trust me, as many years as i've been in church,
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  • As i've been in church, i know all about attitudes.
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  • I know all about attitudes. i'm looking at several of them
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  • I'm looking at several of them in this sanctuary today.
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  • In this sanctuary today. you can tell who came to church
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  • You can tell who came to church and you can tell who's been
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  • And you can tell who's been brought to church.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And it doesn't matter to me.
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  • And it doesn't matter to me. praise is not a feeling,
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  • Praise is not a feeling, praise is an attitude.
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  • Praise is an attitude. job had this attitude of praise
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  • Job had this attitude of praise when he had lost everything that
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  • When he had lost everything that everyone would consider dear.
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  • Everyone would consider dear. he lost his business,
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  • He lost his business, he lost his health,
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  • He lost his health, he lost his children.
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  • He lost his children. he lost everything that he had
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  • He lost everything that he had spent his life accumulating.
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  • Spent his life accumulating. and there,
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  • And there, sitting on the ash heap
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  • Sitting on the ash heap of his life, he said,
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  • Of his life, he said, "the lord gives
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  • "the lord gives and the lord taketh away.
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  • And the lord taketh away. blessed be
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  • Blessed be the name of the lord."
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  • The name of the lord." that's an attitude of praise.
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  • That's an attitude of praise. paul and silas had
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  • Paul and silas had an attitude of praise.
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  • An attitude of praise. the bible in the book of acts
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  • The bible in the book of acts tells us that they were arrested
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  • Tells us that they were arrested for preaching the gospel,
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  • For preaching the gospel, and they were taken into
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  • And they were taken into the inner most parts
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  • The inner most parts of the dungeon,
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  • Of the dungeon, and they were beaten,
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  • And they were beaten, and they were chained,
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  • And they were chained, and they were tortured.
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  • And they were tortured. and then, it says,
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  • And then, it says, "but at midnight,
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  • "but at midnight, they were singing hymns
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  • They were singing hymns and offering praise unto god.
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  • And offering praise unto god. and the presence of god came
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  • And the presence of god came and visited the jail
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  • And visited the jail where they were being held
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  • Where they were being held until the very walls shook,
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  • Until the very walls shook, and every chain was broken,
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  • And every chain was broken, and every door was opened."
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  • And every door was opened." why?
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  • Why? because they had
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  • Because they had an attitude of praise.
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  • An attitude of praise. david had this attitude
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  • David had this attitude in psalms 34:1 when he said,
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  • In psalms 34:1 when he said, "i will bless the lord
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  • "i will bless the lord at all times,
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  • At all times, and his praise shall
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  • And his praise shall continually be in my mouth."
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  • Continually be in my mouth." i will bless the lord
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  • I will bless the lord at all times.
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  • At all times. how much?
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  • How much? all times.
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  • All times. it's easy to bless the lord when
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  • It's easy to bless the lord when everything is going well,
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  • Everything is going well, but david didn't say,
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  • But david didn't say, "i'm gonna do it
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  • "i'm gonna do it in the good times,"
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  • In the good times," he said, "i'm gonna do it
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  • He said, "i'm gonna do it at all times."
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  • At all times." david wrote this psalm
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  • David wrote this psalm in the cave of adullam.
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  • In the cave of adullam. he's hiding from saul.
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  • He's hiding from saul. he's been anointed to lead,
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  • He's been anointed to lead, and yet he's hiding in darkness,
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  • And yet he's hiding in darkness, and he recognizes that he can
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  • And he recognizes that he can turn his cave into a cathedral.
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  • Turn his cave into a cathedral. not because he has the ability
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  • Not because he has the ability to escape his circumstance,
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  • To escape his circumstance, but because he can,
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  • But because he can, through the power of praise,
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  • Through the power of praise, bring god into his circumstance.
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  • Bring god into his circumstance. you don't change
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  • You don't change the environment,
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  • The environment, you change the atmosphere.
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  • You change the atmosphere. david had this
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  • David had this attitude of praise,
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  • Attitude of praise, and he gets down
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  • And he gets down to the point of it
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  • To the point of it very quickly whenever he says,
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  • Very quickly whenever he says, "i will bless the lord."
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  • "i will bless the lord." say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "i will bless the lord."
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  • "i will bless the lord." he lets us know very quickly
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  • He lets us know very quickly that praise is personal.
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  • That praise is personal. praise is personal.
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  • Praise is personal. you have to make the decision
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  • You have to make the decision to praise the lord for yourself,
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  • To praise the lord for yourself, and i have to make the decision
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  • And i have to make the decision to praise the lord for myself.
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  • To praise the lord for myself. we must never fail to gather
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  • We must never fail to gather together and worship the lord
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  • Together and worship the lord collaboratively, collectively,
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  • Collaboratively, collectively, in the congregation.
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  • In the congregation. this is what the bible says
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  • This is what the bible says in hebrews 10:25,
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  • In hebrews 10:25, "do not forsake the assembling
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  • "do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together."
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  • Of yourselves together." jesus told his disciples,
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  • Jesus told his disciples, "where two or three of you
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  • "where two or three of you are gathered in my name,
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  • Are gathered in my name, there i will be in your midst."
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  • There i will be in your midst." every sunday when
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  • Every sunday when we get together
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  • We get together here at cornerstone church,
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  • Here at cornerstone church, the presence of jesus christ
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  • The presence of jesus christ shows up.
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  • Shows up. how do i know?
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  • How do i know? because he promised
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  • Because he promised he would be here.
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  • [applause]
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  • Our corporate worship
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  • Our corporate worship is essential, but when we
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  • Is essential, but when we get together corporately,
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  • Get together corporately, i have to individually bring
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  • I have to individually bring my contribution of praise,
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  • My contribution of praise, and you have to individually
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  • And you have to individually bring your contribution
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  • Bring your contribution of praise.
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  • Of praise. why?
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  • Why? because it doesn't matter
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  • Because it doesn't matter how much i worship god,
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  • How much i worship god, my praise doesn't benefit you
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  • My praise doesn't benefit you and your praise doesn't
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  • And your praise doesn't benefit me.
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  • Benefit me. i have to give him
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  • I have to give him my sacrifice just like you do.
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  • My sacrifice just like you do. praise is personal.
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  • Praise is personal. not only is praise personal,
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  • Not only is praise personal, but praise is a sign
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  • But praise is a sign of maturity.
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  • Of maturity. when you worship the lord,
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  • When you worship the lord, you are letting the world know
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  • You are letting the world know that you recognize where
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  • That you recognize where your blessings come from.
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  • Your blessings come from. nobody expects
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  • Nobody expects a three-month-old child
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  • A three-month-old child to finish dinner and look up
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  • To finish dinner and look up at their mom and go,
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  • At their mom and go, "wow, that was great.
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  • "wow, that was great. best i've had in 90 days."
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  • Best i've had in 90 days." never has a newborn
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  • Never has a newborn entered the world,
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  • Entered the world, and while he is being given
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  • And while he is being given his birthday spankings,
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  • His birthday spankings, looked up at the doctor
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  • Looked up at the doctor and said,
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  • And said, "you're really good at this."
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  • [laughter]
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  • We don't expect it from infants
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  • We don't expect it from infants and the immature because
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  • And the immature because we recognize that they're not
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  • We recognize that they're not developed enough to know
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  • Developed enough to know where they are,
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  • Where they are, and why they are,
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  • And why they are, and how they receive
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  • And how they receive what they receive.
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  • What they receive. but when that child gets
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  • But when that child gets old enough to vote,
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  • Old enough to vote, they better learn
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  • They better learn to be thankful.
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  • To be thankful. they better learn
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  • They better learn to give gratitude
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  • To give gratitude and thanks to the individuals
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  • And thanks to the individuals who have blessed them.
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  • Who have blessed them. when they're not developed
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  • When they're not developed enough to recognize
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  • Enough to recognize the source of their blessing,
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  • The source of their blessing, they get a pass.
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  • They get a pass. but as they mature,
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  • But as they mature, they need to learn to say,
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  • They need to learn to say, "thank you."
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  • "thank you." parents, if you've got
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  • Parents, if you've got 25-year-old children that
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  • 25-year-old children that don't know how to be thankful,
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  • Don't know how to be thankful, you need to correct that.
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  • [applause]
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  • Seven powerful words
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  • That resonate through time.
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  • You are the light of the world.
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  • As believers,
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  • We are commissioned to be light
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  • In a world
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  • Surrounded in darkness,
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  • Pain and loss.
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  • Now is the time to stand up,
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  • Speak out and shine
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  • Brightly for jesus.
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  • To help you in this journey
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  • For your gift of any amount
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  • This month,
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  • We would love to send you
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  • Pastor john's
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  • Brand new devotional,
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  • Darkness to destiny
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  • Unleashing god's
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  • Power in a dark world.
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  • Additionally,
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  • For your gift of $150,
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  • Along with darkness to destiny,
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  • We will also send you
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  • The “don't whine, shine”
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  • Matthew 5:16 magnet
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  • As well as the brand new,
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Candle and accompanying
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Matches, to continue
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  • To strengthen
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  • You as you
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  • Step into new levels of victory
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  • Every day.
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  • Call the number on screen
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  • Or go to jhm.org/light
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  • Praise is not just personal,
  • 00:11:54.307 --> 00:11:56.576
  • Praise is not just personal, but praise is powerful.
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  • But praise is powerful. when you read the word of god,
  • 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:01.648
  • When you read the word of god, you find out time and time again
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  • You find out time and time again what the power of praise can do.
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  • What the power of praise can do. what brought down
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  • What brought down the impossible barrier
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  • The impossible barrier of the walls of jericho?
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  • Of the walls of jericho? nothing more than
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  • Nothing more than a shout of praise.
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  • A shout of praise. when the shofar sounded,
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  • When the shofar sounded, the children of israel
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  • The children of israel shouted in triumph,
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  • Shouted in triumph, and what others saw as
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  • And what others saw as impossible became possible
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  • Impossible became possible because of the power of praise.
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  • [applause]
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  • King david knew
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  • King david knew that praise was powerful,
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  • That praise was powerful, which is why whenever
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  • Which is why whenever he faced the giant,
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  • He faced the giant, he didn't look at
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  • He didn't look at the giant and say,
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  • The giant and say, "excuse me, let me consult god
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  • "excuse me, let me consult god about how i'm supposed
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  • About how i'm supposed to handle this."
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  • To handle this." goliath looked
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  • Goliath looked at david and said,
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  • At david and said, "today, i'm gonna feed you
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  • "today, i'm gonna feed you to the birds of the air
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  • To the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."
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  • And to the beasts of the field." how many of you hear
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  • How many of you hear intimidation in that?
  • 00:12:51.198 --> 00:12:56.203
  • Intimidation in that? david said, "you come to me
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  • David said, "you come to me with spear and a sword,
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  • With spear and a sword, but i come to you
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  • But i come to you in the name of the lord.
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  • In the name of the lord. you have natural weapons that
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  • You have natural weapons that you want to use against me,
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  • You want to use against me, but my weapons are not carnal.
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  • But my weapons are not carnal. my weapons are mighty in god
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  • My weapons are mighty in god for the pulling down
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  • For the pulling down of every stronghold
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  • Of every stronghold and every high thing
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  • And every high thing that exalts itself against
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  • That exalts itself against the knowledge of god.
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  • The knowledge of god. david had such
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  • David had such an attitude of praise
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  • An attitude of praise that when he faced the giant,
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  • That when he faced the giant, he didn't run to god
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  • He didn't run to god and talk to god about the giant,
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  • And talk to god about the giant, he ran to the giant and said,
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  • He ran to the giant and said, "you don't know anything
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  • "you don't know anything about the god that i serve.
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  • About the god that i serve. if he's for me,
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  • If he's for me, then who can be against me?
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  • Then who can be against me? greater is he who is in me
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  • Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world.
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  • Than he who is in the world. i am more than a conqueror
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  • I am more than a conqueror through christ."
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  • Through christ." was he intimidated?
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  • Was he intimidated? no.
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  • No. because god hasn't
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  • Because god hasn't given us a spirit of fear,
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  • Given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, and of love,
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  • But one of power, and of love, and of sound mind.
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  • And of sound mind. david recognized that
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  • David recognized that if he could lift his voice
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  • If he could lift his voice and magnify the king
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  • And magnify the king above kings who is mighty
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  • Above kings who is mighty in battle then the giant that
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  • In battle then the giant that stood before him was nothing
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  • Stood before him was nothing more than a victory that
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  • More than a victory that was waiting to be won.
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  • Was waiting to be won. child of god, maybe you've been
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  • Child of god, maybe you've been facing the impossible.
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  • Facing the impossible. stop walking around
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  • Stop walking around your problem worrying about
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  • Your problem worrying about how it's gonna be fixed,
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  • How it's gonna be fixed, and start magnifying god
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  • And start magnifying god that he can move mountains.
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  • That he can move mountains. if you've been waiting for god
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  • If you've been waiting for god to show up in your circumstance,
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  • To show up in your circumstance, if you've been waiting for god
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  • If you've been waiting for god to defeat the giant
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  • To defeat the giant that you're facing,
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  • That you're facing, stop telling the world about
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  • Stop telling the world about how big your problems are
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  • How big your problems are and start telling your problems
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  • And start telling your problems about the mighty god
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  • About the mighty god that you serve.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Praise is not only powerful,
  • 00:14:33.767 --> 00:14:38.305
  • Praise is not only powerful, but whether you know it or not,
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  • But whether you know it or not, praise is not optional.
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  • Praise is not optional. you don't get to choose.
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  • You don't get to choose. "i just don't feel like
  • 00:14:48.815 --> 00:14:49.916
  • "i just don't feel like praising today."
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  • Praising today." so what?
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  • So what? praise him anyway.
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  • Praise him anyway. why?
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  • Why? because the bible says,
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  • Because the bible says, "let everything that has breath
  • 00:15:01.828 --> 00:15:06.066
  • "let everything that has breath praise the lord."
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  • [applause]
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  • Just real quick so i'm certain
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  • Just real quick so i'm certain that we're talking
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  • That we're talking to the right audience,
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  • To the right audience, i need everybody to inhale.
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  • I need everybody to inhale. just go...
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  • [inhales sharply]
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  • Go ahead, take a breath.
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  • Go ahead, take a breath. if you're a non-breather,
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  • If you're a non-breather, sit this one out.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But based on the breath
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  • But based on the breath that you just breathed,
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  • That you just breathed, you just realized that
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  • You just realized that you have been ordained
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  • You have been ordained as an instrument of praise.
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  • As an instrument of praise. it does not matter what
  • 00:15:33.893 --> 00:15:35.195
  • It does not matter what you feel like doing,
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  • You feel like doing, it matters what you
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  • It matters what you have been created to do.
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  • Have been created to do. let everything that
  • 00:15:39.099 --> 00:15:40.667
  • Let everything that has breath praise the lord.
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  • Has breath praise the lord. it's not an option,
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  • It's not an option, it's an opportunity to give god
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  • It's an opportunity to give god the praise and the glory that
  • 00:15:47.874 --> 00:15:49.776
  • The praise and the glory that he and he alone is worthy of.
  • 00:15:49.843 --> 00:15:54.581
  • He and he alone is worthy of. people say, "well, i just don't
  • 00:15:54.647 --> 00:15:55.382
  • People say, "well, i just don't know that that's
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  • Know that that's exactly accurate, pastor.
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  • Exactly accurate, pastor. i mean, i was raised
  • 00:15:57.617 --> 00:16:03.390
  • I mean, i was raised to treat church seriously."
  • 00:16:03.456 --> 00:16:07.527
  • To treat church seriously." me too.
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  • Me too. believe me.
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  • Believe me. if you wanna tell
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  • If you wanna tell church stories,
  • 00:16:12.665 --> 00:16:13.433
  • Church stories, i bet i got a few more
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  • I bet i got a few more than you do.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And i believe
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  • And i believe church is serious.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I believe that every church
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  • I believe that every church is a place that is filled
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  • Is a place that is filled with people who are
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  • With people who are seriously lost,
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  • Seriously lost, and seriously bound,
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  • And seriously bound, and seriously living under
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  • And seriously living under the death sentence of sin,
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  • The death sentence of sin, seriously slaves to a past
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  • Seriously slaves to a past that they could not escape.
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  • That they could not escape. and suddenly, there was a god
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  • And suddenly, there was a god who loved you so much
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  • Who loved you so much that he sent his
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  • That he sent his only begotten son
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  • Only begotten son to seriously save you
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  • To seriously save you and set you free.
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  • And set you free. when you were sick,
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  • When you were sick, he seriously paid the price
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  • He seriously paid the price for your healing.
  • 00:16:57.911 --> 00:16:58.678
  • For your healing. when you were in need,
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  • When you were in need, he seriously paid the price
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  • He seriously paid the price for your provision.
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  • For your provision. when you were under attack,
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  • When you were under attack, he seriously crowned you
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  • He seriously crowned you with his loving kindness
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  • With his loving kindness and prepared a table
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  • And prepared a table before you in the presence
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  • Before you in the presence of your enemies.
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  • Of your enemies. he has seriously set you free
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  • He has seriously set you free for whom the son sets free
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  • For whom the son sets free is free indeed.
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  • Is free indeed. he has broken the shackles
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  • He has broken the shackles and the chains of your shame
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  • And the chains of your shame because old things have
  • 00:17:20.767 --> 00:17:22.102
  • Because old things have passed away and behold,
  • 00:17:22.168 --> 00:17:23.837
  • Passed away and behold, all things have become
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  • All things have become new in christ jesus.
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  • New in christ jesus. he has seriously given you
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  • He has seriously given you the victory in your battle
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  • The victory in your battle because he has said that
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  • Because he has said that you would be more than
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  • You would be more than a conqueror through christ.
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  • A conqueror through christ. church, when you realize
  • 00:17:34.447 --> 00:17:35.748
  • Church, when you realize where you were and how you
  • 00:17:35.815 --> 00:17:37.550
  • Where you were and how you got where you are,
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  • Got where you are, i believe that the god who
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  • I believe that the god who brought you through the fire,
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  • Brought you through the fire, and the god who
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  • And the god who protected you in the flood,
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  • Protected you in the flood, and the god whose hand
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  • And the god whose hand has been upon you,
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  • Has been upon you, that god deserves a serious
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  • That god deserves a serious amount of your praise.
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  • Amount of your praise. so, let everything that has
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  • So, let everything that has breath praise the lord.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • You say, "well, i'm just not
  • 00:18:10.316 --> 00:18:11.184
  • You say, "well, i'm just not comfortable doing that."
  • 00:18:11.251 --> 00:18:13.987
  • Comfortable doing that." then you're gonna be very upset
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  • Then you're gonna be very upset when we get to heaven.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You say, "i just don't know
  • 00:18:21.594 --> 00:18:22.362
  • You say, "i just don't know how to do that."
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  • How to do that." liar.
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  • Liar. i've seen you people.
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  • I've seen you people. you go to stadiums,
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  • You go to stadiums, hundreds of thousands
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  • Hundreds of thousands of people there.
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  • Of people there. tell me about comfortable,
  • 00:18:38.611 --> 00:18:39.646
  • Tell me about comfortable, there's nothing comfortable
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  • There's nothing comfortable about standing and staring
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  • About standing and staring at the back of some guy's
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  • At the back of some guy's sweaty neck...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Hoping that
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  • Hoping that you can see the game.
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  • You can see the game. having the guy behind you spit
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  • Having the guy behind you spit his hotdog and nachos all over
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  • His hotdog and nachos all over the back of your hair as
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  • The back of your hair as he's cheering on his team.
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  • He's cheering on his team. "oh, i don't feel comfortable
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  • "oh, i don't feel comfortable raising my hands in church."
  • 00:19:01.568 --> 00:19:02.902
  • Raising my hands in church." i've seen you do the wave.
  • 00:19:02.969 --> 00:19:04.337
  • [laughter]
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  • [applause]
  • 00:19:06.573 --> 00:19:13.846
  • You sit there
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  • You sit there waiting for your turn.
  • 00:19:15.181 --> 00:19:16.516
  • Waiting for your turn. "not yet, not yet, not yet.
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  • "not yet, not yet, not yet. oh, here it comes.
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  • Oh, here it comes. yay."
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:23.523
  • And then, you have
  • 00:19:25.592 --> 00:19:26.159
  • And then, you have enough attitude
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  • Enough attitude to walk into church,
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  • To walk into church, and when you see somebody
  • 00:19:27.727 --> 00:19:28.828
  • And when you see somebody who understands where
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  • Who understands where their blessings come from
  • 00:19:29.929 --> 00:19:31.064
  • Their blessings come from lift their hands,
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  • Lift their hands, and raise their voice,
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  • And raise their voice, and magnify
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  • And magnify the king above kings,
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  • The king above kings, you give 'em a sideways look.
  • 00:19:35.501 --> 00:19:37.704
  • You give 'em a sideways look. let me tell you something,
  • 00:19:37.770 --> 00:19:38.671
  • Let me tell you something, they know where
  • 00:19:38.738 --> 00:19:39.939
  • They know where real victory comes from.
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  • Real victory comes from. it comes from
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  • It comes from the king above kings
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  • The king above kings and the lord above lords.
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  • And the lord above lords. they know where
  • 00:19:45.778 --> 00:19:46.646
  • They know where real strength comes from.
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  • Real strength comes from. they know where hope comes from.
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  • They know where hope comes from. they know where joy comes from.
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  • They know where joy comes from. they know where peace
  • 00:19:53.253 --> 00:19:54.454
  • They know where peace comes from.
  • 00:19:54.520 --> 00:19:55.788
  • Comes from. child of god, no matter
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  • Child of god, no matter what you're facing today,
  • 00:19:57.323 --> 00:19:59.192
  • What you're facing today, if you'll magnify
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  • If you'll magnify his matchless name,
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  • His matchless name, then the god who created
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  • Then the god who created heaven and earth will enter
  • 00:20:03.529 --> 00:20:04.931
  • Heaven and earth will enter your circumstance
  • 00:20:04.998 --> 00:20:06.366
  • Your circumstance and bring you victory.
  • 00:20:06.432 --> 00:20:08.034
  • And bring you victory. are you sick?
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  • Are you sick? praise his name
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  • Praise his name because he sent his word,
  • 00:20:10.536 --> 00:20:12.405
  • Because he sent his word, and he healed them.
  • 00:20:12.472 --> 00:20:13.706
  • And he healed them. are you under attack?
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  • Are you under attack? praise his name because
  • 00:20:15.241 --> 00:20:17.076
  • Praise his name because he is a banner in battle.
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  • He is a banner in battle. do you feel down,
  • 00:20:18.878 --> 00:20:19.846
  • Do you feel down, and defeated, and depressed?
  • 00:20:19.912 --> 00:20:21.381
  • And defeated, and depressed? then magnify his name
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  • Then magnify his name for he is the glory
  • 00:20:23.049 --> 00:20:24.450
  • For he is the glory and the lifter of your head,
  • 00:20:24.517 --> 00:20:26.452
  • And the lifter of your head, magnify the lord with me
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  • Magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name
  • 00:20:28.621 --> 00:20:30.690
  • And let us exalt his name together for the lord is good
  • 00:20:30.757 --> 00:20:34.460
  • Together for the lord is good and his mercy endures
  • 00:20:34.527 --> 00:20:37.263
  • And his mercy endures to every generation.
  • 00:20:37.330 --> 00:20:38.865
  • To every generation. give god a shout of praise
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  • Give god a shout of praise in this house today.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Remain standing.
  • 00:20:49.442 --> 00:20:52.445
  • Remain standing. i say this in closing.
  • 00:20:52.512 --> 00:20:55.915
  • I say this in closing. whether you praise god or not
  • 00:20:55.982 --> 00:20:59.585
  • Whether you praise god or not has nothing to do with
  • 00:20:59.652 --> 00:21:00.386
  • Has nothing to do with your circumstances.
  • 00:21:00.453 --> 00:21:03.356
  • Your circumstances. it has nothing to do with
  • 00:21:03.423 --> 00:21:04.557
  • It has nothing to do with what you wish for and want.
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  • What you wish for and want. it has everything to do
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  • It has everything to do with your attitude.
  • 00:21:09.329 --> 00:21:12.965
  • With your attitude. an attitude that recognizes
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  • An attitude that recognizes that the lord giveth
  • 00:21:18.338 --> 00:21:20.440
  • That the lord giveth and the lord taketh away, but
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  • And the lord taketh away, but blessed be the name of the lord.
  • 00:21:23.743 --> 00:21:27.780
  • Blessed be the name of the lord. an attitude that recognizes
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  • An attitude that recognizes that while the circumstances
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  • That while the circumstances on this earth may change,
  • 00:21:30.650 --> 00:21:33.219
  • On this earth may change, the god that you praise
  • 00:21:33.286 --> 00:21:34.554
  • The god that you praise is the same yesterday,
  • 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:36.155
  • Is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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  • Today, and forever. if he was worthy
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  • If he was worthy in the good times,
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  • In the good times, then he's worthy
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  • Then he's worthy in the hard times.
  • 00:21:43.796 --> 00:21:48.334
  • In the hard times. and you may look at me and say,
  • 00:21:48.401 --> 00:21:49.736
  • And you may look at me and say, "preacher, you just don't know
  • 00:21:49.802 --> 00:21:51.204
  • "preacher, you just don't know what i'm going through.
  • 00:21:51.270 --> 00:21:52.171
  • What i'm going through. you don't know what
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  • You don't know what i've been through."
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  • I've been through." you're right.
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  • You're right. there's way too many people
  • 00:21:58.344 --> 00:21:59.245
  • There's way too many people in this church for me to know
  • 00:21:59.312 --> 00:22:00.513
  • In this church for me to know every detail about every person.
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  • Every detail about every person. but that's not a problem for me.
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  • But that's not a problem for me. because while i don't know
  • 00:22:07.754 --> 00:22:08.721
  • Because while i don't know your circumstance,
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  • Your circumstance, i know the one who is walking
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  • I know the one who is walking through it with you.
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  • [applause]
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  • He said he'd never
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  • He said he'd never leave you nor forsake you.
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  • Leave you nor forsake you. he said that he would prepare
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  • He said that he would prepare a table before you.
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  • A table before you. he said he would anoint
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  • He said he would anoint your head with oil.
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  • Your head with oil. that his goodness and his mercy
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  • That his goodness and his mercy would follow you
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  • Would follow you all the days of your life.
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  • All the days of your life. and he's never made a promise
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  • And he's never made a promise that he didn't keep.
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  • That he didn't keep. so, inasmuch as that god
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  • So, inasmuch as that god is the god who's with you
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  • Is the god who's with you in whatever trial you face,
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  • In whatever trial you face, i can say with
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  • I can say with full faith, confidence,
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  • Full faith, confidence, and assurance today,
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  • And assurance today, you should praise the lord
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  • You should praise the lord because he is worthy
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  • Because he is worthy to be praised.
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  • To be praised. here's how we're gonna end
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  • Here's how we're gonna end this service today.
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  • This service today. praise is personal.
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  • Praise is personal. my sacrifice
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  • My sacrifice doesn't liberate you
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  • Doesn't liberate you and your sacrifice
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  • And your sacrifice doesn't liberate me.
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  • Doesn't liberate me. so, we're gonna take a moment
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  • So, we're gonna take a moment and offer god a sacrifice
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  • And offer god a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
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  • Of praise and thanksgiving in this sanctuary.
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  • In this sanctuary. many of you here today
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  • Many of you here today and thousands of you watching,
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  • And thousands of you watching, you need god to show up
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  • You need god to show up in your life.
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  • In your life. we're getting ready
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  • We're getting ready to enter into his gates
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  • To enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into
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  • With thanksgiving and into his courts with praise.
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  • His courts with praise. we're getting ready to see
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  • We're getting ready to see supernatural decisions made
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  • Supernatural decisions made about natural circumstances.
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  • About natural circumstances. issues that you don't know
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  • Issues that you don't know how to solve, but he does.
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  • How to solve, but he does. problems that you can't fix,
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  • Problems that you can't fix, but he can.
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  • But he can. battles that you can't win,
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  • Battles that you can't win, but he's already got
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  • But he's already got the victory.
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  • The victory. he's just waiting for you
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  • He's just waiting for you to get in his presence
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  • To get in his presence and receive it.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, right where you are,
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  • So, right where you are, i want you to lift your hands
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  • I want you to lift your hands and raise your voice,
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  • And raise your voice, and just begin to offer him
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  • And just begin to offer him a sacrifice of praise.
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  • A sacrifice of praise. god, thank you.
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  • God, thank you. thank you for the joy
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  • Thank you for the joy of my salvation.
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  • Of my salvation. thank you for every gift
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  • Thank you for every gift and every good thing
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  • And every good thing that you have given me.
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  • That you have given me. thank you for
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  • Thank you for the physical strength
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  • The physical strength to be in your house today.
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  • To be in your house today. thank you for your mercy that
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  • Thank you for your mercy that is renewed every morning.
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  • Is renewed every morning. thank you for your grace
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  • Thank you for your grace that knows no measure,
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  • That knows no measure, and no limit,
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  • And no limit, and in spite of our
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  • And in spite of our inadequacy, is sufficient.
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  • Inadequacy, is sufficient. thank you, heavenly father,
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  • Thank you, heavenly father, that your word
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  • That your word does not return void,
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  • Does not return void, but it accomplishes
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  • But it accomplishes every purpose for which
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  • Every purpose for which you sent it.
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  • You sent it. thank you, heavenly father,
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  • Thank you, heavenly father, that you've given your angels
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  • That you've given your angels charge over me to guard me
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  • Charge over me to guard me and to protect me.
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  • And to protect me. thank you that no weapon
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  • Thank you that no weapon that has ever been formed
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  • That has ever been formed against me would prosper.
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  • Against me would prosper. thank you that
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  • Thank you that in the darkest of valleys,
  • 00:24:45.478 --> 00:24:46.779
  • In the darkest of valleys, you are the light of the world
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  • You are the light of the world who walks with me
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  • Who walks with me every step that i take.
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  • Every step that i take. thank you that every mountain
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  • Thank you that every mountain that is in front of me,
  • 00:24:53.786 --> 00:24:54.921
  • That is in front of me, you can move it.
  • 00:24:54.987 --> 00:24:56.055
  • You can move it. and if you don't move it,
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  • And if you don't move it, you'll give me the strength
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  • You'll give me the strength to climb it.
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  • To climb it. thank you that every enemy
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  • Thank you that every enemy that i'll ever face has already
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  • That i'll ever face has already been defeated because the battle
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  • Been defeated because the battle belongs to the lord.
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  • Belongs to the lord. god, today we thank you
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  • God, today we thank you that we can enter into
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  • That we can enter into your presence and into
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  • Your presence and into your courts with praise.
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  • Your courts with praise. today, we thank you that
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  • Today, we thank you that there's not a situation
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  • There's not a situation or a need that is represented
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  • Or a need that is represented in this room that you do not
  • 00:25:16.709 --> 00:25:18.044
  • In this room that you do not already know about.
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  • Already know about. today, we thank you that
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  • Today, we thank you that you have got the answer
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  • You have got the answer to every problem,
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  • To every problem, that you have got sufficiency
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  • That you have got sufficiency to supply every need.
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  • To supply every need. that you can and you will do
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  • That you can and you will do exceedingly and abundantly
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  • Exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask,
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  • Above all that we could ask, that we could think,
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  • That we could think, that we could imagine
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  • That we could imagine because you are that
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  • Because you are that and so much more.
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  • And so much more. we thank you.
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  • We thank you. we thank you.
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  • We have so many things
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  • We have so many things to be thankful for.
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  • To be thankful for. when you recognize
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  • When you recognize that praise and worship
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  • That praise and worship are your all access
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  • Are your all access pass to the courts of heaven,
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  • Pass to the courts of heaven, you'll begin to
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  • You'll begin to count your blessings
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  • Count your blessings and understand
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  • And understand that god is a good god.
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  • That god is a good god. he's working all things out
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  • He's working all things out for your good.
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  • For your good. one of the things
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  • One of the things that i'm thankful for
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  • That i'm thankful for is you
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  • Is you being a part of this program,
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  • Being a part of this program, and helping us carry
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  • And helping us carry all of the gospel
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  • All of the gospel to all of the world
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  • To all of the world and every generation.
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  • And every generation. to find out more
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  • In a world where connectivity is the heartbeat of change,
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  • Is the heartbeat of change, there's a powerful force
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  • There's a powerful force that unites us all,
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  • That unites us all, partnership.
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  • Partnership. it's more than just
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  • It's more than just a collaboration.
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  • A collaboration. it's the conduit through which
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  • It's the conduit through which we reach the masses.
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  • We reach the masses. through new technology
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  • Through new technology and online media platforms,
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  • And online media platforms, hagee ministries has
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  • Hagee ministries has the ability to go beyond
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  • The ability to go beyond borders,
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  • Borders, sharing stories that resonate
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  • Sharing stories that resonate with people across the globe.
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  • Every share, every connection,
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  • Every connection, they all ripple across
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  • They all ripple across the vast expanse of
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  • The vast expanse of the digital landscape,
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  • The digital landscape, carrying with them
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  • Carrying with them the teachings that can
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  • The teachings that can transform lives.
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  • Transform lives. by becoming a legacy partner,
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  • By becoming a legacy partner, you're not just joining
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  • You're not just joining a cause.
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  • A cause. you're becoming part of
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  • You're becoming part of a living word.
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  • A living word. it's a commitment to a shared
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  • It's a commitment to a shared journey of faith
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  • Journey of faith and understanding
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  • And understanding fueled by the belief
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  • Fueled by the belief that together,
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  • That together, we can make a lasting impact.
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  • We can make a lasting impact. your partnership is a beacon
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  • Your partnership is a beacon of hope,
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