Matt Hagee - Parallel Truths

August 5, 2025 | 28:30

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  • Pastor matt hagee: recently,
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  • Pastor matt hagee: recently, in the united sates,
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  • In the united sates, television networks covered
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  • Television networks covered the story of a buried treasure
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  • The story of a buried treasure found by a farmer
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  • Found by a farmer in a kentucky cornfield.
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  • In a kentucky cornfield. this story is about
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  • This story is about the treasure they call
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  • The treasure they call the kentucky hoard.
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  • The kentucky hoard. here's how it goes.
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  • Here's how it goes. "one day, a farmer is walking
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  • "one day, a farmer is walking through a field that he and his
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  • Through a field that he and his family have farmed for decades.
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  • Family have farmed for decades. and while he's walking
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  • And while he's walking and checking the condition
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  • And checking the condition of his crops and the soil,
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  • Of his crops and the soil, he looks down in the dirt
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  • He looks down in the dirt and he sees the ridge
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  • And he sees the ridge of what he suspects
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  • Of what he suspects to be a gold coin.
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  • To be a gold coin. he takes a little time
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  • He takes a little time to investigate further,
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  • To investigate further, and he digs up the ridge
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  • And he digs up the ridge of that one particular coin.
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  • Of that one particular coin. and when he cleans it off,
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  • And when he cleans it off, he recognizes it to be an
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  • He recognizes it to be an 1863 gold double eagle coin.
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  • 1863 gold double eagle coin. now, in 1863 a gold double
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  • Now, in 1863 a gold double eagle was worth $20.
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  • Eagle was worth $20. in 2023, it was worth
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  • In 2023, it was worth quite a bit more.
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  • Quite a bit more. thinking there might be more --
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  • Thinking there might be more -- this is actual footage
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  • This is actual footage of this kentucky farmer.
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  • He continued to dig a little
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  • Here and a little there,
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  • And in a radius
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  • Of about 30 feet,
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  • He soon dug up a little
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  • Bit more than 800 coins.
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  • Seven hundred of those
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  • Coins happened to be
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  • Coins happened to be the 1863 double eagles.
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  • The 1863 double eagles. and recently,
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  • And recently, this kentucky farmer
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  • This kentucky farmer took that coin collection
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  • Took that coin collection to public office --
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  • To public office -- public auction and sold it
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  • Public auction and sold it for more than 3 million
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  • For more than 3 million united states dollars.
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  • United states dollars. that's a pretty good day
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  • That's a pretty good day corn farming, wouldn't you say?
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  • Corn farming, wouldn't you say? but centuries before
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  • But centuries before this modern-day story
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  • This modern-day story of a treasure in kentucky,
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  • Of a treasure in kentucky, jesus christ opened his mouth
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  • Jesus christ opened his mouth to share a parable with those
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  • To share a parable with those who were listening about what
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  • Who were listening about what the kingdom of heaven was like.
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  • The kingdom of heaven was like. and that's what we find
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  • And that's what we find in matthew 13:44.
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  • In matthew 13:44. if you've found it, say, "amen."
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  • If you've found it, say, "amen." congregation: amen.
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  • Congregation: amen. pastor matt: read with me.
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  • Pastor matt: read with me. "again, the kingdom of heaven is
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  • "again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field,
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  • Like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid;
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  • Which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes
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  • And for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has
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  • And sells all that he has and he buys that field."
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  • And he buys that field." heavenly father, help us today
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  • Heavenly father, help us today to see and to know how much
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  • To see and to know how much you dearly love us.
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  • You dearly love us. help us to recognize what a joy
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  • Help us to recognize what a joy it is to be sought after
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  • It is to be sought after by the king of kings
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  • By the king of kings and the lord of lords.
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  • And the lord of lords. and let us be willing
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  • And let us be willing to do as you have done,
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  • To do as you have done, give all that we have
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  • Give all that we have to possess the treasure
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  • To possess the treasure of your kingdom.
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  • Of your kingdom. in jesus' name we pray and ask.
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  • In jesus' name we pray and ask. all of god's children said,
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  • All of god's children said, "amen."
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  • "amen." you may be seated.
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  • In matthew 13:44,
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  • In matthew 13:44, jesus is sharing
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  • Jesus is sharing a parallel truth.
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  • A parallel truth. when jesus begins
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  • When jesus begins his parable talking about
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  • His parable talking about a man walking in a field
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  • A man walking in a field looking for treasure,
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  • Looking for treasure, he's describing himself
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  • He's describing himself and he's looking for you.
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  • And he's looking for you. jesus christ came looking
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  • Jesus christ came looking in the field of the world
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  • In the field of the world that god had created,
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  • That god had created, and what he was searching for
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  • And what he was searching for were those who needed to be
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  • Were those who needed to be redeemed and saved.
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  • Redeemed and saved. as astounding
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  • As astounding as that thought is,
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  • As that thought is, even more unbelievable
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  • Even more unbelievable is the idea that god,
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  • Is the idea that god, in his sovereignty knew
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  • In his sovereignty knew what was going to happen
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  • What was going to happen when he created man.
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  • When he created man. he knew that we would need
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  • He knew that we would need to be redeemed before
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  • To be redeemed before we knew we needed a redeemer.
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  • We knew we needed a redeemer. knowing that it would
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  • Knowing that it would cost jesus his life,
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  • Cost jesus his life, he still said,
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  • He still said, "let us make man
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  • "let us make man in our own image."
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  • In our own image." he knew we would fall.
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  • He knew we would fall. he knew that the seed
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  • He knew that the seed of the woman would have
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  • Of the woman would have to come and crush
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  • To come and crush the head of the serpent.
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  • The head of the serpent. he knew that the wages
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  • He knew that the wages of sin would be death,
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  • Of sin would be death, and that we wouldn't
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  • And that we wouldn't have the ability
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  • Have the ability to pay the debt.
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  • It didn't take adam
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  • It didn't take adam very long to bury us.
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  • Very long to bury us. god treasured us,
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  • God treasured us, sin buried us.
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  • Sin buried us. buried in a death sentence.
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  • Buried in a death sentence. buried under a yoke
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  • Buried under a yoke and a burden that's too
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  • And a burden that's too heavy to carry.
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  • Heavy to carry. buried in chains of bondage
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  • Buried in chains of bondage that were too thick to break.
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  • That were too thick to break. buried under mountains of guilt
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  • Buried under mountains of guilt and oceans of shame.
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  • And oceans of shame. and there we were, buried,
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  • And there we were, buried, until galatians 4:4 says,
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  • Until galatians 4:4 says, "in the fullness of time..."
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  • "in the fullness of time..." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "in the fullness of time."
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  • "in the fullness of time." god always has perfect timing.
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  • God always has perfect timing. you might think you've been
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  • You might think you've been waiting a little too long,
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  • Waiting a little too long, but god says,
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  • But god says, "i'm right on time."
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  • "i'm right on time." he says,
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  • He says, "in the fullness of time,
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  • "in the fullness of time, he sent forth his son,
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  • He sent forth his son, born of a woman,
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  • Born of a woman, born under the law,
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  • Born under the law, born to redeem those
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  • Born to redeem those who were under the law
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  • Who were under the law that we might receive
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  • That we might receive the adoption as sons."
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  • The adoption as sons." when the time was right,
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  • When the time was right, god sent exactly who we needed,
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  • God sent exactly who we needed, like we needed him,
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  • Like we needed him, to do exactly what
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  • To do exactly what only he could do.
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  • Only he could do. and now you and i,
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  • And now you and i, who were outside,
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  • Who were outside, have been grafted into
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  • Have been grafted into a covenant relationship we had
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  • A covenant relationship we had no business being a part of.
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  • No business being a part of. we've been written
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  • We've been written into a contract,
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  • Into a contract, signed in the blood
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  • Signed in the blood of the precious lamb of god
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  • Of the precious lamb of god that calls you a son,
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  • That calls you a son, and you a daughter.
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  • And you a daughter. that where sin did abound,
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  • That where sin did abound, his grace did that
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  • His grace did that much more abound.
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  • Much more abound. and we are now able
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  • And we are now able to go into heavenly places
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  • To go into heavenly places in the mighty name of jesus
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  • In the mighty name of jesus and boldly enter
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  • And boldly enter the throne room of grace and
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  • The throne room of grace and find mercy in our hour of need.
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  • Find mercy in our hour of need. oh, praise the mighty name
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  • Oh, praise the mighty name of jesus for what he has done
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  • Of jesus for what he has done in making us sons and daughters
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  • In making us sons and daughters of the most high god.
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  • [applause]
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  • God sent jesus
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  • God sent jesus on a treasure hunt.
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  • On a treasure hunt. jesus said, "i've come
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  • Jesus said, "i've come to seek and to save
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  • To seek and to save that which was lost."
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  • That which was lost." god knew you'd be lost.
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  • God knew you'd be lost. god knew where
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  • God knew where you would be buried,
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  • You would be buried, and he sent his son
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  • And he sent his son to come and find you.
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  • And he's willing to do
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  • And he's willing to do whatever it takes
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  • Whatever it takes to dig you out of what
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  • To dig you out of what you're buried in.
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  • You're buried in. he came from heaven
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  • He came from heaven to earth looking for you,
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  • To earth looking for you, looking for you.
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  • Looking for you. he came to dig you up,
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  • He came to dig you up, and dust you off,
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  • And dust you off, and show you just how priceless
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  • And show you just how priceless and how valuable you are.
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  • And how valuable you are. others might see what
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  • Others might see what they consider to be just
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  • They consider to be just a pile of muck and dirt,
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  • A pile of muck and dirt, but he came to dig you
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  • But he came to dig you out of the miry clay.
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  • Out of the miry clay. he came to show you what
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  • He came to show you what it means to be a child
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  • It means to be a child of the most high god.
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  • Of the most high god. he's the god that calls
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  • He's the god that calls those things that are not
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  • Those things that are not as though they were.
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  • As though they were. the world might look at you
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  • The world might look at you and see you broken and useless,
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  • And see you broken and useless, god looks at you and sees
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  • God looks at you and sees beautiful and priceless.
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  • Beautiful and priceless. the world might look
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  • The world might look at you and see bound,
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  • At you and see bound, but he looks at you and says,
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  • But he looks at you and says, "whom my son sets free
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  • "whom my son sets free is free indeed."
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  • Is free indeed." the world may look at you
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  • The world may look at you and see sickness and sorrow,
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  • And see sickness and sorrow, but jesus looks
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  • But jesus looks at you and says,
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  • At you and says, "the joy of the lord
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  • "the joy of the lord can be your strength."
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  • Can be your strength." the world might look at you
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  • The world might look at you and see desperate
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  • And see desperate and full of despair.
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  • And full of despair. the lord looks at you and says,
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  • The lord looks at you and says, "i'm gonna give you hope
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  • "i'm gonna give you hope and a future and courage
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  • And a future and courage to know that you're more than
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  • To know that you're more than a conqueror through christ."
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  • A conqueror through christ." the world might look
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  • The world might look at you and say,
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  • At you and say, "there's nothing there
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  • "there's nothing there worth finding."
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  • Worth finding." jesus looks at you and says,
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  • Jesus looks at you and says, "i'll give everything
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  • "i'll give everything i have if i could just
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  • I have if i could just spend my life with you."
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  • [applause]
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  • You were the treasure
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  • You were the treasure he came looking for.
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  • So, what is this parallel truth?
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  • So, what is this parallel truth? christ is asking us in this
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  • Christ is asking us in this parable if we would do
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  • Parable if we would do for him what he did for us.
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  • For him what he did for us. he said, "i saw a treasure
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  • He said, "i saw a treasure and i gave everything
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  • And i gave everything i had to own it."
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  • I had to own it." and what he wants
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  • And what he wants to know is,
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  • To know is, will we value him
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  • Will we value him as much as he values us?
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  • As much as he values us? will we give for him
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  • Will we give for him what he gave for us?
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  • What he gave for us? he looked at us underneath
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  • He looked at us underneath a pile of sin and shame
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  • A pile of sin and shame and he saw gold.
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  • And he saw gold. what do you see when you
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  • What do you see when you think about serving jesus?
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  • Think about serving jesus? the world that we're living in
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  • The world that we're living in is trying to bury the kingdom.
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  • Is trying to bury the kingdom. they wanna bury it in modernism.
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  • They wanna bury it in modernism. "oh, the word of god
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  • "oh, the word of god is not relevant."
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  • Is not relevant." that's not true.
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  • That's not true. it's more relevant today
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  • It's more relevant today than it's ever been before.
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  • Than it's ever been before. they wanna bury it in humanism.
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  • They wanna bury it in humanism. "well, we have to make sure
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  • "well, we have to make sure that we understand that
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  • That we understand that the world we're living in
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  • The world we're living in is very different than
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  • Is very different than the one that jesus lived in."
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  • The one that jesus lived in." tell that to him when
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  • Tell that to him when you see him.
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  • They wanna bury us
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  • They wanna bury us in arrogance and pride.
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  • In arrogance and pride. they wanna bury us
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  • They wanna bury us in legislation.
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  • In legislation. they wanna bury us
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  • They wanna bury us with intimidation.
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  • With intimidation. the thing about
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  • The thing about the kingdom of god is
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  • The kingdom of god is you can't bury it.
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  • You can't bury it. it's pure as gold.
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  • It's pure as gold. it doesn't matter what
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  • It doesn't matter what you stack on top of it,
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  • You stack on top of it, you can't corrupt it.
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  • You can't corrupt it. why is it that heaven is
  • 00:09:41.341 --> 00:09:42.542
  • Why is it that heaven is considered a city of pure gold?
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  • Considered a city of pure gold? because it's incorruptible.
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  • Because it's incorruptible. revelation 21:18
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  • Revelation 21:18 said of the new jerusalem,
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  • Said of the new jerusalem, "it is a city of pure gold."
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  • "it is a city of pure gold." the streets are what?
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  • The streets are what? pure gold.
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  • Pure gold. the word of god
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  • The word of god is pure gold.
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  • Is pure gold. why?
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  • Why? it endures forever.
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  • It endures forever. in exodus, whenever god was
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  • In exodus, whenever god was telling moses how to build
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  • Telling moses how to build the tabernacle that
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  • The tabernacle that he could come and live
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  • He could come and live with his people, he said,
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  • With his people, he said, "every stick of furniture,
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  • "every stick of furniture, cover it with pure gold.
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  • Cover it with pure gold. every altar,
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  • Every altar, cover it with pure gold.
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  • Cover it with pure gold. every lamp stand,
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  • Every lamp stand, cover it with pure gold.
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  • Cover it with pure gold. the chains on the curtain,
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  • The chains on the curtain, make sure they're made
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  • Make sure they're made out of pure gold.
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  • Out of pure gold. the thread
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  • The thread in the priest's garment,
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  • In the priest's garment, make sure it's pure gold."
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  • Make sure it's pure gold." solomon's temple, where god
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  • Solomon's temple, where god gave solomon permission
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  • Gave solomon permission to build a house
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  • To build a house for the lord, he said,
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  • For the lord, he said, "cover it in pure gold."
  • 00:10:29.556 --> 00:10:31.324
  • "cover it in pure gold." why?
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  • Why? because gold
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  • Because gold cannot be corrupted.
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  • Cannot be corrupted. the kingdom of god
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  • The kingdom of god cannot be contaminated.
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  • Cannot be contaminated. you can bury it
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  • You can bury it and legislate against it,
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  • And legislate against it, it will shine like gold.
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  • It will shine like gold. you can try to intimidate
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  • You can try to intimidate those who believe in him,
  • 00:10:44.004 --> 00:10:45.305
  • Those who believe in him, and it'll shine like gold.
  • 00:10:45.372 --> 00:10:47.207
  • And it'll shine like gold. you can take god's word and try
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  • You can take god's word and try to twist it and pervert it,
  • 00:10:49.242 --> 00:10:50.677
  • To twist it and pervert it, but the grass may wither,
  • 00:10:50.744 --> 00:10:52.179
  • But the grass may wither, and the flower may fade,
  • 00:10:52.245 --> 00:10:53.580
  • And the flower may fade, but the word of the lord,
  • 00:10:53.647 --> 00:10:55.048
  • But the word of the lord, it endures forever.
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  • [applause]
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  • What if the key to breakthrough
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  • Isn't something new,
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  • But something basic?
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  • Are you relentless
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  • In your pursuit of christ?
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  • Are you constantly
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  • Looking for ways to build
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  • A stronger
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  • Relationship with him?
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  • What if we started
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  • Making our day to day
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  • Faith much simpler?
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  • Read the word.
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  • Believe the word.
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  • Apply the word.
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  • Now, the thing that
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  • Now, the thing that i appreciate about jesus
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  • I appreciate about jesus everywhere you find him
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  • Everywhere you find him in the bible is that
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  • In the bible is that he never asks us to do what
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  • He never asks us to do what he hasn't already done.
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  • He hasn't already done. one of the things that causes
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  • One of the things that causes tremendous frustration
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  • Tremendous frustration in the world that we live in
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  • In the world that we live in is that we live in a time
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  • Is that we live in a time where leaders want
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  • Where leaders want to tell us but not show us.
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  • To tell us but not show us. they wanna pass laws,
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  • They wanna pass laws, but not live under them.
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  • [applause]
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  • But that's not jesus.
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  • But that's not jesus. jesus said,
  • 00:12:34.548 --> 00:12:35.348
  • Jesus said, "if you'll do what i do,
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  • "if you'll do what i do, you'll have what i have."
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  • You'll have what i have." this is why hebrews 12:2 says,
  • 00:12:40.453 --> 00:12:42.189
  • This is why hebrews 12:2 says, "looking to jesus..."
  • 00:12:42.255 --> 00:12:44.057
  • "looking to jesus..." say that with me,
  • 00:12:44.124 --> 00:12:44.658
  • Say that with me, "looking to jesus."
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  • "looking to jesus." he's saying, "do what i did.
  • 00:12:46.760 --> 00:12:49.596
  • He's saying, "do what i did. i found the treasure.
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  • I found the treasure. i gave everything
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  • I gave everything i had with joy.
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  • I had with joy. you want the treasure
  • 00:12:55.068 --> 00:12:55.869
  • You want the treasure of my kingdom?
  • 00:12:55.936 --> 00:12:57.070
  • Of my kingdom? give everything
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  • Give everything you have with joy."
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  • You have with joy." what is it that
  • 00:13:00.841 --> 00:13:01.241
  • What is it that jesus asks us to do?
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  • Jesus asks us to do? he's asked us to pray.
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  • He's asked us to pray. matthew 6:7, he said,
  • 00:13:06.046 --> 00:13:07.948
  • Matthew 6:7, he said, "when you pray."
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  • "when you pray." this was not a request,
  • 00:13:10.917 --> 00:13:11.885
  • This was not a request, this was a command.
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  • This was a command. throughout the bible,
  • 00:13:14.721 --> 00:13:15.455
  • Throughout the bible, you read about jesus praying.
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  • You read about jesus praying. peter, he told peter the night
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  • Peter, he told peter the night that he was arrested, he said,
  • 00:13:21.895 --> 00:13:23.063
  • That he was arrested, he said, "peter, satan has asked
  • 00:13:23.129 --> 00:13:24.898
  • "peter, satan has asked for you that he might
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  • For you that he might shake you and sift you,
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  • Shake you and sift you, but i have prayed for you."
  • 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.870
  • But i have prayed for you." what is jesus doing
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  • What is jesus doing right now?
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  • Right now? 1 john 2:1 says
  • 00:13:31.638 --> 00:13:33.573
  • 1 john 2:1 says you and i have an advocate
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  • You and i have an advocate with the father.
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  • With the father. who is it?
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  • Who is it? it's jesus christ.
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  • It's jesus christ. he's sitting right next
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  • He's sitting right next to god and he's talking
  • 00:13:39.246 --> 00:13:40.780
  • To god and he's talking to god about you.
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  • To god about you. he's praying for you like
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  • He's praying for you like he was praying for peter.
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  • He was praying for peter. jesus doesn't ask you
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  • Jesus doesn't ask you to pray without first
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  • To pray without first showing you how to pray.
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  • Showing you how to pray. then he said, "when you give."
  • 00:13:51.424 --> 00:13:54.227
  • Then he said, "when you give." he expects you to give.
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  • He expects you to give. why?
  • 00:13:57.764 --> 00:13:58.665
  • Why? because he was a giver.
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  • Because he was a giver. 2 corinthians 9:7-8,
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  • 2 corinthians 9:7-8, it says, "let each one
  • 00:14:03.536 --> 00:14:04.704
  • It says, "let each one give as he purposes
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  • Give as he purposes in his heart,
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  • In his heart, not grudgingly."
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  • You ought to see how
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  • You ought to see how some of god's kids look
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  • Some of god's kids look when it's time to give.
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  • When it's time to give. some of them give grudgingly.
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  • Some of them give grudgingly. and god says, "when you give,
  • 00:14:22.856 --> 00:14:23.690
  • And god says, "when you give, don't give like that."
  • 00:14:23.757 --> 00:14:25.859
  • Don't give like that." why?
  • 00:14:25.926 --> 00:14:26.326
  • Why? because that's not
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  • Because that's not how jesus gave.
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  • How jesus gave. he gave what he gave
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  • He gave what he gave for you with joy.
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  • For you with joy. and in this verse we read,
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  • And in this verse we read, "the lord loves
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  • "the lord loves a cheerful giver."
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  • A cheerful giver." and then, in the verse
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  • And then, in the verse that follows, it says,
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  • That follows, it says, "god is able to make
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  • "god is able to make all grace..."
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  • All grace..." now, i don't know about you,
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  • Now, i don't know about you, but i thank god for grace
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  • But i thank god for grace because grace gives you
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  • Because grace gives you what you did not deserve
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  • What you did not deserve and what you did not earn.
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  • And what you did not earn. anybody else thank god
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  • Anybody else thank god for grace?
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  • For grace? he said, "i'll make
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  • He said, "i'll make all grace abound towards you
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  • All grace abound towards you so that you will have
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  • So that you will have all sufficiency in all
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  • All sufficiency in all things and have abundance
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  • Things and have abundance for every good work."
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  • For every good work." if god gave that to you,
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  • If god gave that to you, how would you be willing
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  • How would you be willing to give to him?
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  • To give to him? christ joyfully
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  • Christ joyfully and cheerfully denied
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  • And cheerfully denied himself so that you would
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  • Himself so that you would have access to the kingdom.
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  • Have access to the kingdom. and what he's asking you to do
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  • And what he's asking you to do is joyfully and cheerfully give
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  • Is joyfully and cheerfully give yourself so that you can unlock
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  • Yourself so that you can unlock the treasure that he's already
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  • The treasure that he's already purchased on your behalf.
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  • Purchased on your behalf. he never asks us to do what
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  • He never asks us to do what he hasn't first done himself.
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  • He hasn't first done himself. he wants us to be kind
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  • He wants us to be kind to one another.
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  • To one another. "be ye kind, one to another,
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  • "be ye kind, one to another, tenderhearted,
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  • Tenderhearted, forgiving one another."
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  • Forgiving one another." oh, if god's kids could
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  • Oh, if god's kids could forgive each other.
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  • Forgive each other. not you.
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  • Not you. kids you know about.
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  • Kids you know about. and how do you know
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  • And how do you know that he wanted us to do
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  • That he wanted us to do that like he did it?
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  • That like he did it? because that verse says,
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  • Because that verse says, "be kind to another,
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  • "be kind to another, forgive one another
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  • Forgive one another even as god forgave you
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  • Even as god forgave you in christ jesus."
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  • God gives us an example
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  • God gives us an example in his son jesus,
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  • In his son jesus, and it's a parallel
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  • And it's a parallel in this parable.
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  • In this parable. notice first the pattern.
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  • Notice first the pattern. where was jesus when
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  • Where was jesus when he found the treasure?
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  • He found the treasure? in the field.
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  • In the field. where will you be
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  • Where will you be when you find what
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  • When you find what you're looking for?
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  • You're looking for? in the field, working,
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  • In the field, working, moving, doing something.
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  • God sent his son
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  • God sent his son to find the treasure,
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  • To find the treasure, and he went to work
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  • And he went to work looking for the treasure.
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  • Looking for the treasure. and then, when he found
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  • And then, when he found the treasure, he bought
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  • The treasure, he bought the field with joy.
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  • The field with joy. how you view work will
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  • How you view work will determine how you do work.
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  • Determine how you do work. one of the reasons why this
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  • One of the reasons why this generation doesn't like to work
  • 00:16:48.802 --> 00:16:50.303
  • Generation doesn't like to work is because all they get to do
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  • Is because all they get to do is listen to their parents
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  • Is listen to their parents complain about work.
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  • Complain about work. and then, you want them
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  • And then, you want them to go to work?
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  • [laughter]
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  • How you view it
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  • How you view it is how you'll do it.
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  • Is how you'll do it. and what you need to do when it
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  • And what you need to do when it comes to serving the lord
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  • Comes to serving the lord is serve the lord with joy.
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  • Is serve the lord with joy. how many of you know
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  • How many of you know that sometimes people
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  • That sometimes people do the right thing,
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  • Do the right thing, but they do it with
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  • But they do it with the wrong attitude?
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  • The wrong attitude? "mom, are we going
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  • "mom, are we going to church today?"
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  • To church today?" "yes, we're going to church.
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  • "yes, we're going to church. get in the car."
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  • [laughter]
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  • There's just snarling,
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  • There's just snarling, and biting, and foaming,
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  • And biting, and foaming, and frothing at the mouth,
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  • And frothing at the mouth, and then they pull in
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  • And then they pull in the parking lot and go,
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  • The parking lot and go, "hi, praise jesus.
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  • "hi, praise jesus. ♪ you are great ♪
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  • ♪ you are great ♪ ♪ you do mir -- ♪
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  • ♪ you do mir -- ♪ ♪ so great ♪
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  • Don't act like
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  • Don't act like i'm the only one.
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  • I'm the only one. i know how it goes.
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  • I know how it goes. how you view it
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  • How you view it is how you'll do it.
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  • Is how you'll do it. and sometimes,
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  • And sometimes, perspectives change.
  • 00:18:01.574 --> 00:18:05.011
  • Perspectives change. sometimes, something happens
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  • Sometimes, something happens and it causes you to see it
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  • And it causes you to see it a different way and you
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  • A different way and you no longer enjoy what
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  • No longer enjoy what you're doing.
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  • You're doing. oftentimes, people start out
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  • Oftentimes, people start out serving the lord with
  • 00:18:15.555 --> 00:18:16.523
  • Serving the lord with joy in their heart,
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  • Joy in their heart, and then over time,
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  • And then over time, service becomes a grudge,
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  • Service becomes a grudge, a burden that they've
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  • A burden that they've got to bear.
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  • Got to bear. but that's not what god said.
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  • But that's not what god said. he said, "serve with gladness."
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  • He said, "serve with gladness." psalms 100:2, it says,
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  • Psalms 100:2, it says, "serve the lord," how?
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  • "serve the lord," how? "with gladness."
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  • "with gladness." glad people smile.
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  • Glad people smile. and sometimes, god's servants
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  • And sometimes, god's servants must be smiling on their
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  • Must be smiling on their heart because their face
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  • Heart because their face doesn't show it.
  • 00:18:42.916 --> 00:18:47.554
  • Doesn't show it. but how you view it
  • 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:49.289
  • But how you view it is how you do it.
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  • Is how you do it. some people say,
  • 00:18:53.326 --> 00:18:53.626
  • Some people say, "well, i don't know
  • 00:18:53.693 --> 00:18:54.093
  • "well, i don't know that that's true."
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  • That that's true." let me give you an example.
  • 00:18:54.961 --> 00:18:57.697
  • Let me give you an example. i've been a pastor for
  • 00:18:57.764 --> 00:18:58.398
  • I've been a pastor for over two decades now.
  • 00:18:58.464 --> 00:18:59.532
  • Over two decades now. i've done several
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  • I've done several hundred weddings.
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  • Hundred weddings. and on the wedding day,
  • 00:19:03.436 --> 00:19:06.940
  • And on the wedding day, i've stood next to the groom,
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  • I've stood next to the groom, the bells ring,
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  • The bells ring, the back doors open,
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  • The back doors open, and the one that he
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  • And the one that he is going to spend the rest
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  • Is going to spend the rest of his life with starts down
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  • Of his life with starts down the aisle and he goes,
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  • The aisle and he goes, "oh god, here she comes."
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  • "oh god, here she comes." and there's nothing but love
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  • And there's nothing but love and joy and all of this
  • 00:19:25.592 --> 00:19:26.693
  • And joy and all of this emotion pouring out.
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  • Emotion pouring out. and the mothers
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  • And the mothers are wiping tears.
  • 00:19:28.328 --> 00:19:29.095
  • Are wiping tears. "oh, look.
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  • "oh, look. look how
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  • Look how he's looking at her.
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  • He's looking at her. oh."
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  • That's day one.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Somewhere along the way,
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  • Somewhere along the way, maybe it's day 100,
  • 00:19:47.146 --> 00:19:48.314
  • Maybe it's day 100, maybe it's day 1,000.
  • 00:19:48.381 --> 00:19:49.916
  • Maybe it's day 1,000. maybe it's day 100,005.
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  • Maybe it's day 100,005. i don't know what happened,
  • 00:19:53.186 --> 00:19:56.256
  • I don't know what happened, but sooner or later the doors
  • 00:19:56.322 --> 00:19:57.890
  • But sooner or later the doors open up and he goes,
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  • Open up and he goes, "oh god, here she comes!"
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  • [laughter]
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  • Same two people,
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  • Same two people, same language,
  • 00:20:12.972 --> 00:20:15.575
  • Same language, same relationship,
  • 00:20:15.642 --> 00:20:18.244
  • Same relationship, different perspective.
  • 00:20:18.311 --> 00:20:23.182
  • Different perspective. how do you serve the lord?
  • 00:20:23.249 --> 00:20:27.186
  • How do you serve the lord? do you look at it like,
  • 00:20:27.253 --> 00:20:27.920
  • Do you look at it like, "what a privilege."
  • 00:20:27.987 --> 00:20:31.457
  • "what a privilege." or is it a chore?
  • 00:20:31.524 --> 00:20:33.926
  • Or is it a chore? do you celebrate it
  • 00:20:33.993 --> 00:20:34.560
  • Do you celebrate it as an honor,
  • 00:20:34.627 --> 00:20:36.663
  • As an honor, or is it a task
  • 00:20:36.729 --> 00:20:38.131
  • Or is it a task that you have to endure?
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  • That you have to endure? you see, when you serve
  • 00:20:41.467 --> 00:20:42.135
  • You see, when you serve the lord with gladness,
  • 00:20:42.201 --> 00:20:44.203
  • The lord with gladness, you get to experience
  • 00:20:44.270 --> 00:20:45.538
  • You get to experience what the bible calls
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  • What the bible calls the joy of the lord
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  • The joy of the lord that is your strength.
  • 00:20:48.908 --> 00:20:50.677
  • That is your strength. when you understand
  • 00:20:50.743 --> 00:20:51.344
  • When you understand where you were,
  • 00:20:51.411 --> 00:20:52.378
  • Where you were, how buried and how deep
  • 00:20:52.445 --> 00:20:54.514
  • How buried and how deep your life is lost
  • 00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.848
  • Your life is lost and in confusion
  • 00:20:55.915 --> 00:20:56.983
  • And in confusion and chaos without him,
  • 00:20:57.050 --> 00:20:58.451
  • And chaos without him, you'll do nothing
  • 00:20:58.518 --> 00:20:59.185
  • You'll do nothing but take time to thank him
  • 00:20:59.252 --> 00:21:00.920
  • But take time to thank him for digging you up
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  • For digging you up and cleaning you off
  • 00:21:02.088 --> 00:21:03.356
  • And cleaning you off and making you the treasured
  • 00:21:03.423 --> 00:21:05.158
  • And making you the treasured son and the treasured
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  • Son and the treasured daughter that you are.
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  • Daughter that you are. you'll wake up like
  • 00:21:08.795 --> 00:21:09.762
  • You'll wake up like david did when he said,
  • 00:21:09.829 --> 00:21:11.164
  • David did when he said, "oh god, who is man that
  • 00:21:11.230 --> 00:21:13.466
  • "oh god, who is man that you are mindful of him?
  • 00:21:13.533 --> 00:21:14.801
  • You are mindful of him? and who am i that
  • 00:21:14.867 --> 00:21:16.135
  • And who am i that you should think of me?
  • 00:21:16.202 --> 00:21:17.470
  • You should think of me? i'm just a little lower
  • 00:21:17.537 --> 00:21:18.805
  • I'm just a little lower than the angels,
  • 00:21:18.871 --> 00:21:19.605
  • Than the angels, but you've given me
  • 00:21:19.672 --> 00:21:20.573
  • But you've given me power in heavenly places.
  • 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.542
  • Power in heavenly places. how could you forgive me?
  • 00:21:22.608 --> 00:21:24.377
  • How could you forgive me? how could you bless me?
  • 00:21:24.444 --> 00:21:26.279
  • How could you bless me? how could you show me mercy?
  • 00:21:26.346 --> 00:21:28.247
  • How could you show me mercy? how could you be
  • 00:21:28.314 --> 00:21:29.315
  • How could you be patient with me?
  • 00:21:29.382 --> 00:21:30.316
  • Patient with me? how could you give
  • 00:21:30.383 --> 00:21:31.284
  • How could you give your angels charge over me?
  • 00:21:31.351 --> 00:21:32.852
  • Your angels charge over me? how could you provide for me?
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  • How could you provide for me? how could you crown me
  • 00:21:34.954 --> 00:21:36.489
  • How could you crown me with lovingkindness
  • 00:21:36.556 --> 00:21:37.423
  • With lovingkindness that's better than life?
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  • That's better than life? god, how could i ever
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  • God, how could i ever ask for more?"
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  • Ask for more?" what i'm telling you, church,
  • 00:21:42.028 --> 00:21:43.096
  • What i'm telling you, church, is when you think about
  • 00:21:43.162 --> 00:21:44.297
  • Is when you think about where you were
  • 00:21:44.364 --> 00:21:45.231
  • Where you were and where you are,
  • 00:21:45.298 --> 00:21:46.933
  • And where you are, there should be some joy
  • 00:21:46.999 --> 00:21:48.735
  • There should be some joy whenever you think of how
  • 00:21:48.801 --> 00:21:50.336
  • Whenever you think of how good god has been for you.
  • 00:21:50.403 --> 00:21:52.171
  • Good god has been for you. there should be some joy
  • 00:21:52.238 --> 00:21:53.639
  • There should be some joy when you think about
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  • When you think about the peace that surpasses
  • 00:21:54.841 --> 00:21:56.042
  • The peace that surpasses all understanding.
  • 00:21:56.109 --> 00:21:57.243
  • All understanding. there should be joy
  • 00:21:57.310 --> 00:21:58.544
  • There should be joy when you think about mercy
  • 00:21:58.611 --> 00:21:59.712
  • When you think about mercy that is renewed every morning.
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  • That is renewed every morning. there should be joy that
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  • There should be joy that you think whenever
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  • You think whenever you go into heavenly places,
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  • You go into heavenly places, what you bind on earth,
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  • What you bind on earth, it's bound in heaven.
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  • It's bound in heaven. there should be some joy
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  • There should be some joy that he's promised,
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  • That he's promised, "my god shall supply
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  • "my god shall supply all of my needs according
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  • All of my needs according to his riches in glory."
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  • To his riches in glory." that means houses
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  • That means houses you didn't build,
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  • You didn't build, wells you didn't dig,
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  • Wells you didn't dig, vineyards you didn't plant.
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  • Vineyards you didn't plant. there's joy when you think
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  • There's joy when you think about how sick you were,
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  • About how sick you were, and yet he healed you.
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  • And yet he healed you. there's joy when you think
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  • There's joy when you think about how guilty you were,
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  • About how guilty you were, and yet he forgave you.
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  • And yet he forgave you. there's joy when you think
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  • There's joy when you think about how lost you were,
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  • About how lost you were, and yet he came and found you.
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  • And yet he came and found you. is there anybody in
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  • Is there anybody in this house today that says,
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  • This house today that says, "the joy of the lord
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  • "the joy of the lord is my strength
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  • Is my strength and i'll rejoice in
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  • And i'll rejoice in the joy of my salvation?"
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  • The joy of my salvation?" would you take just a moment
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  • Would you take just a moment and give the lord the praise
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  • And give the lord the praise that he is worthy of?
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  • That he is worthy of? would you lift your hands
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  • Would you lift your hands and raise your voice
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  • And raise your voice and declare that this
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  • And declare that this is the day that the lord
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  • Is the day that the lord has made and we shall rejoice
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  • Has made and we shall rejoice and be made glad in it?
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  • And be made glad in it? our god is great
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  • Our god is great and greatly to be praised.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Remain standing.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • I want you to bow your head
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  • I want you to bow your head in the presence of the lord
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  • In the presence of the lord as we close this service.
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  • As we close this service. some of you in this
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  • Some of you in this place today say,
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  • Place today say, "the reason i don't have
  • 00:23:25.631 --> 00:23:26.466
  • "the reason i don't have that treasure in my life
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  • That treasure in my life is because i've never done
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  • Is because i've never done anything to receive it.
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  • Anything to receive it. i've never asked
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  • I've never asked jesus christ into my heart.
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  • Jesus christ into my heart. i've wished that things
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  • I've wished that things would get better,
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  • Would get better, but i've never done
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  • But i've never done what was required
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  • What was required to make them better.
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  • To make them better. i wish the broken places in my
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  • I wish the broken places in my life would get fixed and healed,
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  • Life would get fixed and healed, but i've never surrendered
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  • But i've never surrendered to the one who came to heal me.
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  • To the one who came to heal me. and today, i want to begin
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  • And today, i want to begin that relationship.
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  • That relationship. today i wanna
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  • Today i wanna begin doing the work.
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  • Begin doing the work. today, i wanna begin
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  • Today, i wanna begin walking with joy
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  • Walking with joy as i follow jesus christ
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  • As i follow jesus christ as my lord and savior."
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  • As my lord and savior." if that's you in this
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  • If that's you in this place today,
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  • Place today, would you simply
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  • Would you simply just raise your hand
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  • Just raise your hand right where you are?
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  • Right where you are? hands all over this floor
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  • Hands all over this floor and hands all over the balcony.
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  • And hands all over the balcony. some of you watching
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  • Some of you watching this morning,
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  • This morning, wherever you're watching from,
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  • Wherever you're watching from, you know you need to do
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  • You know you need to do the same work asking
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  • The same work asking christ into your heart.
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  • Christ into your heart. in just a moment,
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  • In just a moment, we're gonna pray here
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  • We're gonna pray here in this sanctuary,
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  • In this sanctuary, and the same joy that
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  • And the same joy that he's going to bring to those
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  • He's going to bring to those who are receiving him,
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  • Who are receiving him, he'll bring to you
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  • He'll bring to you no matter where
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  • No matter where you're watching today.
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  • You're watching today. church, i want us to all
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  • Church, i want us to all raise our hands and pray
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  • Raise our hands and pray this prayer together.
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  • This prayer together. "lord, jesus christ
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  • "lord, jesus christ thank you
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  • Thank you for giving
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  • For giving all that you gave
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  • All that you gave to come
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  • To come and find me
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  • And find me today,
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  • Today, i give myself
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  • I give myself so that i may
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  • So that i may receive you.
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  • Receive you. i do it with joy
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  • I do it with joy because in
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  • Because in your presence
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  • Your presence is the fullness of joy.
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  • Is the fullness of joy. i do it, heavenly father,
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  • I do it, heavenly father, so that i can receive
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  • So that i can receive the treasure
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  • The treasure of your kingdom
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  • Of your kingdom that's in my life.
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  • That's in my life. it's treasure today
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  • It's treasure today and for eternity
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  • And for eternity it's pardon for my sins
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  • It's pardon for my sins and it is freedom forever.
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  • And it is freedom forever. thank you
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  • Thank you for that gift
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  • For that gift in my life
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  • In my life in jesus' name
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  • In jesus' name amen."
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  • Amen." now, would you
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  • Now, would you give the lord a healthy
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  • Give the lord a healthy hand clap of praise?
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  • [applause]
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  • Pastor matt hagee: thank you for
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  • Pastor matt hagee: thank you for being a part of this program
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  • Being a part of this program and all that you do
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  • And all that you do to help us
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  • To help us carry all of the gospel
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  • Carry all of the gospel to all of the world.
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  • To all of the world. i love the fact
  • 00:25:51.811 --> 00:25:52.578
  • I love the fact that jesus christ
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  • That jesus christ never asked us
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  • Never asked us to do something that he did
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  • To do something that he did not model for us.
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  • Not model for us. whenever you consider
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  • Whenever you consider the sacrifice
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  • The sacrifice that he made in your life,
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  • That he made in your life, ask yourself,
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  • Ask yourself, are you willing to do the same?
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