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No Place Like Hope Part 3

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

May 6, 2018

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Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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No Place Like Hope Part 3

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NEGATIVES ARE DEVELOPED.
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DID YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS
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THAT JESUS IS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF GOD?
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WHEN PAUL WRITES THAT JESUS IS THE IMAGE OF GOD,
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THAT WORD IS EIKON, WHICH MEANS PHOTOGRAPH.
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NO WONDER THE SKY WENT DARK WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED,
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BECAUSE IT WAS THERE IN THE DARKROOM OF GOLGOTHA
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THAT JESUS DEVELOPED THE PICTURE
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OF A GOD WHO LOVES US TO DEATH.
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(MUSIC)
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FACE YOUR FEARS WITH THE GOD WHO MADE THE UNIVERSE.
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'CAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T WALK WITH GOD,
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NEGATIVES DEVELOP IN THE DARKROOM OF FEAR.
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BUT WHEN YOU DO WALK WITH GOD,
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LIFE IS LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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WE DEVELOP FROM THE NEGATIVES.
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(STEADY ROCK MUSIC)
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BEING STRESSED MAKES YOU SICK.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, A BROKEN SPIRIT ROTS THE BONES.
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BUT WATCH THIS.
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A MERRY HEART DOES GOOD LIKE MEDICINE.
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(BEN SIGHS)
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JESUS SPENT JUST AS MUCH TIME HEALING PEOPLE'S BODIES
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AS HE DID TEACHING THEIR SOULS.
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HOLISTICALLY, HE'S AFTER THE WHOLENESS OF OUR SALVATION.
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I'M BEN COURSON, AND YOU'RE WATCHING HOPE GENERATION.
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AND THIS IS PART THREE OF OUR EPISODE
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ENTITLED NO PLACE LIKE HOPE .
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MY HEART IS THAT WE WOULD GO ON A RAMPAGE
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AND WAGE WAR AGAINST DEPRESSION.
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IF YOU'RE BROKEN TODAY, REMEMBER THAT IF YOU SOW
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IN TEARS TODAY, YOU WILL REAP IN JOY TOMORROW,
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BECAUSE BROKEN CRAYONS STILL COLOR.
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AND IF YOU'RE BROKEN,
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YOU CAN STILL PAINT THE IMAGE OF GOD TO OUR GENERATION.
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SO LET'S TAKE IN PART THREE OF THIS EPISODE
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ENTITLED NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
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FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU, ISAIAH 41:10.
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BE NOT DISMAYED, FOR I AM YOUR GOD.
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I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU.
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I WILL HELP YOU.
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I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND.
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BEHOLD, ALL THOSE WHO ARE INCENSED AGAINST YOU
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SHALL BE ASHAMED AND DISGRACED.
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THEY SHALL BE AS NOTHING.
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AND THOSE WHO STRIVE WITH YOU SHALL PERISH.
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YOU SHALL SEEK THEM AND NOT FIND THEM.
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THOSE WHO CONTENDED WITH YOU, THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST YOU,
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SHALL BE AS NOTHING, AS A NON-EXISTENT THING.
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FOR I, THE LORD YOUR GOD, WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND,
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SAYING TO YOU, FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU.
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FEAR NOT, I LOVE THIS PART, YOU WORM, JACOB,
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YOU MEN OF ISRAEL.
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I WILL HELP YOU, SAYS THE LORD,
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AND YOUR REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
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BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE YOU
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INTO A NEW THRESHING SLEDGE WITH SHARP TEETH.
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YOU SHALL THRESH THE MOUNTAINS
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AND BEAT THEM SMALL AND MAKE THE HILLS LIKE CHAFF.
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DROP THE MIC.
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ISAIAH IS SAYING, THE LORD DECLARES
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THAT HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOU WITH HIS RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND.
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FEAR NOT, NOR BE DISMAYED,
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FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.
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NOW, NOTICE, THE REASON YOU DON'T NEED TO FEAR
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IS BECAUSE HE HOLDS YOU NOT WITH HIS LEFT HAND
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BUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.
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IN ISAIAH'S CULTURE, IN ANCIENT BIBLICAL TIMES,
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TO BE LEFT-HANDED, YOU WERE CURSED.
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SO WHEN EHUD WAS BORN A SOUTHPAW IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES,
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HE WAS CONSIDERED CURSED.
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BUT LITTLE DID HE KNOW, THAT CURSE
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WOULD TURN INTO A BLESSING, BECAUSE WHEN HE HAD
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A SECRET MISSION AS AN ANCIENT NAVY SEAL
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TO GO KILL A ROYAL, TO GO KILL EHUD, PARDON ME,
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EGLON, AND HE LOOKED LIKE HIS NAME SOUNDS,
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HE WAS AN EGG, HE WAS LIKE, SHAPED LIKE AN EGG.
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THE BIBLE SAYS EGLON WAS A VERY FAT MAN.
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NOW, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE A VERY FAT MAN,
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YOU'RE A VERY FAT MAN.
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HE HAD HIS OWN ZIP CODE.
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SO HE SNEAKS, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING JABBA THE HUTT HERE.
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HE SNEAKS INTO JABBA'S PRESENCE, AND THE WAY HE
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COULD GET IN, THY WORD IS TRUTH.
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IF IT SAYS HE'S A VERY FAT MAN, HE'S A VERY FAT MAN.
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SO HE SNEAKS INTO THE PRESENCE OF EGLON,
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS, HE PULLED OUT A DAGGER.
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THE WORD OF GOD IS SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD,
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AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT IS THE WORD OF GOD,
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HE PULLED OUT THIS WORD, WHICH IS A THING.
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HE PULLS OUT THIS SWORD WITH HIS LEFT HAND.
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NOW, WHY DID HE GET IN WITH A SWORD?
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BECAUSE BACK THEN, THE ROYAL GUARD
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WOULD NORMALLY FRISK A PERSON'S LEFT THIGH.
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WHY?
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'CAUSE YOU DRAW YOUR SWORD ACROSS YOUR BODY.
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SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CHECKED HIS LEFT,
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BECAUSE BEING A SOUTHPAW BACK THEN WAS CONSIDERED A CURSE.
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SO HE SNEAKS IN, 'CAUSE THEY WOULD JUST A CURSORY
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SECURITY CHECK, FRISK HIS RIGHT, HE WALKED ON THROUGH.
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HE'S ABLE TO EVIDENTLY DRAW FROM HIS RIGHT HIP,
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TAKES THE SWORD, AND THE BIBLE SAYS
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HIS SWORD DISAPPEARED IN THE FAT.
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I WANNA SEE THAT MADE INTO A MOVIE.
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THAT'LL BE AWESOME.
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AND THE SWORD WENT IN, THE DIRT CAME OUT.
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THE SWORD GOES IN, THE DIRT COMES OUT.
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THE SWORD GOES IN, THE DIRT COMES OUT.
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THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
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WHEN THE WORD OF GOD COMES INTO OUR HEART,
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THE DIRT COMES OUT.
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AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT AS A LEFT-HANDED PERSON
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BECAUSE GOD USES THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD
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TO CONFOUND THE WISE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOBODY
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TO BRING INTO THE NOTHING THE THINGS THAT ARE.
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BUT TO BE LEFT-HANDED WAS A CURSE.
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THAT WAS THE STORY OF EHUD,
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HOW THE CURSING WAS TURNED INTO A BLESSING.
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GOD SAYS, I WILL TAKE YOU BY YOUR RIGHT HAND.
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I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU
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WITH THE RIGHT HAND OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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IN JEWISH CULTURE, THE RIGHT HAND WAS THE HAND OF POWER.
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SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL, POETIC IMAGERY
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OF JESUS SITTING AT THE RIGHT-HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD,
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WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS, HE HAS THE PLACE OF POWER.
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THE RIGHT HAND IS THE PLACE OF POWER.
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DO YOU SEE?
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AND HE SAYS, I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU.
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THE SAME GOD THAT MADE FLAMINGOS THAT CAN ONLY EAT
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WHEN THEIR HEAD IS UPSIDE DOWN AND ALBATROSS BIRDS
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THAT CAN FLY 25 MILES PER HOUR WHILE THEY'RE ASLEEP,
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THE SAME GOD WHO MADE ALL THIS STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
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ABOUT, QUANTUM MECHANICS, ASTROPHYSICS, NEUROLOGY,
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THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, HE IS THE ONE STRENGTHENING YOU.
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- [CONGREGATION] AMEN.
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- AND HE'S REALLY STRONG.
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HE'S REALLY STRONG.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, HE MAKES THE STARS
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WITH HIS FINGERS, PSALM EIGHT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE LIFTS ISLANDS AS THOUGH THEY
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ARE LITTLE THINGS, THE PROPHET ISAIAH DECLARES.
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS, IN HIS ARM DO WE TRUST.
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IF HIS FINGERS ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE CAN MAKE STARS,
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IF ISAIAH SAYS HE CAN LIFT ISLANDS
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AS THOUGH THEY'RE A LITTLE THING, HE'S AN ISLAND CURLER,
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THEN THINK WHAT HIS ARM CAN DO.
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IN HIS ARM DO WE TRUST.
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THAT'S THE LORD SAYING,
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I WILL NOT JUST STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY LEFT HAND.
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IF I DID HAVE A DOMINANT HAND, AND I'M AMBIDEXTROUS, GOD
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COULD SAY, I WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY RIGHT HAND.
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IT'S THIS BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY OF GOD SAYING, I WILL
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STRENGTHEN YOU WITH HIGHEST POWER, SO DON'T BE AFRAID.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE YOUR CRITICS, THOSE WHO ARE OUT TO DESTROY YOU,
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WILL BECOME AS NOTHING.
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NEXT TIME YOU HAVE CRITICS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
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JUST THINK, THEY'RE GONNA BECOME AS NOTHING.
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GOD DIDN'T TAKE THE ISRAELITES DEEPER TO DROWN THEM.
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HE JUST KNEW THAT THE EGYPTIAN CHARIOTEERS COULDN'T SWIM.
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AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BECOME AS NAUGHT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, PSALM 114,
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THE LORD HAS MADE HIS ENEMIES HIS FOOTSTOOL.
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WE'RE THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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OUR ENEMIES ARE, THE LORD'S ENEMIES ARE OUR FOOTSTOOL TOO.
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SO IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR ENEMY,
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YOU BETTER WRITE IT ON YOUR SNEAKERS,
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'CAUSE HE'S UNDER YOUR FEET.
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(BEN LAUGHS)
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I'M GLAD ONE PERSON LAUGHED.
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SEE, I'M TELLING YOU.
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KIDS LAUGH MORE THAN ADULTS.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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SO WE DAB ON THEM HATERS.
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WE LOVE OUR ENEMIES.
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WE CHOOSE TO BE KIND.
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FORGIVE AND FORGET.
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LET GOD BE THE JUDGE.
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BUT HE SAYS, LIKE TEDDY ROOSEVELT SAID,
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THE MAN WHO STANDS IN THE ARENA
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MATTERS MORE THAN THE CRITIC.
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HIS FACE IS MARRED BY BLOOD, SWEAT,
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CAKED IN DUST AND TEARS.
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BUT HE WILL NOT BE WITH THOSE COLD AND LIFELESS SOULS
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WHO KNOW NEITHER VICTORY NOR DEFEAT,
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BUT HE KNOWS THE GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
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SO IF HE FAILS IN THE ARENA, AT LEAST HE FAILS
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WHILE DARING GREATLY, ROOSEVELT SAID.
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I WANNA, THEY'VE NEVER MADE A STATUE OF A CRITIC.
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I'M GONNA MAKE MESSES.
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I'M GONNA FAIL A LOT.
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I'M POSITIVE THAT I'M GONNA HAVE SOME HATERS,
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BUT I WOULD MUCH RATHER DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE.
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AND GOD SAYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR HATERS.
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DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR ENEMIES.
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IT'S NOT GONNA MATTER.
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BECAUSE YOU, HE SAYS, YOU ARE A WORM.
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YOU SAY WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
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I'M A WORM?
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REMEMBER WHAT THE PSALMIST SAID?
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I AM A WORM AND NOT A MAN.
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HE SAYS THOU WORM, JACOB.
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NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS IN OUR TEXT.
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THOU WORM, JACOB.
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HE SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU THRESHING TEETH
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TO MAKE CHAFF OF MOUNTAINS.
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AS MY DAD WOULD SAY, I MIGHT NOT BE MIGHTY MOUSE,
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AND I MIGHT NOT BE A IRON MAN, BUT I CAN BE WONDER WORM.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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WHAT A WONDER WORM!
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HE'S GONNA MAKE YOU A WORM WITH TEETH,
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SO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE, OH, I'M JUST A WORM SLITHERING
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AROUND, YOU CAN SAY, NO, I'M A WORM WITH TEETH.
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WHENEVER ANYBODY MAKES ME FEEL WORMY, I'M JUST GONNA SAY,
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BUT YOU SHOULD SEE THEM TEETH, THOUGH.
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I CAN MAKE CHAFF OF MOUNTAINS.
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WOW!
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WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID, I MAY BE A WORM,
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BUT I DARESAY, I AM A GLOWWORM.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT.
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SO YOU BECOME WONDER WORM.
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I MAY BE A WORM, BUT I DARESAY I'M A GLOWWORM.
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I SAY I'M A WORM AND NOT A MAN.
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JESUS SAYS, YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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T.S. ELIOT, ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES OF POETRY,
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LIGHT, THE VISIBLE REMINDER OF INVISIBLE LIGHT.
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GOD CALLS ME LIGHT.
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I CALL MYSELF A WORM.
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HE SAYS, AH, WORM JACOB.
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I AM A WORM, NOT A MAN.
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HE SAYS YOU'RE THE LIGHT.
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YOU THINK YOU'RE A WORM.
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YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CRAZY TEETH
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THAT WILL JUST THRESH MOUNTAIN TO CHAFF.
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AND SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE HATERS,
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AS I BEGIN TO DESCEND THE PLANE, IT'S OKAY.
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THEY'RE NOT GONNA,
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THEY'RE NOT GONNA MATTER AT THE END OF THE DAY.
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THAT'S WHAT THIS TEXT IS TELLING US.
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AN ENTIRE SEA OF WATER CAN'T SINK A SHIP
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UNLESS THE WATER GETS INSIDE THE SHIP.
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YOU CAN PUT A SHIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
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AND THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC OCEAN CANNOT SINK A LITTLE BOAT
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UNLESS THE WATER GETS INSIDE THE BOAT.
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SIMILARLY, ALL THE NEGATIVITY OF THE WORLD,
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ALL THE BAD NEWS, ALL THE HATERS,
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ALL THE JUDGMENTS THAT'S HURLED YOUR WAY,
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ALL THE PESSIMISM CANNOT TAKE YOU DOWN
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UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO GET INSIDE YOU,
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TO GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD.
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PEOPLE SAY, I'M UPSET BECAUSE HE TICKED ME OFF.
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NO, YOU'RE UPSET BECAUSE YOU'RE IRRITABLE.
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THE SOUL'S MOVEMENT IS WITHIN ITSELF.
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NO ONE CAN MAKE ME ANYTHING.
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THEY CAN'T MAKE ME JOYFUL.
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WHY?
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THE WORLD CAN'T TAKE FROM ME WHAT THEY NEVER GAVE TO ME.
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YOU DIDN'T MAKE ME HAPPY OR SAD.
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YOU DIDN'T MAKE ME UPSET OR DEPRESSED.
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IF I ALLOWED SOMETHING TO GET INSIDE YOU,
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I HAD TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DO THAT,
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TO SOMETHING TO GET INSIDE ME, I GAVE YOU PERMISSION.
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AN ENTIRE SEA OF WATER CAN'T SINK A SHIP
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UNLESS IT GETS INSIDE THE SHIP.
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ALL THE NEGATIVITY OF THE WORLD CAN'T TAKE ME DOWN
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UNLESS I GIVE PERMISSION
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FOR THOSE THINGS TO GET INSIDE MY HEAD.
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THE SOUL'S MOVEMENT IS WITHIN ITSELF.
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ALL THE GREAT METAPHYSICIANS SAID THAT FROM DAYS OF ELD
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AND HALCYON DAYS OF YORE.
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NOBODY CAN TOUCH YOUR SOUL.
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NOBODY CAN UPSET YOU.
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NOBODY CAN CAPSIZE YOU.
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NOBODY CAN TOUCH YOU.
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YOU'RE UNTOUCHABLE.
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- [CONGREGATION] AMEN.
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- BECAUSE THE BIBLE TEACHES
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THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE A WORM WITH TEETH.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A PREACHER SAY THAT BEFORE?
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WHAT JOY FOR THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH COMES FROM THE LORD.
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WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF WEEPING,
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IT WILL BECOME A PLACE OF REFRESHING SPRINGS.
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THE AUTUMN RAINS WILL CLOTHE IT
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WITH BLESSINGS, PSALM 84, VERSE SIX SAYS.
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SO, MY FRIENDS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FEELING LIKE,
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MAN, I LOVE THIS IDEA THAT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE,
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BUT I FEEL AWFUL.
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DEPRESSION IS AWFUL.
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SADNESS IS AWFUL.
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THAT'S A SHADOWY VALLEY GOD WALKED
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ME THROUGH OVER MANY YEARS.
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WE ALL GO THROUGH STUFF.
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BUT HERE'S WHAT I NEED TO TELL YOU.
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FIND SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT THE GREATEST BIBLE CHARACTERS
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OFTEN STRUGGLED WITH DEPRESSION, TOO.
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WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE A WORM, AND YOU'D LIKE TO BELIEVE
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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE
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BUT IT JUST FEELS SURFACE-Y TO YOU,
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AND YOU'RE SKIMMING THE SURFACE OF YOUR OWN EXISTENCE
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RATHER THAN PLUMBING THE DEEPS, LISTEN.
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WHOEVER WROTE PSALM 42, WE DON'T KNOW, SAID TO HIS OWN SOUL,
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WHY ARE YOU CAST DOWN?
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HAMAN, WHO WAS A WORSHIP LEADER, WROTE PSALM 88,
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WHICH HAD ZERO, ZERO LIGHT IN IT.
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IT WAS JUST ALL DARK.
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IT'S I BELONG AMONG THE DEAD.
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DAVID, DAVID WOULD GET SO DOWN
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THAT HE ACTUALLY ONCE SAID, MY PROBLEMS
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ARE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE HAIRS OF MY HEAD.
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JOB CURSED THE DAY HE WAS BORN AND SAID,
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I ABHOR MYSELF, AND SAID IT WAS BETTER THAT I NEVER EXISTED.
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ELIJAH WANTED GOD TO KILL HIM.
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HE WAS SUICIDAL.
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HE SAID, GOD, TAKE MY LIFE.
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AND GOD DID SOMETHING VERY PROFOUND.
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HE SAID, TAKE A NAP.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE SLEEP-DEPRIVED,
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THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE.
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HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP, THE PSALMIST SAYS.
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BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE SAME IS TRUE HISTORICALLY.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKED AROUND,
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THIS IS FOUND IN A FIRST-RATE MADNESS,
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WALKED AROUND WITH A SHOTGUN
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ALONE IN THE WOODS TEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF.
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WINSTON CHURCHILL DIDN'T WANNA LIVE ON A HIGH BALCONY
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BECAUSE HE SAID DESPERATE THOUGHTS DO COME INTO THE HEAD.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
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HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE ON A SECOND STORY
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BECAUSE HE SAID I MIGHT KILL MYSELF AND JUMP OFF
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IF I LIVE TOO HIGH UP,
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'CAUSE DESPERATE THOUGHTS DO COME INTO THE HEAD.
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MY FAVORITE PAINTING OF ALL TIME, MY PARENTS GOT ME
00:14:31.250 --> 00:14:34.230
THIS PAINTING A WHILE AGO, IT'S MY FAVORITE,
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IT'S CALLED STARRY NIGHT BE VINCENT VAN GOGH,
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THE GREATEST POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
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DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE PAINTED STARRY NIGHT?
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FROM AN INSANE ASYLUM.
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CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON,
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WHO WAS PERHAPS THE GREATEST SPEAKER,
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CONTEMPORARY OF VAN GOGH, IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN LONDON,
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HE WAS SO GOOD, HE WOULD PREACH, HE WOULD SPIT GOLD.
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THERE WAS LIKE 5.000 PEOPLE AT THE CHURCH HE PREACHED AT
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BEFORE THEY HAD MICROPHONES.
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THAT WAS UNHEARD OF.
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THAT'S LIKE HAVING A CHURCH OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
00:15:04.020 --> 00:15:05.170
200.000 PEOPLE TODAY OR SOMETHING.
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IT WAS INSANE.
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AND YET EVERY NIGHT HE SUFFERED WHAT HE CALLED
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THE PREACHER'S FAINTING FITS, AND HE HAD GOUT IN HIS FEET,
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SO HE HAD A FOOT DISEASE, AND THEN HE'D SIT THERE
00:15:13.260 --> 00:15:15.190
SUPER DEPRESSED, AND LIKE, HIS THOUGHTS RAN REALLY DARKLY
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WHEN THEY WEREN'T CHECKED.
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HE STRUGGLED WITH THE PREACHER'S FAINTING FITS, DEPRESSION.
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AND MY HEART FOR YOU IS THAT IF YOU'RE JUST
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A LITTLE ANXIOUS OR YOU'RE A LITTLE STRESSED,
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OR IF YOU ARE LITERALLY, YOU CAME HERE
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AND YOU ARE TEMPTED TO KILL YOURSELF,
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I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT ISAIAH SAYS.
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PAUL LOVED IT SO MUCH, HE REPEATED IT.
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YOU READY?
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NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD
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WHAT THE LORD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
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IF YOU COULD EVEN BEGIN TO FATHOM WHAT YOUR FUTURE HOLDS,
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I KNOW THE THOUGHTS I THINK TOWARD YOU,
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TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE, IF YOU KNEW,
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YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'D DO RIGHT NOW?
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YOU WOULD JUMP UP, AND LIKE THE MAN IN ACTS THREE,
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YOU'D BE WALKING AND LEAPING AND PRAISING GOD,
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AND YOU'D DO LIKE 15 LAPS AROUND THE SANCTUARY.
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YOU'D BE LIKE, NO EYE HAS SEEN,
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NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS CONCEIVED
00:16:17.270 --> 00:16:19.230
WHAT THE LORD HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
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GOD'S PLANS FOR YOU ARE SO AMAZING
00:16:21.280 --> 00:16:23.130
THAT YOU COULDN'T FATHOM IT IF HE TOLD YOU,
00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:25.070
SO HE DOESN'T BOTHER TELLING YOU.
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YOU COULDN'T FATHOM IT.
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SO, HE GIVES YOU JUST ENOUGH FAITH TO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
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HE GIVES YOU JUST ENOUGH LIGHT TO WALK BY FAITH,
00:16:34.130 --> 00:16:37.190
BUT NOT SO MUCH REVELATION OF THE FUTURE
00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:39.160
THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO WALK BY FAITH.
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WAIT, LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.
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HE REVEALS JUST ENOUGH OF THE FUTURE
00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:45.090
TO GIVE YOU HOPE, BUT HE DOES NOT REVEAL SO MUCH
00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.170
OF THE FUTURE THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO WALK BY FAITH.
00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.280
HIS WORD IS NOT A FLOODLIGHT.
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IT IS A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET, ONE STEP AT A TIME.
00:16:51.090 --> 00:16:53.210
THIS IS ALL I'M TELLING YOU.
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READY?
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STICKY IDEA, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
00:16:57.230 --> 00:16:59.090
HERE IT IS.
00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.090
IF YOU SOW IN TEARS TODAY,
00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:03.070
YOU WILL REAP IN JOY TOMORROW, PERIOD.
00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:05.100
IF I KNEW THAT WHEN I WAS 18,
00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:07.230
I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED.
00:17:07.260 --> 00:17:09.120
I WOULD HAVE HAD MORE HOPE.
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I'M SO MUCH MORE JOYFUL NOW, SO MUCH MORE HAPPY NOW,
00:17:11.070 --> 00:17:14.180
NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING ANYONE DOES TO ME OR FOR ME.
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IT'S BECAUSE NOBODY CAN TAKE FROM ME
00:17:17.260 --> 00:17:19.230
WHAT THEY DON'T GIVE TO ME.
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I HAVE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN INSIDE ME.
00:17:21.010 --> 00:17:22.230
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN'S IN YOU, IN YOU.
00:17:22.260 --> 00:17:25.030
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS IN YOU, JESUS SAID.
00:17:25.060 --> 00:17:27.260
NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT FROM YOU.
00:17:27.290 --> 00:17:29.180
AND HE BRINGS DESIRES TO PASS, AND HE ANSWERS PRAYERS,
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AND TRULY GOD IS GOOD, AS THE PSALMIST SAYS.
00:17:32.260 --> 00:17:35.100
SO YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES AND YOU WILL HAVE DREAMS, BUT
00:17:35.130 --> 00:17:37.250
YOU WILL CONQUER YOUR NIGHTMARES BECAUSE OF YOUR DREAMS.
00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:40.080
YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES, AND YOU WILL HAVE DREAMS, BUT
00:17:40.110 --> 00:17:42.230
YOU WILL CONQUER YOUR NIGHTMARES BECAUSE OF YOUR DREAMS.
00:17:42.260 --> 00:17:45.270
YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES, AND YOU WILL HAVE DREAMS, BUT YOU
00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.180
WILL CONQUER YOUR NIGHTMARES BECAUSE OF YOUR DREAMS.
00:17:48.210 --> 00:17:51.150
OLD MEN, JOEL AND ACTS SAY, WILL DREAM DREAMS.
00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:53.280
YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS.
00:17:54.010 --> 00:17:55.210
MAIDENS WILL PROPHESY.
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YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES OF SEVEN SKINNY COWS OF FAMINE,
00:17:57.070 --> 00:18:00.030
BUT YOU WILL OVERCOME THEM WITH THE DREAMS
00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:01.240
OF SEVEN FAT COWS OF PLENTY.
00:18:01.270 --> 00:18:03.210
AS YOU PREPARE IN TIMES OF PLENTY FOR THE TIMES OF FAMINE,
00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:06.120
YOU USE YOUR DREAMS TO OVERCOME YOUR NIGHTMARES.
00:18:06.150 --> 00:18:09.000
YOU WILL HAVE NIGHTMARES, AND YOU WILL HAVE DREAMS,
00:18:09.030 --> 00:18:11.090
BUT YOU WILL CONQUER YOUR NIGHTMARES BECAUSE
00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:14.090
OF YOUR DREAMS.
00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:15.190
I WISH I KNEW THAT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU THIS
00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:18.180
SO YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF DESPAIR.
00:18:19.130 --> 00:18:21.160
I MEAN, I KNEW THAT INTELLECTUALLY.
00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.190
I JUST DIDN'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT.
00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:25.240
BUT IT'S TRUE.
00:18:25.270 --> 00:18:27.110
SO WHAT I WANNA DO FOR YOU IS PLAY FOR YOU
00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:29.070
A QUICK MINI MOVIE, THEN WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY, THAT JEFF
00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:31.270
DIRECTED AND THE HOPEGEN TEAM IS DOING SO AMAZING.
00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.210
WE ALL FILMED THIS AT THE ESTUARY ON THE COAST,
00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:38.080
AND THIS IS A POEM THAT REALLY HELPED ME THROUGH A TIME
00:18:38.110 --> 00:18:40.230
OF DEPRESSION TO FIND THAT THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
00:18:40.260 --> 00:18:44.020
SO, GUYS, TAKE IT AWAY.
00:18:44.050 --> 00:18:45.280
LET'S HIT IT, AND THEN I'LL COME UP WITH A CLOSING REMARK,
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AND WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.
00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:49.180
(THUNDER CRACKS)
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THIS POEM CHANGED MY LIFE.
00:18:50.270 --> 00:18:53.040
IT WAS WRITTEN BY RUDYARD KIPLING,
00:18:53.070 --> 00:18:54.290
THE AUTHOR OF THE JUNGLE BOOK, AND IT'S CALLED IF .
00:18:55.020 --> 00:18:58.110
IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU
00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:02.150
ARE LOSING THEIRS AND BLAMING IT ON YOU,
00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:05.170
IF YOU CAN TRUST YOURSELF WHEN ALL MEN DOUBT YOU
00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.270
BUT MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THEIR DOUBTING TOO,
00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.210
IF YOU CAN WAIT AND NOT BE TIRED BY WAITING
00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.220
OR BEING LIED ABOUT, DON'T DEAL IN LIES,
00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:17.110
OR BEING HATED, DON'T GIVE WAY TO HATING,
00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:20.030
AND YET DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD NOR TALK TOO WISE,
00:19:20.060 --> 00:19:23.060
IF YOU CAN DREAM AND NOT MAKE DREAMS YOUR MASTER,
00:19:23.090 --> 00:19:26.180
IF YOU CAN THINK BUT NOT MAKE THOUGHTS YOUR AIM,
00:19:26.210 --> 00:19:29.120
IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER
00:19:29.150 --> 00:19:32.160
AND TREAT THOSE TWO IMPOSTERS JUST THE SAME,
00:19:32.190 --> 00:19:36.040
IF YOU CAN BEAR TO HEAR THE TRUTH
00:19:36.070 --> 00:19:38.010
YOU'VE SPOKEN TWISTED BY KNAVES TO MAKE A TRAP FOR FOOLS
00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:42.050
OR WATCH THE THINGS YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE TO BROKEN
00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:45.060
AND STOOP AND BUILD THEM UP WITH WORN OUT TOOLS,
00:19:45.090 --> 00:19:48.120
IF YOU CAN MAKE ONE HEAP OF ALL YOUR WINNINGS
00:19:48.150 --> 00:19:51.060
AND RISK IT ON ONE TURN OF PITCH-AND-TOSS
00:19:51.090 --> 00:19:54.030
AND LOSE AND START AGAIN AT YOUR BEGINNINGS
00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:56.120
AND NEVER BREATHE A WORD ABOUT YOUR LOSS,
00:19:56.150 --> 00:19:59.040
IF YOU CAN FORCE YOUR HEART IN NERVE AND SINEW
00:19:59.070 --> 00:20:01.260
TO SERVE YOUR TURN LONG AFTER THEY ARE GONE
00:20:01.290 --> 00:20:05.030
AND SO HOLD ON WHEN THERE IS NOTHING IN YOU
00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:07.170
EXCEPT THE WILL WHICH SAYS TO THEM, HOLD ON,
00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:11.000
IF YOU CAN TALK WITH CROWDS AND KEEP YOUR VIRTUE
00:20:11.030 --> 00:20:14.100
OR WALK WITH KINGS NOR LOSE THE COMMON TOUCH,
00:20:14.130 --> 00:20:18.030
IF NEITHER FOES NOR LOVING FRIENDS CAN HURT YOU,
00:20:18.060 --> 00:20:21.290
IF ALL MEN COUNT WITH YOU BUT NONE TOO MUCH,
00:20:22.020 --> 00:20:25.220
IF YOU CAN FILL THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE WITH 60 SECONDS'
00:20:25.250 --> 00:20:29.080
WORTH OF DISTANCE RUN, YOURS IS THE EARTH,
00:20:29.110 --> 00:20:32.200
AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT, AND WHICH IS MORE:
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YOU'LL BE A MAN, MY SON.
00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:38.240
PAUL THE APOSTLE SAID ACQUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN
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AND BE STRONG WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING WRONG.
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(UPLIFTING ROCK MUSIC)
00:20:52.020 --> 00:20:55.100
(CONGREGATION CHEERS AND APPLAUDS)
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WOULD YOU STAND WITH ME?
00:21:11.010 --> 00:21:12.280
IF YOU WANNA WATCH THAT AGAIN OR IF YOU THINK
00:21:13.010 --> 00:21:14.270
IT WOULD HELP SOMEBODY, IT HELPED ME THROUGH THOSE YEARS,
00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.040
YOU JUST HAVE TO TYPE IN HOPE GENERATION, IF .
00:21:18.070 --> 00:21:20.250
THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, IF .
00:21:20.280 --> 00:21:21.200
HOPE GENERATION IF ON YOUTUBE.
00:21:21.230 --> 00:21:23.230
AND WE JUST RELEASED IT THIS MORNING.
00:21:23.260 --> 00:21:25.020
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
00:21:25.050 --> 00:21:27.230
BE STRONG.
00:21:27.260 --> 00:21:28.230
SOMETIMES THAT'S IT.
00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:33.220
LIKE, THERE'S NO HOPE.
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I'M A WORM.
00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.270
THERE'S NO FUTURE.
00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.220
JUST BE STRONG.
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CHOOSE IT.
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GOD'S COMMANDMENTS ARE GOD'S ENABLEMENTS.
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BE STRONG.
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ACQUIT YOURSELVES LIKE MEN.
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BE WOMEN WARRIORS.
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BE STRONG.
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YOU'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS UNDERSTAND THAT GOD
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WILL STRENGTHEN YOU WITH HIS RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND,
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BUT YOU GOTTA BE STRONG.
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AND WHEN YOU'RE STRONG, YOU'RE GONNA FIND
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THAT YOUR STORM CANNOT TAKE YOU WHERE GOD CANNOT KEEP YOU,
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THAT THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS,
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AND YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH,
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BUT REALLY, IT WAS HIS RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND
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THAT WAS STRENGTHENING YOU ON THE JOURNEY.
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SO, GIVE EVERYTHING BUT UP.
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GIVE YOUR HEART TO GOD.
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GIVE YOUR LIFE TO GOD.
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GIVE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS TO GOD.
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GIVE YOUR EMOTIONS TO GOD.
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GIVE YOUR FUTURE TO GOD.
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GIVE HIM EVERYTHING.
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THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T GIVE IS, GIVE EVERYTHING BUT UP.
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DO NOT GIVE UP.
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THE PSALMIST SAID, I WOULD HAVE DESPAIRED,
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BUT I BELIEVED TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
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IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
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AND IF YOU ARE BEING MADE MISERABLE BY THE ENEMY TODAY,
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IT'S BECAUSE GOD'S GONNA REDEEM IT
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TO MAKE YOU MEMORABLE TOMORROW.
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IF GOD COULD CAUSE MOSES, WHO WAS SO INELOQUENT
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THAT HE COULD NOT EVEN TALK, HE STUTTERED
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AND STUMBLED OVER HIS SPEECH, AND HE BECAME
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THE MOST POWERFUL LAWGIVER OF HISTORY,
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HE SPOKE TO THREE MILLION ISRAELITES THE ORACLES OF GOD
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AND COULD USE A STAFF TO PART A RED SEA,
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IF GOD COULD USE JOSIAH TO BE EIGHT YEARS OLD
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AND BECOME KING AT 16 YEARS OLD,
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HE'S SEEKING THE LORD AT 20 YEARS OLD,
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HE'S LIVING A REVIVAL IN JUDAH AND BURNING THE BONES
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OF PAGAN PRIESTS ON THEIR OWN PAGAN ALTARS
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BEFORE BURNING THE ALTARS THEMSELVES
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AND DISCOVERING THE BOOK OF THE LAW TO LEAD A REVIVAL
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IN ALL OF ISRAEL AS HE TEARS IS GARMENTS IN THE TEMPLE
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AND HE CHANGES HIS GENERATION,
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IF GOD COULD USE CALEB, WHO WAS 85 YEARS OLD
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AND SAYS I DO NOT WANT THE RESORT ON BEACH SIDE
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OF THE SEA OF GALILEE, I WANT THE HEBRON MOUNTAINS,
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GIVE ME THE ANAKIM GIANTS,
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AND HE BOUGHT TO FLIGHT ANAKIM GIANTS
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WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR CITIZEN AND A GOLDEN AGER,
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IF GOD COULD USE JONAH WHO WENT 2.500 MILES
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IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION GOD CALLED HIM TO PREACH IN,
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AND HE GOT SO DEPRESSED THAT HE ACTUALLY CRIED
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WHEN A WORM ATE HIS PLANT, AND GOD USED HIM TO LEAD
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THE GREATEST REVIVAL IN ASSYRIAN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY,
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AS THE ASSYRIANS WERE SAVED IN NINEVEH,
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IF GOD COULD USE PETER TO TURN A LIQUID INTO A SIDEWALK
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AS HE BRAVED THE WAVE, ENDURED AND THRIVED ON THE STORM
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AND TREAD UPON THE TEMPEST, IF GOD CAN USE
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THE BIBLE CHARACTERS IN THIS GREATER DAYS OF ELD,
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AND THE BIBLE SAYS ELIJAH WAS A MAN OF LIKE PASSIONS AS YOU,
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YOU'RE JUST LIKE THEM, THEN GOD CAN DO ANYTHING IN OUR LIFE.
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WE ARE NOT GONNA BE REMEMBERED AS THE MOPE GENERATION.
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WE'RE GONNA BE THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THIS WORLD.
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WE'RE GONNA BE THE PEOPLE WHO FLOUT THE BAD NEWS
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AND DECLARE THE GOOD NEWS.
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WE'RE GONNA BE THE PEOPLE WHO GO OUT THERE
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AND WE'RE GONNA SAY, I KNOW THE WORLD IS DARK,
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SO THAT'S THE PERFECT PLATFORM FOR ME TO BE A LIGHT IN IT.
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I KNOW THE WORLD'S REALLY DEPRESSED, AND THAT SUICIDE
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IS THE TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEPRESSION,
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AND THAT DEPRESSION IS A REAL, REAL STRUGGLE
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THAT PEOPLE HAVE, SO I'M GONNA GO RIGHT IN THERE
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AND TELL PEOPLE OF THE GOD OF HOPE.
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WE'RE GONNA BE THE PEOPLE
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WHO DON'T GO DOWN AS THE MOPE GENERATION.
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WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN AS THE HOPE GENERATION.
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I KNOW SUICIDE IS THE TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH.
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I KNOW THAT ANTIDEPRESSANTS ARE THE BESTSELLING DRUG TODAY.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER.
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WE WERE BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
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WE WERE BORN TO GIVE HOPE TO OUR GENERATION.
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WE WERE BORN TO GO TO OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD,
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AND EVERY SPHERE OF INFLUENCE WE FIND OURSELVES IN,
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WE'RE GONNA MAKE PEOPLE MORE JOYFUL.
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WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM MORE HOPEFUL.
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THEY'RE GONNA SEE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS JOY,
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AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD WHICH IS JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST.
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WE'RE GONNA SEE OLD MEN DREAMING DREAMS
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WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GIVING UP.
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WE'RE GONNA SEE YOUNG MEN SEEING VISIONS
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WHEN THEY WANTED TO KILL THEMSELVES.
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WE'RE GONNA SEE MAIDENS PROPHESYING
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WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD NO VOICE.
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WE'RE GONNA SEE THE SPIRIT OF GOD FALL ON ALL FLESH
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WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAD ABANDONED OUR
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GENERATION, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE THE KINGDOM COME TO EARTH
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AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, BECAUSE THAT IS THE WILL OF GOD,
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AND IF JESUS PRAYED THAT THE KINGDOM WOULD COME TO EARTH
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AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR
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THAT HE PRAYED RIGHT ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL,
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AND YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
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AND JESUS ASKED FOR THE KINGDOM TO COME, AND THE KINGDOM
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IS ON ITS WAY, SO LET'S BE HARBINGERS OF HOPE,
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SHOWING OUR GENERATION THAT GOD IS THE ANCHOR OF HOPE,
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AND THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
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WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY AMEN IF YOU CAN TESTIFY
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TO THE FAITHFULNESS AND GOODNESS AND HOPE OF GOD.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
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HE'S GOOD.
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(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
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A GERMAN PHILOSOPHER AND METAPHYSICIAN ONCE SAID,
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IN ORDER FOR A DANCING STAR TO BE BORN,
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THERE MUST BE CHAOS IN THE SOUL.
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NOW, ACCORDING TO ASTROPHYSICS, THERE IS TRUTH IN THAT.
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DID YOU KNOW FOR A STAR TO BE BORN, A GASEOUS NEBULA
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MUST FIRST COLLAPSE?
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SO COLLAPSE.
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THIS IS NOT YOUR DESTRUCTION.
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THIS IS YOUR BIRTH.
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IF YOUR HEART IS BROKEN, IF THERE'S CHAOS IN THE SOUL,
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IF YOU FEEL DOOM AND GLOOM ALL AROUND YOU,
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THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE GOD OF HOPE INSIDE YOU.
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YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU SEEM,
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YOU'RE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK, YOU'RE BRAVER THAN YOU LOOK,
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'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
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YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF FEAR.
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AND IN YOUR WEAKNESS, HIS STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT.
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THIS IS BEN COURSON,
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AND YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING HOPE GENERATION.
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AND FRIENDS, REMEMBER, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR STORIES OF HOPE
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HAVE IMPACTED THE TEAM OF HOPE GENERATION
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TO KNOW THAT LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED
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BY THE MESSAGE OF THE GOD OF HOPE.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS MORE HOPE CONTENT,
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CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE, OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS,
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HEAR OUR RADIO BROADCAST, ACCESS OUR APP AND PODCAST,
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YOU CAN VISIT BENCOURSON.COM.
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