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Jentezen Franklin - Overcoming The Fear of Failure

April 6, 2025 | 27:29

Jentezen Franklin - Overcoming The Fear of Failure
Pastor Jentezen Franklin brings practical meaning to spiritual truths found in God’s Word.
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Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin | Jentezen Franklin - Overcoming The Fear of Failure | April 6, 2025
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  • Of jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> if you're looking
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  • For more in life,
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  • To live with purpose and peace,
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  • To make a difference
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  • For your family
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  • And those in need
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  • Around the world,
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  • Jesus is the answer,
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  • And our mission is to
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  • Simply point you to him.
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  • You're watching
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  • Kingdom connection
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  • With jentezen franklin.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i wanna preach to you today
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  • >> i wanna preach to you today about how to break loose
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  • About how to break loose from fear.
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  • From fear. how to break loose
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  • How to break loose from specifically,
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  • From specifically, and it applies to all fear,
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  • And it applies to all fear, but i feel like that god
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  • But i feel like that god wants his people to be
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  • Wants his people to be a fearless people,
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  • A fearless people, a courageous people,
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  • A courageous people, a people who walk in faith,
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  • A people who walk in faith, not in fear.
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  • Not in fear. and i wanna talk about
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  • And i wanna talk about overcoming and breaking free
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  • Overcoming and breaking free from the fear of failure.
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  • From the fear of failure. something that we all fear
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  • Something that we all fear and that we all face
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  • And that we all face at some point in our lives
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  • At some point in our lives is the fear of failure.
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  • Is the fear of failure. whenever we endeavor
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  • Whenever we endeavor to do new things,
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  • To do new things, the fear of failure
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  • The fear of failure will raise its ugly head.
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  • Will raise its ugly head. the bible said fear is a spirit.
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  • The bible said fear is a spirit. especially when god is
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  • Especially when god is leading you into a new thing.
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  • Leading you into a new thing. you know, he said in isaiah,
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  • You know, he said in isaiah, "behold, i do a new thing,
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  • "behold, i do a new thing, shall you not perceive it?"
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  • Shall you not perceive it?" or will you let fear
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  • Or will you let fear keep you out of the new thing
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  • Keep you out of the new thing that god wants to do
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  • That god wants to do in your life?
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  • In your life? i believe the enemy
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  • I believe the enemy wants us to settle.
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  • Wants us to settle. i believe the enemy
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  • I believe the enemy wants us to get complacent.
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  • Wants us to get complacent. i believe the enemy wants us
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  • I believe the enemy wants us to stop dreaming,
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  • To stop dreaming, stop having vision,
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  • Stop having vision, stop acting like that the god
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  • Stop acting like that the god that we serve can do anything,
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  • That we serve can do anything, and can open any door,
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  • And can open any door, and can make anything happen
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  • And can make anything happen that he puts in your
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  • That he puts in your heart to do.
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  • [applause]
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  • We need to be a courageous,
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  • We need to be a courageous, faith filled, dreaming,
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  • Faith filled, dreaming, full of victory people.
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  • Full of victory people. am i in the right church
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  • Am i in the right church this morning?
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  • This morning? i'm just checking.
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  • [cheering]
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  • Check that corpse
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  • Check that corpse beside you and say,
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  • Beside you and say, "if we need to,
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  • "if we need to, we can call a mortician."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Anytime you take a new job,
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  • Anytime you take a new job, the spirit of fear of failure
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  • The spirit of fear of failure will try to talk you
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  • Will try to talk you out of it.
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  • Out of it. anytime you fall in love
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  • Anytime you fall in love and get in a new relationship,
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  • And get in a new relationship, the spirit of fear
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  • The spirit of fear will tell you,
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  • Will tell you, "be careful, be careful."
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  • "be careful, be careful." the spirit of fear
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  • The spirit of fear will tell you when you
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  • Will tell you when you create a new product,
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  • Create a new product, if you have a company,
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  • If you have a company, "you spend a lot of money
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  • "you spend a lot of money just on faith investing.
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  • Just on faith investing. it's probably not gon' make it,
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  • It's probably not gon' make it, it's probably gonna fail."
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  • It's probably gonna fail." any time you invest money
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  • Any time you invest money in a property or something,
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  • In a property or something, the spirit of --
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  • The spirit of -- the fear of failure,
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  • The fear of failure, we risk failure.
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  • We risk failure. when corporations
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  • When corporations launch new cars,
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  • Launch new cars, they spend millions
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  • They spend millions and millions of dollars
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  • And millions of dollars on cars they don't know
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  • On cars they don't know if anybody is gon'
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  • If anybody is gon' buy 'em or not.
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  • Buy 'em or not. they take huge
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  • They take huge million-dollar risk
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  • Million-dollar risk on things, the world does.
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  • On things, the world does. but faith people sit around
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  • But faith people sit around on their blessed assurance,
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  • On their blessed assurance, afraid,
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  • Afraid, afraid to try something new,
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  • Afraid to try something new, afraid to risk, afraid to fail.
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  • Afraid to risk, afraid to fail. change requires faith.
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  • Change requires faith. we need to stay fresh,
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  • We need to stay fresh, we need to stay faith filled.
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  • We need to stay faith filled. there lived a man
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  • There lived a man who never risked,
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  • Who never risked, he never laughed,
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  • He never laughed, he never tried.
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  • He never tried. but then one day,
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  • But then one day, he passed away,
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  • He passed away, and his insurance was denied.
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  • And his insurance was denied. they said since the guy
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  • They said since the guy never really lived,
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  • Never really lived, then he really never died.
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  • Then he really never died. what a big zero, amen.
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  • What a big zero, amen. of all the things that we will
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  • Of all the things that we will have god lead us to do,
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  • Have god lead us to do, sometimes we will experience
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  • Sometimes we will experience a spirit of the fear of failure.
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  • A spirit of the fear of failure. it'll stop you from becoming
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  • It'll stop you from becoming what god meant you to be.
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  • What god meant you to be. you will live a life of regret,
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  • You will live a life of regret, a life of could have,
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  • A life of could have, should have, wish i would have.
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  • Should have, wish i would have. there's a story of a guy who
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  • There's a story of a guy who came over to america who
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  • Came over to america who couldn't speak english.
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  • Couldn't speak english. he was terrified of failing.
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  • He was terrified of failing. and he went and got him
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  • And he went and got him an english tutor.
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  • An english tutor. and he said,
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  • And he said, "i want you to teach me.
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  • "i want you to teach me. i want you to teach me how
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  • I want you to teach me how to order in a restaurant
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  • To order in a restaurant and not embarrass myself.
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  • And not embarrass myself. i'm really afraid
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  • I'm really afraid i'm gonna humiliate myself."
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  • I'm gonna humiliate myself." so, he said, "it's real easy.
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  • So, he said, "it's real easy. just say these three words,
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  • Just say these three words, hamburger,"
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  • Hamburger," he said, "hamburger."
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  • He said, "hamburger." he said, "say it again."
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  • He said, "say it again." "hamburger, hamburger, ham."
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  • "hamburger, hamburger, ham." he said, "okay, hamburger,
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  • He said, "okay, hamburger, french fries,
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  • French fries, second word, french fries,
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  • Second word, french fries, and third word coke,
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  • And third word coke, or coca cola."
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  • Or coca cola." so, he went into the restaurant,
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  • So, he went into the restaurant, he was terrified,
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  • He was terrified, breaking out in a sweat,
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  • Breaking out in a sweat, what was those three words?
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  • What was those three words? he walked up
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  • He walked up and he said, "hamburger."
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  • And he said, "hamburger." they said, "yes."
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  • They said, "yes." "french fries."
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  • "french fries." "yes."
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  • "yes." "coca cola."
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  • "coca cola." "yes."
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  • "yes." man, he was amazed.
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  • Man, he was amazed. and after ordering
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  • And after ordering that for about a month,
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  • That for about a month, he went back to the teacher
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  • He went back to the teacher and he said,
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  • And he said, "i'm 15 pounds heavier,
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  • "i'm 15 pounds heavier, and i need three more words,
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  • And i need three more words, i wanna eat breakfast."
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  • I wanna eat breakfast." he said, "it's real simple.
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  • He said, "it's real simple. just say egg, toast, and juice."
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  • Just say egg, toast, and juice." but he went in and sat down,
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  • But he went in and sat down, the waitress walked over,
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  • The waitress walked over, he's feeling real confident.
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  • He's feeling real confident. she said, "what would you like
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  • She said, "what would you like for breakfast?"
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  • For breakfast?" he said, "eggs."
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  • He said, "eggs." the waitress said,
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  • The waitress said, "would you like them --
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  • "would you like them -- would you like them boiled?
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  • Would you like them boiled? would you like them scrambled?
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  • Would you like them scrambled? would you like them
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  • Would you like them with cheese?"
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  • With cheese?" and he said, "toast."
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  • And he said, "toast." "would you like wheat toast?
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  • "would you like wheat toast? would you like raisin bread?
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  • Would you like raisin bread? would you like white bread?
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  • Would you like white bread? what kind of bread
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  • What kind of bread would you like?"
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  • Would you like?" "juice, juice."
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  • "juice, juice." "tomato, do you want tomato?
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  • "tomato, do you want tomato? do you want apple?
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  • Do you want apple? do you want orange juice?"
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  • Do you want orange juice?" he said --
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  • He said -- thought a minute, panicked,
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  • Thought a minute, panicked, "hamburger, french fries, coke."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Oh come on, better preach.
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  • Oh come on, better preach. a lot of christians live
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  • A lot of christians live a hamburger, french fry,
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  • A hamburger, french fry, coke their whole life.
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  • Coke their whole life. just because in that moment
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  • Just because in that moment when they have to confront
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  • When they have to confront that uncomfortable place,
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  • That uncomfortable place, they retreat back
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  • They retreat back to the comfort zone.
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  • To the comfort zone. god doesn't want us
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  • God doesn't want us to live a hamburger,
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  • To live a hamburger, french fry, coke life.
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  • French fry, coke life. he says, "i have so much more
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  • He says, "i have so much more for you, but you gotta believe,
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  • For you, but you gotta believe, and you gotta step out by faith.
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  • And you gotta step out by faith. a lot of folks live a life
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  • A lot of folks live a life that is lower than what
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  • That is lower than what god wants them to live.
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  • God wants them to live. you'll never please god
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  • You'll never please god by playing it safe.
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  • By playing it safe. give me a big amen on that.
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  • Give me a big amen on that. >> congregation: amen.
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  • >> congregation: amen. >> you'll never --
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  • >> you'll never -- without faith,
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  • Without faith, it is impossible
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  • It is impossible to please god.
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  • To please god. i had to learn that
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  • I had to learn that as a pastor,
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  • As a pastor, i had to learn that
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  • I had to learn that as a leader,
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  • As a leader, that you cannot please
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  • That you cannot please god unless you're risking.
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  • God unless you're risking. faith is risk.
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  • Faith is risk. faith is moving beyond
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  • Faith is moving beyond what you've already done,
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  • What you've already done, and attempting something
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  • And attempting something that you feel the lord
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  • That you feel the lord nudging you to do.
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  • Nudging you to do. in the parable in matthew 25
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  • In the parable in matthew 25 of the talents,
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  • Of the talents, one man had two talents,
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  • One man had two talents, one man was given five talents,
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  • One man was given five talents, and one man was given
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  • And one man was given one talent.
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  • One talent. and the one that had
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  • And the one that had two talents returned four,
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  • Two talents returned four, and the one that had
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  • And the one that had five returned ten,
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  • Five returned ten, and the one that had one
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  • And the one that had one returned nothing.
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  • Returned nothing. and when he was asked,
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  • And when he was asked, "why didn't you do anything
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  • "why didn't you do anything with what you were given?"
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  • With what you were given?" he said, quote, "i was afraid.
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  • He said, quote, "i was afraid. i was afraid, and i buried it
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  • I was afraid, and i buried it in the ground."
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  • In the ground." verse 25, the scripture said,
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  • Verse 25, the scripture said, he said, "i was afraid,
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  • He said, "i was afraid, and i buried it."
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  • And i buried it." verse 26 is
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  • Verse 26 is the master's response.
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  • The master's response. "you wicked,
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  • "you wicked, unprofitable servant."
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  • Unprofitable servant." that is strong language
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  • That is strong language from sweet jesus.
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  • From sweet jesus. "you are wicked."
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  • "you are wicked." what did this guy do?
  • 00:08:11.571 --> 00:08:13.039
  • What did this guy do? was he a womanizer?
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  • Was he a womanizer? was he a drug add --
  • 00:08:15.841 --> 00:08:17.276
  • Was he a drug add -- what was he doing?
  • 00:08:17.343 --> 00:08:18.611
  • What was he doing? you are wicked when you bury
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  • You are wicked when you bury the potential and you take it
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  • The potential and you take it with you to the grave.
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  • With you to the grave. the richest place in america
  • 00:08:25.051 --> 00:08:26.419
  • The richest place in america is not the oil field,
  • 00:08:26.485 --> 00:08:27.653
  • Is not the oil field, it's the graveyard.
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  • It's the graveyard. there are books that were
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  • There are books that were never written because fear
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  • Never written because fear stopped people from doing it.
  • 00:08:32.024 --> 00:08:33.626
  • Stopped people from doing it. there are businesses that were
  • 00:08:33.693 --> 00:08:35.161
  • There are businesses that were never started because fear
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  • Never started because fear stopped people from doing it.
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  • Stopped people from doing it. there were dreams that
  • 00:08:38.497 --> 00:08:39.765
  • There were dreams that were never realized,
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  • Were never realized, they're in the grave,
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  • They're in the grave, they're buried,
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  • They're buried, and god says,
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  • And god says, "when i call you,
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  • "when i call you, i don't just save you
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  • I don't just save you and give you an identity,
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  • And give you an identity, i give you a purpose,
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  • I give you a purpose, but it will require you
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  • But it will require you to shake free from
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  • To shake free from the spirit of the fear
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  • The spirit of the fear of failure and try new things."
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  • Of failure and try new things." give me a big amen right there.
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  • [applause]
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  • We are so afraid of risk,
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  • We are so afraid of risk, and of failure.
  • 00:09:03.923 --> 00:09:05.491
  • And of failure. we don't risk,
  • 00:09:05.558 --> 00:09:06.626
  • We don't risk, we don't venture,
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  • We don't venture, we don't try.
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  • We don't try. and god says,
  • 00:09:09.629 --> 00:09:10.596
  • And god says, "you cannot please me."
  • 00:09:10.663 --> 00:09:12.932
  • "you cannot please me." there was a tourist who saw
  • 00:09:12.999 --> 00:09:14.200
  • There was a tourist who saw an old farmer sitting out on his
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  • An old farmer sitting out on his old shack on a bunch of acreage,
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  • Old shack on a bunch of acreage, about a 100 acres of land.
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  • About a 100 acres of land. he had a old cabin there.
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  • He had a old cabin there. he's sitting out
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  • He's sitting out on the front porch,
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  • On the front porch, and the old man
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  • And the old man had a scraggly beard,
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  • Had a scraggly beard, and he's sitting
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  • And he's sitting out there in overhauls,
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  • Out there in overhauls, and sucking on a straw,
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  • And sucking on a straw, chewing on a straw
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  • Chewing on a straw in his mouth from one
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  • In his mouth from one of the wheat fields that
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  • Of the wheat fields that he just got a wild --
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  • He just got a wild -- you know how you do that.
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  • You know how you do that. i used to do that
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  • I used to do that when i was kid,
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  • When i was kid, and just chewing on it,
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  • And just chewing on it, sitting up on his front porch.
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  • Sitting up on his front porch. and the man walked up to him,
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  • And the man walked up to him, and he said, "sir, do you
  • 00:09:44.964 --> 00:09:46.065
  • And he said, "sir, do you own this land?"
  • 00:09:46.132 --> 00:09:46.699
  • Own this land?" and he said, "yes, i do."
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  • And he said, "yes, i do." and he just kept on
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  • And he just kept on chewing on that straw.
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  • Chewing on that straw. and he said, "well sir,
  • 00:09:51.771 --> 00:09:55.241
  • And he said, "well sir, what are you gon' do with it?
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  • What are you gon' do with it? you gon' grow cotton?
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  • You gon' grow cotton? 'cause it's," --
  • 00:09:57.243 --> 00:09:58.711
  • 'cause it's," -- he said, "no, i'm not gon'
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  • He said, "no, i'm not gon' grow any cotton 'cause
  • 00:09:59.979 --> 00:10:01.747
  • Grow any cotton 'cause i'm afraid the boll weevils
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  • I'm afraid the boll weevils will come and eat it."
  • 00:10:02.782 --> 00:10:04.483
  • Will come and eat it." and he said, "well,
  • 00:10:04.550 --> 00:10:05.618
  • And he said, "well, what are you gonna do?
  • 00:10:05.685 --> 00:10:06.919
  • What are you gonna do? are you gonna grow some corn?"
  • 00:10:06.986 --> 00:10:09.555
  • Are you gonna grow some corn?" he said, "no, i'm not gon'
  • 00:10:09.622 --> 00:10:11.057
  • He said, "no, i'm not gon' grow any corn.
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  • Grow any corn. i'm afraid the locust
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  • I'm afraid the locust will come and eat
  • 00:10:12.558 --> 00:10:13.259
  • Will come and eat the corn if i grow it."
  • 00:10:13.325 --> 00:10:14.627
  • The corn if i grow it." he said, "well, what about
  • 00:10:14.694 --> 00:10:15.594
  • He said, "well, what about you just get you some cattle
  • 00:10:15.661 --> 00:10:16.862
  • You just get you some cattle and let 'em eat out
  • 00:10:16.929 --> 00:10:17.797
  • And let 'em eat out in that beautiful field."
  • 00:10:17.863 --> 00:10:19.198
  • In that beautiful field." he said, "i'm afraid the price
  • 00:10:19.265 --> 00:10:20.533
  • He said, "i'm afraid the price of beef will go down.
  • 00:10:20.599 --> 00:10:22.101
  • Of beef will go down. i don't wanna get any cattle."
  • 00:10:22.168 --> 00:10:23.536
  • I don't wanna get any cattle." he said, "well, what are you
  • 00:10:23.602 --> 00:10:24.437
  • He said, "well, what are you gonna do with all this land?"
  • 00:10:24.503 --> 00:10:27.173
  • Gonna do with all this land?" he said, "nothing.
  • 00:10:27.239 --> 00:10:29.241
  • He said, "nothing. i plan to play it safe
  • 00:10:29.308 --> 00:10:31.777
  • I plan to play it safe and do nothing."
  • 00:10:31.844 --> 00:10:33.979
  • And do nothing." he's sitting on
  • 00:10:34.046 --> 00:10:35.214
  • He's sitting on 75 acres of nothing.
  • 00:10:35.281 --> 00:10:38.384
  • 75 acres of nothing. barren wasteland.
  • 00:10:38.451 --> 00:10:41.220
  • Barren wasteland. and a lot of us do
  • 00:10:41.287 --> 00:10:42.455
  • And a lot of us do exactly the same thing.
  • 00:10:42.521 --> 00:10:45.558
  • Exactly the same thing. we play it safe in life,
  • 00:10:45.624 --> 00:10:47.993
  • We play it safe in life, and our potential becomes
  • 00:10:48.060 --> 00:10:49.428
  • And our potential becomes a barren wasteland that
  • 00:10:49.495 --> 00:10:53.165
  • A barren wasteland that could have produced so much.
  • 00:10:53.232 --> 00:10:55.701
  • Could have produced so much. without faith, it is
  • 00:10:55.768 --> 00:10:57.937
  • Without faith, it is impossible to please god.
  • 00:10:58.003 --> 00:11:01.407
  • Impossible to please god. you cannot please him
  • 00:11:01.474 --> 00:11:02.775
  • You cannot please him without faith.
  • 00:11:02.842 --> 00:11:04.276
  • Without faith. how do we overcome
  • 00:11:04.343 --> 00:11:05.244
  • How do we overcome the fear of failure?
  • 00:11:05.311 --> 00:11:06.245
  • The fear of failure? number one, remember that
  • 00:11:06.312 --> 00:11:08.981
  • Number one, remember that everybody fails.
  • 00:11:09.048 --> 00:11:10.349
  • Everybody fails. the failure rate
  • 00:11:10.416 --> 00:11:11.984
  • The failure rate of the human race is 100%.
  • 00:11:12.051 --> 00:11:15.721
  • Of the human race is 100%. all qualify for membership
  • 00:11:15.788 --> 00:11:18.457
  • All qualify for membership in the club of failures.
  • 00:11:18.524 --> 00:11:20.526
  • In the club of failures. everybody fails.
  • 00:11:20.593 --> 00:11:21.694
  • Everybody fails. james 2 said, "we all
  • 00:11:21.761 --> 00:11:23.562
  • James 2 said, "we all fail in many ways."
  • 00:11:23.629 --> 00:11:26.599
  • Fail in many ways." "all have sinned,"
  • 00:11:26.665 --> 00:11:27.700
  • "all have sinned," galatians 3 said,
  • 00:11:27.767 --> 00:11:29.401
  • Galatians 3 said, "and come short
  • 00:11:29.468 --> 00:11:30.970
  • "and come short of the glory of god."
  • 00:11:31.036 --> 00:11:32.505
  • Of the glory of god." in major league baseball,
  • 00:11:32.571 --> 00:11:34.673
  • In major league baseball, you know what it takes
  • 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:35.407
  • You know what it takes to be a superstar?
  • 00:11:35.474 --> 00:11:37.977
  • To be a superstar? you only have to hit
  • 00:11:38.043 --> 00:11:38.944
  • You only have to hit the ball good 300 times,
  • 00:11:39.011 --> 00:11:41.347
  • The ball good 300 times, and you can get --
  • 00:11:41.413 --> 00:11:41.981
  • And you can get -- and you can fail 700 times
  • 00:11:42.047 --> 00:11:43.883
  • And you can fail 700 times and be incredibly successful,
  • 00:11:43.949 --> 00:11:46.385
  • And be incredibly successful, but you have to fail to win.
  • 00:11:46.452 --> 00:11:50.756
  • But you have to fail to win. that was a better point
  • 00:11:50.823 --> 00:11:51.924
  • That was a better point than you let on like it was.
  • 00:11:51.991 --> 00:11:54.593
  • [applause]
  • 00:11:54.927 --> 00:11:55.127
  • Turn to somebody and say,
  • 00:11:55.427 --> 00:11:56.262
  • Turn to somebody and say, "you might be a superstar
  • 00:11:56.328 --> 00:11:57.563
  • "you might be a superstar and not know it."
  • 00:11:57.630 --> 00:11:58.597
  • [chatter]
  • 00:11:58.998 --> 00:12:00.065
  • The fear of failure,
  • 00:12:04.870 --> 00:12:07.573
  • The fear of failure, the fear of failure
  • 00:12:07.640 --> 00:12:09.141
  • The fear of failure will destroy you.
  • 00:12:09.208 --> 00:12:11.277
  • Will destroy you. recognize that
  • 00:12:11.343 --> 00:12:12.044
  • Recognize that failure is not final.
  • 00:12:12.111 --> 00:12:14.413
  • Failure is not final. proverbs 24:16, "a righteous man
  • 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.849
  • Proverbs 24:16, "a righteous man falls seven times a day
  • 00:12:16.916 --> 00:12:19.151
  • Falls seven times a day and rises again."
  • 00:12:19.218 --> 00:12:21.287
  • And rises again." don't camp around
  • 00:12:21.353 --> 00:12:22.254
  • Don't camp around the fire of failure,
  • 00:12:22.321 --> 00:12:24.089
  • The fire of failure, get up and try again.
  • 00:12:24.156 --> 00:12:27.126
  • Get up and try again. don't spend time
  • 00:12:27.193 --> 00:12:28.327
  • Don't spend time looking at the past,
  • 00:12:28.394 --> 00:12:30.129
  • Looking at the past, at what you should've done,
  • 00:12:30.196 --> 00:12:31.997
  • At what you should've done, and could've done.
  • 00:12:32.064 --> 00:12:32.832
  • And could've done. if you've fallen,
  • 00:12:32.898 --> 00:12:34.066
  • If you've fallen, and you failed, get up,
  • 00:12:34.133 --> 00:12:36.135
  • And you failed, get up, dust yourself off, and say,
  • 00:12:36.202 --> 00:12:38.070
  • Dust yourself off, and say, "in the name of jesus,
  • 00:12:38.137 --> 00:12:39.305
  • "in the name of jesus, i will not give up."
  • 00:12:39.371 --> 00:12:40.439
  • [applause]
  • 00:12:40.806 --> 00:12:44.777
  • Most of us quit too soon.
  • 00:12:45.277 --> 00:12:47.880
  • Most of us quit too soon. recognize that there are
  • 00:12:47.947 --> 00:12:49.215
  • Recognize that there are benefits to failure.
  • 00:12:49.281 --> 00:12:51.183
  • Benefits to failure. psalms 119 said,
  • 00:12:51.250 --> 00:12:53.118
  • Psalms 119 said, "before i was afflicted,
  • 00:12:53.185 --> 00:12:54.320
  • "before i was afflicted, i went astray.
  • 00:12:54.386 --> 00:12:56.288
  • I went astray. but now that i've failed,
  • 00:12:56.355 --> 00:12:57.423
  • But now that i've failed, i keep your word."
  • 00:12:57.489 --> 00:12:59.191
  • I keep your word." how many people have
  • 00:12:59.258 --> 00:13:00.025
  • How many people have we seen go crazy and have
  • 00:13:00.092 --> 00:13:03.028
  • We seen go crazy and have a catastrophic failure,
  • 00:13:03.095 --> 00:13:04.463
  • A catastrophic failure, and it humbled them
  • 00:13:04.530 --> 00:13:05.531
  • And it humbled them and got 'em back to god,
  • 00:13:05.598 --> 00:13:07.132
  • And got 'em back to god, and got 'em back
  • 00:13:07.199 --> 00:13:08.000
  • And got 'em back to their family,
  • 00:13:08.067 --> 00:13:09.034
  • To their family, and got 'em back right
  • 00:13:09.101 --> 00:13:09.902
  • And got 'em back right where they needed to be?
  • 00:13:09.969 --> 00:13:11.270
  • Where they needed to be? failure can help us
  • 00:13:11.337 --> 00:13:12.538
  • Failure can help us discover our one true talent.
  • 00:13:12.605 --> 00:13:17.209
  • Discover our one true talent. nathaniel hawthorne was one
  • 00:13:17.276 --> 00:13:18.944
  • Nathaniel hawthorne was one of america's greatest writers.
  • 00:13:19.011 --> 00:13:22.147
  • Of america's greatest writers. but let me tell you how his
  • 00:13:22.214 --> 00:13:23.015
  • But let me tell you how his miracle of writing was born.
  • 00:13:23.082 --> 00:13:24.783
  • Miracle of writing was born. he was fired.
  • 00:13:24.850 --> 00:13:27.653
  • He was fired. he was a customer service clerk,
  • 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:30.289
  • He was a customer service clerk, and he hated his job.
  • 00:13:30.356 --> 00:13:32.825
  • And he hated his job. he absolutely --
  • 00:13:32.892 --> 00:13:33.826
  • [chuckles]
  • 00:13:34.260 --> 00:13:34.660
  • Let me clue you in on this.
  • 00:13:35.027 --> 00:13:36.028
  • Let me clue you in on this. if you hate your job,
  • 00:13:36.095 --> 00:13:39.331
  • If you hate your job, it's a matter of time before
  • 00:13:39.398 --> 00:13:40.633
  • It's a matter of time before you gon' lose your job.
  • 00:13:40.699 --> 00:13:41.934
  • You gon' lose your job. i'll just tell you.
  • 00:13:42.001 --> 00:13:43.702
  • I'll just tell you. you can hide it for a while,
  • 00:13:43.769 --> 00:13:44.770
  • You can hide it for a while, but if you really hate your job,
  • 00:13:44.837 --> 00:13:47.506
  • But if you really hate your job, you gon' get fired.
  • 00:13:47.573 --> 00:13:48.407
  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:48.774 --> 00:13:49.942
  • Go on and be looking now,
  • 00:13:50.476 --> 00:13:51.310
  • Go on and be looking now, i'm just trying to help you.
  • 00:13:51.377 --> 00:13:52.711
  • I'm just trying to help you. if you hate your job, you hate
  • 00:13:52.778 --> 00:13:54.847
  • If you hate your job, you hate the people you work for,
  • 00:13:54.914 --> 00:13:56.048
  • The people you work for, you hate everything,
  • 00:13:56.115 --> 00:13:57.216
  • You hate everything, you hate your boss,
  • 00:13:57.283 --> 00:13:58.717
  • You hate your boss, go on and get --
  • 00:13:58.784 --> 00:13:59.485
  • Go on and get -- you gon' get fired.
  • 00:13:59.551 --> 00:14:00.819
  • You gon' get fired. i promise you, it's coming.
  • 00:14:00.886 --> 00:14:03.255
  • I promise you, it's coming. so, you can go voluntarily
  • 00:14:03.322 --> 00:14:04.790
  • So, you can go voluntarily and jump off the board,
  • 00:14:04.857 --> 00:14:06.058
  • And jump off the board, or you can wait till
  • 00:14:06.125 --> 00:14:07.426
  • Or you can wait till they throw jonah off the boat,
  • 00:14:07.493 --> 00:14:08.727
  • They throw jonah off the boat, but you're going off 'cause
  • 00:14:08.794 --> 00:14:11.764
  • But you're going off 'cause that's just how it is.
  • 00:14:11.830 --> 00:14:12.731
  • That's just how it is. alright.
  • 00:14:12.798 --> 00:14:14.833
  • Alright. what was i saying?
  • 00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:16.535
  • What was i saying? okay, so he lost his job,
  • 00:14:16.602 --> 00:14:17.903
  • Okay, so he lost his job, true story, he lost his job.
  • 00:14:17.970 --> 00:14:21.040
  • True story, he lost his job. and he came home,
  • 00:14:21.106 --> 00:14:23.776
  • And he came home, and he was despondent.
  • 00:14:23.842 --> 00:14:25.577
  • And he was despondent. and he laid his head
  • 00:14:25.644 --> 00:14:26.578
  • And he laid his head on the kitchen table
  • 00:14:26.645 --> 00:14:29.281
  • On the kitchen table in front of his wife,
  • 00:14:29.348 --> 00:14:30.749
  • In front of his wife, and he started saying,
  • 00:14:30.816 --> 00:14:32.117
  • And he started saying, "i can't even provide
  • 00:14:32.184 --> 00:14:33.285
  • "i can't even provide for my family.
  • 00:14:33.352 --> 00:14:35.020
  • For my family. i'm such a failure."
  • 00:14:35.087 --> 00:14:38.657
  • I'm such a failure." and he did that several days.
  • 00:14:38.724 --> 00:14:40.292
  • And he did that several days. he just lay his head on the --
  • 00:14:40.359 --> 00:14:41.994
  • He just lay his head on the -- "i can't even provide
  • 00:14:42.061 --> 00:14:43.095
  • "i can't even provide for my family.
  • 00:14:43.162 --> 00:14:44.096
  • For my family. i'm such a failure."
  • 00:14:44.163 --> 00:14:44.730
  • I'm such a failure." and his wife said,
  • 00:14:44.797 --> 00:14:45.230
  • And his wife said, "well," she came over
  • 00:14:45.297 --> 00:14:48.634
  • "well," she came over one day to the table,
  • 00:14:48.701 --> 00:14:50.169
  • One day to the table, and she had
  • 00:14:50.235 --> 00:14:51.103
  • And she had a notepad and a pen,
  • 00:14:51.170 --> 00:14:53.405
  • A notepad and a pen, and she set it down
  • 00:14:53.472 --> 00:14:54.173
  • And she set it down on the table, and she said,
  • 00:14:54.239 --> 00:14:56.442
  • On the table, and she said, "you said you always
  • 00:14:56.508 --> 00:14:57.242
  • "you said you always wanted to write but you
  • 00:14:57.309 --> 00:14:58.711
  • Wanted to write but you didn't have the time.
  • 00:14:58.777 --> 00:15:00.179
  • Didn't have the time. well now you have
  • 00:15:00.245 --> 00:15:00.679
  • Well now you have the time, write."
  • 00:15:00.746 --> 00:15:03.315
  • The time, write." and he wrote,
  • 00:15:03.382 --> 00:15:04.016
  • And he wrote, "the scarlet letter."
  • 00:15:04.083 --> 00:15:09.288
  • "the scarlet letter." you will always,
  • 00:15:09.355 --> 00:15:11.590
  • You will always, you will always,
  • 00:15:11.657 --> 00:15:13.726
  • You will always, if you trust god,
  • 00:15:13.792 --> 00:15:16.795
  • If you trust god, if you go through a failure,
  • 00:15:16.862 --> 00:15:19.431
  • If you go through a failure, god will help you
  • 00:15:19.498 --> 00:15:20.265
  • God will help you find your place.
  • 00:15:20.332 --> 00:15:22.501
  • Find your place. ray kroc failed at real estate,
  • 00:15:22.568 --> 00:15:25.871
  • Ray kroc failed at real estate, failed in sales.
  • 00:15:25.938 --> 00:15:27.806
  • Failed in sales. in southern california,
  • 00:15:27.873 --> 00:15:29.708
  • In southern california, he bought a hamburger stand
  • 00:15:29.775 --> 00:15:30.709
  • He bought a hamburger stand that was struggling from
  • 00:15:30.776 --> 00:15:31.877
  • That was struggling from two brothers named
  • 00:15:31.944 --> 00:15:32.845
  • Two brothers named the mcdonald brothers,
  • 00:15:32.911 --> 00:15:34.847
  • The mcdonald brothers, and then he made it into
  • 00:15:34.913 --> 00:15:35.881
  • And then he made it into a big fast food chain
  • 00:15:35.948 --> 00:15:38.083
  • A big fast food chain that has been killing
  • 00:15:38.150 --> 00:15:39.051
  • That has been killing america ever since, amen.
  • 00:15:39.118 --> 00:15:40.786
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:41.086 --> 00:15:41.520
  • I'm just kidding.
  • 00:15:41.920 --> 00:15:43.355
  • I'm just kidding. colonel sanders was 67,
  • 00:15:43.422 --> 00:15:49.395
  • Colonel sanders was 67, 67 when he started
  • 00:15:49.461 --> 00:15:53.065
  • 67 when he started finger licking good chicken.
  • 00:15:53.132 --> 00:15:56.368
  • Finger licking good chicken. some of you can't wait to go get
  • 00:15:56.435 --> 00:15:57.536
  • Some of you can't wait to go get a bucket this morning.
  • 00:15:57.603 --> 00:16:00.439
  • A bucket this morning. sixty-seven.
  • 00:16:00.506 --> 00:16:04.209
  • Sixty-seven. man, 67.
  • 00:16:04.276 --> 00:16:06.045
  • Man, 67. what if he had retired?
  • 00:16:06.111 --> 00:16:07.046
  • What if he had retired? he would have missed
  • 00:16:07.112 --> 00:16:08.647
  • He would have missed the kentucky fried chicken.
  • 00:16:08.714 --> 00:16:11.984
  • The kentucky fried chicken. sixty-seven.
  • 00:16:12.051 --> 00:16:15.721
  • Sixty-seven. it's a big deal.
  • 00:16:15.788 --> 00:16:18.991
  • It's a big deal. failure drove him
  • 00:16:19.058 --> 00:16:20.325
  • Failure drove him to something else.
  • 00:16:20.392 --> 00:16:23.395
  • To something else. move on.
  • 00:16:23.462 --> 00:16:23.796
  • Move on. turn to somebody
  • 00:16:23.862 --> 00:16:24.563
  • Turn to somebody and say, "move on."
  • 00:16:24.630 --> 00:16:26.031
  • And say, "move on." >> congregation: move on.
  • 00:16:26.098 --> 00:16:27.066
  • >> congregation: move on. >> you should've found out
  • 00:16:27.132 --> 00:16:28.200
  • >> you should've found out what you're supp --
  • 00:16:28.267 --> 00:16:29.535
  • What you're supp -- not supposed to do.
  • 00:16:29.601 --> 00:16:33.405
  • Not supposed to do. i'll tell you something else
  • 00:16:33.472 --> 00:16:34.139
  • I'll tell you something else in closing, if you'll let it.
  • 00:16:34.206 --> 00:16:41.146
  • In closing, if you'll let it. proverbs 14:4 says,
  • 00:16:41.213 --> 00:16:44.116
  • Proverbs 14:4 says, "where there's no ox,
  • 00:16:44.183 --> 00:16:45.384
  • "where there's no ox, you have a clean stall."
  • 00:16:45.451 --> 00:16:49.321
  • You have a clean stall." what does that mean?
  • 00:16:49.388 --> 00:16:50.489
  • What does that mean? "but with much increase
  • 00:16:50.556 --> 00:16:51.523
  • "but with much increase comes the strength of that ox."
  • 00:16:51.590 --> 00:16:53.692
  • Comes the strength of that ox." that's agricultural language.
  • 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.829
  • That's agricultural language. "with no ox,
  • 00:16:56.895 --> 00:16:58.130
  • "with no ox, you have a clean stall."
  • 00:16:58.197 --> 00:17:00.132
  • You have a clean stall." agricultural language
  • 00:17:00.199 --> 00:17:01.066
  • Agricultural language is saying kindly,
  • 00:17:01.133 --> 00:17:02.334
  • Is saying kindly, as the farmers know here,
  • 00:17:02.401 --> 00:17:04.670
  • As the farmers know here, there's no doo doo in the stall.
  • 00:17:04.736 --> 00:17:08.474
  • There's no doo doo in the stall. but if you wanna be productive,
  • 00:17:08.540 --> 00:17:11.710
  • But if you wanna be productive, you gon' step in some
  • 00:17:11.777 --> 00:17:12.911
  • You gon' step in some every once in a while.
  • 00:17:12.978 --> 00:17:14.880
  • Every once in a while. you're gonna fail.
  • 00:17:14.947 --> 00:17:16.982
  • You're gonna fail. if i'm gonna build a business,
  • 00:17:17.049 --> 00:17:18.584
  • If i'm gonna build a business, there's gonna be
  • 00:17:18.650 --> 00:17:20.319
  • There's gonna be some mess occasionally.
  • 00:17:20.385 --> 00:17:22.154
  • Some mess occasionally. if i'm gonna build a church,
  • 00:17:22.221 --> 00:17:24.156
  • If i'm gonna build a church, there's gonna be some doo doo
  • 00:17:24.223 --> 00:17:26.191
  • There's gonna be some doo doo that you step in.
  • 00:17:26.258 --> 00:17:27.726
  • That you step in. i know that's crude,
  • 00:17:27.793 --> 00:17:28.560
  • I know that's crude, but that's what
  • 00:17:28.627 --> 00:17:29.394
  • But that's what it feels like too.
  • 00:17:29.461 --> 00:17:32.397
  • It feels like too. if you're gonna have a family,
  • 00:17:32.464 --> 00:17:34.366
  • If you're gonna have a family, there's gonna be
  • 00:17:34.433 --> 00:17:34.967
  • There's gonna be a mess occasionally.
  • 00:17:35.033 --> 00:17:36.401
  • A mess occasionally. you don't have one
  • 00:17:36.468 --> 00:17:37.503
  • You don't have one without the other.
  • 00:17:37.569 --> 00:17:39.004
  • Without the other. you can have a clean stall
  • 00:17:39.071 --> 00:17:40.973
  • You can have a clean stall and live there by yourself.
  • 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.307
  • And live there by yourself. have you ever had a dog
  • 00:17:42.374 --> 00:17:43.909
  • Have you ever had a dog in the house that
  • 00:17:43.976 --> 00:17:45.410
  • In the house that lived with you?
  • 00:17:45.477 --> 00:17:47.246
  • Lived with you? you know if you have,
  • 00:17:47.312 --> 00:17:48.747
  • You know if you have, you need a scrub brush
  • 00:17:48.814 --> 00:17:50.716
  • You need a scrub brush and you need some --
  • 00:17:50.782 --> 00:17:51.583
  • And you need some -- you need some ajax or something,
  • 00:17:51.650 --> 00:17:53.418
  • You need some ajax or something, 'cause they're gonna do
  • 00:17:53.485 --> 00:17:54.786
  • 'cause they're gonna do something sooner or later.
  • 00:17:54.853 --> 00:17:56.788
  • Something sooner or later. and that's fine if you
  • 00:17:56.855 --> 00:17:57.656
  • And that's fine if you don't want that,
  • 00:17:57.723 --> 00:17:58.724
  • Don't want that, but if you want that dog
  • 00:17:58.790 --> 00:17:59.825
  • But if you want that dog and you get the joy out of it,
  • 00:17:59.892 --> 00:18:01.426
  • And you get the joy out of it, you gon' have to deal
  • 00:18:01.493 --> 00:18:02.161
  • You gon' have to deal with the mess.
  • 00:18:02.227 --> 00:18:05.130
  • With the mess. you can't have one
  • 00:18:05.197 --> 00:18:06.231
  • You can't have one without the other.
  • 00:18:06.298 --> 00:18:08.467
  • Without the other. clean stall, nothing else.
  • 00:18:08.534 --> 00:18:13.472
  • Clean stall, nothing else. ox and productivity,
  • 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:16.808
  • Ox and productivity, then you're gon' step inside.
  • 00:18:16.875 --> 00:18:20.445
  • Then you're gon' step inside. i'm telling you,
  • 00:18:20.512 --> 00:18:20.979
  • I'm telling you, i'm preaching better than
  • 00:18:21.046 --> 00:18:22.147
  • I'm preaching better than you're letting on right now.
  • 00:18:22.214 --> 00:18:24.383
  • You're letting on right now. if you've never failed,
  • 00:18:24.449 --> 00:18:26.385
  • If you've never failed, get married.
  • 00:18:26.451 --> 00:18:27.653
  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:28.086 --> 00:18:30.422
  • Alright, i'mma go
  • 00:18:30.889 --> 00:18:31.723
  • Alright, i'mma go better than that.
  • 00:18:31.790 --> 00:18:32.357
  • Better than that. if you've never failed,
  • 00:18:32.424 --> 00:18:34.159
  • If you've never failed, get you some teenagers,
  • 00:18:34.226 --> 00:18:36.562
  • Get you some teenagers, get you some children.
  • 00:18:36.628 --> 00:18:37.629
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:37.996 --> 00:18:38.931
  • It's a messy stall.
  • 00:18:39.364 --> 00:18:42.401
  • If you've never failed,
  • 00:18:46.738 --> 00:18:47.406
  • If you've never failed, have some kids, get married.
  • 00:18:47.472 --> 00:18:50.242
  • Have some kids, get married. i guarantee you, you will
  • 00:18:50.309 --> 00:18:52.177
  • I guarantee you, you will have some failures.
  • 00:18:52.244 --> 00:18:55.147
  • Have some failures. i guarantee you,
  • 00:18:55.214 --> 00:18:56.949
  • I guarantee you, but it's worth it.
  • 00:18:57.015 --> 00:18:58.483
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:58.917 --> 00:19:02.287
  • Live life full of faith,
  • 00:19:02.721 --> 00:19:06.124
  • Live life full of faith, hallelujah.
  • 00:19:06.191 --> 00:19:07.626
  • Hallelujah. this is the faith
  • 00:19:07.693 --> 00:19:08.260
  • This is the faith that overcomes the world.
  • 00:19:08.327 --> 00:19:09.494
  • That overcomes the world. i know i'm gonna be attacked.
  • 00:19:09.561 --> 00:19:12.197
  • I know i'm gonna be attacked. there's some things i get into,
  • 00:19:12.264 --> 00:19:13.465
  • There's some things i get into, and i know it's gonna
  • 00:19:13.532 --> 00:19:15.033
  • And i know it's gonna be controversial.
  • 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:17.569
  • Be controversial. but i'd rather do that than
  • 00:19:17.636 --> 00:19:19.071
  • But i'd rather do that than sit back and just, kinda,
  • 00:19:19.137 --> 00:19:20.472
  • Sit back and just, kinda, chew on a straw
  • 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:22.074
  • Chew on a straw on my front porch.
  • 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:23.842
  • On my front porch. my whole barren wasteland
  • 00:19:23.909 --> 00:19:25.744
  • My whole barren wasteland back here that
  • 00:19:25.811 --> 00:19:27.012
  • Back here that could've been so fruitful.
  • 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.982
  • Could've been so fruitful. raise your hands and say,
  • 00:19:30.048 --> 00:19:31.250
  • Raise your hands and say, "lord, here's my talent,
  • 00:19:31.316 --> 00:19:34.353
  • "lord, here's my talent, here's my gifts,
  • 00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:36.922
  • Here's my gifts, here's everything that i have.
  • 00:19:36.989 --> 00:19:40.292
  • Here's everything that i have. i give it to you.
  • 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.394
  • I give it to you. i'm ready for fresh change.
  • 00:19:42.461 --> 00:19:45.297
  • I'm ready for fresh change. i rebuke the fear of failure.
  • 00:19:45.364 --> 00:19:48.533
  • I rebuke the fear of failure. i will not give up,
  • 00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:50.802
  • I will not give up, i will not quit,
  • 00:19:50.869 --> 00:19:53.438
  • I will not quit, i will do what god
  • 00:19:53.505 --> 00:19:55.474
  • I will do what god has called me and put me
  • 00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:57.042
  • Has called me and put me on this earth to do.
  • 00:19:57.109 --> 00:19:59.611
  • On this earth to do. if i have mess,
  • 00:19:59.678 --> 00:20:01.613
  • If i have mess, i'd rather have my family
  • 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:03.482
  • I'd rather have my family with the mess than not
  • 00:20:03.548 --> 00:20:05.617
  • With the mess than not have my family.
  • 00:20:05.684 --> 00:20:07.486
  • Have my family. so, i thank you.
  • 00:20:07.552 --> 00:20:08.587
  • So, i thank you. i thank you right now
  • 00:20:08.654 --> 00:20:11.023
  • I thank you right now that your grace
  • 00:20:11.089 --> 00:20:11.657
  • That your grace is sufficient for me."
  • 00:20:11.723 --> 00:20:12.824
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:20:13.091 --> 00:20:14.793
  • >> i wanna pray for you.
  • 00:20:16.428 --> 00:20:17.462
  • >> i wanna pray for you. if you don't know jesus
  • 00:20:17.529 --> 00:20:18.697
  • If you don't know jesus as your lord and savior,
  • 00:20:18.764 --> 00:20:20.332
  • As your lord and savior, this is your big moment.
  • 00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:22.067
  • This is your big moment. he's not forgotten
  • 00:20:22.134 --> 00:20:23.168
  • He's not forgotten about you, he's ready.
  • 00:20:23.235 --> 00:20:24.903
  • About you, he's ready. right there.
  • 00:20:24.970 --> 00:20:25.637
  • Right there. you're not watching by accident,
  • 00:20:25.704 --> 00:20:27.072
  • You're not watching by accident, this is part of his plan.
  • 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:29.574
  • This is part of his plan. and just pray,
  • 00:20:29.641 --> 00:20:30.475
  • And just pray, just pray this prayer.
  • 00:20:30.542 --> 00:20:31.543
  • Just pray this prayer. say, "jesus, cleanse me,
  • 00:20:31.610 --> 00:20:33.578
  • Say, "jesus, cleanse me, wash me in your powerful
  • 00:20:33.645 --> 00:20:35.614
  • Wash me in your powerful love, grace, mercy.
  • 00:20:35.681 --> 00:20:37.883
  • Love, grace, mercy. that you shed your blood
  • 00:20:37.949 --> 00:20:40.786
  • That you shed your blood for my sins and i receive
  • 00:20:40.852 --> 00:20:44.056
  • Your forgiveness
  • 00:20:44.156 --> 00:20:45.891
  • Your forgiveness and eternal life
  • 00:20:45.957 --> 00:20:47.693
  • And eternal life and joy in this life,
  • 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.428
  • And joy in this life, and help and healing
  • 00:20:49.494 --> 00:20:50.962
  • And help and healing in every place of my life,
  • 00:20:51.029 --> 00:20:53.398
  • In every place of my life, in jesus' name."
  • 00:20:53.465 --> 00:20:56.134
  • In jesus' name." and i wanna encourage you
  • 00:20:56.201 --> 00:20:57.269
  • And i wanna encourage you today to just continue
  • 00:20:57.336 --> 00:21:00.405
  • Today to just continue to believe that he knows
  • 00:21:00.472 --> 00:21:03.008
  • To believe that he knows what he's doing in your life.
  • 00:21:03.075 --> 00:21:05.444
  • What he's doing in your life. your journey with him
  • 00:21:05.510 --> 00:21:06.445
  • Your journey with him is just beginning.
  • 00:21:06.511 --> 00:21:07.412
  • >> i'm standing here
  • 00:21:11.616 --> 00:21:12.584
  • In the center
  • 00:21:12.651 --> 00:21:13.251
  • Of my community of eshkol,
  • 00:21:13.352 --> 00:21:15.887
  • Of my community of eshkol, an amazing community
  • 00:21:15.954 --> 00:21:17.022
  • That you have met
  • 00:21:17.122 --> 00:21:17.989
  • Many times before.
  • 00:21:18.056 --> 00:21:20.359
  • A community that became
  • 00:21:20.425 --> 00:21:21.626
  • The center of the horrific day
  • 00:21:21.693 --> 00:21:23.662
  • Of october 7.
  • 00:21:23.729 --> 00:21:25.697
  • And despite that fact
  • 00:21:25.764 --> 00:21:26.598
  • That we have
  • 00:21:26.665 --> 00:21:27.466
  • Hundreds and thousands
  • 00:21:27.532 --> 00:21:28.867
  • Of people among us that
  • 00:21:28.934 --> 00:21:29.668
  • Suffer from post trauma,
  • 00:21:29.735 --> 00:21:32.237
  • Despite everything,
  • 00:21:32.337 --> 00:21:34.139
  • Despite everything, our spirit is strong,
  • 00:21:34.206 --> 00:21:35.841
  • Our spirit is strong, and we will
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  • And we will rebuild our community.
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  • Rebuild our community. and we're doing it
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  • And we're doing it thanks to you.
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  • We're doing it.
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  • We did it in the past
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  • And we are doing it now
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  • And we're gonna continue
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  • To do it in the future.
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  • And today, we are here
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  • Building a resilience center,
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  • A place that will give a lot
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  • Of strength and comfort
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  • To our community members.
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  • And together with you,
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  • We are building hundreds
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  • Of personal shelters
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  • For people that do not have
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  • A shelter in their home.
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  • Pastor jentezen, your support,
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  • Just the statement of saying,
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  • “we are here with you,”
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  • This is what really
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  • Strengthening our spirit.
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  • Our answer to tell will always
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  • Our answer to tell will always be to continue to rebuild,
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  • Be to continue to rebuild, to choose life and light.
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  • To choose life and light. we're the people
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  • We're the people of life and light,
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  • Of life and light, we're doing it christians
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  • We're doing it christians and jews together.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> well, i wanna say
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  • >> well, i wanna say one more time,
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  • One more time, thank you for watching.
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  • Thank you for watching. thank you for helping us.
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  • Thank you for helping us. we're making such
  • 00:22:47.979 --> 00:22:48.513
  • We're making such a difference in israel,
  • 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:50.148
  • A difference in israel, a profound difference.
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  • A profound difference. i was recently invited
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  • I was recently invited to washington, dc to meet with
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  • To washington, dc to meet with 23 families of the hostages
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  • 23 families of the hostages that have been taken by hamas.
  • 00:22:57.956 --> 00:23:01.426
  • That have been taken by hamas. and i sat there in the meeting
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  • And i sat there in the meeting and listened to these families
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  • And listened to these families as they shared with tears their
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  • As they shared with tears their stories and they thanked us
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  • Stories and they thanked us for being a part of the solution
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  • For turning on the light
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  • In the darkness.
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  • Let's keep praying.
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  • Let's keep believing.
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  • Let's keep standing
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  • On the truth of god's word
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  • And standing for
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  • The nation of israel
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  • And the people of israel.
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  • We're believing god for great
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  • We're believing god for great things in 2025 in your life.
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  • Things in 2025 in your life. thank you, and god bless you.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> hello everyone,
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  • >> hello everyone, my name is
  • 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.099
  • My name is keith illan isaacson.
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  • Keith illan isaacson. i'm the head of security
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  • I'm the head of security of the eshkol region.
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  • Most of what happened
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  • On the 7th of october
  • 00:23:47.172 --> 00:23:48.874
  • Was in eshkol -
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  • In the eshkol region.
  • 00:23:50.675 --> 00:23:52.210
  • In eshkol,
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  • 216 people were killed,
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  • 160 were injured, 30 orphans,
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  • Over 300 houses were
  • 00:24:02.721 --> 00:24:03.989
  • Destroyed and burned.
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  • Sixteen of my communities
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  • Were attacked that day.
  • 00:24:09.094 --> 00:24:11.763
  • On the 7th, i got a telephone
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  • Call from my unit,
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  • From my colonel's office
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  • Saying we've been breached.
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  • I took my car,
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  • Started driving to my base,
  • 00:24:20.906 --> 00:24:22.807
  • Which is not far from my house,
  • 00:24:22.874 --> 00:24:24.676
  • 500 meters away from the base,
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  • I'm also attacked.
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  • They realize that
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  • I'm in uniform, i'm a soldier,
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  • And they open fire
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  • For the second time.
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  • Luckily, i had an armored car
  • 00:24:35.887 --> 00:24:38.924
  • Luckily, i had an armored car and was not hurt.
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  • I get to the municipality,
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  • At this time,
  • 00:24:43.194 --> 00:24:44.696
  • It's already quarter to 8,
  • 00:24:44.763 --> 00:24:47.065
  • All my officers are letting me
  • 00:24:47.132 --> 00:24:48.934
  • Know that we --
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  • They have been attacked,
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  • That they are terrorists
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  • In the kibbutzim,
  • 00:24:52.704 --> 00:24:53.939
  • The terrorists,
  • 00:24:54.005 --> 00:24:55.106
  • Their aim was to kidnap.
  • 00:24:55.173 --> 00:24:57.475
  • They had teams to kidnap,
  • 00:24:57.542 --> 00:24:59.878
  • They had teams to kill.
  • 00:24:59.945 --> 00:25:02.113
  • And it's not just killing,
  • 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.715
  • It's not just shooting a person,
  • 00:25:03.782 --> 00:25:05.917
  • It's slaughtering,
  • 00:25:05.984 --> 00:25:07.285
  • It's cutting off limbs.
  • 00:25:07.352 --> 00:25:08.820
  • They came to burn,
  • 00:25:08.887 --> 00:25:09.988
  • They came to destroy
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  • And their reason was the idea
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  • That we don't wanna come back.
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  • That we will see the destruction
  • 00:25:15.827 --> 00:25:18.029
  • And what they are
  • 00:25:18.096 --> 00:25:18.597
  • Capable of doing.
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  • And we all have it in our minds,
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  • We don't wanna come back.
  • 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.568
  • But i think, if this is not
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  • A place where families
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  • Want to come,
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  • We've lost the entire war.
  • 00:25:29.507 --> 00:25:31.676
  • We have to prove to
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  • The other side that
  • 00:25:33.812 --> 00:25:35.313
  • They came us motivation
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  • To rebuild this place
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  • A hundred times better
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  • Than it was.
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  • Pastor jentezen,
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  • Thank you very much,
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  • Thank you very much, you and your family
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  • You and your family and your communities
  • 00:25:46.925 --> 00:25:49.194
  • For helping us all these years.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:50.689 --> 00:27:06.838
  • >> we hope you've
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  • Enjoyed this teaching by
  • 00:27:13.378 --> 00:27:14.312
  • Jentezen franklin
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  • And thank you for your
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  • Continued support
  • 00:27:16.514 --> 00:27:17.449
  • Of this ministry.
  • 00:27:17.549 --> 00:27:18.750
  • For more information
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  • About this message
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  • And other ministry resources,
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  • Visit us online
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  • At jentezenfranklin.tv.
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