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Kingdom Connection with Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin - Overcoming The Fear Of Failure

July 4, 2025 | S25 E134 | 28:55

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 | July 4, 2025
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  • Of jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries.
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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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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> come on.
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  • Let's sing this together,
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  • One voice,
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  • God bless america.
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  • Sing...
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  • ♪ god bless america ♪
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  • Land that i love.
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  • ♪ land that i love ♪
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  • ♪ stand beside her ♪
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  • ♪ and guide her ♪
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  • ♪ through the night ♪
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  • ♪ with the light from above ♪
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  • Come on.
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  • From the mountains.
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  • ♪ from the mountains ♪
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  • ♪ to the prairies ♪
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  • ♪ to the oceans ♪
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  • ♪ white with foam ♪
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  • ♪ god bless america ♪
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  • ♪ my home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ god bless america ♪
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  • ♪ my home sweet home ♪
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  • Come on, from the mountains.
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  • ♪ from the mountains ♪
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  • ♪ to the prairies ♪
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  • ♪ to the oceans ♪
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  • ♪ white with foam ♪
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  • ♪ god bless america ♪
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  • ♪ my home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ god bless america ♪
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  • ♪ my home sweet home ♪
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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,
  • 00:09:10.954 --> 00:09:12.789
  • 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,
  • 00:09:52.629 --> 00:09:53.764
  • 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,
  • 00:10:20.724 --> 00:10:23.193
  • 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?
  • 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:38.508
  • What did this guy do? was he a womanizer?
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  • Was he a womanizer? was he a drug add --
  • 00:10:41.311 --> 00:10:42.746
  • Was he a drug add -- what was he doing?
  • 00:10:42.813 --> 00:10:44.081
  • 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
  • 00:10:50.520 --> 00:10:51.888
  • The richest place in america is not the oil field,
  • 00:10:51.955 --> 00:10:53.123
  • Is not the oil field, it's the graveyard.
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  • It's the graveyard. there are books that were
  • 00:10:54.658 --> 00:10:55.759
  • There are books that were never written because fear
  • 00:10:55.826 --> 00:10:57.427
  • Never written because fear stopped people from doing it.
  • 00:10:57.494 --> 00:10:59.096
  • Stopped people from doing it. there are businesses that were
  • 00:10:59.162 --> 00:11:00.630
  • There are businesses that were never started because fear
  • 00:11:00.697 --> 00:11:02.132
  • Never started because fear stopped people from doing it.
  • 00:11:02.199 --> 00:11:03.900
  • Stopped people from doing it. there were dreams that
  • 00:11:03.967 --> 00:11:05.235
  • There were dreams that were never realized,
  • 00:11:05.302 --> 00:11:06.236
  • 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]
  • 00:11:25.956 --> 00:11:26.690
  • We are so afraid of risk,
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  • We are so afraid of risk, and of failure.
  • 00:11:29.392 --> 00:11:30.961
  • And of failure. we don't risk,
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  • 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,
  • 00:11:35.098 --> 00:11:36.066
  • And god says, "you cannot please me."
  • 00:11:36.133 --> 00:11:38.401
  • "you cannot please me." there was a tourist who saw
  • 00:11:38.468 --> 00:11:39.669
  • There was a tourist who saw an old farmer sitting out on his
  • 00:11:39.736 --> 00:11:41.171
  • An old farmer sitting out on his old shack on a bunch of acreage,
  • 00:11:41.238 --> 00:11:44.141
  • Old shack on a bunch of acreage, about a 100 acres of land.
  • 00:11:44.207 --> 00:11:46.376
  • 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
  • 00:11:50.647 --> 00:11:51.515
  • And the old man had a scraggly beard,
  • 00:11:51.581 --> 00:11:52.549
  • 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
  • 00:11:59.689 --> 00:12:00.857
  • 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.
  • 00:12:06.730 --> 00:12:08.865
  • Sitting up on his front porch. and the man walked up to him,
  • 00:12:08.932 --> 00:12:10.367
  • And the man walked up to him, and he said, "sir, do you
  • 00:12:10.433 --> 00:12:11.535
  • And he said, "sir, do you own this land?"
  • 00:12:11.601 --> 00:12:12.169
  • Own this land?" and he said, "yes, i do."
  • 00:12:12.235 --> 00:12:14.571
  • And he said, "yes, i do." and he just kept on
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  • And he just kept on chewing on that straw.
  • 00:12:15.672 --> 00:12:17.174
  • Chewing on that straw. and he said, "well sir,
  • 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.710
  • And he said, "well sir, what are you gon' do with it?
  • 00:12:20.777 --> 00:12:21.578
  • What are you gon' do with it? you gon' grow cotton?
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  • You gon' grow cotton? 'cause it's," --
  • 00:12:22.712 --> 00:12:24.181
  • '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
  • 00:12:25.448 --> 00:12:27.217
  • 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."
  • 00:12:28.251 --> 00:12:29.953
  • Will come and eat it." and he said, "well,
  • 00:12:30.020 --> 00:12:31.087
  • And he said, "well, what are you gonna do?
  • 00:12:31.154 --> 00:12:32.389
  • What are you gonna do? are you gonna grow some corn?"
  • 00:12:32.455 --> 00:12:35.025
  • Are you gonna grow some corn?" he said, "no, i'm not gon'
  • 00:12:35.091 --> 00:12:36.526
  • He said, "no, i'm not gon' grow any corn.
  • 00:12:36.593 --> 00:12:36.993
  • Grow any corn. i'm afraid the locust
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  • I'm afraid the locust will come and eat
  • 00:12:38.028 --> 00:12:38.728
  • Will come and eat the corn if i grow it."
  • 00:12:38.795 --> 00:12:40.096
  • The corn if i grow it." he said, "well, what about
  • 00:12:40.163 --> 00:12:41.064
  • He said, "well, what about you just get you some cattle
  • 00:12:41.131 --> 00:12:42.332
  • You just get you some cattle and let 'em eat out
  • 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:43.266
  • And let 'em eat out in that beautiful field."
  • 00:12:43.333 --> 00:12:44.668
  • In that beautiful field." he said, "i'm afraid the price
  • 00:12:44.734 --> 00:12:46.002
  • He said, "i'm afraid the price of beef will go down.
  • 00:12:46.069 --> 00:12:47.571
  • Of beef will go down. i don't wanna get any cattle."
  • 00:12:47.637 --> 00:12:49.005
  • I don't wanna get any cattle." he said, "well, what are you
  • 00:12:49.072 --> 00:12:49.906
  • He said, "well, what are you gonna do with all this land?"
  • 00:12:49.973 --> 00:12:52.642
  • Gonna do with all this land?" he said, "nothing.
  • 00:12:52.709 --> 00:12:54.711
  • He said, "nothing. i plan to play it safe
  • 00:12:54.778 --> 00:12:57.247
  • I plan to play it safe and do nothing."
  • 00:12:57.314 --> 00:12:59.449
  • And do nothing." he's sitting on
  • 00:12:59.516 --> 00:13:00.684
  • He's sitting on 75 acres of nothing.
  • 00:13:00.750 --> 00:13:03.854
  • 75 acres of nothing. barren wasteland.
  • 00:13:03.920 --> 00:13:06.690
  • Barren wasteland. and a lot of us do
  • 00:13:06.756 --> 00:13:07.924
  • And a lot of us do exactly the same thing.
  • 00:13:07.991 --> 00:13:11.027
  • Exactly the same thing. we play it safe in life,
  • 00:13:11.094 --> 00:13:13.463
  • We play it safe in life, and our potential becomes
  • 00:13:13.530 --> 00:13:14.898
  • And our potential becomes a barren wasteland that
  • 00:13:14.965 --> 00:13:18.635
  • A barren wasteland that could have produced so much.
  • 00:13:18.702 --> 00:13:21.171
  • Could have produced so much. without faith, it is
  • 00:13:21.238 --> 00:13:23.406
  • Without faith, it is impossible to please god.
  • 00:13:23.473 --> 00:13:27.077
  • Impossible to please god. you cannot please him
  • 00:13:27.143 --> 00:13:28.578
  • You cannot please him without faith.
  • 00:13:28.645 --> 00:13:29.846
  • Without faith. how do we overcome
  • 00:13:29.913 --> 00:13:30.914
  • How do we overcome the fear of failure?
  • 00:13:30.981 --> 00:13:32.015
  • The fear of failure? number one, remember that
  • 00:13:32.082 --> 00:13:34.417
  • Number one, remember that everybody fails.
  • 00:13:34.484 --> 00:13:36.152
  • Everybody fails. the failure rate
  • 00:13:36.219 --> 00:13:37.787
  • The failure rate of the human race is 100%.
  • 00:13:37.854 --> 00:13:41.524
  • Of the human race is 100%. all qualify for membership
  • 00:13:41.591 --> 00:13:44.261
  • All qualify for membership in the club of failures.
  • 00:13:44.327 --> 00:13:46.329
  • In the club of failures. everybody fails.
  • 00:13:46.396 --> 00:13:47.497
  • Everybody fails. james 2 said, "we all
  • 00:13:47.564 --> 00:13:49.366
  • James 2 said, "we all fail in many ways."
  • 00:13:49.432 --> 00:13:52.402
  • Fail in many ways." "all have sinned,"
  • 00:13:52.469 --> 00:13:53.503
  • "all have sinned," galatians 3 said,
  • 00:13:53.570 --> 00:13:55.205
  • Galatians 3 said, "and come short
  • 00:13:55.272 --> 00:13:56.773
  • "and come short of the glory of god."
  • 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:58.308
  • Of the glory of god." in major league baseball,
  • 00:13:58.375 --> 00:14:00.477
  • In major league baseball, you know what it takes
  • 00:14:00.543 --> 00:14:01.211
  • You know what it takes to be a superstar?
  • 00:14:01.278 --> 00:14:03.780
  • To be a superstar? you only have to hit
  • 00:14:03.847 --> 00:14:04.748
  • You only have to hit the ball good 300 times,
  • 00:14:04.814 --> 00:14:07.150
  • The ball good 300 times, and you can get --
  • 00:14:07.217 --> 00:14:07.784
  • And you can get -- and you can fail 700 times
  • 00:14:07.851 --> 00:14:09.686
  • And you can fail 700 times and be incredibly successful,
  • 00:14:09.753 --> 00:14:12.188
  • And be incredibly successful, but you have to fail to win.
  • 00:14:12.255 --> 00:14:16.559
  • But you have to fail to win. that was a better point
  • 00:14:16.626 --> 00:14:17.727
  • That was a better point than you let on like it was.
  • 00:14:17.794 --> 00:14:20.397
  • [applause]
  • 00:14:20.730 --> 00:14:20.931
  • Turn to somebody and say,
  • 00:14:21.231 --> 00:14:22.065
  • Turn to somebody and say, "you might be a superstar
  • 00:14:22.132 --> 00:14:23.366
  • "you might be a superstar and not know it."
  • 00:14:23.433 --> 00:14:24.401
  • [chatter]
  • 00:14:24.801 --> 00:14:25.869
  • The fear of failure,
  • 00:14:30.674 --> 00:14:33.376
  • The fear of failure, the fear of failure
  • 00:14:33.443 --> 00:14:34.945
  • The fear of failure will destroy you.
  • 00:14:35.011 --> 00:14:37.080
  • Will destroy you. recognize that
  • 00:14:37.147 --> 00:14:37.847
  • Recognize that failure is not final.
  • 00:14:37.914 --> 00:14:40.216
  • Failure is not final. proverbs 24:16, "a righteous man
  • 00:14:40.283 --> 00:14:42.652
  • Proverbs 24:16, "a righteous man falls seven times a day
  • 00:14:42.719 --> 00:14:44.955
  • Falls seven times a day and rises again."
  • 00:14:45.021 --> 00:14:47.090
  • And rises again." don't camp around
  • 00:14:47.157 --> 00:14:48.058
  • Don't camp around the fire of failure,
  • 00:14:48.124 --> 00:14:49.893
  • The fire of failure, get up and try again.
  • 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.929
  • Get up and try again. don't spend time
  • 00:14:52.996 --> 00:14:54.130
  • Don't spend time looking at the past,
  • 00:14:54.197 --> 00:14:55.932
  • Looking at the past, at what you should've done,
  • 00:14:55.999 --> 00:14:57.801
  • At what you should've done, and could've done.
  • 00:14:57.867 --> 00:14:58.568
  • And could've done. if you've fallen,
  • 00:14:58.635 --> 00:14:59.569
  • If you've fallen, and you failed, get up,
  • 00:14:59.636 --> 00:15:01.504
  • And you failed, get up, dust yourself off, and say,
  • 00:15:01.571 --> 00:15:03.573
  • Dust yourself off, and say, "in the name of jesus,
  • 00:15:03.640 --> 00:15:04.941
  • "in the name of jesus, i will not give up."
  • 00:15:05.008 --> 00:15:06.042
  • [applause]
  • 00:15:06.376 --> 00:15:10.046
  • Most of us quit too soon.
  • 00:15:10.914 --> 00:15:13.516
  • Most of us quit too soon. recognize that there are
  • 00:15:13.583 --> 00:15:14.851
  • Recognize that there are benefits to failure.
  • 00:15:14.918 --> 00:15:16.820
  • Benefits to failure. psalms 119 said,
  • 00:15:16.886 --> 00:15:18.755
  • Psalms 119 said, "before i was afflicted,
  • 00:15:18.822 --> 00:15:19.956
  • "before i was afflicted, i went astray.
  • 00:15:20.023 --> 00:15:21.925
  • I went astray. but now that i've failed,
  • 00:15:21.992 --> 00:15:23.059
  • But now that i've failed, i keep your word."
  • 00:15:23.126 --> 00:15:24.828
  • I keep your word." how many people have
  • 00:15:24.894 --> 00:15:25.662
  • How many people have we seen go crazy and have
  • 00:15:25.729 --> 00:15:28.665
  • We seen go crazy and have a catastrophic failure,
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  • A catastrophic failure, and it humbled them
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  • And it humbled them and got 'em back to god,
  • 00:15:31.234 --> 00:15:32.769
  • And got 'em back to god, and got 'em back
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  • And got 'em back to their family,
  • 00:15:33.703 --> 00:15:34.671
  • To their family, and got 'em back right
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  • And got 'em back right where they needed to be?
  • 00:15:35.605 --> 00:15:36.906
  • Where they needed to be? failure can help us
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  • Failure can help us discover our one true talent.
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  • Discover our one true talent. nathaniel hawthorne was one
  • 00:15:42.912 --> 00:15:44.581
  • Nathaniel hawthorne was one of america's greatest writers.
  • 00:15:44.647 --> 00:15:47.784
  • Of america's greatest writers. but let me tell you how his
  • 00:15:47.851 --> 00:15:48.651
  • But let me tell you how his miracle of writing was born.
  • 00:15:48.718 --> 00:15:50.420
  • Miracle of writing was born. he was fired.
  • 00:15:50.487 --> 00:15:53.289
  • He was fired. he was a customer service clerk,
  • 00:15:53.356 --> 00:15:55.925
  • He was a customer service clerk, and he hated his job.
  • 00:15:55.992 --> 00:15:58.461
  • And he hated his job. he absolutely --
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  • [chuckles]
  • 00:15:59.896 --> 00:16:00.296
  • Let me clue you in on this.
  • 00:16:00.663 --> 00:16:01.664
  • Let me clue you in on this. if you hate your job,
  • 00:16:01.731 --> 00:16:04.968
  • If you hate your job, it's a matter of time before
  • 00:16:05.035 --> 00:16:06.269
  • It's a matter of time before you gon' lose your job.
  • 00:16:06.336 --> 00:16:07.570
  • You gon' lose your job. i'll just tell you.
  • 00:16:07.637 --> 00:16:09.339
  • I'll just tell you. you can hide it for a while,
  • 00:16:09.406 --> 00:16:10.407
  • You can hide it for a while, but if you really hate your job,
  • 00:16:10.473 --> 00:16:13.143
  • But if you really hate your job, you gon' get fired.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Go on and be looking now,
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  • Go on and be looking now, i'm just trying to help you.
  • 00:16:17.013 --> 00:16:18.348
  • I'm just trying to help you. if you hate your job, you hate
  • 00:16:18.415 --> 00:16:20.483
  • If you hate your job, you hate the people you work for,
  • 00:16:20.550 --> 00:16:21.684
  • The people you work for, you hate everything,
  • 00:16:21.751 --> 00:16:22.852
  • You hate everything, you hate your boss,
  • 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.354
  • You hate your boss, go on and get --
  • 00:16:24.421 --> 00:16:25.121
  • Go on and get -- you gon' get fired.
  • 00:16:25.188 --> 00:16:26.456
  • You gon' get fired. i promise you, it's coming.
  • 00:16:26.523 --> 00:16:28.892
  • I promise you, it's coming. so, you can go voluntarily
  • 00:16:28.958 --> 00:16:30.427
  • So, you can go voluntarily and jump off the board,
  • 00:16:30.493 --> 00:16:31.694
  • And jump off the board, or you can wait till
  • 00:16:31.761 --> 00:16:33.063
  • Or you can wait till they throw jonah off the boat,
  • 00:16:33.129 --> 00:16:34.364
  • They throw jonah off the boat, but you're going off 'cause
  • 00:16:34.431 --> 00:16:37.400
  • But you're going off 'cause that's just how it is.
  • 00:16:37.467 --> 00:16:38.368
  • That's just how it is. alright.
  • 00:16:38.435 --> 00:16:40.470
  • Alright. what was i saying?
  • 00:16:40.537 --> 00:16:42.172
  • What was i saying? okay, so he lost his job,
  • 00:16:42.238 --> 00:16:43.540
  • Okay, so he lost his job, true story, he lost his job.
  • 00:16:43.606 --> 00:16:46.676
  • True story, he lost his job. and he came home,
  • 00:16:46.743 --> 00:16:49.412
  • And he came home, and he was despondent.
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  • And he was despondent. and he laid his head
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  • And he laid his head on the kitchen table
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  • On the kitchen table in front of his wife,
  • 00:16:54.984 --> 00:16:56.386
  • In front of his wife, and he started saying,
  • 00:16:56.453 --> 00:16:57.754
  • And he started saying, "i can't even provide
  • 00:16:57.821 --> 00:16:58.922
  • "i can't even provide for my family.
  • 00:16:58.988 --> 00:17:00.657
  • For my family. i'm such a failure."
  • 00:17:00.723 --> 00:17:04.294
  • I'm such a failure." and he did that several days.
  • 00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:05.929
  • And he did that several days. he just lay his head on the --
  • 00:17:05.995 --> 00:17:07.630
  • He just lay his head on the -- "i can't even provide
  • 00:17:07.697 --> 00:17:08.731
  • "i can't even provide for my family.
  • 00:17:08.798 --> 00:17:09.732
  • For my family. i'm such a failure."
  • 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.366
  • I'm such a failure." and his wife said,
  • 00:17:10.433 --> 00:17:10.867
  • And his wife said, "well," she came over
  • 00:17:10.934 --> 00:17:14.270
  • "well," she came over one day to the table,
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  • One day to the table, and she had
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  • And she had a notepad and a pen,
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  • A notepad and a pen, and she set it down
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  • And she set it down on the table, and she said,
  • 00:17:19.876 --> 00:17:22.078
  • On the table, and she said, "you said you always
  • 00:17:22.145 --> 00:17:22.879
  • "you said you always wanted to write but you
  • 00:17:22.946 --> 00:17:24.347
  • Wanted to write but you didn't have the time.
  • 00:17:24.414 --> 00:17:25.815
  • Didn't have the time. well now you have
  • 00:17:25.882 --> 00:17:26.316
  • Well now you have the time, write."
  • 00:17:26.382 --> 00:17:28.952
  • The time, write." and he wrote,
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  • And he wrote, "the scarlet letter."
  • 00:17:29.719 --> 00:17:34.924
  • "the scarlet letter." you will always,
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  • You will always, you will always,
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  • You will always, if you trust god,
  • 00:17:39.429 --> 00:17:42.432
  • If you trust god, if you go through a failure,
  • 00:17:42.499 --> 00:17:45.068
  • If you go through a failure, god will help you
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  • God will help you find your place.
  • 00:17:45.969 --> 00:17:48.138
  • Find your place. ray kroc failed at real estate,
  • 00:17:48.204 --> 00:17:51.508
  • Ray kroc failed at real estate, failed in sales.
  • 00:17:51.574 --> 00:17:53.443
  • Failed in sales. in southern california,
  • 00:17:53.510 --> 00:17:55.345
  • In southern california, he bought a hamburger stand
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  • He bought a hamburger stand that was struggling from
  • 00:17:56.412 --> 00:17:57.514
  • That was struggling from two brothers named
  • 00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.481
  • Two brothers named the mcdonald brothers,
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  • The mcdonald brothers, and then he made it into
  • 00:18:00.550 --> 00:18:01.518
  • And then he made it into a big fast food chain
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  • A big fast food chain that has been killing
  • 00:18:03.786 --> 00:18:04.687
  • That has been killing america ever since, amen.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:06.723 --> 00:18:07.157
  • I'm just kidding.
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  • I'm just kidding. colonel sanders was 67,
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  • Colonel sanders was 67, 67 when he started
  • 00:18:15.098 --> 00:18:18.701
  • 67 when he started finger licking good chicken.
  • 00:18:18.768 --> 00:18:22.005
  • Finger licking good chicken. some of you can't wait to go get
  • 00:18:22.071 --> 00:18:23.173
  • Some of you can't wait to go get a bucket this morning.
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  • A bucket this morning. sixty-seven.
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  • Sixty-seven. man, 67.
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  • Man, 67. what if he had retired?
  • 00:18:31.748 --> 00:18:32.682
  • What if he had retired? he would have missed
  • 00:18:32.749 --> 00:18:34.284
  • He would have missed the kentucky fried chicken.
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  • The kentucky fried chicken. sixty-seven.
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  • Sixty-seven. it's a big deal.
  • 00:18:41.424 --> 00:18:44.627
  • It's a big deal. failure drove him
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  • Failure drove him to something else.
  • 00:18:46.029 --> 00:18:49.032
  • To something else. move on.
  • 00:18:49.098 --> 00:18:49.432
  • Move on. turn to somebody
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  • Turn to somebody and say, "move on."
  • 00:18:50.266 --> 00:18:51.668
  • And say, "move on." >> congregation: move on.
  • 00:18:51.734 --> 00:18:52.702
  • >> congregation: move on. >> you should've found out
  • 00:18:52.769 --> 00:18:53.836
  • >> you should've found out what you're supp --
  • 00:18:53.903 --> 00:18:55.171
  • What you're supp -- not supposed to do.
  • 00:18:55.238 --> 00:18:59.042
  • Not supposed to do. i'll tell you something else
  • 00:18:59.108 --> 00:18:59.776
  • I'll tell you something else in closing, if you'll let it.
  • 00:18:59.842 --> 00:19:06.783
  • In closing, if you'll let it. proverbs 14:4 says,
  • 00:19:06.849 --> 00:19:09.752
  • Proverbs 14:4 says, "where there's no ox,
  • 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:11.020
  • "where there's no ox, you have a clean stall."
  • 00:19:11.087 --> 00:19:14.958
  • You have a clean stall." what does that mean?
  • 00:19:15.024 --> 00:19:16.125
  • What does that mean? "but with much increase
  • 00:19:16.192 --> 00:19:17.160
  • "but with much increase comes the strength of that ox."
  • 00:19:17.227 --> 00:19:19.329
  • Comes the strength of that ox." that's agricultural language.
  • 00:19:19.395 --> 00:19:22.465
  • That's agricultural language. "with no ox,
  • 00:19:22.532 --> 00:19:23.766
  • "with no ox, you have a clean stall."
  • 00:19:23.833 --> 00:19:25.768
  • You have a clean stall." agricultural language
  • 00:19:25.835 --> 00:19:26.703
  • Agricultural language is saying kindly,
  • 00:19:26.769 --> 00:19:27.971
  • Is saying kindly, as the farmers know here,
  • 00:19:28.037 --> 00:19:30.306
  • As the farmers know here, there's no doo doo in the stall.
  • 00:19:30.373 --> 00:19:34.110
  • There's no doo doo in the stall. but if you wanna be productive,
  • 00:19:34.177 --> 00:19:37.347
  • But if you wanna be productive, you gon' step in some
  • 00:19:37.413 --> 00:19:38.548
  • You gon' step in some every once in a while.
  • 00:19:38.615 --> 00:19:40.516
  • Every once in a while. you're gonna fail.
  • 00:19:40.583 --> 00:19:42.619
  • You're gonna fail. if i'm gonna build a business,
  • 00:19:42.685 --> 00:19:44.220
  • If i'm gonna build a business, there's gonna be
  • 00:19:44.287 --> 00:19:45.955
  • There's gonna be some mess occasionally.
  • 00:19:46.022 --> 00:19:47.790
  • Some mess occasionally. if i'm gonna build a church,
  • 00:19:47.857 --> 00:19:49.792
  • If i'm gonna build a church, there's gonna be some doo doo
  • 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:51.828
  • There's gonna be some doo doo that you step in.
  • 00:19:51.894 --> 00:19:53.363
  • That you step in. i know that's crude,
  • 00:19:53.429 --> 00:19:54.197
  • I know that's crude, but that's what
  • 00:19:54.264 --> 00:19:55.031
  • But that's what it feels like too.
  • 00:19:55.098 --> 00:19:58.034
  • It feels like too. if you're gonna have a family,
  • 00:19:58.101 --> 00:20:00.003
  • If you're gonna have a family, there's gonna be
  • 00:20:00.069 --> 00:20:00.603
  • There's gonna be a mess occasionally.
  • 00:20:00.670 --> 00:20:02.038
  • A mess occasionally. you don't have one
  • 00:20:02.105 --> 00:20:03.139
  • You don't have one without the other.
  • 00:20:03.206 --> 00:20:04.641
  • Without the other. you can have a clean stall
  • 00:20:04.707 --> 00:20:06.609
  • You can have a clean stall and live there by yourself.
  • 00:20:06.676 --> 00:20:07.944
  • And live there by yourself. have youever had a dog
  • 00:20:08.011 --> 00:20:09.545
  • Have youever had a dog in the house that
  • 00:20:09.612 --> 00:20:11.047
  • In the house that lived with you?
  • 00:20:11.114 --> 00:20:12.882
  • Lived with you? you know if you have,
  • 00:20:12.949 --> 00:20:14.384
  • You know if you have, you need a scrub brush
  • 00:20:14.450 --> 00:20:16.352
  • You need a scrub brush and you need some --
  • 00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:17.220
  • And you need some -- you need some ajax or something,
  • 00:20:17.287 --> 00:20:19.055
  • You need some ajax or something, 'cause they're gonna do
  • 00:20:19.122 --> 00:20:20.423
  • 'cause they're gonna do something sooner or later.
  • 00:20:20.490 --> 00:20:22.425
  • Something sooner or later. and that's fine if you
  • 00:20:22.492 --> 00:20:23.293
  • And that's fine if you don't want that,
  • 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.360
  • Don't want that, but if you want that dog
  • 00:20:24.427 --> 00:20:25.461
  • But if you want that dog and you get the joy out of it,
  • 00:20:25.528 --> 00:20:27.063
  • And you get the joy out of it, you gon' have to deal
  • 00:20:27.130 --> 00:20:27.797
  • You gon' have to deal with the mess.
  • 00:20:27.864 --> 00:20:30.767
  • With the mess. you can't have one
  • 00:20:30.833 --> 00:20:31.868
  • You can't have one without the other.
  • 00:20:31.934 --> 00:20:34.103
  • Without the other. clean stall, nothing else.
  • 00:20:34.170 --> 00:20:39.108
  • Clean stall, nothing else. ox and productivity,
  • 00:20:39.175 --> 00:20:42.445
  • Ox and productivity, then you're gon' step inside.
  • 00:20:42.512 --> 00:20:46.082
  • Then you're gon' step inside. i'm telling you,
  • 00:20:46.149 --> 00:20:46.616
  • I'm telling you, i'm preaching better than
  • 00:20:46.683 --> 00:20:47.784
  • I'm preaching better than you're letting on right now.
  • 00:20:47.850 --> 00:20:50.019
  • You're letting on right now. if you've never failed,
  • 00:20:50.086 --> 00:20:52.021
  • If you've never failed, get married.
  • 00:20:52.088 --> 00:20:53.289
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:53.723 --> 00:20:56.059
  • Alright, i'mma go
  • 00:20:56.526 --> 00:20:57.360
  • Alright, i'mma go better than that.
  • 00:20:57.427 --> 00:20:57.994
  • Better than that. if you've never failed,
  • 00:20:58.061 --> 00:20:59.796
  • If you've never failed, get you some teenagers,
  • 00:20:59.862 --> 00:21:02.198
  • Get you some teenagers, get you some children.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:21:03.633 --> 00:21:04.567
  • It's a messy stall.
  • 00:21:05.001 --> 00:21:08.037
  • If you've never failed,
  • 00:21:12.375 --> 00:21:13.042
  • If you've never failed, have some kids, get married.
  • 00:21:13.109 --> 00:21:15.878
  • Have some kids, get married. i guarantee you, you will
  • 00:21:15.945 --> 00:21:17.814
  • I guarantee you, you will have some failures.
  • 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:20.783
  • Have some failures. i guarantee you,
  • 00:21:20.850 --> 00:21:22.585
  • I guarantee you, but it's worth it.
  • 00:21:22.652 --> 00:21:24.120
  • [applause]
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  • Live life full of faith,
  • 00:21:28.358 --> 00:21:31.761
  • Live life full of faith, hallelujah.
  • 00:21:31.828 --> 00:21:33.262
  • Hallelujah. this is the faith
  • 00:21:33.329 --> 00:21:33.896
  • This is the faith that overcomes the world.
  • 00:21:33.963 --> 00:21:35.131
  • That overcomes the world. i know i'm gonna be attacked.
  • 00:21:35.198 --> 00:21:37.834
  • I know i'm gonna be attacked. there's some things i get into,
  • 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:39.102
  • There's some things i get into, and i know it's gonna
  • 00:21:39.168 --> 00:21:40.670
  • And i know it's gonna be controversial.
  • 00:21:40.737 --> 00:21:43.206
  • Be controversial. but i'd rather do that than
  • 00:21:43.272 --> 00:21:44.707
  • But i'd rather do that than sit back and just, kinda,
  • 00:21:44.774 --> 00:21:46.109
  • Sit back and just, kinda, chew on a straw
  • 00:21:46.175 --> 00:21:47.710
  • Chew on a straw on my front porch.
  • 00:21:47.777 --> 00:21:49.479
  • On my front porch. my whole barren wasteland
  • 00:21:49.545 --> 00:21:51.381
  • My whole barren wasteland back here that
  • 00:21:51.447 --> 00:21:52.648
  • Back here that could've been so fruitful.
  • 00:21:52.715 --> 00:21:55.618
  • Could've been so fruitful. raise your hands and say,
  • 00:21:55.685 --> 00:21:56.886
  • Raise your hands and say, "lord, here's my talent,
  • 00:21:56.953 --> 00:21:59.989
  • "lord, here's my talent, here's my gifts,
  • 00:22:00.056 --> 00:22:02.558
  • Here's my gifts, here's everything that i have.
  • 00:22:02.625 --> 00:22:05.928
  • Here's everything that i have. i give it to you.
  • 00:22:05.995 --> 00:22:08.030
  • I give it to you. i'm ready for fresh change.
  • 00:22:08.097 --> 00:22:10.933
  • I'm ready for fresh change. i rebuke the fear of failure.
  • 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:14.170
  • I rebuke the fear of failure. i will not give up,
  • 00:22:14.237 --> 00:22:16.439
  • I will not give up, i will not quit,
  • 00:22:16.506 --> 00:22:19.075
  • I will not quit, i will do what god
  • 00:22:19.142 --> 00:22:21.110
  • I will do what god has called me and put me
  • 00:22:21.177 --> 00:22:22.678
  • Has called me and put me on this earth to do.
  • 00:22:22.745 --> 00:22:25.248
  • On this earth to do. if i have mess,
  • 00:22:25.314 --> 00:22:27.250
  • If i have mess, i'd rather have my family
  • 00:22:27.316 --> 00:22:29.118
  • I'd rather have my family with the mess than not
  • 00:22:29.185 --> 00:22:31.254
  • With the mess than not have my family.
  • 00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:33.122
  • Have my family. so, i thank you.
  • 00:22:33.189 --> 00:22:34.223
  • So, i thank you. i thank you right now
  • 00:22:34.290 --> 00:22:36.659
  • I thank you right now that your grace
  • 00:22:36.726 --> 00:22:37.293
  • That your grace is sufficient for me."
  • 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.461
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:22:38.728 --> 00:22:41.297
  • >> those of you watching
  • 00:22:41.964 --> 00:22:42.765
  • >> those of you watching at home today or wherever
  • 00:22:42.832 --> 00:22:44.267
  • At home today or wherever you're viewing this,
  • 00:22:44.333 --> 00:22:46.302
  • You're viewing this, you may be in the trial
  • 00:22:46.369 --> 00:22:48.104
  • You may be in the trial of a lifetime.
  • 00:22:48.171 --> 00:22:49.705
  • Of a lifetime. and some of you don't understand
  • 00:22:49.772 --> 00:22:51.374
  • And some of you don't understand why you are where you are,
  • 00:22:51.441 --> 00:22:54.277
  • Why you are where you are, but i'm telling you
  • 00:22:54.343 --> 00:22:55.178
  • But i'm telling you you're watching this
  • 00:22:55.244 --> 00:22:55.978
  • You're watching this program right now because
  • 00:22:56.045 --> 00:22:57.346
  • Program right now because it's a kingdom connection.
  • 00:22:57.413 --> 00:22:58.848
  • It's a kingdom connection. that's what we felt in prayer
  • 00:22:58.915 --> 00:23:00.750
  • That's what we felt in prayer god told us to call this
  • 00:23:00.817 --> 00:23:02.051
  • God told us to call this ministry some 40 years ago.
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  • Ministry some 40 years ago. and i'm telling you,
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  • And i'm telling you, his grace can give you
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  • His grace can give you that connection with god,
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  • That connection with god, that can heal your broken heart.
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  • That can heal your broken heart. pray this prayer, say, "jesus,
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  • Pray this prayer, say, "jesus, help us, lord,
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  • Help us, lord, we need your help.
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  • We need your help. and god, we're crying out
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  • And god, we're crying out to you for mercy
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  • To you for mercy and we're crying out to you
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  • And we're crying out to you for divine intervention.
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  • For divine intervention. we can't fix it, but you can.
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  • We can't fix it, but you can. we can't heal it,
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  • We can't heal it, but you can heal it.
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  • You are a healer," say that,
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  • You are a healer," say that, "you are a healer
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  • "you are a healer of broken families,
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  • Of broken families, broken bodies, broken minds
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  • Broken bodies, broken minds and broken relationships,
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  • And broken relationships, and in jesus' name we claim
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  • And in jesus' name we claim healing power right now.
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  • Healing power right now. lord, i thank you that
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  • Lord, i thank you that i'm forgiven in
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  • I'm forgiven in jesus' name, amen."
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> if you just prayed with
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  • Pastor jentezen and gave
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  • Your life to jesus...
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  • This is the most important
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  • Decision you'll ever make
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  • And we wanna walk with you.
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  • Call the number
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  • On your screen right now,
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  • Our prayer team is here for you.
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  • Or visit us online
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  • At jentezenfranklin.tv
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  • To share your story
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  • And download a free
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  • Salvation devotional
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  • To help you take your first
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  • Steps with jesus.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> charred by fire,
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  • These are the remains of homes,
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  • Businesses, and farms
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  • In the eshkol region of israel.
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  • Most are unable to return
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  • To the places
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  • They once called home.
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  • They can't bear the trauma,
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  • The charred remnants
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  • Of their lives,
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  • The blood-soaked ground
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  • That holds memories of.
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  • But now, there's hope.
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  • Jentezen franklin
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  • Media ministries,
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  • Along with our partners
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  • At the jewish national fund
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  • Are breaking ground
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  • On phase two of our multi year
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  • Three phase initiative,
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  • “light over darkness:
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  • Rebuild and restore.”
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  • Phase two is all about giving
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  • These families the chance
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  • To return home.
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  • It's about restoring
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  • The spaces that were once
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  • Filled with life and love,
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  • Places now scarred
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  • By the trauma of war.
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  • Together, this effort will bring
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  • Their lives back from the brink.
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  • Homes, businesses,
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  • And communities will be rebuilt.
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  • When you give now,
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  • Our partner on the ground,
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  • The jewish national fund,
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  • Has pledged to match
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  • Every dollar donated.
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  • Your support is crucial
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  • To restoring lives
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  • To these broken families.
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  • Your gift will have an immediate
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  • Impact in the holy land.
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  • Call, scan,
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  • Or go online to donate now.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i really wanna thank you
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  • >> i really wanna thank you for supporting this ministry.
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  • For supporting this ministry. pray about what
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  • Pray about what god would have you do.
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  • God would have you do. we don't tell people what
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  • We don't tell people what to give and we don't take alot
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  • To give and we don't take alot of time talking about it.
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  • Of time talking about it. we do like to talk about
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  • We do like to talk about the amazing, life-saving
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  • Projects that we have
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  • Going on specifically
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  • In the nation of israel.
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  • It's a big project
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  • And it's ongoing,
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  • It's constructions,
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  • It's amazing and we're
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  • Fulfilling prophecy.
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  • We're comforting god's people
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  • And we're building up
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  • The nation of israel
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  • In the most troubled
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  • Neighborhood in the world,
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  • The gaza strip.
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  • We're right there
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  • With the love of god.
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  • Together we can make
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  • A profound difference.
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  • A profound difference. ask the lord what
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  • Ask the lord what he would have you do
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  • He would have you do to help us reach the people
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  • To help us reach the people in israel like never before.
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  • In israel like never before. thank you,
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  • Thank you, have a wonderful day.
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  • Have a wonderful day. god bless you.
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  • >> we hope you've
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  • Enjoyed this teaching by
  • 00:26:57.586 --> 00:26:58.220
  • Jentezen franklin
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  • And thank you for your
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  • Continued support
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  • Of this ministry.
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  • Your prayers
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  • And financial support
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  • Make these programs possible.
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  • 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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  • ♪ ♪
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